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

common in the medical

had barely been an hour since she slept before the morning sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s

got off the bed, put on a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a

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

thought for a few minutes before saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if

grabbed a jacket and hastily

waited until Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she

her surprise, Mu Xiaomu was exhilarated to hear the news. She scurried back to her room and grabbed the

not be

Zhi

other option,

opportunity to spend some quality time with

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

fashion designer’s doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz

Mu Zhi’s attention. She was about to reach out for the doorknob when a 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

to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion. Then, the chauffeur turned

Mu, this should

caught a glimpse of

words were astounded

man strode towards Mu Zhi and said,

he could

Zhi was flummoxed. She stared at the man

from his pocket. It

intuition told her that the man

I

Zhi, is that you? I finally found you!” The man held both of Mu Zhi’s hands

immediately

know

after taking

“I-I am your father! Look at me, don’t you

some similar features with her, especially his brows and the lines of his

showed Mu Zhi another

girl in his arms. The girl was smiling

Mu learned the news of your wedding these few days from the internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he

no memory of

of her parents was limited

mom about

not show himself

Zhi stopped bringing up about dad because mom was

idea of having a father eventually diminished from her

was astonished to see someone calling himself her father out

Mu Zhi was flustered and