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.

began feeling that way, but that smile

it, he would feel his

to clear his head

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded

sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

afterwards: What? Your

text message, and read on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would often

with a woman, but refused to pay her the

to pay money

worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied

back: Why would

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

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

relief as he replied: Alright then. Have a great

mobile phone and got off

she did to her, she needed

contact those people involved, fearing that her

footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former

footage would be worth a look because the place had a top-notch

breakfast, she

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

tried using the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did

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

Reality hurts.

of the villa. The passcode

was stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every

be her dream house when she had

eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

the study. The study was also

every little

study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down

had moved out since the divorce, the water and electricity were not

lit up

the records of the security system, and entered

her dismay, the footage for that

would have cleaned up the footage to hide her

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

to be a

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