Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

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Mu Tongrui walked over and gently knocked on the car window. The window rolled down to reveal a man seated at the back,
who seemed to be waiting for her.
Mu Tongrui stood outside and did not intend to get in. She frowned and said, “Mr. Fu, it is working hours now. Why are you
looking for me at this hour? Is there anything I can do for you?”
Fu Lingye spoke in a calm yet unrelenting voice, “Get in.”
She stood there, motionless. He shot her a cold glare, “Unless you are willing to let me carry you in?”
He was obviously threatening her.
Mu Tongrui bit her lips. She had no choice but to pull open the car door to get in.
Just when she got in, he stretched out his left hand to pull her towards him. As she was caught unprepared, she ended up in Fu
Lingye's chest.
“Fu Lingye..... let go of me!”
She glared at him in annoyance. However, he did not let go of her, but instead lowered his head and got closer to her.
There was a mix of his cologne and a faint smell of tobacco on him, accentuating Fu Lingye's masculinity. He was able to exude
that masculine appeal and charm just by a simple action or the way he looked at people.
Mu Tongrui had subconsciously fallen deep into an emotional swamp and that no one would be around to pull her out no matter
how much she shouted for help.
Fu Lingye pressed his forehead against hers, hoping to see if she was still having a fever. His eyebrows then relaxed and he
heaved a sigh of relief. He muttered under his breath, “Your fever has completely subsided. Is there anywhere else that you feel
uncomfortable with?”
Mu Tongrui looked at him incredulously, shocked at his response.
Did he come to Ya Hua to look for her just to check if her fever had subsided?

She gazed at Fu Lingye and their eyes interlocked. She then turned away to avoid his gaze, and said coldly, “Xia Xueqing has
your child. You should be concerned about her. Not about me.”
Fu Lingye's eyes continued to sink into hers. He pressed his fingers onto her chin then turned her face back towards him, “Are
you really jealous, or are you pretending to be?”
There was no trace of emotion in his voice. There was no sign of joy or frustration. He also looked calm and distant, like the
usual.
Mu Tongrui's heart skipped a beat for fear of being found out, “You... what do you mean?”
He leaned closer to her, his breath lingering on her face. He said the words out slowly, “When you were at Qi Yanli's house that
night, what on earth did he do to you?”
Fu Lingye was not so generous to the point of being calm and collected despite seeing that his woman was involved with Qi
Yanli.
If it was a girlfriend from before, that was fine. If it was another man, he probably would not mind. They could part ways, then
kick the man out of the equation. However, it was exactly because it was Mu Tongrui that he was unable to let go that easily.
He stared at Mu Tongrui till she felt extremely uncomfortable. A bucket of emotions rushed into her chest. She looked at him, as
though in confrontation for several seconds, before saying,
“Then how about you? What were you doing when you were at Lanwan Villa the other night with the woman?
He squinted his eyes, then exerted some force on her chin and said, “Did you go over to Qi Yanli's house because of that?”
“What makes you think that you can get involved with other women and yet not allow me to stay over at a man's house?”
Fu Lingye raised his brows and placed his strong hands forcefully on her hips.
“You dare!”
Due to the fever that she had, coupled with the fact that she did not eat breakfast in the morning, she was feeling a little dizzy.
She was unable to take his sudden forcefulness after coming down so hard on her, so she could not control her tears. As a
result, she shouted back at him, “Why don't I dare? You have been with so many women, so why can't I be with other men?”

Fu Lingye was completely angered by her. Aroused, he tore up her shirt and pressed down against her body. He then lowered
himself to bite on her collarbone till it bled.
Mu Tongrui shrieked in pain, and she grabbed his short hair instinctively. However, her pitiful look and the way she struggled
further heightened his sense of arousal. He pressed down his lips again and again and left more deep red marks on her delicate,
fair skin.
It was as though he was announcing his rights over her by doing that.
However, Mu Tongrui only felt unjustified and shameful. She pressed both hands against his chest, “Fu Lingye..... We cannot.....”
His hand was fixed on her waist. He pulled her closer to his chest and kissed her everywhere. He questioned, “Did Qi Yanli touch
you here? Or is it here? Hmm?”
Mu Tongrui was about to go insane. She faced him and shook her head with a mix of injustice and emotional attachment towards
him. Desire.
She refused to say a thing. Fu Lingye went down harder on her, “Say!”
Mu Tongrui tightened both her fists, “Nothing... Qi Yanli did not touch me. I am in pain.....”
After forcing her to say it aloud, Fu Lingye's solemn expression gave way to a more relaxed one. He was in a better mood and
stopped grilling her with more questions. He leaned his lips close to her ears, and warned, “If you were to allow any man to touch
you, I would ruin you.”
He hugged her tightly in his chest. His unusually cold tone sent shivers down her spine.
However, Fu Lingye helped her gently with buttoning up her shirt. He felt like a different person from just now.
She bit her lips and asked out of frustration, “You do not allow me to be intimate with any other man besides you, but what about
you? Fu Lingye, Xia Xueqing is pregnant because of you, and then you are with another woman at Lanwan Villa....?”
She was not done with her questioning, but Fu Lingye had already pressed his lips against hers. He spoke in a serious tone
slowly, “What if I were to tell you that I did not?”
Mu Tongrui froze at his response, looking at him as though needing time to recover from the shock.

Fu Lingye lowered his gaze to help her tidy up her creased clothes. He then said softly, “Nothing significant happened between
Xia Xueqing and me. Also, nothing happened at all with the woman at Lanwan Villa.”
What?
Nothing happened between Xia Xueqing and him?
How was it possible?
Didn't Qi Yanli say...
When Fu Lingye helped her with her last button on her shirt, he gazed longingly at her. “Rui, now that I am honest with you,
shouldn't you also be honest with me too?”
Be honest to him?
How could she have forgotten?
She would rather Fu Lingye continue to be heartless towards her. She would then give him up completely, and not feel any
attachment towards him.
After knowing that he could be so gentle with her after removing his usual mask of being indifferent and cold, Mu Tongrui realized
that she could no longer hold back her feelings for him.
“I, I need to head back to work.”
Mu Tongrui only wanted to escape, so she turned around to open the car door. Fu Lingye then pulled her back. He frowned, “I
postponed my meeting to come and find you. Why are you in such a hurry to head back to work?”
“..... Why did you postpone your meeting to come and find me? You don't have to be so nice to me.”
“Is that so? Is that what you really mean?”