Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Chapter 269

Fu Lingye's eyes darkened.

Big brother?

Upon hearing Mu Tongrui's tone of voice, it was evident that she still missed her savior.

“He has saved you without telling you his name, that means that he doesn't want to be pestered by you.”

Fu Lingye's voice was cold, his handsome face gloomy. Mu Tongrui looked amusedly at him and asked, “Lingye, are you actually jealous?”

After Mu Tongrui brushed her teeth, Fu Lingye carried her in his arms bridal style and walked out of the bathroom.

Fu Lingye snorted and said calmly, “Jealous of whom?”

“The man who has saved me. If he'd left me his name, maybe we would have the chance to develop into something more.”

Fu Lingye did not think so. “He rescued you only out of sympathy, so I don't think he's interested in you seeing that he was afraid that you might pester him.”

Mu Tongrui pouted. Although I'm not astonishingly good-looking, I'm considered pretty so will I scare someone away?

“Since I am so unattractive, why do you like me then?”

“I didn't see you clearly at the time. By the time I saw you clearly, it was too late for me to back out.”

“......”

It was obviously not some good words, let alone some lover's prattle but it sounded unexpectedly pleasing to Mu Tongrui.

Isn't the greatest love the one between a blind and a fool.

Lying in his arms, Mu Tongrui recalled the fire ten years ago and said, “If it weren't for my savior, I would've been dead in the fire, I wouldn't have met you now. Sometimes, I will imagine that I will meet him one day and I want to thank him.”

Fu Lingye asked, “Why was there a fire?”

“Back then, I was only fourteen years old. Shen Qiu was already married to my dad. During that period, my dad went on a business trip and Shen Qiu was the only adult at home. Our servant had returned to her hometown to see her husband. At that time, I was young and naive. Shen Qiu took Shen Wanyue out for an outing that day and I was left home alone. I didn't how but there a fire suddenly. After I grew up, I thought about it again and I suspected that Shen Qiu was the one behind it.”

Mu Tongrui sounded a little sad. So, Fu Lingye reached out to hold her in his arms as he lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead before he said in a hoarse voice, “It's all over now. You are now Mrs. Fu, and no one will dare to bully you from now on.”

Mu Tongrui smile as she raised her head and looked at him. “What if you bully me?”

“I won't.”

Fu Lingye held her hand and put it on his thin lips and kissed it.

Mu Tongrui snorted and said, “But Fu Xiao will bully me.”

Mu Tongrui was just joking, but to her surprise, Fu Lingye took it seriously.

Knitting his brows slightly, he looked at her deeply, and said in a deep voice, “Rui, I don't want to keep apologizing to you, but apart from saying sorry; it seems like there's nothing else I can do. I can only try to keep my emotions stable to prevent Fu Xiao from showing up again, but I—”

Before Fu Lingye could finished speaking, Mu Tongrui extended her fingers and covered his thin lips. “I’m just joking and I don’t blame you. It’s not like you want to be sick yourself. Even if Fu Xiao bullies me, I will forgive him, because he is still a part of you no matter how bad he is. Dr. Jiang said that every patient with split personality disorder does not develop it for no reason. It usually happens when a person has nowhere to vent his sadness and pressure, and couldn't cope with it. As a result, he will transfer the suffering onto his imaginary personality. Therefore, Fu Xiao is created by you, and there must be a reason for his appearance. We'll find the root cause and resolve it, alright?”

Fu Lingye stared at her glowingly.

The twenty-four-year-old girl in his arms seemed to have grown up overnight and had matured.

Even though Mu Tongrui had experienced a downfall in her family, she was still a naive little girl at the age of twenty four with little experience in front of Fu Lingye.

He had never expected that this day would come where the person comforting him and warming his heart would be a girl who had much less life experienced than him in every aspect.

Fu Lingye felt warm, as the ice inside him seemed to be melting slowly.

“Rui.”

Fu Lingye rested his forehead on hers lightly and sighed, “Why didn't you show up in my life earlier?”

Mu Tongrui smiled and said jokingly, “If we had met earlier, you might not be interested in me. You would think that I was not very sensible and maybe you would even think that I was just a naive girl

who had never seen the world. As for me, I would only think that you were a handsome uncle who wouldn't have interacted with me.”

“Uncle?” Fu Lingye raised the corners of his lips. “Am I that old?”

Mu Tongrui took a deep breath and stretched out her hand to wrap around his neck tightly. She buried her face in his neck and muttered, “Not at all. But, a very handsome one. Lingye...”

Fu Lingye responded in acknowledgement.

Mu Tongrui said, “I love you.”

With her in his arms, Fu Lingye stroked her back and rubbed his chin against her soft hair then whispered, “Yeah, I know.”

“Since a long time ago.”

Fu Lingye tilted his head and kissed her on the temple. He said in a hoarse voice, “Me too.”

CEO's office at Fu Corporation.

As soon as Fu Ling arrived at the office, Xu Kun reported, “Boss, I found out that Qiao Sang actually has a twin sister who looks exactly like her. The two of them have never lived together since they were kids, and now the Qiao Sang we see is probably Qiao Luo, Qiao Sang's younger twin sister.”

Fu Lingye's slender hand that was stroking the cufflinks paused mid-action as he analyzed, “The person who knows Qiao Sang best is Qi Yanli. Even I have realized that the current Qiao Sang may be an impostor, so it is impossible for Qi Yanli not to notice it.”

Unless Qi Yanli doesn't want to nail this lie.

“The person behind the car accident is probably Qiao Luo. Her purpose should be to avenge her dead sister.”

“Is there any evidence?” Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

“Yes. Qiao Luo transferred 5 million to an unknown account during the period of your accident. The account holder is Xu Haisheng. He should be the one who tampered with your car brake. Xu Haisheng has a daughter with leukemia who had undergone a bone marrow transplant recently. He has taken her back to his hometown since. However, I have sent someone to find him.”

Fu Lingye nodded slightly. “Don't disclose this matter to anyone for the time being. Qiao Sang died because of me. I want to make up for it if possible.”

“Okay.”

“By the way, go to the police station to look up information on the fire incident at Mu family villa ten years ago.”

Xu Kun was stunned. Ten years ago?

“Boss, is it because it involved Mrs. Fu?”

Fu Lingye responded in agreement and added, “The fire should have been set deliberately. By the way, Tongrui said that a man in his twenties rescued her. The man should have been the one who called the police so they should have a record of this man.”

“Alright, I'll be on it.”