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.

at Lin Xinyan suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t you teach

head. That’s right, she

should forgive

failed

moment she saw her child

at the woman, who was still sprawled on the floor. “Do you know what you

scoffed at herself. “One mistake is

yet he abandoned her and even told

Ruixi sighed as she pitied the woman. “Mommy,” she said before turning to her

and the slap mark was still visible. He reached out to stroke her cheek

so, the world

sure?” He asked his daughter

forgive as much

Jinghao raised his eyebrows. “What

if others try to mess with us, we fight back with twice the

Ruixi looked at her brother. “Mommy only

she could to protect

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

things she told the

‘an eye for an

you up if you hit

hit me back whenever I hit

the urge to roll his eyes. Was his

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

Ruixi cocked her head to the side and pondered over it for a long while before saying, “Does that mean that if I slap her

his sister’s words. “Hmm…it should be two slaps, since she made the first move. We have to make her remember

ask Uncle Su to slap her twice, and we’ll be even.

his daughter’s clear, innocent eyes, and

her father’s hesitance as doubt, and she wrapped her arms around

not out of

Zong Jinghao asked the bodyguards to do it instead of Su Zhan, since their training made

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

of the bodyguards held the woman down while the

 behind them as the bodyguard slapped the woman’s

the bodyguard had used quite a