Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

“Sister-in-law, I will take it that I did not listen to those words. After all, you will remain as Lingye's sister-in-law forever.”
After saying this, Mu Tongrui smiled and left.
Xiang Nanqian stood rooted with her fingertips embedded in her palm.
As long as she occupied an important place in his heart, so what if she was Lingye's sister-in-law? Mu Tongrui was merely
replacing Lingye's wife this time, so what change could it bring?
......
Mu Tongrui stepped out of the restroom in her stilettos and collided into Fu Lingye.
She took the chance to ask, “It's getting late. Could you send me home first?”
Fu Lingye stared at her so intensely that it made her tense. “Don't go home tonight. Stay here for the time being. I will take you
home tomorrow to get some things.”
“Fu Lingye... I need some time to get used to things.”
“Ah?”
He looked at her coldly, as though that was to say, “Don't you still want the house?”
Her voice softened. She touched her neck and replied after a moment of hesitation, “Alright, but where am I going to sleep
tonight?”
“Husband and wife will have to sleep in the same room. That's for sure.”
Her heart lurched. Was she going to sleep with him on the same bed?
.....
When Mu Tongrui sat on Fu Lingye's bed in his bedroom, listening to the sound of water flowing in the bathroom, her heart could
not stop beating wildly. She was feeling nervous.
She had given birth before. What else was she afraid of?

After taking countless deep breaths, the bathroom door opened and she turned to look at it subconsciously.
He only had a white bath towel wrapped around his waist, revealing his pencil-straight legs. His torso was well-trimmed, lean and
muscular, comparable to that of a male model. Flawless.
Especially when the water from his hair dripped onto his clavicle, then down to his chest and finally to his towel wrapped on his
waist.
She could only think of this description. Sexy.
This kind of sexiness was exuded by a man's irresistible charisma.
She could see Fu Lingye's contradictory features placed together. Bright and exquisite, yet unruly at the same time.
Mu Tongrui swallowed her saliva and felt that her mouth was getting drier. Her heart was beating even faster than before.
As he wolked over to the bed while drying his hoir with the towel, Mu Tongrui cought o sniff of his body wosh ond osked
nervously, “I... Sholl I sleep on the floor tonight?”
He dried his hoir ond then looked gently into her eyes. His lips curled ond he loughed, “Since you ore not interested in men, why
ore you ofroid of sleeping with me on the some bed?”
“... Mr. Fu hos o rich personol life with mony interoctions with people. I'm ofroid you con't control yourself.”
She wos holf joking.
Fu Lingye frowned ond soid, “Are you soying thot I hove o messy privote life?”
Sweetheort soid thot he often brings women home for the night ond Xiong Nonqion olso soid thot he hod offoirs with mony
women. Wosn't his life messy enough?
However, she depended on Fu Lingye for his fortune so she did not dore to criticize him further. She rushed to clorify herself, “I
didn't soy thot... Whot I meont wos...”
Her moist lips exuded chorm under the worm oronge glow from the night lomp. Fu Lingye's eyes bored into her ond he suddenly
recolled something thot hod hoppened three yeors ogo.
Her firmness ond her beouty...

In thot moment, blood rushed quickly to his lower obdomen ond his muscles grew tighter.
Mu Tongrui hod not finished whot she wonted to soy. She wos being held tightly on her norrow woist ond his lips were firmly on
hers.
His lips rubbed ogoinst hers, generoting on emotionolly chorged otmosphere. She wos momentorily numbed by the refreshing
smell of oftershove ond his strong mosculinity. Her big eyes were wide open, os she forgot to struggle ond let his powerful ond
domineering kiss to conquer her.
“Oh....”
He wos growing breothless.
He opened his eyes to store ot her tiny, flushed foce ond teosed her, “I thought you were not interested. It seemed like you
enjoyed the kiss.”
Mu Tongrui wos stortled by his comment ond immediotely responded. He wos obviously mocking her!
She cought his eyes, expressing troces of possion. She loughed ot him ond soid, “Mr. Fu, don't you olso enjoy the kiss?”
She turned oround ond wolked towords the bothroom emborrossingly. She leoned behind the bothroom door to toke deep
breoths. Her heort wos beoting wildly os she tried to moke sense of the possionote kiss thot hoppened eorlier. This wos
obviously the first time they kissed, but why did it feel so fomilior?
As he walked over to the bed while drying his hair with the towel, Mu Tongrui caught a sniff of his body wash and asked
nervously, “I... Shall I sleep on the floor tonight?”
He dried his hair and then looked gently into her eyes. His lips curled and he laughed, “Since you are not interested in men, why
are you afraid of sleeping with me on the same bed?”
“... Mr. Fu has a rich personal life with many interactions with people. I'm afraid you can't control yourself.”
She was half joking.
Fu Lingye frowned and said, “Are you saying that I have a messy private life?”
Sweetheart said that he often brings women home for the night and Xiang Nanqian also said that he had affairs with many
women. Wasn't his life messy enough?

However, she depended on Fu Lingye for his fortune so she did not dare to criticize him further. She rushed to clarify herself, “I
didn't say that... What I meant was...”
Her moist lips exuded charm under the warm orange glow from the night lamp. Fu Lingye's eyes bored into her and he suddenly
recalled something that had happened three years ago.
Her firmness and her beauty...
In that moment, blood rushed quickly to his lower abdomen and his muscles grew tighter.
Mu Tongrui had not finished what she wanted to say. She was being held tightly on her narrow waist and his lips were firmly on
hers.
His lips rubbed against hers, generating an emotionally charged atmosphere. She was momentarily numbed by the refreshing
smell of aftershave and his strong masculinity. Her big eyes were wide open, as she forgot to struggle and let his powerful and
domineering kiss to conquer her.
“Oh....”
He was growing breathless.
He opened his eyes to stare at her tiny, flushed face and teased her, “I thought you were not interested. It seemed like you
enjoyed the kiss.”
Mu Tongrui was startled by his comment and immediately responded. He was obviously mocking her!
She caught his eyes, expressing traces of passion. She laughed at him and said, “Mr. Fu, don't you also enjoy the kiss?”
She turned around and walked towards the bathroom embarrassingly. She leaned behind the bathroom door to take deep
breaths. Her heart was beating wildly as she tried to make sense of the passionate kiss that happened earlier. This was
obviously the first time they kissed, but why did it feel so familiar?
..........
“Knock knock knock.”
There was a knock outside the bedroom.

It came from Xiang Nanqian. “Lingye, it's me. It's Ms Mu's first night today. I didn't see her with any luggage, so I am afraid that
she does not have any clothes with her. I have brought over a set of pajamas for her.”
Fu Lingye opened the door immediately and said plainly, “There is no need. She can wear mine for the night.”
Xiang Nanqian heard the water coming from the shower faucet. She clenched her fingers while carrying a set of pajamas. She
smiled gently, “Lingye, is it appropriate for her to wear yours?”
“She is my woman. Why would it not be appropriate for her to wear my clothes?”
Xiang Nanqian bit on her lips and stared at his handsome face. After growing silent for a while, her lips curled, “.... Alright.”
.......
Mu Tongrui had finished her shower in the bathroom and finally calmed down.
She realized that she did not bring her pajamas into the bathroom.
She looked around. There was only one bath towel in the bathroom but it had been used by Fu Lingye earlier. She had no choice
but to walk out naked to retrieve her clothes.
However, Fu Lingye was still in the bedroom!
She stood in the bathtub and pondered on whether to head out or get Fu Lingye to bring her clothes in for her. The bathroom
door was violently pushed open at that moment.
His usual serene gaze was tender when he looked at her. He saw her body and then focused on the stretch marks on her lower
abdomen that were almost disappearing.
“.......”
Mu Tongrui was nervous at his sight of him. She grew red with embarrassment.
“You, you.... get out!”
Fu Lingye was completely calm. He left his shirt on the basin and glanced at her, “As someone who has given birth to a child
before, why are you still so shy about this?”

Mu Tongrui stood under the shower and glared at him.