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.

but that smile of

time he thought of it, he would

time to clear his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

a scandal about your ex-husband.”

Yanxi finally sat

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

Your ex-husband hits women? How

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

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

pay money when he’s that

again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him:

Yanxi finally texted back: Why would

mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up

my ex-husband. I repeat, my

as he replied: Alright

got off her bed. She

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

and dared not contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would

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

the incident happened, the surveillance footage would be worth a look because the place

having breakfast, she promptly left

the span of a year, the place which used to be her residence had turned into a wasteland. Dried, dead leaves

unlock the gate. To her surprise, the gate

Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of her life

Reality hurts.

towards the door of the villa. The passcode there was

air in the villa was stone cold. A thick layer

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

eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

the study. The study was also the control room for the

she knew about every little design

the study, Zong Yanxi sat herself down

Jiang Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the water and

computer screen lit up

entered the date and time of the footage she needed

footage for that exact time interval had already been

Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage

to commit a perfect crime. Even without that particular

has to

made her way out, knocking