Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

“Tongrui.... I do not know what to do now. I... I have let you down.”

Jian Zhe's voice grew faint after that. Mu Tongrui froze for a few seconds and heard a strong wind

blowing. She asked, worried, “Where are you now?”

“I am sitting by the lake.”

“.......”

Was Jian Zhe really thinking of jumping into the lake?

Even though Mu Tongrui was no longer with him, she was not going to let him be knowing that he might

be in danger.

She really hated Jian Zhe in the past, but she hated the Shens even more. After causing a commotion

at Jian Zhe and Shen Wanyue's wedding, then seeing their marriage fail and now learning that Jian

Zhe's family is going bankrupt, she felt that they were quits. There was not a single trace of hatred

towards Jian Zhe anymore.

“Tongrui.... I really want to die right now.... If I was not so obsessed at the beginning, we would not be

like this now. Perhaps Jian family would also not be in this situation... I am very sorry... Tong Rui, I have

let you down. “

“Don't be rash. Think about your family members. What are they going to do if you die?”

“My family is bankrupt. I do not have anything left....”

Jian Zhe's stopped talking all of a sudden, and he ended the call. When Mu Tongrui tried calling again,

he was completely unreachable.

Mu Tongrui grew anxious. Could Jian Zhe really have jumped into the lake?!

It was time to leave work. She packed her bag and left the office hurriedly.

After she got out of the elevator and left the office building, she bumped into Fu Lingye driving out of

the carpark.

His black Spyker stopped steadily in front of her, blocking her way.

Fu Lingye wound down the windows and ordered, “Get in.”

They were still in the midst of a quarrel. However, she was afraid that Fu Lingye would not allow her to

go and search for Jian Zhe if he knew about it. Mu Tongrui rejected him instantly, “I have some matters

to attend to. I will take a taxi on my own.”

A life was on the line. Mu Tongrui rushed over to flag down a taxi.

“Driver, please go to Shan lake!”

Lu Zhan was on the front passenger seat. He pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up and stared at Mu

Tongrui who left in a hurry. He remarked in a teasing manner, “Is your wife meeting another man behind

your back? She doesn't even bother about you. It's rare that you are being treated this way.”

Lu Zhan seemed to enjoy himself talking about Mu Tongrui, when Fu Lingye said, “Get out.”

“Ah?”

Lu Zhan turned his head to look at Fu Lingye, “Fu, this cannot be. Can't you even take a joke now?”

Fu Lingye looked cold, so Lu Zhan had no choice but to get out of the car.

As soon as he got out, Fu Lingye drove off.

Lu Zhan spat and cursed at him, “It's fine that Ji Zeyan has become a hen-pecked husband. Now it

seems like Fu Lingye has also been cursed!”

.......

Mu Tongrui rushed to the lake to see that Jian Zhe was seated on the bench by the lake. She heaved a

sigh of relief.

She walked over to scold him, “Jian Zhe, what is your problem? If you really wanted to die, then why

did you call me? Just head straight to the lake then! I have never met anyone who had so much to say

before he dies!”

Jian Zhe grew agitated when he saw her and hugged her instantly. “Tongrui, you actually still care

about me, right? If not, you would not have rushed here to find me. You are worried that something

might have happened to me. Tongrui, let's start afresh, shall we?”

Jian Zhe grew overly emotional and hugged Mu Tongrui even tighter. She was shocked by this and

forcefully pushed him away. “Are you crazy! I just do not want to be the last person you called before

you die! If the police were to investigate, then it would make me become the prime suspect of your

death!”

Jian Zhe must be tortured by Shen Wanyue to become a different person. Did he still want to start

afresh with her?

“Tongrui, I know that you just sound harsh. However, you actually still care about me deep down inside,

right? Let's start afresh, shall we? I have realized that you are the only one I have truly loved... only

you.”

Mu Tongrui felt the goosebumps on her skin, so she raised her hand to push him away. Little did she

know that she had accidentally pushed Jian Zhe into the lake!

“Ah——!”

“Splash——!”

The water splashed when he landed into the lake.

Jian Zhe screamed and then there was a giant splash.

Mu Tongrui stood rooted to the ground.

She... she had pushed Jian Zhe into the lake.

Jian Zhe was struggling in between breaths in the lake. “Ah——!” Tongrui... *cough cough*.... Save

me... *cough cough* I cannot swim... Ah......”

Damn it! Jian Zhe cannot swim!

Mu Tongrui immediately threw down her bag and jumped into the lake.

From a willow tree a distance away, a black-haired private investigator had managed to take a series of

shots that captured all the happenings.

......

By the time Mu Tongrui pulled Jian Zhe out of the water, he was already unconscious after taking in

gulps of water.

Mu Tongrui pressed both her palms on his chest, “Hey! Wake up! Jian Zhe! Wake up!”

God, if Jian Zhe were to die like this, wouldn't she be the murderer?”

Only after making a countless effortful attempt to do chest compressions, Jian Zhe was able to cough

out and expel the water from his stomach!

“Cough cough.... cough cough...”

Mu Tongrui pulled out her phone from her bag to dial 120, “This is Shan Lake. Someone had drowned.

Please send an ambulance over quickly!”

Right after Mu Tongrui hung up, Jian Zhe held onto her wrist and hugged her tightly in his chest,

“Tongrui... Thank you... Thank you...”

She did not expect this coming from him, so she pushed him away. “Jian Zhe, we have already broken

up. Even if someone else were to fall into the water, I would still jump in to rescue the person. Besides,

I was the one who caused you to fall into the water. The ambulance will be here soon. If there's nothing

else, I will get going.”

“Tongrui! Are you still not going to forgive me?”

Mu Tongrui did not turn to look at him. She only bit her lips and laughed, “When you collaborated with

Shen Wanyue to deal with me in the past, you should have already thought about the consequences.”

Mu Tongrui was never really a forgiving person. It was too late now that the damage had been done.

She no longer has anything to do with Jian Zhe.

........

Xiang Nanqian just got home when she received a call from Shen Wanyue.

“Hello, Ms. Shen?”

“Ms. Xiang, I have just looked through some interesting videos and photographs. I have sent them over

to you. If you are free, please look at them. I have also uploaded them online. I believe that Fu Lingye

will come to know about them very soon.”

Xiang Nanqian hung up the call to check her inbox. She saw the video of Mu Tongrui rescuing

someone by the lake. It was not just anyone, but Mu Tongrui's ex-boyfriend, Jian Zhe.”

The two of them were caught in a deep, affectionate embrace in the photograph!

It was a mind-blowing piece of news!

She did not know that Mu Tongrui had so many ambiguous relationships with men! If Lingye were to

see these, he would see Mu Tongrui more negatively from now on...”

After a short while, there was a hot topic trending on Weibo——

“A heroine jumps in to rescue someone!”