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.”

rugged roads. The headlights of their car made the

the morning to inform me about your schedule and ordered me to take the SUV. He also

as a chauffeur, Mr. Lu couldn’t help but tell me what to do because you

was touched to hear

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

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

was a difficult situation to

message managed to calm him

let me take care

to her, but Mu Zhi could feel the warmth coming over what appeared to be

went through another section of dirt road before gradually

chauffeur could no longer advance in the car. Thus, they decided to get out of the vehicle and slowly

Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu

jacket to bundle up herself before carrying on

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

lights, but the light was barely enough to

go from door to door for

Mu Zhi followed suit.

they located number

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

the light seeping through the window of the house. Mu Zhi

nobody answered

called out a few times before a grumpy, hoarse voice came out from

was laced with anger and malice and easily related to

Zhi trembled at the sound

Zhi behind him, then said, “Old man, we are here to look for someone, has anyone by the name of Mu Xue lived

“Scram!”

He

the ground, not knowing what to

now, what are you waiting

by the name of Mu Xue stays

to Mu Xue. May I know how you are

composure when dealing with the old man, perhaps learning a thing or two from Lu Jinye after all

tender voice managed to calm the old

the door gap. “Would you believe if I

the main entrance doors open to reveal himself to Mu

lamp shone on half of

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

his torchlight across to reveal the

a glance, Mu Zhi immediately shuffled backward

chauffeur swiftly shielded Mu Zhi behind him

an 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

he was

closer look at the man,

glimpse of Mu Zhi and the chauffeur. Looking at the petrified looks and body language, he chuckled scornfully, then turned back into his yard, locked the main doors, and gradually

house, he mumbled to

suggest… To stay at a

was still

forced to steady herself

were not unfamiliar with the village, but without a better

a motel. Despite its