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.

Zhi believed

ultimately took

the best Mu Zhi seen of her. While Jian Xiaoning was distracted, Mu Zhi sent a

perfect candidate

Mu Zhi decided that Xu Se alone wasn’t enough. She should invite more men to the party, especially those wealthy, young hunks, to create some rivals

text message to

changed out the dress, Mu

the bridal studio with plans to search for some food. At the doorstep, Mu Zhi was suddenly reminded of the incident where

up out of nowhere and

“What does that mean?”

as she turned her car engine

to her what happened in the

Zhi, can you stop

eyes to the back of her head. “It’s not my

to extort you after learning news

based on his stature, I don’t think he needs

Jian Xiaoning helplessly to dismiss her

Jian Xiaoning brainstormed

had lost all traces of a fatherly figure over their upbringing, the abrupt appearance of their father

situation was a

Mu Zhi had a

mother had recently passed away, which meant that all she had left in her family was her

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

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

Jian Xiaoning’s suggestion, but

Xiaoning, Mu Zhi returned home and started searching for the man’s information

be her father because she could find detailed information about him

born and where he grew up matched Mu Zhi’s mother’s

Mu Xue, and she was

from City A. She moved to the city when

Zhi usually did not ask about the past

of City A. The town was surrounded by mountains. The residents in

Mu Xianyong, a common surname for where he

the later part of his

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

years he was back in the country, Mu Xianyong would ceaselessly bring up his lost wife and child in every interview he was involved in, expressing his concerns

her mother, but he could

Besides, Mu Zhi appeared nothing like she was as a young girl. Thus, it was expected that he could not find

about Mu Xianyong, the more

would lie about what happened

of the lie would be

she was lasered in her research, her

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

was startled for a second

I heard from my friend that your mother has passed. Can I

natural black had