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

answered, “Come

reported, “There’s someone here and is crying in

Yu had seen the person before, it

up. Remembering that the kids hardly slept, he got

sounded, it felt insincere as

man in a Chinese tunic suit leaning

the man, he could still recognize

some issues with his health,

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

was a surprise to see him arrive in such

say goodbye. Is this how you do your duty as a son?” He questioned Zong Jinghao from

Jinghao was curious to see him

What does he want?

eyes, Zong Jinghao calmly remarked, “It’s a

Yungan

while, he didn’t like visiting despite the fact they

Zong family, not some stranger. Now that your dad

him in silence. Regardless of whether his intentions were sincere, he knew he shouldn’t argue out of respect for his dead father. After all, he wanted

funeral parlor

made the arrangements.”

he felt that Zong Jinghao was being

didn’t intend to get into a conflict with him, after all, they were relatives. It would have been easy enough to just be cordial and get over with it. However, for someone that didn’t keep in contact to suddenly appear warm and friendly, one couldn’t blame Zong

the day, it would have been less conspicuous. But, he seemed to have got wind

out of the ordinary happens, something else must