Stealing Your Heart

Acting rashly could send one tumbling down into the abyss.

The woman was acting as if she was the best in the world just because she wore something that cost a thousand.

She had gotten herself into some serious trouble by that one action.

Zong Jinghao made no move to change his orders.

The woman was terrified. How was she going to live without her hand?

No, I can’t lose my hand!

Even so, she could not fight against the people standing before her.

Fear might have flipped a switch in her, and she broke free of her restraints all of a sudden, all before the bodyguards could react.

She barreled herself towards Lin Xinyan.

Zong Jinghao thought that she was going to hurt Lin Xinyan, and he kicked her away. The woman skidded sideways and crashed into a tree in the garden nearby, making it shake on impact.

Zong Jinghao’s eyes were red with anger. “What were y’all doing? You can’t even hold a woman down!”

The woman pressed a hand to her chest and coughed a few times. “I was not going to hurt her,” she rasped.

She looked up at Lin Xinyan. “I just thought that I could ask you for some mercy, since you’re a woman like me.”

Lin Xinyan’s face remained cold, not because she was heartless, but rather because the woman’s actions were beyond her threshold.

As a mother, she felt guilty for not being able to protect her child from harm, yet she couldn’t forgive the perpetrator so easily.

She was not a saint but an ordinary human and a mother.

“My daughter is only five, and I have never even scolded her, let alone hit her. Who gave you the right to hit her?” Lin Xinyan asked, her eyes reddened. “You probably don’t deserve to lose your hand because of this, but you have to be punished.”

The woman’s jaw dropped, and she was at a loss for words.

Lin Xinyan hugged Lin Ruixi close to shield her from the violent scene that was about to take place. “I’ll get on the car first,” she said.

Zong Jinghao nodded.

“Wait.

Xinyan suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t

head. That’s right, she

should forgive and

she failed

and guilty the moment she saw her child

to look at the woman, who was still

shine, and she scoffed at herself. “One mistake is

yet he abandoned her and even told her that she was an embarrassment to

pitied the woman. “Mommy,” she said before turning to

red, and the slap mark was still visible. He reached out to stroke her cheek but ended up wiping his fingers across her forehead as he was scared that he would hurt her. His daughter had a

the world had

sure?” He asked

you should forgive as much as possible

raised his eyebrows. “What else did she teach

to mess with us, we fight back with twice

looked at her brother. “Mommy only told you that,

she could to protect her from harm, and strived to shape her into a smart, compassionate and observant young

and fearless. She wanted him to become a reliable man when he grew

told the two kids

an eye’ mean?” Lin

if you

me back whenever I hit you,” the little girl said

resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

my sister, so it doesn’t count! Mommy said that we share the same blood since we’re twins, so I will never hit you no matter what happens. Mommy

head to the side and pondered over it for a long while before saying, “Does that mean

his chest and held his chin as he considered his sister’s words. “Hmm…it should

at Zong Jinghao. “You can ask Uncle Su to slap her twice, and we’ll be even.

Jinghao looked at his daughter’s clear, innocent eyes, and was at a

Ruixi took her father’s hesitance as doubt, and she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Daddy, just let

pleas, not out of mercy,

Jinghao asked the bodyguards to do it instead of Su Zhan,

Ruixi, while Lin Xinyan took Lin Xichen’s hand, leading them away from the scene. Su

bodyguards held the woman

 ‘piak’ behind them as

could tell that the bodyguard had used quite a bit