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.

…

from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag

and turning in bed, 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

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

a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a

explained, “Master wishes to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor

was distracted by Lu Jinye, who just headed

the matter, Madam

at the

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

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

waited until Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to grandpa’s for a

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

not

Zhi was

option, she could only

a perfect opportunity to spend some

Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to shop for the wedding gown,

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

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

next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion.

should be

glimpse

his words were astounded

strode towards Mu Zhi and

he could barely hide

Zhi was flummoxed. She

a photo from his pocket. It

Zhi’s intuition told her

can I help

finally found you!” The man held both of

immediately shook

know who

taking two steps

am your father! Look at

with her, especially his brows and the

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

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

Zhi had no memory of her father

she had of her parents was limited

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

did not show himself during

up about dad because mom was reluctant to discuss

the idea of having a

someone calling himself her father

Mu Zhi was flustered