Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Mu Tongrui laughed till her belly ache.
He looked at her coldly, “Was it really funny?”
“Yes, it was.”
When Mu Tongrui thought of what the man and woman mentioned about Fu Lingye's “short tiny piece,” she felt secretly pleased.
However, she was caught by his cold gaze the next second and kept her mouth shut. She suppressed her laughter and then took
back her words, “Not funny.”
Mu Tongrui slept so well at night that she did not realize that she treated Fu Lingye as her human bolster.
On the other hand, Fu Lingye lost sleep. He looked carefully at her under the pale moonlight. She shared similar features with
his daughter, whether it was their facial features or sleeping postures.
He was not sure if it was because of the special relationship Mu Tongrui and his daughter shared, or if he had started developing
feelings for this woman that he began to feel that she was adorable.
Fu Lingye felt gentle ripples surfacing in his peaceful heart.
.........
Fu Lingye pulled Mu Tongrui out of bed early the next morning and finally made it for the first train towards the North.
It was an arduous train journey, taking about 10 hours or so of long-distance travel. Fu Lingye and Mu Tongrui had finally
returned to the city.
After disembarking from the train, Fu Lingye gave Xu Kun a call.
Xu Kun arrived shortly to pick them up from the train station.
Once they got on, Xu Kun looked curiously at Fu Lingye's crumpled shirt through the rearview mirror.
His boss was obsessed with neatness. Crumpled shirts were a definite no-no. In order to save Mu Tongrui, he went personally to
see her at that time. Mu Tongrui was someone special in his eyes.

“Boss, Miss Mu's kidnapper have not been found. I am not sure if this incident was simply a human trafficking case, or if
someone was behind this...”
Xu Kun had not finished talking when Mu Tongrui frowned and commented, “I know who is behind it! Shen Wanyue is certainly
the mastermind.”
She remembered the night when she caused a commotion at Shen Wanyue's wedding. She must have made Shen Wanyue
furious and that must have led her to plan this kidnap!
Xu Kun said cautiously after being reminded of Shen Wanyue, “Oh yes, Boss, the video of Miss Mu causing a commotion at
Shen Wanyue's wedding circulated online. Old Master knows about it, and I heard that he was really furious after watching it.”
Mu Tongrui was afraid after finding out that Old Master Fu had learnt about the incident. She was sputtering nonsense at the
wedding and even said that she had Jianzhe's baby or something. He must have felt that she had thoroughly shamed the Fu
family!
She bit her lips and stole a glance at Fu Lingye. He did not show any concern about that.
Fu Lingye did not speak a word to Mu Tongrui throughout the car ride home.
Mu Tongrui bit the bullet and returned to the Fu family. It seemed that the only person who would welcome her home was
Sweetheart.
Upon seeing her enter, Sweetheart rushed to her. “Mu'mu, you are finally back! I really miss you!”
Mu Tongrui hugged her tightly, “I also really miss you.”
When the two of them were caught in each other's embrace, Old Master Fu came downstairs with his walking stick from the
second floor. He wore a solemn expression.
Mu Tongrui followed Fu Lingye and called him “Dad.”
However, Old Master did not bother about him and sat on the sofa. He started chiding, “Mu Tongrui, you'd better not stir up so
much trouble. Why did you go to someone's wedding to tell people about carrying another man's child? If people were to know
that you are the daughter-in-law of Fu family, how do you think the media will write about you and us?”

Mu Tongrui lowered her head and admitted that she was at fault, “I am sorry for being reckless and did not consider the
consequences.”
Old Master raised his voice, “You definitely were not considerate and obviously did not take me seriously!”
“Dad, Tongrui have just returned home after experiencing a scare. If you want to lecture her, then let's wait till a few days later.
She needs to rest now.”
Old Master looked at Fu Lingye and gruntled, “You are protecting her even till now? Look at how much embarrassment your wife
has caused us!”
Fu Lingue replied calmly, “Doesn't everyone not know that she is my wife yet?”
“Do... Do you really want to anger me to death?”
Fu Lingye looked at him, expressionless. “You have said this so many times since we were young. Aren't you still alive and
kicking?”
Fu Zhengyuan was speechless with anger.
Mu Tongrui forced a smile. Fu Lingye really was sharp-tongued. He could even say such things to his own father! It was no
wonder that he had a habit of saying mean things to her.
Sweetheart ran over and crawled up to Fu Lingye, “Daddy and Mu'mu know they are in the wrong already. Grandpa, let's stop
being angry with them, alright?”
Old Master saw his adorable granddaughter and controlled his temper. He frowned and looked agitated, “Alright, I am not going
to be bothered with the both of you on Sweetheart's account! Go upstairs! I don't want to see you!”
Fu Lingye held onto Mu Tongrui's hand and went up to the second floor.
......
Mu Tongrui did not sleep well for the last few days, so she fell asleep right after showering. On the other hand, Fu Lingye headed
straight to the study room to clear some outstanding work matters.
After he had cleared those documents, he walked towards the windows. He made a call to Xu Kun while rubbing his neck.

“Take down all the videos of Mu Tongrui at Shen Wanyue's wedding from the internet.”
“Yes, Boss.”
“Continue investigating on the kidnapping case. Let me know if there are news.”
“Yes, Boss. I will inform you immediately once I have received news.”
After hanging up, Fu Lingye looked at the paper bag on his study table, deep in thought.
The door to the study room was pushed open, “Daddy!”
Sweetheart looked around in the study room when she saw Fu Lingye. She ran over to him happily. Fu Lingye carried her up in
his arms and asked gently, “Is Grandpa still angry?”
Sweetheart shook her head. “Grandpa is no longer angry! Grandpa said that I am his happy pill.”
Fu Lingye laughed and squeezed her cheeks lightly, “Good girl.”
“Daddy, where is Mu'mu?”
“Mu'mu is sleeping in the bedroom. Let's not wake her up. Daddy plans to give her a present when she wakes up later.”
Sweetheart asked with curiosity, “Daddy, what do you plan to give Mu'mu?”
Fu Lingye touched her gently on the nose, “I will keep it a secret for now.”
“Oh. Daddy, when Mu'mu wakes up, you and Mu'mu need to celebrate my birthday with me again! I have yet to eat my birthday
cake!”
“Alright.”
He planned to tell her after she woke up. It was time to let her know that Sweetheart was her surrogate child.
It was already 6pm in the evening when Mu Tongrui got up. She had slept the entire afternoon. She had a slight headache and
she tossed the blanket away to get out of bed. Fu Lingye then pushed open the bedroom door.
He held onto the paper bag secretively, “Open it.”

“What, what is this?”
Fu Lingye passed it to her, “You will know once you see it.”
Not knowing why, Mu Tongrui felt strangely nervous upon receiving the paper bag.