Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Mu Tongrui was startled awake in the middle of the night.

She was bathed in cold sweat when she woke up.

She dreamt that Fu Lingye was struggling in the cold, frigid waters. He kept calling out for her. She wanted to rescue him, but she felt as though her body was being pulled back and she stood rooted on the ground. She could not move at all.

Sweetheart was sound asleep beside her.

Mu Tongrui looked at her adorable face, then covered her own face with her hands. She took a deep breath, feeling helpless and at a tremendous loss as to what she should do.

What if Lingye really was.... how was she going to tell Sweetheart about this matter?

She was unable to say it. It was such a heartbreaking piece of news to break it to a child.

The moon was bright but it also appeared cold and lonely.

Mu Tongrui got up and took a piece of Fu Lingye's shirt to drape it across her shoulders. She stood at the windows and continued gazing at the moon.

The shirt seemed to have traces of Fu Lingye's warmth and smell. She grabbed tightly onto the sleeves and took a long deep sniff, and cried in between suppressed sobs.

“Lingye... You must return home safely...”

She lifted her head to gaze at the bright moon, and prayed with both palms clasped together.

......

The next morning, shortly after Liu sent Sweetheart to school, there was a call from the police station.

Mu Tongrui sat at the dining table. She did not have any appetite to eat anything, apart from a few spoonful of congee. She could not stomach anything else.

Old Master Fu looked grim when he put down the call.

Mu Tongrui stood up and asked him urgently, “Dad, have they found Lingye already?”

Old Master Fu looked at Mu Tongrui and grew silent for a while.

Mu Tongrui frowned. She was on the verge of tears, “Dad, please tell me quickly.”

They only managed to

onto her chair. She looked confused and anxious at the same time,

had been a day. Why have they

his walking stick and said, “If they still cannot find Fu Lingye after 48 hours,

Tongrui's eyes were red, “How could we? Perhaps Lingye is still alive. He could be waiting for us to save him. Dad,

proceed to organize his funeral. This

choked and

Tongrui, “I will head to the police station immediately. Your emotions are unstable for now, so make sure you get

.......

At the police station.

from our investigations that Mr. Fu Lingye's car brakes were

sank and held tightly on his walking stick. He wore a deep frown as he

circle. This was the norm. Who would have dared to harbor

offend people. Also, it is only inevitable to have wins and losses in the market. I do not

once more. Did Mr. Fu have any personal

death. Officer Wei, please carry on with the investigations. I will also send someone to investigate. If I have any news

Master Fu. I am

........

President's office at

asked Li Da, “Have you found anything from

stranger with this number. When I tried calling, the line seemed to be invalid

“Check one more thing. Where did

“Yes.”

police station. They said that Fu Lingye's car was located. His car brakes were intentionally tampered

look into

stopped for a while before asking curiously, “Mr. Qi, who do you think dares to meddle with Fu Lingye in this entire city? Besides, this person does not seem to be afraid to be found out by anyone from the Fu family and be severely dealt with. After all, Old Master Fu has two sons.

who caused Fu Lingye's death is probably not someone from the business circle. Even if Fu Lingye had made some enemies while doing business, they would

worry the more he thought

why but he had a

phone rang. It was

picked up to hear Aunt Yang, her

headed to the bedroom to take a rest. Then I went

“Call for the doctor immediately. I am heading back