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

was common in the medical world. She replayed the whole incident in her mind throughout the night and

morning sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s first noise, followed

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

maid smiled at Mu Zhi and explained, “Master wishes to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor for a

she was

matter,

Jinye looked at the woman

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

Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off

awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to

back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi and

could not

Zhi was

other option, she could only

a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time with Lu

Mu Zhi headed out to

at the fashion designer’s doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV

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

comparison, as though trying to

this should be young

Zhi caught a glimpse of the

his words were astounded to

man strode towards Mu Zhi and said, “Mu

was shuddering, and he could barely

flummoxed. She stared

a photo from his pocket. It was

trembling hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition told her

I

you!” The man held both

immediately

know who

asked after taking two steps

eagerly, “I-I am your father! Look at

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

showed Mu Zhi

was smiling jovially, and Mu Zhi could tell that it was her

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

no memory

her parents was

little, she used to ask mom about her father’s looks. But mom chose to

not show himself during all

because

the idea of having a father eventually diminished

to see someone calling himself her father

Zhi was flustered