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.

he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers always had a place in

time he thought of it, he would feel

a long time to clear his head and get on his

The next day.

answered her mobile

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.”

sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

the link 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

up with a text afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits women? How violent! Did he

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

refused to pay

to pay money when he’s

Xian texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling

back: Why would I feel

Your ex-husband is hooking up with other

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

sigh of relief as he replied:

and got off

back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed

people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what she was

could do was to check for any footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the

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

having breakfast, she promptly left her

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

tried using the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did not change

fleeting memories of the past flashed through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely

Reality hurts.

her composure, she walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was also

was stone cold. A thick layer of dust

it used to be her dream house when she had just gotten married

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

the study. The study was also the control room

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

the study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down before

out since the divorce, the

computer screen lit up in

security system, and entered the

her dismay, the footage for that exact

would have cleaned up the footage to

events, Zong Yanxi believed that it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even

to be a

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