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.

when he began feeling that way, but

thought of it, he would feel his heart

a long time to clear his

The next day.

her

“What news?” She asked.

about your ex-husband.” Gu

sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

ended the call 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 Mohan kicking a woman

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

knowledge that tabloids would often

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

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

had not replied to

finally texted back: Why would I

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

 You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat,

as he replied: Alright then.

off her bed. She had

Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed to gather evidence on the incident where

involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what she

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

happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the

having breakfast, she promptly left her

the span of a year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a

her surprise, the

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

Reality hurts.

the door of the villa. The passcode there was also

thick layer of dust masked

house when she had just gotten

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

study was also the control room for the security

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

Zong Yanxi sat herself down before the

the divorce, the water and electricity were

screen lit up in an

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

footage for that

of course Ling Wei would have cleaned

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

has to be a

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