Stealing Your Heart

Lin Xinyan lifted her head and the little girl came into sight. She wore a red cotton jacket and her face was pink with cold.

“Aunt, what are you doing sitting here?”

Lin Xinyan looked at the little girl and then at the surroundings. There were no adults in sight. Her gaze returned to the little girl. “I don’t feel happy, so I am here. Why are you here and where are your folks?”

“My mother is there.” She pointed to the skewers stall not far away.

Lin Xinyan looked in the direction she was pointing. There was a barbecue stall by the roadside. A woman was there, wearing seasoned-looking cotton-padded clothes and an apron, helping guests with kebabs.

“I’m here to help my mother.” The little girl looked well-behaved. Lin Xinyan stroked her hair, saying, “You are a good girl.”

Perhaps, being a mother herself, she let her guard down around the little girl.

“Do you want to eat skewered meat? I’ll ask my mother to sell you at a lower price.”

Lin Xinyan didn’t like this type of food. Nonetheless, she took out some cash and gave it to the little girl, “I don’t want to eat but I’m giving you some money to buy food you like.”

The little girl blinked, seeing so much money. She did not dare to accept it. “Aunt, why are you giving me money?”

She looked at the little girl and through her, she saw herself in the past. When she was in country A with Zhuang Zijin, life was hard. Just like her, she stayed up late at night, braving the cold wind just to make some money to buy food.

So the little girl aroused her compassion.

“When I see you, I remember how it was when I was a little girl like you with my mother.”

The little girl blinked and asked, “Aunt, you sold kebabs too when you were little?”

Lin Xinyan shook her head, “No, but I was working for someone, helping to skewer and barbecue meat.”

The little girl smiled, showing a row of small white teeth. She took the money from Lin Xinyan and said, “I’ll get the kebabs for you.”

ran towards the barbecue stall. As Lin Xinyan watched her departing figure, her gaze turned

going through hard times,

sis-in-law back in here,” Su Zhan could not bear it any longer. In this cold wintry night, sitting out there

did not

at him as

he love Lin Xinyan very deeply? How

why did that

Zong Jinghao’s gaze leave the

She’s curious seeing sis-in-law sitting there all alone for so long so she

and gave Su Zhan

there…” Speaking mid-sentence, he understood what Zong Jinghao meant. This little girl might have something to

he

He looked thoughtful. When Lin Xinyan gave the money to the little girl, she looked

girl must have

Lin Xinyan with some skewers in her hands, “Aunt, this is for

Indeed, she wanted to take a bite. So she took

Lin Xinyan said,

girl held her arm, “You gave me so much money; my mother wants to thank you. She cannot

your mother,

little girl took out from

can use this money to buy you a new cotton coat. It

I cannot simply accept your money. If I accept it, you need to accept my mother’s word of

could not decline so she agreed. At this time of the night,

customers. The little girl’s mother was still busy. Seeing the little girl bringing Lin Xinyan,

hand and replied,

that man likes you so much. He insisted that my daughter bring you here.” The woman wore

was puzzled and so she asked, “What