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

in the

the video inside, her eyes widening at what she

“Isn’t this…”

video of Ling Wei abducting her

get this?”

even had him tamper with the evidence so that you could fake your death.

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

after she had already enlisted Gu Xian’s

what about the man and the woman who died

a man and a woman to cover up your fake death.” Guan Jing could still remember the terrifying look on Zong Jinghao’s face back then. He

had seen the other man

give them

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

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

truth. However, their

really did love Jiang Mohan. The rest of the world could have burned down around

their reason for telling her the

to her. Unfortunately, at that point,

more than an empty shell as it had no core businesses of its

Rui Mei successfully. Her being in charge

Guan Jing was in charge of

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 than you

hide the fact

it safer for you now that you’re ‘dead?’“ he

Zong Jinghao had helped her in covering up the truth that

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

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 over a

pursed her lips

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

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

revenge that he would lose his humanity. Thankfully, it would seem that he’s not completely heartless. I still