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, Mu

He asked

briefly.

you left. He

first guess was that the

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

I went back.”

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 that you’re leading a

reply in

would never mention a single word about dad when

She must be

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 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

this point. It felt like he was immersed in

no idea what

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

to say at

Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong

startled at first. She

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

in the most crowded part of City

that getting dinner with Mu

zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear to refuse

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

up when he was

that, Mu Zhi took a quick

moments later to find out she missed

promptly returned his

where Lu Jinye was, but he answered her call

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

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

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

not hide anything from

her hometown, but she believed that Lu

also needed

the man look

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

Zhi did not tell him of her plan initially, but

bit her lips

she did not feel the

Zhi, I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the

Zhi thought Lu Jinye would

her age, 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

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

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

“Why?”

now, having a father change anything to me at this

the question to Lu Jinye to show