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.

that way, but that smile

it, he would feel his

took him a long time to clear his

The next day.

Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in

“What news?” She asked.

a scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu

finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read

afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits women? How violent!

knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out of proportion just to

to pay her the amount

money when he’s that rich? Fighting, even.

not replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about this,

back: Why would I

you mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in

as she replied: You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence, it is none of my

a sigh of relief as he replied: Alright then. Have

phone and got off her bed. She

order for Zong Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed to gather evidence on

no leads, and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what she was

was to check for any footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used

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

breakfast, she promptly

year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered the courtyard,

gate. To her surprise, the gate

past flashed through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she

Reality hurts.

door of the villa. The passcode there was also

stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every

dream house when she had

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

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

every little

Zong Yanxi sat

had moved out since the divorce, the water and electricity

screen lit up in an

security system, and entered the date and time of the

her dismay, the footage for that exact time interval

would have cleaned

perfect crime. Even without that

has to be

down the computer, she hastily made her