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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was late 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

was 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 managed to catch some sleep when it was

she slept before the morning sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made the day’s first noise, followed by footsteps of someone

a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see a maid from the Lu’s Manor

at Mu Zhi and explained, “Master wishes to see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor for a few days. I will be in charge of

was distracted by Lu

the matter,

looked at

don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go

he had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily

the bedroom and asked if she wanted to

back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks,

not be

Mu Zhi was

any other option, she

it was a perfect opportunity to spend some quality

headed out to shop for

the fashion designer’s doorstep,

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

Zhi, the man’s chauffeur held up a photo next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion. Then, the chauffeur turned to the

should be young

Zhi caught a glimpse of the chauffeur’s

words were astounded to

man strode towards

voice was shuddering, and he

Zhi was flummoxed. She

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

Zhi’s intuition told her that the man was here

can I help

Zhi, is that you? I finally found you!” The man held both of Mu

Zhi immediately shook him

know

asked after taking two steps

am your father! Look at me,

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

showed Mu

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

As soon as he saw your photo, he scrambled to look for your

had no memory of her

she had of her parents

used to ask mom about

did not show himself during all

bringing up about dad because mom

idea of having a father eventually

was astonished to see someone calling himself her father out

was flustered and did