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

visit our hometown?” He asked the moment the call

stunned briefly. “How

distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you

was that

made it clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason to

I went back.”

could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me

could not gather a proper reply

mention a single word about

She must be angry at

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

paused at this point. It felt like he

no

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

else to say at this

come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to

startled at first. She

mom and I met each other. It is a meaningful event to me. I’ve

located in the most

with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward with the

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

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

hung up when he

that, Mu Zhi took a

find out she

returned

was, but he answered

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

man reached out

did not hide anything from

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

needed his

does the man

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

tell him of her plan initially, but he had guessed it

her lips and answered

she did not feel the

you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting

Lu Jinye would exhort her

the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing. There was no reason to acknowledge

development of children when they were little, which did not

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

“Why?”

now, having a father change anything to me at this point in

to Lu Jinye to show him that