Stealing Your Heart

After she opened the door, she saw a figure sitting by the desk.

There was only a dim white light in the room while the still air reinforced the somber atmosphere. Within the spacious room, lay a massive desk.

On it, there was a brush and some paper. Zong Qifeng loved to write calligraphy.

However, the man who used to be holding the brush and bent over writing was gone.

As Lin Xinyan walked up, the ink within the inkstone itself had dried out but she could still catch a whiff of its fragrance. When she looked at the figure sitting at the desk, she hesitated as she didn’t know what to say. She simply walked up to him and gave him a hug.

After some time, a raspy voice broke the silence. “When day breaks, others will be here. You have to regain your composure as soon as possible.”

Zong Jinghao scanned around the room. To him, everything looked familiar and surreal at the same time. He continued, Yan, I’ve lost another family member.”

His mother was gone, and now, so was his father.

Lin Xinyan felt her nose burn as she curled her arms around him. In a choking voice, she reassured him, “You still have me and the kids. We will always be by your side.”

Zong Jinghao squeezed her tightly in his arms and buried his face in her chest, trembling.

Unable to find the words to console him, Lin Xinyan stayed by his side quietly.

After a long while, dawn started to break and Zong Jinghao let go of her.

As Lin Xinyan looked at his calm face, she knew that he had hidden his sadness away. Now wasn’t the time to show it.

Since Zong Qifeng had died, they wanted to ensure his soul could rest in peace. Hence, the funeral arrangements now took precedence.

Knock! Knock!

knocked on the study

answered,

pushed open the door and reported, “There’s someone here and is crying in the

Yu had seen the person before, it was

up. Remembering that the kids hardly slept, he got Lin Xinyan to

it sounded, it felt insincere as Zong Jinghao couldn’t detect the sadness from

he saw a man in a Chinese tunic suit leaning by

he could still recognize him as Zong Qifeng’s cousin. In other words, his

issues with his health, he mostly kept to

his thick black hair slicked to the back, exposing the interlacing strands of

surprise to see him arrive in such a

even get to say goodbye. Is this

someone that he rarely saw, Zong Jinghao was curious to see him

What does he want?

Zong Jinghao calmly remarked, “It’s a surprise

Zong Yungan was

he didn’t like visiting

that your dad has

his intentions were sincere, he knew he shouldn’t argue out of

of a funeral parlor

have already made the arrangements.” Zong Jinghao

was being rude. Zong Jinghao didn’t even pretend

It would have been easy enough to just be cordial and get over with it. However, for someone that didn’t keep in contact

it would have been less conspicuous. But, he seemed to have

out of the ordinary happens, something else must be