Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

“It's clean.”
Fu Lingye's dark eyes were fixated on her, making her feel slightly uncomfortable. He took the undergarments from her and
grabbed her hand, planting kisses on her palm, fingers, and back of her hand.
Mu Tongrui felt like tiny currents of electricity were running through her. He was just kissing her, but his gaze seemed to say
something else. She couldn't stop herself from turning red from embarrassment.
“L-let's sleep! I'm tired.”
She ran over to the bed and buried herself in the sheets. Fu Lingye laid down beside her and pulled her into his arms. “Babe,
don't leave me ever again. It took me so long to find you,” he pleaded in a low voice.
Mu Tongrui was touched, but also confused.
He's being so strange tonight!
He said a lot of things he wouldn't normally say, not limited to calling her 'babe'.
Mu Tongrui turned around and put her hand on his forehead. “Fu Lingye, are you sick?”
His forehead was cool as ice.
What's wrong with him then?
Fu Lingye pulled her hand away and frowned. “What's wrong?”
Mu Tongrui decided to tell the truth. “Something seemed off about you tonight. You're acting weird.”
Nonetheless, she loved how Fu Lingye babied her.
Fu Lingye's frown deepened, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face. However, he immediately pulled her into a hug and
said, “You'll get used to it soon.”
“......”
This man must be possessed!

Mu Tongrui turned red in the face and buried herself in the blankets. “I'm going to sleep!”
After a few seconds, she threw the blankets aside. “No, we're going back to Bei City tomorrow, so I gotta pack.”
She was about to get up when Fu Lingye dragged her back down. “Cut it. I'll pack for you tomorrow morning.”
Mu Tongrui felt a twinge of happiness. Did she not know him well enough or something? Since when was he such a gentleman?
She wrapped her arms around his waist and burrowed her face into his body. “Lingye, you've changed, but......I like it.”
Fu Lingye's caressed her hair and kissed the top of her head. There was a mysterious glint in his dark eyes.
Mu Tongrui spent the night huddled against him like a baby kangaroo and sleeping soundly.
......
The next morning, Fu Lingye was hit by a crushing headache the moment he woke up.
A hangover? Out of nowhere?
He opened his eyes and was greeted by Mu Tongrui's face hovering before his eyes. She was lying on her belly and staring at
him with starry eyes and a smile.
“You're awake?”
Fu Lingye hummed quietly, his head hurting too much for him to put more effort into answering her.
“What's wrong? Does your head hurt? But why would it hurt all of a sudden?” Mu Tongrui asked, concerned.
“I don't know. Must have overslept.”
Fu Lingye rubbed his temples and got up from the bed. Mu Tongrui glanced at him and said, “I made breakfast. We should set off
for Bei City after we eat.”
“Mmph. Did you pack your things?”
Mu Tongrui gave him a confused look. “Didn't you say that you're gonna pack for me in the morning?”
“......”

Fu Lingye was stunned.
Mu Tongrui figured that he was just putting on an act last night. She got up to pack her things while lamenting, “Fine, I'll do it. So
much for calling me 'babe' over and over again last night. Didn't know you'll be back to giving me that cold look in the morning.”
Fu Lingye's bros knitted together. “'Babe?'“
“That's right. You called me 'babe' so many times last night. Don't you remember?”
“......”
He had never called anyone “babe” for the whole 32 years of his existence.
He would never say something so cringeworthy.
Mu Tongrui turned around to pack her things, before noticing that the man behind her had gone completely silent. She whirled
around in complete bewilderment. “Did you really forget about it? It's not like you drank last night, so why would you?” She
asked. “Fu Lingye......don't tell me you're being an irresponsible jerk again!”
She threw her clothes into her luggage, before running over and placing her hand on his forehead again and comparing it to her
own. Everything seemed normal.
Fu Lingye came back to his senses and grabbed her hand. “What else did I do to you?”
Mu Tongrui turned red as a tomato immediately. “N-not much, just a lot of kissing and calling me 'babe'......”
And also a lot of cuddling.
That was the first time Mu Tongrui had seen him being as clingy as a pet dog! That was the perfect embodiment of a 'loyal dog
boyfriend'!
Fu Lingye seemed to be thinking. Realizing that he was being serious, Mu Tongrui looked crestfallen. “You mean you don't
remember anything? It was all an act last night?”
She had hoped that Fu Lingye would be clingy around her forever!
Looks like she had somehow gotten herself drugged out of this realm last night. Unless Fu Lingye got his brains soaked by the
hour-long bath last night?

Mu Tongrui raised her hand and knocked Fu Lingye's head a couple of times. “Did you hit your head or something? You're acting
like the males leads in those romance novels, conveniently forget things!”
“......”
Fu Lingye's eyes twitched.
After a moment of silence, he pushed her hand away. “Stop it.”
His voice was infused with his usual coolness, and the weird affection from last night was nowhere to be seen.
“......”
Mu Tongrui felt aggrieved. Give a child a sweet and they will crave more; feed them something bitter afterward and they will
loathe you.
She continued to pack with a pout. “You were so gentlemanly last night! What happened?” She complained.
Fu Lingye's mind was in a mess. A bout of anger rushed up to his head out of nowhere.
“You like how I was last night?”
Mu Tongrui went silent out of shock.
What did he mean by 'how I was last night'?
Isn't he the same person from last night?
Is he getting philosophical with her right now? Did he switch bodies halfway through the night?
“Of course! You called me 'babe', and you showed me so much love......and you even said that you won't let me go after
spending so much effort trying to find me!”
“......”
Fu Lingye was unfazed. Mu Tongrui began to get irritated. “Fine. Your brains must have been soaked last night.”
Out of the blue, he retorted, “That's right, just take it as I got my brains soaked. Don't take it seriously.”

“......”
A pillow flew across the room. “Fu Lingye! Are you messing with my feelings?!”
Fu Lingye managed to dodge the pillow at the last second, his brows furrowing. “Rui-”
Before he could say another word, Mu Tongrui sobbed, “You called me 'babe' last night! Not 'Rui'!”
“......”
Fu Lingye's face muscles spasmed uncontrollably.
What in the world happened last night?
Did his 'alter ego' that Han Ling had mentioned wrestle control of him last night?
Even if he had an alter ego, it wouldn't have met Mu Tongrui before, so why was he so helplessly in love last night?
What's going on?
By right, his personalities were separate from each other, so his alter ego shouldn't have known Rui. In any case, why would his
alter ego do things like calling Rui 'babe' and be even more in love with her than he actually was......?
Fu Lingye's eyebrows twitched, overcome by a feeling of imminent danger.