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.

could not even recall when he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers always had a place in his

of it, he would feel his heart

him a long time to clear

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

about your ex-husband.”

Yanxi finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image of Jiang Mohan kicking a woman

Your ex-husband hits women? How violent! Did

text message, and read on. 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 to end

to pay money when he’s that rich?

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

back: Why would

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

He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence, it is none of my

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

mobile phone and got off her bed. She had work

did to her, she needed to gather evidence on the incident where she got

Zong Yanxi had no leads, and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find

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

surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place had a top-notch security

breakfast, she promptly left

the place which used to be her residence had turned into a

To her surprise, the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did not change the

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

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was

cold. A thick layer of dust masked every inch of its

house when she had just gotten married with Jiang

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

The study was also the control

years, she knew about every little design and detail of the villa at

Yanxi sat herself down before

Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the water

lit up

records of the security system, and entered the

that exact

of course Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to hide her

of events, Zong Yanxi believed that it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could

to be a

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