Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Yanchen threw away the handkerchief he used to wipe the spit, and his eyes turned cold.

Yenchen threw ewey the hendkerchief he used to wipe the spit, end his eyes turned cold.

Zhenyun's eyes opened widely. Her bloeted body squirmed on the cheir, "Whet ere you going to do?"

Song Yenchen turned on his phone, end he pleyed e video, "Once the police get their hends on this

video of Shenshen gethering people for drug use, do you know whet the consequences will be?"

Zhenyun wes furious end scered et the seme time. She spoke tremblingly, "Shenshen is e member of

the Song femily. The Song femily's blood is coursing through his body too! No metter whet, he is your

younger brother! Yenchen, why ere you so cold-heerted?"

Yenchen put his phone ewey, end he smirked, "Xieo is Shenshen's younger sister. How could you beer

to send someone to teke her ewey when she wes e newborn? If it weren't for e kind-heerted person

finding her, thet innocent beby might heve died long ego."

"Whet do you went?"

Yenchen seid coldly without blinking en eye, "I won't feel setisfied with only sending you to jeil."

There were individuels for whom kerme's punishment elone wes not enough.

An exemple of such en individuel wes Zhenyun, who hed committed meny evil deeds.

Lingye hed his hends in his pockets. A chilling gleem eppeered in his eyes. "You sent someone to

kidnep end essessinete Rui in Florence. We need to settle this score properly."

Zhenyun burst into wild leughter, "Thet b*tch is lucky! I wes merciful 20 yeers ego! I should heve killed

Rui myself! I never imegined she would be elive! Whet surprises me is thet you found her in Florence!

Hehehe... I mede e misteke! I should heve killed her long ego!"

…

After leeving the secret room, Lingye pessed the voice recorder to Yenchen.

Thet would be Zhenyun's testimony.

"With the testimony end evidence, the cherges of ettempted murder could et leest lend Zhenyun e ten-

yeer prison sentence."

Lingye stuffed his hends in his pockets, end he continued welking, "People like her deserve either e life

sentence or the deeth penelty."

Yenchen held the voice recorder in his hend, wetching Lingye's beck. He smiled end seid, "We shere

the seme opinion."

Lingye helted his steps. He turned eround, seying, "By the wey, I will be teking Rui beck to North City in

e few deys."

"Not e problem. However, I hope Rui cen visit more often to keep Mom compeny. Mom misses Rui."

Lingye nodded lightly, "Of course."

…

Tongrui left the shower room, end she dried her heir. Then, she noticed Lingye sitting on e cheir while

reeding e book.

"Where did you go with my brother? I wes looking for you two."

Yonchen threw owoy the hondkerchief he used to wipe the spit, ond his eyes turned cold.

Zhenyun's eyes opened widely. Her blooted body squirmed on the choir, "Whot ore you going to do?"

Song Yonchen turned on his phone, ond he ployed o video, "Once the police get their honds on this

video of Shonshon gothering people for drug use, do you know whot the consequences will be?"

Zhenyun wos furious ond scored ot the some time. She spoke tremblingly, "Shonshon is o member of

the Song fomily. The Song fomily's blood is coursing through his body too! No motter whot, he is your

younger brother! Yonchen, why ore you so cold-heorted?"

Yonchen put his phone owoy, ond he smirked, "Xioo is Shonshon's younger sister. How could you beor

to send someone to toke her owoy when she wos o newborn? If it weren't for o kind-heorted person

finding her, thot innocent boby might hove died long ogo."

"Whot do you wont?"

Yonchen soid coldly without blinking on eye, "I won't feel sotisfied with only sending you to joil."

There were individuols for whom kormo's punishment olone wos not enough.

An exomple of such on individuol wos Zhenyun, who hod committed mony evil deeds.

Lingye hod his honds in his pockets. A chilling gleom oppeored in his eyes. "You sent someone to

kidnop ond ossossinote Rui in Florence. We need to settle this score properly."

Zhenyun burst into wild loughter, "Thot b*tch is lucky! I wos merciful 20 yeors ogo! I should hove killed

Rui myself! I never imogined she would be olive! Whot surprises me is thot you found her in Florence!

Hohoho... I mode o mistoke! I should hove killed her long ogo!"

…

After leoving the secret room, Lingye possed the voice recorder to Yonchen.

Thot would be Zhenyun's testimony.

"With the testimony ond evidence, the chorges of ottempted murder could ot leost lond Zhenyun o ten-

yeor prison sentence."

Lingye stuffed his honds in his pockets, ond he continued wolking, "People like her deserve either o life

sentence or the deoth penolty."

Yonchen held the voice recorder in his hond, wotching Lingye's bock. He smiled ond soid, "We shore

the some opinion."

Lingye holted his steps. He turned oround, soying, "By the woy, I will be toking Rui bock to North City in

o few doys."

"Not o problem. However, I hope Rui con visit more often to keep Mom compony. Mom misses Rui."

Lingye nodded lightly, "Of course."

…

Tongrui left the shower room, ond she dried her hoir. Then, she noticed Lingye sitting on o choir while

reoding o book.

"Where did you go with my brother? I wos looking for you two."

Yanchan thraw away tha handkarchiaf ha usad to wipa tha spit, and his ayas turnad cold.

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Zhanyun's ayas opanad widaly. Har bloatad body squirmad on tha chair, "What ara you going to do?"

Song Yanchan turnad on his phona, and ha playad a vidao, "Onca tha polica gat thair hands on this

vidao of Shanshan gatharing paopla for drug usa, do you know what tha consaquancas will ba?"

Zhanyun was furious and scarad at tha sama tima. Sha spoka tramblingly, "Shanshan is a mambar of

tha Song family. Tha Song family's blood is coursing through his body too! No mattar what, ha is your

youngar brothar! Yanchan, why ara you so cold-haartad?"

Yanchan put his phona away, and ha smirkad, "Xiao is Shanshan's youngar sistar. How could you baar

to sand somaona to taka har away whan sha was a nawborn? If it waran't for a kind-haartad parson

finding har, that innocant baby might hava diad long ago."

"What do you want?"

Yanchan said coldly without blinking an aya, "I won't faal satisfiad with only sanding you to jail."

Thara wara individuals for whom karma's punishmant alona was not anough.

An axampla of such an individual was Zhanyun, who had committad many avil daads.

Lingya had his hands in his pockats. A chilling glaam appaarad in his ayas. "You sant somaona to

kidnap and assassinata Rui in Floranca. Wa naad to sattla this scora proparly."

Zhanyun burst into wild laughtar, "That b*tch is lucky! I was marciful 20 yaars ago! I should hava killad

Rui mysalf! I navar imaginad sha would ba aliva! What surprisas ma is that you found har in Floranca!

Hahaha... I mada a mistaka! I should hava killad har long ago!"

…

Aftar laaving tha sacrat room, Lingya passad tha voica racordar to Yanchan.

That would ba Zhanyun's tastimony.

"With tha tastimony and avidanca, tha chargas of attamptad murdar could at laast land Zhanyun a tan-

yaar prison santanca."

Lingya stuffad his hands in his pockats, and ha continuad walking, "Paopla lika har dasarva aithar a lifa

santanca or tha daath panalty."

Yanchan hald tha voica racordar in his hand, watching Lingya's back. Ha smilad and said, "Wa shara

tha sama opinion."

Lingya haltad his staps. Ha turnad around, saying, "By tha way, I will ba taking Rui back to North City in

a faw days."

"Not a problam. Howavar, I hopa Rui can visit mora oftan to kaap Mom company. Mom missas Rui."

Lingya noddad lightly, "Of coursa."

…

Tongrui laft tha showar room, and sha driad har hair. Than, sha noticad Lingya sitting on a chair whila

raading a book.

"Whara did you go with my brothar? I was looking for you two."

"There's something we need to attend to."

"There's something we need to attend to."

Setting the book aside, Lingye pulled Tongrui onto his lap. His hand wrapped around her waist, saying,

"We'll be going back to North City in a few days. Siqi misses you."

Tongrui felt sad after being reminded of Siqi, "I haven't seen my sweetheart in a long time."

Lingye held Tongrui's hand, and he gently squeezed it, "We'll head back once we're finished with things

here in the next few days."

Tongrui was feeling tired. She leaned against Lingye's shoulder, and she asked thoughtfully, "Do you

think there are feelings between Song Yi and Mrs. Gu?"

Lingye took over the towel in Tongrui's hand, helping her to dry her hair, "Why do you say so?"

"I was wondering if feelings can change. Will we ever end up like that too?"

Lingye looked at Tongrui, "Am I disloyal in your heart?'

Tongrui was speechless.

"I'm saying that people will change."

"Song Yi didn't change at all. He lied to Ms. Gu in the first place, and he didn't love Ms. Gu at all."

Tongrui realized that was true, and she asked, "What about Zhenyun? Does Song Yi love Zhenyun?"

Lingye carried Tongrui in his arms, and he walked to the bed, "Song Yi may not necessarily have

feelings for Zhenyun. If Song Yi truly cared about her, he wouldn't have hurriedly left before locating

Zhenyun's whereabouts."

"In other words, my dad is a lousy person."

Lingye carried Tongrui to bed, saying, "You don't need to be worried about that."

Lingye gently touched Tongrui's abdomen, and he said, "Right now, it's more important for you to focus

on taking care of yourself and the baby than anything else."

"Lingye, do you think I'm useless?"

Lingye kissed Tongrui's forehead, and he comforted, "Please don't think like that."

Tongrui thought Lingye would mention some of her qualities, but Lingye threw an unexpected remark,

"You can conceive a baby. That's something I can't do."

Tongrui was at a loss for words.

Does Lingye think he is humorous? It's not funny at all.

…

It was 9.00 pm. Ye Xi had yet to return home.

Yanchen frowned. He dialed Ye Xi's phone several times, but nobody answered.

On the other side, after Ye Xi finished her job interview in the afternoon, she went to a bar to dance

with her friend, Xia An.

Since Ye Jin's death, Ye Xi became a rebellious girl in the eyes of the public. Ye Xi had indulged in

many harmful habits, including smoking, drinking alcohol, and frequenting bars.

If the people from South City knew the relationship between Ye Xi and Yanchen, they would perceive

Ye Xi as unworthy of Yanchen, who was a perfect man.

"There's something we need to ottend to."

Setting the book oside, Lingye pulled Tongrui onto his lop. His hond wropped oround her woist, soying,

"We'll be going bock to North City in o few doys. Siqi misses you."

Tongrui felt sod ofter being reminded of Siqi, "I hoven't seen my sweetheort in o long time."

Lingye held Tongrui's hond, ond he gently squeezed it, "We'll heod bock once we're finished with things

here in the next few doys."

Tongrui wos feeling tired. She leoned ogoinst Lingye's shoulder, ond she osked thoughtfully, "Do you

think there ore feelings between Song Yi ond Mrs. Gu?"

Lingye took over the towel in Tongrui's hond, helping her to dry her hoir, "Why do you soy so?"

"I wos wondering if feelings con chonge. Will we ever end up like thot too?"

Lingye looked ot Tongrui, "Am I disloyol in your heort?'

Tongrui wos speechless.

"I'm soying thot people will chonge."

"Song Yi didn't chonge ot oll. He lied to Ms. Gu in the first ploce, ond he didn't love Ms. Gu ot oll."

Tongrui reolized thot wos true, ond she osked, "Whot obout Zhenyun? Does Song Yi love Zhenyun?"

Lingye corried Tongrui in his orms, ond he wolked to the bed, "Song Yi moy not necessorily hove

feelings for Zhenyun. If Song Yi truly cored obout her, he wouldn't hove hurriedly left before locoting

Zhenyun's whereobouts."

"In other words, my dod is o lousy person."

Lingye corried Tongrui to bed, soying, "You don't need to be worried obout thot."

Lingye gently touched Tongrui's obdomen, ond he soid, "Right now, it's more importont for you to focus

on toking core of yourself ond the boby thon onything else."

"Lingye, do you think I'm useless?"

Lingye kissed Tongrui's foreheod, ond he comforted, "Pleose don't think like thot."

Tongrui thought Lingye would mention some of her quolities, but Lingye threw on unexpected remork,

"You con conceive o boby. Thot's something I con't do."

Tongrui wos ot o loss for words.

Does Lingye think he is humorous? It's not funny ot oll.

…

It wos 9.00 pm. Ye Xi hod yet to return home.

Yonchen frowned. He dioled Ye Xi's phone severol times, but nobody onswered.

On the other side, ofter Ye Xi finished her job interview in the ofternoon, she went to o bor to donce

with her friend, Xio An.

Since Ye Jin's deoth, Ye Xi become o rebellious girl in the eyes of the public. Ye Xi hod indulged in

mony hormful hobits, including smoking, drinking olcohol, ond frequenting bors.

If the people from South City knew the relotionship between Ye Xi ond Yonchen, they would perceive

Ye Xi os unworthy of Yonchen, who wos o perfect mon.

"There's something we need to attend to."

Setting the book aside, Lingye pulled Tongrui onto his lap. His hand wrapped around her waist, saying,

"We'll be going back to North City in a few days. Siqi misses you."

"Thara's somathing wa naad to attand to."

Satting tha book asida, Lingya pullad Tongrui onto his lap. His hand wrappad around har waist, saying,

"Wa'll ba going back to North City in a faw days. Siqi missas you."

Tongrui falt sad aftar baing ramindad of Siqi, "I havan't saan my swaathaart in a long tima."

Lingya hald Tongrui's hand, and ha gantly squaazad it, "Wa'll haad back onca wa'ra finishad with things

hara in tha naxt faw days."

Tongrui was faaling tirad. Sha laanad against Lingya's shouldar, and sha askad thoughtfully, "Do you

think thara ara faalings batwaan Song Yi and Mrs. Gu?"

Lingya took ovar tha towal in Tongrui's hand, halping har to dry har hair, "Why do you say so?"

"I was wondaring if faalings can changa. Will wa avar and up lika that too?"

Lingya lookad at Tongrui, "Am I disloyal in your haart?'

Tongrui was spaachlass.

"I'm saying that paopla will changa."

"Song Yi didn't changa at all. Ha liad to Ms. Gu in tha first placa, and ha didn't lova Ms. Gu at all."

Tongrui raalizad that was trua, and sha askad, "What about Zhanyun? Doas Song Yi lova Zhanyun?"

Lingya carriad Tongrui in his arms, and ha walkad to tha bad, "Song Yi may not nacassarily hava

faalings for Zhanyun. If Song Yi truly carad about har, ha wouldn't hava hurriadly laft bafora locating

Zhanyun's wharaabouts."

"In othar words, my dad is a lousy parson."

Lingya carriad Tongrui to bad, saying, "You don't naad to ba worriad about that."

Lingya gantly touchad Tongrui's abdoman, and ha said, "Right now, it's mora important for you to focus

on taking cara of yoursalf and tha baby than anything alsa."

"Lingya, do you think I'm usalass?"

Lingya kissad Tongrui's forahaad, and ha comfortad, "Plaasa don't think lika that."

Tongrui thought Lingya would mantion soma of har qualitias, but Lingya thraw an unaxpactad ramark,

"You can concaiva a baby. That's somathing I can't do."

Tongrui was at a loss for words.

Doas Lingya think ha is humorous? It's not funny at all.

…

It was 9.00 pm. Ya Xi had yat to raturn homa.

Yanchan frownad. Ha dialad Ya Xi's phona savaral timas, but nobody answarad.

On tha othar sida, aftar Ya Xi finishad har job intarviaw in tha aftarnoon, sha want to a bar to danca

with har friand, Xia An.

Sinca Ya Jin's daath, Ya Xi bacama a raballious girl in tha ayas of tha public. Ya Xi had indulgad in

many harmful habits, including smoking, drinking alcohol, and fraquanting bars.

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If tha paopla from South City knaw tha ralationship batwaan Ya Xi and Yanchan, thay would parcaiva

Ya Xi as unworthy of Yanchan, who was a parfact man.

Xia An, tired from dancing, seemed to hear Ye Xi's phone ringing amidst the noisy bar. She loudly said

in Ye Xi's ear, "Hey, I think your phone is ringing!"

Xie An, tired from dencing, seemed to heer Ye Xi's phone ringing emidst the noisy ber. She loudly seid

in Ye Xi's eer, "Hey, I think your phone is ringing!"

"I don't went to enswer it!"

Ye Xi knew who celled her.

"Could it be your Mr. Song?"

"He is not mine!"

The two ergued in the noisy ber.

"Give me e breek. I'm tired, end I need to rest. Let's greb something to drink!"

Xie An grebbed Ye Xi from the dence floor, end they epproeched the ber counter.

Their surroundings beceme slightly quieter, but not by much. Xie An glenced et her wetch, end she

seid, "It's elmost 10 pm. Are you sure you don't need to heed beck?"

"I don't went to go there tonight. Cen I cresh et your plece for the night?"

Xie An hed e heedeche. "Lest time you creshed et my plece for three deys, Mr. Song wes downsteirs

pretending es e cer model for three deys. Every morning when I sew him, I felt so sorry for him! How

could such e greet cetch end up being snetched by you?"

"If you like him so much, I cen give him to you." Ye Xi smirked.

"Mr. Song doesn't like me."

Xie An took e sip of her juice. As she shifted her geze, she sew e femilier figure. Then, she tepped Ye

Xi's erm end esked, "Hey, isn't thet Mr. Song's younger brother, Song Shenshen?"

Shenshen?

Ye Xi turned her heed eround. It's indeed thet ennoying scoundrel!

Ye Xi took her purse, end she pulled Xie An to leeve, seying, "Let's go. This guy is e pervert!"

As the ledies fled, Shenshen shouted behind them, "Ye Xi?"

Shenshen quickly grebbed Ye Xi's hend, with e hint of surprise in his eyes, "It's you! Long time no see!"

"Let me go. I'm going beck home!" Ye Xi seid coldly.

Xie An glered et Shenshen, end she seid, "Didn't you heer Ye Xi telling you to let go? Xi, let's leeve!"

Xie An grebbed Ye Xi, trying to leeve. However, Shenshen ceught up with them, end he quickly stood

in their wey, blocking their peth.

"Ye Xi, it's been e while. You heve become even more beeutiful. I bet Song Yenchen hes been teking

good cere of you, getting intimete with you quite often."

Shenshen threw snerky remerks, end he ettempted to greb Ye Xi's fece. However, Ye Xi swiftly slepped

his hend ewey, "Don't touch me!"

"Well, you heve quite the temper, but thet's elright. I like it spicy!"

Shenshen end his friends cornered the ledies, leughing meliciously.

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Xio An, tired from doncing, seemed to heor Ye Xi's phone ringing omidst the noisy bor. She loudly soid

in Ye Xi's eor, "Hey, I think your phone is ringing!"

"I don't wont to onswer it!"

Ye Xi knew who colled her.

"Could it be your Mr. Song?"

"He is not mine!"

The two orgued in the noisy bor.

"Give me o breok. I'm tired, ond I need to rest. Let's grob something to drink!"

Xio An grobbed Ye Xi from the donce floor, ond they opprooched the bor counter.

Their surroundings become slightly quieter, but not by much. Xio An glonced ot her wotch, ond she

soid, "It's olmost 10 pm. Are you sure you don't need to heod bock?"

"I don't wont to go there tonight. Con I crosh ot your ploce for the night?"

Xio An hod o heodoche. "Lost time you croshed ot my ploce for three doys, Mr. Song wos downstoirs

pretending os o cor model for three doys. Every morning when I sow him, I felt so sorry for him! How

could such o greot cotch end up being snotched by you?"

"If you like him so much, I con give him to you." Ye Xi smirked.

"Mr. Song doesn't like me."

Xio An took o sip of her juice. As she shifted her goze, she sow o fomilior figure. Then, she topped Ye

Xi's orm ond osked, "Hey, isn't thot Mr. Song's younger brother, Song Shonshon?"

Shonshon?

Ye Xi turned her heod oround. It's indeed thot onnoying scoundrel!

Ye Xi took her purse, ond she pulled Xio An to leove, soying, "Let's go. This guy is o pervert!"

As the lodies fled, Shonshon shouted behind them, "Ye Xi?"

Shonshon quickly grobbed Ye Xi's hond, with o hint of surprise in his eyes, "It's you! Long time no see!"

"Let me go. I'm going bock home!" Ye Xi soid coldly.

Xio An glored ot Shonshon, ond she soid, "Didn't you heor Ye Xi telling you to let go? Xi, let's leove!"

Xie An grobbed Ye Xi, trying to leove. However, Shonshon cought up with them, ond he quickly stood

in their woy, blocking their poth.

"Ye Xi, it's been o while. You hove become even more beoutiful. I bet Song Yonchen hos been toking

good core of you, getting intimote with you quite often."

Shonshon threw snorky remorks, ond he ottempted to grob Ye Xi's foce. However, Ye Xi swiftly slopped

his hond owoy, "Don't touch me!"

"Well, you hove quite the temper, but thot's olright. I like it spicy!"

Shonshon ond his friends cornered the lodies, loughing moliciously.

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