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?”

yourself.” He pushed

in the USB drive

the video inside, her eyes widening at what she

“Isn’t this…”

Ling Wei abducting her from the

did you get this?”

quickly as we could. Unfortunately, we were still too late. Luckily, someone managed to save you. You even had him tamper with

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

that after she

man and the woman who

to cover up your fake death.” Guan Jing could still remember the terrifying look on Zong Jinghao’s face back then. He had been working for Zong Jinghao for more than half his life and had thought he had seen

seen the

them a taste of what it was like to be burned

we didn’t move against Ling Wei was because of you.”

the time, they had done a lot of things to hide the fact Zong Yanxi had faked her own death. They had gathered the

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

they realized that she really did love Jiang Mohan. The rest of the world could have

telling

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

an empty shell as it had no core businesses

were also behind Zong Yanxi being able to get into Rui Mei successfully. Her being in charge of dealing with Hengkang Group was part

Jing was in charge of Rui Mei nor that it was a Zong

sinister humans could be? Your parents went through a lot in their youths, way more than you ever did. That’s why they hope that you’ll

hide the fact I was

now that you’re

only reason that Zong Jinghao had helped her in covering up

her when she came back to the city. She would

take the company away from you. Mr. Zong most definitely did not expect that there would be such a scheming and wicked woman by his side. Your mother has been giving your father the cold shoulder

pursed her lips but remained

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

Yanxi was quick to catch on this time. “You were the

by 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 I donated to those in