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 smile of hers always had a place in his

of it, he would feel his

a long time to clear his head and get

The next day.

slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check out the news!” It

“What news?” She asked.

about your ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded really

Yanxi finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

to send Zong Yanxi the link to the news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines

followed up with a text afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits

was common knowledge that tabloids would often

basically talked about how Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things to end up in

amused. Refusing to pay money

texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him:

Yanxi finally texted back:

mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with

 You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence, it is

as he replied:

phone and got off her bed. She had work to do that

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

dared not contact those people involved, fearing that

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

happened, the surveillance footage

having breakfast, she

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

Yanxi tried using the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right

her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily

Reality hurts.

of the villa. The passcode there

in the villa was stone cold. A thick layer of dust

to be her dream house when she had just gotten married with Jiang

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

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

knew about every little design and detail of the villa at her

sat

had moved out since the divorce, the water

computer screen lit up

the security system, and entered the date and time of

footage for that exact time

would have cleaned up the footage to hide

Yanxi believed that it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could still obtain evidence from the people

has to

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