Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Did Fu Lingye and Xiang Nanqian share the same line of thinking and thought that she couldn't participate because she's an
illustrator?
Or did Fu Lingye object because he wanted to side with Xiang Nanqian?
The man was firm, “You're not allowed to participate in this competition.”
Mu Tongrui was enraged, “I know you're siding with Xiang Nanqian. But I insist on participating!”
Fu Lingye knitted his brows and held her wrist, “Can you be more obedient?”
Obedient? Is she a pet?
Mu Tongrui scoffed and wriggled from his grasp, “I can't abide by your wishes this time round. Not only will I be participating, I'll
be giving it my best.”
She finished her sentence and left the room in a huff.
To think she even made him an aloe vera drink! She should have left him for dead.
Even if Fu Lingye only had Xiang Nanqian in his heart, he should be reasonable and fair. However, he had forbidden her on the
spot without asking! Once Old Master Fu recovered, she'd spill the beans and leave Fu Lingye, Xiang Nanqian and the whole of
Fu Family!
Nobody in Fu Family liked her anyway. They were always coming up with ways to get rid of her. If that was the case, she would
just have to give them what they wanted!
The only thing holding her back would be Sweetheart.
She had loved Sweetheart before she knew Sweetheart was her own daughter. After knowing the truth, it would be even harder
to part with her now.
...
After a night of cold war, Mu Tongrui still accompanied Fu Lingye and sent Sweetheart to kindergarten the next morning.
The whole time, neither of them interacted with each other.

When they arrived at work, Fu Lingye accessed his personal elevator with seemingly no intention to wait for Mu Tongrui who was
right behind. Mu Tongrui entered the public elevator and headed for the 60th floor.
Go ahead and ignore me. Was there anything wrong with participating? Who is he trying to throw shade at?
Mu Tongrui hated cold wars. But since arriving at Fu Family, she repeatedly had to experience this cold war.
Should Fu Lingye try to make peace this time round, she wouldn't budge so easily!
...
Yahua Co. CEO's office.
Qi Yanli sat leisurely on his executive chair and instructed, “Send one more news.”
“What?”
“The winner of Fu Corporation's competition can spend one night with me.”
The assistant almost thought he heard wrongly. Isn't Mr. Qi sacrificing a bit too much this time?
It's just a small competition. Did he really have to give away his chasity?
“Mr. Qi, isn't the prize a bit too much?”
Qi Yanli wriggled his brows and gave his assistant a side-eye, “You have an opinion?”
The assistant shook his head vehemently and smiled sadly, “No problem at all! It's just that the Chairman might get furious if he
hears about this.”
“He's not the one sacrificing. What is there to be angry about?”
The assistant's lips twitched but could not find any words to rebut.
“Mr. Qi, I'll get it done.”
...
Upon notice of this news, the entire Creative department was in a flurry.

“Have you heard? Whoever wins the Ya Hua competition gets to spend a night with Mr. Qi!”
“Goodness! I heard Mr. Qi is also Bei City's golden bachelor who's on par with Mr. Fu!”
“We have to strive harder this time! The Mr. Qi I saw on the magazine is so dashing!”
“More dashing than Mr. Fu?”
“They are dashing in different ways. I prefer Mr. Qi's approachable feel. Mr. Fu seems so far away and hard to reach. It's obvious
Mr. Qi is a nice guy since he already shared the news.”
Mu Tongrui who had listened in on their gossip crossed her brows. Qi Yanli is really sacrificing himself big time. But she had no
interest in spending the night with him. Rather, she was only interested in the million-dollar prize!
At the thought of purchasing her dream car with the winning prize, she could not help but feel excited.
...
66th floor, meeting room.
Once the meeting ended, Xiang Nanqian ran after Fu Lingye with her high heels, “Lingye, I'd like to speak to you.”
“Let's talk in the office.”
In the CEO's office, Fu Lingye sat on his executive chair and asked quietly, “What is it?”
“It's not a big deal but I had better report to you. Although outsiders have no idea Tong Rui is Fu Family's daughter-in-law, it
wouldn't look good if such news starts to spread. She's still Fu Family's daughter-in-law after all. Two days ago, Ya Hua's Mr. Qi
called in to request for her participation in the competition. I was astonished at first. I didn't know how Tong Rui got to know Mr.
Qi. Lingye, are you aware?”
Xiang Nanqian carefully observed Fu Lingye's facial expression.
Before Fu Lingye could comment, Xiang Nanqian added, “On another news, Mr. Qi announced today that he would spend the
night with whoever wins the competition. It's a bit odd that he would appoint Mu Tongrui to participate then spread this news.
Lingye, do you think Mr. Qi and Tong Rui...?”

Before she could finish her sentence, Fu Lingye gave such a cold look that it shocked her.
Fu Lingye replied coldly, “Since you're aware that it's not good for this news to go around, don't spread it.”
Xiang Nanqian pursed her red lips and smiled lightly, “Of course, I would definitely not spread them. Out of curiosity, Mr. Qi and
Tong Rui must be really close for him to keep an eye out for her like that, right?”
Xiang Nanqian smiled when she left Fu Lingye's office.
She would definitely let Lingye see Mu Tongrui's true colors this time!
...
Mu Tongrui spent all her efforts on the drawing. Even when her neighboring colleague asked her for lunch, she was unmoved.
The colleague eyed her computer screen and jeered, “You wouldn't win even if you give it your all. To spend a night with Mr. Qi,
have it occurred to you that he wouldn't be interested in you?”
Mu Tongrui was startled as she explained, “I'm not putting in the effort to spend a night with him.”
“Do you think others would believe? No wonder you were so inclined on participating. All that to associate yourself to Ya Hua's
Mr. Qi. How ambitious of you.”
“It doesn't matter what you think.”
The colleague snorted as she sashayed towards the exit. Who knew, she almost knocked into Fu Lingye.
“Mr... Mr. Fu?”