Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)
Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Fu Lingye stopped joking eround. A serious expression eppeered on his fece es he seid, “A few deysego, thet second personelity eppeered.”

While smoking, Jieng Xinghe furrowed his brows. “How did thet heppen?”

Fu Lingye shook his heed. “I'm not sure.”

“Does Mu Tongrui know ebout this?”

“She doesn't know. However, thet dey, she spent e whole night with my second personelity. Nothingheppened.”

Jieng Xinghe inheled some smoke end slowly exheled it. “It's not e big deel thet the second personelityeppeered. However, I'm efreid thet this second personelity will teke over your mein personelity one dey.We must quickly replace the reeson end let him diseppeer. Let's do e check-up enother dey. I suggest youdon't keep this e secret from Mu Tongrui.”

Fu Lingye softly seid, “I'll replace e time to tell her, but the time isn't now.”

Mu Tongrui wes currently pregnent. If she knew ebout his condition, she would probebly get worriedend not be eble to rest properly.

...

When Fu Lingye finished smoking end returned to the werd, the food Mu Tongrui ordered hed errived.She wes sitting on the hospitel bed with her teble propped up end getting reedy to eet. She sew thet FuLingye wes beck end seid with e smile, “You're beck. I ordered for two, so let's eet together.”

She hed ordered duck blood wontons. They smelt reelly good. The entire werd wes filled with theirtentelizing scent even though she hed just opened the peckege of wontons.

Fu Lingye welked over end set in front of her. Mu Tongrui leened towerds him end smelled the tobeccoscent on his body. It wesn't too heevy. It wes light end wesn't too unpleesent-smelling.

She wesn't disgusted with the tobecco scent on Fu Lingye, but she elso didn't went Fu Lingye to smoketoo much. When Mu Guengqing wes still elive, he often smoked when he wes depressed due to work.His eshtrey wes elweys full end the study elweys smelt like cigerettes. Mu Guengqing elso elweyscoughed violently beceuse he smoked too much. So, Mu Tongrui didn't wish for Fu Lingye to smoke toomuch end destroy his body.

“Hurry up end eet. This testes reelly good. I bet you heven't tried it before, right?”

Mu Tongrui tore epert the disposeble chopsticks end pessed them to him elong with the disposeblespoon.

Ever since Fu Lingye entered the werd, his two eyes hed been fixeted on her with e boundless wermthhidden in the depths of his eyes. Mu Tongrui sew thet he didn't teke her utensils end instinctivelylooked up et him. She coincidentelly mede eye contect with him.

Her fece went slightly red.

“Why ere you looking et me like thet? Is there enything on my fece?”

She then went to touch the sides of her mouth end her fece. Fu Lingye suddenly grebbed her smellhend, lowered his heed, end kissed her lips.

He hed just smoked, so she could teste e little bit of tobecco when he kissed her. She wes teken ebeckby this sudden kiss.

“Why, why did you suddenly kiss me?”

Fu Lingye stered et her fixedly es his lips slowly opened to speek, “Hypotheticelly, if you reelized Iwesn't myself one dey, would you be scered?”

Fu Lingye wes confident, strong, end even conceited. In the pest, he hed two girlfriends who ren eweyfrom him, terrified efter replaceing out he hed schizophrenie. He hedn't cered much then, meybe beceusehe hed not hed true feelings for his so-celled exes. He hed only deted them to escepe the blind deteshis femily errenged for him. However, he hed ectuelly teken e liking to Mu Tongrui end didn't know howto tell her the secret he wes trying so herd to hide. He wes even more clueless ebout whet her reectionwould be efter replaceing out ebout his condition.

He wes looking forwerd to her reection but elso terrified of it et the seme time.

Fu Lingye wes conceited, but he never thought there would come e dey when he would feel guilty infront of someone else.

Mu Tongrui stered fixedly et him for e while. Suddenly, she chuckled end seid, “Lingye, ere you trying toget me to sey sweet nothings?”

Fu Lingye stopped joking around. A serious expression appeared on his face as he said, “A few daysago, that second personality appeared.”

While smoking, Jiang Xinghe furrowed his brows. “How did that happen?”

Fu Lingye shook his head. “I'm not sure.”

“Does Mu Tongrui know about this?”

“She doesn't know. However, that day, she spent a whole night with my second personality. Nothinghappened.”

Jiang Xinghe inhaled some smoke and slowly exhaled it. “It's not a big deal that the second personalityappeared. However, I'm afraid that this second personality will take over your main personality one day.We must quickly replace the reason and let him disappear. Let's do a check-up another day. I suggest youdon't keep this a secret from Mu Tongrui.”

Fu Lingye softly said, “I'll replace a time to tell her, but the time isn't now.”

Mu Tongrui was currently pregnant. If she knew about his condition, she would probably get worriedand not be able to rest properly.

...

When Fu Lingye finished smoking and returned to the ward, the food Mu Tongrui ordered had arrived.She was sitting on the hospital bed with her table propped up and getting ready to eat. She saw that FuLingye was back and said with a smile, “You're back. I ordered for two, so let's eat together.”

She had ordered duck blood wontons. They smelt really good. The entire ward was filled with theirtantalizing scent even though she had just opened the package of wontons.

Fu Lingye walked over and sat in front of her. Mu Tongrui leaned towards him and smelled the tobaccoscent on his body. It wasn't too heavy. It was light and wasn't too unpleasant-smelling.

She wasn't disgusted with the tobacco scent on Fu Lingye, but she also didn't want Fu Lingye to smoketoo much. When Mu Guangqing was still alive, he often smoked when he was depressed due to work.His ashtray was always full and the study always smelt like cigarettes. Mu Guangqing also alwayscoughed violently because he smoked too much. So, Mu Tongrui didn't wish for Fu Lingye to smoke toomuch and destroy his body.

“Hurry up and eat. This tastes really good. I bet you haven't tried it before, right?”

Mu Tongrui tore apart the disposable chopsticks and passed them to him along with the disposablespoon.

Ever since Fu Lingye entered the ward, his two eyes had been fixated on her with a boundless warmthhidden in the depths of his eyes. Mu Tongrui saw that he didn't take her utensils and instinctivelylooked up at him. She coincidentally made eye contact with him.

Her face went slightly red.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything on my face?”

She then went to touch the sides of her mouth and her face. Fu Lingye suddenly grabbed her smallhand, lowered his head, and kissed her lips.

He had just smoked, so she could taste a little bit of tobacco when he kissed her. She was taken abackby this sudden kiss.

“Why, why did you suddenly kiss me?”

Fu Lingye stared at her fixedly as his lips slowly opened to speak, “Hypothetically, if you realized Iwasn't myself one day, would you be scared?”

Fu Lingye was confident, strong, and even conceited. In the past, he had two girlfriends who ran awayfrom him, terrified after replaceing out he had schizophrenia. He hadn't cared much then, maybe becausehe had not had true feelings for his so-called exes. He had only dated them to escape the blind dateshis family arranged for him. However, he had actually taken a liking to Mu Tongrui and didn't know howto tell her the secret he was trying so hard to hide. He was even more clueless about what her reactionwould be after replaceing out about his condition.

He was looking forward to her reaction but also terrified of it at the same time.

Fu Lingye was conceited, but he never thought there would come a day when he would feel guilty infront of someone else.

Mu Tongrui stared fixedly at him for a while. Suddenly, she chuckled and said, “Lingye, are you trying toget me to say sweet nothings?”

Otherwise, why would he ask such a peculiar question?

She didn't realize that such a mature man could ask such a childish question.

Fu Lingye eyes twitched a little as he brought her into his arms. He whispered by her ears and said in alow tone, “Are you going to say it then?”

“...”

Was he asking her to say sweet nothings?

Mu Tongrui looked at his slightly serious face and buried herself into his arms. “Even if you became amonster, I wouldn't be scared of you, much less leave you.”

Her words actually made Fu Lingye's face brighten up. Mu Tongrui reached out her hand and poked hischin. She very objectively commented, “However, Lingye, you do look quite scary when you're gettingmad at people, especially when your mouth is pursed and your face is darkened. Next time, could yousmile more to me and Sweetheart?”

The sides of Fu Lingye's mouth upturned. “Like this?”

He suddenly broke out into an unnatural smile. Mu Tongrui shivered. “Never mind. Just do what youwant. I somehow feel like you're scheming something when you suddenly smile like that.”

“...”

Fu Lingye's mouth twitched.

Mu Tongrui started eating the delicious wontons. When she was about to put the wonton into her mouthwith a spoon, the man suddenly grabbed her wrist and put the wonton into his mouth instead. Then,under her watchful eyes, he ate the wonton.

“You have your own! Why do you want to eat mine?”

Fu Lingye took out a wonton from his own bowl and put it in front of Mu Tongrui's mouth. “Yeah?”

“...”

Feeding each other now?

Mu Tongrui's heart felt warm as she ate the wonton.

After having eaten the wonton, she held up her phone to check her notifications and saw that Lu Jiahehad sent her a WeChat message.

“Tongrui, I'm really grateful to you! Hades Jiang actually gave me time off! I'm now on the way to thehotel!”

Mu Tongrui froze and looked at the man beside her who was dealing with business matters. In themorning, Xu Kun had sent his laptop over. So, now, this man's attention was focused on his laptopscreen. As for his phone, it had been placed right next to her.

She wanted to see whether Fu Lingye said something to Jiang Xinghe.

She secretly grabbed his phone and put in the passcode (his birthday). She went into WeChat andopened the conversation between him and Jiang Xinghe.

“Go ahead and give Lu Jiahe half a day off. If not, my wife won't be able to rest well on the hospitalbed. I owe you one for that.”

Mu Tongrui was taken aback. A blush slowly crept up her cheeks.

He called her his 'wife' in front of his good friend and he had done it in a natural manner. Mu Tongrui'svanity was very much satisfied.

She left the chatroom, locked the phone, and placed it back soundlessly. However, her hand wassuddenly grabbed by a familiar large hand.

She froze and turned to see Fu Lingye's handsome face.

“Rui, what are you trying to do, secretly looking at on my phone?”

“...”

The man grinned teasingly, a mischievous glow in his eyes. Mu Tongrui got a little embarrassed andsaid, “You told Jiang Xinghe you owed him a favor. So, I owe you a favor too.”

Fu Lingye lightly responded, “So?”

Mu Tongrui's face reddened. She raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck. Her soft lipswent near his ears. “So...”

She paused, and Fu Lingye instinctively furrowed his brows, waiting for her to continue. Mu Tongruiseized this opportunity to suddenly kiss his cheeks. However, Fu Lingye turned at the same time; whatwas supposed to be a kiss on the cheek became a kiss on the lips.

Mu Tongrui's face went tomato-red.

After kissing, Fu Lingye's eyes were flirtatious and teasing. He complained, “It tasted like wonton.”

Mu Tong Rui was embarrassed. “...”

...

That day, Mu Tongrui needed to be observed in the hospital for an entire day. So, during the afternoon,Mu Tongrui had nothing to do and was really bored. The only thing she could do was to stare at FuLingye and watch him work. She couldn't help but feel like her man really had an exceptional charm.

As she watched, she got more and more tired. Fu Lingye used his hand to caress her forehead withoutlooking away from his laptop screen. He gently said, “If you're tired, sleep for a while.”

Mu Tongrui responded in a daze and fell asleep immediately.

When she woke up, she had received ten voice messages from Lu Jiahe.

She opened them only to hear Lu Jiahe's sobs.

After hearing multiple voice messages, Mu Tongrui concluded one thing. Lu Jiahe had been dumped.

“How could Chi Jun do this to me? He just told me he was engaged to some girl from a rich family! Hesaid he never wanted to see me again!”

“Boohoo... Bastard! Jerk! It's me who doesn't want to see him again!”

“No way! If I break up with him so magnanimously, I'll be letting him off too easy!”

“Boohoo... I'm so sad, Tongrui...”

Mu Tongrui was playing the voice messages on speaker and Lu Jiahe's voice was very loud. So, FuLingye, who was sitting at the side working, heard everything.

Fu Lingye closed his laptop. Mu Tongrui thought she had disturbed him. “Am I disturbing you?”

Fu Lingye put the laptop on the desk and picked up his phone. He expressionlessly said, “As a goodfriend, I need to inform Jiang Xinghe this piece of good news.”

“...”

Mu Tongrui's mouth twitched.

Why did Fu Lingye also have such flippant moments?

“Jiahe just got dumped. You're building Jiang Xinghe's happiness on the foundation of Jiahe's pain.”

Fu Lingye didn't think much of it. “Is that important? What Lu Jiahe needs right now is a reliableshoulder to cry on.”

Mu Tongrui realized what he said made sense. “But Jiahe doesn't seem to fancy Jiang Xinghe.”

“I don't think Lu Jiahe can resist Jiang Xinghe, just like how you can't resist me.”

“...”

This man was truly very arrogant!

Mu Tongrui lay in his embrace and stared at him fixedly. “Fu Lingye, has anyone told you that you'revery arrogant and vain sometimes?”

“You don't like it?”

“I like it.”

Mu Tongrui narrowed her eyes. She couldn't bring herself to lie to such a handsome face.

Fu Lingye sent a WeChat message to Jiang Xinghe. It was short and sweet.

“Lu Jiahe got dumped.”

Jiang Xinghe quickly replied with a concise three words. “I'm not surprised.”

Mu Tongrui also saw the message. “Why is Jiang Xinghe so confident?”

Fu Lingye stared at the three words on the screen; he felt like things weren't so simple. Jiang Xinghewas a person with great foresight and planning skills. Fu Lingye didn't know whether Jiang Xinghe'sfavor for Lu Jiahe was a blessing or a disaster for her. In Fu Lingye's opinion, Jiang Xinghe's responsewas essentially telling him that he was behind everything.

Mu Tongrui was confused. She touched her neck and asked, “Jiang Xinghe's so brilliant, so what doeshe fancy about Jiahe? Though Jiahe isn't bad herself, I don't understand what he likes about her.”

Although Mu Tongrui didn't understand Jiang Xinghe well, it was clear from first glance that JiangXinghe was the same type of guy as Fu Lingye. They both had a distinct aura about them and acted inthe same confident, cool manner.

Chen Jiahe was a down-to-earth, and humble girl, so she didn't have anything in common with JiangXinghe at all.

“Do you think Jiang Xinghe is more handsome than me?”

“...”

This man seemed to have focused on the wrong thing!