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.

that way, but that smile of hers

thought of it, he would feel

took him a long time to clear his head and get on his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded

finally sat

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

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

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

talked about how Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the

 Refusing to pay money when

replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about this, are

texted back:

you mean, why? Your ex-husband is

indeed is my

sigh of relief as he replied:

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

what she did to her, she needed to gather evidence on the incident where

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

Zong Yanxi could do was to check for any footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa

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

having breakfast, she promptly left her

a year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves covered the courtyard, and thorny weeds

surprise, the gate swung

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

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa. The

was stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every

yet, it used to be her dream house when she had

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

walking towards the study. The study was also the control room for the security systems of

every little design and detail of the villa

sat herself down

Jiang Mohan had moved out since the

screen lit up

the records of the security system, and entered the date

her dismay, the footage for that

Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to hide

it was impossible to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could still obtain

has to be

shutting down the computer, she hastily made her way