Stealing Your Heart Chapter 320
Zong Jinghao nced at his wife with a deep frown. He was not uneasy over Lin Guoan’s death.
Rather, he was uneasy over his intuition that Lin Guoan’s death must have been rted to Zhuang
Zijin.
From the day when she had decided to remarry Lin Guoan, Zong Jinghao already had a bad feeling
about this. As predicted by him, Lin Guoan was dead, on New Year’s Eve.
Zong Jinghao went to the window and only spoke after making sure that Lin Xinyan couldn’t hear him.
“Where was he found dead?”
“At his home. I’m at the crime scene now. This news came as a shock to me as well. He just died so
suddenly, without any sickness or injuries. Is this karmaing into y?” Shen Peichuan rambled on.
Naturally, Zong Jinghao brushed that superstition off.
“I’ll go over now.” If it weren’t for the fact that this incident involved Lin Xinyan’s rtives, Zong Jinghao
wouldn’t even have bothered to pay heed to such a matter.
In fact, Lin Guoan’s death was not enough to make him take this matter into his own hands. He was
worried that Zhuang Zijin was involved in his death, and that was why he had to take care of it.
For so many years, Lin Xinyan and Zhuang Zijin were inseparable as they pulled through their
hardships together. They had a very connected mother-daughter rtionship. Although Lin Xinyan was
mad at Zhuang Zijin for not listening to her as she insisted on remarrying Lin Guoan, Zong Jinghao
could see that his wife still cared for her mother deeply.
It would be good if Zhuang Zijin were not involved in this case. But if she is…
Zong Jinghao hung up the call and returned to the dining hall. Lin Xinyan still continued to ignore him
as she enjoyed her meal.
A strand of her hair slid over her shoulders as she lowered her head. Zong Jinghao tucked the loose
strand behind her ear and uttered softly, “I’m going out now.”
Lin Xinyan hummed in reply.
“There’s no one else at home today, so you can go back and sleep for a while after you’re done eating,”
Zong Jinghao added gently.
Lin Xinyan nodded and asked, “You’re going to yourpany?”
Zong Jinghao hesitated and lied, “Su Zhan and Shen Peichuan have asked me to join them for lunch.”
“Oh, okay. Don’t drink too much. It’s bad for your health,” Lin Xinyan uttered in concern.
Zong Jinghao was surprised by the concern in her voice, and his eyes curved into a hearty grin. For so
many years, there was no one else who actually cared about his health, and Lin Xinyan was the first.
He kissed his wife affectionately as warmth enveloped him. “Wait for me toe back.”
Lin Xinyan pushed him lightly. “Go now. Don’t keep them waiting.”
Zong Jinghao hummed in reply and left with his coat.
Right after Zong Jinghao had left, Aunt Yu entered from the courtyard.
She removed her snow-covered coat at the entrance and saw that Lin Xinyan was still by the dining
table. The hems of Lin Xinyan’s sweater were rolled up slightly, revealing a bruise on her waist.
Aunt Yu thought that her eyes were ying tricks on her and approached Lin Xinyan to check on her
waist.
She rounded her eyes in horror when she saw that it was really a bruise. “Your waist…”
Hearing that, Lin Xinyan pulled her sweater down frantically.
“Did Young Master Jinghao hit you? Does he have a tendency for violence?” Aunt Yu’s eyes were filled
with disbelief. Who else could have hit her if not Zong Jinghao?
“No, I fell down and knocked my waistst night,” Lin Xinyan lied.
Aunt Yu still refused to believe her. “How did you end up knocking your waist?”
Lin Xinyan lowered her head and let her hair cover her beet-red face. “I slipped in the toilet, that’s how I
knocked my waist. Excuse me, I’m going up first.”
Afraid that Aunt Yu would pester her further, Lin Xinyan got up and escaped from the dining room
frantically.
Aunt Yu eyed the unfinished bowl of soup and called out, “Are you full? You haven’t finished your soup
yet.”
“I’m full now.”
Without turning back, Lin Xinyan ran into her room and closed the door. After panting out a heavy sigh,
she raised her sweater to check her waist in the mirror. Only then did she see the bruise on the back of
her waist. No wonder it feels so painful here! That horny Zong Jinghao had been taking me by the side
of the sinkst night!
She then loosened the fly of her skirt and tucked the sweater in, in case the hem of her sweater rolled
upwards to reveal her waist again.
When she was done, the tired Lin Xinyan plopped herself on her bed. To her misfortune, she couldn’t
sleep at all, even after quite some time.
Since she couldn’t sleep, Lin Xinyan got up again and went downstairs. Aunt Yu was wiping the dining
table now. They had booked a ce at a renowned restaurant for their reunion dinner, so Aunt Yu was
not busy at all as she didn’t have to cook.
“Aunt Yu, let’s go shopping.” Lin Xinyan decided to get some presents for her kids and the elders for
the Chinese New Year celebration.
Aunt Yu nodded with a smile. “Sure! But you should wear something thicker. It’s snowing outside.”
Lin Xinyan took note of that and returned upstairs to get her handbag and coat. The driver was on
holiday now, so Lin Xinyan would be the one driving. Aunt Yu wanted to take the backseat, but Lin
Xinyan insisted for her to sit in the passenger’s seat instead.
Her act surprised Aunt Yu greatly. Although she was favored by Zong Jinghao, she was always aware
of her status as a mere servant to the Zong family.
Nevertheless, Lin Xinyan merely smiled. “We are a family, so don’t be so distant with me.”
With that, Aunt Yu finally took the passenger’s seat. Despite the cold weather, Aunt Yu felt that she was
wrapped in warmness by Lin Xinyan’s kind gesture.
“Young Master Jinghao is lucky to have married you.” She was not praising Lin Xinyan because of her
beautiful face alone. She was praising her for her kindness and down-to-earth personality towards the
servants, seeing as Lin Xinyan had never acted like a stuck-up woman who had married into a rich
family.
Most of the maids who worked for rich families were always treated like ves or even discriminated
against, as though they were thieves who would steal their properties. Getting scolded by their masters
wasmon for maids and housekeepers, especially when they did something that was not in their
master’s favor.
Aunt Yu thought that she was lucky enough to be serving kind families like the Zongs and the Wens,
but never had she expected that an outsider like Lin Xinyan would be just as easygoing as the two
families too.
In contrast, it never crossed Lin Xinyan’s mind of how kind her gesture was. To her, Aunt Yu was
merely someone who she should respect, as she was the one who had taken care of Zong Jinghao
throughout his life.
As much as she didn’t want to think so, Lin Xinyan knew that Aunt Yu was the one who was by Zong
Jinghao’s side most of his life, instead of Cheng Yuxiu and herself.
Zong Jinghao’s undivided trust towards her was enough to show that Aunt Yu was indeed a kind and
selfless woman.
Soon enough, they arrived at the mall.
ording to the Lunar traditions, tomorrow would be the start of the year of the Rat, hence the ce
wasvishly decorated with red and gold decorations of the rat. The mall was still crowded with people
coming out for somest-minute shopping before the Chinese New Year.
Lin Xinyan and Aunt Yu started to walk around the ground floor. The ground floor mainly consisted of
the kid’s zone with foods and clothes for children. Since the twins were not with her now, Lin Xinyan
nned to get something here for them.
Being the mother she was, Lin Xinyan was very familiar with their favorites and soon came out with
bags of food and new clothes.
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They then proceeded to the second floor. When they passed by a menswear store, Lin Xinyan spotted
a nice suit that would look good on Zong Jinghao at the disy window. Thus, she entered.
Aunt Yu followed her in with a smile. She found that Lin Xinyan now looked exactly like a normal
married woman who was shopping for both her husband and kids.
A heartwarming sight indeed.
Zong Jinghao usually wore dark-colored suits, which were either ck, grey, or dark blue with no
patterns and designs. However, this particr suit which Lin Xinyan had spotted for him had dark
checkers that would reflect a light hint of blue when shone underneath the light. For Zong Jinghao’s
lean figure, this suit would be perfect for him, as the patterns were not that obvious, suiting his tastes
for simple-looking suits.
The shop attendant praised Lin Xinyan for her choice. “That’s a wonderful choice from you. Our store
specializes in high-end business wear for men, and this suit that you’ve chosen is our limited edition.
Your husband can wear it to any formal asion and would give off a staid and serious vibe with its
dark colors.”
Lin Xinyan checked the price tag and was stunned in her ce; the price came up to a grand figure of
a hundred and eight thousand.
For the entirety of her life, she had never once bought herself such an expensive piece of clothing
before.
However, she really liked the suit, and soon she asked the attendant. “Do you have any discounts?”
The attendant shook her head. “I’m sorry, there’s no discount at the moment. If you think that this suit is
too pricey, you can check out the other cheaper suits over there. They range from around thirty to sixty
thousand, so they should be more affordable for you.”
For any high-end menswear store, the cheapest set of suits would also be worth around ten thousand.
However, when Lin Xinyanpared the cheap ones with Zong Jinghao’s set of suits, she realized that
even the lousiest ones that he owned were of much better in quality than most of the suits in the store.
He is rich, of course, he can afford to buy the best suits avable. I don’t have so much money to
spend like him.
Nheless, I can’t expect him to wear such a lousy suit, right? With that, Lin Xinyan gritted her teeth
and asked the shop attendant to wrap up the painstaking suit that she had chosen.
Poor Lin Xinyan could feel her heart bleeding when she swiped her card.