Stealing Your Heart (Lin Xinyan) novel Chapter 499

Stealing Your Heart Chapter 499

Bai Yinning took a short rest after returning to Baicheng and went to see Zong Qifeng. He needed to know urgently what happened while he was busy dealing with the affairs of the company. How did Zong Jinghao find out the truth about Cheng Yuxiu’s death and did Lin Xinyan leave because she had concealed the truth from being discovered by Zong Jinghao?

His assumptions were after all only speculations.

He didn’t let Gaoyuan come with him and let him rest instead. There were only the driver and Liu with him.

It was easy for him to get any information in his territory. All he needed were a few calls to know where Zong Qifeng was staying after coming to Baicheng.

There were only three of them staying in the huge old manor of the Cheng family, three old men including Cheng Yuwen and Mr. Feng who had come along to take care of Zong Qifeng.

It was a rather peculiar sight, but also desolate at the same time.

As soon as Bai Yinning stepped in, he saw Zong Qifeng lying in a rocking chair in the courtyard, wrapped in a blanket. It was only a few days’ time and he seemed to have turned into another person, not the same old spirited him anymore.

After descending from the stairs, he asked Liu to wait for him outside while he pushed his wheelchair forward.

It was already summer. The trees in the courtyard had grown into a profuse, sap-green roof, sheltering an expanse of the ground underneath the trees from the sunlight, where Zong Qifeng’s rocking chair lay.

Mr. Feng saw Bai Yinning come in without asking and was afraid he would disturb Zong Qifeng who was resting so he went forward and asked, “May I know who you’re looking for?”

Bai Yinning lifted his chin, pointing at Zong Qifeng.

“I’m sorry, Master is not seeing anyone at the moment, please go back.” Mr. Feng extended his arm politely into a cue for him to leave.

“I’m crippled. It’s inconvenient for me to have come all this way. I have only a few questions to ask and I’m not going to disturb him for long.”

Mr. Feng was going to turn him down again but Zong Qifeng who was lying in the rocking chair opened his eyes slowly while turning to Mr. Feng and said, “It’s okay. You go ahead with your work. I’ll talk to him.”

Mr. Feng reminded him, “Don’t talk for too long. You need to take care of your health.”

The death of Cheng Yuxiu was a huge blow to him and his mental health condition was getting worse by the day.

Zong Qifeng replied, “I’m not dying yet.”

Mr. Feng turned around and went into the house in a sigh. Bai Yinning apologized, “I’m sorry for bothering you.”

Zong Qifeng knew Bai Yinning’s identity and could guess his intention of coming over, so he spoke in a very direct manner, “Just ask about anything you want to know.”

Bai Yinning first expressed his grief over Cheng Yuxiu’s death, “I didn’t expect it would be our last encounter when I saw her in B city earlier. If I had known that, we wouldn’t have parted on bad terms.”

There was not much emotion on Zong Qifeng’s face, as though his sorrow and longing were all buried at the bottom of his heart.

Bai Yinning started to ask directly after expressing his grief. After all, Zong Qifeng had been straightforward so he should restrain himself from beating around the bush and disturbed him for too long.

What happened in B City among Zong Jinghao, Wen Qing and Lin Xinyan, and their entanglements were the things he wanted to figure out. As someone who had been through it, Zong Qifeng must know the details so he asked his questions all at once.

Zong Qifeng turned to look at him nonchalantly and told him everything that happened recently without concealing anything. Bai Yinning’s assumption was right. Zong Jinghao found out the identity of Cheng Yuxiu and he had something to do with what happened to Wen Qing.

A father would know his son very well. After discovering the truth, Zong Jinghao would definitely investigate the car accident thoroughly. Whether it was an accident or a conspiracy, time would always tell.

Bai Yinning nodded, thinking that it was almost just as what he had guessed. He asked again, “So did Lin Xinyan leave because Zong Jinghao resented her for keeping him away from the truth?”

“What?” Zong Qifeng looked at him in shock. Lin Xinyan left? After the funeral of Cheng Yuxiu, he had come to Baicheng because Cheng Yuwen said staying there would make him think about his sister and feel sad. Everything was all too familiar except she was no longer there. Hence, the emotional blow was just unbearable to him.

“You don’t know about it?” It was Bai Yinning’s turn to be fuddled. Could it be that Lin Xinyan was not leaving because of this?

Sighing, he thought that maybe Lin Xinyan was leaving because she had found out about her own origin.

“There’s no such thing as a forever concealed secret.” No matter how long it would take, the truth would always be truth and no one could conceal it forever.

“She is the daughter of Wen Xian. Maybe she had left after knowing about her real identity. It was this I feared but this day has still come.”