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.

…

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

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.

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

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

to bring Xiaomu to

frown, and she was distracted by

matter, Madam

Jinye looked at the woman

what Madam Liu just said 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

grabbed a jacket and hastily set

bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to grandpa’s

Mu Xiaomu was exhilarated to hear the news. She scurried back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi

could not be

Mu Zhi was

other option, she

was a perfect opportunity to

with Madam Liu, Mu Zhi headed out to

designer’s doorstep,

to reach out for the doorknob when a man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man looked to be in

her as a comparison, as

Mu, this should

Zhi caught a glimpse

were astounded

man strode towards Mu Zhi and

was shuddering, and he could barely hide his

Zhi was flummoxed. She stared at

photo from his pocket. It was Mu Zhi when she was a

trembling hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition told

I

is that you? I finally found you!” The man held

immediately shook

know

taking

her eagerly, “I-I am your father! Look at me,

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

showed Mu Zhi another

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

Mr. Mu learned the news of your wedding these few days from the internet. As soon as he saw your

memory of her

of her

to ask mom about her father’s looks. But mom

did not show himself

up about dad because mom was reluctant to discuss the

the idea of having a

to see someone calling himself her father

point, Mu Zhi was flustered and did not know