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 father,

He asked

Zhi was stunned briefly.

when you left. He mistook you

that the

clear, Mu Zhi did not see

went back.” She

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

could not gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness and

lips and said, “Mom would never mention

She must be angry

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

paused at this point. It felt like he was immersed in

Zhi had no

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

was nothing else to

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 to refuse

anniversary of the first time your mom and I met

located in the

dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too

seeing as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

up when

that, Mu Zhi

later to find out she missed a few

promptly returned his

Lu Jinye was,

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

Jinye’s voice was hoarse and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it would be good to talk to

man reached out to me the other

Zhi did not hide anything

her hometown, but she believed that Lu

needed his

does the

interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before

did not tell him of her plan initially,

lips

feel

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

Zhi thought Lu Jinye would

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 to

development of children when they were little, which did not apply to Mu

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

“Why?”

Jinye, I’m an adult now, having a father change anything to me at

question to Lu Jinye to show him