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.

way, but that smile

time he thought of it,

clear his head and

The next day.

answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.”

sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

to send Zong Yanxi the link to the news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image of Jiang

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

on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would often

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

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

had not replied to him:

back: Why

ex-husband is

my ex-husband. I

relief as he

off her bed. She had work to

get back at Ling Wei for what she did to

had no leads, and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents

was to check for any footage or records of Ling

surveillance footage would be worth a look because

she promptly left

the place which used to be her residence had turned into a

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

her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of her life with

Reality hurts.

walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there

A thick layer of dust masked every inch

house when she had just gotten married

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

The study was

she knew about every

sat

since the divorce,

computer screen lit up in an

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

for that exact time interval had already been

Wei would have cleaned

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

to

computer, she hastily made her way out, knocking a book off