Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 159 Did You Say Lu Jinye Had a One-Night Stand?!

Mu Zhi could not believe her ears when she heard those words.

She clutched the phone fiercely. But his voice was replaced by Xiao Qingqing out of a sudden.

Xiao Qingqing held his phone lightly. Every single word that came from her was mild and soft, but to Mu Zhi’s ears, they were screamingly provocative.

“Miss Mu, Jinye has never had a tinge of love for you. He’s only paying the medical bill for you out of goodwill. If you attend our wedding, your mother will continue to get her treatment while Jinye and I will be over the moon. That’s a win-win situation.

Xiao Qingqing paused and continued.

“Miss Mu, why put all of us on the spot?”

Upon hearing those words, Mu Zhi could feel her teeth cracking from clenching her jaws too hard.

But she refused to yield.

“Miss Xiao, does my presence at your wedding really make a big difference?”

Mu Zhi took her time to steady herself before asking.

Xiao Qingqing responded with hints of laughs, “Of course it does, I’d be over the moon if you could be here to bless Jinye and I, Miss Mu.”

“I wouldn’t want to make life too difficult for you. I’ll ask Jinye to send a chartered flight to pick you up at eight in the morning tomorrow for our wedding. We will be waiting for you, Miss Mu.”

Following that, Xiao Qingqing hung up on Mu Zhi.

had the impulse to hurl the phone against the wall. But her rational mind stopped her from doing so. All she could do was slump on

clock on the wall blankly. Time was ticking by the second while she could

retaliate, knowing that Xiao Qingqing was deliberately asserting dominance

Jinye

without a good reason, just to stand up for

Zhi had no idea how to decide. She daydreamed for a full minute, ultimately grabbed her jacket, and headed towards the hospital. Through the glass window, she could see her mother breathing independently. The vitals were showing positive signs of progress. Thus, she decided

Qingqing about attending their wedding. She switched off her phone, and fell asleep early in the

place, Xu Se was pacing his home, intermittently gazing at the calendar on the wall. He went to look for Liang Yunzhan in hopes to find answers about what happened in

said to Xu Se, “There’s a reason Lu Jinye does what he does. The wedding isn’t as simple as it seems. Jinye has always calculated a hundred steps ahead in his decision-making process. So, we don’t

Yunzhan’s elaboration, Xu Se felt his words were baffling. Xu Se later concluded that

business strategies? Sure… I admit that I’m clueless about what Jinye is

yawned in response. He patted Xu Se on the shoulder,

“Brother!”

more to say, but Liang Yunzhan was already heading

angrily. As soon as he arrived at home,

yard anxiously

that she had never seen Xu Se in such distress before. But she approached him and asked

Xu Se nodded solemnly.

to sit on it and started swinging nonchalantly. “I’ve informed Mu Zhi, but she doesn’t seem to care. Look at

do you think the recent public appearances are all about? Umm… Look, do you think there’s a

Jian Xiaoning, Xu Se stared at her with a stern face and

left

at him, and asked, “I’m a doctor. All I do is interact with kids during work, and my favorite pastimes are watching melodrama and reading novels.

sons of the rich have business training or something? I thought your father would teach

Xu Se