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 father, Mu

asked the moment the call

briefly. “How did you

distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he

first guess was that the

it clear, Mu Zhi did

I went back.”

responded bluntly. “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

a proper reply in response

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

She must be angry at

a strong character. She was a fine-looking woman, always curious about things around her. But due to some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as

paused at this point. It felt like he was

no idea

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

was nothing else to

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

startled at first. She wanted

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

the

dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward with

as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

the initially-dull voice sprang back into life,

hung up when

Mu Zhi took a quick

later to find out

returned his

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

me about the trip, so I thought it

a man reached out to me the other

did not hide anything

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

also needed

the man

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

did not tell him of her plan initially,

bit her lips and

did not feel the need to

men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but keep a

Jinye

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 figure throughout her upbringing. There was no reason

a key only to the development of children when they were

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

“Why?”

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

to Lu Jinye to