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.

suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t you teach me to forgive and

Xinyan lowered her head. That’s right, she taught her daughter

unreasonable, and one should forgive and forget once

she failed to do

felt furious and guilty the moment she saw her child getting hit by

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

shine, and she scoffed at herself. “One mistake is all it takes to understand the

the sweetest man on earth before, yet he abandoned her and even told her that

“Mommy,” she said before turning to

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

the world had its ugly

He asked his daughter

“Yeah. Mommy said that you should forgive as much

Jinghao raised his eyebrows. “What

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

looked at her brother. “Mommy only

as much as she could to protect her from harm, and strived to

and fearless. She wanted

she told the two kids differed greatly as

an

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

me back whenever

Xichen resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Was his sister stupid

twins, so I will never hit you no matter what happens. Mommy gave birth

long while before saying, “Does that mean that if I slap her back, we’ll

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

Jinghao. “You can ask Uncle Su to slap her twice, and we’ll be even. If you chopped her hand off, how is she going to

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

and she wrapped her arms around

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

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

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

the woman down while the other

a loud ‘piak’ behind them as

could tell that the bodyguard had used