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.

recall when he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers

of it, he would feel

long time to clear his head

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

your ex-husband.”

finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image of Jiang Mohan kicking

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

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

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

pay money when

because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about this,

finally texted back: Why would

ex-husband is hooking up with other

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

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

her mobile phone and got off

what she did to her, she needed to gather

dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what she

Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used to live with

some time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage

having breakfast, she promptly left 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. Jiang Mohan did not change the passcode when he

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

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa. The

thick layer of dust

yet, it used to be her dream house

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

The study was also the control

she knew about every little design and detail of the villa

the study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down before the

since the divorce, the water

screen lit up

entered the date and time of the footage she needed

that exact

would have cleaned up the footage

crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she

has to be a

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