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, Mu

our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was

stunned briefly.

saw you when you left. He mistook you as your

guess was that

Mu Zhi did not

went

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

a proper reply in response

and said, “Mom would never mention a single word about dad when she was

must

she had to suffer as a

Xianyong paused at this point. It felt like he was

no idea what

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

else to say at

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

startled at first. She wanted

mom and I met each other.

was located in the most crowded

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

Mu

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

back into life,

hung up

Zhi took a

out she missed a few calls from

promptly returned

was, but he answered

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

man reached out to me the other

hide

visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch up on what happened to

needed

the man look

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

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

bit her lips and

she did not feel the

you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but keep a

Jinye would exhort

the fact that

was a key only to the development of children when they were little, which did not apply to

what Mu Zhi had been telling herself. Thus, she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to

“Why?”

an adult now, having a father change

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