Stealing Your Heart/C23 I Underestimated You
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C23 I Underestimated You

Lin Xinyan stood at the doorway, staring at Bai Zhuwei.

Bai Zhuwei was scared out of her wits by her intense gaze. She glanced at the screen of the phone in her hand, but Lin Xinyan was too far away to see what was on the phone. Not to forget that Zong Jinghao was right here. So she just asked the woman plainly, "Miss Lin, why are you looking at me like that?"

Lin Xinyan's thoughts were interrupted by Bai Zhuwei's voice. She had an impulse to interrogate her right in front of Zong Jinghao.

However, she calmed down after a moment and did not do so.

Bai Zhuwei was Zong Jinghao's girlfriend. Even if she did do something sinister, how could Zong Jinghao punish the woman he loved, for Lin Xinyan?

She clutched the phone tightly in her hand and took a long time to recover her composure.

She gave Bai Zhuwei a small smile and said, "I was just thinking that you are so pretty, Miss Bai, so I was momentarily stunned. You don't mind, do you?"

Lin Xinyan walked over to them, her gaze going to the documents on the tea table. She stretched her hand and picked up the letter. It was a contract for the transfer of the land at Shallow Bay.

She raised her eyes, looked at Zong Jinghao, and asked him with a smile, "Is this for me?"

Zong Jinghao, who didn't betray any emotion at all, replied with a faint "hmm".

Bai Zhuwei couldn't help but stare at him with wide eyes. These papers were really for Lin Xinyan?

Why?

Bai Zhuwei could not comprehend it!

Lin Xinyan raised her head and glanced at Bai Zhuwei. Although she was obviously angry, she was tolerating the pain. She sneered, "Miss Bai, I'm Mr. Zong's wife. It's no big deal if he gives me things, is it?"

Bai Zhuwei trembled in anger. The damned woman was shameless.

She claimed to be Zong Jinghao's wife, but was she even worthy of the title?

If Zong Jinghao had not been here, Bai Zhuwei would have slapped her!

"Of course." Bai Zhuwei lowered her head as tears quietly flowed down her cheeks. She gave voice to her hurt. "Miss Lin is Zong Jinghao's wife. Who the hell am I?"

"You're the woman Mr. Zong likes. You've been with him for so many years, so why do you have to degrade yourself like this now?" Guan Jin raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Xinyan. Not only was this woman unchaste, she was also thick-skinned.

Even though their marriage was only temporary, she actually thought that she was the real deal?

However, she was indeed Zong Jinghao's wife right now. Even if Guan Jin was dissatisfied with her, he did not dare openly disrespect her. So, he purposely sided with Bai Zhuwei to target her.

Lin Xinyan remained as unperturbed as ever, as if she hadn't heard the mockery and ostracism in their words earlier. She smiled and said, "Miss Bai, since you've acknowledged my identity, please step aside now."

In an instant, the air froze around them.

Everyone looked at Zong Jinghao, who remained silent.

Did he accept her status as his wife?

If he admitted to it, Bai Zhuwei would be left embarrassed.

Zong Jinghao's face, under the alternating light and shadows, flickered. The bright lights couldn't cover up the sinister look on his face. "And what's your identity?"

She sensed danger approaching. Lin Xinyan held on to her composure and looked him in the eye. "We are husband and wife. Even if we decide to get divorced in an hour, we are still husband and wife right now. So is it wrong of me to ask to sit next to you, during the course of our marriage?"

Lin Xinyan's words gave him pause.

She had been bullied for a long time. It didn't matter if she suffered from the inside.

Bai Zhuwei had used Zhuang Zijin and made her fall mentally ill. It was an unpardonable offence.

Bai Zhuwei was afraid that Lin Xinyan would get close to Zong Jinghao, so Lin Xinyan should make sure that she did exactly that.

She had to get close to Zong Jinghao, right in front of her!

Zhuang Zijin was her only family member, and the one person nobody was allowed to touch. "Miss Bai, even though you share a deep relationship with my husband, I haven't divorced him yet. Please take note of your actions while we're married."

Bai Zhuwei looked at Zong Jinghao. Right at this moment, his gaze was fixated on the sharp-tongued woman!

The woman was unpredictable.

She had clearly been injured and was looking helpless a few moments ago. Suddenly, she was showing her overbearing attitude.

What was with her?

Zong Jinghao's look was unfathomable. Even Guan Jin, who generally knew how to read him, was confused. However, he knew that he couldn't let the two woman occupy the same room at the same time.

Although Guan Jin didn't know the whole story, he was indeed smart.

He stood up and patted Bai Zhuwei's shoulder. "Let's go."

Bai Zhuwei was unwilling to accept this result.

She wanted to know what she meant to Zong Jinghao.

If Zong Jinghao chose Lin Xinyan, she would be done for. All her previous efforts would go in vain. She knew very well that Zong Jinghao didn't love her.

Zong Jinghao was only good to her because of that night, and the many years she had spent with him.

He didn't actually like her.

She couldn't gamble.

She couldn't afford to lose him!

"I won't make it hard for you, Hao. You won," Bai Zhuwei finally decided to leave, feigning kindness with this comment.

It wasn't that she was admitting to defeat, but that she didn't want Zong Jinghao to be in a dilemma.

She was kind-hearted and could see the big picture. That was what she wanted to show him.

Soon, the room fell silent.

It was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard clearly.

This atmosphere lasted for a couple of minutes, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on Lin Xinyan's back. After a long while, she finally found her voice, "I'll go back to my room."

It was only because of Bai Zhuwei that she had acted like this.

Now that she was gone, she didn't need to stay any longer.

She had just raised her foot when Zong Jinghao grabbed her wrist. With a tug of his arm, Lin Xinyan's body arched through the air before she fell into an embrace.

She instinctively resisted it, but Zong Jinghao grabbed her wrist and she couldn't move.

"What are you doing?" Lin Xinyan panicked.

"What do you want? Uh..."

"What do I want? Whatever happened to the eloquence you showed just now?" Zong Jinghao held her lower jaw. "I underestimated you."

If it wasn't for Bai Zhuwei, would she have said all that?

She was someone who had suffered. From the age of ten to eighteen, she had grown not only in age, but also in mental strength.

If she wasn't tough, people would think that she was easy to bully, so she couldn't hint at her weaknesses to people who wanted to hurt her.

She had a mother to protect and a baby coming.

She had to be strong and brave.

Lin Xinyan didn't move. She closed her eyes and didn't listen to him.

Zong Jinghao had never been treated like this before. This woman—

"Xinyan."

Lin Xinyan was wearing a white t-shirt with a round collar. As she leaned into his arms, her chest was faintly discernible, right in front of his eyes.

Although she was slim, her breasts were well-developed. In such close contact, Zong Jinghao could see the outline of her breasts. Her breasts were round and perky.

Her chest heaved up and down as she breathed, captivating him.

A nameless wicked flame rampaged through his blood, finally gathering in his lower abdomen.

Lin Xinyan didn't hear Zong Jinghao say anything for a long time. Her curled eyelashes fluttered slightly as she slowly opened her eyes. She saw Zong Jinghao's face that seemed conflicted, yet at the same time, he seemed to be forcing himself to be calm.

His gaze—

Lin Xinyan followed his gaze and looked down...

The anger of being looked at spurred on the strength deep within her bones, and Lin Xinyan pushed him away immediately.

Zong Jinghao was pushed so hard that he was caught off guard. His body half-sprawled across the sofa in an unseemly way.

Lin Xinyan clutched her chest. "Scoundrel!"

She stood up from the sofa in a panic and wanted to leave the room as soon as possible. She was too flustered to notice that her foot had hit Zong Jinghao's leg, causing her to fall toward him.

"Ah!"

Zong Jinghao didn't have time to dodge her...

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