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

He asked the moment

briefly. “How did

distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he gave

guess was that the woman was

it clear, Mu Zhi did not see

I went

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 to me if you don’t accept me. All I need to know is that you’re leading a happy

proper reply in response to

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

She must be angry at

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

paused at this point. It felt like he was immersed in

Zhi had no idea

she’d be glad to

else to say at

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 care a lot about Mu Zhi’s

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

located in the most crowded part of City

with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be

seeing as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead and

Xianyong hung up when

Mu Zhi took a quick

later to find out she missed a few

promptly returned

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

a man reached out

hide anything from

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

also needed his

the man

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

plan initially, but he had

lips and answered

feel the

men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the

Jinye would exhort

fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing.

children when they were little, which did not apply to Mu

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

“Why?”

a father change anything

presented the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she