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.

even recall when he began feeling that way, but that

time he thought of it, he would feel his heart

him a long time to clear his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu

finally sat

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

Xian followed up with a text afterwards: What? Your ex-husband hits women? How violent!

that tabloids would often blow things out of proportion just to get

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

pay money when he’s that rich?

Xian texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t

back: Why would I feel

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

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

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

and got off her bed. She

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

dared not contact those people involved, fearing

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

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

having breakfast, she promptly

her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered the

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

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

Reality hurts.

door of the

stone cold. A thick layer of

it used to be her dream house when she had just

Yanxi’s eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

towards the study. The study was also the

for three years, she knew about every little design and

Yanxi sat

out since the divorce, the water and electricity were

lit

Yanxi accessed the records of the security system, and entered the date and

for that exact time

of course Ling Wei would have cleaned

perfect crime. Even without that particular

has to

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