Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 230 The Appearance of Her Birth Father

Based on her knowledge of Xie Xiu, he was not someone to sit around waiting for opportunities to come.

Xie Xiu did not seem nervous at all. He was insouciantly touching up his ink painting while saying to Secretary Rao, “Did you know? I love how you used to handle everything for me with poise. Unlike now, where you seem to be constantly overstepping your boundary.”

Upon hearing what Xie Xiu had to say, Secretary Rao immediately hung her head.

However, she tried to defend herself, seemingly upset with his remark.

After suppressing her emotions for a couple of seconds, she blurted out disgruntledly, “Mr. Xie, you act differently from before this time. You’ve never treated women like this in the past.”

Xie Xiu held the brush in the air. Without completing the elegant phoenix drawing, he raised his eyes to look at Secretary Rao, “Are you saying that I’ve lost myself in front of a woman?”

“Not really.”

Secretary Rao immediately kept mum.

“Enough, I’m tired, prepare the bath.”

Xie Xiu made it clear that he didn’t want to speak of it any longer.

Secretary Rao seemed to have more to say, but the words did not ultimately leave her tongue.

After getting his bath prepared, Xie Xiu suddenly ordered her to search for a man who had the slightest resemblance to Mu Zhi’s facial features and bring him to Xiao Qingqing.

Secretary Rao complied, not knowing what Xie Xiu’s intentions were. However, when Xiao Qingqing received the man who had a dash of Mu Zhi’s resemblance, she seemed over the moon and expressed her gratitude to Mr. Xie.

On the way back to Xie Xiu’s place, Secretary Rao suddenly remembered something that made everything fall in place for her.

Mr. Xie Xiu was not passive. He was a master at utilizing his pieces on the chessboard.

He knew from the beginning that Mu Zhi and Lu Jinye were not going to get married.

…

The photo from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and she could not sleep as a

bed, she wondered whether her mother’s death was man-made or it was purely a medical accident, which was common in the medical world. She replayed the whole incident in her mind throughout the night and only managed to catch some sleep when

an hour since she slept before the morning sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s

bed, put on a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a maid from the Lu’s Manor

Mu Zhi and explained, “Master wishes to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor for a few days. I will

and she was distracted by Lu

matter, Madam

Jinye looked at

said to her. Lu Jinye thought for a few minutes before saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if she feels like it.

what he had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off for the

Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to

to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi and said, “Bye mom, I’ll

not

Mu Zhi was

any other option,

it was a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time with

had left with Madam Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to shop for the wedding

doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV came to a halt beside

man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man looked to be in his fifties, but his temperament was younger than his peers due to his well-groomed appearance to

Zhi, the man’s chauffeur held up a photo next to her as a comparison, as though

Mu, this should

caught a glimpse of

were astounded

that, the man strode towards Mu Zhi

and he

She

his pocket. It was Mu Zhi

Mu Zhi’s intuition told her that the man was here for

can I

found you!” The man held both

immediately

I know

after taking two

to her eagerly, “I-I am your father! Look at me, don’t you see

with her,

the chauffeur showed Mu

portrayed the man carrying a little girl in his arms. The girl was

news of your wedding these few days from the internet. As soon as he

memory of

of her parents was limited to her

was little, she used to ask mom about her father’s looks. But

father did not show himself during

stopped bringing up about dad because mom was reluctant

idea of having a father

someone calling himself her father out of

was flustered and did not