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.

not even recall when he began feeling that way, but that smile of hers

it, he would feel

to clear

The next day.

alarm mercilessly aroused Zong Yanxi from her sweet slumber. She answered her mobile phone in annoyance. “Hey, go check out the news!” It was Gu Xian’s

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.” Gu Xian

sat up,

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

 What? Your ex-husband hits women?

message, and read on. It was common knowledge that tabloids would often blow things out of proportion just to get

woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing

rather amused. Refusing to pay money when he’s that

had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling

finally texted back: Why would I feel

ex-husband is hooking up with

Yanxi was unfazed as she replied: You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my ex-husband. Hence, it is none

a sigh of relief as he

phone and got off her bed. She had work to

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

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

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

the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place had a top-notch

breakfast, she promptly

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

To her surprise, the gate swung

her mind. Once upon a time, she

Reality hurts.

her composure, she walked towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was

stone cold. A thick

dream house when she

Yanxi’s eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

towards the study. The study was also the control

knew about every little design and detail of the

sat

since the divorce, the water and

lit

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

that exact

course Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to hide her

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

to be a

hastily made her way out, knocking a book off