Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Hug Him Tight

Mu Zhi raised her eyes and took a serious look at Xiao Qingqing. She then put on a courteous smile.

She nodded at Xiao Qingqing, “Yes, I know the relationship between you and Mr. Lu, Miss Xiao, and I also know that Mr. Lu loves you. If I said that nothing happened between me and Mr. Lu last night, Miss Xiao might not believe it either. You will just have to continue strengthening the relationship between you both and I will be a nobody to him. Miss Xiao, you need not worry about me.”

Mu Zhi made herself look presentable, nodded at Xiao Qingqing, and walked towards the direction of the elevator.

She was his legal wife, and whether she was loved or not did not matter, as it was her name on the marriage papers with Lu Jinye!

However, Xiao Qingqing didn’t seem content to let Mu Zhi walk free. She ran a few steps towards Mu Zhi and reached out to stop Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi subconsciously withdrew her hand and shook it off.

Xiao Qingqing was losing her patience. She unswervingly raised her hand and slapped Mu Zhi across the face.

Mu Zhi was taken aback for a moment. She turned and looked at Xiao Qingqing with a stern face for a long time, and slapped her back.

Mu Zhi went easy. She knew that her slap was definitely not as harsh as Xiao Qingqing’s, but red fingerprints still surfaced on Xiao Qingqing’s fair skin.

“How dare you hit me when you are the mistress of a relationship?”

Xiao Qingqing held her face and looked at Mu Zhi furiously.

On the contrary, Mu Zhi had become the calm one.

“Your slap stemmed from love, you’ve misunderstood that I robbed you of your man and I accept it calmly.

“As for mine, it stemmed from morality and law, my gift of chance for you to respect yourself, Miss Xiao.”

Mu Zhi said these few words listlessly.

“You! What do you think you are?”

Xiao Qingqing started making a scene.

“Mrs. Lu, if it’s enough.”

After saying this, Mu Zhi could no longer bother about Xiao Qingqing.

She straightened her own hair, turned and walked towards the elevator.

However, she received a call as soon as she entered the elevator. Jian Xiaoning had called, and she sounded very anxious, “I need to go to City Z for a seminar, but Mu Xiaomu suddenly have fever. You must come over to the hospital!”

“Okay.”

Mu Zhi didn’t hesitate. She walked out quickly, waved down a cab and rushed to Jian Xiaoning’s hospital.

When she walked into Mu Xiaomu’s ward, Mu Xiaomu had an antipyretic sticker on. She was arguing with some children around her.

“I don’t have a father? You don’t have a father!”

Mu Xiaomu’s face was flushed, and tears were streaming down her face.

Seeing this, Mu Zhi quickly stepped forward and hugged Mu Xiaomu, and wanted to walk her out.

Just as they were leaving, Jian Xiaoning hurried over from outside and glanced at Mu Xiaomu, “Xiaomu, why did you get into a quarrel again… I was only away for a second to pay your bills.”

Mu Zhi shook her head, looked at the time and patted Jian Xiaoning on the shoulder, “Hurry up, don’t be late.”

Jian Xiaoning was still a little worried. She glanced at Mu Zhi as if there was something she wanted to say but could not. After hesitating, she turned around and left.

She just told Mu Zhi to take good care of herself.

It was not until Jian Xiaoning left that Mu Zhi took Mu Xiaomu to a change of place to rest. She put Mu Xiaomu on her lap, and then asked her seriously, “Why did you quarrel with the other kids?”

As soon as the mentioned about the quarrel, Mu Xiaomu immediately clenched her small fists gravely.

She looked angry still.

“She said I didn’t have a father!”

“And she showed off that she had a father.”

“Didn’t you tell her that you have a mother and your mother loves you very much?”

Mu Xiaomu stared at Mu Zhi for quite some time, her eyes wide open. “But, mommy, why does everyone else have a daddy, but not me?”

Mu Zhi was lost for words.

Although Mu Xiaomu was adorable, Mu Zhi and Jian Xiaoning had showered her with enough love, so she rarely asked questions about her father.

Perhaps her asking this question now had something to do with her going to kindergarten.

Mu Zhi could not lie that Mu Xiaomu’s father was dead. She bit her lip and said, “Your father went on an expedition in a big forest. It will take a long time for him to come back.”

“You know too that small animals in the forest are always bullied by the bigger beasts. Daddy wants to protect them.”

“Wow!”

“Mu Xiaomu suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Mu Zhi incredulously. Her eyes were filled with surprise.

She not only stopped crying, but was a little excited too.

“Mommy! My dad is too cool!”

“Yes, he’s so cool!”

“But this is a secret. We can’t tell other children. If other children tease you for not having a father again, just say that your father is doing important things, OK?”

“Hmm! Roar!”

Just as Mu Zhi coaxed Mu Xiaomu, she suddenly received a message on her phone.

It was from Jian Xiaoning.

‘I am about to get on the plane. I suddenly thought that Mu Xiaomu seemed to be bothered about her father’s affairs recently. Do you want to investigate the surveillance a few years ago and find that man out? Don’t reply. Just think about it.’

Mu Zhi stared at the text message for a long time. She put the phone back into her pocket, picked up Mu Xiaomu and went back to the ward.

…

When Lu Jinye woke up, his phone rang.

He picked up the phone, and an old woman’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Hello? Mr. Lu? Miss Qingqing has kept crying after returning home. She wouldn’t let me tell you, but…”

On the other end of the phone was the maid Lu Jinye hired to take care of Xiao Qingqing. She sounded worried.

“Okay, I understand.”

Lu Jinye hung up the phone, washed up, put on his clothes and went out quickly.

When he arrived at Xiao Qingqing’s residence and entered the door, the maid said in a low voice, “Miss Xiao went out and was slapped by someone. She is still crying in her bedroom.”

As soon as he heard Xiao Qingqing being slapped, Lu Jinye scowled deeper.

Sure enough, as he opened the bedroom door, Xiao Qingqing was having a weeping fit.

“What’s the matter?”

Lu Jinye walked towards Xiao Qingqing and asked her to look up at him. The fingerprints on her fair face were particularly obvious.

“What happened? Who did this?”

Lu Jinye quickly stood up to fetch some anti-inflammatory drugs for Xiao Qingqing.

However, Xiao Qingqing hugged Lu Jinye, buried herself into his arms, and embraced him tightly.

“Don’t go, I’m afraid.”

“What are you afraid of?”

Lu Jinye’s voice was soft.

“I’m afraid… Jinye… I think I might lose you.” © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Xiao Qingqing hesitated for a long time before she spoke.

She had been wondering how Lu Jinye’s mysterious wife would be like.

She had been secretly investigating all this while, but she had never expected that secretary Mu Zhi was Lu Jinye’s wife!