Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 229 The Rubik’s Cube and a Photo

When she turned around to steal a glance at Lu Jinye, she found him staring at her contently and affectionately. As a result, her heart rate immediately started picking up.

She said to Lu Jinye in a flurry, “It’s late, let me check out on Mu Xiaomu.”

Without saying another word, she bolted towards the house.

Staring at Mu Zhi scurried away made Lu Jinye smiled with satisfaction. The woman was adorable to him, regardless of what she was doing.

He gradually headed towards his car, turned the engine over, and waited for Mu Zhi.

After finding Mu Xiaomu, Mu Zhi tacitly and spontaneously brought her to the car where Lu Jinye was. She got into the car with Mu Xiaomu, sitting in the back row. Using the rearview mirror, Lu Jinye ensured that the two of them had fastened their seatbelts before steadily set off.

Mu Zhi had just experienced what felt like hot yoga – her cheeks were still blushed and her heart thumping rapidly. Thus, she was still a little shy to face Lu Jinye.

On the other hand, Mu Xiaomu had not noticed anything odd with her parents at all. She had put all her focus on her tiny bag.

She brought a Mickey Mouse bag to school today. The bag was usually used to store snacks, and she would normally wolf down everything before school finished. However, Mu Xiaomu’s bag was still bulging in this instance. She turned it upside down only to see snacks pouring out of it.

The snacks were not what Mu Zhi usually packed for Mu Xiaomu. It was evident that someone else gave her those.

Mu Zhi watched Mu Xiaomu satisfyingly going through all the snacks that came from the bag before meticulously putting them back one after another, like precious treasures.

Then, Mu Xiaomu moved on to her toys.

“Where did you get the snacks from?”

Mu Zhi asked gently, gaze fixed at Mu Xiaomu.

“Grandpa gave them to me.”

cube came in a delicate embroidered bag. By the looks of it, it was

you get this Rubik’s cube

diligently solving the

was scarce in the car. Mu Zhi did not bother taking a close look

did not manage to solve a single side. She dozed off quietly, shutting her eyelids to let

girl helplessly. What a silly girl. She thought to herself,

their villa. Lu Jinye parked the car steadily before coming to the back seat

me carry Xiaomu. You’re

enough, she

wrists were sore. She could no longer bother being modest, handing Mu Xiaomu into

waggled both hands to

Rubik’s cube slipped through her little hand and landed on

into the grass and did

the yard were bright enough

Mu Xiaomu in his arms and peered down at the Rubik’s cube with a

of the Rubik’s cube and Mu Xiaomu’s Mickey Mouse bag off the car, then headed

frown on

“What is it?”

into him

“Rubik’s cube.”

two words were all Lu

pick up the Rubik’s cube. She patted off the dirt on its surface while saying, “Xiaomu said it’s from

to me when I was

clear that Lu Jinye’s tone became strange at

the little girl to put it away and stop playing with

I’m glad Xiaomu

dejected and nostalgic air that was hovering over Lu Jinye instantly vanished. He returned to his usual poise

Zhi that the Rubik’s cube

cube at the time of her

with it since mom had left him, despite being a prodigy

cube meant to Lu Jinye. She followed behind him and entered the house with the cube in her hand. When they were inside the house, Mu Zhi started unpacking Mu

in color, she suddenly felt

pulled it out of the bag and realized that it

woman in the ID photo was her late mother when she was

was younger. All she had was portrait photos for her ID card. Mu Zhi kept a few of her mother’s photos,

for a long moment.

Xiaomu learn to search her drawers? Mu Zhi only stored mother’s photos in the deepest end of the

it back to the drawer, but she did

to find Mu Zhi. Mu Zhi had just shut the drawer by the time

…

after recovering from his arm injury, Xie Xiu

during the last time they met, he had stopped reaching out for

hand, after being punished by Xie Xiu, the secretary no longer dared

passiveness amid news of Mu Zhi and Lu Jinye’s wedding taking the

resist asking, “Do we sabotage their wedding? Why do I feel like