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 her father,

He asked the moment the

stunned briefly. “How

our distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as

first guess was that the woman was

did not see

went back.”

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

not gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness and

mention a single

know. She must

“Your mom had always had a 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.

paused at this point. It felt like he

no

still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she did

else to

must be exhausted since you’ve just come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite

first.

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

in the

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

he was, Mu Zhi could not bear

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

hung up

Mu Zhi took a quick

later to find out she

returned his

was, but he answered her call

“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

hide anything from

visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch

also needed his

the

that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition tells you to acknowledge

him of her plan

her lips and

feel the need to

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

Lu Jinye would exhort her

all, at 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 figure throughout her

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

she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with Mu

“Why?”

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

to show him that