Stealing Your Heart

The call was from Bai Yinning. Upon seeing the caller id, her chest tightened a little. Lin Xinyan naturally associated Yao Qingqing to Bai Yinning.

“I’m leaving, you pick up the call,” Qin Ya remarked, thinking Lin Xinyan did not pick up the call due to her presence.

However, it was not true. Lin Xinyan was actually slightly hesitant as she was afraid Bai Yinning would tell her more about Yao Qingqing. She did not want to be further involved in that matter anymore.

Yet, Bai Yinning seemed to be very persistent. The phone continued ringing despite Lin Xinyan being indecisive about whether she wanted to pick the call up.

Taking in a deep breath, Lin Xinyan finally gave in. As she pressed the ‘answer’ button, she heard Bai Yinning ask, “Are you leaving today?”

“No, I’m leaving tomorrow,” Lin Xinyan responded.

“Let’s meet today then,” Bai Yinning suggested.

Lin Xinyan stared at her shoes, still feeling uncertain and tried to decline, “I think it might not be very convenient…”

“You’re leaving tomorrow. Shouldn’t you bid me farewell?” Bai Yinning cut her off.

Lin Xinyan remained silence.

“I won’t take up a lot of your time,” Bai Yinning persuaded once again.

After all, Bai Yinning had saved her before. It will be too heartless of Lin Xinyan to reject his requests continuously. Finally, Lin Xinyan gave in, “You can come and look for me.”

“I’m can’t see you right away. Is it okay if I send someone to pick you up instead?” Bai Yinning proposed.

“Forget it, just tell me the location. It will be too troublesome for someone to come and pick me up. I’ll go there myself,” Lin Xinyan answered.

“We can meet at the mansion. I’ll be there in a jiffy.”

Lin Xinyan paused for a moment before she replied, “Alright, see you.”

Lin Xinyan stood at the side of the road and was only able to hail a taxi after a good twenty minutes.

Soon, the car stopped in front of the mansion. Lin Xinyan paid and alighted from the taxi.

Prior to her arrival, Bai Yinning had informed Liu to be prepared. Upon seeing Lin Xinyan, Liu approached her and greeted, “Ms. Lin, it’s good to see you again.”

Since they had interacted before, the atmosphere between them was not awkward. Lin Xinyan spoke, “It’s too cold out here. Why didn’t you wait in the mansion?”

Young Master told me you were reaching soon. Let’s head into the mansion,” Liu

Lin Xinyan as she had stayed here for a

onto the rack since the room had already been warmed up by the

“I thought I would never see

placed the cup onto the table, Liu added, “Actually, Young Master is

much more than Yao Qingqing, for no particular reason. Liu just thought Lin Xinyan was friendlier; she could

Yao Qingqing gave off was much

Xinyan did not reply. Instead, she walked towards the fish tank and

Yinning had gotten her these fishes for her entertainment after she was rescued by Bai him.

were pretty unique; brightly colored, with distinctive features. When Lin Xinyan gently touched the tail of the fishes, they

glanced at the fish tank, Liu muttered, “Young Master would feed these

Bai Yinning be so free to feed these fishes every day? Seeing her confusion, Liu continued, “Young Master will only feed them when he’s around. Usually, I will be the one in charge of taking care of these fishes. But, if

fishes, she seemed engrossed as she

memory. If only we can be like them, and choose to forget some memories selectively,” a voice interrupted their conversation.

you wait long?” Bai Yinning

Lin Xinyan shook

Liu, “You can take

peeked a glance at Lin Xinyan and then Bai Yinning, but did not utter a word. Gently nodding, she acknowledged Bai Yinning’s commands

and

Xinyan raised her eyebrow and probed, “What secret did you

Bai Yinning was going to tell her was confidential, based on the very fact that he

admitted, “Yes, I have something

was not

“What’s it about?”

Bai Yinning signaled as he moved towards

the sofa and took a seat. Taking a sip of the coffee that Liu made, Lin Xinyan finally heard Bai Yinning say, “She’s alright now. However, she refuses to speak and does not

paused a moment. She did not reply despite knowing who was Bai Yinning

so stable these days.

really hoped Yao Qingqing could lead a normal

the Yao Family. I

entire ordeal, Bai Yinning was

do it,” Lin Xinyan assured. Given Bai Yinning’s

Xinyan’s response, Bai Yinning looked straight into her eyes and wondered, “Why do you

not that I have trust

adamant