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.

Zong Jinghao to fall in

out of the bathroom and saw Aunt Yu enthusiastically greeting her. It was written all over Aunt Yu’s face that she

gave herself an excuse to leave. “I’m going to check on

walked into the

could not withstand that

be eating soon.” Aunt Yu told

Xinyan pretended not to have heard her and went into the

came out when it was

Lin Xinyan anymore. When she was about to eat, she ran to sit beside

to carry her away.

would not be able

Zong Jinghao was not

She pulled Zong Jinghao’s arm and hugged

could separate

“Ruixi—”

Zong Jinghao said

moment. “The girl isn’t being thoughtful. Don’t mind

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

had been

everyone knew what was going on. “You are divorced, technically

not in a hurry to explain.

Xinyan. “Lin Xinyan and I had not gone through the divorce officially, so we were

at her daughter in shock as she asked,

Lin Xinyan nodded honestly.

that Lin Xinyan no longer had

wife.” He was hinting to Zhuang Zijin that Lin Xinyan’s staying

be going out tonight.” He had not been planning to eat at home, but he did

asked this but she regretted it as soon as it left her

have something to do. You’ll be staying in the room you once stayed in. Xichen is already inside, so it’ll be easier for

arrangement. She nodded and said again,

you don’t need to be so polite to me.” 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 wanted them

Ruixi held tightly onto

her eyes as she looked

Jinghao pinched her tiny nose and rejected

Ruixi asked, disappointed. She wanted to follow her

not come back after he

would not

she could not let dad

patiently. “Do