Zhuang Zijin didn’t beat around the bushes, and said what was on her mind, “I don’t know what your relationship with Yan is. I just thought, if you can’t be together, I hope the children will be raised by me and Yan—”
Zhuang Zijin thought far into the future.
It would be good if Lin Xinyan could form a family with Zong Jinghao. If not, she hoped that Zong Jinghao would not fight for the custody of the children with them.
If he really fought for it, Lin Xinyan and she wouldn’t be able to win custody.
Therefore, she showed her cards first.
“We didn’t submit our divorce application.” It was not an explanation, but it was better than one. “So legally, we are still husband and wife. I like your daughter, not because she gave birth to my children, but I like her as a person.”
Zhuang Zijin was relieved to hear that.
She just didn’t know how to respond to his bluntness.
“I’m going on a business trip to Country A. She will be going with me, so she may not be back in two days. We will have to trouble you and Aunt Yu to take care of Xichen and Ruixi. For your safety, I have arranged someone to guard outside the villa. Bring them along when you go out,” Zong Jinghao told her.
“Okay, I will.”
After the talk, Zhuang Zijin felt lighter.
“Ruixi…”
“She’s in my room.” Zhuang Zijin seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and quickly replied, “She woke up last night, and insisted on seeing Yan. I had no choice but to bring her into my room and coaxed her for a long time. She should still be asleep now.”
Immediately after she finished speaking, a soft voice was heard saying, “Mommy—Daddy.”
She was wearing pajamas with duck prints, her skin fair and tender. With messy hair over a fair face, she threw herself at Zong Jinghao, sweetly calling, “Daddy…”
Zong Jinghao took her into his arms.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, the little one kept kissing him, as if trying to make up for yesterday when Lin Xichen did not allow her to be close to daddy yesterday. “I miss you.”
In fact, she was afraid that her father would be angry and didn’t want her.
So, her voice was filled with flattery.
Zong Jinghao brushed the hair blocking her forehead, revealing her entire face. Her full forehead, big bright eyes, and delicate face made her look very pretty.
He rubbed her cheek lightly with his thumb. “Which part of you misses me?”
Lin Ruixi thought for a moment and placed her palm on her chest. “My heart.”
“Didn’t mommy come back with you?”
Lin Ruixi looked around, searching for Lin Xinyan.
Zong Jinghao’s neck tensed up slightly, while his face remained calm. “Mommy has something to do, so she didn’t come back…”
Buzzing—
At this time, the phone in Zong Jinghao’s pocket rang.
He took out his phone and glanced at it. It was a call from Shen Peichuan. He did not answer it immediately. Instead, he put down Lin Ruixi, who was in his arms, and touched her hair. “I’ll answer the call first.”
Lin Ruixi was very obedient, while Zhuang Zijin came over and said, “I will take her to wash up and get changed.”
“That’s good.” Zong Jinghao nodded his head.
Seeing Zhuang Zijin leading Lin Ruixi into the room, Zong Jinghao walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to answer the phone.
The call went through. “We found her.”
An electric current flowed through his heart, stimulating every cell in his body.
Did Shen Peichuan say that they found her?
His eyes darkened, while he pretended to be calm, and said, “Where are you now?”
“Outskirts. I will send you the location.”
After the phone was hung up, Zong Jinghao received the location sent by Shen Peichuan.
He turned on the navigation as he walked. At this moment, Lin Ruixi poked her head out from the room. “Are you going out, daddy?”
Zong Jinghao stopped walking and looked back at her. “Yes, I’m going out.”
“When will you come back?” Lin Ruixi asked.
“I’ll be back when I’m done.”
Zong Jinghao didn’t tell her a specific time, so as not to disappoint her, as he didn’t know what was going on now.
“Together with mommy?” Lin Ruixi asked again.
“Yes.” The reply seemed to be a sound coming from his chest—dull, yet exceptionally firm.
Lin Ruixi grinned, revealing a row of white teeth with her eyes curved into bright and clear crescents. “Then I will wait for Daddy and Mommy to come back together.”
Zong Jinghao pondered for two seconds and said, “Okay.”
He walked over and squatted in front of her. Then, he looked at her, and rubbed her hair lovingly.
Tilting her head, Lin Ruixi blinked her eyes. “Do you think I’m pretty?”
He responded in agreement. “My daughter is so pretty.”
“Do I look more like Mommy or more like Daddy?” Tugging at his arm, Lin Ruixi made conversation so that he could spend more time with her.
Studying her face carefully, he found that her face, nose and mouth looked like his, whereas her eyes looked like Lin Xinyan’s, particularly her curved eyes when she smiled.
“You look like mommy, and also me.”
“Alright.” Knowing what the little one was thinking, Zhuang Zijin picked her up and said, “Your daddy has something to do. So come with me and change your clothes.”
The little girl’s smiling face vanished instantly as she pouted. “I just want to stay with Daddy for a little longer.”
“It’s not like he’s not coming back,” Zhuang Zijin comforted her.
Zong Jinghao glanced at the house, turned around, and walked out of the villa. After getting in the car, he turned on the Bluetooth of his phone and connected the phone navigation to the navigation in the car.
He started the car quickly and drove toward the destination.
The sky was getting brighter, and when he got there, the sun was already rising, with fiery red clouds in the east. The morning mist had dispersed, and all living things seemed to have come back to life.
When the car was approaching the destination, he saw a burnt-out van parked in a wasteland in the suburbs while the area was cordoned off.
Somehow, the closer he got, the more flustered he felt.
Did He Ruilin hurt her? Is she hurt?
He knew nothing.
His usually calm pace was a little messy. Shen Peichuan raised the cordon and got out from below. “You are here.”
“Where’s she?”
“Inside my car.” Shen Peichuan walked towards his car, opened the door, and a thin woman was seen curling up in the rear seat. Her hair was messy, with dust on her face. Seeing that there wasn’t any visible injury, Zong Jinghao breathed a sigh of relief.
“Fortunately, she’s okay.” Shen Peichuan felt relieved. “Maybe she’s tired and fell asleep.”
He closed the door, as if he was afraid of waking up the woman who was sleeping in the car. “You can drive my car. Later, I will drive your car.”
Shen Peichuan handed him the car key.
Zong Jinghao did not take it, and asked instead, “What’s going on now?”
“When we got here, the car was on fire. She sprained her ankle and fell down not far from the car. She was awake and said that someone wanted to burn her to death by tying her in the car. She fled, so…”
Zong Jinghao suddenly clenched his fists, and said in a deep tone, “Was there no one here at the time?”
“No, the people might have left after they set the van ablaze. I sent my men to search and see if anyone could be found nearby.” Shen Peichuan knew that it was impossible to find anyone as they didn’t know when they left. “Fortunately, she’s fine. And we also have He Ruilin. At least, nothing major has happened.”
Zong Jinghao frowned slightly, as if having some doubt in his heart.
“Why don’t you take her to the hospital to check the injury on her foot?” Shen Peichuan handed him the car key again. “At the time she said she was fine, so I didn’t call an ambulance.”
This time Zong Jinghao took the key. Then, he pulled the car door open, and got in the car, taking ‘Lin Xinyan’ to the hospital for a check-up.
At this moment, Zong Jinghao was very excited and nervous. Lin Xinyan is finally found.
‘Lin Xinyan’, who was lying in the back seat, quietly opened her eyes. She looked at the man driving in front of her with a sneer slowly forming at the corner of her mouth.
Zong Jinghao will belong to me from now on.
As for Lin Xinyan, I’ll just let her die and disappear forever from this world!
