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.”

little girl ran towards the barbecue stall. As Lin Xinyan watched her

through hard

any longer. In this cold wintry night, sitting out there for hours, she could

did not

Zhan glared at him as if he couldn’t

deeply? How could he be so

me, why did that

Jinghao’s

gave it a thought. He said, “It’s just a child. She’s curious seeing sis-in-law sitting there all alone for so long so she ran

Jinghao turned around and gave Su Zhan a look, “The child

Jinghao meant. This

said because he

Xinyan gave the money to the little girl, she looked as if

girl must have

Lin Xinyan with some skewers

she wanted to take a bite. So

Xinyan said,

my mother wants to thank you. She cannot leave the stall.

tell your mother, don’t worry

I’ll give the money back to you.” Speaking, the little girl took out from her pocket the

you a new cotton coat. It will be very warm so when you come out with her to the stall next time,

money. If I accept it, you need to accept my mother’s word

Xinyan could not decline so she agreed. At this time of

Seeing the little girl bringing Lin Xinyan, her mother rubbed her hands on her apron and said, “You gave

her hand and replied, “Money for

much. He insisted that my daughter bring you here.” The woman wore her hair in a pony tail. She looked

Xinyan was puzzled and