Stealing Your Heart

When the woman began to stammer, her son soon tugged at her arm and interrupted, “Allow me to inform Mr. Su of our decision.”

Su Zhan momentarily shifted his gaze toward him.

“We’re here to tell you that we’ve decided not to proceed with the litigation. We don’t want to sue them anymore,” her son explained.

“May I know the reason for your decision?” Su Zhan couldn’t understand it, seeing as they had been rather enraged in the past. In addition to that, they were determined to seek justice for the deceased, even if it meant that they would lose everything. Why have they changed their minds all of a sudden?

“There is no specific reason to it. We just don’t want to pursue the matter anymore.” He pulled his mother in an effort to leave the neighborhood once he finished.

Su Zhan stood still and thought about it. He surmised that they had probably decided as such due to the pressure that they had received from the Lu family. Although the other lawyers in his firm had advised him against it, Su Zhan insisted on taking the case, so as to provide them assistance. Nevertheless, they chose to back down even before he had.

Taking a few strides in the opposite direction, the woman soon stopped her son and returned, making an effort to bow before Su Zhan. “I’d like to thank you, for agreeing to take our case. Many people have avoided us, afraid that trouble would befall them if they ventured too close. Nevertheless, you were different from the rest. You hadn’t! We have decided not to sue them anymore and I can assure you that it’s not for the mere reason that our grievances have faded away. Rather, we have to survive, or our futures will be destroyed by them.”

As the woman spoke, tears streamed down her face. She recalled the day when her daughter had first married into the Lu family. Coming from an ordinary family, her daughter was only able to marry into the family for the mere reason of her striking appearance.

Eventually, the Lu family was aware that the mother had wished to bring about a lawsuit against them. Hence, they targeted her family by causing her son and daughter-in-law to lose their jobs.

“We can’t afford to offend the Lu family. Adults like us can still bear hardships. We’re able to cast our dignity aside. Unfortunately, my grandson is still young. He has to go to school to have a bright future. I can’t ignore the well-being of my living family members for the deceased. That’s why we’ve decided not to sue them.” Upon wiping away her tears, the woman glanced up at Su Zhan and uttered, “Nonetheless, we’d still like to express our gratitude for your help.”

Knowing that this case was rather difficult, Su Zhan was still willing to accept it, in hopes of helping them. Seeing as such, the woman was very grateful to have had him as her lawyer.

had helped us. However, looking at the current situation, my grandson might get

is gone, and thus,

they couldn’t survive here, seeing that they had already

death of her daughter, they understood that survival of the fittest was the real rule in the world, meaning that there

replied, “I

the other hand, they were disappointed by many of their relatives who had chosen to avoid them, wanting

daughter married into the Lu family, many distant relatives visited them to express their congratulations. Unfortunately, all of them had completely

is the harsh reality of the fickleness of human nature. People will often be quick to congratulate and flatter you for your success, yet, they will refuse to lend you a

most humans were

Su Zhan continued, “Since you’ve made up your mind, I shall respect your

The woman’s son

family, he still chose to bear the shame, for the mere sake

and anger. He was aware that the man had been forced to concede defeat for his mere survival. Oftentimes, humans are left with

own troubles, along with a sense of

departed, Su Zhan headed into the

to utter a single word, ever since the woman and her son had made their appearance. She was evidently troubled by the sense of helplessness in life, upon listening to their

Zhan took her into his arms. Placing her hands on his chest, she asked gently, “What are you doing now?

to release his hold on her.