Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 230 The Appearance of Her Birth Father

Based on her knowledge of Xie Xiu, he was not someone to sit around waiting for opportunities to come.

Xie Xiu did not seem nervous at all. He was insouciantly touching up his ink painting while saying to Secretary Rao, “Did you know? I love how you used to handle everything for me with poise. Unlike now, where you seem to be constantly overstepping your boundary.”

Upon hearing what Xie Xiu had to say, Secretary Rao immediately hung her head.

However, she tried to defend herself, seemingly upset with his remark.

After suppressing her emotions for a couple of seconds, she blurted out disgruntledly, “Mr. Xie, you act differently from before this time. You’ve never treated women like this in the past.”

Xie Xiu held the brush in the air. Without completing the elegant phoenix drawing, he raised his eyes to look at Secretary Rao, “Are you saying that I’ve lost myself in front of a woman?”

“Not really.”

Secretary Rao immediately kept mum.

“Enough, I’m tired, prepare the bath.”

Xie Xiu made it clear that he didn’t want to speak of it any longer.

Secretary Rao seemed to have more to say, but the words did not ultimately leave her tongue.

After getting his bath prepared, Xie Xiu suddenly ordered her to search for a man who had the slightest resemblance to Mu Zhi’s facial features and bring him to Xiao Qingqing.

Secretary Rao complied, not knowing what Xie Xiu’s intentions were. However, when Xiao Qingqing received the man who had a dash of Mu Zhi’s resemblance, she seemed over the moon and expressed her gratitude to Mr. Xie.

On the way back to Xie Xiu’s place, Secretary Rao suddenly remembered something that made everything fall in place for her.

Mr. Xie Xiu was not passive. He was a master at utilizing his pieces on the chessboard.

He knew from the beginning that Mu Zhi and Lu Jinye were not going to get married.

…

Zhi reached home. The photo from Mu Xiaomu’s embroidered bag was trapped in her head, and she could

wondered whether her mother’s death was man-made or it was purely a medical accident, which was common in the medical world. She replayed the whole incident in her mind throughout the night and only managed to

sunlight pierced through the window. The car engine’s vrooming sound made

Zhi got off the bed, put on a jacket, and headed downstairs only to see

see Xiaomu, so he hopes to bring Xiaomu to stay over at the manor for a

at the lady with a frown, and she was distracted by Lu Jinye,

matter, Madam

Jinye looked at

Zhi reiterated what Madam Liu just said to her. Lu Jinye thought for a few minutes before saying, “Why don’t we ask Xiaomu? We’ll let her go if she feels like it. I grew

had to say, Lu Jinye grabbed a jacket and hastily set off for the company to deal with

Zhi waited until Mu Xiaomu was awake in the bedroom and asked if she wanted to go to grandpa’s for a

her surprise, Mu Xiaomu was exhilarated to hear the news. She scurried back to her room and grabbed the bag full of snacks, then skipped towards Mu Zhi and said,

not

Zhi was

any other option, she

to

Liu, Mu Zhi headed out

as she arrived at the fashion designer’s doorstep,

hair left the MPV. The man looked to be in his fifties, but his temperament was younger than his peers due to his well-groomed appearance to go with his

to her as a comparison, as though trying to

this should be

caught a glimpse of

words were astounded

that, the man strode towards

and he could barely

Zhi was flummoxed. She stared at

photo from his pocket. It