Stealing Your Heart

Zong Jinghao glanced at his wife with a deep frown. He was not uneasy over Lin Guoan’s death. Rather, he was uneasy over his intuition that Lin Guoan’s death must have been related to Zhuang Zijin.

From the day when she had decided to remarry Lin Guoan, Zong Jinghao already had a bad feeling about this. As predicted by him, Lin Guoan was dead, on New Year’s Eve.

Zong Jinghao went to the window and only spoke after making sure that Lin Xinyan couldn’t hear him. “Where was he found dead?”

“At his home. I’m at the crime scene now. This news came as a shock to me as well. He just died so suddenly, without any sickness or injuries. Is this karma coming into play?” Shen Peichuan rambled on.

Naturally, Zong Jinghao brushed that superstition off.

“I’ll go over now.” If it weren’t for the fact that this incident involved Lin Xinyan’s relatives, Zong Jinghao wouldn’t even have bothered to pay heed to such a matter.

In fact, Lin Guoan’s death was not enough to make him take this matter into his own hands. He was worried that Zhuang Zijin was involved in his death, and that was why he had to take care of it.

For so many years, Lin Xinyan and Zhuang Zijin were inseparable as they pulled through their hardships together. They had a very connected mother-daughter relationship. Although Lin Xinyan was mad at Zhuang Zijin for not listening to her as she insisted on remarrying Lin Guoan, Zong Jinghao could see that his wife still cared for her mother deeply.

It would be good if Zhuang Zijin were not involved in this case. But if she is…

Zong Jinghao hung up the call and returned to the dining hall. Lin Xinyan still continued to ignore him as she enjoyed her meal.

A strand of her hair slid over her shoulders as she lowered her head. Zong Jinghao tucked the loose strand behind her ear and uttered softly, “I’m going out now.”

Lin Xinyan hummed in reply.

“There’s no one else at home today, so you can go back and sleep for a while after you’re done eating,” Zong Jinghao added gently.

Lin Xinyan nodded and asked, “You’re going to your company?”

Zong Jinghao hesitated and lied, “Su Zhan and Shen Peichuan have asked me to join them for lunch.”

“Oh, okay. Don’t drink too much. It’s bad for your health,” Lin Xinyan uttered in concern.

Zong Jinghao was surprised by the concern in her voice, and his eyes curved into a hearty grin. For so many years, there was no one else who actually cared about his health, and Lin Xinyan was the first. He kissed his wife affectionately as warmth enveloped him. “Wait for me to come back.”

him lightly. “Go

hummed in reply and left

left,

saw that Lin Xinyan was still by the dining table. The hems of Lin Xinyan’s sweater were rolled up slightly, revealing a bruise on her

thought that her eyes were playing tricks on her and approached Lin Xinyan to check on her

horror when she saw that it was really a bruise. “Your

that, Lin Xinyan pulled her sweater

Master Jinghao hit you? Does he have a tendency for violence?” Aunt Yu’s eyes were filled with disbelief. Who else could have hit her if not Zong

I fell down and knocked my waist last night,” Lin

to believe her. “How

her hair cover her beet-red face. “I slipped in the toilet, that’s how I knocked my waist.

that Aunt Yu would pester her further, Lin Xinyan got up and escaped

called out, “Are

“I’m full now.”

turning back, Lin Xinyan ran into her room and closed the door. After panting out a heavy sigh, she raised her sweater to check her waist in the mirror. Only then did she see the bruise on the back of her waist. No wonder it feels so painful

skirt and tucked the sweater in, in case the hem of her sweater rolled upwards to reveal her waist

her bed. To her misfortune, she couldn’t sleep at all, even after quite some

Yu was wiping the dining table now. They had booked a place at a renowned restaurant for their reunion dinner, so Aunt

decided to get some presents for her kids and the elders for the

a smile. “Sure! But

that and returned upstairs to get her handbag and coat. The driver was on holiday now, so Lin Xinyan would be the one driving. Aunt Yu wanted to take the backseat, but Lin Xinyan insisted for

greatly. Although she was favored by Zong Jinghao, she was always aware of her status as

a family, so don’t

weather, Aunt Yu felt that

is lucky to have married you.” She was not praising Lin Xinyan because of her beautiful face alone. She was praising her for her kindness and down-to-earth personality towards the servants, seeing as Lin Xinyan had never acted like a stuck-up woman who had married into a rich

against, as though they were thieves who would steal their properties. Getting scolded by their masters was common for maids

that she was lucky enough to be serving kind families like the Zongs and the Wens, but never had she expected that an outsider

her, Aunt Yu was merely someone who she should respect, as she was the one who had taken care of Zong Jinghao throughout