Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 97

Chapter 97 Look Into the Man in the Footage

Mu Zhi drove carefully. Lu Jinye turned around to look at her when they almost arrived at the cemetery.

And asked softly, “Are you afraid?”

The blackness of the surrounding was hair-raising. The only sign of light came from the grave keeper’s cabin house from afar.

Mu Zhi did not want to admit as a coward. All she could do was gulp and drawl the words, “A little bit.”

Lu Jinye suddenly turned to face Mu Zhi. Her brave façade brought a smile to his face as he said, “Fine, get off, let me drive. We can go home.”

Mu Zhi slowed down the car but she had no intention of getting off. Instead, she turned to ask Lu Jinye, “Are you sure?”

Lu Jinye nodded with a smile, “Come on, I can drive now.’

From his much steadier emotions, Mu Zhi could tell that Lu Jinye was now in the right mind. She did not doubt that he could drive rationally in this instance.

But… She didn’t dare to get off the car.

There was not a single soul in the surrounding.

“Let’s not, you can take a rest. You can take your turn when we arrive in the city and I’m more tired.”

Lu Jinye stared at her curiously, “So, you’re still afraid?”

“Of course not, why would I be afraid? You know I’m a doctor.”

Mu Zhi gulped once again, “We used to face corpses during studies to diagnose the cause of their deaths, besides, I used to frequent the morgue!”

Mu Zhi picked up her courage and responded to Lu Jinye.

But the more she rested, the more she was terrified.

“Oh? Is that so? Then stop the car.”

Mu Zhi ignored him. She could tell the teasing tone from his words. All she did was hurriedly make a turn and got out of there as soon as she could.

Lu Jinye sensed that Mu Zhi might be afraid. He did not take his eyes off her. No longer wanting to bring up the topic of fear, he said, “How is Mu Xiaomu like when she’s not around strangers?”

“A dumb and adorable little girl. I think her intelligence is not the best.”

Calling Mu Xiaomu intelligence not the best was quite an understatement. Mu Xiaomu’s intelligence could not be compared to a normal kid. The things she did sometimes would leave Mu Zhi completely speechless.

“But she’s cute and she looks like you.”

“Is that so…” Mu Zhi cleared her throat and started laughing awkwardly.

She was indeed Mu Xiaomu’s mother. How could they not look alike?

However, the situation did not allow her to make that confession. All Mu Zhi could say was, “Maybe I look too much like my brother. Haven’t you heard that adopted children after their aunties?”

It was all in the genes…

Mu Zhi did not elaborate further. She figured a genius like Lu Jinye should be able to grasp its meaning in an instant.

While Lu Jinye continued, “Tell me more about Mu Xiaomu when she was little.”

“I’m not that familiar with her because she isn’t around me most of the time.”

There was finally a hint of honest words in Mu Zhi’s statement. When she first got together with Lu Jinye, she was always perturbed by the possibility that Lu Jinye would find out about Mu Xiaomu. Thus, she rarely visited Mu Xiaomu.

Even though she had to bear the pain of missing Mu Xiaomu.

“She’s just desperate for a father.”

Mu Zhi responded spontaneously as she had become more relaxed at this point, perhaps due to the mention of Mu Xiaomu.

However, Mu Zhi did not say anything else afterward.

Mu Zhi felt that it was an upsetting topic to discuss Mu Xiaomu’s father.

Especially when footage that was recently publicized… Did not manage to catch the man’s face but only his legs. How was she going to look for a man from a video of his legs?

“Oh right, I want to ask you a question. If I give you a footage, do you think you can find the man in the footage?”

Mu Zhi suddenly raised her head and glanced at him curiously.

In the end, Lu Jinye nodded without hesitation, “Yes, send it to me.”

“Actually, nah, I’m just wondering. Let me see if I can find the footage.”

“Who are you looking for?”

Just when Mu Zhi was about to mention the man in the footage, Lu Jinye suddenly changed his tone.

Mu Zhi did not see the switch of tone coming. She promptly explained to him, “Nah, I had a childhood friend growing up and I just want to look for him.”

Thus, Mu Zhi could only say another lie.

Certainly, she must not let him find that footage.

Otherwise, Lu Jinye would learn of her one-night stand with another man. Then… It would have been just a matter of time before he found out about her relationship with Mu Xiaomu.

Never mind, forget it…

She figured she would just settle with being a quiet ex-wife of him.

Seeing that they had entered the city area and Mu Zhi was no longer scared, Lu Jinye said to Mu Zhi with a frown, “Let me take the wheels, you should take a rest.”

Mu Zhi nodded in response.

She parked the car by the roadside, and none of them would bring up about the footage again. Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Mu Zhi knew that Lu Jinye was not a talkative man. The exchange of words during the journey was not due to his interest in Mu Xiaomu… He might have been just using it as a distraction from her fear.

Lu Jinye’s considerate gesture was one of the many things that she missed.

When he sent Mu Zhi to the entrance of her apartment building, she did not let him go further in case he was spotted by Mu Xiaomu. The little girl would never let him get away.

Lu Jinye bade farewell to Mu Zhi and left.

Mu Zhi gazed at him for a long moment before heading upstairs.

In the corridor, Mu Zhi hesitated briefly and rang Lu Junnian.

He had just finished his shower at this moment, drying his drenched hair with a towel. He was delighted to receive the call from Mu Zhi.

Answering the call, he called out Mu Zhi’s name softly.

Mu Zhi held her breath for a moment, then said, “Can I ask you to investigate something for me?”

Since Lu Jinye had a way, Lu Junnian should be able to use his connections to look into the footage.

“What?”

“The identity of the man in the footage.”

There was no need for Mu Zhi to elaborate further. Lu Junnian knew what she was referring to.

The smile on his face instantly vanished into the gloom. He was silent for a long while before asking, “What happens if I’ve found the man for you? Look for him and be with him?’

Lu Junnian was struggling hard to control his emotions as he responded.

But Mu Zhi was astonished by his reaction.

What now…

“If that’s the case, I won’t look into any man for you.”

Mu Zhi was destined to be his.

Lu Junnian added adamantly.

While Mu Zhi bit her lips firmly, not knowing what to say to Lu Junnian.