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

of it,

clear his

The next day.

sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone

“What news?” She asked.

your ex-husband.” Gu

finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

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

common knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out

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

money when he’s that rich? Fighting,

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

texted back: Why would I

why? Your ex-husband is

He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband.

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

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

what she did to

and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents

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

the surveillance footage would be worth a look because

having breakfast, she

turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered the courtyard, and thorny weeds

passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right

upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of her life

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa.

was stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every inch of

used to be her dream house when she

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

the study. The study was

for three years, she knew about every

sat

since the divorce,

screen lit

accessed the records of the security system, and entered the

the footage for that exact time interval

course Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to

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

to

made her way out,