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.

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 Peichuan was someone who seldom asked for favors, so Zong Jinghao could

just worried about Lin Xinyan. Despite all her troubles, she still had to put on a

make him

greeted by the sight of a living room filled with toys. Two

longer clingy, she was not chatty like before. When Zong Yanxi looked at her mother and saw Shen Peichuan, she put

Peichuan brought back some traumatic memories, and

Lin Xinyan went up to comfort her daughter. “There, there. Mommy’s

she rubbed her daughter’s

would not stop crying, no matter what anyone

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

so he took their daughter from her and cradled the child in

he reached out to dry Zong Yanxi’s tears, the little girl suddenly

braved the same ordeal together, the sight of him triggered memories she would rather forget. Those

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

Yanxi blinked beads of tears and sniveled.

affirmed. “If you keep this up, you

eyes. She pointed to Sang Yu

Yu before he replied, “I was about to introduce her to you. She is my

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

Shen Peichuan was dumbstruck.

seemed embarrassed, too, as she stood

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

as she snuggled against Zong Jinghao. “Daddy, their relationship is so

Zong Jinghao felt relieved.

underside of his daughter’s 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 Jinghao

would have invited Shen Peichuan over much

Xinyan introduced Sang Yu to Zong Qifeng and the

Yu bowed politely. Lin Xinyan

pursed her lips, Sang Yu

close to us, we are very

Lin Xinyan smiled graciously.

looked when she smiled. She found Lin Xinyan to be very amiable without any air of arrogance. It was something she

more at ease now. She had been worried that Lin Xinyan would be hard to get along with, or

not expect Lin

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