Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Lingye put the pedal to the metal all the way to the Fu Manor.

Silence befell the residence late in the night. Siqi and Han were nowhere to be found, and Zhengyuan sat on his own in the living room, as if he had been waiting for Lingye.

Lingye was on a warpath as he entered the house. Without saying hello, he cut to the chase, “What did you do to Rui?”

Putting his weight on the cane, Zhengyuan stared hard and long at Lingye. Lingye’s recklessness only angered Zhengyuan. “Look at you! Tongrui is safe, so don’t worry about it!”

“She can be safe with me! Why did you have to drive her away? You must be happy with yourself now! Did you ever consider her feelings?”

“Lingye, watch your attitude! I’m your father. Why did you barge in here and jump at my throat? Let’s not forget that you’re under my roof now.”

Lingye drew a deep breath and callously pressed along his brow bone as he fought back the rage and anxiety. “Yes, you’re the head of the household, but do you think it was proper of you to send Rui away behind my back? She’s not an outsider. She’s your daughter-in-law and the mother of your granddaughter, for heaven’s sake!”

Zhengyuan stood up with the help of his cane before looking askance at him. “Hmph! Siqi is asleep. Are you trying to wake the kid to hear our argument?”

Lingye gritted his teeth. “I don’t want to fight with you. Tell me where Rui is now.”

“Hmph! You won’t give me a chance to send her away if I don’t do it in the dark, b*stard! Lingye, is your head clear right now? Do you understand the severity of the matter? Your Aunt Xian will spread the scandal all across the city tomorrow if I don’t send her away!”

Lingye was never bothered by how the media portrayed him. In fact, he was not one to allow the media and irrelevant people to get the best of him.

“Alright, I know you’re all about your ego. You can get your wish, but on the condition that you tell me where Rui is.”

Zhengyuan gave Lingye a sidelong glance and chuckled as Lingye dug his heels in. “Lingye, are you trying to walk all over me? I’m not going to tell you. What are you going to do about it? Are you going to tear the house down or burn it to the ground? Why don’t you call the cops on me?”

so if that’s what you

I tell you Tongrui’s whereabouts?’ Zhengyuan made a face at

in a stern voice, “Since so many of you in North City is against me and her, I’ll go to her and never come

you going to wash your hands off the business? Are… Are you going

weapon was suspended in the air for a while until Zhengyuan pursed his lips and put his cane down. He turned around, and with his back facing Lingye, Zhengyuan said, “I won’t tell you where Tongrui is. There’s one thing I want to make clear to you – I’m not as cruel as you think. I hid Tongrui from you for the sake of the Fu family. She’s Siqi’s mother. It doesn’t give me pleasure to send her away, but I… only doing this for all of you. You can carry on with your life like nothing ever happened, and I’ll deal with your aunt. Once her aunt calms down, and the whole thing blows over, you can bring Tongrui

the problem in front of her, forcing her to choose. You knew that

crossed my mind that Aunt Xian, Fu Jia, or even Uncle Fu might put pressure on

back faced

could not bring himself to apologize. Instead, he blurted out in defense, “I had to do it for

Lingye would have blood on his hands. “Why didn’t you make her sign the divorce papers prior

are you talking about, Lingye? Get out of

think I would come back here if it wasn’t to get Rui’s information

at the door and said, “That reminds me.

as calm and blunt as a

you think I want a b*stard like you in my

me when the time comes. You can

Zhengyuan clutched his chest. “Don’t

The only response Zhengyuan got from Lingye was the roaring

of the sofa as he slowly sat down. He rested a while to catch his breath when

“Grandpa!”

Siqi bolted down the stairs

here, Sweetheart?