Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Fu Lingye stood beside his Spyker with both hands in his pockets. His gaze was focused on them.

His gaze was intense, giving them the chills.

Mu Tongrui felt guilty at first, then she felt foolish for feeling that way. After all, Fu Lingye was still

thinking of Sang. Mu Tongrui grew confident after rationalizing it.

Why was it that he could continue to miss and think of another woman and yet not allow her to befriend

a man? How was that fair?

Qi Yanli stole a sneaky and amused glance.

After Mu Tongrui got out of the car, Sweetheart ran over to her, carrying a big white plush toy. “Mu'mu!”

Mu Tongrui held her in her arms and smiled gently, “Sweetheart, did you miss me?”

“Yes, I did! Daddy and I miss you very much!”

Sweetheart looked at her father and hinted at him for what she had just done.

However, he pulled a long face. He had no response!

Seriously. Why could her father not see that she was trying to put in some good words for him? Forget

it.

Mu Tongrui touched Sweetheart's head and held onto her hand. She said, “Let's go in and play for a

while, shall we?”

“Yes!”

Mu Tongrui did not look at Fu Lingye the whole time. She did not say a thing to him either. He was

being treated like air!

Mu Tongrui was about to open the door when Fu Lingye caught hold of her wrist.

Fu Lingye lowered his head to look at Sweetheart and instructed her, “Sweetheart, go ahead and play

on your own first.”

Sweetheart knew that her father had something to say to Mu'mu, so she hugged her soft toy and went

into her room.

Fu Lingye said coldly, “Don't you think you have some explaining to do?”

His aggressive questioning tone made her very uncomfortable. Besides, she had been honest with him

and had already made things clear. But what about him?

Mu Tongrui said without a hint of concern, “Explain? I have nothing to explain to you.”

“Mu Tongrui!”

Fu Lingye held her forcefully between the door and his chest. Mu Tongrui struggled with all her might

and stared back at him.

Qi Yanli got out of the car. He laughed, “I cannot believe that President Fu is lacking in his

gentlemanliness. Are you actually using force on a woman?”

Fu Lingye's eyes were dark, growing intense with rage. He pulled Mu Tongrui close in an embrace,

“Whether or not I am gentlemanly towards my woman does not concern you at all!”

Qi Yanli glanced knowingly at Mu Tongrui and said, “However, it does not seem like Ms. Mu treat

President Fu as her boyfriend. If not, why would she be so unwilling?”

“Fu Lingye, let go of me!”

Fu Lingye released his grip and Mu Tongrui went into the house.

Fu Lingye and Qi Yanli stood standing outside the house.

Fu Lingye strode away in heavy steps. He shot a penetrating look at Qi Yanli, “Qi Yanli. Let me warn

you. Don't you dare touch Mu Tongrui!”

“I merely offered Ms. Mu a carrot. It was completely her wish and desire to come to Ya Hua.”

Fu Lingye grew increasingly hostile.

“Qi Yanli, I know that I owed you previously because of what happened to Qiao Sang. However, that

does not mean that I will give in to you regarding this matter.”

Qi Yanli walked closer so the two could continue to speak in hushed tones. “That's right. You gave in to

me all these years because you looked down on me. However, Fu Lingye, I will not thank you for those

benefits and treats you had given me. It is impossible for me to stop hating you. I want you to be in my

shoes. I want you to feel how it is like to lose something very dear to you.”

Fu Lingye laughed coldly, his eyes expressing hatred. “My feelings for Mu Tongrui are just temporary. If

you like her, then I will hand her over to you once I am done.”

“I thought Ms. Mu and you were in love. Who would have known!”

Qi Yanli raised his voice on purpose and shouted so that Mu Tongrui could hear him. “Ms. Mu, did you

hear that? Director Fu said that you are merely a temporary plaything to him. Once he is done with you,

he will hand you over to me! How about just coming to me now?”

Even before Qi Yanli could finish speaking, Fu Lingye threw a punch at his face.

There was blood oozing out of the corners of Qi Yanli's mouth. He tasted it. With a smirk, he said, “Go

on, hit me. I will make sure that you experience a pain a hundred or even a thousand times more

intense than this in the future! Fu Lingye, this pain cannot be compared to the insufferable pain that I

experienced 10 years ago. I was living through hell. Do you think I am still afraid of pain?”

“Scram!”

.......

Mu Tongrui slammed the door on Fu Lingye when he was about to enter the house after Qi Yanli left.

Fu Lingye stood outside the door as a form of punishment.

Sweetheart looked up at Mu Tongrui to ask, “Mu'mu, is it okay that we lock Daddy out of the house like

this? Will Daddy be angry or smack our butts after he comes in later?”

“Let's not allow him to enter then.” Mu Tongrui bent down to pick Sweetheart up, “Shall Sweetheart

sleep over here tonight? I will make something nice for Sweetheart to eat in a while.”

Sweetheart nodded her head and was a bit afraid. She reminded Mu Tongrui, “Mu'mu, it would be very

serious if Daddy were to blow his top!”

“Your Daddy cannot possibly do anything to me. Let's go, let's make something nice to eat.”

While Mu Tongrui was making dinner in the kitchen, she could not help thinking about those words that

Fu Lingye said earlier. Her mind wandered elsewhere and she lost focus while she was cutting. She

accidentally cut herself, resulting in a pool of blood forming on the chopping board as it flowed out of

her fingertip.

She could only think of those heartless words——

“My feelings for Mu Tongrui are just temporary. If you like her, then I will hand her over to you once I am

done.”

She did not know if she was in pain or that she felt wronged, but her eyes swelled with tears.

Sweetheart ran in and asked with concern, “Mu'mu, why are you crying? Did Daddy bully you?”

“No, nothing. I accidentally cut myself. It is a little painful.”

Sweetheart grabbed hold onto her hand, and gently blew at her wound, “Daddy said that blowing like

this will make the pain go away.”

Mu Tongrui gazed at how considerate Sweetheart was. She could not control her tears from falling.

There was the abrupt sound of a car's engine from outside. Mu Tongrui looked outside to see that Fu

Lingye had driven away.

Indeed, his interest and patience towards her was just a whim of the moment. It was merely temporary.

Why was she so foolish to think that she could pursue Fu Lingye's heart?

Sweetheart blinked her eyes and said, “Daddy has left. Shall I go and open the door now? I want to go

out to play in the yard.”

“Go ahead.”

Mu Tongrui stood in the kitchen for a while. She was in a daze. She heard a familiar voice all of a

sudden.

“How did you injure your finger?”

Her body shook. She looked outside then stared at him. It took her a while to respond, “You, didn't you

already leave?!”

Fu Lingye fixed his intense gaze at her, “I went to park my car. Did you wish to see me leave?”

“You, you did that on purpose!”

Fu Lingye did not say a thing. He looked at her wounded finger and then brought it to his lips to suck on

the wound.

His warm lips wrapped around her fingertip. It warmed her heart. Her heart began beating so quickly.

Mu Tongrui blushed and then grew frustrated at him, “Fu Lingye!”