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 smile of hers always

he thought of it, he would feel his heart

him a long time to clear his

The next day.

She answered her mobile phone in annoyance.

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu Xian sounded

finally sat up,

“What scandal?” She asked.

to the news article. Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang

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

read on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out

pay her the amount she had

 Refusing to pay money when he’s that rich?

Xian texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to

texted back: Why

ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in

is my ex-husband. I repeat, my

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

mobile phone and got off her bed. She had

for what she did

and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about what she

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

the surveillance footage would

breakfast, she promptly left

residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried,

the old passcode to unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did not change

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

Reality hurts.

walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there

villa was stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every

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

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

dragged her feet, walking towards the study. The study was also the control room for the security

there for three years, she knew about every little

sat herself

Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the water and

computer screen lit up in an

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

the footage for that

have cleaned up the

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

has to be a

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