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.”

Lin Xinyan watched her

hard times, things would get

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

Jinghao did

at him as if he couldn’t believe

Xinyan very deeply? How could he be so hard-hearted

did that

Jinghao’s

She’s curious seeing sis-in-law sitting there all alone for so long so she ran over to chat with

gave Su Zhan a look, “The child

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

is very kind.” Su Zhan said because he saw Lin Xinyan giving the little girl

looked thoughtful. When Lin Xinyan gave the money to the

this little girl must have jolted her memory

hour, the little girl came running back to Lin Xinyan

steaming meat. She had been sitting in the cold for some hours. Indeed, she wanted to take a bite. So she took them, picked a skewer and ate. It had

you,” Lin Xinyan

little girl held her arm, “You gave me so much money; my mother

tell your mother, don’t

Speaking, the little girl took

have given it to you. I will not take it back. Your mother can use this money to buy you a new cotton coat. It will be

If I accept it, you need

was persistent. Lin Xinyan could not decline so she agreed. At this time of the night,

the little girl bringing Lin Xinyan, her mother

Xinyan waved the skewers in her hand and replied,

No wonder that man likes you so much. He insisted

was puzzled and so she asked, “What