Stealing Your Heart

“Well, so is this true?” Zhuang Jiawen looked at his siblings and pressed, uncharacteristically interested in this little bit of gossip. He wanted to understand what happened then.

Zong Yanxi decided to satisfy his curiosity. She replied, “Yes, he was once in love with Mom.”

“Wow, he must be pretty persistent, huh? I heard from my parents that he has no children at all. Apparently, he didn’t marry his wife out of love,” Shen Xinyao said and snuck a furtive look at Bai Yinning. Although his looks had been tempered by age, it was evident that he had been a very handsome man in his heyday.

He had a very pleasant aura as well.

“Has his leg always been that way?” Zhuang Jiawen knew the least about him, and his questions were thus the most frivolous.

“Yes,” Shen Xinyao replied.

Zhuang Jiawen shot her a glance. “How do you know everything?”

“My parents told me about it,” she answered.

“Well, what else did your parents tell you? Tell me all about it,” Zhuang Jiawen said.

Shen Xinyao shook her head and said, “Nothing else.” She paused before adding, “He wasn’t a bad person.”

have given

another look. “Is that what your parents think

what I

the same woman even after so many years? I doubt

found himself unable

he said, “That doesn’t mean he is a good

you hate him or something?” Shen Xinyao

when he found out that Bai Yinning used to like his mother back in the day, and still continued

had chosen to be together with Bai Yinning

his father’s shoes, and therefore, he dislikes

him too from his own point of

he still had much admiration

knew there was no way he would be able to wait for one woman

persistence. There were few

this man’s lifelong infatuation with her? If she found out that a man who loved her

door. She looked rather solemn.

it would be a very small bit

was selfish—he wanted his mother to love only his