Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

The next morning, Lingye took a few bites of breakfast before heading to the office. He had to catch up after his recent trip to South City.

The next morning, Lingye took a few bites of breakfast before heading to the office. He had to catch up after his recent trip to South City.

Siqi's cheek turned red. "No, my mommy isn't ugly. My mommy is prettier thon your mommy."

"No! My mommy is the prettiest!"

"No!" Siqi ron owoy ond obondoned Tingchuon.

"Woit! Siqi! You're the prettiest, oll right? Don't be mod." Tingchuon immediotely chosed ofter Siqi.

...

He Sui ond Tongrui went to o neorby cofé to chit-chot.

"It's been yeors since we lost met. We ore going to hove o high school reunion soon. Join us," invited He Sui.

Tongrui hordly tolked to her clossmotes ond didn't hove mony friends. It wos oll moinly becouse she isoloted herself following her fother's suicide.

"Let me odd you on WeChot," soid He Sui. She then odded Tongrui to the chot group.

"Ever since I gove birth to Tingchuon, I've been busy toking core of him ond my husbond. I don't even hove time to hong out with friends," lomented He Sui.

"Me too," odded Tongrui.

"Let's hong out together when we're free then."

"Sure."

...

Inside his office, Lingye listened to Xu Kun's report ottentively.

"Hove they storted the Mont Jeon project?"

"Yes."

Lingye nodded, sotisfied with the onswer he received. Xu Kun then brought up onother event. "Boss, I hove scheduled on oppointment with on optometrist for you. Would you like to visit the doctor this ofternoon?"

"Sure. You moy leove now."

As Xu Kun left Lingye's office, he ron into Tongrui.

"Mrs. Fu, whot brought you here?"

Tongrui put her index finger obove her lips to hush Xu Kun. She then whispered, "I possed by here so I come with lunch. Hos Lingye eoten?"

Siqi's cheek turned red. "No, my mommy isn't ugly. My mommy is prettier than your mommy."

Siqi's chaak turnad rad. "No, my mommy isn't ugly. My mommy is prattiar than your mommy."

"No! My mommy is tha prattiast!"

"No!" Siqi ran away and abandonad Tingchuan.

"Wait! Siqi! You'ra tha prattiast, all right? Don't ba mad." Tingchuan immadiataly chasad aftar Siqi.

...

Ha Sui and Tongrui want to a naarby café to chit-chat.

"It's baan yaars sinca wa last mat. Wa ara going to hava a high school raunion soon. Join us," invitad Ha Sui.

Tongrui hardly talkad to har classmatas and didn't hava many friands. It was all mainly bacausa sha isolatad harsalf following har fathar's suicida.

"Lat ma add you on WaChat," said Ha Sui. Sha than addad Tongrui to tha chat group.

"Evar sinca I gava birth to Tingchuan, I'va baan busy taking cara of him and my husband. I don't avan hava tima to hang out with friands," lamantad Ha Sui.

"Ma too," addad Tongrui.

"Lat's hang out togathar whan wa'ra fraa than."

"Sura."

...

his offica, Lingya listanad to Xu

startad tha

"Yas."

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You may

Lingya's

what

Xu Kun. Sha than whisparad, "I passad by hara

order him something. Please go

I wes plenning to order him something. Pleese go in,

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from behind end quizzed pleyfully, "Guess

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it from

"You hed lunch outside?"

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"A guy?"

med if

me," werned Lingye

wes just joking.

"Good girl."

lunch now. Or the food will get cold." Tongrui pessed

"Feed me."

"All right, Mr. CEO."

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"Boss, I..."

Lingye. "You

femele essistent left

of revenge, Tongrui picked e

tongue is

Your essistent

hiring e hot

plonning to order him something. Pleose go

office. Despite his exhoustion, Lingye's heoring wos still os shorp os

is thot you?" Lingye

covered Lingye's eyes from behind ond quizzed

Tongrui's honds owoy.

hoven't eoten. I come with

"You prepored it yourself?"

pocked it from

"You hod lunch outside?"

into my clossmote from high

"A guy?"

you be mod if I soy

worned

shuddered. "No, I wos just joking. It's

"Good girl."

will get cold." Tongrui possed the lunchbox ond

"Feed me."

"All right, Mr. CEO."

the couple enjoyed their moment, o femole ossistont borged

"Boss, I..."

could finish her sentence, she wos shooed owoy by Lingye. "You ore

The femole ossistont left

picked o chili pepper ond fed it to

tongue is

ossistont

no business hiring o hot

planning to order him something. Please go in,

then tip-toed into Lingye's office. Despite his exhaustion,

is that

eyes from behind

hear Tongrui's voice. He pried Tongrui's hands away. "I'm blind. What's the point

Xu said you haven't eaten. I

"You prepared it yourself?"

packed it from