Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

Chapter 77

No matter which way Mu Tongrui walked, the white Audi followed. So, Mu Tongrui stood still, pursed her lips, and looked at the man in the car, flashing a lovely smile. “Mr. Qi, we're not that close, are we?”

“I said that there will be an opportunity for us to cooperate.”

It was the first time Mu Tongrui met such a cheeky man. “I haven't promised to cooperate with you yet, have I?”

Qi Yanli replied meaningfully, “If you don't agree to work with me, it will be easier for someone to deal with you when someone joins the Qi family. You don't want your enemy to ride roughshod over you, do you?”

Her instinct told her that Qi Yanli was not someone to be trifled with, and if she embarked in the affair, she might not be able to free herself from it.

Mu Tongrui looked back at Shen Wanyue, who was throwing a fit at the car dealership, and smiled faintly. “Okay, I'll accept this car.”

I want to piss Shen Wanyue off!

Qi Yanli opened the car door and got down, as he drove here with his own car. After Mu Tongrui got into the Audi car, she heard Qi Yanli, who was standing outside the car, said meaningfully, “Miss Mu, see you later.”

See me later?

Mu Tongrui thought that he gave her the car to deliberately embarrass Shen Wanyu. So, does he mean that I should return the car to him later?

While driving the Audi with superb performance and usability, Mu Tongrui felt a little reluctant to return it to Qi Yanli. But the man’s black Cayenne had been following closely behind her car. It seemed that if she didn't return the car to him, he might follow her to her house.

I'll drive to the restaurant Ye Guo said, and return the car to him then.

At the entrance of the restaurant, Mu Tongrui stopped the car, and the Cayenne behind her car also steadily stopped.

Mu Tongrui got out of the car and threw the car key to him. “Mr. Qi, thank you for playing along just now. I have something to do. I shall go first. I'll leave it to you how you want to bring this car back.”

Qi Yanli looked at her amusedly. “When did I tell you to return the car to me?”

What? Didn't he follow me to...

“I don't understand what you meant, Mr. Qi.”

“I won't take back what I have given. If you don't like it, just throw it away.”

Mu Tongrui's mouth twitched. I'm not an idiot. No one would throw away an Audi worth 800,000. Selling it is better than throwing it away!

Qi Yanli saw through the question in her mind. “I followed you, not to ask you to return me the car. I also wasn't playing along with you when I gave the car to you. I come here to have dinner with someone.”

What a coincidence?

After entering the restaurant and reaching the designated seat, Mu Tongrui looked at the man and woman sitting in front of her in shock.

Holding Qi Yanli's arm, Ye Guo was blushing, and smiling sweetly. “Tongrui, the big news I want to tell you is that I am in love, and he is my boyfriend, Qi Yanli.”

Speechless, Mu Tongrui was unable to figure out Qi Yanli's purpose even more. “H-How did you two meet?”

“That time when we went to the bar to drink together. If I didn't meet him, I would have lost my innocence.”

After speaking, Ye Guo glanced at Qi Yanli happily, and leaned her head against him.

Mu Tongrui picked up the glass and took a sip on lemonade.

Ye Guo then introduced, “Yan, she is my bestie, Mu Tongrui.”

Smiling faintly, Qi Yanli extended his hand toward her.

Mu Tongrui didn't know what this man was up to, and was also afraid that Ye Guo would imagine things, so she raised her hand and shook hands with Qi Yanli. “Hi, Mr. Qi.”

Mu Tongrui was absent-minded throughout the meal, while she kept thinking about how to deal with the 800,000 car. She couldn't really accept it, as gifts blinded the eyes. Besides, she couldn't figure out Qi Yanli's intention. If she really accepted this car, it maybe meant she had dug a big hole for herself.

“Tongrui, why don't you eat your food? By the way, didn't you say you want to tell me something important too? What exactly is it?”

Mu Tongrui glanced at Qi Yanli subconsciously. “Oh, nothing important.”

Ye Guo wrapped her arms around Qi Yanli, and said, “Yan is not an outsider. When I come out to eat with you from now on, I may bring him too!”

Mu Tongrui made something up. “I'm wondering when you will take back the 800,000 you have saved in my account? Looking at the big amount of money in my account, I will also be tempted like any other normal human. I am afraid I will use it accidentally.”

“You can spend it if you want. Even though my family doesn't give me pocket money, Yan will help me pay for my stuff.”

Watching them being so lovey-dovey, Mu Tongrui was inexplicably envious.

She picked up a piece of lettuce with her fork and stuffed it into her mouth. Before chewing it, her phone on the table rang.

The caller ID showed that it was from Fu Lingye.

She quickly picked up her phone, for fear of being seen by Ye Guo. Ye Guo probably didn't know her relationship with Fu Lingye, as Ye Zibo probably hadn't mentioned it to her.

“Whose call was it from?”

“Oh, it should be from the real estate agent.”

She quickly hung up.

But as soon as she hung up, she received Fu Lingye's call again, and did not dare to hang up again this time. “You guys, continue with your food. I'm answering the call.”

Mu Tongrui hurriedly left the dining table holding the phone before answering the phone.

On the phone, she heard the cold and low voice of the man asking, “Why didn't you answer the phone just now?”

The man obviously sounded displeased.

“I'm having dinner.”

“With whom? Man or woman?”

Mu Tongrui was stunned. “With Ye Guo.”

The man responded in acknowledgment, and instructed, “Come back early, Sweetheart is waiting for you to tell her bedtime stories.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, only did she recall Fu Lingye's question. Why does he care so much about the gender of the person I'm having dinner with?

She felt a subtle emotion deep down.

Meanwhile, after Fu Lingye hung up the phone, Sweetheart stared at him innocently with her big eyes. “Daddy, it's only seven o'clock. I want to watch cartoons tonight before going to bed, and I don't want to listen to bedtime stories.”

“Watching too much cartoons is bad for the children's eyes.”

“No, please, I want to watch.”

Without moving a muscle, Fu Lingye said, “Go to bed before nine o'clock tonight.”

The little one pursed her lips. “Daddy, you want Mu'mu to come back earlier, right?”

The man said nothing.

Sweetheart got to Fu Lingye's side, giggling. “What about I watch with the iPad in the bed? Is that okay, daddy?”

The man snorted softly, agreeing to it. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

It was eight o'clock by the time Mu Tongrui finished dinner.

Mu Tongrui's phone rang again as soon as she left the restaurant.

She picked it up immediately, and the man on the other end of the line asked coldly, “Where are you now?”

“I-I've just finished eating.”

Ye Guo said, “Tongrui, let's watch a movie together. It's only eight o'clock. The night is still young.”

Hearing Ye Guo's voice, Fu Lingye frowned slightly, and reminded her, “Sweetheart will go to bed at nine o'clock. You'll be able to come back in time to tell her a bedtime story if you come back now.”

Nine o'clock? When did Sweetheart go to bed so early? Doesn’t she usually go to bed at ten?

But there must be heavy traffic in the city center now, so she might reach the Fu’s villa after nine. “I might not be able to make it. If I don’t go back in time, you ask Sweetheart to sleep first—”

Before she finished speaking, the man directly said, “Sweetheart can't sleep without a bedtime story.”

“You can tell her one.”

The man frowned. “I don't know how.”

Mu Tongrui was rendered speechless.