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 a

lips and asked, “Is this

something to do with the incident Zong Yanchen was talking about. Zong Jinghao was about to check his phone when

son’s device and read the comments as the kid

this woman

replied that comment with: “A lot of female celebrities like to marry into rich families. Maybe

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

else commented: “I thought they look

…………

could guess what was happening from the few comments he

these people know that’s me? Is it because I have gone to several public events? Still, I don’t even have a social media account, so how am I so popular? Given the number of comments and likes I received, I am almost on a par with

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

He simply stroked his son’s tiny head and instructed, “Go wash your hands and get ready for

her face and was heading over with Zhou

when she explained, “She insisted that I

Jinghao hated Bai Yinning, but the former didn’t yell at Zhou Chunchun. Her husband is the horrible one, thought Zong Jinghao before he replied calmly, “Go

instantly. After that, she dragged

Baymax yet,” reminded

he was about to be fed, so he wagged his tail and followed behind the duo. Zong Yanxi got the pack of dog food from the cabinet and poured some food for Baymax. Zhou Chunchun helped the kid with

by the dining table. Aunt Yu had

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

Zong Jinghao, who was worried about Lin Xinyan

I

Jinghao nodded and informed, “I’ll hire another maid, and she’ll be here

as lively as this forever. It was too quiet back then.

before he turned around and left the kitchen. Aunt Yu, on the

she was famished. The two kids were the only ones at the table,

plate before urging, “Aunt

Jinghao picked up his chopsticks and told Zhou Chunchun to dig in. Only then

to keep playing with the latter, but Zhou Chunchun’s phone rang up.