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

lowered her head. That’s right,

should forgive and forget

failed to

furious and guilty the moment she

still sprawled on the floor. “Do you know what you

woman’s eyes had lost their shine, and she scoffed at herself. “One mistake is all it takes to understand the people

husband had been the sweetest man on earth before, yet he abandoned her and even told her that she was an embarrassment to

before turning to her father. “Daddy, let her go. My face doesn’t hurt

into his embrace. Her soft skin 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

world had its

asked his daughter

should forgive as much as possible so that

Jinghao raised his eyebrows. “What else

trouble, and if others try to mess with

her brother. “Mommy

she could

be strong, determined, and fearless. She

told the two kids differed

‘an eye for an

will beat you up if you hit me first,” Lin Xichen said

it’s not like you hit me back whenever I

the urge to roll his eyes. Was his sister stupid

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 gave birth to

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

as he considered his sister’s words. “Hmm…it

slaps then!” Lin Ruixi said, looking at Zong Jinghao. “You can ask Uncle Su to slap her twice, and we’ll be even. If you chopped her hand off, how is she

daughter’s clear, innocent eyes, and was at

took her father’s hesitance as doubt, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Jinghao gave in to his daughter’s pleas, not out of mercy, but rather his reluctance to

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

up Lin Ruixi, while Lin Xinyan took Lin Xichen’s hand, leading them away from the scene. Su Zhan walked in front

of the bodyguards held the woman down while

 behind them as the bodyguard slapped the

could tell that the bodyguard had used quite a bit of