Stealing Your Heart/C11 Don’t Let Her Appearance Fool You 
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C11 Don’t Let Her Appearance Fool You 

It was at this time that she found him treating her more satisfactorily. Lin Xinyan could not help but frown. Could it be that he had already found someone else?

Thinking about this, it didn’t seem too impossible.

At night.

Once Zong Jinghao arrived back home, he went straight to his study room and locked himself in there. The matter seemed to be all work-related.

Earlier that afternoon, Lin Xinyan had found out about Zong Jinghao’s favorite dish from Nanny Yu and had been throwing herself into preparing dinner for him.

Nanny Yu could not help but smile. “That is right. You are fulfilling your wifely duties.”

Lin Xinyan lowered her head and modestly smiled. If there wasn’t something she needed from him, she would never have gone out of her way to curry favor from him.

Nanny Yu sighed heavily. “Ever since Madam passed away a long time ago, Master has married a second wife, so it looks like Young Master has been avoiding going home; rarely is he seen here. Please don’t pay attention to how cold he is. It’s not his fault. He’s actually a very emotional person.”

Lin Xinyan just kept quiet and listened attentively.

“That Miss Bai has been hanging around Young Master since he was young, ever since she saved him. Young Master never liked her before, so his attitude towards her has changed noticeably since coming back from that business trip. But don’t you pay her any mind. Your status as the Young Madam is irreplaceable.”

Lin Xinyan lowered her eyes and on her lips was a bitter smile. Who was she to say anything about who he was good to?

Even though they were husband and wife, it was like they were strangers still.

It did not take a complete genius to see through this marriage.

Lin Xinyan looked in the direction of the study and thought back to the cup of black coffee Bai Zhuwei had made that morning. She asked, “Nanny Yu, point me to the beans. A pot of coffee will be just what he needs.”

Nanny Yu thought that was a great idea. She gave her the coffee and told her, “There’s no need to add sugar or milk. Young Master doesn’t enjoy sweets.”

Lin Xinyan nodded her head and quickly got together a pot of coffee. After the coffee finished brewing, she poured it into an exquisite cup and personally brought the coffee into the study.

Inside the study room, Zong Jinghao was talking into the phone with a slightly irritable expression plastered on his face. “What’s with the HR Department? Is it really that hard to recruit a translator?”

Although he was quite fluent in a lot of languages, he was still unfamiliar with the language of A Nation. It was because his handle of the language was weak and that this project was still relatively new, so there were a lot of things to deal with. If there was a language barrier and he didn’t understand what others were talking about, how did he expect everything to run smoothly?

"I am giving the HR manager one day. If he still has trouble finding someone, then tell him he can pack up straight away and leave!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted his phone conversation.

Zong Jinghao was still dealing with his anger, so he was unable to hold back his tone as he aggressively barked, “Come in!”

Lin Xinyan’s heart was racing in her chest. Did she come in at a bad time?

But she had already taken the initiative to knock on the door. Even if she wanted to back away because of his angry voice, she didn't want to give him the wrong idea, so she forced herself to walk through that door.

Lin Xinyan forced a smile on her face. “It’s me. I made you a cup of coffee.”

Zong Jinghao seemed to be taking everything in as his gaze slowly moved from her face to the cup of coffee in her hands. He squinted his eyes until they became small and continued avoiding Lin Xinyan’s gaze like he was putting a barrier between him and something unpleasant.

What was she doing coming in to offer him some coffee?

More and more he was beginning to realize that this woman was too fickle!

Zong Jinghao put down his phone and sat back in his seat to quietly enjoy her performance. He really wanted to learn what else this woman had up her sleeve!

“I don’t know if it's to your tastes or not.” Lin Xinyan gently placed the coffee cup on the table.

Zong Jinghao did not make a move. His body seemed to have loosened up even more as he lazily leaned back against his chair.

Lin Xinyan tried flattering him. “How about you give it a try?”

As a response, Zong Jinghao’s eyebrows twitched on his forehead. After a bit, he seemed to have come to an understanding why she had changed so much.

“Why are you doing all this? Is it because you want to ask about the Shallow Bay?”

Lin Xinyan was momentarily stunned. Little did she know that he would be able to connect the dots so easily.

Unexpectedly, Zong Jinghao grabbed ahold of Lin Xinyan’s chin roughly. “This is the Lin family’s reasoning only. Is this why you still want to marry me even though I’m a cripple?”

His grip on her chin was so strong that Lin Xinyan was starting to feel an intense pain spread throughout her face.

She opened her mouth about to explain.

But how could she explain?

Tell him that she was actually the one who was abandoned?

Would he even believe it?

“It’s not -”

“Leave right now!” Zong Jinghao pushed her away.

Lin Xinyan was tossed aside so suddenly that her arm accidentally knocked over the coffee cup. The black liquid completely soaked through the papers on the table, causing Zong Jinghao’s face to noticeably darken.

Never expecting the situation to take such a drastic turn, she quickly went out of her way to stop the coffee from staining more documents.

Zong Jinghao took the papers she was wiping down out of her hands and scolded her harshly, “What?! Are you having difficulty hearing me? Go out!”

Such people were always a thorn in his side!

Lin Xinyan could do nothing further but leave.

“Wait, don’t forget to take these out!” Zong Jinghao was unable to suppress the annoyance in his voice.

Lin Xinyan went back to grab the coffee cup.

After dinner, Zong Jinghao went straight back to his room after finishing the meal.

Lin Xinyan could not help but sigh. This person was so difficult to get along with. It was hard for her to try and get close to him.

Not to mention that the land was completely out of bounds for her.

After Lin Xinyan took a shower, she laid down on the bed, tossing and turning. Sleep proved to be elusive, so she had no choice but to get out of bed.

Thinking about the documents she had ruined by spilling coffee on them, she began to feel a little sorry.

She wanted to make up for her clumsiness, so she went into his study.

Turning on the lights, she saw that the wet documents had yet to be removed from the table. At first glance, she had thought that the documents had been written in the language of A Nation.

Taking another look, some of the areas soaked by the coffee made it hard to distinguish.

Fishing out a clean piece of paper, she settled down to copy the words on the document. Lin Xinyan understood that the language of this country wasn’t widely used. As an apology, she translated the documents so that he would be able to understand it better.

After hours of work, a dozen or so documents were translated and copied down. By the time she was finished, it was already 3 in the morning.

After a while, she put down her pen and rubbed her aching wrist. She organized the papers, placed them neatly on the desk, and went back to sleep.

Lin Xinyan was still asleep when Zong Jinghao woke up for breakfast the next morning. She had gone to bed too late last night. Plus, ever since she got pregnant, sleep was something she liked to indulge in, and she wouldn’t be awake until noon every morning.

Zong Jinghao was frowning. “She didn’t get up yet?”

Nanny Yu lowered her eyes and said, “No, you are husband and wife. I’m just an outsider. How should I know?”

Zong Jinghao could understand what Nanny Yu was hinting at.

“Forget about it.” Zong Jinghao was never good at explaining things. Nanny Yu, who had taken care of him since he was young, could understand him.

“Young Master, I know that you and Miss Lin have not been getting along well lately, but your marriage was arranged for you by the Madam when she was still alive, and I think your wife cares a lot about you. She is putting more and more effort into being your spouse. Just yesterday, the moment she came home, she asked what dishes you liked, and all the food last night was cooked by her.”

But wasn’t all this because she was trying to please him in order for him to give her the piece of land so that she could obtain Shallow Bay?

Did she really care for him?

The situation was becoming more and more laughable.

He looked back at Nanny Yu and said, “Don’t let her appearance fool you.”

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