Stealing Your Heart

He hesitated for a moment. “We’ll just have to accept it if it’s not meant to be.”

Qin Ya said it directly.

Mr. Chen, the lawyer who brought the woman in, knocked on the door.

He wanted to know if Su Zhan had decided to take up her case.

Su Zhan replied, “I’ve yet to decide.”

Let’s see first.

Mr. Chen continued. “There are pros and cons if we want to take up this case. If we win, we’ll be famous, but if we fail, we might get ourselves in trouble. These people are not ordinary folks.”

Su Zhan asked him, “What are you trying to say?”

He used to care a lot about fame and reputation but not anymore. If the deceased were truly the victim, he would have accepted the case.

After all, justice must prevail!

“Let’s not take the risk. If we fail, we might lose all our…”

“I know what you’re trying to say. Let me think about it,” Su Zhan interrupted, “You know me, Mr. Chen. I’ve not taken up cases for quite some time, but I do have my own principles.”

Mr. Chen warned, “You don’t want to offend these people.”

“I know,” Su Zhan responded.

Mr. Chen let out a sigh. “I hope you’ll make the right decision.”

He then turned around and left the office.

left, Qin Ya walked up to Su Zhan, “What’s your

did not answer her. Instead, he brought Qin Ya to the front desk and asked the receptionist,

him the record. He then placed the record on his desk,

had no clue what Su Zhan

want to take up

thought that Mr.

what circumstances would a woman choose to die with her child? There must be more to this than meets the eye. I want to know

Ya kept mum, but deep in her heart,

the right cause

drove all the way to the elderly

building on the outskirts of the 5th Ring Road. There was a courtyard with a funeral tent in the building. Beneath the tent, there were two coffins. Two ash urns that were covered in red cloths were also displayed in front

the coffins together with a few people who seemed to

Su Zhan and Qin Ya parked their car and were about to walk

from the car and marched right

seeing this group of men, the elderly woman exclaimed, “What

leader of the bunch was dressed in a suit and looked like a

other words, he was the deceased’s

care about your dead son when you’re enjoying

man went up and strangled her. “Your daughter killed my

heartless monster!” the deceased’s brother ran towards

him to the side. The brother fell

She walked up and carried one of the smaller ash urns and intentionally knocked down the other ash urn. The urn broke into pieces, and this had infuriated all

the enraged crowd.

woman for breaking his ex-wife’s urn. He took over his son’s urn and said to her, “Come

guards then escorted them back to their car

their guards had wounded many of their friends and relatives as they were all defenseless

them fell onto the

distance. The latter even recorded the commotion