Chapter 376 : Green Plum Meets Wine 27 (2/2)

‘I can tell Gu Yan and Yu Xingyun truly care for Sheng Xia.’

Gu Yan’s brows furrowed. “Oh, what are you on about now?”

Shi Sheng placed the name list down in front of him. “My p[1]—”

She hadn’t managed to say anything before Gu Yan frowned, swept the name list a glance, and placed his index finger at his mouth, shaking his head at her.

Shi Sheng immediately changed what she was going to say. “My relationship with Yu Jiu is none of your business, so stop interfering already.”

“We were just worried. It’s better to get engaged sooner rather than later.” Gu Yan followed up. “Have you eaten? Honestly, it’s not ladylike to just come barging in like this.”

“No.” Shi Sheng shook her head.

“Then wait awhile for me to finish these documents. I’ll be done soon.”

Shi Sheng nodded. Seeing that Gu Yan had really sat back down to continue dealing with the documents, Shi Sheng wandered around the office.

Roughly half an hour later, Gu Yan got up and beckoned Shi Sheng to leave with him.

After they left the company, Gu Yan remained silent till they entered a restaurant. “Ol’ Yu’s right. You’re very smart.”

Gu Yan sighed nostalgically. “You’re like your mother.”

Shi Sheng remained silent. The atmosphere in the room was heavy as the seconds ticked by.

In the end, Gu Yan sighed. “There are people keeping an eye on Ol’ Yu and me. It started probably around two years ago. I hadn’t wanted you to inherit Sheng Shi Group, but Ol’ Yu’s right; since they’ve started to watch us, it proves they already know of your existence.

And you’re very smart, so we decided to go all in. If we win, we’ll be able to discover the truth. If we lose…we’ll all die. Xiaoxia, have you thought it through?”

“How’d my parents die?”

Gu Yan shook his head. “Even till now I’m not sure about the details. I received a call from an anonymous number in the middle of the night. It was your mother. She told me to go to your house and take you away, and that no matter what, I mustn’t appear, nor allow you to be seen.

Then…the news of your parents dying in a plane crash was released.”

Gu Yan wasn’t really connected to Sheng Shi Group. Only two to three people knew he was rather close with the old CEO.

Sheng Xia’s father had saved Gu Yan’s life once, and had even given him money to start his own company. That was the reason why Gu Yan was able to reach his current accomplishments.

He obeyed Sheng Xia’s parents and didn’t appear even when they died, not daring to let Sheng Xia leave the house either.

And then he discovered that people from the Sheng Family were dying off one-by-one in accidents.

The phone call already had Gu Yan on tenterhooks, and this situation exacerbated the fear in his heart.

But back then, his company had only just started up and was still competing with other low-level companies, so he had no way of finding out what truly happened.

Just as he was about to bring Sheng Xia out of the country with him, he received an anonymous package dated the day Sheng Xia’s parents had left the country.

There were several documents inside and a share transfer letter, an authorisation letter, a bank card, all information on Sheng Xia as well as a written letter.

In that letter, Sheng Xia’s parents wrote to Gu Yan asking him to take good care of Sheng Xia. They’d already requested a friend to get rid of her information, so there was no need to flee the country with her.

They did a good job of protecting her by never letting Sheng Xia appear in the public eye, and always referred to her by her nickname. Hence, the public only knew they had a daughter. But as to what her name, appearance, and age was, no one but people from the Sheng Family knew.

And the Sheng Family had pretty much died out.

Although Sheng wasn’t a rare surname, it wasn’t exactly common either, so a sudden departure would be more likely to draw attention than not. That was why Gu Yan had followed their instructions and remained in the country.

Sheng Xia had vague memories of that period, but she’d fallen ill, and Gu Yan was rather muddled about the events. So by the time she’d gotten better, two months had already passed.

[1] In case you were wondering, she was going to say “parents” but changed her mind later on…