Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 256 I Stayed with You for Revenge

When Mu Zhi thought about it, she felt sad.

But her gaze never wavered.

She took a deep breath, turned off her phone, and set it aside.

She stood up, slowly got off the bed and walked outside.

It was dawn. Just when the sky was about to lighten and the northern part of the city was still shrouded in darkness. Mu Zhi looked at the clock on the wall. She couldn’t sleep.

Now that she thought about it, she was quite happy about fainting just then.

At least when she was unconscious, she wasn’t bothered by all these thoughts.

But now that she was awake, she was forced to face them.

Mu Zhi took her time and went downstairs. She saw that Xie Xiu was making some tea. The aroma filled the room, giving it warmth. The warm fragrance of the tea chased away the loneliness that most night owls seemed to be afflicted with and replaced it with quiet solitude.

“You’re awake?”

Xie Xiu heard the sound of footsteps and looked up at Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi softly hummed the affirmation and walked to his side.

“Sit down. Have some tea.”

Xie Xiu poured a cup of tea and offered it to Mu Zhi, inviting her to sit.

Mu Zhi sat across from him and sighed.

Xie Xiu acted as if he did not hear her sigh. He didn’t ask her the reason for it, instead he said, “Try the tea I’ve just made. Is it good?”

Mu Zhi picked up the teacup and asked, “Mr. Xie, why are you still up at this time?”

“Since long ago, I

“Why is that?”

curious glance,

a sip of tea and said warmly, “I don’t see any benefit

what to say to that, so she kept quiet. Why did one need

my victims were at their most

“That sounds miserable.”

Zhi sighed again and finished her

smiled,

preparing to kill.

those that were killed were also

miserable. I make a living out of killing people at the

way of protecting themselves. They are at the bottom of the food chain. There’s

But in Mu Zhi’s eyes,

moment, Xie Xiu looked up at her and said, “Mu Zhi, do you know

Mu Zhi chuckled.

with such a bold question like this, Mu Zhi would keep her

Xie Xiu’s question, Mu

Xiu looked at her seriously. His deep gaze filled with admiration. He slowly spoke, “Because you are

you have is self-sacrificing and asks for nothing in return. It

surprised Mu

opportunity to interact at all. Why

carefully examined

faintly

when he told her that

Will she be angry?

as indifferent as always. Maybe

anger on her. Instead she

Zhi did not expect herself to be able to discuss this calmly

if you think about it, there are many reasons that we have to face backlash, I want you to be

he had guessed why she had

helplessly, “Because I love Lu Jinye.

not

up at the time and said, “Miss Mu, it’s about time I go to

Xiu stood up and slowly headed towards his

towards him. She spoke with urgency, “Mr. Xie, I need your help with

“What is it?”

Xiu looked back at Mu

Xie Xiu. She hesitated before saying, “Mr. Xie, can you pretend to be my boyfriend during tomorrow’s livestream? I don’t want to marry

smiling

her heart

and quietly watched her before agreeing,

don’t know what to do but I hope that you can help me convince the media and the world to think that I am

Xiu’s eyes filled

but in the end, he replied,

“Thank you.”

bowed deeply towards

then stood up straight and