Stealing Your Heart

“Kindness? What kindness? Tell me,” the second daughter of the Gu family said bluntly. “A kind person wouldn’t do such a thing!”

Gu Bei was infuriated, but he didn’t know how to counter his sister’s statement.

After a while, he found the words to rebut her, “You are our father’s daughter, after all. You have an obligation to him.”

His sister snorted, “What obligation? Am I obligated to protect someone who doesn’t have a conscience?”

Mrs. Gu slammed her hand down on the table. “How dare you speak in such a rude manner! This is your father we’re talking about!”

The second daughter turned towards her mother and sneered, “Yes, he is my father, but has he shown me any love and care? All these years, I have never experienced any fatherly love from him, nor have I experienced any warmth from my family.”

Mrs. Gu was at a loss for words. Indeed, she and her husband had never really treated her as their daughter. After having a girl as their firstborn, they had wanted a boy as their second child. So when their second born turned out to be a girl again, they gave her away to Mrs. Gu’s brother.

Life as an adopted child wasn’t great for the second daughter.

“I couldn’t be bothered anymore. If you wish to recognize me as your daughter, go ahead. Otherwise, treat me as if you never gave birth to me at all. After all, you have never been involved in raising me,” the second daughter snapped and left in a fit of rage.

As she walked towards the door, she stopped to look at her younger sisters, who were sitting in the living room. “I won’t stop you if you want to get involved. If you wish to acknowledge me as your older sister, address me as sis when we meet. We can still be sisters then. If you do not wish to, then so be it. Consider us strangers who do not know each other. I don’t care anymore.”

“Sis…” one of her younger sisters tried to console her.

“Don’t bother. Even though we’re biological sisters who were conceived in the same womb, we cannot force each other to change our thoughts and actions. I’ve made myself clear. Those who do not recognize me as their sister can treat me as a stranger. We can act as if we don’t know each other when we meet,” the second daughter interrupted the fifth daughter.

Right after that, she walked away with determination.

Huixin stood up and said, “Huaihou is well-known in the community for being a righteous man, so I won’t comment much on right or wrong as this involves

you not care about Dad anymore?” the oldest daughter

“It’s not that I don’t care. I just

daughter didn’t know how to respond as Zhou Huaihou

after the uncovering of this incident. Even

it was natural for the children who had been raised by their biological parents to act

as soon as possible, fearing that her

an upright reputation. We only have one daughter, and he loves both of us to bits. I would never do anything that would put him in a difficult position. I hope you and Mom understand,” Gu Huixin clarified her stance that she wouldn’t throw her husband under the

for our father’s safety!” Gu Bei flipped

stared at him

you say such a thing?”

all siblings born from the same womb. How could he

made it clear why she cannot get involved. How could you curse her like this? So what if you’re the only son in our family? Do you not have any morals?” the fourth daughter berated him. She had

her father, she would

knew why her third daughter did not want to get involved. But after considering Zhou Huaihou’s status in society, she forced herself to

help given

get his hands dirty. No matter how hard I beg him, it would be useless. If you wish to see my marriage crumble, I’ll go back and argue with him then. I dare you to

her mother as she knew that her mother wouldn’t want to see

Mrs. Gu was

all her children, she had only raised her oldest daughter and youngest son by herself.

go. We can still save our father without you.” Gu Bei couldn’t bear to see his mother being put in such

then turned to her sisters and said, “My actions may

go. We know you’re caught in a difficult dilemma. To be frank, all our families have troubles of our own, but he is still our father. No matter how much we resent him, we cannot turn a blind