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.

so she lifted the quilt, about to get out of bed. Shocked, Aunt Yu quickly put the bowl aside and stopped Lin Xinyan from moving. “You

hurried over to the bathroom and

empty, all Lin Xinyan could throw up was stomach acid, but it did

Xinyan’s back to soothe

the latter straightened up.

Yu was about to set the bucket down in front of Lin Xinyan but then changed her mind because it might gross the woman out. She took the bucket away before washing her

need to gargle,” informed Lin Xinyan, so Aunt Yu went to the bathroom once more to clean the bucket before bringing it to Lin Xinyan

gargling, Lin Xinyan felt much better as

you to eat

into the room with nurses and assistants to do their rounds. The doctor approached

replied Lin Xinyan while the doctor flipped through her records. “Do you

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

quite a surprise to

miscarriage. You have

to keep the baby,” responded Lin

Lin Xinyan wanted to keep her child

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

her appetite. Do you have anything to stop the vomiting so she can eat?”

would take vitamins for more serious cases. Still, the doctor did not recommend Lin Xinyan to take supplements because of her

at the bird’s nest on the table. “But she couldn’t even

the bowl, the doctor informed Lin Xinyan, “You can have some 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

Xinyan could not help

Lin Xinyan, but luckily the