Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Mu Tongrui was alone on the beach picking up shells, thinking that Sweetheart would be very happy if

she brought all these beautiful shells back to her.

After cleaning the shells, she went ashore and looked for Fu Lingye for a long time before finding him

on the back of a big tree.

He was sitting leaning against the big tree, with many cigarette butts at his feet, his face pale and cold.

Even though his eyes were cold, they were not as sharp as usual, as if he was lost in some memories.

Mu Tongrui ran over and showed him the shells in the palm of her hand. “Look, I picked these for

Sweetheart, are these pretty?”

Fu Lingye lowered his eyes and looked at the shells, without saying anything for a long time.

Mu Tongrui asked worriedly, “Lingye, what's the matter with you? Did I upset you?”

His mood was not very good since morning, but Fu Lingye's attitude toward her last night was at least

so much better than it was now.

She had always had a good temper in front of people she liked, not to mention that she knew she liked

Fu Lingye first, and now Fu Lingye's feelings toward her were not as deep as her feelings toward him,

so she was willing to tolerate him, and was also willing to swallow her pride to please him.

But Fu Lingye just replied indifferently, “You didn't upset me.”

As Mu Tongrui looked down, she saw a black burn mark on his thumb and index finger. She took his

hand and asked, “What happened to your fingers? Did you accidentally burn them while smoking?”

However, if he got burned by the cigarette accidentally, his skin would turn red at most, and yet it had

turned dark now as if it was caused on purpose.

She frowned, and said worriedly, “If you don't deal with the burns, there will definitely be blisters. Let's

go to the clinic to get it dressed and ask the doctor to change the ointment on your back injury.”

She pulled him to get up, and yet he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms.

“Rui.”

She was suddenly held tightly in his arms. “Huh? Is the wound very painful?”

She raised her hand, and gently stroked his back.

Fu Lingye had always been domineering and resolute. She had never seen his fragile side, except for

the time when he had gastric pain in the study. Although he suffered from gastric pain at that time, he

didn't appear weak. Yet now, when he held her so tightly and called her “Rui”, she actually somehow

felt that Fu Lingye had completely shed his usual harshness and force.

She didn't know why he was acting like this suddenly, but she liked the feeling of being needed by him.

She held his hand, put it to her lips, and blew gently on it. “It won't hurt anymore after I blow on it.”

Fu Lingye stared at her glowingly, as his eyes were fixed on her little face.

Mu Tongrui blew on his fingers while saying, “Why don't you be careful while smoking? Can't you feel

anything when your fingers were burned?”

She muttered by herself, nagging like a little old lady, whereas Fu Lingye didn't want to talk at all at this

moment. Instead, he just wanted to sit here with her like this and listened to her voice, which seemingly

eased his anxiety.

When Mu Tongrui looked up, she saw his dark eyes staring at her intently, with complicated emotions in

his eyes.

“Why are you looking at me like this?”

He looks at my face like this, is he thinking of his dead “first love”?

Fu Lingye was slightly stunned. Then, he stood up and said, “Let's go.”

Biting her lower lip, Mu Tongrui thought that he had deliberately avoided the topic, so she followed and

took his hand.

“I know you don't like me the way I like you now, but I can wait.”

I can wait for him to love me wholeheartedly.

She could understand Fu Lingye's past. After all, she only met him later, whereas the girl in his heart

met him earlier than she did.

Seeing him not speaking, she added, “I am very patient. Take your time, and don't need to rush. But I

still want you to fall for me as soon as possible.”

She couldn't wait to see how Fu Lingye would be when he was in love with her.

Fu Lingye felt that his heart was touched, as there were actually signs of opening up in the impregnable

heart of his.

After returning from the clinic, Mu Tongrui's plan to dive with Fu Lingye was in vain.

His back was injured. Although he would wear a waterproof suit for diving, the doctor said that it was

best for him not to engage in any watersports. Mu Tongrui naturally did not dare to beg him to

accompany her to the sea.

However, looking at the lively crowds and people surfing outside, Mu Tongrui really wanted to go out

and play.

But, she would be a little too much to leave Fu Lingye alone in the hotel.

Mu Tongrui resisted the impulse and sat with Fu Lingye in the hotel.

After a while, Fu Lingye's phone rang.

He glanced at it coldly, and his eyes darkened, but he did not answer, and instead, said to Mu Tongrui,

“If you want to go out and play, just go. I need some time alone.”

Being inexplicably asked to leave, Mu Tongrui wanted to say that she wanted to stay here with him, but

Fu Lingye's face was cold, and he didn't mean to make her stay here at all. She was a girl after all. She

had been taking the initiative since morning, and carefully accommodating him, so she would be

dejected too.

“I'll go out then. Remember to call me if anything happens.”

After walking to the door, she looked inside again when she closed the door and saw that he didn't

have any intention to stop her, so she closed the door disappointingly.

After Mu Tongrui left the room, Fu Lingye redialed Qi Yanli's phone number.

The call went through.

Qi Yanli said with a sneer on the other end of the line, “I heard that Mu Tongrui went to Lijiang Island for

holiday, and you're there as well, aren't you? What now? Are you not afraid of the sea anymore, Mr.

Fu?”

“What exactly are you trying to say?”

“I'm afraid you have forgotten how Qiao Sang died, so I'm here to remind you. Don't forget that Qiao

Sang died on Lijiang Island because of you, with her body nowhere to be seen. Up to now, her tomb is

still empty. Fu Lingye, all these happened thanks to you!”

The man replied in a calm voice, “Are you done talking?”

“No, I'm not. If it weren't for you, Qiao Sang and I would have married and had children. It's all because

of you that Qiao Sang died! Fu Lingye, I will make you suffer the same loss as I did! You should get a

taste of your own medicine!”

Fu Lingye clenched his fist and said, “I'm warning you, stay away from Mu Tongrui!”

“What if I don't? How are you going to pay for the life that you owe me?”

“This is between you and me. It has nothing to do with Mu Tongrui!”

“Is that so? If you want me to stay away from Mu Tongrui, you should break up with Mu Tongrui now,

and I will not approach her. How is that, Fu Lingye, huh?”

Fu Lingye clenched his fist so hard that his knuckles made cracking sounds.