Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)
Chapter 41

Chapter 41

Xiang Nanqian and Xiaohan were in the kitchen when Mu Tongrui entered. Xiang Nanqian smiled ather and greeted, “Tongrui, morning.”

“Morning, Sister-in-law.”

Mu Tongrui took a clean glass and was about to pour herself a drink when Xiang Nanqian stopped her,“That was water from last night. It is not good for your body to drink such staple water. Let me pour youa glass of water which I just boiled.”

Mu Tongrui was flattered, “Thanks.”

Mu Tongrui turned to leave with the glass in her hand after Xiang Nanqian poured her the drink, whenshe suddenly felt a push on her back. The water in her glass spilled all over Xiaohan's hands.

“Ah.... voodoo...ah! So painful!”

Xiaohan burst into tears after he was scalded by the piping hot water.

Fu Lingye rushed into the kitchen, his brows knitted when he heard Xiaohan's sobs, “What happened?”

Fu Lingye noticed the almost empty glass in Mu Tongrui's hands and the steam that was still emittingfrom the glass.

Xiang Nanqian immediately carried Xiaohan in her arms, and put his little hands under the cool runningwater from the tap. She bellowed at Mu Tongrui, “Tongrui, I know you dislike me but Xiaohan is only 5years old. How can you be so cruel? That was boiling hot water!”

Mu Tongrui was stunned and could not react in time. She could only register the angry words fromXiang Nanqian.

Xiang Nanqian's eyes were red when she pleaded with Fu Lingye, “Lingye, please send Xiaohan to thehospital okay? Otherwise, his hands will be covered with blisters.”

Fu Lingye glanced over at Mu Tongrui. Biting her lips, Mu Tongrui met his gaze and tried to explain, “FuLingye, I...”

Before she could finish, he had turned to take an ice pack from the fridge and lay it on Xiaohan'shands. He replied coldly, “I will send you both to the hospital now.”

Mu Tongrui looked at Fu Lingye and Xiang Nanqian leaving the house swiftly with the injured Xiaohan.

Apparently, Fu Lingye did not bother to listen to her explanation and had believed Xiang Nanqianunconditionally.

She started to feel jealous.

It was Xiang Nanqian who had pushed her from behind, causing the water in her glass to spill right onXiaohan's hands.

Xiang Nanqian, as his mother, was indeed ruthless. In order to make Fu Lingye dislike her, she couldactually sacrifice her own son.

Taking in a deep breath, she was cleaning up the spill on the floor when she heard a child's voicedrifting in from the stairs above.

“Daddy! Daddy! Mu'mu! Mu'mu! Where are you?”

Mu Tongrui went out and saw Sweetheart in her yellow, cartoonish slippers slowly making her waydown the stairs with her little hands grasping the stair railings tightly.

Mu Tongrui was worried that she might fall down and hurriedly went over to her. Holding her little hand,she asked, “Sweetheart, you have awakened? Shall I bring you to freshen up first before we havebreakfast?”

Nodding her head, Sweetheart glazed across the room and frowned, “Mu'mu, where is Daddy?”

“Your Daddy... sent your brother to the hospital.”

“Is my brother sick?”

Mu Tongrui shook her head, “He was scalded by boiling water this morning. It was all my fault. I wascareless hence Xiaohan got hurt.”

Xiaohan would not get hurt if I have paid more caution to Xiang Nanqian.

Sweetheart lifted her head to look at her and asked, “Is his injury serious?”

“It should not be serious, maybe just that his hands cannot be in contact with water for some time.”

When they reached the foot of the stairs, Sweetheart ordered in her childish voice, “Mu'mu, squatdown.”

Mu Tongrui was perplexed but obliged. After she squatted, Sweetheart patted her head with her little,tender hands and consoled her in a grown-up manner, “Mu'mu, I know you did not hurt my brother onpurpose. Do not be sad.”

Mu Tongrui was touched by Sweetheart's sweet gesture and was even more bothered by the fact thatFu Lingye refused to listen to her explanation when even a little girl, Sweetheart believed in herunconditionally.

She knitted her brows and said wearily, “But your daddy seemed to be angry.”

With her eyes wide open, Sweetheart replied, “Don't worry, I will tell Daddy it is not Mu'mu's fault.Daddy will not be angry for long.”

Mu Tongrui patted Sweetheart lightly on her head, and smiled, “No need, I appreciate your kindintentions though.”

But Sweetheart was thinking, I cannot let Daddy and Mu'mu quarrel!

She really was very fond of this 'stepmom', Mu'mu. If Daddy and Mu'mu break up, wouldn't Daddy bringsome nasty women home again to be my 'stepmom'?

....

In the car.

Xiaohan finally stopped crying after a long while. Xiang Nanqian was hugging him and pressing the icepack on his scalded hands, while looking at the man who was driving the car at the very moment.

“Lingye, I do not know where I have done wrong. Tong Rui dislikes me so much that she actually wouldspill hot water onto Xiaohan's hands. Lingye... what if she does this again when I am not around...”

Before Xiang Nanqian could finish her aggrieved speech, Fu Lingye cut her off in his cold, distantmanner, “Nanqian, what happened just now was an accident. No matter how much Mu Tongrui dislikesyou, she will not dare to hurt Xiaohan right under my eye.”

Mu Tongrui was not that stupid.

“But...”

Xiang Sister-in-law hesitated to continue. Fu Lingye continued in an even colder, commandeeringmanner, “Sister-in-law, let this matter rest.”

'Let this matter rest.' Xiang Nanqian was clever enough to know that this was directed at her.

She had to keep quiet. With her lips pursed, she looked at the Xiaohan's scalded hands and was filledwith hatred.

Xiaohan could not suffer for nothing!

Mu Tongrui wanted to work in Fu Corporation. Humph, I would definitely chase her out!

So, what if Fu Lingye is suspicious about the incident? After all he has sided with me in front of MuTongrui in the kitchen earlier.

...

With Fu Lingye and Xiang Nanqian at the hospital, and since Fu Zhengyuan was not at homenowadays, the task of sending Sweetheart to school fell on Mu Tongrui's shoulders.

After she sent Sweetheart to school, she glanced at the time. At this hour, it would be faster to take acab to work.

It looked like she would be late on her first day at work in Fu Corporation.

Just as she was getting desperate as she could not flag down any cab, a car pulled up in front of her.She was delighted when the car window was rolled down.

“Zibo, what are you doing here?”

Ye Zibo looked at her with his eyebrows raised, “I seemed to have telepathy with you. Quickly boardthe car!”

Mu Tongrui boarded the car in a swift movement. As she was putting on her seat belt, she continuedtalking in relief, “Thank god I run into you, or else I would surely be late for work today? Oh ya, why areyou up and out so early today?”

Ye Zibo gave a mysterious smile, “I was not roaming around. I was on my way to Fu Corporation towork when I ran into you just now.”

Can it be...

“But, why are you not working in your own company and choose to work in Fu Corporation instead?”

Ye Zibo almost blurted out, of course it is for your sake.

But he held his tongue, and replied instead, “Ye Corporation has nothing suitable for me. I had beggedmy father for a long time before he agreed to ask my uncle if I could work in the Fu Corporation'screative department.”

The condition that he has agreed with his father was, if he could not produce any results in regard tohis beloved Arts within 1 year, he would have to return to his family business immediately and to learnthe ropes of doing business from Ye Hong Tian.