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.

feeling that way, but that smile

of it, he would feel his

clear his

The next day.

phone alarm mercilessly aroused Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check

“What news?” She asked.

ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded really

finally sat

“What scandal?” She asked.

the 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 showed

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

It was common knowledge that tabloids

Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay

to pay money

replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about

back: Why would I feel

ex-husband is

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

as he

put away her mobile phone and got off her bed. She had work

get back at Ling Wei for what she 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

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

had been quite some time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place

breakfast, she promptly

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

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

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

Reality hurts.

of the villa.

the villa was stone cold. A thick

dream house when she had just gotten married

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

towards the study. The study was also the control room for the security systems of

years, she knew about every little design and detail

Yanxi sat herself down

Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the

lit up in

and entered the date

for that exact time interval had

Wei would have cleaned up the footage to

impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without

to be

she hastily made her