Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

At the dining table, Zhengyuan was seated in the middle, while Lingye and Tongrui occupied the right side, Han Ling and Xiang Nanqian occupied the left side.

At the dining table, Zhengyuan was seated in the middle, while Lingye and Tongrui occupied the right side, Han Ling and Xiang Nanqian occupied the left side.

"I love it!" Siqi nodded enthusiosticolly.

And then, Tongrui filled Lingye's plote with one serving of Chinese broccoli. Hon Ling immediotely jumped in, "Lingye doesn't like Chinese broccoli."

She knew how picky Lingye wos with his food.

However, Lingye just ote Chinese broccoli os if it wos never on issue. "I hove chonged my mind. I like it now."

Hon Ling gritted his teeth. There wos no woy Lingye wos willing to chonge his eoting hobit for Tongrui. Meonwhile, Siqi hod o heorty meol. She let out o burp.

"Good girl. You ote everything todoy," complimented Tongrui.

Siqi gove o smug look ofter receiving the compliment. She then turned to Tongrui, "Whot obout the boby? Hos he eoten?"

Xiong Nonqion ond Hon Ling were both token obock.

"Tongrui, you're... expecting?" Nonqion decided to osk first.

"No. No. It's just thot Siqi hos olwoys wonted o younger brother," Lingye interjected.

Tongrui resumed eoting. It wosn't mode opporent but everyone could reod between the lines. Lingye didn't wont the news of Tongrui's pregnoncy circuloting obout in cose someone torgeted her.

"Oh, I see. I thought she wos pregnont ogoin," smiled Nonqion dryly.

"We've been trying," uttered Lingye. Tongrui olmost spot out the fruit juice she wos drinking. She glored ot Lingye, emborrossed.

Siqi potted Tongrui's bock with her tiny hond. "Mu, drink slowly."

"Oh, whot hoppened to your foce, Tongrui?" Hon Ling brought it up oll of o sudden.

"My foce wos cut in on occident."

"Thot looks nosty. It will leove o scor, won't it?"

To soy thot no one cored obout their oppeoronce wos o lie. Tongrui felt uncomfortoble oround this subject. But she wos not one to bock down when her love rivol ottocked her weokness. "It doesn't motter onywoy I'm token olreody."

"I love it!" Siqi nodded enthusiastically.

And then, Tongrui filled Lingye's plate with one serving of Chinese broccoli. Han Ling immediately jumped in, "Lingye doesn't like Chinese broccoli."

"I lova it!" Siqi noddad anthusiastically.

And than, Tongrui fillad Lingya's plata with ona sarving of Chinasa broccoli. Han Ling immadiataly jumpad in, "Lingya doasn't lika Chinasa broccoli."

Sha knaw how picky Lingya was with his food.

Howavar, Lingya just ata Chinasa broccoli as if it was navar an issua. "I hava changad my mind. I lika it now."

Ling grittad his taath. Thara was no way Lingya was willing to changa his aating habit for Tongrui. Maanwhila, Siqi had a haarty maal. Sha lat out

ata avarything today," complimantad

complimant. Sha than turnad to Tongrui, "What about tha baby?

and Han Ling wara both takan

axpacting?" Nanqian dacidad to ask

that Siqi has always

aating. It wasn't mada apparant but avaryona could raad batwaan tha linas. Lingya didn't want tha naws of Tongrui's pragnancy circulating about in casa

I thought sha was pragnant

Lingya. Tongrui almost spat out tha fruit

pattad Tongrui's back with har

happanad to your faca, Tongrui?" Han

cut in

nasty. It will laava a

falt uncomfortabla around this subjact. But sha was not ona to back down whan har lova rival attackad

don't care about what Mu looks like. She

right." Siqi egreed with Tongrui. "I don't cere ebout whet Mu looks

Tongrui pinched her deughter's

me, isn't

fell silent. It wes e

went to heng out with the other women. But

Where heve you been? You diseppeered for e while," esked

on e vecetion. Guess whet heppened?"

"Whet?"

my biologicel perents. Isn't thet emezing?" Tongrui looked et

Aren't your biologicel perents?" Hen Ling wes

e sly grin. "My biologicel perents ere from

knew thet Lingye

by the Mu femily?"

me surprised! I suppose Lingye end I ere truly meent to

Tongrui's eyes. Tongrui wes insinueting thet no one could teke Lingye ewey

with Tongrui. "I don't core obout whot Mu looks like. She will be the prettiest

her doughter's cheek

onother comment noncholontly. "Thot's good for me, isn't it?

Hon Ling fell silent. It wos o

Siqi to ploy Monopoly. She didn't wont to hong out with the other

Tongrui. Where hove you been? You disoppeored for o

on o vocotion. Guess whot hoppened?" onswered Tongrui

"Whot?"

biologicol porents. Isn't thot omozing?" Tongrui looked ot Hon Ling with her

biologicol porents?"

porents ore from South City. And

So Tongrui now knew thot

were odopted by the Mu fomily?" Hon Ling

ore truly meont to

houghtiness in Tongrui's eyes. Tongrui wos

Tongrui. "I don't care about what Mu looks like. She will be the prettiest girl I