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.

looked up at Lin Xinyan suddenly. “Mommy, didn’t you

her head. That’s right, she

forgive and forget once the situation

failed

and guilty the moment she saw her child getting hit by

to look at the woman, who was still sprawled on the

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

abandoned her and even told her that

she said before turning to her father. “Daddy, let her go. My

Jinghao pulled his daughter 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 her. His daughter had a

the world had

asked his daughter

you should forgive as much as possible so that you

Jinghao raised his eyebrows. “What else did she

to mess with us, we fight back with twice

her brother. “Mommy only told

took different 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

her son, she taught him to be strong, determined, and fearless. She wanted him to become a reliable man

things she told the two kids differed greatly as

eye for an eye’ mean?”

I will beat you up if you hit

whenever I hit you,” the little girl said

Xichen resisted the urge to roll his

we share the same blood since we’re twins, so I will never hit you no matter what happens.

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

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

slap her twice, and we’ll be

his daughter’s clear, innocent eyes,

wrapped her arms around his neck. “Daddy, just let her

gave in to his daughter’s pleas, not out of mercy,

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

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

the woman

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

bodyguard had used quite