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.

was her dream for Zong Jinghao to

out of the bathroom and saw Aunt Yu enthusiastically greeting her. It was

lowered her head in embarrassment and gave herself an excuse

into the

that enthusiastic look

soon.” Aunt

pretended not to have heard her and went

when it

When she was about to eat, she

to carry her away.

the little girl would not be able to

After all, Zong Jinghao

dad.” She pulled Zong Jinghao’s arm and hugged

one could separate her from her

“Ruixi—”

her be.” Zong

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

Jinghao let her sit beside him. “You can be yourself here. Treat this like your home. I’m sure you were unhappy

had been ambiguous and Zong Jinghao could sense

Zijin was honest; everyone knew what was going on. “You are divorced, technically we

in a hurry to explain. He slowly said, “Lin Xinyan

I had not gone through the divorce officially, so we were

Zijin looked at her daughter in

Lin Xinyan nodded honestly.

was in disbelief. She had always thought that Lin Xinyan no longer had a relationship with Zong

officially we are still husband and wife.” He was hinting to Zhuang Zijin that Lin Xinyan’s staying here was

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

home?” Lin Xinyan was the one who asked this but she regretted it as soon as it left her mouth. It

response. “I have something to do. You’ll be staying in the room

Xinyan felt grateful for his arrangement. She nodded

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

up and Lin Ruixi held tightly onto his arm. “Where is dad going? Can

eyes as she looked

her tiny nose and rejected her.

She wanted

did not come back after

she would not

not let dad just

her patiently. “Do you want me to like