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.

…

when Mu Zhi reached home. The photo from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and she could not sleep as a

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

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

put on a jacket, and headed downstairs only

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

with a frown, and she was distracted by Lu Jinye, who just

matter, Madam

Jinye looked at

for a few minutes before saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if

Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off for the

in the bedroom and asked if she

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

could not be

Mu Zhi

option, she could

to spend some quality time

Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to

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

out for the doorknob when a man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man

a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion. Then, the chauffeur turned to

this should be

caught a glimpse

his words were astounded to

the man strode towards Mu Zhi and said,

was shuddering, and he could barely hide his

was flummoxed. She stared at the

man took out a photo from his pocket. It was

intuition told her

can I

found you!” The man held both of Mu

immediately shook

know who you

taking two steps

to her eagerly, “I-I am your father! Look at me, don’t you see

features with her, especially his brows and the lines of

the chauffeur showed Mu Zhi

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

As soon as

had no memory of her

only memory she had of her

little, she used to ask mom about her father’s

did not show himself during all these

stopped bringing up about dad because mom

idea of having a

someone calling himself her father out of

Zhi was flustered and did not