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

he thought of it, he would

took him a long time to clear

The next day.

Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile

“What news?” She asked.

your ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded really

finally sat up,

“What scandal?” She asked.

Yanxi 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

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

and read on. It was common knowledge that

Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she

money

texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You

back:

why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in

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

of relief as he replied: Alright then. Have a

phone and got off her

Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed to gather evidence on the incident where she got

not contact those people involved,

records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the

time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because

having breakfast, she promptly left her

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

the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the

mind. Once upon a time,

Reality hurts.

the door of the villa.

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

be her dream house when

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

towards the study. The study was also the control room

about every little design and detail of the villa at her

Yanxi sat herself down before the

out since the divorce, the

screen lit up

accessed the records of the security system, and entered the

for that exact time interval

would have cleaned up the footage to hide

that it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she

to

shutting down the computer, she hastily made her way