Stealing Your Heart

Aunt Yu was wearing an apron and about to prepare breakfast when she realized that Lin Xinyan had already started preparing. She was also mumbling to herself.

“No— No, it’s nothing.” Lin Xinyan looked away. She did not dare to look into Aunt Yu’s eyes. “Where are the eggs?”

“In the fridge.” Aunt Yu pulled open the fridge to find that the eggs were not there. She then realized they were beside the sink. “Isn’t it under your hands?”

“Huh?” When Lin Xinyan turned to look at the eggs, she suddenly recalled that she had taken them out. She had wanted to change the topic, but she had done so while looking like a fool. She gave an awkward smile. “I forgot about it.”

Aunt Yu returned her smile. She seemed to know what she was trying to hide, but she did not mention anything.

She walked over. “Let me help you. Tell me what the children like to eat, and I’ll make it for them.”

“They’re not picky.” Lin Xinyan was cracking the eggs. She was preparing to make steam egg custard. She had once stayed here for a few days so she knew what Aunt Yu tended to cook and that her dishes were generally well-balanced in nutrition.

She did not need to do extra preparations.

“It’s good that they’re not picky.” Aunt Yu said.

Picky children tended to be malnutrition in some ways.

“Yes.” Lin Xinyan answered with a smile.

The two prepared breakfast together. Perhaps it was because they knew each other, they cooperated well.

When it was seven, the quiet villa came alive.

Lin Xichen’s face was not as swollen as before. It was likely that he had been too bored cooped up in the room. After Zhuang Zijin had changed his clothes and washed his face, he ran to look for his sister in the living room.

He had fallen into a deep sleep last night and did not know when mommy and Ruixi had left him alone in the room.

He woke up with absolute disappointment.

He had also felt upset. He was still injured, why did mommy not bring him along when she left?

There was a look of unhappiness on his face as he sat angrily on the living room couch.

In comparison with Lin Xichen’s unhappiness, Lin Ruixi was overjoyed.

This was the first time she had slept in her dad’s arm. She had been too excited to sleep through the night. It was only when the sun was about to rise that she fell asleep. She was still asleep now, her face sunken into the pillow. Only half of her face was visible, and she had saliva drooling out of her slack mouth.

Zong Jinghao sat at the bedside and looked at her. He frowned in disgust. “She’s drooling.”

The little girl had no idea that her actions were frowned upon.

She was smiling, as if she was having a sweet dream. She opened her mouth and mumbled sweetly, “Dad.”

Zong Jinghao’s expression froze. He reached out to squeeze her cheeks. Perhaps it was ticklish, the little girl turned her head and he kept his hand. If only you really were my daughter, he thought.

However, this did not seem like a good topic to think further on. He stood up and went into the bathroom. He had returned home too late last night, then he was disrupted by this little girl. He did not manage to shower before he slept, and now his clothes were sticking onto his skin.

Soon, there were sounds of water in the bathroom. Not long after, he came out with a towel around his waist.

on the

then walked into

were all neatly arranged. There

door had woken up the little girl on the bed. She rubbed her eyes and realized that her dad was not with

to see the walk-in closet door was opened. She quietly climbed down the bed and

lucky, dad did

door frame and secretly watched

standing in front of the mirror bucking his

suit pants wrapped

muscles were coated with crystal-like water droplets. From her angle and with the dangling lights from above, Zong Jinghao’s slender body made

from aside to dry his hair and upper body,

and sighed. Dad

body was

her face turned red and her smile revealed her

around to climb back on

So sleepy.

his smell on the bed. She wanted to lie on

and inhaled the remnants of her dad’s scent. She closed her eyes, thinking of her dad’s warm arms, and

Zong Jinghao walked out to find the little girl still asleep on the bed. The only thing changed was that

girl up and tucked her into the blanket. After making sure that

stairs and was about to call him for breakfast. When she saw him come down, she said to Lin Xinyan

replied and served breakfast

stared at the man who was coming

was stealing

angry!

him a side-eye for having a terrible expression early in the

face still

to the dining table. He

her son who had been tailing

to sit with me.” Lin

he was not happy. “Does your

Jinghao walking

him

just hug me.” Lin Xichen hugged her neck

Jinghao saw it, he

day

Lin Xinyan’s lap. He wanted Lin Xinyan to

to scoff at

Ruixi liked someone to feed

he enjoyed it now. Mommy was

up

slept late last night.” Lin

that Lin Ruixi was

had called to tell her that the shop was

hotel. You can pick her up.

understand.” Lin Xinyan ended the

want to go to the bathroom.” Lin Xichen wanted