Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 235 I Hope You Could Get More Love

The chauffeur bought breakfast for Mu Zhi. It was youtiao and soybean curd. “The motel doesn’t provide breakfast, I bought these from the village. I chose the cleanest one I could find, I hope it doesn’t bother you, madam.”

“I’m fine, thanks.”

Mu Zhi expressed her gratitude. She sat in the yard to enjoy breakfast with the chauffeur when he said casually, “In case you get frightened again, I’ve spoken to some of the villagers. Some of the older folks have heard of the name Mu Xue. I’ve also asked about your father, Mu Xianyong. Both of your parents left the village a long time ago, so I couldn’t find much information about them.”

Taking a bite at the youtiao, Mu Zhi was disheartened to hear the news.

“Has anyone seen how my father looks like?”

The chauffeur shook his head.

“This is a rural village. I heard that the only doctor who worked here got leprosy. None of the students who left for university studies was willing to return to this village, and as a result, the average age in the village is much older than the city.”

By the sound of his words, it was almost impossible to find any clue at all.

All Mu Zhi could confirm was that there was a Mu Xianyong and some information that matched what Mu Xianyong had told her.

Even in that case, Mu Zhi felt that was good enough.

When they set off for the city, they passed by her mother’s home. The strange man was painting the door in bright red. It was an overbearing shade of red.

After completing the repainting, the man added a word in white, ‘Death!’

That sent a shiver down Mu Zhi’s spine.

She hesitated for a while but did not dare to approach the man to ask him about his actions.

She exchanged glances with the chauffeur as they slowly headed towards their car on feet.

The chauffeur was guarding her from behind.

Their journey out of the village was faster than when they came in because the road was much clearer during the day. They managed to arrive at City A before sunset, and as soon as they did, Mu Zhi received a phone call.

was from her father, Mu

our hometown?” He asked the moment the

was stunned briefly. “How

saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he gave me a

was that the woman was

made it clear, Mu Zhi did not see

I went back.”

you want to go back to look into me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter

a proper reply in response to his bluntness and

lips and said, “Mom would never mention a single

She must be angry

a strong character. She was a fine-looking woman, always curious about things around her. But due to some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as

felt like he was immersed in

Zhi had no idea what to

“If mom is still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she did hate you, it meant that

nothing else to say at this

exhausted since you’ve just come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to care a

at first. She wanted

time your mom and I met each other.

the

Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be

as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

initially-dull voice sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead and take

up

Zhi took a quick

moments later to find out

returned

late at night in where Lu Jinye was, but he answered

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it would be

out to me

Zhi did not hide anything

Jinye did not ask her why she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed

needed

the man look

pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition tells you to acknowledge this man,

him of her plan initially, but he had

bit her lips

feel the

I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And

Jinye would

no longer meant anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure

development of children when they were little, which did not

been telling herself. Thus, she was

“Why?”

father change anything to

presented the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she did not