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 me to forgive

lowered her head. That’s right, she

forgive and forget once the situation is

failed

and guilty the moment she saw

Ruixi turned to look at the woman, who was still sprawled on the floor.

and she scoffed at herself. “One mistake is

on earth before, yet he abandoned her and even

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

into his embrace. Her soft skin was still tinged with red, and the slap mark was still visible. He reached out to stroke

the world had its ugly

sure?” He asked his

you should forgive

“What else did

we shouldn’t go looking for trouble, and if others try to mess with us, we fight back with twice the

“Mommy only told you

approaches in educating her two kids. For Lin Ruixi, she did as much as she could to protect her from harm, and strived to shape her into a smart, compassionate

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

she told the two kids differed greatly

for an eye’

that I will beat you up if you hit me first,”

not like you hit me back whenever I hit you,” the little girl said

the urge to roll his eyes. Was his sister stupid

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

over it for a long while before

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

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

Jinghao looked at his daughter’s clear, innocent eyes,

father’s hesitance as doubt, and she wrapped her

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

of Su Zhan, since their training made them much stronger

Ruixi, while Lin Xinyan took Lin Xichen’s hand, leading them away from

of the bodyguards held the woman down while the other administered her

heard a loud ‘piak’ behind them as the bodyguard slapped the

the bodyguard had used quite