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

asked

stunned briefly. “How did

when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he gave

guess was that the woman

clear, Mu Zhi did not see

went

“It’s normal that you want to go back 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 accept me. All I need to know

gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness and

bit her lips and said, “Mom would never mention a

know. She must be angry

had to suffer as a consequence. I was too

at this point. It felt like he

no idea what to

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

was nothing else to say at

from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for

at first. She

first time your mom and I met each other. It

the most

dinner with Mu

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

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead and take a rest

up when he

Mu Zhi

woke up moments later to find out she missed a few calls from Lu

returned his

where Lu Jinye was, but he answered her call within fractions of

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

reached out to me the other day

Zhi did not hide

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

also needed

the

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

plan initially, but he had

bit her lips and

feel

I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in

Lu Jinye would exhort

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

the development of children when they were little, which did not

what Mu Zhi had been telling herself. Thus, she was surprised that Lu

“Why?”

having a father change anything to me at this point in

the question to Lu Jinye to show him that