Stealing Your Heart

“You’ve worked for Ling Wei twice. If I remember correctly, the first time was a year ago, when you lost two of your men; and the second time was yesterday,” Zong Yanxi said.

She advertently left out the fact that she found out about all these because she overheard Ling Wei’s conversation—not because Ling Wei offered her that information herself.

Zong Yanxi wanted to create an impression that Ling Wei was not a reliable client in order to sway the man’s loyalty.

“Ling Wei offered you a million, but I’ll pay you double. What do you think?” Zong Yanxi asked confidently as she pulled out the chair right opposite the man.

Seeing her sitting down, Gu Xian moved forward and stood behind her like a sidekick. He knew they had to make it seem real to win that guy over.

Across the table, the man dug his gaze into the woman in front of him. He could tell she was still young—but she was bold.

“What’s the deal about?” the man asked after a moment of silence. His voice did not betray a single hint of enthusiasm, but Zong Yanxi knew he was piqued.

“It’s a simple task and you have nothing to lose. I just need you to say a few words,” she said.

The man squinted his eyes and crossed his arms before his chest. “Money is not the problem.”

“Then what is?” Zong Yanxi asked with a composed smile.

“It depends on whether I’m willing to do it,” the man replied. He could tell that Zong Yanxi was against Ling Wei.

Just from their brief conversation, the man sensed Zong Yanxi wanted him to believe that Ling Wei was an indiscreet tattletale.

But the man remained on the fence on who to trust. He had worked with Ling Wei twice and he knew a thing or two about her.

All she cared about was the man she loved. This meant Ling Wei was not a threat to him, and that was also why they had worked together twice.

But this woman in front of him was different. He knew nothing about her.

Zong Yanxi raised her brow subtly. She knew it would not be easy to convince this man without opening up about herself. Yet her dad had always told her that she should never reveal anything about herself when she was negotiating with people.

The best way was to leave things to people’s assumption.

never tell how big

sat back in the chair and looked at the man quietly. “Do you

you?” the man asked as

killed someone the first time you worked with her?”

on his face and he looked at her,

because of what happened. But just as he thought everything would be okay,

tell me you’re the person who’s

shrugged and questioned him instead, “Would you

saw it with my own

died?” Zong Yanxi asked as

who died in her stead. Neither did she know why

with Ling Wei. And since no one knew about that conversation, Zong Yanxi

she thought about what happened, there were a lot of things about the incident that she

dead—except for Ling Wei—all vanished out

wrap her head around. But regardless of how many unanswered questions she had, she still had to make use

I bet you don’t even know if they’re still alive,” Zong Yanxi

know,” the man challenged without losing

Because I’m the one who killed them,” Zong

sprang from his chair and cried out, “You killed

remained seated and tilted her head in his direction. “I know they were your man,

what they were told to. Ling Wei was the one you should

Yanxi shrugged her shoulders helplessly and said, “They were still in it

sense of what he just heard.

he stopped and bombarded

you even know who was the

Zong Jinghao’s only daughter, and also Wanyue Group’s heiress. One of her brothers is the President of C

person Ling

found out who she was, and he thought they would be brought to justice. But things were unexpectedly calm after that. The police told the public that Zong Yanxi killed herself and covered