Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Fu Lingye looked et her end seid, “Didn't you sey thet Jieng Xinghe hed e thing for your friend? Do you think thet Jieng Xinghe
would ectuelly give your friend the time off to celebrete her boyfriend's birthdey?”
Mu Tongrui wes teken ebeck. “I didn't expect thet Doctor Jieng wes the kind of person who would use work es en excuse to
further his personel egende. He seems like e serious end no-nonsense person.”
Fu Lingye lightly furrowed his brows. He felt weirdly uncomforteble heering her comment on other men. “Did you tell your friend
just now thet you picked me up from the streets?”
Mu Tongrui blushed. “How dere you peek et my conversetion with my friend?”
“You were chetting so heppily right in front of my eyes. Surely it's fine for me to teke e peek?”
“...”
This men wes so self-righteous when peeking et her conversetion!
Mu Tongrui rubbed her fece slowly egeinst his erms. “I heven't seen Jiehe for e reelly long time. Also, it's rere thet she's esking
me for e fevor. Will you help me?”
Mu Tongrui's coquettish behevior wes quite effective on Fu Lingye. However, Fu Lingye wes e cepitelist who constently thought
ebout getting the beng for his buck end meximizing his profit. He lowered his eyes end looked et the women in his erms. “I cen
help you, but I will heve to collect some interest.”
Interest?
Mu Tongrui pouted. “Hmph, petty.”
Fu Lingye whispered e sentence by her eer end Mu Tongrui's fece went red. “But the doctor just seid thet we cen't engege in
sexuel ectivity!”
“I'll collect my interest efter the child is born.”
“...”
Mu Tongrui's mouth twitched. This men wes reelly fer-sighted...

Fu Lingye took out his phone end geve it to her. “Just use my WeChet to telk to Jieng Xinghe.”
Mu Tongrui took it while smiling. There wes e pesscode. “Whet's your phone pesscode?”
“My birthdey.”
Mu Tongrui felt e little emberressed. “I don't know when your birthdey is!”
The men's fece derkened. He seid unheppily, “25th December. You better remember it.”
Mu Tongrui's eyes brightened. “Lingye, your birthdey is on Christmes Dey. This yeer, we cen celebrete Christmes AND your
birthdey.”
Fu Lingye bit his lip end seid, “I don't celebrete Western holideys.”
“Old-school!”
There wes truly e generetion gep between en older men like Fu Lingye end e younger women in her twenties like Mu Tongrui.
After entering the pesscode, Mu Tongrui found Jieng Xinghe in Fu Lingye's contect list end opened up his chet. She sterted
thinking ebout how to word her messege such thet she sounded like Fu Lingye end wes elso eble to let Jieng Xinghe egree to
eccept Jiehe's leeve.
No metter how long she thought ebout it, Mu Tongrui couldn't think of how to stert the conversetion. “Lingye, how do you usuelly
telk to Doctor Jieng? Wouldn't it be e bit weird if I pretend to be you end esk him to give Jiehe time off?”
Fu Lingye looked at her and said, “Didn't you say that Jiang Xinghe had a thing for your friend? Do you think that Jiang Xinghe
would actually give your friend the time off to celebrate her boyfriend's birthday?”
Mu Tongrui was taken aback. “I didn't expect that Doctor Jiang was the kind of person who would use work as an excuse to
further his personal agenda. He seems like a serious and no-nonsense person.”
Fu Lingye lightly furrowed his brows. He felt weirdly uncomfortable hearing her comment on other men. “Did you tell your friend
just now that you picked me up from the streets?”
Mu Tongrui blushed. “How dare you peek at my conversation with my friend?”
“You were chatting so happily right in front of my eyes. Surely it's fine for me to take a peek?”

“...”
This man was so self-righteous when peeking at her conversation!
Mu Tongrui rubbed her face slowly against his arms. “I haven't seen Jiahe for a really long time. Also, it's rare that she's asking
me for a favor. Will you help me?”
Mu Tongrui's coquettish behavior was quite effective on Fu Lingye. However, Fu Lingye was a capitalist who constantly thought
about getting the bang for his buck and maximizing his profit. He lowered his eyes and looked at the woman in his arms. “I can
help you, but I will have to collect some interest.”
Interest?
Mu Tongrui pouted. “Hmph, petty.”
Fu Lingye whispered a sentence by her ear and Mu Tongrui's face went red. “But the doctor just said that we can't engage in
sexual activity!”
“I'll collect my interest after the child is born.”
“...”
Mu Tongrui's mouth twitched. This man was really far-sighted...
Fu Lingye took out his phone and gave it to her. “Just use my WeChat to talk to Jiang Xinghe.”
Mu Tongrui took it while smiling. There was a passcode. “What's your phone passcode?”
“My birthday.”
Mu Tongrui felt a little embarrassed. “I don't know when your birthday is!”
The man's face darkened. He said unhappily, “25th December. You better remember it.”
Mu Tongrui's eyes brightened. “Lingye, your birthday is on Christmas Day. This year, we can celebrate Christmas AND your
birthday.”
Fu Lingye bit his lip and said, “I don't celebrate Western holidays.”

“Old-school!”
There was truly a generation gap between an older man like Fu Lingye and a younger woman in her twenties like Mu Tongrui.
After entering the passcode, Mu Tongrui found Jiang Xinghe in Fu Lingye's contact list and opened up his chat. She started
thinking about how to word her message such that she sounded like Fu Lingye and was also able to let Jiang Xinghe agree to
accept Jiahe's leave.
No matter how long she thought about it, Mu Tongrui couldn't think of how to start the conversation. “Lingye, how do you usually
talk to Doctor Jiang? Wouldn't it be a bit weird if I pretend to be you and ask him to give Jiahe time off?”
“You tell me. Just now when Jiahe extended her hand to greet me, Jiang Xinghe didn't even plan to let me shake her hand. Now
that I'm interfering with him and Lu Jiahe, he might even think I'm interested in her.”
Mu Tongrui looked at him and said a little jealously, “Judging from your tone, you sound quite regretful that you didn't get to hold
Jiahe's hand, huh?”
“Even if Jiang Xinghe didn't stop me, I wasn't planning on shaking her hand.”
After hearing Fu Lingye's serious response, Mu Tongrui felt a warm, fuzzy feeling. She liked when Fu Lingye was acting
virtuously for her.
She remembered that Fu Lingye said he didn't like career women. So was Jiahe suited to his taste?
“Lingye, what do you think about... Jiahe?”
Of course, the incredibly shrewd Fu Lingye immediately understood what she meant.
Previously, when Mu Tongrui's stomach was hurting, he was panicky, so he did not pay attention to Lu Jiahe. In fact, his gaze did
not leave Mu Tongrui even for a second the whole time he was in the ward.
“I don't know what Lu Jiahe is like, but I believe in Jiang Xinghe's taste.” He sounded almost like a textbook answer.
After all, Mu Tongrui was just curious. Her question had no ulterior motive behind it.
“What, do I look like someone who fools around?”
Mu Tongrui laughed dryly. “Why would I think that? I was just asking for fun.”

Mu Tongrui couldn't figure out how to ask Jiang Xinghe after thinking for a long time, so she passed the phone back to Fu
Lingye. “Never mind, I still don't know how to help Jiahe with that.”
Fu Lingye lowered his head and kissed her forehead. He saw that her face was still a little pale, so he tucked her into the blanket
and said, “Rest for a while here. What do you want to eat? I'll go buy.”
“I want to eat wontons, but I don't know if there's a shop nearby that sells them.”
“There should be.”
Fu Lingye was about to get up when Mu Tongrui grabbed his hand. “Don't go out now, you can order delivery using your phone!”
Why did Fu Lingye live like a primitive man? Don't tell me he never ordered delivery before?
However, that was actually a possibility. He was probably too picky to order food delivery!
Fu Lingye fondly rubbed her head and said, “I'm going out for a smoke.”
Mu Tongrui didn't think much of it and nodded. “Then go. Don't smoke too much; it's bad for your health.”
Fu Lingye grunted in response and left the ward holding his phone.
After leaving the ward, Fu Lingye sent a WeChat message to Jiang Xinghe——
“Go ahead and give Lu Jiahe half a day off. If not, my wife won't be able to rest well on the hospital bed. I owe you one for this.”
After receiving this message, Jiang Xinghe's eyes twitched.
At this moment, Lu Jiahe was sitting not far from him; she was writing her internship report absent-mindedly. Her white, slender
fingers twirled a pen around in her hands. She wasn't focused on writing the report.
Jiang Xinghe walked over and saw that there were only the words 'Bastard Hades Jiang' written on the piece of white paper.
The man's black eyes squinted. “Are you slandering me?”
After Lu Jiahe heard the chilly male voice, she was so taken aback her whole body trembled. She scrambled to hide her piece of
paper and forced a chuckle. “Master, Mr. Jiang, Doctor Jiang, how would I ever slander you! I am praising you. You are only strict

with your students because you take your job seriously. If I could make it through your internship, I would be better equipped to
deal with medical situations in the future! I am showing my gratitude for your strictness towards me and...”
Lu Jiahe was still singing her praises for him when Jiang Xinghe said with a darkened expression, “I'm allowing you to take the
time off this afternoon. However, I'm on hospital duty tonight, so you'll need to come back to the hospital by seven o'clock.”
Lu Jiahe was ecstatic that Jiang Xinghe allowed her to take the time off. But wasn't seven too early for her to rush back?
“Master, is eight o'clock okay?”
Jiang Xinghe put both of his hands in his pocket, a cold expression on his face. “Six o'clock.”
Lu Jiahe was so scared that she stopped bargaining. “Okay, seven o'clock it is!”
...
Fu Lingye was smoking in the garden behind the hospital. When his cigarette was about to finish, he saw that Jiang Xinghe was
also smoking not too far away.
He squinted his black eyes and put out his half-burnt cigarette. After walking towards Jiang Xinghe, he asked, “Are you having a
smoke here alone because you're depressed? Has Lu Jiahe left?”
“What's the point of keeping her here if she doesn't want to be here? I might as well let her go accompany that little boyfriend of
hers and let her celebrate his birthday.”
Fu Lingye's mouth twitched. “You actually like Lu Jiahe?”
“Am I not allowed to?”
Fu Lingye teased, “It's not that you're not allowed to. It's just that this happens only once in a blue moon. It's pretty rare.”
After smoking one cigarette, Fu Lingye threw the butt to the ground and he put it out with his foot. Jiang Xinghe gave him another
cigarette, but Fu Lingye rejected him while smiling. “I have strict orders from the lady of the house not to smoke too much.”
Jiang Xinghe glanced at him disdainfully. He scoffed. “Submissive!”