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.

…

photo from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and

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

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

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

to

a frown, and she was distracted

matter,

looked at the woman

saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if she feels like it. I grew up under Madam Liu’s care.

Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set

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 Mu Zhi and said, “Bye

not

Zhi

other option, she could

it was a perfect opportunity to spend some quality

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

arrived at the fashion designer’s doorstep, a

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 due to his well-groomed appearance to

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

should be young

Zhi caught a glimpse of the

his words were astounded to

towards Mu Zhi and

and he could barely hide

Zhi was flummoxed. She stared

out a photo from his pocket. It was Mu Zhi

at the man’s trembling hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition

can I help

that you? I finally found you!” The man held both of Mu

Zhi immediately shook him

know

taking

her eagerly, “I-I am your

with her, especially his brows and the lines of his

the chauffeur showed

was

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

had no memory of

only memory she had of her parents was limited

mom about her father’s looks. But mom chose to keep

father did not show himself during all

because mom was reluctant to discuss

a father eventually diminished from her

see someone calling

Mu Zhi was flustered and did not