Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Mu Tongrui did not talk to Fu Lingye at all on the way home from the hospital.

They could not come to an agreement.

After they had reached the villa in Repulse Bay, Fu Lingye got out of the car and came over to the front

passenger seat to unfasten her seatbelt. He bent down to carry her up, walking towards the villa.

Mu Tongrui remained silently curled in his chest. However, Fu Lingye felt a patch of wetness on his

chest as soon as they had gotten to the bedroom. It was warm.

Fu Lingye did not bring her to the bed. He continued to carry her in his arms.

“Rui?”

He had heard a muffled cry. Her thin pale hands clutched onto the collar of his coat. She sobbed, “I

cannot bear to... Lingye... I really cannot bear to abort this child.....”

She was at a complete loss when the child had started to take form in her belly. She had even wanted

to abort him. However, if not for the child, she would not have been able to endure and tide through the

tough period when Fu Lingye was met with an accident.

The child had stayed by her side for a long time without her realization.

This child was a special bond between Fu Lingye and her. She loved Fu Lingye, so she had also loved

their child.

“Let's get you changed out of your soiled clothes. As for the child...”

Fu Lingye stopped talking because he was beginning to hesitate.

He had never hesitated on anything in his life.

He did not want Mu Tongrui to give birth to the child because it had pained him to see her suffer. On the

other hand, he was also reluctant to give up on the child.

“Lingye, please let me try, alright? If I really can't keep the baby, then I promise that I'll definitely give it

up.”

Mu Tongrui hugged his neck and gazed longingly at him, with a look of plea.

There were times when Fu Lingye was really afraid of her.

Fu Lingye had really hated it when women would cry. He would probably grow impatient when women

would cry and throw tantrums in front of him, but he would go weak and soft when it came to Mu

Tongrui.

“Don't cry anymore.”

Mu Tongrui continued sobbing.

“Rui——”

“I won't stop crying until you promise me.”

“.......”

Fu Lingye stared at her, “Since when have you become so demanding?”

Mu Tongrui lifted her head to hug him, kissing him on his lips.

She kissed him with all her might, leaving behind a pool of tears and mucus.

She was apparently trying to please him.

He was aware of her thoughts.

“Please promise me, okay? Let me try. If I cannot, then we will give it up....”

Fu Lingye could not win over her coaxing and pestering tactics, so he had no choice but to agree.

However, he gave her a month. She would give up on the child if she were to continue being in poor

health, with low progesterone levels and frequent bleeding.

The doctor had said that she would have to lie on the bed, sit down and not walk around too much.

And so, Mu Tongrui was stuck in bed.

Fu Lingye had so much work to do. He could not accompany her all the time, so he juggled between

work and caring for her. Mu Tongrui seemed to have gained weight while Fu Lingye seemed to have

grown thinner after a few days.

“Lingye, I am sorry for making you so exhausted. I will go and make some supper for you.”

Mu Tongrui wanted to get up to make some supper. Fu Lingye loosened his tie and held her back,

“Don't move around. Wait here for me.”

Fu Lingye took off his shirt and left it on the sofa. He said, “What do you want to eat? I will make it.”

“I am not hungry.”

She laid in bed the whole day and did not expend much energy, but Fu Lingye had completely ignored

her reply. “How about eggs with mugwort? Jiang Xinghe has recommended a Chinese doctor to me.

He said that eating this would help to keep the baby.”

Upon hearing it, Mu Tongrui smiled. Even though he looked cold and did not show any emotion when

he had spoken plainly, Mu Tongrui knew that he had already supported her decision.

Fu Lingye was rolling up his sleeves with his back facing her. Mu Tongrui stared at his back and said

with some excitement, “Lingye, actually you are also hoping that I could keep and give birth to the child,

right?”

Fu Lingye acknowledged her. He did not sound happy or angry.

Fu Lingye headed to the kitchen and made eggs with mugwort. He brought it into the bedroom and

gave it to Mu Tongrui.

It was rare for Mu Tongrui to behave like this, “Feed me.”

Fu Lingye did not say anything. He picked up a spoon to feed her.

Mu Tongrui frowned after taking the first bite.

Isn't this dish of egg with mugwort too unpalatable......

Fu Lingye asked, “Does it taste bad?”

Mu Tongrui flashed her widest grin, “Not bad at all! It's quite good!”

She made the choice to keep the baby. No matter how bad it tasted, she would eat it.

Fu Lingye stared at her intensely, “Are you sure?”

Mu Tongrui nodded her head, “Really!”

It felt as though she was drinking poison when she had swallowed the second spoonful of the egg dish.

She pretended to enjoy herself by showing him how delicious it was.

“Not... not too bad.”

Fu Lingye was not able to stand the sight. He had pushed the bowl of egg with mugwort aside,

announcing aloud, “Alright, that is enough. I have also made some lotus seed glutinous rice porridge. It

is still simmering, so let's eat that later.”

Mu Tongrui finished the egg with mugwort, taking in spoonful after spoonful until she had almost puked.

Fu Lingye furrowed his eyebrows. He felt a sudden bitterness in his heart.

After Mu Tongrui was done eating, she said, “I feel more secure now after eating it.”

“I won't ask you to bear a child for me next time. It is my fault.”

Fu Lingye reached out to touch her head.

Mu Tongrui pulled his hand over, “How about getting Aunt Lan to come over tomorrow to take care of

me? You are preoccupied with work matters, yet you still have to take care of me.”

“That is fine too.”

“Oh yes, are your other personalities stable recently? Are you still able to feel it?”

“Don't worry. If Fu Xiao were to appear, contact Jiang Xinghe immediately and let him lock me up here

in the medical facility.”

Mu Tongrui leaned over to kiss his chin, “Lingye, thank you for supporting my decision. I know that you

have many things on your plate and have a lot of work to do. You also have to deal with your

personality disorder. I seem to have added yet another layer of stress on you during this time, and yet

am unable to help you out. I am sorry.....”

“If you feel sorry for me, then just compensate me with your body after you have given birth.”

Mu Tongrui's face grew red.

Fu Lingye gave Mu Tongrui so many supplements every day.

After her shower, the lotus seed glutinous rice porridge was ready. Fu Lingye brought a bowl over.

Tongrui could not stomach it after eating half a bowl. After Fu Lingye had finished it, he carried her to

the toilet to brush her teeth. When Mu Tongrui was brushing her teeth, she looked at Fu Lingye who

was half-naked. She had only realized then that he had a scar. It looked like he was scalded. It was

probably an old scar because it was not very obvious.

“Lingye, why is there a scar on your right arm? I have never seen that before...”

Fu Lingye looked down at it. He frowned slightly, “It was from a fire.”

“Ah? How did you get burnt?”

“It happened 10 years ago.”

While Mu Tongrui was brushing her teeth, she mumbled, “You said that you had gone through a fire 10

years ago. It is such a coincidence... I was also caught in a fire 10 years ago and was almost burnt to

death! Fortunately, someone came and rescued me. I still remember that it was an older brother.

However, I'd fainted from inhaling too much smoke and did not manage to have a closer look at him at

that time. Besides, he was not around when I woke up in the hospital. He was a really good person to

have rescued me...”