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

he thought of it,

him a long time to clear

The next day.

squeaky phone alarm mercilessly aroused Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check out the news!” It was Gu

“What news?” She asked.

ex-husband.” Gu

finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

text afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits

that

about how Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in

 Refusing to pay money when he’s that rich? Fighting, even.

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

back: Why would

do you mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in the

Yanxi was unfazed as she replied: You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I

sigh of relief as he replied: Alright then. Have

Yanxi put away her mobile phone and got off her bed.

Wei for what she did to her, she needed

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

Zong Yanxi could do was to check for any footage or records of Ling Wei entering

since the incident happened, the surveillance footage

having breakfast, she

turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered

unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did not change the passcode when

memories of the past flashed through her mind. Once upon a time,

Reality hurts.

of the villa. The

stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every

be her dream house when she had just gotten

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

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

every little design and detail of the

Zong Yanxi sat herself down before the

moved out since the divorce,

lit

of the security system, and entered the

footage for that exact

course Ling Wei would have cleaned

a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could still obtain evidence from

has to be

computer, she hastily made her way out, knocking a