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.

could not even recall when he began feeling that way, but that smile of

of it, he would

clear his head

The next day.

from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check out

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu

sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang

 What? Your ex-husband hits women? How

common knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out of proportion just to

slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things to

rather amused. Refusing to pay money when

Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You

finally texted back: Why would I feel

Your ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in the

He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence, it is none

relief as he replied: Alright then. Have

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

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

Yanxi had no leads, and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what

of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used

it had been quite some time since the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a

breakfast, she promptly left

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

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

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

Reality hurts.

of the

air in the villa was stone cold. A thick layer of dust

to be her dream house when she had just

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

was also the

three years, she knew about every little design and detail of the villa at her

study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down

out since the divorce, the water and electricity were not

lit

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

dismay, the footage for that

course Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to

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

to

hastily made her way out, knocking a