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

He asked the moment the

stunned briefly. “How

relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as your

guess was that the woman

Mu Zhi did not see the reason

I went back.”

want to go back to look into me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came out of

proper reply in response to his

“Mom would never mention a single

know. She must be angry at

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

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

had no idea

was, “If mom is still alive, she’d be glad to

to

Can I invite you for

Zhi was startled at first. She wanted

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 booked

in the

dinner with Mu

how zealous he was, Mu Zhi

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

sprang back into life,

hung up when he

that, Mu Zhi took a

out she missed a few calls from Lu

promptly returned his

Lu Jinye was, but he answered her

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

voice was hoarse and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it would be good to

I went to the hometown because a man reached out to me the other day

hide anything from Lu

but she believed that Lu Jinye would be

needed

does the man look

pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your

plan initially, but he had

her lips

she did not feel the need to

tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but

thought Lu Jinye

at her age, the 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

key only to the development of children when they were

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

“Why?”

I’m an adult now, having a father change

to show him that she