Stealing Your Heart (Lin Xinyan) novel Chapter 375

Stealing Your Heart Chapter 375

Lin Xinyan asked subconsciously, “What identity?”

“It’s a secret,” Lin Xichen teased.

Lin Xinyan did not take it to heart and thought that there was nothing strange for Lin Xichen to have secrets with his teacher because they had developed a good friendship. Even though his teacher could be a little weird at times, he had always been very caring towards Lin Xichen.

“Mommy, can you sleep with me tonight?” Lin Xichen hugged her by the neck and asked sweetly.

Lin Xinyan acceded to his request.

“Will he get jealous?” Lin Xichen asked inquisitively.

Lin Xinyan frowned. “Who?”

“Daddy.” The way Lin Xichen addressed Zong Jinghao was not as smooth as how Lin Ruixi did it.

Zong Jinghao had not been around when Lin Xichen was a child. Thus, the latter found it uncomfortable to address the former intimately.

Lin Xinyan cupped his son’s face and pinched his cheeks. “You’re my son. Who dares to comment if I want to hug my son to sleep?”

“Hehe…” Lin Xichen smiled sheepishly in Lin Xinyan’s embrace.

At dinner, when Lin Ruixi heard that her mother was going to accompany her brother to bed, she insisted that she join them too.

She held on to Lin Xinyan’s thighs and acted like a baby. “Mommy, I don’t care. I want to sleep with you too. Don’t be biased and hug brother only.”

Lin Xinyan bent down to carry her daughter. “All right, all right. Mommy will sleep with both of you tonight.”

The little girl was over the moon but still complained a little, “Mommy hasn’t been hugging me to bed and telling me bedtime stories. Daddy has claimed you for himself.”

Coincidentally, Cheng Yuxiu walked out from the kitchen with a plate of cut fruits and overheard Lin Ruixi’s grumbles. “Didn’t I tell you bedtime stories too?”

The little girl justified, “It’s different. There are no two storytellers that are the same.”

Lin Ruixi knew that Cheng Yuxiu treated her well, and she was willing to follow her. However, when she was a child, Lin Xinyan told her stories every day. So, deep down, she felt closer to Lin Xinyan.

“How is it different?” Cheng Yuxiu teased her.

However, she knew in her heart that a mother’s love could never be replaced by anyone or anything.

The little girl pursed her lips and thought about it for a while. “Mommy gave birth to me, not you.”

Right then, Zong Jinghao walked into the living room and heard what her daughter had just said. It brought a smile to his face.

“Daddy.” The little girl was kicking her feet, signally Lin Xinyan to put her down on the floor. As soon as she got down, she ran towards Zong Jinghao happily.

Zong Jinghao had a suit jacket slung on his arm. Lin Xinyan came over to receive his jacket then hung it up in the wardrobe.

He bent down to carry her little girl. He wanted to touch her face, but he left his hand mid-air when he was reminded to wash up – he had just returned from outside.

“Daddy, Mommy said she’s going to hug brother and I to bed tonight,” the little girl bragged.

Zong Jinghao raised a brow and shot a glance at Lin Xinyan, but she ignored his gaze and continued eating some fruits.

After placing her daughter on the sofa, Zong Jinghao went to wash his hands.

When he came out, Cheng Yuxiu asked lovingly, “Have you had dinner?”

He did not look at her, simply humming in response.

Cheng Yuxiu was already very satisfied with their interaction now, as he would at least respond to her question instead of giving her the cold shoulder as he did in the past.

She undid her apron and went into the study room to give them some space.

Zong Jinghao sat on the sofa and placed Lin Ruixi on his lap, entwining her hair with his fingers. “Who did you say gave birth to you?”

The little girl answered without hesitation, “Mommy did.”