Stealing Your Heart

Seeing that it was Zong Jinghao, Lin Xichen began to panic, wondering if he had done something wrong.

“Why are you here?”

Zong Jinghao walked over and sat down at the side of his bed, ignoring his question completely. Before Lin Xichen could move away, Zong Jinghao grabbed his shoulders and asked, “Do you hate me so much?”

“That’s not true,” Lin Xichen denied.

“I knew exactly what you have done…”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Lin Xichen shouted before Zong Jinghao could finish his sentence.

His little hands grasped the clean white sheets tightly, turning them into a crumpled mess.

How did Zong Jinghao even find out?

Zong Jinghao stroked his head. “You’re using Bai Yinning to compete with me for your mom’s attention, am I right?”

Lin Xichen’s eyes widened, and his face scrunched together comically. How did he know that?

“You’re my son,” Zong Jinghao said as he sighed.

When he heard from Bai Yinning that Lin Xinyan gave birth to the two kids after she divorced Zong Jinghao, he knew that it must have been Lin Xichen who told him about it.

That was something Lin Xinyan would never talk about, and not many people knew about it. Even Shen Peichuan and Su Zhan wouldn’t have known the full story.

Lin Xichen pursed his lips together to affirm Zong Jinghao’s suspicion.

He could bluff anyone, but never Zong Jinghao.

After all, he was his flesh and blood.

“Are you angry?” Lin Xichen asked, lowering his head and picking his fingers.

Zong Jinghao looked at him lovingly, a small smile formed on his lips. “I’m not mad. I’m just glad that you know how to take advantage of others.”

Lin Xichen got a huge shock. What was that?

He stared at his father with a bewildered look on his face.

you could attain would be to accomplish your own goals through the hands of others. You didn’t do it properly, since I managed to see through it, but you’re

Jinghao spoke, his tone was serious, yet there were hints of love lingering

five, yet he could come up with such a complex scheme.

Jinghao held back from praising him outright since he needed to make it clear that it wasn’t

it

huffed, not impressed with Zong Jinghao’s comment. Everyone else showered him with praises, and all he gets from his own father was

essentially

to listen to Zong Jinghao. “Of course I’m not dumb! Why don’t we have a

Jinghao nodded, very much interested in his suggestion.

said, raising his chin. The words you’re not that dumb had

make sure

such an arrogant

and went silent. After a while, he spoke again, “Are you sure you want your mommy to be with that

least he’s only crippled physically, not emotionally,” Lin Xichen

didn’t know how

Lin Xichen implying that he was

“Son…”

clearly unwilling to

prevent Zong Jinghao from saying anything else, Lin Xichen burrowed into his blankets and closed his eyes, pretending to fall

two people that had ever made him feel helpless were

it or not, when I got divorce from your mom, I didn’t

whole truth – he just didn’t know

he couldn’t

had a child out of wedlock would ruin Lin Xinyan and the

abandon her later?” Lin

how to

he married Lin Xinyan in exchange for

son that he and his sister

become a huge blow to the little

Jinghao pulled Lin Xichen’s blanket up further. “It’s cold outside. Remember to

Xichen flipped to the other side in a fit of anger,

Jinghao sighed and pulled his blanket to cover his exposed back. “If you don’t want to fall sick before your mommy comes back, then cover yourself

was reluctant to, yet he didn’t

managed to

want his mommy to worry about him so he stayed put under

Three days passed.

practicing her weaving skills when the old man suddenly called out to her.