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.

call was from

asked the

was stunned briefly. “How did you

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

that the woman

clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason

I went back.” She

father that came out of

not gather a proper reply

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

must be angry at

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…

at this point. It felt like he was immersed

Zhi had no idea

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

else to say

from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu

was startled at first.

man added, today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each

Restaurant was located in the most crowded part

Mu Xianyong

he was, Mu Zhi could not bear

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

into life, “Great! Go ahead

up when

Mu Zhi took a quick

woke up moments later to find out she missed a few calls from Lu

promptly returned his

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

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it would be good

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

Zhi did not hide anything

hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would

also needed

the man look

interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition

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

bit her lips and

feel the

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

Jinye would exhort

accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing. There was

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

she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with

“Why?”

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

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