Stealing Your Heart

Lin Xinyan swallowed hard as she tried to suppress her lustful thoughts. Her face flushed slightly as she fidgeted uneasily under his seductive fingers.

Zong Jinghao unbuttoned her collar and asked in a hoarse voice, “Will you change?”

Lin Xinyan turned around to look at him and stretched out her hands to caress his face before replying weakly, “I will become very ugly.”

Her face had turned ashen during the last few months when she was pregnant with Lin Ruixi and Lin Xichen.

“I won’t mind no matter how ugly you look.”

Zong Jinghao grabbed hold of her hands on his face and held them against the pillow before he planted his lips onto hers.

No! We can’t continue. Otherwise, both of us will feel even more terrible later!

She tried to stop him in a hoarse voice, “The doctor says that we aren’t allowed to…”

Not only was he undeterred by her words, but he continued to pull her in, claiming her lips again, hungry and intense, while murmuring, “You have no idea how much I want you.”

Her desire to have him was getting stronger by the minute. Finally, she turned her head away determinedly before she warned, “You stay away from me.”

We may end up committing a mistake if we carry on hugging and touching each other…

On the other hand, Zong Jinghao was trying his best to suppress his urge too. He pulled down her skirt and lay flat on the bed. A silence fell over them.

Time passed slowly.

Finally, Lin Xinyan spoke up after ten minutes.

“Have you ever blamed me for being too close to Cheng Yuxiu and caused so much trouble?” Although she had heard from Cheng Yuxiu about the close relationship between Wen Qing and Wen Xian before, she did not expect that Wen Qing would go to this extent for Wen Xian.

“No. Initially, I don’t understand, but I know that you have your own ideas.” Zong Jinghao’s voice was no longer hoarse and had resumed its usual calm tone.

Lin Xinyan turned around and buried her face in his chest. “Do you know that I like you? I want…” To help you take care of those whom you can’t care for personally.

Zong Jinghao suppressed his joy as he asked, “Are you confessing your love to me?”

“I guess so.”

He turned around, put his hands on her face and looked at her lovingly.

Lin Xinyan batted her eyelashes at him. “You haven’t settled the problem yet?”

He planted a kiss on her forehead before pulling her into his embrace. “I will settle the problem soon. You just rest well and don’t think about other matters. Don’t take others’ words to heart. Those are only my temporary plans. You must only trust me.”

what he meant,

“I trust you.”

was amused. To lighten the atmosphere and to distract her from worrying, he teased, “How can you trust me so much? Aren’t you worried that I

waist. “I will break your legs if you dare to run

he winced in pain. “You shall support me if

you. I won’t let my kid

can only lie on the bed. He’s the father of my kids. Only with him around will we have

alive and in the same coffin when we

him. “Don’t talk nonsense. I will

won’t find an old man more handsome

if he’s slightly uglier.” Lin Xinyan

he dares to accept you,” said Zong Jinghao in a

like the distraction worked. None of them brought up that matter again. That night, Aunt Yu knocked on their door with their dinner in her hands. Zong Jinghao got up from the bed to answer the door. Aunt Yu asked smilingly, “I bet you are

and asked

appetite. Having stayed in the ward for so long, she was cut off from the outside world, and her daily activities consisted of

you will like it.” She had prepared the meals according to the doctor’s instructions. Since then, Lin Xinyan’s appetite and her nausea

meal consisted of cabbage, pumpkin with egg, stir-fried vegetables, fish soup and tofu. Each dish was placed on

birth to beautiful babies if they look at pretty stuff more often. Thus, I purposely buy these beautiful plates for her.” Even the cutlery, with beautiful hand-painted flowers

shirt, Zong Jinghao looked at Lin Xinyan, “Yes, we must take note of that. Otherwise, the baby will be darned ugly if we leave it

Yu chuckled at

glared at him. You

dishes nicely before Lin

to the bathroom before placing her on the chair gingerly. He sat opposite her and scooped some soup for her. “Drink

soup before eating would help to work

Xinyan tried the soup. Her meals were prepared without any seasoning and with the freshest ingredients that

meantime, Aunt Yu helped to change her bedsheets. She insisted to change the bedsheets every day because Lin Xinyan, in her current condition, could not turn on the air conditioner. Given the hot

to collect the dirty tableware after Lin Xinyan and Zong Jinghao were

require her help for the rest

agreed and went to take

She put down the dirty tableware and explained, “I will leave after cleaning the bathroom. We can’t let the bathroom floor stay

bathroom was equipped with anti-slip facilities, Aunt Yu was worried that Lin Xinyan might

Jinghao understood what Aunt Yu was worried about. “I will

Yu looked at him. “When have you done such a chore before? And you won’t be able to do it well

was looking down on him. What’s

you go back and rest first? Just let him do it.” Lin Xinyan was

by the minute, Aunt Yu smiled. “Then I will leave first.” After

a sideward glance at Lin Xinyan, guessing her thoughts. He

merely smiled sweetly in