Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 232 Is the Man Really Her Father?!

Jian Xiaoning uttered as she zipped up her dress.

“Hrm, I suppose not.” Mu Zhi answered good-naturedly, “Seeing what she did out of desperation to win back Lu Jinye’s heart, I feel that she’s quite pitiful.”

“What’s there to be pitiful about? It simple, Lu Jinye doesn’t love her. Also, we don’t know how she got pregnant.”

“You’re the only one with all these conspiracy theories.”

Mu Zhi looked at Jian Xiaoning helplessly. “Have you read too many web-novels and as a result, think that the world is dark and strange?”

“Of course not.”

Jian Xiaoning pulled the corner of her sleeves and added, “I heard this from Xu Se. It’s common in the lustful world that after a one-night-stand, women would use the baby they conceive to bind a man to her.”

“Besides, you won’t believe how many of these melodrama-esque incidents we see every day in the gynecology department in the hospital! After delivering the child, some mothers would bribe the doctor to keep mum of their abortion attempts. Also, frequently you see mothers give birth to a child not knowing who the father is.”

Mu Zhi was listening attentively.

“Really?”

Jian Xiaoning nodded with a stern face. “Because some women are insatiable. They might have slept with more than one man at the same night, so they can’t be sure who is the father of the child.”

“So…”

She was about to summarize her remarks when a studio staff knocked on the door and entered with two bottles of water.

Jian Xiaoning instantly silenced herself.

Meanwhile, Mu Zhi was astonished by what she said. Holding the bottle in her hands, it took her a while before twisting the cap open and taking a small sip out of it.

Mu Zhi felt like she must not make rash accusations against Xiao Qingqing. After all, she did not know her personally.

behavior, Mu Zhi believed that her love for Lu Jinye

took Jian Xiaoning’s

of her. While Jian Xiaoning was distracted, Mu Zhi sent a message to Lu Jinye, telling him to get Xu Se as his best

candidate to complement Jian

She should invite more men to the party,

text message to follow up with Lu

the time Jian Xiaoning had changed out

At the doorstep, Mu Zhi was suddenly reminded

asking Jian Xiaoning, “Xiaoning, if someone shows up out of nowhere and tells you that

“What does that mean?”

nonchalantly as she turned her car engine

happened in the morning. Jian

stop living such a

to the back of

man must have come to extort you after learning news that you’re marrying the distinguished

stature, I don’t think he needs the

Jian Xiaoning helplessly to

Xiaoning brainstormed

fatherly figure over their upbringing, the abrupt

Zhi’s situation

a father, Mu Zhi had a secret

had recently passed away, which meant that all she had left

her lips slightly and thought thoroughly before saying, “Mu Zhi, I think this is worth

your mother’s favorite things. If he can answer you, he might

Zhi hesitated upon hearing Jian Xiaoning’s suggestion, but ultimately agreed

meal with Jian Xiaoning, Mu Zhi returned home and started searching

man might really be her father because she

was born and where he grew up matched

Xue, and she

her mother did not originate from City A. She moved to the city when she was little. Her mother did not tell

not ask about the past because her

a village located at the south of City A. The town was surrounded by

found out that the man’s name was Mu Xianyong,

into business in the later part

the year Mu Zhi was born and later ventured around the world, including joining the gold rush overseas. He returned

would ceaselessly bring up his lost wife and child in every interview he was involved in, expressing his concerns

Zhi and her mother, but he could only use Mu Zhi’s photo when she

same. Besides, Mu Zhi appeared nothing like she was as a young girl. Thus, it was expected that

Mu Zhi searched about Mu Xianyong, the more convinced she was that he was

lie about what

of the lie would

was lasered in her

voice came from the phone. He sounded like a father who was eager to get to know her. “Apologies, Mu

for a second before saying,

my friend that your

the natural black had engrossed the