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

the

played the video inside, her eyes widening at

“Isn’t this…”

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

did you get

that we realized that 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

expected that Gu Xian would be able to cover everything up completely that even Jiang Mohan would

only thought about that after she had already enlisted

man and the woman who died in the

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

the only time he had seen the other man kill someone

men die in the fire was merely to give them a taste

move against Ling Wei was because of you.” He took a sip

a lot of things to hide the fact Zong Yanxi had faked her own death. They had gathered the evidence showing her murder and

a long time ago. Several times, they had wanted to tell her the truth. However, their talks always ended on a

Mohan. The rest of the world could have burned down around her for all

telling

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

Group was nothing more than an empty shell as it had

to get into Rui Mei successfully. Her being in charge

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

voice was 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

did you all hide the fact I

safer for you now that

had helped her in covering up the truth that she

when she came back to the city. She would be

Mohan would fall in love with you. He’d thought that even if Jiang Mohan still held a grudge, at most he 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 for

pursed her lips but remained

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

quick to catch on this time. “You were

I wanted to see if that man were so blinded 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 need.” Guan Jing leaned back against