Falling for the Contract Bride

Upon hearing Mu Zhi’s cracked voice, Lu Jinye involuntarily squeezed her hand with his fingers out of

grief.

A few moments later, Lu Jinye’s phone rang. He picked up the call, and said indifferently, “Hello?”

From the other end of the phone came the hoarse voice of the man Lu Jinye sent. “Mr. Lu, I was

informed by the security guard that a man who resembled the one in the photo you sent went in an

hour ago. He hasn’t left.”

“Go in and search for him.”

Lu Jinye sent his order right away.

Since hearing news of the abduction, Lu Jinye had been following up with Zhang Baiyan’s whereabouts

closely.

Mu Zhi could hear that there was frustration in his tone. She trembled internally and looked at him with

gratitude.

“Thank you.”

Mu Zhi seemed to have collected herself from the courage Lu Jinye gave her through the warmth of his

palm.

She thanked him softly.

“Never say those two words to me again.”

Lu Jinye’s gaze was locked on the road ahead, obscured by the downpour. His voice was calm as

usual.

Mu Zhi did not respond to him. She was secretly urging herself that what she felt was purely

gratefulness for Lu Jinye, and consciously telling herself that affection was nonexistent between them.

The fleet of cars was making headway rapidly, unshaken by the rainy night.

Due to Lu Jinye’s presence, what terror Mu Zhi initially had within her disappeared. It suddenly

occurred to her that life was full of hope.

…

Xiao Qingqing had been sitting on the couch, staring down at the kneeling Zhang Baiyan for a long

while now. She refused to let him see his woman – Rose. In this instance, the receptionist suddenly

came in, reporting to Shen Mobo, “Mr. Shen, there’re a few men at the front desk asking for you. They

mentioned that they’re here to investigate a man. Their leader introduced himself as Lu Jinye, citing

that you know him. He told me to ring you, he doesn’t seem to be aware that you’re around. What do I

do?”

Shen Mobo glanced at Xiao Qingqing. After listening to the report, Xiao Qingqing started shuddering in

rage!

She clenched her fists fiercely, and said, “Tell Lu Jinye to come in and search the place!”

She squeezed the words through gritted teeth.

Following that, she gave Shen Mobo a look, “Bring him away, you can’t let Lu Jinye see you here. I

need to go with you too.”

Shen Mobo promptly nodded. He hurled Zhang Baiyan into his car, and took off into the dense and

heavy rain.

Xiao Qingqing devised her next move only when she got into the car.

Since Lu Jinye was here to look for Mu Zhi’s kid, she was curious to see who he would choose

between the child and herself. Xiao Qingqing wanted to make it known to Mu Zhi that her child wouldn’t

be abducted if she had kept a distance with Lu Jinye!

At that thought, Xiao Qingqing said to Zhang Baiyan, “Bring the kid here, record a video, and send it to

Mu Zhi. Have her ransom the kid alone. If she informs anyone, especially Lu Jinye, the kid will not see

the next sunlight!”

“Ok.”

Following that, Xiao Qingqing diverted her attention to Shen Mobo, “Mobo, where’s the location of your

place in City S? Bring me there, I’m tired, can you please see to the rest of the matter for me?”

She was referring to Zhang Baiyan.

“Sure.”

Shen Mobo made a U-turn, dropped off Xiao Qingqing at his villa in City S, then drove off into the rain

once again. Zhang Baiyan led him to where Mu Xiaomu was. He put on a mask to prevent getting

recognized, and made Mu Xiaomu record an excruciating video with Zhang Baiyan.

Mu Xiaomu had always been a timid girl. She had cried her voice hoarse at this point, after starving for

the whole day. She was scared like a little rabbit when Shen Mobo and Zhang Baiyan showed up at the

rented house.

Mu Xiaomu would start wailing fearfully as long as Zhang Baiyan shouted at her.

Thus, the resulting video was convincing and heart-wrenching to watch.

At the Wanhui Casino, while Lu Jinye and the rest had failed to gather any clues, Mu Zhi suddenly

received a call.

Before she could say a word, the man commanded, “Get away from the guys next to you, bring the

phone with you to the ladies’ toilet.”

Mu Zhi could only comply and head to the washroom.

When she received a video of Mu Xiaomu heavily tied up, eyes as lifeless as an extinguished bonfire,

Mu Zhi could no longer hold control over her emotions.

She immediately made a return call and yelled at the man, “What do you want exactly?”

“I’m not the man who had a one-night stand with you. I’m just a simple man who wants to play a game!

Listen, break off from the group and leave the casino. Come to the address I’m about to send you,

using the exact routes, to save your daughter. Do not inform anyone, if you do, especially Lu Jinye,

then in the next video, you will see your little girl cut up into many little pieces.”

Mu Zhi held a hand over her mouth firmly to muffle her crying sound.

She had no idea what else she could do at this point. All she could do was succumbing to the man’s

instructions.

She headed straight towards the exit when she left the ladies’ washroom, into the dark, rainy night. The

route flawlessly avoided every surveillance camera that might catch a glimpse of her. Eventually, she

disappeared into the downpour, and ended up at an abandoned warehouse.