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.

…

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

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

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

off the bed, put on a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a maid from the Lu’s

to stay over at the manor for a few

the lady with a frown, and she was distracted by

the matter, Madam

looked at the

before 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. She’s

to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off for the company to

in the bedroom and asked if

to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi and said, “Bye mom, I’ll

could not

Mu Zhi

other option,

a perfect opportunity to

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

as she arrived at the fashion designer’s doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV came to a

MPV. The man looked to be in his fifties, but his temperament was younger than

man’s chauffeur held up a photo next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm

should be young

Zhi caught a glimpse

were astounded

strode towards Mu

shuddering, and he

She stared

pocket. It was Mu

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

can I

Zhi, is that you? I finally found you!” The

immediately shook

know

taking

“I-I am your

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

chauffeur showed Mu

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

of your wedding these few days from the internet. As soon as he saw your

memory of

memory she had of her parents was limited to her

used to ask mom about

show himself during all these

Zhi stopped bringing up about dad because mom was reluctant

having a father eventually diminished from

someone calling himself her father out of the

point, Mu Zhi was flustered and did not