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

you visit our hometown?” He asked the moment the

stunned briefly. “How

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

first guess was that the woman was

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

went back.” She

into me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came

reply in response to his bluntness and

mention a single word about dad

know. She must be angry at

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 a consequence. I was too fixated on making a career, and I would fail numerous times. In the end, your mom fled with you in the middle of the night. So… I expect

It felt like

Zhi had no idea what to

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

nothing else to say at

good rest. Can I invite you for

at first. She wanted to

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 a table at the Yinlin

was located in the most crowded

Mu Xianyong

Mu Zhi could not bear

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

up

that, Mu Zhi

later to find out she missed a

promptly returned

Jinye was, but he

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

hoarse and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so

a man reached out to me the other day and called

did not hide anything from

to visit her hometown, but she believed

also needed his

does the

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

her plan initially, but he had guessed

lips and answered

feel the need

look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward.

Zhi thought Lu Jinye would

Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a

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

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

“Why?”

father change anything to me at this point in

to Lu Jinye to show him that she did