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

hometown?” He asked the moment the call was picked

stunned briefly. “How did

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

guess was that the

Xianyong made it clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason

went

Mu Xianyong 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 me if you don’t accept me. All I need to know is

a proper reply in response to

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

know. She must

her. But due to some 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.

at this point. It felt like he

no

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

was nothing else to say

rest. Can I invite you for

startled at first. She wanted

the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is

the most crowded

that getting dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward with the

how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear to refuse

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into life,

up when he

Zhi took a

find out she missed a few calls

promptly returned

Jinye was, but he answered her call within

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

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

did not hide anything from

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

also needed

does the man

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

tell him of her plan initially, but he had guessed it with

lips and answered him,

did not feel

to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime,

Jinye

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

a key only to the development of children when they were little, which did not apply to

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

“Why?”

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

the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she did not need a