Stealing Your Heart

As the car drew closer to the person and Zong Jinghao was able to recognize who it was, he roused Lin Xinyan. “Peichuan is here.”

Lin Xinyan reacted right away as she had been awake all the while. She opened her eyes and looked towards the entrance. With Shen Peichuan was a young woman carrying a backpack.

Lin Xinyan assumed that this must be Sang Yu.

Zong Jinghao pulled over quickly on the driveway. Lin Xinyan then unbuckled herself and stepped out.

Shen Peichuan approached her with Sang Yu. “Xinyan.”

Lin Xinyan smiled warmly. “When did you get back?”

Shen Peichuan replied, “We just got off the coach.”

He went on to introduce Zong Jinghao and Lin Xinyan to Sang Yu. “Just follow my lead.”

Sang Yu had seen Zong Jinghao before but she was meeting Lin Xinyan for the first time. She learned from Shen Peichuan that Lin Xinyan was young. Now that she had seen her in the flesh, she thought that Lin Xinyan was not only youthful but also very pretty.

“Pleased to meet you,” Sang Yu greeted.

Considering that the affair between Shen Peichuan and Song Yaxin was yet to be settled, she did not feel comfortable calling her “Xinyan”.

Lin Xinyan smiled. “It must have been a long trip. Let’s go inside the house.”

Shen Peichuan denied their weariness. “I have another matter that I may need to trouble you with on this visit.”

When Lin Xinyan heard that, she glanced at Zong Jinghao beside her before turning back to glance at Shen Peichuan. “If there’s anything you feel that we could help with, just ask away.”

She felt that it was only right to offer help, given what Shen Peichuan had done for them.

“I have to make a trip to the station and then settle some things at the Songs, so I was wondering if I could have Sang Yu stay with you for a couple of days while I sort out her schooling matters.”

Sang Yu had quit studying previously. Now that she wanted to resume her studies, there were some administrative processes with the school that needed to be attended to.

Lin Xinyan agreed right away. Shen Peichuan must have trusted them enough to keep Sang Yu with them.

Lin Xinyan could not say no to that.

“Let’s go inside first,” Lin Xinyan said with a smile.

Shen Peichuan nodded.

Lin Xinyan’s hand. He actually did not want to host visitors, let alone strangers, during this time. Still vexed about Lin Xinyan’s situation, he had hoped for some quiet time at home, but he and his wife were indebted to Shen Peichuan who had almost lost his life on his account. Furthermore, Shen

Despite all her troubles, she still

not make him feel good

by the sight of a living room filled

not chatty like before. When Zong Yanxi looked at her mother and saw Shen Peichuan, she put down her toy wok and scooted over. The little girl then stopped close

memories, and that led Zong Yanxi to start

caught everyone off guard. Lin Xinyan went up to comfort her daughter.

she rubbed her daughter’s back, Lin Xinyan’s heart

stop crying,

when she saw how distressed her daughter was. The mother desperately smothered that little face with kisses in an attempt to soothe her tormented

must be struggling inside, so he took their daughter from her and cradled the child

to dry Zong Yanxi’s tears, the little

of him triggered memories she would rather forget.

“It’s over and we’re fine now, Yanxi. You don’t have to

Yanxi blinked beads of

affirmed. “If you keep this up, you won’t look

shaking when she rubbed her eyes. She pointed to Sang Yu and asked hoarsely,

looked briefly at Sang Yu before he replied, “I was about to introduce her to you. She

little confused. “Haven’t you introduced a girlfriend to us before? Is this a new

Shen Peichuan was dumbstruck.

embarrassed, too, as she

still for a moment before Lin Xinyan said to her daughter, “This is the lady Uncle

as she snuggled against Zong

Zong Jinghao felt relieved.

teary eye. Although he did not voice his concerns, he was deeply worried that the bad experience might have left a scar on Zong Yanxi’s psyche. Zong

he known, he would have invited Shen Peichuan

Xinyan introduced Sang Yu to Zong Qifeng and the

politely. Lin Xinyan said, “Make yourself

lips, Sang Yu replied,

are welcome. As Peichuan is close to us, we are very happy to

Lin Xinyan smiled graciously.

she looked when she smiled. She found Lin Xinyan to be very amiable without any air of arrogance. It was something she did not expect of a very wealthy person, and that

that Lin Xinyan would be hard to get along with, or might even despise

expect Lin Xinyan to

called out, “Please tidy up the room Qin Ya