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.

from

hometown?” He asked the

was stunned briefly. “How did you

hometown saw you when you left.

guess was that

Mu Zhi did not see the

went back.” She

could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me if you

could not gather a proper reply in response to

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

She must be angry at

had to suffer as a consequence. I was too fixated

paused at this point. It felt like he was

Zhi had no idea what to

could put together was, “If mom is still alive, she’d be glad to

was nothing else to say at

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 lot

at first. She

today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is a meaningful event to me. I’ve booked a table

Restaurant was located in the most crowded part

Zhi figured that getting dinner with Mu Xianyong

was, Mu Zhi could not bear to

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

into life, “Great! Go ahead and take a

hung up

Zhi took a quick

to find out she missed a

returned his

late at night in where Lu Jinye was, but he answered her call within fractions of

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

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

Zhi did not hide anything from Lu

she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch

also needed

does the man

pondered

plan initially, but

bit her lips and

she did not feel

I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with

thought Lu Jinye would exhort her

all, at her age, the 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 figure

development of children when they were little, which did not

she was

“Why?”

an adult now, having a father change

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