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

you visit our hometown?” He asked the

stunned briefly. “How did you

of our distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left.

first guess was that

Mu Zhi did not see the reason to

went

back to look into me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me

could not gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness

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

know. She must be angry at

early years, she had to suffer as

at this point. It felt like he

no idea what to

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

was nothing else to

you’ve just come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?”

first. She

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

in the most crowded part of City

with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be

how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear to

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

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

Xianyong hung up when he

Zhi

woke up moments later to find out she

promptly returned

where Lu Jinye was, but he answered her

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

“The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it

because a man reached out

did not hide anything

Jinye did not ask her why she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu

needed

the

Xianyong was like from their interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while

plan initially,

bit her lips and answered him,

feel

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

thought Lu Jinye

no longer meant anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact

development of children when they were little, which

telling herself. Thus, she was surprised that Lu Jinye

“Why?”

father change anything to me at this point

Lu Jinye to show him that she did not need a