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.”

of their car made the only source of light in the blackness

in 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

was touched to

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

an indescribable tension in the air

a difficult situation

Mu Zhi’s text message managed to calm him down a

girl, let me take care of work

the warmth coming over what appeared to be

of dirt road before gradually closing into the

the chauffeur could no longer advance in the car. Thus, they decided

informed Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu had prepared a spare change of clothes

to bundle up herself before carrying on with

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

was barely enough

a torchlight in his hand to go from door to

Mu Zhi followed suit.

number

a sigh of relief, and planned to

see the light seeping through the window of the house. Mu Zhi peered at

nobody answered the

a grumpy, hoarse voice came out from the

was laced with anger and malice and easily related to the ghosts

trembled at the

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

“Scram!”

kerosene lamp. He bellowed as soon as he heard

Zhi stood rooted to the ground, not knowing

now, what are you waiting

of Mu Xue stays here. Mu

Xue. May

forties. He managed to keep his composure when dealing with the old man, perhaps learning a thing or

managed to calm the old

snorted through the door gap. “Would you believe if I say that

reveal himself

lamp shone on half

the outback, he shouldn’t go

torchlight across to

glance, Mu Zhi

Mu Zhi

becausethere was not 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

summary, he was

at the man, the

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 headed back into the house

the house, he mumbled to himself, “Disgusting

suggest… To stay at a

was still scared witless in

steady herself

with the village, but without a better choice, they

before finding a motel. Despite its rustic simplicity, the