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.”

butler, hoping to get a different answer, but to no

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

lotus soup tasted bland to him. Master Lu stood to his feet and started making

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 of being bedridden,

soliloquy but could not

could do was heave a lamenting sigh before heading up

back, he looked remorseful

not brave enough all those years ago. If he

pig trotter from the kitchen. She

He looked heart-wrenchingly disheartened.

to the butler. She seemed to have put the two and two together but felt obligated to

have some braised pig trotter.” She said in

“Nah, I’m tired.”

voice was not

tired? Wasn’t he doing fine just moments ago? What did

Master Lu, then directed the latter question at the butler with a

did was tell

butler responded while giving Madam Liu a look, beckoning her to stop dwelling

the butler’s gesture appeared to have flown over her

she smacked her thigh resentfully, “You! Why would pour

she spoke, “Master, don’t listen to the butler, let me tell you what, there’s nothing to worry about. Everything

ago, I

something burnt in

press on, but the

the air like

but could not find

distracted by the search, the butler stormed into the kitchen and snapped at Madam Liu, “You troubler-maker! How

“Are you any better?”

look into Madam Mu Xue’s daughter? Why did you tell him that you couldn’t

the butler peevishly as she muttered

suppose

that Madam Liu was relentlessly pushing him,

the truth, why must

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

was at a loss! He bellowed at Madam Liu in response to Madam Liu’s

was nothing he could do which would salvage the situation. Every option seemed

about it wasn’t an option, neither was telling

look too surprised. She

“What truth?”

Liu and the butler was butting heads, a third voice suddenly

the entrance of the kitchen.

there’s something you’re keeping from me by the look of your face

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

butler chuckled awkwardly, then said, Nothing at all, it… It’s just some trivial matters. There’s nothing that concerns

“What trivial matters?”

now seemed adamant to get to the root of what the butler

dashed towards Master Lu and bowed at him from the waist, saying, “Master, the butler is keeping it a secret from you because he’s afraid that you’d

Lu was astonished at what Madam Liu blurted