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 you teach

head. That’s right, she taught her daughter

unreasonable, and one should forgive and forget once the situation is

failed to

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

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

and she scoffed at herself. “One mistake

yet he abandoned her and even told her that she was an embarrassment to him. She

before turning to her father.

to stroke her cheek but ended up wiping his fingers across her forehead as he was scared that he would hurt

world had its ugly

sure?” He asked

Mommy said that you should forgive as much as possible so

raised his eyebrows. “What

go looking for trouble, and if others try to mess with us, we fight back with

“Mommy only told you that,

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

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

she told the two

for an

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

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

roll his eyes.

since we’re twins, so I will never hit you no matter what happens. Mommy gave birth to

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

arms across his chest and held his chin as he considered his sister’s words. “Hmm…it should be two

her twice,

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

and she wrapped her arms around his

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

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

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

of the bodyguards held the woman down

a loud ‘piak’ behind them as

the bodyguard had used quite a bit of