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

time he thought of it, he

to clear his head and get on

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded really

sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

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

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

woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things to end up in a

money when he’s that rich?

Zong Yanxi had not replied to

texted back: Why would

ex-husband is hooking up

indeed is my ex-husband. I

sigh of relief as he replied:

phone and got off her bed. She had work to

back at Ling Wei for what she did to her,

people involved, fearing that

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

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

she promptly left

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

the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did not change

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

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa.

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

yet, it used to be her dream house when she had

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

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

for three years, she knew about every

study, Zong Yanxi sat

had moved out since the divorce, the

computer screen lit up in

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

that exact time interval had

course Ling Wei would have cleaned

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

to be

down the computer, she hastily made her way out,