Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 263 Better Than No Chance in Surviving

Mu Zhi gritted her teeth and looked at the rushing water behind her.

She had no choice. Little chance of surviving was better than no chance at all!

Screw it!

Mu Zhi closed her eyes, leaned back, and plunged into the water.

…

At Xie Xiu’s residence, Xie Xiu was playing a game of Go against himself when his secretary walked in and stood before him.

“Mr. Xie, the people who we sent to monitor Xiao Qingqing has returned. It seemed that Miss Xiao had taken the liberty to kidnap someone.”

“Who?” Xie Xiu frowned.

The secretary bit her lip anxiously and said, “Or maybe it’ll be better if you call Miss Xiao Qingqing and ask her yourself. I don’t know how to explain it.”

The secretary had worked for him for ten years now. Under normal circumstances, Xie Xiu never kept someone who he wasn’t familiar with him. Especially in personal role like this. These people grew up with him and he had moulded them from a young age to be the kind of people he need.

Naturally, he was able to tell if they were lying at a glance.

He slammed the Go board on the ground in anger when he saw the telling movement of her biting her lip, “If you’re trying to cover up lies in front of me then leave! I have no more use of you!”

At this, she started to panic.

She trembled as she looked at him fearfully.

“They kidnapped… Kidnapped Miss Mu Zhi!”

“Find where she is immediately!” Xie Xiu bellowed the order.

did not immediately pursue the culprit’s identity was a

secretary shudder in fear.

with a report, “Bad news. There’s an issue with Miss Xiao Qingqing. It’s may be that only Xiao Qingqing may know where Miss Mu Zhi is, as they used an unmonitored road. We found an abandoned warehouse there but now… It’s empty. We don’t know where

secretary was close

Xiu in such a rage, a rage that could burn down a

me Xiao Qingqing

ordered

and relayed the order

…

could only feel that her entire body was soaked in cold sea water. She closed her

struggling to untie her bindings, but they

left in her slowly seeped

eyes closed against her will

that don’t make sense about this! You

the kidnapping, and she didn’t know… What she was going to

What pain.

to even

But there was a voice next to

Zhi wanted to open her eyes, but

save her, Mr. Xie,” the doctor said after

immediately sent for a doctor to look at

we do

the secretary asked Xie Xiu, “Bring Mu Zhi

Miss

looked at the secretary irritably before turning back to

Zhi sent

could not stay here

cared for Mu Zhi deeply, but he didn’t have much

with Xiao Qingqing’s aggressive nature, there was no way to go about removing Mu Zhi from Lu Jinye without hurting her… The only way was to send Mu Zhi away, and then slowly plan

his house to prepare for his interrogation with Xiao Qingqing.

…

know how long she had been sleeping, but she felt as if

woke up, she found herself soft and pliant as if she had been soaked in

eyes and looked around

Everything looked strangely unfamiliar.

was warm and softly decorated with flower petals interspaced with pinks and soft greys, giving it a

Zhi tried to get up, but her entire

the door opened, and a woman came in. She spoke in fluent English, telling Mu Zhi not

kind, and Mu Zhi immediately

looked at her questioningly,

her in English, “The young master saved

Zhi

young master was out on his yacht when he saw you floating in the sea and rescued you.” The woman followed the script given by

had not figured out what he was going to tell Mu Zhi, so

have to thank your young master. Where is

about to walk out but

She explained.