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.

up at Lin Xinyan suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t

That’s right, she taught her

should forgive and forget once

failed to

she felt furious and guilty the moment she saw

turned to look at the woman, who was still sprawled on the floor. “Do you know

and she scoffed at herself.

before, yet he abandoned her and even told her

pitied the woman. “Mommy,” she said before turning to her father. “Daddy, let her go. My face doesn’t hurt

was still tinged with 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

so, the world had its

sure?” He asked

“Yeah. Mommy said that you should forgive as much

his eyebrows. “What else did she

looking for trouble, and if others try to mess with us,

Ruixi looked at her brother. “Mommy only

two kids. For Lin Ruixi, she did as much as she could to protect her

to be strong, determined, and fearless. She wanted him to become a reliable man when

a result, the things she told the two kids differed greatly as

does ‘an eye for an

you up if you hit me first,” Lin Xichen

it’s not like you hit me back whenever I hit you,”

resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Was

share the same blood since we’re twins, so I will never hit you no matter what happens. Mommy gave birth to both of

pondered over it for a long while before saying, “Does that mean that

chest and held his chin as he considered his sister’s words. “Hmm…it should be two slaps, since she made the first move. We have to make her

Ruixi said, looking at Zong Jinghao. “You can ask Uncle Su to slap her twice,

innocent eyes, and was at a

as doubt, and she wrapped her arms around

his daughter’s pleas, not out of mercy, but rather his reluctance to let

to do it instead of Su Zhan, since their training made

Zong Jinghao picked up Lin Ruixi, while Lin Xinyan took Lin Xichen’s hand, leading them away from

woman down while the other

 behind them as the bodyguard slapped

the bodyguard had