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

visit our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was

was stunned briefly. “How did you

relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother,

was that the woman

made it clear, Mu Zhi did not see

went

responded bluntly. “It’s normal that 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

Zhi could not gather a proper reply in response to his

said, “Mom would never mention a single word about dad

must be angry

due to some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as a consequence. I was too fixated on making a career, and I would fail numerous times. In the end, your mom fled with you in the middle

at this point. It felt like he was immersed

no idea

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

else to say

be 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

Zhi was startled at first. She wanted

added, today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It

the most crowded part

dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward

was, Mu Zhi

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

instantly, she could hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into life,

hung up when he was

that, Mu Zhi took

up moments later to find out she missed a

returned

Jinye was,

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

the trip, so I thought it would be good to

the hometown because a man reached out to me the other day and called

Zhi did not hide anything

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

needed his

does the man look

from their interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition tells you to acknowledge this

her plan initially, but

bit her lips and answered

not feel the

guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with

thought Lu Jinye would

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

of children when

was surprised that

“Why?”

adult now, having a father change anything

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