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

it, he would

a long time to clear his head and get on his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

a scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu

sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image of Jiang Mohan kicking a

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

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

pay

amused. Refusing to pay money when

texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied

finally texted back: Why

Your ex-husband is

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

then heaved a sigh of relief as he replied: Alright

her mobile phone and got off her bed. She had

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

not contact those people involved,

to check for any footage or records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used to

the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place had a

she promptly left

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

her surprise, the gate swung

upon a

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was also

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

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

eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

was also

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

study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down

moved out since the divorce, the water and

screen lit up in

and entered the date and time of the

that exact time interval had

course Ling Wei would have cleaned up the

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

has to be a

the computer, she hastily made her way out,