Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 235

Chapter 235 I Hope You Could Get More Love

The chauffeur bought breakfast for Mu Zhi. It was youtiao and soybean curd. “The motel doesn’t provide breakfast, I bought these from the village. I chose the cleanest one I could find, I hope it doesn’t bother you, madam.”

“I’m fine, thanks.”

Mu Zhi expressed her gratitude. She sat in the yard to enjoy breakfast with the chauffeur when he said casually, “In case you get frightened again, I’ve spoken to some of the villagers. Some of the older folks have heard of the name Mu Xue. I’ve also asked about your father, Mu Xianyong. Both of your parents left the village a long time ago, so I couldn’t find much information about them.”

Taking a bite at the youtiao, Mu Zhi was disheartened to hear the news.

“Has anyone seen how my father looks like?”

The chauffeur shook his head.

“This is a rural village. I heard that the only doctor who worked here got leprosy. None of the students who left for university studies was willing to return to this village, and as a result, the average age in the village is much older than the city.”

By the sound of his words, it was almost impossible to find any clue at all.

All Mu Zhi could confirm was that there was a Mu Xianyong and some information that matched what Mu Xianyong had told her.

Even in that case, Mu Zhi felt that was good enough.

When they set off for the city, they passed by her mother’s home. The strange man was painting the door in bright red. It was an overbearing shade of red.

After completing the repainting, the man added a word in white, ‘Death!’

That sent a shiver down Mu Zhi’s spine.

She hesitated for a while but did not dare to approach the man to ask him about his actions.

She exchanged glances with the chauffeur as they slowly headed towards their car on feet.

The chauffeur was guarding her from behind.

Their journey out of the village was faster than when they came in because the road was much clearer during the day. They managed to arrive at City A before sunset, and as soon as they did, Mu Zhi received a phone call.

The call was from her father, Mu Xianyong.

“Did you visit our hometown?” He asked the moment the call was picked up.

Mu Zhi was stunned briefly. “How did you know?”

“One of our distant relatives in the hometown saw you when you left. He mistook you as your mother, so he gave me a call.”

“My first guess was that the woman was you.”

Since Mu Xianyong made it clear, Mu Zhi did not see the reason to hide the truth.

“Yes, I went back.” She admitted.

Unexpectedly, Mu Xianyong responded bluntly. “It’s normal that you want to go back to look into me. After all, nobody could accept a father that came out of the blue. It doesn’t matter to me if you don’t accept me. All I need to know is that you’re leading a happy life.”

Mu Zhi could not gather a proper reply in response to his bluntness and gentleness.

She bit her lips and said, “Mom would never mention a single word about dad when she was alive.”

“I know. She must be angry at me.”

Mu Xianyong sounded grim. “Your mom had always had a strong character. She was a fine-looking woman, always curious about things around her. But due to some misfortunes I ran into in the early years, she had to suffer as a consequence. I was too fixated on making a career, and I would fail numerous times. In the end, your mom fled with you in the middle of the night. So… I expect her to be angry at me.”

Mu Xianyong paused at this point. It felt like he was immersed in deep sorrow.

Mu Zhi had no idea what to say.

All she could put together was, “If mom is still alive, she’d be glad to see you. If she did hate you, it meant that she loved you too much.”

There was nothing else to say at this time.

“You must be exhausted since you’ve just come out from the village. Take a good rest. Can I invite you for dinner tonight?” Mu Xianyong seemed to care a lot about Mu Zhi’s wellbeing.

Mu Zhi was startled at first. She wanted to refuse him.

But the man added, today is the anniversary of the first time your mom and I met each other. It is a meaningful event to me. I’ve booked a table at the Yinlin Restaurant.”

Yinlin Restaurant was located in the most crowded part of City A.

Mu Zhi figured that getting dinner with Mu Xianyong wouldn’t be too awkward with the crowd.

Besides, seeing as how zealous he was, Mu Zhi could not bear to refuse him.

Thus, she obliged, “Sure.”

And instantly, she could hear the initially-dull voice sprang back into life, “Great! Go ahead and take a rest for now.”

Mu Xianyong hung up when he was done.

After that, Mu Zhi took a quick nap.

She woke up moments later to find out she missed a few calls from Lu Jinye.

She promptly returned his call.

It was late at night in where Lu Jinye was, but he answered her call within fractions of a second.

“You’re not asleep?”

Mu Zhi was surprised.

Lu Jinye’s voice was hoarse and deep. “The chauffeur told me about the trip, so I thought it would be good to talk to you.”

“Yeah, I went to the hometown because a man reached out to me the other day and called himself my father.”

Mu Zhi did not hide anything from Lu Jinye.

Lu Jinye did not ask her why she wanted to visit her hometown, but she believed that Lu Jinye would be glad to catch up on what happened to her.

She also needed his opinion.

“What does the man look like?”

Mu Zhi described what Mu Xianyong was like from their interactions. Following that, Lu Jinye pondered for a long while before saying, “So, your intuition tells you to acknowledge this man, right?”

Mu Zhi did not tell him of her plan initially, but he had guessed it with ease.

She bit her lips and answered him, “Yeah.”

Similarly, she did not feel the need to lie.

“Mu Zhi, I’ll send my men to look into this guy’s past, then tell you afterward. And in the meantime, you can continue interacting with him, but keep a safe distance.”

Mu Zhi thought Lu Jinye would exhort her otherwise.

After all, at her age, the role of a father no longer meant anything to her. Besides, she should have accepted the fact that she had missed out on a fatherly figure throughout her upbringing. There was no reason to acknowledge him at this stage.

A father was a key only to the development of children when they were little, which did not apply to Mu Zhi anymore.

It was what Mu Zhi had been telling herself. Thus, she was surprised that Lu Jinye allowed her to interact with Mu Xianyong.

“Why?”

“Lu Jinye, I’m an adult now, having a father change anything to me at this point in my life.”

Mu Zhi presented the question to Lu Jinye to show him that she did not need a father. Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

But Lu Jinye responded unexpectedly, “Yeah, in theory. But I hope that he’s your birth father. In that case, you’ll have one more person to love you in this world.”

“Mu Zhi, I hope you could be happy, and I hope you could get more love.”