Stealing Your Heart

“Your brother is dead…” The doctor’s words and merciless voice was ringing in her ears.

Tears were streaming down her face.

She held Zhuang Zijin in her arms tightly and replied, “Brother is still at school. I’ll bring him along next time.”

Puzzled, Zhuang Zijin nodded in confusion and did probe further.

Lin Xinyan wiped away her tears and asked smilingly, “Mom, what do you want to eat? I will buy it for you.”

Zhuang Zijin said nothing but merely clasped her hands around her knees, indicating that she felt unsafe.

When Lin Xinyan was speaking to her, she stared stolidly at somewhere. Her eyes looked dull and weren’t focused on any point.

“Mom…” Lin Xinyan grabbed her by her shoulder, shook her and said, “Talk to me, look at me. I’m Yan, your daughter.”

She recognized her just now and even called her by her name.

Lin Xinyan couldn’t accept that she was so disoriented and could remember something now but forget it the next second.

“Please don’t do that.” Noticed that Lin Xinyan was emotional, the nurse who was patrolling outside entered the room and stopped her.

Lin Xinyan looked at the nurse and asked, “Is my mom’s illness getting worse?”

“It is a normal condition of a patient with mental disorders.” The nurse checked the time and said, “Your visiting time is almost up. Don’t be emotional in front of the patient, or you might affect her.”

Lin Xinyan nodded and said, “I understand.”

Lin Xinyan shared their past stories with her and was immersed in the memories.

Only when the nurse informed her that the time was up, she recollected herself, looked at Zhuang Zijin and said unwillingly, “Mom, I will come back to visit you in a few days.”

“Yan.” When Lin Xinyan reached the door, Zhuang Zijin suddenly said something. Lin Xinyan turned around and noticed that Zhuang Zijin wasn’t even looking at her.

Zhuang Zijin was staring blankly at somewhere and said to herself, “My daughter Yan is pregnant. What should she do when her child has no father?”

She cried as she spoke.

wrenched Lin

unable to hold back

bench in the passageway

wearing a lab coat, came up

Lin Xinyan stood up.

shoulder, signaled at her to sit down

sat back on the bench with He Ruize beside her. He

and her palms

must be mentally prepared that she might not fully recover.” He Ruize heaved a sigh and continued, “Since she experienced a trauma, the repercussions will be severe. She will suffer from selective amnesia by forgetting

Xinqi was gone, and asked me why I didn’t

shoulder and said, “Don’t cry, I’m here. Don’t worry, I will

said while lowering her

mind after contemplating about it for many times, “Yan, once the agreement between Zong Jinghao and you

Xinyan looked at He

it might be difficult for you to accept me now, but you and I have known each other for so long. I’m not a bad person, who wants to take care of you.

she would be stupid if she didn’t

treated He Ruize

treat him like my own child.”

and didn’t know how to answer. She finally said, “Ruize, I, I had never thought

you say to him if he asks you who his father is? I’m a psychiatrist, and I know very well that a child who grows up in a single-parent

was very sincere and different from his usual relaxed attitude. Since Zhuang Zijin’s could hardly get better and she was poor, her life

wished to take care of

He Ruize mentioned was right, as the child needs a complete family for him to grow up healthily.

was not something that she

not the father of the

wasn’t from

“Yan…”

interrupted her. She took out some money from her purse, handed it over to him and said, “I’m paying you back for the medical

contact him after visiting Zhuang Zijin, but never thought that they would meet coincidentally, and he even said something that she had never

he looked at the money. “Did he give you the

and replied, “No, Lin

didn’t tell him the

would the heartless man give her

“Yan…”