Stealing Your Heart

Jiang Mohan walked towards Zong Yanxi as he turned to glance at the movie posters at the entrance of the cinema.

“Are you here alone?” He asked.

Zong Yanxi chuckled, “There isn’t anyone else here to keep me company, is there?”

“Which one did you watch?” For some reason, he felt curious about it.

There were three new movies being screened that month, including those of the sci-fi and romance genres.

Zong Yanxi turned around to look at him. “Lovestruck,” she said.

“Ms. Lin, do you have a boyfriend?” Jiang Mohan asked again.

“President Jiang, you seem to be really interested in my personal affairs,” Zong Yanxi laughed.

Jiang Mohan felt a little embarrassed.

His questions seemed to come to mind naturally, and he simply asked without thinking twice.

“Sorry about that.” He pulled a serious face. “It’s getting pretty late. You should go back soon and have a good rest,” he said, walking off to his car.

Zong Yanxi stayed put. As she watched him leave, she suddenly called out to him, “President Jiang, have you ever been in love?”

Jiang Mohan stopped in his tracks, turning around.

“I know that this is not related to work, so there’s no need to answer me. It was a good movie by the way. If you have the time, it might be good entertainment for you,” she continued before walking off.

At that moment, she could not help but wonder if he had ever felt attracted to her in the days that they had spent together.

Does it really matter though? Like that would change a thing.

She smiled bitterly and took a deep breath.

Jiang Mohan simply stood there. The poster for the movie “Lovestruck” caught his eye.

It seemed to depict a love story between two childhood friends.

He shifted his gaze towards Lin Ruixi, but he could somehow see the shadow of another woman on her.

No, that’s Lin Ruixi! Why am I always seeing things?

He was sick of feeling that way. She is irreplaceable. I shouldn’t feel that way.

Even as he got in his car, he turned back again to look at that poster. Memories flooded his mind.

He first met her at a very young age.

She had a smile that warmed his heart like rays of sunshine.

Jiang Mohan’s eyes darkened with a tinge of passion and love that he was unaware of.

way, but that

time he thought of it, he would feel his

took him a long time to clear his head

The next day.

alarm mercilessly aroused Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check out

“What news?” She asked.

about your ex-husband.” Gu

Yanxi finally sat up,

“What scandal?” She asked.

to the news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image of Jiang Mohan kicking a woman onto

text afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits women? How violent! Did he hit you

Yanxi ignored his text message, and read on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out of proportion just

a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things to end up

was rather amused. Refusing to pay money when he’s that rich?

again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to

back:

Your ex-husband is hooking up with other

as she replied: You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my

of relief as

off her bed. She had work to do that

Zong Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to her,

not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about

any footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa

some time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place had a

she

span of a year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland.

the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate

flashed through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of her life

Reality hurts.

she walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there

in the villa was stone cold. A thick layer of

it used to be her dream house

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

her feet, walking towards the study. The study was also the control room for the security systems

years, she knew about every little design

the study, Zong Yanxi sat

since the divorce, the

screen lit up

system, and entered the date

footage for that exact

have cleaned up the footage to hide her

the unfortunate turn of events, Zong Yanxi believed that it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular

has to be a

made her