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?”

for yourself.” He pushed his

rising in her, she plugged in the

the video inside, her eyes widening at

“Isn’t this…”

Wei abducting her from the

did you get this?” she

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 that you

able to cover everything up completely that even Jiang

only thought about that after she had

the man and the woman

your fake death.” Guan Jing could still

seen the other man kill someone

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

move against Ling Wei was because of you.” He

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

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

rest of the world

their reason for telling her the truth

her.

an empty shell as it

to get into Rui Mei successfully. Her being in

was in charge of Rui Mei nor that it

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

did you all hide the fact

you now that you’re ‘dead?’“ he

that Zong Jinghao had helped her in covering up the

thought that she was dead, nobody would be out to get her when she came back to the city. She would be safe and free to do

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

pursed her

charity gala?” Guan Jing decided to

on this time. “You were the one who raised the

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