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.”

Zhi sighed as she looked out at the rugged roads. The headlights of their car made the only source of

“This is Mr. Lu’s idea. He rang me early in the morning to inform me about your schedule and ordered me to take the

Mr. Lu couldn’t help but tell me what to do because you

Zhi was touched to hear

out her phone to send a text message, ‘Thank you for the

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

was a difficult situation to solve. Everyone was

managed

me take care

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

through another section of dirt road before

narrow. Mu Zhi and the chauffeur could no longer advance in the car. Thus, they decided to get

the car, the chauffeur informed Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu had prepared a

to bundle up herself before carrying on with their

only six in the evening, but not a single soul could be found on the village’s streets. It resembled nothing like the beginning of the

was barely enough

to go from door to door for

Mu Zhi followed suit.

located number seventeen of Xingxing

at the number, heaved a sigh of

of the house. Mu Zhi peered at the light and reluctantly struck the door

answered the

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

and malice and easily related to the ghosts when

Zhi trembled at the sound of

said, “Old man, we are

“Scram!”

lamp. He bellowed as soon as

rooted to the

off now, what are

of Mu Xue stays here.

originally belonged to Mu Xue. May I know how you are

the old man, perhaps learning a thing or two from

managed to calm the old

man snorted through the door gap. “Would you believe if I say that I’m not related to Mu

pulled the main entrance doors open to reveal himself to Mu Zhi and the chauffeur in between his

shone on half of

it was the outback, he shouldn’t go as far as to

torchlight across to reveal the rest of the

glance, Mu Zhi

swiftly shielded Mu Zhi behind him

inch of undamaged skin on his face. All of his skin seemed to have been burned by fire. His hair was unkempt, and the foul odor from his body smelled like he had not taken a shower in years. He looked like nothing but a walking

summary, he

man, the chauffeur

the petrified looks and body language, he chuckled scornfully, then

into the house, he mumbled

suggest… To stay at a

was still scared witless in this

to steady herself and nodded

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

not take them long before finding a motel. Despite