Stealing Your Heart

“Forget it,” Jiang Mohan ordered. Ultimately, he still did not have the courage to go over. He was still not ready to face those haunting memories after all this while.

Over at the driver’s seat, the driver had been taking an unusually long time to get the engine started because he knew Jiang Mohan would change his mind after he calmed down. The driver gave him a quick look from the rearview mirror and asked where they should head for instead, but Jiang Mohan remained silent.

He leaned his head against the headrest and closed his eyes as the driver drove off, wandering aimlessly through the bustling city. Jiang Mohan needed to get his mind off his feelings. But before long, he opened his eyes in frustration, reached for his phone, and dialed a number.

“Nan Cheng?” The call got through instantly.

“Yes, speaking.” Over on the other end, Nan Cheng was standing right before Jiang Mohan’s office. He was dropping him a document when he ran into Ling Wei crying her eyes out on the floor in his office.

They had been colleagues for some time ever since he started working for Jiang Mohan. Although he did not agree with her on how she handled things, he still saw her as a friend.

When he saw Ling Wei on the floor, he went over and helped her up.

Back in the car, Jiang Mohan shifted his gaze to the fleeting skyline of the city outside the car window. “I need you to run a background check on Lin Ruixi.”

Jiang Mohan simply had to get to the bottom of it. He hated that feeling when he mistook her for Zong Yanxi. But most of all, he hated himself for acting unusual whenever he was with her.

He needed to know badly who she was and why he kept taking her for Zong Yanxi.

A brief silence came from Nan Cheng’s side when he heard Jiang Mohan’s request. He was still trying to get his head around why he asked him to do a search on her. “What am I supposed to look for? How she got into Rui Mei?”

“No. I want to know why she got into Rui Mei,” Jiang Mohan corrected.

“Alright, I’ll look into it,” Nan Cheng replied before Jiang Mohan ended the call.

Beside Nan Cheng, Ling Wei overheard their conversation and shot him a questioning look. “Did he ask you to run a check on Lin Ruixi?”

Nan Cheng nodded briefly without looking at her. “Did you guys get into a fight?” he asked.

balling her eyes out on the floor, Nan Cheng knew something must have happened. “This is our workplace and you’re the head

in her own thoughts. Instead of answering

Cheng shook his head

he’s asking you to do a background check on her. What does he think he’s doing? Is he interested in her? We’ve worked for him for a long time, and we know what kind of a person he is. He’s not someone who’s

Ling Wei’s spiteful tirade before Nan Cheng finally spoke calmly. “Ling Wei, Mohan stayed away from women even after he divorced Mrs. Jiang because he genuinely loved her. I don’t think it’s because he’s not

and cried out, “Are you out of your mind? He loved Zong Yanxi? She’s his enemy! Also, they’re not married anymore, so stop calling her

her aggressive reproach. He knew she

the same as Ling Wei. He was so consumed by vengeance

had even cut all the women out of his life. In Nan Cheng’s

nothing Nan Cheng could do—they were all too deep in the

leave Ling Wei alone, Nan Cheng walked towards the door. Before vanishing around the door, he turned towards her and left her some

Cheng leave, Ling Wei dashed over and clung to him. “Nan Cheng, we’re friends, right?” she

“Yes,” Nan Cheng replied.

add one extra piece of information about

frown deepened on Nan Cheng’s face the moment he heard

life is scandalous and that she’s a playgirl. Mohan

in disbelief. “Ling Wei, you know how seriously women take their reputation. How can you ask me to smear her

arms. “I’m not asking you to publicize it. You just need to

her explanation only intensified Nan Cheng’s despise towards her. “Ling Wei, I’ll only report facts I find out about

stood still and called out to him as he

at the corridor, Nan Cheng’s steps halted

you wish you can be with the person you love?

You can also love them from afar and cheer them on from

love. That’s foolishness! You have to fight for the things you love!” Ling

He knew there was no point

determinedly and disappeared around the