Stealing Your Heart

In the end, Lin Xinyan gave in to Shen Xinyao’s request and went to visit her oldest son. When she arrived at the hospital, he seemed to have recovered somewhat. He was propped up in bed and chatting with Zhuang Zijin.

Shen Xinyao suspected that there was more to the matter than met the eye. “Did Yanchen get into another argument with Aunt?”

Lin Xinyan didn’t hide the truth from her. She told Shen Xinyao everything she knew.

“Wow, how could Aunt do that?” Shen Xinyao felt that Chen Shihan’s actions were a little too reprehensible for her liking.

They were living in modern times! Who cared about societal status anymore?

Even the princes of the English monarchy frequently married commoners nowadays. Was there a need for her to care so much about the family background of her potential daughter-in-law?

Lin Xinyan patted her comfortingly. “Just pretend that I never told you. It might make your brother feel uneasy.”

Shen Xinyao nodded obediently. “Yes, I know.”

That night, as Lin Xinyan prepared her son’s medicine, her heart couldn’t stop racing. It wasn’t that she distrusted Mu Yuan’er—however, she found it incredibly difficult to believe that taking herbal medicine would cure her son of his serious eye injury.

She handed her son the bowl of medicine. “After the funeral, let’s go and have you checked up at the hospital.”

eyes didn’t

rather shocked. “Poisoned,

Looking at her agitated reaction, it appeared that his worst fear might actually come true. “Do you think I would joke around when it

“Can you take a longer break this

taken a single vacation since I

touched the bowl and ensured that the medicine wasn’t hot before placing it gingerly into her son’s hands.

the room. Smiling, he said, “Mommy,

Xinyan burst into laughter. “How

to her as frequently as he once did. She fetched a spoon and took the bowl

much more

bitter than normal medicines. Hence, Mu Yuan’er always promised to give him a piece of candy in exchange for

For the sake of your health, you’ll just have to endure

now, he could hear an undercurrent of concern beneath Lin

he finished the medicine, Lin Xinyan peeled a mandarin orange and

piece of orange into his mouth.

but she held herself back in the end. Instead, she put some water into a pail

felt a little embarrassed that his mother was still coddling him

one who bathed you when you were a child—how come you feel embarrassed around me only now? Besides, why don’t you hurry up and find yourself a girlfriend?