Stealing Your Heart (Lin Xinyan) novel Chapter 442

Stealing Your Heart Chapter 442

This time, Lin Xinyan kept the water in her mouth. The two of them had already been intimate with each other more times than she could count, but she still felt shy about doing this. However, she quickly shook it off and leaned forward to align her lips with his, then passed the water into his mouth.

All through it, Zong Jinghao gazed at her face whilst a layer of mist formed in his eyes. When Lin Xinyan straightened and looked at him, his eyes were free of moisture and had become dark once again.

His lips tugged upwards as he hugged her. “Sleep here with me.”

Lin Xinyan slid down but remained in his embrace. His strong arms tightly enveloped her slender body.

Torrential rain was still wreaking havoc outside the windows as if it would only rest after the whole city was submerged.

It was deep into the night, so Lin Xinyan gradually fell asleep in his arms.

Zong Jinghao, on the other hand, remained wide awake. He stared out the windows and into the infinite darkness.

After a whole night of rain, the air in the entire city was particularly fresh, and the birds could be heard happily chirping away.

When Zong Jinghao woke up, Lin Xinyan was still asleep. Perhaps it was because of her pregnancy, or because she slept too late last night, she was currently sleeping soundly and showed no signs of waking up any time soon.

He extended his hand to caress her face. When his fingers passed over her lips, they paused. His face clouded over, and the warmth in his eyes seemed to diminish. Lin Xinyan shifted slightly in her sleep and subconsciously rubbed her cheek against his warm palm, like how a kitten would. The warmth returned to Zong Jinghao’s eyes, and he leaned down to kiss her forehead.

The woman who was fast asleep did not stir at all.

He lifted the blanket and cautiously got out of bed. After washing up in the bathroom, he changed into a suit. Before leaving the house, he glanced at the woman on the bed who was still in dreamland. His eyes fell onto the phone beside her pillow when he recalled that she received a text message last night.

Who sent it?

He walked over to pick up the phone. Lin Xinyan’s phone did not have a password, so all he needed to do was swipe to unlock. He tapped to open her messages and saw that the latest one was from Bai Yinning.

His gaze darkened. For a moment, his thumb hovered over it before he tapped to see the content. I’m leaving. Goodbye.

It was not a flirty message, nor a confession. Hence, he was not angered by it. However, he was still frustrated about what happened last night.

He exited to the homepage and put her phone back in place before going downstairs. Aunt Yu prepared breakfast, which he barely touched. Before leaving, he instructed, “Don’t wake her up yet. Let her sleep more. She’ll be hungry once she’s awake, so leave the food on the table.”

Aunt Yu nodded with a smile. “Last night, she…”

“She missed her children, so she went to visit them. It’s not a big deal,” Zong Jinghao said after giving it some thought.

He did not want to dwell too much on this matter.

Aunt Yu smiled again. “That’s good, then.”

She had asked only because she was worried. After all, it was not advisable for a pregnant woman to go out so late at night.

“I’m leaving.” Zong Jinghao took his car keys and went out.

When Su Zhan and Guan Jing came downstairs last night but did not see Lin Xinyan or Shen Peichuan, they asked Aunt Yu where they had gone off to.

Aunt Yu told them that she did not know, so the two of them did not prod any further. Since no one was home, they saw no reason to stay. Only Aunt Yu knew that Zong Jinghao had gone out last night, and he had also told her to keep it a secret.

Hence, she had no choice but to keep her lips sealed.

Upon walking out the door, Zong Jinghao took out his phone to call Shen Peichuan, and at the same time unlocking his car. Just as he pulled open the door to get in, the call connected. After he got in and shut the door, he spoke into the phone, “Have you found out the cause of He Ruilin’s death?”

“The official statement states that she committed suicide, but I found evidence that it was a homicide. I’m at the prison looking for the murderer now.” The test results for the stuff they found underneath He Ruilin’s fingernails came out. It was human skin tissue, and there were also signs of hair fall possibly due to a struggle. This was enough proof that it was not a simple suicide.

She probably fought with someone before she died. The skin tissue beneath her nails was probably from when she scratched the murderer during their fight. As for the bald patch on her scalp, it was probably the murderer who ripped it off when she struggled.

When Zong Jinghao heard the news of her death, he immediately found it suspicious. If she wanted to die, she would not have waited until this long to kill herself.