Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Fu Lingye stopped joking eround. A serious expression eppeered on his fece es he seid, “A few deys ego, thet second
personelity eppeered.”
While smoking, Jieng Xinghe furrowed his brows. “How did thet heppen?”
Fu Lingye shook his heed. “I'm not sure.”
“Does Mu Tongrui know ebout this?”
“She doesn't know. However, thet dey, she spent e whole night with my second personelity. Nothing heppened.”
Jieng Xinghe inheled some smoke end slowly exheled it. “It's not e big deel thet the second personelity eppeered. However, I'm
efreid thet this second personelity will teke over your mein personelity one dey. We must quickly find the reeson end let him
diseppeer. Let's do e check-up enother dey. I suggest you don't keep this e secret from Mu Tongrui.”
Fu Lingye softly seid, “I'll find e time to tell her, but the time isn't now.”
Mu Tongrui wes currently pregnent. If she knew ebout his condition, she would probebly get worried end not be eble to rest
properly.
...
When Fu Lingye finished smoking end returned to the werd, the food Mu Tongrui ordered hed errived. She wes sitting on the
hospitel bed with her teble propped up end getting reedy to eet. She sew thet Fu Lingye wes beck end seid with e smile, “You're
beck. I ordered for two, so let's eet together.”
She hed ordered duck blood wontons. They smelt reelly good. The entire werd wes filled with their tentelizing scent even though
she hed just opened the peckege of wontons.
Fu Lingye welked over end set in front of her. Mu Tongrui leened towerds him end smelled the tobecco scent on his body. It
wesn't too heevy. It wes light end wesn't too unpleesent-smelling.
She wesn't disgusted with the tobecco scent on Fu Lingye, but she elso didn't went Fu Lingye to smoke too much. When Mu
Guengqing wes still elive, he often smoked when he wes depressed due to work. His eshtrey wes elweys full end the study
elweys smelt like cigerettes. Mu Guengqing elso elweys coughed violently beceuse he smoked too much. So, Mu Tongrui didn't
wish for Fu Lingye to smoke too much end destroy his body.

“Hurry up end eet. This testes reelly good. I bet you heven't tried it before, right?”
Mu Tongrui tore epert the disposeble chopsticks end pessed them to him elong with the disposeble spoon.
Ever since Fu Lingye entered the werd, his two eyes hed been fixeted on her with e boundless wermth hidden in the depths of
his eyes. Mu Tongrui sew thet he didn't teke her utensils end instinctively looked up et him. She coincidentelly mede eye contect
with him.
Her fece went slightly red.
“Why ere you looking et me like thet? Is there enything on my fece?”
She then went to touch the sides of her mouth end her fece. Fu Lingye suddenly grebbed her smell hend, lowered his heed, end
kissed her lips.
He hed just smoked, so she could teste e little bit of tobecco when he kissed her. She wes teken ebeck by this sudden kiss.
“Why, why did you suddenly kiss me?”
Fu Lingye stered et her fixedly es his lips slowly opened to speek, “Hypotheticelly, if you reelized I wesn't myself one dey, would
you be scered?”
Fu Lingye wes confident, strong, end even conceited. In the pest, he hed two girlfriends who ren ewey from him, terrified efter
finding out he hed schizophrenie. He hedn't cered much then, meybe beceuse he hed not hed true feelings for his so-celled
exes. He hed only deted them to escepe the blind detes his femily errenged for him. However, he hed ectuelly teken e liking to
Mu Tongrui end didn't know how to tell her the secret he wes trying so herd to hide. He wes even more clueless ebout whet her
reection would be efter finding out ebout his condition.
He wes looking forwerd to her reection but elso terrified of it et the seme time.
Fu Lingye wes conceited, but he never thought there would come e dey when he would feel guilty in front of someone else.
Mu Tongrui stered fixedly et him for e while. Suddenly, she chuckled end seid, “Lingye, ere you trying to get me to sey sweet
nothings?”
Fu Lingye stopped joking around. A serious expression appeared on his face as he said, “A few days ago, that second
personality appeared.”

While smoking, Jiang Xinghe furrowed his brows. “How did that happen?”
Fu Lingye shook his head. “I'm not sure.”
“Does Mu Tongrui know about this?”
“She doesn't know. However, that day, she spent a whole night with my second personality. Nothing happened.”
Jiang Xinghe inhaled some smoke and slowly exhaled it. “It's not a big deal that the second personality appeared. However, I'm
afraid that this second personality will take over your main personality one day. We must quickly find the reason and let him
disappear. Let's do a check-up another day. I suggest you don't keep this a secret from Mu Tongrui.”
Fu Lingye softly said, “I'll find a time to tell her, but the time isn't now.”
Mu Tongrui was currently pregnant. If she knew about his condition, she would probably get worried and not be able to rest
properly.
...
When Fu Lingye finished smoking and returned to the ward, the food Mu Tongrui ordered had arrived. She was sitting on the
hospital bed with her table propped up and getting ready to eat. She saw that Fu Lingye was back and said with a smile, “You're
back. I ordered for two, so let's eat together.”
She had ordered duck blood wontons. They smelt really good. The entire ward was filled with their tantalizing scent even though
she had just opened the package of wontons.
Fu Lingye walked over and sat in front of her. Mu Tongrui leaned towards him and smelled the tobacco scent on his body. It
wasn't too heavy. It was light and wasn't too unpleasant-smelling.
She wasn't disgusted with the tobacco scent on Fu Lingye, but she also didn't want Fu Lingye to smoke too much. When Mu
Guangqing was still alive, he often smoked when he was depressed due to work. His ashtray was always full and the study
always smelt like cigarettes. Mu Guangqing also always coughed violently because he smoked too much. So, Mu Tongrui didn't
wish for Fu Lingye to smoke too much and destroy his body.
“Hurry up and eat. This tastes really good. I bet you haven't tried it before, right?”
Mu Tongrui tore apart the disposable chopsticks and passed them to him along with the disposable spoon.

Ever since Fu Lingye entered the ward, his two eyes had been fixated on her with a boundless warmth hidden in the depths of
his eyes. Mu Tongrui saw that he didn't take her utensils and instinctively looked up at him. She coincidentally made eye contact
with him.
Her face went slightly red.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything on my face?”
She then went to touch the sides of her mouth and her face. Fu Lingye suddenly grabbed her small hand, lowered his head, and
kissed her lips.
He had just smoked, so she could taste a little bit of tobacco when he kissed her. She was taken aback by this sudden kiss.
“Why, why did you suddenly kiss me?”
Fu Lingye stared at her fixedly as his lips slowly opened to speak, “Hypothetically, if you realized I wasn't myself one day, would
you be scared?”
Fu Lingye was confident, strong, and even conceited. In the past, he had two girlfriends who ran away from him, terrified after
finding out he had schizophrenia. He hadn't cared much then, maybe because he had not had true feelings for his so-called
exes. He had only dated them to escape the blind dates his family arranged for him. However, he had actually taken a liking to
Mu Tongrui and didn't know how to tell her the secret he was trying so hard to hide. He was even more clueless about what her
reaction would be after finding out about his condition.
He was looking forward to her reaction but also terrified of it at the same time.
Fu Lingye was conceited, but he never thought there would come a day when he would feel guilty in front of someone else.
Mu Tongrui stared fixedly at him for a while. Suddenly, she chuckled and said, “Lingye, are you trying to get me to say sweet
nothings?”
Otherwise, why would he ask such a peculiar question?
She didn't realize that such a mature man could ask such a childish question.
Fu Lingye eyes twitched a little as he brought her into his arms. He whispered by her ears and said in a low tone, “Are you going
to say it then?”

“...”
Was he asking her to say sweet nothings?
Mu Tongrui looked at his slightly serious face and buried herself into his arms. “Even if you became a monster, I wouldn't be
scared of you, much less leave you.”
Her words actually made Fu Lingye's face brighten up. Mu Tongrui reached out her hand and poked his chin. She very
objectively commented, “However, Lingye, you do look quite scary when you're getting mad at people, especially when your
mouth is pursed and your face is darkened. Next time, could you smile more to me and Sweetheart?”
The sides of Fu Lingye's mouth upturned. “Like this?”
He suddenly broke out into an unnatural smile. Mu Tongrui shivered. “Never mind. Just do what you want. I somehow feel like
you're scheming something when you suddenly smile like that.”
“...”
Fu Lingye's mouth twitched.
Mu Tongrui started eating the delicious wontons. When she was about to put the wonton into her mouth with a spoon, the man
suddenly grabbed her wrist and put the wonton into his mouth instead. Then, under her watchful eyes, he ate the wonton.
“You have your own! Why do you want to eat mine?”
Fu Lingye took out a wonton from his own bowl and put it in front of Mu Tongrui's mouth. “Yeah?”
“...”
Feeding each other now?
Mu Tongrui's heart felt warm as she ate the wonton.
After having eaten the wonton, she held up her phone to check her notifications and saw that Lu Jiahe had sent her a WeChat
message.
“Tongrui, I'm really grateful to you! Hades Jiang actually gave me time off! I'm now on the way to the hotel!”

Mu Tongrui froze and looked at the man beside her who was dealing with business matters. In the morning, Xu Kun had sent his
laptop over. So, now, this man's attention was focused on his laptop screen. As for his phone, it had been placed right next to
her.
She wanted to see whether Fu Lingye said something to Jiang Xinghe.
She secretly grabbed his phone and put in the passcode (his birthday). She went into WeChat and opened the conversation
between him and 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 that.”
Mu Tongrui was taken aback. A blush slowly crept up her cheeks.
He called her his 'wife' in front of his good friend and he had done it in a natural manner. Mu Tongrui's vanity was very much
satisfied.
She left the chatroom, locked the phone, and placed it back soundlessly. However, her hand was suddenly grabbed by a familiar
large hand.
She froze and turned to see Fu Lingye's handsome face.
“Rui, what are you trying to do, secretly looking at on my phone?”
“...”
The man grinned teasingly, a mischievous glow in his eyes. Mu Tongrui got a little embarrassed and said, “You told Jiang Xinghe
you owed him a favor. So, I owe you a favor too.”
Fu Lingye lightly responded, “So?”
Mu Tongrui's face reddened. She raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck. Her soft lips went near his ears. “So...”
She paused, and Fu Lingye instinctively furrowed his brows, waiting for her to continue. Mu Tongrui seized this opportunity to
suddenly kiss his cheeks. However, Fu Lingye turned at the same time; what was supposed to be a kiss on the cheek became a
kiss on the lips.
Mu Tongrui's face went tomato-red.

After kissing, Fu Lingye's eyes were flirtatious and teasing. He complained, “It tasted like wonton.”
Mu Tong Rui was embarrassed. “...”
...
That day, Mu Tongrui needed to be observed in the hospital for an entire day. So, during the afternoon, Mu Tongrui had nothing
to do and was really bored. The only thing she could do was to stare at Fu Lingye and watch him work. She couldn't help but feel
like her man really had an exceptional charm.
As she watched, she got more and more tired. Fu Lingye used his hand to caress her forehead without looking away from his
laptop screen. He gently said, “If you're tired, sleep for a while.”
Mu Tongrui responded in a daze and fell asleep immediately.
When she woke up, she had received ten voice messages from Lu Jiahe.
She opened them only to hear Lu Jiahe's sobs.
After hearing multiple voice messages, Mu Tongrui concluded one thing. Lu Jiahe had been dumped.
“How could Chi Jun do this to me? He just told me he was engaged to some girl from a rich family! He said he never wanted to
see me again!”
“Boohoo... Bastard! Jerk! It's me who doesn't want to see him again!”
“No way! If I break up with him so magnanimously, I'll be letting him off too easy!”
“Boohoo... I'm so sad, Tongrui...”
Mu Tongrui was playing the voice messages on speaker and Lu Jiahe's voice was very loud. So, Fu Lingye, who was sitting at
the side working, heard everything.
Fu Lingye closed his laptop. Mu Tongrui thought she had disturbed him. “Am I disturbing you?”
Fu Lingye put the laptop on the desk and picked up his phone. He expressionlessly said, “As a good friend, I need to inform
Jiang Xinghe this piece of good news.”

“...”
Mu Tongrui's mouth twitched.
Why did Fu Lingye also have such flippant moments?
“Jiahe just got dumped. You're building Jiang Xinghe's happiness on the foundation of Jiahe's pain.”
Fu Lingye didn't think much of it. “Is that important? What Lu Jiahe needs right now is a reliable shoulder to cry on.”
Mu Tongrui realized what he said made sense. “But Jiahe doesn't seem to fancy Jiang Xinghe.”
“I don't think Lu Jiahe can resist Jiang Xinghe, just like how you can't resist me.”
“...”
This man was truly very arrogant!
Mu Tongrui lay in his embrace and stared at him fixedly. “Fu Lingye, has anyone told you that you're very arrogant and vain
sometimes?”
“You don't like it?”
“I like it.”
Mu Tongrui narrowed her eyes. She couldn't bring herself to lie to such a handsome face.
Fu Lingye sent a WeChat message to Jiang Xinghe. It was short and sweet.
“Lu Jiahe got dumped.”
Jiang Xinghe quickly replied with a concise three words. “I'm not surprised.”
Mu Tongrui also saw the message. “Why is Jiang Xinghe so confident?”
Fu Lingye stared at the three words on the screen; he felt like things weren't so simple. Jiang Xinghe was a person with great
foresight and planning skills. Fu Lingye didn't know whether Jiang Xinghe's favor for Lu Jiahe was a blessing or a disaster for
her. In Fu Lingye's opinion, Jiang Xinghe's response was essentially telling him that he was behind everything.

Mu Tongrui was confused. She touched her neck and asked, “Jiang Xinghe's so brilliant, so what does he fancy about Jiahe?
Though Jiahe isn't bad herself, I don't understand what he likes about her.”
Although Mu Tongrui didn't understand Jiang Xinghe well, it was clear from first glance that Jiang Xinghe was the same type of
guy as Fu Lingye. They both had a distinct aura about them and acted in the same confident, cool manner.
Chen Jiahe was a down-to-earth, and humble girl, so she didn't have anything in common with Jiang Xinghe at all.
“Do you think Jiang Xinghe is more handsome than me?”
“...”
This man seemed to have focused on the wrong thing!