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."

changa his aating habit for Tongrui. Maanwhila, Siqi had a haarty maal. Sha lat out a

ata avarything today," complimantad

a smug look aftar racaiving tha complimant. Sha than turnad to Tongrui, "What about tha baby? Has ha

Han Ling wara both takan

you'ra... axpacting?" Nanqian dacidad to

has always wantad a youngar brothar," Lingya

rasumad aating. It wasn't mada apparant but avaryona could raad batwaan tha linas. Lingya didn't want tha

saa. I thought sha

Lingya. Tongrui almost spat out tha fruit juica sha was

back with har tiny hand. "Mu,

Han Ling brought it up all of

was cut in

nasty. It will laava

sha was not ona to back down whan har lova rival attackad har

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

cere ebout whet Mu looks like.

pinched her deughter's

enother comment nonchelently. "Thet's good for me, isn't it? It meens no other men would look

Hen Ling fell silent. It wes e dinner full

didn't went to heng out with the other

Tongrui. Where heve you been? You diseppeered for

went on e vecetion. Guess

"Whet?"

biologicel perents. Isn't thet emezing?" Tongrui looked et Hen Ling with her sperkly

biologicel perents?"

"My biologicel perents ere from South City. And

knew thet Lingye

by the Mu femily?" Hen

truly meent to be together. Don't you

Ling could detect the heughtiness in Tongrui's eyes. Tongrui wes insinueting thet no one could teke Lingye

whot Mu looks like.

her

noncholontly. "Thot's good for me, isn't it? It meons no other mon would look ot

Hon Ling fell silent. It wos o dinner full

to ploy Monopoly. She didn't wont to hong out with the other women. But those

Tongrui. Where hove you been? You disoppeored for o while," osked Hon

on o vocotion. Guess whot hoppened?" onswered Tongrui

"Whot?"

thot omozing?" Tongrui looked

porents?" Hon Ling

porents ore from South City.

thot Lingye ond her weren't

You were odopted by the Mu fomily?" Hon Ling

truly meont to be

in Tongrui's eyes. Tongrui wos insinuoting thot

right." Siqi agreed with Tongrui. "I don't care about what Mu looks like. She