Stealing Your Heart (Lin Xinyan) novel Chapter 178

Stealing Your Heart Chapter 178

Lin Xichen was sprawled in his arms and he could feel his trembling chest.

He reached out to hug him. Regardless if he loved Mommy, the anxiety and guilt he was feeling now were real.

“Let’s go look for her.” Zong Jinghao made the boy look at him. “Are you going?”

“I’m going.” Lin Xichen answered without hesitation

“What about Ruixi? If Mommy and I aren’t here, she’ll make a fuss.” Lin Xichen worriedly said.

“Daddy.”

Not sure when Lin Ruixi had seen Zong Jinghao, she ran out from the house towards him. She extended her plump fair arms and wrapped them around Zong Jinghao’s leg. “Daddy.” She looked up and pouted her pink lips. “Daddy, can you let go of Xichen and hug me instead?”

She blinked as she said, “Xichen is a big boy. He doesn’t need hugs. Hug me.”

Lin Xichen was speechless.

Zong Jinghao crouched down and pulled her into his arms. The little girl was wearing a pink dress today and she had her hair tied into a ponytail. There were loose strands of hair around her ears and on her forehead but her forehead was still visible. Her eyes were wide and innocent as she grabbed onto Zong Jinghao’s neck and rubbed his face with hers. “Daddy, you’re back. Why isn’t Mommy with you? I haven’t seen her for days. We’ve never been separated. I miss her.”

Zong Jinghao looked far away as he pressed the two little heads against his chest. He tried his best to say in a calm tone, “I’ll bring you two to look for her.”

“Really?” Lin Ruixi was excited. “Is Mommy playing hide and seek with us? Is that why we need to look for her?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, I’m so excited.” Lin Ruixi excitedly fidgeted in his arms but Lin Xichen was not as optimistic as her. “Being a child is nice.”

When Lin Ruixi heard his words, she turned around to glare at him. “You’re just older than me by a few minutes. You’re not much older. Even grandma said you were an extra.”

Lin Xichen frowned and his face scrunched up. “Grandma said you’re the one who was the extra.”

At this moment, Zhuang Zijin had walked out of the house wearing an apron. She placed her hands in front of her. “Come in, it’s time to eat.”

“Grandma, Xichen is the extra one, right?” To prove that she was the right one, Lin Ruixi hurried to ask her grandmother before Lin Xichen did.

As if she would be right if she was faster than him.

It was easy to see what this little girl was thinking about. She was much simpler than her brother, and she rarely overthought. Zhuang Zijin laughed and teased her, “You’re the extra one.”

Lin Ruixi became unhappy. She pouted. “Why isn’t Xichen the extra one? He’s so mean.”

He stole her hugs from Daddy.

He was mean!

Zhuang Zijin looked at Zhuang Zijin before saying, “It was because Mommy only had one baby at the start, then found out that there was another. Wouldn’t the one after be the extra one?”

Lin Ruixi did not want to admit defeat. “That should be Xichen. Xichen is the extra one.”

“But Xichen was the first to come out…”

“I don’t care, Xichen is the extra one!” Lin Ruixi insisted as she held tightly onto Zong Jinghao’s neck. “Daddy, is Xichen the extra one?”

Zong Jinghao carried her up and patted her head. “The both of you are equally important.”

“Let’s go in and eat.” Zhuang Zijin held Lin Xichen’s hand.

“I was planning to bring them out. Lin Xinyan must miss them.” Zong Jinghao took the opportunity to tell Zhuang Zijin that he was bringing the children out.

Zhuang Zijin answered, “Okay.”

She sensed that there was something wrong in his words but thought that she was overthinking.

It seemed like the two children, especially Lin Ruixi, liked Zong Jinghao. Zhuang Zijin was glad if Zong Jinghao was willing to become a family with Lin Xinyan.

“When are you coming back?” Zhuang Zijin asked.

Zong Jinghao did not know when he could find her, so he said, “I don’t have a specific time frame. I want to bring them around. We won’t be contacted so we can enjoy ourselves better.”

Zhuang Zijin nodded. “Alright, when are you leaving?”

“Tonight.”

“That’s quick.”

“Yes.” He gave no further explanations. He did not want to delay his time even more.

“Then you and the children should go and eat first. I’ll pack their clothes.” Zhuang Zijin took off her apron and went into the room.

Zong Jinghao brought the children to wash their hands. Lin Ruixi was clingier and she did not want to leave his arms. So Zong Jinghao carried her while she washed her hands and then brought her to the dining room. She sat on his lap.

Aunt Yu served the food and asked, “Young Mistress isn’t home yet?”