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?”

Xiu chuckled lightly. “Since long ago, I haven’t been able to sleep

“Why is that?”

him a curious glance, “Life goes slower

said warmly, “I don’t

not know what to say to that, so she kept quiet. Why did one

when my victims were at their most vulnerable. My nights

“That sounds miserable.”

Zhi sighed again and finished her cup of

Xiu gently smiled, “Why

preparing to kill. Losing sleep to you

those that were killed were also

her, “I don’t think it’s miserable. I make a living out of killing people at the expense of

way of protecting themselves. They are at the bottom of

spoke. But in Mu Zhi’s eyes, the way he did it was as if he was polishing a

Xie Xiu looked up at her and said, “Mu

Mu Zhi chuckled.

like this, Mu Zhi would keep her distance before telling him that she did not want to be near

today, prompted by Xie Xiu’s question, Mu Zhi asked,

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

It is a rare trait to have. I want to know how

response surprised Mu

to interact at all. Why would you

carefully examined

was faintly

Xiu carefully observed Mu Zhi’s expression when he

Will she be angry?

Zhi’s expression was as indifferent as always. Maybe a

was not a hint of anger on her. Instead she

expect herself to be able to

Zhi and took his time replying her, “I want you to be a bit more selfish. Mu Zhi, if you think about it, there are many reasons that

this, Mu Zhi figured that he had guessed why

I love Lu Jinye. All the sacrifices I’ve

not

looked up at the time and said, “Miss Mu, it’s

and slowly headed towards his

Zhi suddenly stood and ran towards him. She spoke with urgency, “Mr. Xie, I need your help with

“What is it?”

back

hesitated before saying, “Mr. Xie, can

was smiling as

heart was

watched her before agreeing,

the media and the world to

requests, Xie Xiu’s eyes filled

hesitant, but in the

“Thank you.”

bowed deeply

stood up straight