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.

not even recall when he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers always had a place in

thought of it, he would

took him a long time to clear his head and get on

The next day.

mercilessly aroused Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go

“What news?” She asked.

about your ex-husband.”

finally sat up,

“What scandal?” She asked.

on the link, the headlines read “President

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

read on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would

article basically talked about how Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay

pay money when he’s that

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

texted back: Why would

Xian responded: What do you mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with other

is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence,

a sigh of relief as he replied:

and got off her bed. She had work

back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed to

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

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

the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place had a top-notch security

having breakfast, she

a year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered the courtyard, and thorny weeds infested the

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

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

Reality hurts.

composure, she walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was

thick

dream house when she had just gotten married

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

The study was also the control

there for three years, she knew about every little

Yanxi sat herself

had moved out since the divorce, the water

screen lit

records of the security system, and entered the date and time of the footage she

the footage for that exact time interval had already been

would have cleaned up the footage to hide

impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could still

has to

shutting down the computer, she hastily made her way out, knocking