Stealing Your Heart

Lin Xinyan looked away from Zong Jinghao and kept her eyes downcast as she answered the call. “What’s the matter? What do you want to tell me?”

“It’s about your uncle, Wen Qing,” Shao Yun replied.

He knew something about Lin Xinyan’s mother, Wen Xian because she was Zhuang Ziyi’s wife. In the beginning, he had only agreed to help Lin Xinyan find out who might harm Zong Jinghao, but he had found out something about Wen Qing in the process.

He only knew about what had happened to Wen Qing, not his feud with Zong Jinghao.

As Wen Xian’s daughter and Wen Qing’s niece, he supposed that Lin Xinyan had the right to know what happened to her uncle so that she could offer him some help.

Zong Jinghao, who was standing nearby when Lin Xinyan was having the phone call, heard Shao Yun’s voice coming from the speaker. In the meantime, he lay his eyes on her face to see whether she would be irritated to hear about Wen Qing. However, Lin Xinyan held her head too low for him to observe her expression.

However, Lin Xinyan was not that emotional because she had already learned about what had happened to Wen Qing through the news. Even if she felt anything, she wouldn’t show it around Zong Jinghao.

She shifted her body toward the pedestrian lane to maintain some distance from him so that he wouldn’t be able to hear what Shao Yun told her over the phone.

Still keeping her head low, she stared at her feet as she responded, “I’ve got it. I hope you stay away from this matter. Don’t ever tell me anything about it in the future. Since I’m not in C City right now, please help me to look after my factory.”

“But, he’s your uncle…”

“Uncle Er,” Lin Xinyan cut him off, making it obvious that she was not comfortable with the topic of their conversation.

Shao Yun paused; he could sense the repulsion in her voice.

Hence, he steered their conversation away from Wen Qing by asking her, “Where’ve you gone if you aren’t in C City?”

“I went to attend my friend’s wedding ceremony, but I’ll be back soon.”

“Great. Don’t worry about the factory. I can take care of it.”

Lin Xinyan mumbled a response, “I’m hanging up then.” She ended the call after making sure that Shao Yun had heard her. Then, she stuffed her phone back into her bag and looked up to find herself staring straight into Zong Jinghao’s brooding eyes.

There was a trace of inquisition beneath the facade of calmness.

She was standing very close to him during the phone call, so she was sure that he must have heard what Shao Yun told her.

explained, “I asked Uncle Er to do some investigations when I received those offensive photos because I was worried someone

Wen Qing. She didn’t tell him that because the mere mention of Wen Qing’s name was capable of making her uncomfortable. The existence of the man was a massive

his lips, Zong Jinghao knew what was bothering her. Therefore, he decided not to broach the subject. The great atmosphere they were having at the moment would not be

lips, he asked, “So, did you say you were worried about me? Were

glanced at him and explained, “I was worried about

teased, “Is it so hard to admit that you care about

quickly turned her head back to face him. “Tell me. Did

she denied

honest, she had missed

wait to see

appeared unconvinced because

a sudden, she turned her body sideways to wrap her arms around his skinny

in the future. When we get back to the city, I’ll buy a

going back to B City where they would be inevitably

it was where everything had happened. It was hard to

reservations about the decision considering that B City was where his career

and said, “As for me, I’ll do nothing else but keep you and the kids company. If my company ever goes bust, you will have to provide me a living. I’m sure you can

glance and snapped, “I can’t afford

be sharing your room and bed. That way, I won’t take much space, and you won’t

Xinyan was

Zong Jinghao tried to hail a cab but found none in sight. “Are you feeling

Do you have any clue who’s behind the photos?” Lin Xinyan looked up at

uneasy leaving the

him, Zong Jinghao replied, “I have some ideas but not a sure answer yet. However, I’ve already asked Shen Peichuan to get to the bottom of

although she could understand what he meant. “You

Zong Jinghao fell silent.

know what I mean.” Do I really have to spell it out for

“I don’t.”

her traumatized. The photos had shown

but you,” Zong Jinghao assured, emphasizing each and every word of his sentence. He then lifted

verify that.” In fact, she believed in him but still felt quite bothered

Zong Jinghao was speechless.