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.

but that smile of hers always had a place in

of it, he would feel his heart

a long time to clear his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

ex-husband.” Gu Xian

sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

call to send Zong Yanxi the link to the news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article

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

It was common knowledge that tabloids

Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things

amused. Refusing to pay money when he’s that rich? Fighting, even.

Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling

Yanxi finally texted back: Why would I feel

responded: What do you mean, why? Your ex-husband

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

a sigh of relief as he

mobile phone and got off her bed. She had

Wei for what she did to her, she

those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out

Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used

been quite some time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage would

she promptly left her

place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead

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

stood in the courtyard, fleeting memories of the past flashed through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend

Reality hurts.

walked towards the door of the villa. The

A thick layer of dust masked every inch of

dream house when she had just gotten married with

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

study was also the control room for the security

knew about every little design and detail of the

the study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down before

since the divorce, the water and

lit

the security system, and entered the date and time of the footage

the footage for that exact time interval had

would have cleaned up

Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could

has to be a

down the computer, she hastily made her way out, knocking a book off the