Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 148 Am I That Unattractive

When Lu Jinye finally managed to free himself from the pack of thirsty women, he noticed that Mu Zhi had gone missing. He hurriedly scanned the ball venue but failed to pinpoint Mu Xiaomu. Thus, he deduced that Mu Zhi was no longer around.

He promptly wheeled around and strode towards the elevator.

When he came to the elevator, he caught glimpse of the elevator doors closing. Mu Xiaomu was left behind, weeping sorrowfully alone while Mu Zhi was carried into the elevator by a man.

Lu Jinye leaped forward to stop the elevator from shutting completely. He glared at the man with a pair of cold, apathetic eyes. The man was stunned, as though frozen from head to toe, and started trembling in response.

However, he picked up the remaining courage that was left in him, and warned Lu Jinye, “You better leave right now, mind your own business!”

Lu Jinye rooted his feet into the ground, standing by the elevator door, and would not let it close. He curled his lips into a faint smile. Without uttering a word, he launched a punch at the man.

The man did not react in time. He was knocked several steps backward, and almost stumbled to the ground. Mu Zhi slipped from his arms.

Lu Jinye swiftly caught Mu Zhi before she landed on the floor.

Mu Zhi’s face was oddly flushed all over. She fought to crack her eyes open to see at Lu Jinye before immediately letting her eyelids close.

She was powerless.

The contact between Lu Jinye’s arms and Mu Zhi’s body told him that something was not right with her. She was scorching hot!

At that thought, he reverted his gaze to the man. Before he could react, Lu Jinye aimed a hefty kick right on top of his belly.

Then, with Mu Zhi in his arms, Lu Jinye stepped out of the elevator.

The man was amid staggered to his balance when the elevator door shut on him and started heading downwards.

Seeing that Mu Zhi was rescued by Lu Jinye, Mu Xiaomu immediately stopped wailing. She sobbed dolefully, looked at Lu Jinye, face dappled with tear marks, and shouted, “Papa, mama hot.”

Lu Jinye did not pause for a moment. He brought Mu Zhi into the next elevator, and held Mu Xiaomu’s hand, returning to Mu Zhi’s room.

Zhi’s room card from her purse, then brought Mu Xiaomu and her into

clung onto his neck. She buried into Lu Jinye’s

around… Lu Jinye did not

then turned his attention to Mu Xiaomu, saying, “Your mama is asleep. Let me bring her to another room, then papa will be back to

“Ok.”

Mu Xiaomu complied obsequiously.

Jinye hurriedly seized his room card, brought Mu Zhi to his room, and tucked her into his bed. He stared down at her as she unremittingly tossed and turned in the

leaned in to say to Mu Zhi softly with an enticing tone, “I understand that you feel uncomfortable right

it, Mu

Jinye must make use of the little amount of time he

Zhi could only feel emptiness and bleakness within her.

continued to echo in her head. Besides that, all she wanted was to

her arms around Lu Jinye, she caught nothing but air. The next thing

Am I that unattractive?

is Lu Jinye running away from

was

glass of water, gulped it down but it did not quench her

Jinye leaving, she could sense blood surging

Lu Jinye a text message, questioning him, ‘Am I

to accompany Mu Xiaomu when the phone in his pocket went off. But he

Xiaomu, pondering. He never had any experience

coaxed to sleep by his mother, it

clock on the wall felt like a ticking time-bomb, urging Lu Jinye

Mu Xiaomu, “How does your

read the book, a bedtime

“Bedtime story…”

dawned on Lu

swiftly put Mu

brainstormed briefly. What story should

know any children’s tales like ‘the Tortoise and the Hare’, ‘the Ugly Duckling’ or ‘Jack and the