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.”

out at the rugged roads. The headlights of their car

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

him for over ten years as a chauffeur, Mr. Lu couldn’t help but tell me what

Zhi was touched

out her phone to send a text message, ‘Thank

arrived at the client’s company. He sensed an indescribable tension in the air as soon as he stepped through the

was a difficult situation

managed to calm him down a

me take care of

her, but Mu Zhi could feel the warmth coming over what appeared to be an apathetic, cold village upon receiving

another section of dirt

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

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

bundle up herself before

the village’s streets. It resembled nothing like the

was barely enough to brighten

torchlight in his hand to go from door

Mu Zhi followed suit.

located number seventeen

number, heaved a sigh of relief, and planned to

window of the house. Mu Zhi peered at the light and

answered

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

anger and malice and easily related to

at the sound of

stepped forward to hide Mu Zhi behind him, then said, “Old man, we are here to look for someone,

“Scram!”

old man was at his doorstep with a kerosene lamp. He bellowed as soon as

to the

what

of Mu Xue stays here.

May

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

calm the old man

if

doors open to reveal himself to Mu Zhi and the chauffeur in between

kerosene lamp shone on half of

the outback, he shouldn’t

to

glance, Mu

shielded Mu Zhi

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 smelled like he had not taken a shower in years. He looked like nothing but a walking

summary, he was

a closer look at the man, the chauffeur could not help but

and body language, he chuckled scornfully, then turned back into his yard, locked the

house, he

stay at a hotel

Zhi, who was still scared witless in this

to steady herself

better

not take them long before finding a motel. Despite its rustic simplicity, the rooms were