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 bag was trapped in her head, and she could not

she wondered whether her mother’s death was man-made or it was purely a medical accident, which was common in the

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

Zhi got off the bed, put on a jacket, and headed downstairs

wishes to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor for a few days. I will be in

the lady with a frown, and she was distracted by Lu Jinye, who just headed

the matter,

Jinye looked at the

before saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if she

Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set

the bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to grandpa’s for

was exhilarated to hear the news. She scurried back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards

could not be

Mu Zhi

any other option, she

a perfect opportunity to

headed out to shop for the

doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV came to a halt

about to reach out for the doorknob when a man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man looked to be

the man’s chauffeur held up a photo next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion. Then, the chauffeur turned to the man with a

Mu, this should be young

caught a glimpse of the chauffeur’s

were astounded

man strode towards Mu Zhi and

and he could

was flummoxed. She stared

out a photo from his pocket. It was

trembling hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition told

I

you!”

immediately shook

I know

taking two steps

“I-I am your father!

did share some similar features with her, especially his

chauffeur showed Mu Zhi another

girl in his arms. The girl was smiling jovially, and Mu Zhi could tell that

internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he scrambled

no memory of

of her parents was

to ask mom about her father’s

did not show himself during all

stopped bringing up about dad because mom was reluctant to discuss

idea of having a father eventually diminished

astonished to see someone calling himself her father

this point, Mu Zhi was flustered and did not