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

you visit our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was picked

was stunned briefly. “How

saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so

first guess was that the

Mu Xianyong made it clear, Mu Zhi did

I went back.”

me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter

not gather a proper reply

“Mom would never mention a single word about dad when she was

She must

some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as a consequence. I was too fixated

this point. It felt like he was immersed in

had no

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

was nothing else to say

Can I invite you

at first. She wanted to refuse

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

Restaurant was located in the most crowded part of City

with Mu Xianyong

zealous he was, Mu Zhi could

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

into life, “Great! Go ahead and take a

Xianyong hung up when he was

Mu Zhi took a

up moments later to find out she missed a

promptly returned his

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

me about the trip, so I thought it would be

out to me the other day and

hide

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

also needed his

the man look

that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So,

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

her lips and answered him,

she did not feel

then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but keep a safe

Lu Jinye would

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

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

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

“Why?”

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

Jinye to show him that she