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.

call was from her father,

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

briefly. “How

left. He mistook you as your mother, so he

first guess was that the woman

clear, Mu Zhi did

I went

that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me

could not gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness

mention a single word

know. She must be angry

curious about things around her. But 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 of the night. So…

paused at this point. It felt like he

no idea

put together was, “If mom is still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she did

else to say at this

out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner

was startled at first. She wanted to refuse

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

Restaurant was located in the most

figured that getting dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too

seeing as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead

hung up when he was

Mu Zhi

up moments later to find out

promptly returned

night in where Lu Jinye was,

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

voice was hoarse and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought

man reached out to me the other day and called

hide anything from

Jinye did not ask her why she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch up on what

also needed his

the man

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

Zhi did not tell him of her plan initially,

lips and answered him,

not feel the

my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but keep a

Jinye would exhort her

no longer meant anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing. There was no reason to acknowledge him

when they were little, which did not apply to

she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with Mu

“Why?”

an adult now, having a father change anything

to Lu Jinye to show him that she did not need