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 her

asked the

stunned briefly. “How did you

when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he

that the

it clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason

went

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

Zhi could not gather a proper reply in response

never mention a single word about

know. She must

due to some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as a consequence.

Xianyong paused at this point. It felt like

Zhi had no

she 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

was nothing else to

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

at first.

is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is a

in the most

with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward with

he was, Mu Zhi could not

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

she could hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into

hung up when he

Mu Zhi took

up moments later to find out she missed

returned his

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I

because a man reached out to me the

hide anything from Lu

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

also needed

the

their interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long

Zhi did not tell him of her plan initially, but he had

her lips and

she did not feel

Zhi, 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 him,

thought Lu Jinye would

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 throughout her upbringing. There was no reason to

the development of children when they were little, which did not apply

herself. Thus, she was surprised

“Why?”

change anything to me at this point

the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she did