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.

Ruixi looked up at Lin Xinyan suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t you teach me to forgive

lowered her head. That’s right, she taught

should forgive and forget once the situation

failed

moment she saw her child getting hit by some

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

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

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

pitied the woman. “Mommy,” she said before turning to her father. “Daddy, let her go. My face

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 that he would hurt

so, the world

sure?” He asked his

Mommy said that you should forgive as much as possible so that you can be

“What else did

go looking for trouble, and if others try to mess with us, we fight back with twice the power!”

brother. “Mommy only told you

her two kids. For Lin Ruixi, she did as much as she could to protect her from harm, and strived

fearless. She wanted him to become a reliable man when

she told

‘an eye for an eye’ mean?” Lin Ruixi asked,

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

like you hit me back whenever

urge to roll his eyes.

I will never hit you no matter what happens. Mommy

a long while before saying, “Does that mean that if I slap her back,

his arms across his chest and held his chin as he considered his sister’s words. “Hmm…it should be two slaps, since she made the first move. We have to

slap her twice, and we’ll be even. If you chopped her hand off, how is

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

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

not out

of Su Zhan, since their training

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 them to lead the

bodyguards held the woman down while the

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

had