Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 234 Mu Xue Is Dead!

Mu Zhi did not stop Lu Jinye. She said to him, “Then hurry up and go.”

“Where are you heading?”

“I plan to visit my mom’s hometown.”

Lu Jinye did not press on. All he did was examine Mu Zhi’s condition before saying, “You don’t look that good today. Don’t drive. I’ll leave the chauffeur behind for you.”

“What about you…”

Mu Zhi stared at Lu Jinye in astonishment.

“I don’t need the chauffeur, and I can drive.”

Following that, Lu Jinye lifted his wrist to glance at the time, then said, “Things are changing rapidly over there. I need to go soon, see you.”

He leaned in to kiss Mu Zhi on the forehead, then grabbed his luggage and left.

Meanwhile, Lu Jinye’s chauffeur was waiting for her when she was washing up and getting changed.

She chose a casual outfit to go with a pair of walking shoes before getting into the car.

The hometown wasn’t too far away from City A, but the hilly roads were tough to drive.

It had been dozens of years since Mu Zhi left her hometown. She did not have any memory left of her hometown, and she never visited with her mother.

Lu Jinye’s chauffeur was responsible for finding their way to the village.

Wide, tar roads eventually transitioned into narrow, hilly streets as they advanced towards the village.

When they got closer, the roads became so narrow that the car could barely fit. The streets were mostly for pedestrians or occasionally for bicycle riders.

It was nightfall, and they still had not reached their destination.

“Luckily you took the SUV today.”

at the rugged roads. The headlights of their car made the only source of

to inform me

with him for over ten years as a chauffeur, Mr. Lu

was touched to

out her phone to send a text

just arrived at the client’s company. He sensed an indescribable tension in the

a difficult situation to

message managed to calm

take care

Zhi could feel the warmth coming over what appeared to be an

dirt road

was small and narrow. Mu Zhi and the chauffeur could no longer advance in the car. Thus, they decided to get out of the vehicle and slowly head into the village by foot under the torchlights’ soft

the car, the chauffeur informed Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu

bundle

a single soul could be found on the village’s streets. It resembled nothing like the beginning of the energetic nightlife that was

street lights, but the light was barely enough to brighten

chauffeur held a torchlight in his hand to go from

Mu Zhi followed suit.

they located number

the number, heaved a sigh of relief, and planned to set off

the light seeping through the window of the house. Mu Zhi peered at the light and reluctantly struck the door knocker fitted to the

answered the

few times before a grumpy, hoarse voice came out from the house, “Who is

and easily related to the ghosts when heard at

Zhi trembled at the sound

said, “Old man, we are here to look for someone, has anyone by the

“Scram!”

He bellowed as soon as he

stood rooted to the ground,

what are

name of Mu Xue stays here.

to Mu Xue. May I know how you are related

chauffeur was in his early forties. He managed to keep his composure when dealing with the old man, perhaps learning a thing or two from Lu Jinye

tender voice managed to calm the old man

“Would you believe if I say that I’m not related to

himself

lamp shone on half of his

the outback, he shouldn’t

to reveal the rest

taking a glance, Mu Zhi immediately

Mu Zhi

to have been burned by fire. His hair was unkempt, and the foul odor from his body smelled

he

at the man, the chauffeur

and the chauffeur. Looking at the petrified looks and body language, he chuckled scornfully, then turned back

the house, he mumbled to himself,

suggest… To stay at a hotel

who was still scared witless in this instance, and

to steady herself and nodded

were not unfamiliar with the village, but without a better choice, they resorted

before finding a motel. Despite its rustic simplicity, the rooms were clean enough to