Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 226 A Sudden Harmonious Ambience

Lu Jinye did not refute the idea of buying a gift for Master Lu as an apology. He tagged along with Mu Zhi to the shopping mall.

In the mall, Mu Zhi was meticulously selecting the best gift while asking Lu Jinye about Master Lu’s personal preference. Lu Jinye responded to her questions thoughtfully.

He wore a smile throughout the process.

After picking a gift, Mu Zhi turned to Lu Jinye and was startled to find his dazzling smile.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Lu Jinye giggled, “Master Lu barely stays at home when I was little. But whenever he was coming home, my mom would always clean every corner of the house in advance. She would buy a hefty amount of items, soliloquizing to herself if the things are suitable.”

“I couldn’t bear her nagging at the time. I didn’t understand why mom did what she was doing. After all, everything was readily available at home, and Master Lu might not appreciate what she bought. But, she would let her joy overcome her exhaustion.”

“But I realize it now.”

Mu Zhi loaded the tea leaves she could into the car and fastened her seatbelt, “What did you figure?”

Lu Jinye said, “It… Is how a blissful home should feel like.”

“I picked up the same feeling from you, from the efforts you put into working towards a blissful home.”

However, the characters were now different from the visual in his head. His mom did it for Master Lu, while Mu Zhi did the same for him.

After listening to those words, Mu Zhi could not help but chuckle, “Actually, I never thought that I’d put in this much effort in the first place.”

“From the way you described your mom, I can tell that she was a marvelous woman.”

Lu Jinye took the wheels steadily as Mu Zhi stared at Lu Jinye with a stern face. After some moment, she suddenly asked, “Do you find any similarities between your mom and me?”

few years of knowing Lu Jinye, Mu Zhi had never asked him about his

to have intermittently

mother was a

precious his mother was, Lu Jinye would openly

like getting to know more about

an earnest look at Mu Zhi. He sized her up for a long while before saying, “Not really. The only similarity I can think of is that both

She tended not to overread situations. She was naïve, which was

this point, Lu Jinye paused momentarily before

“How am I different?”

turned to

fight for yourself proactively. For instance, you volunteered to marry me in the first

“I was cornered.”

looked when they first got married. She pounced at Lu Jinye and sold herself off like an

Zhi held the gift

Mu

felt warm and

as soon as she stepped through the door, Mu

was sure that Master Lu would

not the case… The butler zealously said to Mu Zhi, “The master is upstairs, please give me a

to say, the butler

long after, Master Lu was seen gradually trudging down the stairs with the

stateliness he had before. Mu Zhi was surprised

unsure what

“Please take a seat.”

downstairs, he invited the pair for

his seat right away while Mu Zhi was contemplating whether she should sit. In the end, she decided to hand the gift to

I understand that I am not in the place to address you as dad just yet, but Lu Jinye and I truly love each other. I apologize for what happened in the hospital before, and I

bit her lower lip. Despite having practiced these lines numerous times throughout their journey, she could not

Master Lu raised his head to look at Mu Zhi, “How can