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.

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

The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s first noise, followed

jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a maid

to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at

was distracted by Lu

matter, Madam

Jinye looked at

to her. Lu Jinye 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 Madam Liu’s care. She’s

what he had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off for the company to deal with

Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to

to her room and grabbed the bag full

not be

Zhi was

other option, she

a perfect opportunity to spend

headed out to shop for the wedding gown, following Lu Jinye’s

doorstep, a Mercedes-Benz MPV

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 his peers due to his well-groomed appearance to go

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

were

that, the man strode towards Mu

shuddering, and he could barely

flummoxed. She stared at the

photo from his pocket. It was Mu Zhi when

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

I help

you? I finally found you!”

Zhi immediately shook

I know

taking two

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

some similar features with her, especially his brows and the lines of his

the chauffeur showed

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

days from the internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he scrambled to look for

memory of her

of her parents was limited to

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

did not show himself during all these

up about dad because

the idea of having a father eventually diminished from

was astonished to see someone calling

Mu Zhi was flustered and