Stealing Your Heart

Zong Yanxi was extremely nervous as she stood there, wondering how she was supposed to face the man. She did not have to wait long for the door to open.

The man standing before her was someone who had watched her grow up.

A year was not a long time but neither was it very short. A lot of things had happened during that time. Having seen the darker side of humanity, she had changed significantly. She was not the same innocent woman that she was back then.

Dressed in a suit, Guan Jing looked pretty much the same as she remembered him since young. The only difference was the wrinkles on his face, signs of the passage of time.

He moved aside slightly so she could enter. “Come in.”

Biting her lip, Zong Yanxi greeted him softly, “Uncle Guan.”

He grunted in reply.

She stepped inside his room, noting how the layout was exactly the same as hers.

“I…”

“Just ask what you want to know,” he directly stated. He sighed and continued in a gentler tone, “You little brat, you made all of us worry so much. As they say, wisdom comes with age. You refused to listen to us back then and look where that’s gotten you!”

She bowed her head, already expecting he would lecture her.

“Uncle Guan.” She lifted her head to smile at him. “Can we not talk about the past anymore?”

He sat down. “Finally realized what was going on, have you? Then let me handle this matter. You should go back-”

“Uncle Guan,” she cut him off. “How could I let you clean up the mess I made? I’m a grown adult now. I can settle my own problems.”

He watched her for several long seconds, his gaze causing a shiver to run down her spine.

“Uncle Guan?”

He stood up and walked toward a locked cabinet. Taking out a USB drive, he handed it to her.

She accepted it, asking, “What is it?”

pushed his laptop toward

she plugged in the USB drive and opened up

her eyes

“Isn’t this…”

was a video of Ling Wei abducting her from the villa one year

get this?”

something had happened to you, we rushed over as quickly as we could. Unfortunately, we were still too late. Luckily, someone managed to save you. You even had him tamper with the evidence so

truth, she had not expected that Gu Xian would be able to cover everything up

only thought about that after she

the woman who died in the

fake death.” Guan Jing could still remember the

had seen the other man

was merely to give them a

we didn’t move against Ling Wei was because

her own death. They had gathered the evidence showing her murder and had contacted the hospital for her. They had

wanted to tell her the truth. However, their talks always ended on a sour note as she

that she really did love Jiang Mohan. The rest of the world could have burned down around her for all she

reason for telling her the truth

her. Unfortunately, at that point, they had merged most of their businesses with a

Group was nothing more than an empty shell as it had no core businesses of its

successfully. Her being in charge of dealing

Guan Jing was in charge of Rui Mei nor that

meaningful as he commented, “Actually, what happened might have been for the best. If not for what you’d gone through, how would you have understood how sinister humans could be? Your parents went through a lot in their youths, way more

did you all hide the fact I

for you now that you’re ‘dead?’“

helped her in covering up the truth that she was

was dead, nobody would be out to get her when she came back to the city. She

not expect that there would be such a scheming

pursed her

remember what happened at the charity gala?” Guan Jing decided to tell her everything. “We

quick to catch on this time. “You were the

his hate and thirst for revenge that he would lose his humanity. Thankfully, it would seem that he’s not completely heartless. I still managed to trick quite a hefty sum from him, which