Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Mu Tongrui opened the bag and was surprised to see ——
It was a maternity test report.
There were two names identified. One was hers and the other was a little girl called Fu Siqi.
Fu Lingye leaned casually against the wall with one hand in his pocket. He went on to explain, “Sweetheart's full name is Fu Siqi.
Her nickname is Cheng.”
She knew about it the first time when Sweetheart told her that.
She gripped on the paternity test report.
Even though she had guessed and had doubts concerning this, she did not expect this coming at all.
Sweetheart... was really her surrogate child from 3 years ago.
Images of Sweetheart flashed across her mind. Her adorable face was becoming clearer. Why did she only realize it now that
Sweetheart's big eyes closely resembled hers?
Her tears fell onto the report. She curled up into a ball, and sniffed, “You... Did you know about this all along?”
When Fu Lingye agreed to return her the family villa and made that agreement with her, did he know all about it then?
He looked at her and said in a steady voice, “The reason why I agreed to let you have the family villa was because I knew that
you were Sweetheart's biological mother.”
She lifted her hand to wipe away her tears. “Then why did you not tell me this earlier?”
“I was not certain of the reason why you came close to Sweetheart and I at the beginning. I did not want to bring home someone
who wanted to make use of Sweetheart, even if that person was her biological mother.”
Mu Tongrui could understand his actions. She still needed time to digest the truth, so she swallowed her saliva and stared at the
paternity report again. She asked, “Does... Sweetheart know about this?”
“She does not know yet. However, I will find a suitable time to tell her that you are her mother.”
Mu Tongrui shook her head all of a sudden, and pleaded, “Let's keep this between us. Let's not tell her.”

He frowned and stared at her. What did she mean?
“We... got together initially because of the agreement. If Sweetheart were to find out that I am her biological mother, she would
want us to be together. I know that you do not like me, and do not want to be with me. After all, I did not fulfil my responsibilities
as a mother in the last 3 years. She is still very young, so I do not want to change her life. The current arrangement will be the
best for her.”
Fu Lingye inched closer and his gaze penetrated into her, “Do you mean that you do not plan to fulfil your responsibilities as her
mother in the future?”
Mu Tongrui was startled and she continued to explain herself, “No, it's not that... I will take care of her and show her concern in
the future, but...”
“If you do not want to fulfil your responsibilities as Sweetheart's mother, then she does not need you either.”
“.......”
Mu Tongrui choked. Why is this person so difficult to communicate with?
“I will not fight for her custody rights. Even if I want to, I will not be able to. I know I am not fit to be her mother, and I do not have
the ability to give her a life better than now. However, I hope that you will still allow me to visit Sweetheart even when you marry
someone else in the future.”
Marry another woman? Did she not understand what he said even though he had made it so clear?
His eyes sank and he was about to flare up when there was a voice from a child coming from outside.
“Mu'mu, are you awake? I am going to come in!”
Mu Tongrui dried her tears quickly and waited for Sweetheart to push the door open to see Fu Lingye inside. She blinked her
eyes and looked at Mu Tongrui, whose eyes were red. She frowned and asked, “Daddy, did you bully Mu'mu? Mu'mu, why did
you cry?”
Mu Tongrui could not control her emotions. She bent down to hug Sweetheart tightly and her tears flowed again this time. She
said in between sobs, “Sweetheart.... I am sorry.... I am so sorry....”

—— I have been such a terrible mother. I caused you to be bullied by the other kindergarten children simply because you did not
have a mother.
Sweetheart's hand hung onto Mu Tongrui's neck. She wiped away the tears gently on the face, “Mu'mu, what happened to you?
Why do you need to say sorry to me?”
Mu Tongrui stared at her innocent face and her tears continued rolling down. She took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile.
“I... I did not manage to celebrate your birthday with you the last time, right? I wanted to buy you a birthday cake and sing you a
birthday song. However, I am sorry that I am late.”
Sweetheart reached out to wipe away her tears and said warmly, “It's alright. Daddy has already made a promise to take Mu'mu
and I out to celebrate my birthday tonight!”
Mu Tongrui looked at him standing beside. He said, “Let's organize some things. We will bring Sweetheart out tonight to
celebrate her birthday.”
Was it going to be only the three of them?
Mu Tongrui felt a little strange. It was going to be her first time being out with father and daughter after learning about
Sweetheart's history. She could not help but feel uncomfortable.
Fu Lingye saw her hesitation. He frowned and said coldly, “Why? Are you not willing to?”
“No... Nothing. Of course, of course I am willing to celebrate Sweetheart's birthday with her.”
Then, was she unwilling to celebrate Sweetheart's birthday with him around?
Fu Lingye looked stern, and he stretched out his hand to hold onto Sweetheart, “Let's go, Sweetheart. We will head downstairs
first.”
He sounded unhappy, as though she was the one, he was upset with.
However, Mu Tongrui's thoughts were all on Sweetheart, so she did not pay much attention to Fu Lingye's emotions.
“Alright, Mu'mu, hurry up! Daddy and I will head downstairs first to wait for you!”
Mu Tongrui nodded her head, “Okay.”

......
Mu Tongrui had changed her clothes before heading downstairs. When she was about to reach downstairs, she saw Xiang
Nanqian coming home.
She froze after seeing Fu Lingye and Mu Tongrui bringing Sweetheart out. She asked, “Lingye, where are you and Tongrui
bringing Sweetheart to?”
Sweetheart happily replied her, “Auntie, Daddy and Mu'mu are going to bring me out to celebrate my birthday!”
“Then... I guess you won't be returning home for dinner?”
After Fu Lingye lifted Sweetheart up and replied her coldly, he said to Mu Tongrui who stood beside him, “Let's get going.”
Xiang Nanqian felt a wave of jealousy seeing the three of them walk out with their backs facing her.
After Lingye have saved and brought Mu Tongrui home, have their feelings for each other deepened?
........
Mu Tongrui kept her eyes on Sweetheart in the car.
Sweetheart lifted her head to look at Mu Tongrui, who could not seem to take her eyes off her, “Mu'mu, why do you keep looking
at me today? Am I too adorable?”
Mu Tongrui stroked Sweetheart's head, “Yes, Sweetheart is too adorable and beautiful today. I cannot take my eyes off you.”
Sweetheart laughed and burrowed herself in Mu Tongrui's chest. Mu Tongrui lowered her head to kiss Sweetheart's forehead.
She thought she was filled with terror after thinking about the surrogacy from 3 years ago. However, thinking about it now
reminded her of Sweetheart's adorable face. Her heart no longer felt empty. She felt extremely fortunate to have gone through
the surrogacy, bearing Sweetheart in the process. It was something she will never regret doing in her lifetime.