Stealing Your Heart

At He family estate,

He Ruilin had been turning around on the bed. She could not fall asleep. She looked at her phone every few minutes, but no call nor messages came in.

Finally, she could not lie still. She sat up and took her phone. After a moment of hesitation, she dialed a number.

She held onto her phone with trembling hands. She was nervous and excited.

That night, she had installed a video surveillance in the room. He Ruize did not know about it.

This was the only thing she had to blackmail Zong Jinghao.

If he cared about Lin Xinyan, he would not let this video where Lin Xinyan was being stripped spread on the internet as porn video.

Zong Jinghao looked at his phone as his thumb rubbed on the screen. Just as his phone was about to stop ringing, he picked up the call.

“Hao.” He Ruilin said excitedly.

She thought Zong Jinghao would not accept her call.

Zong Jinghao did not answer her. Her feelings did not affect him.

Slowly, He Ruilin calmed down. The hand on the blanket tensed and relaxed a few times before she opened her mouth. “Did you receive the video? Was it exciting?”

Zong Jinghao’s eyes were half-closed. As if time had stopped, the storms in his eyes had been paused.

“Let’s meet. I’ve booked a room at Shanghuang Hotel. Room 108. I’ll be waiting for you. You can choose to not come, but I can guarantee you that the video in which Lin Xinyan was being stripped would be all over the net. She would be the target for horny men.”

She ended the call but her heart was still thumping loudly.

She was nervous.

Yet when she thought about meeting him, she was excited.

She stood up from the messy bed and ran to the wardrobe barefooted. She started to look for the clothes she was going to wear tonight.

The wardrobe was filled with expensive suits and dresses but none of it was what she wanted. She felt that none of it was pretty enough for tonight.

Yet it was too late to buy clothes now, so she took them all out and tried them one by one.

Her excited look right now was like a young lady who had just fallen in love and about to meet the man of her dreams. She had to become more beautiful so that she could present him the most beautiful look of hers.

To make him surprised and fall in love with her.

Jinghao to fall in love

enthusiastically greeting her. It was written all

gave herself an excuse to leave. “I’m

into

that enthusiastic look from Aunt

be eating soon.” Aunt

to have heard her and

came out when it was time

Ruixi had a “dad”, she did not even want Lin Xinyan anymore. When she was about to eat, she ran to sit beside Zong Jinghao.

carry her away.

that the little girl would

not good. After all, Zong Jinghao was not really her

to sit with dad.” She pulled Zong Jinghao’s arm

one could separate her from

“Ruixi—”

Zong Jinghao said

was silent for a moment. “The girl isn’t being thoughtful.

Jinghao let her sit beside him. “You can be yourself here. Treat

attitude towards him had been ambiguous and

Zijin was honest; everyone knew what was going on. “You are divorced, technically we should not come

divorce.” Zong Jinghao was not in a hurry to explain. He

turned to Lin Xinyan. “Lin Xinyan and I had not gone through

looked at her daughter in shock as she asked, “Is this

Lin Xinyan nodded honestly.

Zijin was in disbelief. She had always thought that Lin

hinting to Zhuang Zijin

I’ll be going out tonight.” He had not been planning to eat at home, but he did not want Zhuang Zijin to be staying here anxiously, so he told her his

this but

laugh and faintly hummed in response. “I have something to do. You’ll be staying in the room you once stayed in. Xichen is already inside, so it’ll be easier

felt grateful for his arrangement. She nodded

polite to me.” He said the first five words louder. It seemed like he was emphasizing to Lin Xinyan, and also to Aunt Yu

held tightly onto his arm. “Where is dad going?

her eyes as

tiny

She wanted to follow her

he did not come

she would not have a

not let

coaxed her patiently. “Do you want