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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embroidered bag was trapped in her head,

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

had barely been an hour since she slept before the morning sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s first noise, followed by footsteps

on a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see

hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the

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

the matter, Madam

at the woman and

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

what he had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily

until Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to grandpa’s for a

Mu Xiaomu was exhilarated to hear the news. She scurried back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi and said, “Bye mom, I’ll miss

not be

Zhi was left

other option, she could only

it was a perfect opportunity to spend

headed out to shop for the wedding

designer’s doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV

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 peers

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

this should be young

a glimpse of the chauffeur’s

his words were astounded to

man strode towards Mu

was shuddering, and he

She stared at

from his pocket. It was

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

I help

finally found you!” The man held both of Mu Zhi’s hands

Zhi immediately

know

asked after taking two

your father! Look at me, don’t you see the

a closer look, he did share some similar features with her, especially

showed Mu

in his arms. The girl was smiling jovially, and Mu

these few days from the internet. As soon as

no memory of

she had of her parents was limited

about her father’s looks. But mom chose to

did not show himself

dad because mom

of having a father eventually diminished from her

to see someone calling himself her father out

Zhi was flustered