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.

he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers always had

he thought of it, he would

took him a long time to clear

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

your ex-husband.”

Yanxi finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

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

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

pay her the

rather amused. Refusing to pay money

Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset

finally texted back: Why would

you mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with other woman in

as she replied: You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat,

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

mobile phone and got off her bed. She had work

order for Zong Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to

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

records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former

the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth

she promptly

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

the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan

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

Reality hurts.

she walked towards the door of the villa.

air in the villa was stone cold. A thick layer of dust masked every inch of its

be her dream house when she had just gotten

eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

was also the

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

study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down before the

Jiang Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the water

lit up in an

entered the date and time of the footage she needed

the footage for that exact time interval had already

Wei would have cleaned up the

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

to

made her way