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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Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and she could not sleep as a

accident, which was common in the medical world. She replayed the whole incident in her

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

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

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

was distracted by Lu

the matter, Madam

Jinye looked at the woman and

don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if she feels like it. I

a jacket and hastily set off for the company to

Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked

news. She scurried back to her room and

could not be

Mu Zhi was left

option, she could only

it was a perfect opportunity to spend

headed out to shop for the wedding gown, following Lu

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

for the doorknob when a man with a tuft of grey hair left the MPV. The man looked to be in his fifties,

photo next to her as a comparison, as though trying to confirm his suspicion. Then, the chauffeur turned to the man with a delightful

this should be

a glimpse of the

were astounded to

towards Mu Zhi

shuddering, and he could barely hide his

She stared at the

took out a photo from his pocket. It

hands, Mu Zhi’s intuition told

can I

you? I finally found you!” The man held both of

immediately shook him

I know who

taking

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

with her, especially his

chauffeur showed Mu Zhi

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

the internet. As soon as he saw your photo, he scrambled to

memory

of her parents was limited to

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

show himself

because mom was reluctant to discuss

of having a father eventually diminished from her

calling himself

Mu Zhi was flustered