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

hometown?” He asked the

was stunned briefly. “How did you

relatives in the hometown saw you when you left.

first guess was that the

Mu Zhi did not see the reason

went

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

proper reply

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

know. She must be angry at

strong character. She was a fine-looking woman, always curious about things around 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

paused at this point. It felt

Zhi had no idea what to

mom is still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she

to

good rest. Can I invite you for dinner

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

the

getting dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be

was, Mu

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

sprang back into life,

Xianyong hung up when he was

Mu Zhi

find out she missed a

returned

was, but he answered her call

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

the trip, so

hometown because a man reached out to me the

not hide

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

also needed

does the

interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your

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

lips and

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

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

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

Thus, she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with

“Why?”

adult now, having a father change anything to

the question to Lu Jinye to show him that