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.

…

Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and she could

she 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

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 of

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

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

was

the matter,

Jinye looked at

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

had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off

was awake in the bedroom and asked if she

her room and grabbed the

not

Mu Zhi was left

other option, she could only

a perfect opportunity to spend some quality

Mu Xiaomu had left with Madam Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to shop for the wedding gown, following Lu

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

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 go with

next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm

should be

a glimpse

were

towards Mu Zhi and said,

shuddering, and he could barely hide

She stared

his pocket. It was Mu Zhi when she was

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

I help

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

Zhi immediately

know who you

after taking two

am your father! Look at

similar features with her, especially his brows

the chauffeur showed

the man carrying a little girl in his arms. The girl was smiling jovially, and Mu Zhi could tell that it was her

lady, Mr. Mu learned the news of your wedding these few days from the internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he scrambled to look for your whereabouts without getting any sleep

no memory of her father

only memory she had of her parents was limited

about her father’s looks. But mom

not show himself during all

bringing up about dad because mom was reluctant to

idea of having a father

see someone calling himself her father out

Mu Zhi was flustered and did not know what