Stealing Your Heart

The wind outside bellowed loudly as the tree branches rattled. They creaked and formed many shadows against the glass window.

The clock was ticking away on the wall.

After some time, Lin Xinyan’s legs felt numb while her body turned slightly hot. Zong Jinghao carried her upstairs and placed her on the bed. She felt groggy as she recalled herself getting drenched in the rain during the day. Actually, she had felt a little chilly after the incident but did not bother about it.

However, she was now feeling cold even when she was lying under the covers.

She vaguely heard someone say, “Go to sleep.”

Opening her eyes, she looked at him worriedly. “What about you?”

Lin Xinyan was not well-rested during the past few days; she was very exhausted today. Thus, even though she did not receive a response, she still quickly drifted off.

A loud thunder woke her up in the night.

The room was dark; only a warm yellow light glowed by the bedside. It was pouring heavily in the night. She caught sight of the raindrops against her glass window that was tightly shut.

There was no one beside her as the sheets were neat. Instead, only the side she slept on was wrinkled. It meant Zong Jinghao had not lain down at all. She got up and headed towards the study as she recalled Zong Jinghao’s reaction earlier. When she entered the study downstairs, it was empty. She could only hear the sound of the rain.

Lin Xinyan searched the entire villa but no avail.

In the end, she decided to knock on Shen Peichuan’s door in desperation. The man was awakened by the thunder as well and hadn’t fallen back asleep.

He opened the door as soon as he heard someone knocking and saw Lin Xinyan standing by his door. “He’s gone,” she said anxiously.

Shen Peichuan frowned. “What?”

Zong Jinghao has disappeared?

put something on.” Shen Peichuan turned and

raining and the sky was dark. She opened the door and a gush of cold wind swept inside. Lin Xinyan shivered in the

when he saw Lin Xinyan in thin clothing and said, “Although the weather is getting warmer,

turned to look at him. “I think I know

felt slightly dizzy and assumed it was because her body was feeling feverish. However, she quickly shrugged off the thought as finding Zong

a jacket and changed her shoes as Shen Peichuan ushered her into the

go the Qing

looked sideways at her but said nothing

B City was covered

steps in Qing Garden. The scent of the chrysanthemums had blended with the rain, evoking a sense of

lonely tombstone,

was the reason he had lost his mom. Hence, he smashed the teacup that the maid handed him on the ground. The cup shattered into pieces while hot tea spilled everywhere. But she did not reprimand him for being unreasonable. Instead, she rushed to his side to

so pretentious at that moment and that she was so great at pretending to be as nervous and caring as

he did not call her ‘mom’. He could not

resented her for not revealing the truth to him. Because of her

her words, he suddenly realized that his grievances, hatred, and inability to accept were nothing in comparison to her

Moreover, she gave up the family business of the Cheng

have left selfishly and found someone else to live a peaceful life together. Yet, if you desired so much to be with me that

Yuxiu, you are cruel to

knees slamming hard on the rain-drenched ground. There was so much that he wanted to say, yet he could not bring himself to say anything. Instead, he bowed as his forehead touched the cold

as if God were too shedding tears

could tell if it was the rain or his tears. A trace of hatred flashed past his cold eyes

from the rain. She stood there without a word and looked

 I’m determined to get to the bottom of this and punish the person who had murdered

I will take good care

home.” Lin Xinyan bent over and

her fingers across his cold and hard face before saying, “We have so much to do next; we have to