Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 251 Where’s the Daughter

The sky was gradually getting darker. Master Lu was sitting by the dining table enjoying his dinner.

He raised his eyes nonchalantly and glanced at the butler, “Any news on Mu Xue?”

“I got something.”

The butler scanned the area reluctantly, then leaned in, lowering his voice, “Mu Xue got into a car accident over ten years ago and was hospitalized. We thought she had left City A, but that’s not true. She had always been around. We focussed our search on different institutional units but never thought about the hospital.”

After a brief pause, the butler continued, “Mu Xue lived in comatose all these years, which is why we never found any expenses or travel records on her. We had been going in the wrong direction all this while, so it wasn’t a surprise that our efforts were in vain.”

Master Lu took a sip of the snow fungus and lotus soup before raising his head to peer at the butler fiercely.

“Stop explaining why we fail to find anything about Mu Xue. I don’t care about these, it’s all in the past. Does she have any family members? Where is my daughter?”

The butler let out a troubled expression.

“Speak!”

Master Lu bellowed at the butler angrily along with his furious glare.

After some moment, the butler said, “Perhaps Madam Mu Xue’s daughter had disappeared, or she’s passed away. We can’t find any trace of Madam Mu Xue’s daughter.”

Following that, the butler mopped the sweat on his forehead with the corner of his sleeves.

It was apparent to him that Master Lu was enraged from the grimness of his face!

“Not a thing about her? Dead? Disappeared?”

“Yes.”

“Sure?”

“Yes.”

Lu interrogated the butler, hoping to get a different answer, but

but he quickly let his low spirits get the best of him at the sound of

Master Lu

the Shi Family was furious at the time. Although Shi Chu was no longer at home, she is a member of the Shi Family after all. How could Mu Xue and her daughter get away? After years

soliloquy but could not bring himself to

could do was heave a lamenting

back, he looked remorseful and

the fact that he was not brave enough all those years ago. If he had confronted

out a freshly braised pig trotter from the kitchen. She placed the bowl on

He looked heart-wrenchingly disheartened.

two and two together but felt

some braised pig trotter.” She said in a slightly raised

“Nah, I’m tired.”

Lu’s voice was not sonorous

fine just moments ago? What did you say

asked as her gaze was fixed on Master Lu, then directed the latter question at the butler

Didn’t say anything. All I did was tell the truth about

giving Madam Liu a look, beckoning her to

gesture appeared to have flown over

his reply, she smacked her thigh resentfully, “You! Why would pour salt on his unhealed

Master Lu tactfully as she spoke, “Master, don’t listen to the butler, let me tell

days ago, I

something burnt in the kitchen? Please check it

press on,

the air like a bloodhound trying to hunt down

but could not find anything

butler stormed into the kitchen and snapped at Madam Liu,

“Are you any better?”

did you tell him that

at the butler peevishly as she muttered

suppose I

Liu was relentlessly pushing him, the butler snapped in

him the truth, why must you

Tell him that Mu Zhi is Madam Mu Xue’s daughter? That master’s son

was at a loss! He bellowed at Madam Liu

this stage, there was nothing he could do which would salvage the

wasn’t an option, neither was telling

Liu did not look too

“What truth?”

and the butler was butting heads, a third voice suddenly

mouths with a start, turning their gazes at the entrance of the kitchen. Lo and behold, Master Lu was staring at

me what you need to say. I’ve noticed that there’s something you’re keeping from me by the

his old age, he appeared to have lacked conviction as he articulated his

it… It’s

“What trivial matters?”

Lu now seemed adamant to get to the root of

from you because he’s afraid that you’d be upset. But I don’t think we should hide it from you any longer as I’ve recently noticed that Mu

at what Madam Liu blurted