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.

could not even recall when he began feeling that way, but

he thought of it, he would

to clear his head and get on his

The next day.

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

“What news?” She asked.

scandal about your ex-husband.”

finally sat up, rubbing

“What scandal?” She asked.

Clicking on the link, the headlines read “President of Hengkang Group Exposed,” and the article showed an image

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

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

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

pay money when he’s that rich?

texted again, worried because Zong Yanxi had not replied to him: You aren’t feeling upset about this,

texted back: Why would

mean, why? Your ex-husband is hooking up with

right. He indeed is my ex-husband.

a sigh of relief as

put away her mobile phone and got off

Zong Yanxi to get back at Ling Wei for what she did to her, she needed to gather evidence on the incident where she

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

records of Ling Wei entering and leaving the villa where the former used to live with Jiang

the surveillance footage would be worth

breakfast, she promptly left her

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

the gate swung right open. Jiang Mohan did

of the past flashed through her mind. Once upon a time, she genuinely believed that she would happily spend the rest of

Reality hurts.

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

villa was stone cold. A thick layer of

to be her dream house when she had

eyes watered

How pathetic! How foolish!

study was

knew about every little design and detail of the

study, Zong Yanxi sat

Jiang Mohan had moved out since the divorce,

screen lit up in an

the security system, and entered the date and time of

dismay, the footage for that exact time

cleaned up the footage to hide

a perfect crime. Even without that particular surveillance footage, she could still obtain evidence from the

has to be a

made her way out,