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.

from her

our hometown?” He asked the moment the

Zhi was stunned briefly. “How

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

first guess was that the woman was

clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason to

I went back.” She

After all, nobody could accept a father that came

gather a proper reply in response

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

know. She must be angry

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

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

no

is still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she did hate you, it meant

to say

Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to care a lot

startled at first. She

the man added, today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is a meaningful event to me. I’ve

the most crowded

dinner with Mu

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

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

she could hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead and

hung up when

Mu Zhi took a

find out she missed a few calls from

returned his

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

chauffeur told me about the trip, so

went to the hometown because a man reached out

did not hide anything from Lu

she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch up on what happened

needed his

the man

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

bit her lips

not feel the need to

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

Lu Jinye would exhort

role of a father no longer meant anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly

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

was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with Mu

“Why?”

father change anything to me

to show him that she did