Stealing Your Heart

Lin Xinyan’s head was heavy. It seemed bumpy and she felt like she was lying in a car.

She gradually opened her eyes and her vision turned from blurry to clear. She saw where she was.

She was in a seven-seater car. The back seats had been placed down and it had become a large space, much like a bed that she was lying on top of. The windows had a layer of black film, so she could not see whether it was day or night. However, she felt that it should be the day because there were no flickering street lights.

She wanted to move but realized that her head was pounding and her hands could not move. She looked down to find out that her hands and legs were tied up.

He Ruize, who was driving, saw that she had woken up through the rearview mirror. “You woke up. Are you hungry?”

Lin Xinyan recalled what had happened and she did not want to talk to him. She closed her eyes again.

“Do you hate me?” He Ruize could see her expressions clearly through the rearview mirror.

Did she no longer want to talk to him?

“Yan, we’re lovers. We’ll eventually make love to each other. Why should you be like that? I feel upset that you’re hurt.” He did feel upset, but his want for her was stronger.

“Are you hungry?” He Ruize repeated his question.

Whatever He Ruize said, Lin Xinyan pretended that she could not hear him and did not answer him. She hated this man with a vengeance. She now knew what he was made of.

He Ruize knew that she was angry so he did not continue to say anything else. He only said, “Tell me when you’re hungry.”

He focused back on his driving.

Lin Xinyan’s head was throbbing, as if there was someone drilling in her head. She did not know where He Ruize was driving to, but the road was bumpy and the wound on her head kept pounding along with each bump. Yet she never cried; she just suffered quietly.

To distract herself from the pain, she forced herself to space out and fall asleep. That way, she would not feel the pain.

The sun set and the sky darkened.

When she woke again, she did not know what time it was. She was no longer in the car. She was at a motel. The place was not spacious and the furnishing was simple. It looked like the kind of motel that did not need any identification, because Lin Xinyan realized the motel should be originally a house. The room was originally a part of the living room.

There was a mocking smile on her pale face.

had it hard. To avoid detection, he was now living in these kinds of

born with a

wanted to drink some water. However, her hands and legs were still tied up. He Ruize was not around; he must have

pushed open and He Ruize walked in with things

he saw her awake, he asked, “You’re awake. Are you

properly, he turned the handle

thirsty.” Her voice

did not know how long she had not spoken or how long she had not

fair wrists that had been scratched red by the

felt that he was a hypocrite. If

and supported her into a sitting position. “I’ll

at the bottle of water that He Ruize brought over. He

“Doesn’t your hand

you’ve bought food. Are you hungry? You should

bottle, she made sure that the bottle had not been opened before she twisted the cap. She was fearful of He

she had to be

stuffed two mouthfuls of food

she did not reach out

is too remote, and there are no proper restaurants around. One more day, and we’ll

It was not because the food was terrible. Back when she was living with her mother and they were scraping by in life, she had tasted all kinds of food

each more, because this was given to

had traumatized her. She was constantly afraid of him

would drug him through the

down. I’ll apply

drank a sip of water. “I want to go to

after she had gotten He Ruize’s permission. Only when she stood up, she realized that her

to massage her numb legs. He Ruize reached out, wanting to help her massage, but she instinctively moved backwards. Her leg knocked onto the

relief after making sure that it was locked. She did not actually want to use the bathroom; she wanted to avoid He Ruize applying medication

and rested

stand up to flush the toilet bowl. It was to make sure that He Ruize thought