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?

second. Let me put something on.” Shen Peichuan

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

weather is getting warmer, it does

him. “I think I

Peichuan urged her to wear something warm before they head out. She felt slightly dizzy and assumed it was because her body was feeling feverish. However,

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

go the Qing

looked sideways at her but said nothing before heading in

B City was covered with

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

man stood before the lonely tombstone, silently staring at

that she was the reason he had lost his mom. Hence, he smashed the teacup that the maid handed

was so pretentious at that moment and that she was so great at pretending

she was indeed his mother, he did not call her ‘mom’. He could not take

the truth to him. Because of her decision, he had to live resentment

that his grievances, hatred, and inability to accept were nothing in comparison to her sacrifices for

gone to waste. Moreover, she gave up the family business of the Cheng family only to stay by his

you desired so much to be with me that you gave up

are cruel to

ground, his 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 ground and rain pummeled

as if God were too shedding tears

Yet, no one could tell if it was the rain or his tears. A trace of hatred flashed past his cold eyes that were

beside him, shielding him from the rain. She stood there without a word and looked down at

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

promise you that I will take

Lin Xinyan bent

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