Stealing Your Heart

“Just don’t come in,” insisted the little girl. Her voice was quickly followed by the sound of something falling onto the floor. Clang! Zong Jinghao was worried about his daughter, so he barged in immediately. That was when he saw a child in pink playing with some makeup. She had dropped the foundation and got the floor messy.

Zhou Chunchun stood at the side with her head down, while Zong Yanxi stood in the middle of that mess. She fidgeted her tiny fingers a little as she explained softly, “Uhm, daddy, we were just playing a game using the makeup.”

Zong Jinghao massaged his head in exasperation when he saw his daughter’s face being all red and pink like a circus clown’s.

“Daddy…” murmured Zong Yanxi. She didn’t think that she made a mistake, but she was still worried about her dad being angry.

Zong Jinghao took a deep breath and tried to speak as calmly as he could, “Go clean up and get ready for dinner.”

After instructing the kid, Zong Jinghao turned around to see Aunt Yu placing the cutleries on the table. He thought about how Qin Ya was staying with them, and how Lin Xinyan was pregnant. Add two children to the mix, and it was obvious that Aunt Yu couldn’t take care of everyone on her own. Hence, Zong Jinghao fished his phone out of his pocket to call Guan Jing.

The line was established soon after.

Zong Jinghao walked to the window with his phone and instructed, “Hire a reliable maid and send her over tomorrow. I will pay however much is needed. Do a background check and make sure that nothing is wrong, though.”

“Okay, understood, but the timing is a little tight,” informed Guan Jing. He was worried that he wouldn’t be able to locate an ideal candidate.

“Then you have two days,” replied Zong Jinghao before he hung up immediately.

Guan Jing was already used to Zong Jinghao’s style, so the former planned to search for a maid as soon as he finished working on his current task.

“Daddy, where is mommy?” asked Zong Yanchen as he headed over. He didn’t see Lin Xinyan in the kitchen or the living room.

Zong Jinghao put his phone back into his pocket and answered, “She’s on the second floor.”

“I’ll go tell her that it’s time for dinner,” said Zong Yanchen. He turned around to walk up the stairs, but Zong Jinghao reached out to hook the kid’s collar. Zong Jinghao banned, “No, you’re not allowed to do that.”

Confused, Zong Yanchen turned around and asked, “Did you and mommy get into a fight?”

Why won’t he let her come for dinner?

“Oh, c’mon. Can you guys really only stay civil for a couple of days?” protested Zong Yanchen. Are they trying to annoy the crap outta me? Wait, hang on. Weren’t they all lovey-dovey earlier today in the mall?

twitched before he asked, “Can you really not have

“Is this because of

was talking about. Zong Jinghao was about to check his

examined his son’s device and read

did this

with: “A lot of female celebrities like to marry into rich families. Maybe this is one

my guess too! Still, the internet has, like, zero information on this

else commented: “I thought

…………

could guess

don’t even have a social media account, so how am I so popular? Given the number

you read,” said Zong Yanchen as he tossed the tablet

his son’s tiny head and instructed,

Yanxi, who had washed her face and was

looked a little guilty when she explained, “She insisted

the former didn’t yell at Zhou Chunchun. Her husband is the horrible one, thought Zong Jinghao

Zong Yanxi whose smile lit up instantly. After that, she dragged Zhou

fed Baymax yet,” reminded Zhou

fed, so he wagged his tail and followed behind the duo. Zong Yanxi got the pack of dog food from the

wash their hands again before they sat down by the dining table. Aunt

walked into the kitchen to see that Aunt Yu was placing some food on a tray. She was preparing everything to bring

who was worried about Lin Xinyan not having anything to eat after waking

pork rib soup in the pot. I will heat it up

maid, and she’ll

forever. It was too quiet back then. Mrs. Zong’s not going to run away

told Aunt Yu that Lin Xinyan would stay before he turned around and left the kitchen. Aunt Yu, on the other hand,

at the table, and as a

Yanxi put some food on Zhou Chunchun’s plate before urging, “Aunt Chun, eat up. Grandma

Zhou Chunchun to dig in. Only then

to keep playing with the latter, but Zhou Chunchun’s phone rang up. Bai Yinning had called and said that he would be there soon