Stealing Your Heart

Zong Jinghao narrowed his gaze while a hint of joy hid in his eyes.

Did she get jealous? You’ll only feel that way when you really care about someone.

Chen Shihan felt a little embarrassed as she was a daughter of a prominent family. Naturally, most people would try to fawn on her and please her. Even her circle of friends were people who were her cliques. No one had ever dishonored her in her life.

She suppressed her emotions and stated, “Why? Are you upset, Mrs. Zong?”

Lin Xinyan responded eloquently, “I don’t know what you mean, Ms. Chen. Why do I have to be upset? Did you do something that might irk me? Considering that you’re from a distinguished family, I doubt you’d do anything unscrupulous that might make me unhappy, right?”

After seeing Lin Xinyan’s pure and innocent face, Chen Shihan thought the former was like a harmless rabbit that could be easily teased. But by no means, the latter knew she would be retaliated by the first-mentioned.

At last, Chen Shihan’s smile vanished. Her face turned ashen at Lin Xinyan’s words.

Even Wen Qing looked somewhat surprised, as Lin Xinyan had always carried herself with modesty and was the quintessence of a homemaker.

I thought Chen Shihan was enough to deal with her. But she’s way beyond my expectations. It seems like I’ve underestimated her.

To break the awkward tension, he declared, “Alright, it’s my treat today. Let’s enjoy ourselves here, okay?”

Without delay, he beckoned to the server to take the order, then passed the menu to Chen Shihan and said, “Order whatever you want.”

He then flipped through the menu and ordered a few dishes that were to Zong Jinghao’s liking. He was deliberately neglecting Lin Xinyan.

Chen Shihan finally saved her skin, so she glared at Lin Xinyan while raising a smirk on her face. So what if you’re good with your words. Hmph!

Wen Qing had never liked her. Furthermore, he had openly expressed his negative feelings about her and wished for her to leave Zong Jinghao.

The other day, Chen Shihan had overheard Wen Qing’s conversation through the phone with her father about his desire for Zong Jinghao to get a divorce from Lin Xinyan.

married. Her father, however, wasn’t taken aback. Her surmise was that Wen Qing had

be married to Zong Jinghao. After a momentary

married to him in an open and aboveboard manner. Their marriage would fortify the standing of the Wen family

an accomplished young man. It wouldn’t be a loss for her father if Chen Shihan

the idea in the beginning. The only reason she had agreed to deliver the documents to the hotel was so that she could reassess

to know him personally, she came to realize that he was different from what was

But she soon noticed that beyond the materials and appearances, he was matured man who had been through countless hurdles in

she agreed to Wen Qing and her father’s

to see if this man could remain unmoving and resist the temptation

Shihan was convinced that she was better than Lin Xinyan

she intentionally raised her voice to order several dishes that were palatable to her, while some were not. Her motive behind all these farces

that all?” The waiter

Shihan handed over the menu and answered, “Yes, that will be all. Serve the food

sure!” The waiter put the menu away politely. Zong Jinghao called out to

came to a halt, walked over, stood beside Zong

water from his glass without looking up. After putting his cup down, he ordered, “I would like to have a sweet and sour fish, and I want it prepared with a

best among the three famous fish species of the Yangtze River. It was also used as a tribute during ancient times. The

sauteed pumpkin with salted egg and a crispy sweet and

that, he lifted his eyes to look at the server. “My wife likes sweet stuff. Do you have any sweet

the restaurant, the server knew

dessert, we have milk jelly cake with desiccated coconut, candied banana fritters, and Chinese yam

would like to have those,” Zong

spoke, he gave a slight bow of his

that she had a sweet tooth. On top of that, she had the kind of

Xinyan turned to glance at him but remained silent. After a while, she shifted her eyes back

Wen Qing and Chen