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

our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was

was stunned briefly.

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

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

went back.”

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

reply

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

know. She must be

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 times. In the end, your mom fled with you

felt like he was

no idea

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

else to say at

since you’ve just come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to care a lot

startled at first. She wanted

today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is a meaningful event to

in the most crowded part

dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be

was, Mu Zhi could not

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

Xianyong hung up when he

Zhi took

out she missed a few calls from Lu

returned

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

the hometown because a man reached out to me the other day and called himself

Zhi did not hide anything

she believed that Lu Jinye would

also needed

does the

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

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

lips and answered

she did not feel the need

Zhi, I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with

thought Lu Jinye would

have accepted the fact that she had missed out on

was a key only to the development of children when they were little, which

she was surprised that Lu

“Why?”

father change anything to

presented the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she