Stealing Your Heart/C14 He Just Realized He Doesn’t Know Her Anymore
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C14 He Just Realized He Doesn’t Know Her Anymore

“Tell me what it is.” Lin Xinyan could not hide the confusion in her tone.

Zong Jinghao hefted himself up from the chair and walked with deliberate steps toward Lin Xinyan under the brightness of the lights. His footsteps were measured and slow. Finally, he was in front of Lin Xinyan. With his figure towering over Lin Xinyan, he said in a condescending voice, “We are still husband and wife, so don’t try to be intimate with other men.”

Even though this marriage might not have been her idea in the first place, she would never have the audacity to bring him a green hat during their marriage!

Since this was all about his bottom line and his dignity as a man, she would never dare to cross the line!

It took a while for Lin Xinyan to form a proper reaction since she was still mulling it over in her head. Who could she be having intimate relations with?

Upon reflex, she retorted instinctively, “And here you are sleeping with other women? Would it be too forward of me, as your wife, to forbid you from doing such a thing?

The frown on Zong Jinghao’s face grew even more. “I’ve never slept with her.”

Hearing this made Lin Xinyan pause for just a moment. It was obvious that Bai Zhuwei had stayed over for the night.

Who in their right minds would believe that they weren’t sleeping together?

Wait, so what if they slept together? What did it have anything to do with her?

It was hard to grasp the changing emotions that were being displayed on Zong Jinghao’s face. What did he mean?

Lin Xinyan didn’t want to fight with him anymore, so she softened her tone and said, “I will do my best to heed your request. Then I…”

She shook the pile of paper in her hand to imply what she meant.

Zong Jinghao responded with a touch of anger in his tone. But the anger wasn’t directed towards Lin Xinyan - he was angry at himself!

Why did he have to explain to her?! Couldn’t he hold back, if just a little?

This is too crazy!

He was not used to this type of behavior!

He even felt disgusted with himself!

Lin Xinyan wanted to finish the translation of the documents as soon as possible so that she could clear more time to spend at her new job at the restaurant.

By midnight, she had made some leeway; half of the documents were now done. Already she was feeling sleepy. She could barely keep herself awake as her eyelids drooped and many times during the course of the night, she would find herself nodding off to sleep.

In order to renew her spirit, she took her work into the living room, hoping the change of scenery would give her more energy. At that hour, the entire mansion was silent. Zong Jinghao and Nanny Yu should already be in bed and fast asleep.

Placing the papers on the coffee table, she went into the kitchen and poured herself a warm cup of water. With the cup of water in her hands, she went back into the living room and settled on the carpet. With her body leaning over the coffee table, she continued on with her translation.

Feeling thirsty, Zong Jinghao got up in the middle of the night to pour himself a glass of water. Once he got down the stairs, he could see Lin Xinyan was still busy translating the documents. He could not help but frown slightly.

However, he watched her quietly but did not say a word. Lin Xinyan noticed him on the peripheral of her vision but didn’t take any action in greeting him.

Zong Jinghao was used to having the house to himself. Seeing the cup of water on the table he saw nothing wrong with picking it up and drinking from it.

“That…”

Lin Xinyan wanted to say something but after seeing that he had drunk from the cup that she had originally drunk out of, she didn’t know how to put her exasperation into words so she just tossed it aside.

Seeing her hesitate, Zong Jinghao finally understood what she was hinting at. He stared at her face for a good few seconds and then lowered his head to peer at the cup. Under the glare of the white light, he could see a half-overlapping, shallow lip print that wasn’t his on the mouth of the cup.

He stared at the overlapped lip print, which was the exact same spot where he had been drinking water earlier.

It was obvious that he was using a used cup just now. Together with Lin Xinyan’s reaction, he was sure that the cup was hers.

Lin Xinyan lowered her eyes, pretending she did not see anything. And nothing out of the ordinary had occurred.

But for some reason, the temperature on her face rose.

They were still relative strangers to each other. For them to share the same cup appeared to be a too intimate gesture.

Although this happened by accident, Lin Xinyan could still not hide her embarrassment.

Zong Jinghao’s lips moved and the tip of his tongue grazed his lower lip. Seeming without thinking, he gulped down the leftover water in the cup.

He set down the empty cup, walked over to the clock, and looked at the time. It was already one o’clock in the morning. “Isn’t it about time you head to bed?”

Lin Xinyan dropped her gaze, not daring to return his look. “I’m not feeling sleepy yet.”

Zong Jinghao gave her a silent look that lasted for two seconds, then abruptly turned around and went up the stairs.

As he was walking up the stairs, he suddenly recalled that she said she had applied for a translator job at the company, but she was not accepted. He found this very surprising. Wanting to get to the bottom of this, he headed back to his room, picked up the phone, and called Guan Jin.

Guan Jin always slept soundly at night. When he was jolted awake by the phone call, this placed him in a bad mood. Annoyed that his sleep was interrupted, he grabbed the phone off the bedside table. About to let loose a barrage of curses to the person on the other line, when he looked to see the name displayed on the phone, he immediately straightened up his act. Rubbing his eyes sleepily, he picked up the phone. “Director Zong.”

“I need you to go and check the HR Department to see why they are rejecting the recruitment of translators.”

“What? Could you repeat that?” Before Guan Jin could fully grasp what was going on, the person on the other line had already hung up the phone.

He stared dumbfoundedly at his phone. Why was it necessary to wake him up in the middle of the night for such a small matter?

Guan Jin’s face was twisting out of annoyance.

Why did they have to disturb his sweet dreams for this?

Although he complained, he dared not to neglect this matter.

The next day, Nanny Yu walked into the living room to find Lin Xinyan fast asleep at the table. Though she didn’t understand the pile of papers in front of her, she knew it was work-related. She could not help but sigh in her heart. “You need to sleep. Work should come second now that you're pregnant.”

Since this was beyond her comprehension, Nanny Yu went back upstairs to get a blanket to put over her.

At this time, Zong Jinghao was coming down the stairs and witnessed the scene of Nanny Yu covering Lin Xinyan with a blanket. He could see the fine lines at the corner of her eyes and they were drawn deeply to give her the look of someone who had seen and been through a lot during their lifetime.

He came over and bent down to pick up the document Lin Xinyan had translated to give it closer inspection. All twenty-two documents were completely translated. She had finished them all by hand.

By the time she had finished these, the sun had probably already risen. Did this mean this woman had stayed up for the entire night?

Zong Jinghao couldn’t help but give her a closer look.

Nanny Yu sighed helplessly, at a loss at what to say.

Instead, she walked to the kitchen to start preparing breakfast.

By the time Lin Xinyan woke up, she could hear Zong Jinghao in the kitchen eating breakfast. Rubbing her eyes sleepily, she tried lifting herself up but found both her legs had fallen asleep. Needles prickled them and she found she could not get up.

She had to give them a good rub before she could finally get up to walk.

Looking down at her crumpled clothes, she thought a shower would do her good. She headed towards the bathroom to wash up and refresh herself with a hot shower.

After Lin Xinyan dressed and walked out of the bathroom, she placed the translated documents in front of Zong Jinghao so that he would have a good look. “All finished.”

She joined him at the kitchen table and sat down to eat. After thinking for a moment, she said, “If it’s not too much to ask, I’d like the money now.”

Afraid that he had forgotten, Lin Xinyan took the initiative to remind him.

After taking a sip of coffee, Zong Jinghao put his coffee cup down and stared at her for two seconds. “I am not in the habit of carrying cash around. Go to the company later to find me.”

Having said that, he stood up and left.

Lin Xinyan drank her milk and tried not to think about it. It was alright as long as he kept his word.

The reason why Lin Xinyan was working so hard to get all the documents translated was that she wanted to get them out of the way so that she could focus on her work at the restaurant today.

Not long after Zong Jinghao departed, Lin Xinyan also left the house.

Lin Xinyan had to change into a uniform that consisted of a white shirt, a black vest, a bow neckline, and a skirt that covered her bottom, yet exposed her straight, slender legs.

Bai Zhuwei, who was seated near the window, was in a particularly good mood that day. Just now, Zong Jinghao had asked her out for a meal.

Even though Zong Jinghao admitted they were in a relationship and promised that he would marry her, he never asked her out. It was always her who always took the initiative.

“Ah Hao!”

“It came to my attention that when Lin Xinyan applied to be a translator, it was you who prevented her from joining?” Guan Jin had greeted him with the news when he had arrived at the company early in the morning.

It was Bai Zhuwei who had interfered with the recruitment process.

Bai Zhuwei’s fists clenched tightly in her lap. How did he learn about this?

Facing Bai Zhuwei head-on, Zong Jinghao was unfazed as he leaned back against his chair. The warm sunlight coming through the window illuminated his entire body.

At this time, he couldn’t wrap his mind around the reason why this person would save his life when he was young. She wasn’t the sort of woman who would go out of her way to do anything that she couldn’t benefit off of.

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