Stealing Your Heart

“Okay, Mommy. I promise I’ll be good, but you have to promise me that you’ll tell me if anything’s wrong. I’m worried about you.”

Perhaps she got emotional because she was still weak, but Lin Xinyan choked up the second she heard those words. She feared that her son would find out the truth and that she might not be able to solve the problem.

Clenching her fist in the other hand, Lin Xinyan tried her best to sound strong. “I have work to do, Xichen. I’m going to have to hang up now.”

“Okay…”

Lin Xinyan did not wait to see if Lin Xichen had more to say before hanging up on the call.

After that, Aunt Yu brought Lin Xinyan something to eat. “You must be hungry.”

Instead of hunger, all Lin Xinyan could feel was heartache.

“I’m not. I just…” responded Lin Xinyan as she looked at Aunt Yu.

“You have to eat something. Especially now that you’re weak,” interrupted Aunt Yu before Lin Xinyan could finish. With a bowl of food in hand, the former sat down by the bed and looked intently at Lin Xinyan. “Before Young Master left, he ordered me to take good care of you, so that includes feeding you. It’s not just you now – you have to consider your baby too. This is good for the both of you.”

Aunt Yu did not know about Lin Xinyan’s health condition, only that the woman was bedridden because of the risk of miscarriage in her pregnancy.

To her, Lin Xinyan was already too thin. The baby might not have enough nutrition to absorb if the mother refused to eat anything.

“Young Master was concerned about your appetite, so he ordered light meals for you. Try this bird’s nest from Malaysia. The domestic ones are so highly processed that they have no quality whatsoever. Have some for the sake of the child,” advised Aunt Yu as she brought the bowl forward.

When Aunt Yu mentioned the bird’s nest, Lin Xinyan was reminded that the delicacy was made of swiftlets’ solidified saliva.

get out of bed. Shocked, Aunt Yu quickly put the bowl aside and stopped Lin Xinyan from moving.

to the bathroom and got Lin Xinyan a bucket

Xinyan could throw up was stomach acid, but it did make

back to soothe her

the latter straightened up. “I need

was about to set the bucket down in front of Lin Xinyan but then changed her mind because it might

Aunt Yu went to the bathroom once more to

much

to eat

to do their rounds. The doctor approached

doctor flipped through her

doctor telling her that she could no longer give birth after Lin Ruixi and

pregnancy was quite a surprise

there’s a high risk of miscarriage. You have to be

want to keep the baby,” responded

was not the perfect timing, Lin Xinyan wanted

or bleeding by the end of the week, you can rest home as long as you come back for prenatal visits,” instructed the doctor before continuing, “I do see that you’re rather weak, so you should eat more.

up and losing her appetite. Do you have anything to stop

to take supplements because of her condition.

at the bird’s nest on the table. “But she couldn’t even have something as light as

of this. It’s light in taste, so your body can absorb it easily. Plus, the sialic acid in the solidified swiftlet saliva is very beneficial for

mention of saliva, Lin Xinyan could not help but

bucket for Lin Xinyan, but luckily the pregnant woman was just