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.

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home. The photo from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered

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 it was

through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s first noise, followed by footsteps of someone entering

headed downstairs only to see a maid from the Lu’s Manor visiting

at 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 be in

lady with a frown, and she was

the matter, Madam

Jinye looked at the woman

Madam Liu just 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. I grew up under

Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off

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

could not

Zhi

any other option,

was a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time with Lu

Mu Xiaomu had left with Madam Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to shop

designer’s doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV came to a

a man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man looked to be in his fifties, but his

up a photo next to her as a comparison, as though trying to

this should be

glimpse of the chauffeur’s

his words were astounded

the man strode towards Mu Zhi and

and he could barely hide his

flummoxed. She stared at the man

a photo from his pocket. It was Mu Zhi when

hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition told her that

I

found you!”

immediately

know

after taking two steps

am your father! Look at me,

share some similar features with her, especially his brows and the

chauffeur showed Mu Zhi

a little girl in his arms. The girl was smiling jovially, and

from the internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he

had no memory

only memory she had of her

to ask mom about her father’s looks. But

not show himself

Zhi stopped bringing up about dad because mom was reluctant

idea of having a father eventually diminished

was astonished to see someone calling himself her

flustered and