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 her father,

hometown?” He asked

stunned briefly. “How did

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

guess was that the woman

clear, Mu Zhi did

went back.”

that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me if you don’t accept me. All I need to know is

Zhi could not gather a proper reply in response

“Mom would never mention a single word about dad

know. She must

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… I expect her to

Xianyong paused at this point. It felt like he

had no idea what

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

nothing else to

Can I invite you for dinner

was startled at first. She wanted to

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 at

Restaurant was located in the most crowded

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

seeing as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear to refuse

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

hung up when he was

that, Mu Zhi took a

woke up moments later to find out she missed a few

promptly returned his

Jinye was, but he answered her call within

“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

reached out to

Zhi did not hide anything from

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

also needed

the man

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

not tell him of her plan

lips and answered him,

she did not feel the

this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can

Zhi thought Lu Jinye would

to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing. There

to the development of children when they were little, which

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

“Why?”

father change anything to me at this

Lu Jinye to show him that she did not need