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.

feeling that way, but that

he thought of it, he would feel his

a long time to clear his head

The next day.

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

Yanxi finally sat up, rubbing her

“What scandal?” She asked.

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

Your ex-husband hits women?

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

talked about how Jiang Mohan slept with a woman, but refused to pay her the amount she had in mind, causing things to end up in

money when he’s that rich? Fighting,

Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about this, are

finally texted back: Why would I

do you mean, why? Your ex-husband

 You’re right. He indeed is my ex-husband. I repeat, my

relief as

mobile phone and got off her bed. She had

for what she did to

contact those people involved, fearing that her parents would find out about

any footage or records of Ling

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

she promptly left her

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

the gate. To her surprise, the gate swung

through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of her life with him

Reality hurts.

door of the villa. The passcode

was stone cold. A thick

yet, it used to be her dream house

eyes

How pathetic! How foolish!

walking towards the study. The study was also the control room for the security systems of the

she knew about every little design and detail of the

sat herself

Mohan had moved out since the divorce, the water

computer screen lit

system, and entered the date and time of the footage

her dismay, the footage for that exact time interval

Ling Wei would have cleaned up the footage to

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

to

made her way out,