Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Fu Lingye stared at Mu Tongrui pensively. He lowered his brows as he pressed his lips, “Rui. If I one day turned into a stranger, would you still try to understand me?”

“That's the reason why I want to know more about you. So that if you turned into a stranger, at least I would be mentally prepared because we would've had a strong foundation by then.”

Mu Tongrui inhaled deeply, “Lingye, do you know who I ran into today?”

“Who?”

“Xiao Ya,” Mu Tongrui didn't feel like bringing it up. However, she also disliked keeping things from Fu Lingye.

Fu Lingye's face fell, “Xiao Ya? Where was it?”

This woman! I can't believe she went to Mu Tongrui after I rejected her.

Mu Tongrui explained, “I ran into her when I was at the mall. Her wallet fell, and I saw a picture of you in it... Lingye, can you tell me about your history with her? It makes me uneasy that I always find out about your past from other people. If I will learn all about it sooner or later, I'd rather hear it from you.”

“Xiao Ya and I dated for half a year about five years ago.” Fu Lingye came clean.

“Do you mind telling me how it ended?”

Fu Lingye stared at Mu Tongrui in all seriousness, “Rui. Listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you. It might change your mind about our marriage. If that becomes the case, I completely understand. We broke up because I have a rare illness that no one knows about. I experience episodes where my own consciousness gets suppressed by a different personality. I have no memory nor control over this other person. When he controls me more and more, my own consciousness gets weakened until I fully become him. On the other hand, if I forcibly suppress him, I might be able to kill him.

Fu Lingye explained it calmly as if it was just an ordinary part of his life. Seeing him like this, Mu Tongrui's eyes welled up with tears, “So, Xiao Ya said you were a loony and dumped you?”

“She was not wrong about it. It is in fact a mental illness. Rui, I won't stop you if you want to end things with me. You have all the right to. As for the baby...”

Mu Tongrui wouldn't let him finish. She pulled Fu Lingye down by his neck and cover his lips with hers.

After she pulled away from the kiss, she fondly protested, “You can't break up with me! You can't let go of me just because you have split personalities. I won't allow it! Listen, it's not your fault that you experience this. We can get help together but you cannot think about leaving me. Got it?”

Their foreheads lightly touched. Wiping away the tears on Mu Tongrui's face, Fu Lingye chuckled, “Aren't you scared? Xiao Ya was so horrified that she ran as fast as she could.”

Defending Fu Lingye, Mu Tongrui frowned, “That's because she didn't love you. If you truly love someone, you wouldn't leave that person because of sickness. How dare she call you a loony? She didn't deserve to be your partner and she sure didn't deserve your heart.”

Fu Lingye pecked on the tip of her nose. With a deep and broken voice, he clarified, “She also never got my heart.”

“But... I thought she was your ex-girlfriend.”

“All three of my past relationships turned out to be fruitless.”

Mu Tongrui was secretly delighted to learn that, “You mean... you didn't have feelings for those exes?”

Detecting the glee on her face, Fu Lingye jokingly responded, “You seem to be happy that I was dumped by Xiao Ya.”

Mu Tongrui faked a cough to cover it up. Blushing, she justified, “Well, thank god she did that. How else would you be available to me?”

Mu Tongrui leaned in a rubbed her body against his. Holding his hands, she continued, “Thanks to all the women who seasoned you and left you, I get to be with the best version of you.”

“Rui. I'm not as good as you think. I fear that one day my other personality will hurt you.”

Mu Tongrui tried her hardest to picture it. A moment later, she asked, “What is he like?”

“Xiao Ya has seen him. She was so haunted that she had to run off to the US after that.”

One thing didn't make sense to Fu Lingye still. The night when he blacked out in S City, his split personality spent the whole night with Mu Tongrui. However, Mu Tongrui's description of that man did not match up with Xiao Ya's description.

The man Xiao Ya had experienced was cold-hearted and vicious. On the contrary, Mu Tongrui had seen a sweet man.

“Right!” Mu Tongrui's eyes lit up as if she was having a lightbulb moment, “Remember the last night we spent in S City? You were not yourself that night. I asked you about it the next day, but you couldn't recall a thing. I even got mad at you... Could that be your split personality?”

“Yes.”

Mu Tongrui's cheeks turned rosy, “I had a good time with him. He even called me babe.”

“Seems to me that someone misses him.”

Fu Lingye's cold tone travelled from above Mu Tongrui.

god-ish face, “Don't tell me

Lingye chose

provoked, “You have no idea. That Fu Lingye was so gentle and endearing. You're never like that to

clasped her wrists, “Did

blinked slowly, trying

the personalities are Fu Lingye. How's

like any man

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his jaw. His enveloped arms loosened as he took a

sweet he is, you're still the one I love. If he comes out

up involuntarily. Mu Tongrui always knew to make

“Do you think he'll

calls me babe. He has to listen.” Mu Tongrui

side-eye, “I see that you think a whole world

Mu Tongrui remained silent.

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up with a good

enjoy the night with his other personality. Through

should probably keep that

be glad that I liked that other side of you. Whichever version it is, it's still you. Even though he scared Xiao Ya away,

sweet-talking,

stared at Mu Tongrui with a sober expression. “Are

Tongrui reached her arms to him for a hug, then shook her head which was resting on his collar bone, “Not one bit. Violent or not, he's still a part of you. I will do

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her tightly and grimly warned,

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