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

our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was

briefly. “How

you left. He mistook you as

first guess was that

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

I went back.” She

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 happy

gather a proper reply in response to

“Mom would never mention a single word about

She must be

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

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

Zhi had no idea

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

to

Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to care a

at first. She wanted to

time your mom and I met each other.

the most

getting dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward

zealous he was, Mu

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

up when he was

Mu Zhi took a quick

out she missed a few calls from Lu

returned

was,

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

me about the trip,

the hometown because a man reached out

not hide anything from Lu

ask her why she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch up on what happened

needed

does the man

pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition tells you

plan initially, but he had

bit her lips and

she did not feel the need to

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

thought Lu Jinye

anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout

father was a key only to the development of children when they were little, which did not apply to

telling herself. Thus, she was surprised that

“Why?”

an adult now, having a father change anything to me

to Lu Jinye to show