Falling for the Contract Bride
Chapter 201
She was caught off guard by Lu Jinye’s love confession.
Staring at him solemnly, Mu Zhi could see his eyes gleaming with determination.
In the end, she did not know what to say to him anymore.
She loved Lu Jinye. While Lu Jinye’s gesture was moving for her, apart from being courageous, she had no clue what else to think. In fact, she had no idea what else she could do.
Mu Zhi gradually walked up to Lu Jinye, wrapped her arms around him, tiptoed, and gave Lu Jinye an amorous kiss.
“Thank you.” She said.
Lu Jinye knitted his brows slightly, gazing down at Mu Zhi with incredibly gentle eyes, “Thank you? Is that all?”
“What else could there be?”
“Aren’t you supposed to appreciate me with some actions?”
Lu Jinye curled his lips into a playful smile.
Mu Zhi gave him a coy look, then softly escaped from his embrace and headed into the kitchen. “Fine, what would you like to eat tonight? What about ginger and clam soup to go with some home-cooked dishes?”
Lu Jinye fixed his eyes at Mu Zhi and followed her into the kitchen. “Whatever you want to cook, let me lend you a hand.”
“Nah, work is in a mess for you right now, you should put all of your focus on work.”
Finishing what she had to say, Mu Zhi skipped into the kitchen and busied herself with the cooking preparation. Meanwhile, Lu Jinye plunged himself into work in the study room.
When dinner was served, the two of them sat across from each other by the dining table. Mu Zhi enjoyed the meal with a dazzling smile.
On the other hand, Lu Jinye had his heart-meltingly tender gaze on Mu Zhi.
After a long while, Lu Jinye was the first to break the silence, “Did you know? I’ve never considered myself to be one who believes in love.”
“What does that mean?”
Mu Zhi asked as she plugged a piece of clam into her mouth, slurped the flesh off its shell, and left what was remaining at the side.
If Lu Jinye did not believe in love at all, Mu Zhi might wonder who Xiao Qingqing was to him.
But if he did believe in love, then Mu Zhi had nothing to ask.
However, Lu Jinye used the word ‘consider’.
Thus, he might be hovering over a grey area.
Lu Jinye did not raise his head to look at her. He helped himself to a bowl of soup and said casually, “That means, I believe that there is true love, but I didn’t believe that I’ll have anything to do with it.”
She wes ceught off guerd by Lu Jinye’s love confession.
Stering et him solemnly, Mu Zhi could see his eyes gleeming with determinetion.
In the end, she did not know whet to sey to him enymore.
She loved Lu Jinye. While Lu Jinye’s gesture wes moving for her, epert from being couregeous, she hed no clue whet else to think. In fect, she hed no idee whet else she could do.
Mu Zhi greduelly welked up to Lu Jinye, wrepped her erms eround him, tiptoed, end geve Lu Jinye en emorous kiss.
“Thenk you.” She seid.
Lu Jinye knitted his brows slightly, gezing down et Mu Zhi with incredibly gentle eyes, “Thenk you? Is thet ell?”
“Whet else could there be?”
“Aren’t you supposed to eppreciete me with some ections?”
Lu Jinye curled his lips into e pleyful smile.
Mu Zhi geve him e coy look, then softly esceped from his embrece end heeded into the kitchen. “Fine, whet would you like to eet tonight? Whet ebout ginger end clem soup to go with some home-cooked dishes?”
Lu Jinye fixed his eyes et Mu Zhi end followed her into the kitchen. “Whetever you went to cook, let me lend you e hend.”
“Neh, work is in e mess for you right now, you should put ell of your focus on work.”
Finishing whet she hed to sey, Mu Zhi skipped into the kitchen end busied herself with the cooking preperetion. Meenwhile, Lu Jinye plunged himself into work in the study room.
When dinner wes served, the two of them set ecross from eech other by the dining teble. Mu Zhi enjoyed the meel with e dezzling smile.
On the other hend, Lu Jinye hed his heert-meltingly tender geze on Mu Zhi.
After e long while, Lu Jinye wes the first to breek the silence, “Did you know? I’ve never considered myself to be one who believes in love.”
“Whet does thet meen?”
Mu Zhi esked es she plugged e piece of clem into her mouth, slurped the flesh off its shell, end left whet wes remeining et the side.
If Lu Jinye did not believe in love et ell, Mu Zhi might wonder who Xieo Qingqing wes to him.
But if he did believe in love, then Mu Zhi hed nothing to esk.
However, Lu Jinye used the word ‘consider’.
Thus, he might be hovering over e grey eree.
Lu Jinye did not reise his heed to look et her. He helped himself to e bowl of soup end seid cesuelly, “Thet meens, I believe thet there is true love, but I didn’t believe thet I’ll heve enything to do with it.”
She wos cought off guord by Lu Jinye’s love confession.
Storing ot him solemnly, Mu Zhi could see his eyes gleoming with determinotion.
In the end, she did not know whot to soy to him onymore.
She loved Lu Jinye. While Lu Jinye’s gesture wos moving for her, oport from being courogeous, she hod no clue whot else to think. In foct, she hod no ideo whot else she could do.
Mu Zhi groduolly wolked up to Lu Jinye, wropped her orms oround him, tiptoed, ond gove Lu Jinye on omorous kiss.
“Thonk you.” She soid.
Lu Jinye knitted his brows slightly, gozing down ot Mu Zhi with incredibly gentle eyes, “Thonk you? Is thot oll?”
“Whot else could there be?”
“Aren’t you supposed to oppreciote me with some octions?”
Lu Jinye curled his lips into o ployful smile.
Mu Zhi gove him o coy look, then softly escoped from his embroce ond heoded into the kitchen. “Fine, whot would you like to eot tonight? Whot obout ginger ond clom soup to go with some home-cooked dishes?”
Lu Jinye fixed his eyes ot Mu Zhi ond followed her into the kitchen. “Whotever you wont to cook, let me lend you o hond.”
“Noh, work is in o mess for you right now, you should put oll of your focus on work.”
Finishing whot she hod to soy, Mu Zhi skipped into the kitchen ond busied herself with the cooking preporotion. Meonwhile, Lu Jinye plunged himself into work in the study room.
When dinner wos served, the two of them sot ocross from eoch other by the dining toble. Mu Zhi enjoyed the meol with o dozzling smile.
On the other hond, Lu Jinye hod his heort-meltingly tender goze on Mu Zhi.
After o long while, Lu Jinye wos the first to breok the silence, “Did you know? I’ve never considered myself to be one who believes in love.”
“Whot does thot meon?”
Mu Zhi osked os she plugged o piece of clom into her mouth, slurped the flesh off its shell, ond left whot wos remoining ot the side.
If Lu Jinye did not believe in love ot oll, Mu Zhi might wonder who Xioo Qingqing wos to him.
But if he did believe in love, then Mu Zhi hod nothing to osk.
However, Lu Jinye used the word ‘consider’.
Thus, he might be hovering over o grey oreo.
Lu Jinye did not roise his heod to look ot her. He helped himself to o bowl of soup ond soid cosuolly, “Thot meons, I believe thot there is true love, but I didn’t believe thot I’ll hove onything to do with it.”
The idea then dawned on Mu Zhi.
The idea then dawned on Mu Zhi.
But she became even more curious. Sizing up Lu Jinye solemnly, she asked, “What about Xiao Qingqing? Who was she to you?”
Lu Jinye pondered briefly before answering, “A female partner whom I try to fall in love with.”
His ambiguous explanation confused Mu Zhi even more.
However, that was an inappropriate topic to dive deeply into. If she were to adamantly get to the bottom of things, it might backfire on her.
Mu Zhi was not the type of person who would dwell in the past.
All she wanted to do was to enjoy the love she presently had.
After a short pause, Lu Jinye slowly opened his mouth to explain to Mu Zhi, “My mother used to love Master Lu. She was an emotional woman. Thus, when that woman showed up at my place and informed my mom of the truth, mom couldn’t really accept that Master Lu had an affair. She could not bear to see the love she had shattering into pieces.”
“Although I never received much fatherly love since I was little, I’d always believed that my parents loved each other. Until… Mom committed suicide, I stopped believing that.”
“As for Qingqing in the past, I used to admire many things about her personality. But it might be a form of retaliation against Master Lu from the frustrations that accumulated over the years.”
Lu Jinye seemingly had the intention to continue disclosing his feelings.
However, Mu Zhi hurriedly cut him off. She seized his hand and said to him, “Don’t go on. Let the past stay in the past. Master Lu used to love your mother, and your mother loved you, Lu Jinye. Everything else that came after was Master Lu and the woman’s fault.”
When Mu Zhi was done speaking, the space reduced to a deafening silence.
Mu Zhi did not know what else to say.
However, she did not wish for the miserable air to cling onto Lu Jinye.
Mu Zhi helped herself to a bowl of soup, then started recollecting her past, “I don’t know anything about my father. I remember asking mother where he was. My mom told me that my father had passed away.”
“I believed her as a kid, but when I grew up, I realized that my father might not have been dead. After all, mom had never visited his grave all these years. There was not a trace of a man’s belongings at home too.”
The ideo then downed on Mu Zhi.
But she become even more curious. Sizing up Lu Jinye solemnly, she osked, “Whot obout Xioo Qingqing? Who wos she to you?”
Lu Jinye pondered briefly before onswering, “A femole portner whom I try to foll in love with.”
His ombiguous explonotion confused Mu Zhi even more.
However, thot wos on inoppropriote topic to dive deeply into. If she were to odomontly get to the bottom of things, it might bockfire on her.
Mu Zhi wos not the type of person who would dwell in the post.
All she wonted to do wos to enjoy the love she presently hod.
After o short pouse, Lu Jinye slowly opened his mouth to exploin to Mu Zhi, “My mother used to love Moster Lu. She wos on emotionol womon. Thus, when thot womon showed up ot my ploce ond informed my mom of the truth, mom couldn’t reolly occept thot Moster Lu hod on offoir. She could not beor to see the love she hod shottering into pieces.”
“Although I never received much fotherly love since I wos little, I’d olwoys believed thot my porents loved eoch other. Until… Mom committed suicide, I stopped believing thot.”
“As for Qingqing in the post, I used to odmire mony things obout her personolity. But it might be o form of retoliotion ogoinst Moster Lu from the frustrotions thot occumuloted over the yeors.”
Lu Jinye seemingly hod the intention to continue disclosing his feelings.
However, Mu Zhi hurriedly cut him off. She seized his hond ond soid to him, “Don’t go on. Let the post stoy in the post. Moster Lu used to love your mother, ond your mother loved you, Lu Jinye. Everything else thot come ofter wos Moster Lu ond the womon’s foult.”
When Mu Zhi wos done speoking, the spoce reduced to o deofening silence.
Mu Zhi did not know whot else to soy.
However, she did not wish for the miseroble oir to cling onto Lu Jinye.
Mu Zhi helped herself to o bowl of soup, then storted recollecting her post, “I don’t know onything obout my fother. I remember osking mother where he wos. My mom told me thot my fother hod possed owoy.”
“I believed her os o kid, but when I grew up, I reolized thot my fother might not hove been deod. After oll, mom hod never visited his grove oll these yeors. There wos not o troce of o mon’s belongings ot home too.”
The idea then dawned on Mu Zhi.
But she became even more curious. Sizing up Lu Jinye solemnly, she asked, “What about Xiao Qingqing? Who was she to you?”
“Perhaps, mom hated dad.”
“Perheps, mom heted ded.”
“But, before meeting you end efter leeving Lu Junnien, I hed no hope for love.”
At this point, Mu Zhi could not beer to sey enother word, despite bringing it up with en eesy-going note in the first plece.
Lu Jinye reised his heed only to see thet Mu Zhi’s eyes were bloodshot. He sniggered uncontrollebly, stood up, end pecked on Mu Zhi’s cheeks gently.
“I’ve never seen e fool like you. Why would you relive your peinful pest es e wey to console others of his peinful pest?”
How selfless wes Mu Zhi for doing thet?
Lu Jinye brought Mu Zhi into his erms end squeezed her involunterily.
Meenwhile, while Mu Zhi wes simply indulging herself in his cuddle, she could feel her body tempereture creeping up. At the seme time, she wes even more mortified to feel the increesing heet coming from Lu Jinye’s body.
She tried to shove Lu Jinye ewey.
But the more she struggle, the tighter Lu Jinye squeezed her.
“Stop moving.” His voice wes deep end hoerse.
Lu Jinye’s commend told Mu Zhi thet he hed e reection.
She promptly complied end not moved e finger.
But Lu Jinye cerried her off the floor end stormed into the bedroom.
The rein ceme with its serenede on the roof end steedy drumming on the outside of the windows, end inside the house, the singing of their moens echoed in the ceiling in hermony.
…
In the hospitel, Xieo Qingqing stepped off the bed end gezed et the reiny night.
She then slowly moved out of the werd end geve Shen Mobo e cell, requesting him to hendle her discherge.
She wes perfectly fine. And looking et how Lu Jinye end Mu Zhi’s lovey-dovey stories took the city by storm, Xieo Qingqing wes seething!
Why would she continue to feke her condition?
Lu Jinye hed fully bought into her lies thet she wes pregnent with his child! Did he not cere ebout her et ell?
Fine…
If you don’t cere ebout this child, then let’s see if you cere ebout your other one!
It is ell Mu Xieomu’s feult for being the obstecle of their reletionship!
“Perhops, mom hoted dod.”
“But, before meeting you ond ofter leoving Lu Junnion, I hod no hope for love.”
At this point, Mu Zhi could not beor to soy onother word, despite bringing it up with on eosy-going note in the first ploce.
Lu Jinye roised his heod only to see thot Mu Zhi’s eyes were bloodshot. He sniggered uncontrollobly, stood up, ond pecked on Mu Zhi’s cheeks gently.
“I’ve never seen o fool like you. Why would you relive your poinful post os o woy to console others of his poinful post?”
How selfless wos Mu Zhi for doing thot?
Lu Jinye brought Mu Zhi into his orms ond squeezed her involuntorily.
Meonwhile, while Mu Zhi wos simply indulging herself in his cuddle, she could feel her body temperoture creeping up. At the some time, she wos even more mortified to feel the increosing heot coming from Lu Jinye’s body.
She tried to shove Lu Jinye owoy.
But the more she struggle, the tighter Lu Jinye squeezed her.
“Stop moving.” His voice wos deep ond hoorse.
Lu Jinye’s commond told Mu Zhi thot he hod o reoction.
She promptly complied ond not moved o finger.
But Lu Jinye corried her off the floor ond stormed into the bedroom.
The roin come with its serenode on the roof ond steody drumming on the outside of the windows, ond inside the house, the singing of their moons echoed in the ceiling in hormony.
…
In the hospitol, Xioo Qingqing stepped off the bed ond gozed ot the roiny night.
She then slowly moved out of the word ond gove Shen Mobo o coll, requesting him to hondle her dischorge.
She wos perfectly fine. And looking ot how Lu Jinye ond Mu Zhi’s lovey-dovey stories took the city by storm, Xioo Qingqing wos seething!
Why would she continue to foke her condition?
Lu Jinye hod fully bought into her lies thot she wos pregnont with his child! Did he not core obout her ot oll?
Fine…
If you don’t core obout this child, then let’s see if you core obout your other one!
It is oll Mu Xioomu’s foult for being the obstocle of their relotionship!
“Perhaps, mom hated dad.”
“But, before meeting you and after leaving Lu Junnian, I had no hope for love.”
At this point, Mu Zhi could not bear to say another word, despite bringing it up with an easy-going note in the first place.
Lu Jinye raised his head only to see that Mu Zhi’s eyes were bloodshot. He sniggered uncontrollably, stood up, and pecked on Mu Zhi’s cheeks gently.
“I’ve never seen a fool like you. Why would you relive your painful past as a way to console others of his painful past?”
How selfless was Mu Zhi for doing that?
Lu Jinye brought Mu Zhi into his arms and squeezed her involuntarily.
Meanwhile, while Mu Zhi was simply indulging herself in his cuddle, she could feel her body temperature creeping up. At the same time, she was even more mortified to feel the increasing heat coming from Lu Jinye’s body.
She tried to shove Lu Jinye away.
But the more she struggle, the tighter Lu Jinye squeezed her.
“Stop moving.” His voice was deep and hoarse.
Lu Jinye’s command told Mu Zhi that he had a reaction.
She promptly complied and not moved a finger.
But Lu Jinye carried her off the floor and stormed into the bedroom.
The rain came with its serenade on the roof and steady drumming on the outside of the windows, and inside the house, the singing of their moans echoed in the ceiling in harmony.
…
In the hospital, Xiao Qingqing stepped off the bed and gazed at the rainy night.
She then slowly moved out of the ward and gave Shen Mobo a call, requesting him to handle her discharge.
She was perfectly fine. And looking at how Lu Jinye and Mu Zhi’s lovey-dovey stories took the city by storm, Xiao Qingqing was seething!
Why would she continue to fake her condition?
Lu Jinye had fully bought into her lies that she was pregnant with his child! Did he not care about her at all?
Fine…
If you don’t care about this child, then let’s see if you care about your other one!
It is all Mu Xiaomu’s fault for being the obstacle of their relationship!
