Stealing Your Heart

She struggled to calm her mind, but it was all in vain. She couldn’t think straight as a storm was forming rapidly in her heart.

Recalling Zhuang Zijin’s words, Lin Xinyan touched the necklace she had worn after all this time, gently rubbing the metal.

After a while, she gave in to her curiosity. She sat up, placing the wet face cloth onto the table. Then, she took off the necklace.

The design of the necklace was simple and without a pendant. She placed it against the light, but she couldn’t see anything special about it.

The only thing she could see was that the necklace was made of platinum with high purity. It glistened against the light brightly, and it didn’t look very old.

When she wanted to put the necklace back on, she noticed small letters on the clasp. However, they were too small to be visible, so she walked over to the window. With the light’s aid, she could finally see the carving clearly. It was ‘hx.08.ZA0102’.

She frowned. What is this? I’ve never seen jewelry of this brand.

What do these letters and numbers mean?

She looked closely at the necklace over and over again. There weren’t any other messages except the one on the clasp. Sighing, she leaned back on the sofa. If Zhuang Zijin was telling the truth, and this necklace really was from my mother, then there should be something meaningful.

After all, she must have something to tell me, right?

Lin Xinyan didn’t feel any tinge of sadness as she had never met her mother. This whole “real parents” affair just seemed absurd to her.

She couldn’t wrap her head around it, so she refused to muddle herself any longer. Walking over to her bed, she searched for a box to keep the necklace. As she opened the drawer on the head of the bed, she saw a contract from Hua Xia Bank. Back then, Zong Qifeng had given her kids some Wanyue shares and a pink diamond her daughter liked. She didn’t have a place to keep them, so she stored them in a safe deposit box in Hua Xia Bank. When the kids had grown up, she would hand over those valuables to them.

The first two acronyms of Hua Xia Bank were “HX.” Is this just a coincidence?

She took out her phone and dialed the service number of Hua Xia Bank.

The call connected instantly. “Hello, this is Hua Xia Bank. How may I help you?” A gentle female voice could be heard coming from the phone.

Lin Xinyan looked at the letters on the necklace and asked, “May I know if there’s a safe deposit box with the code ZA0102?”

“Sorry, but no,” the bank assistant replied.

Lin Xinyan furrowed her brows. Did I guess it wrongly?

all have double digits. There’s none with

Double digits.

Xinyan lowered her head to analyze the letters. In the end, she

check.” Shortly after, the bank assistant said, “Yes. There

understood the digits on the necklace. It was the eighth safe deposit box of Hua Xia Bank. The last digits must

I can be of service?” asked

you help me find out who’s the one that

It is our policy to keep our customers’ personal information private. I suggest

thank you.” Sitting on the bed, Lin Xinyan hung

was in a daze until Aunt Yu went

making it seem rather empty. Lin Xichen and Lin Ruixi were sitting on the carpet with their legs crossed while stacking toy blocks.

all, Lin Ruixi was

the children. “Go wash your hands. It’s time to

had gotten a pardon from a death sentence, Lin Xichen quickly got up and ran

pinched his cheeks and said,” You’re her brother. Is

with her if it’s something fun. Stacking

glance at her brother and said, “You can just tell me that you don’t like it. I didn’t force you to play with me. What’s so unfair

his little sister in surprise. When

tap and washed her hands herself, without the help of Lin Xinyan. “Mommy, I will take care of myself from

laughed. Look at her. She’s like

door, looking at her daughter

“Should we find them a

was the one teaching them, so they didn’t need home tutoring. However,

her kids and asked, “Do you guys want

children shook their heads at the

stranger to look over us when we read or write. To add to it, we aren’t dumb, and we haven’t even enrolled

Yu smiled and said, “I don’t have much knowledge, so I’m

worry about our studies. We are not that dumb, and we haven’t enrolled in primary school. It’s so unfair to trap us here.” Lin Xichen rejected Aunt Yu’s idea as he

Ruixi nodded

food, they returned to their room. They invested time in their own activities respectively as they had no

Yu cleared the dining