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.”

as she looked out at the rugged roads. The headlights of their car made the only source of light in the blackness of

me early in the morning to inform me about your schedule

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

was touched to

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

an indescribable tension in

difficult situation

message managed to calm him

girl, let me take care of

all he wrote to her, but Mu Zhi could feel the warmth coming over what appeared

through another section of dirt road before gradually closing into the

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

getting off the car, the chauffeur informed Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu had prepared a spare change

jacket to bundle

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

lights, but the light was barely enough to brighten up the

go from door to

Mu Zhi followed suit.

number seventeen of Xingxing

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

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

nobody answered

Zhi called out a few times before a grumpy, hoarse voice

with anger and malice and easily related

Zhi trembled at the sound of

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

“Scram!”

with a kerosene lamp. He bellowed as soon as he heard the mention

stood rooted to the

off now, what are you

name of Mu Xue stays

belonged to Mu Xue. May I know how you are

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 after all

voice managed to calm the

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

doors open to reveal himself

kerosene lamp shone on half

he shouldn’t go as far as to

torchlight across to reveal the rest of the man’s

taking a glance, Mu Zhi

chauffeur swiftly shielded Mu Zhi

face. All of his skin seemed to have been burned by fire. His hair

he

at the man, the

a 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

the house, he mumbled

suggest… To stay

Zhi, who was still scared witless in

was forced to steady

without a better choice, they resorted

before finding a motel. Despite its rustic simplicity,