Falling for the Contract Bride

Chapter 134

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Chapter 134 She Might Stay Gullible

Jian Xiaoning understood Mu Zhi. Despite previously denying that she loved Lu Jinye, Jian Xiaoning

could tell that Mu Zhi felt something different towards him.

Lu Jinye played a significant role in her heart.

Thus, Jian Xiaoning stepped forward, and comforted Mu Zhi, “Alright, you should stop bothering

yourself with that. When Lu Jinye is here, he’ll certainly explain his disappearance.”

“Actually, it’s not necessary.”

“I don’t care.”

Mu Zhi chuckled to give off a carefree impression.

However, her gestures were soring to Jian Xiaoning’s eyes.

Nobody would gladly accept what had just happened to Mu Zhi, especially with Mu Xiaomu’s presence.

Mu Xiaomu’s existence meant that Mu Zhi must keep herself alive.

But Lu Jinye ended up disappearing on her at the very last minute.

Although Jian Xiaoning had not experienced these first-hand, she could put herself in Mu Zhi’s shoes

by looking at the bloody wounds on her arms. How desperate could someone be to find their ways to

escape while bearing the pain of having a bone broken into two fragments?

Jian Xiaoning was helpless. She did not know how to console Mu Zhi.

At this moment, a doctor suddenly brushed past Jian Xiaoning and greeted her with a patient’s report in

his hand.

He was the director of the Pediatric Department in City S.

“Dr. Jian, good to see you here. You’re a close friend of Mu Xiaomu’s mother. Do you have an idea

where she might be? I need to inform her family member.”

“What’s the matter?”

Listening to his words made Mu Zhi raise her alertness, “Did something happen? I am Mu Xiaomu’s

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parent.”

“Oh, the situation is like this.”

The director caught a glimpse of Mu Zhi’s plastered arm and heavily bandaged hand, surprised by her

flustered and feeble appearance.

Thus, he became reluctant to break the bad news.

However, he was obligated to inform her.

“So, the situation is…” The doctor reiterated hesitantly, “Mu Xiaomu woke up once before you made

your way here. Through our brief interaction with her, we realized that the intelligence of the child

seemed to be different from children her age.”

“How is she different?”

Mu Zhi stared at the director in confusion.

The director glanced at Jian Xiaoning, seemingly troubled as he continued, “The girl is four and a half

year old, but she seems to be a bit slower than ordinary kindergarten children. As she progresses, we

may fail to see growth in her brain tissues. She might stay as gullible as she is now.”

The director had tried his best to word his diagnosis acceptably.

However, Mu Zhi struggled to accept it.

She studied medicine, so she could instantly tell that the doctor was saying that Mu Xiaomu might grow

up to be an idiot!

“Sir, please stop kidding.”

Jian Xiaoning could feel Mu Zhi losing her balance. She promptly supported Mu Zhi by her arm, let out

a stiff smile, and said to the director.

But he handed the report summary to Jian Xiaoning, “This is not something I concluded, after all, I’m

not a specialist in this area. But Dr. Alan was around during the clinical round earlier. And I trust you

understand that this is his specialty.”

“Mama.”

While everyone was focused on the doctor’s explanation, Mu Xiaomu had gotten off the bed, silently

crawled out of bed, opened the door, and came before Mu Zhi. She hugged Mu Zhi’s leg, saying,

“Mama, I’m hungry.”

She raised her adorable, round eyes at Mu Zhi, while Mu Zhi bent over to look down at her, replying,

“Sure, what would you like? Would you like mommy to bring you to the canteen?”

“Mama, your hand… Injured, ouch.”

Mu Xiaomu locked her eyes on Mu Zhi’s arm, eyes brimming with resentment.

Jian Xiaoning saw this, and glanced at the director standing next to them, then said heavy-heartedly,

“Thank you, sir, don’t let us keep you for too long. We’ll come to you at a suitable time.”

The director nodded at Mu Zhi and Jian Xiaoning before swiftly setting off.

Meanwhile, after the director had left their lines of sight, Mu Zhi told Jian Xiaoning, “I shall bring Xiaomu

to the canteen for some food for now.”

“They haven’t done a full check-up yet, this is just Dr. Alan’s observation, which shouldn’t be an

accurate diagnosis.”

Jian Xiaoning assured Mu Zhi.

While Mu Zhi responded with a nod to express her gratitude.

She knew. She knew everything.

She even believed in medical miracles.

But, it was her baby girl. Any chance of something going wrong would worry her.

She did not express her emotions. All she did was hurriedly headed to the canteen.

The most important thing to do right now was to make sure Mu Xiaomu got a proper treatment.

Anything else came lower in the priority list.

After having something to eat, Mu Zhi brought Mu Xiaomu back to the ward to get some more rest to

fight off her fever.

In the middle of the night, Lu Jinye finally came to Mu Zhi’s ward.

Mu Zhi barely managed to wash her face, and fetched some water for herself using the hardly

functioning left hand of hers.

But the water was wobbly in her hand.

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Seeing that, Lu Jinye hurriedly stepped forward to assist Mu Zhi.

But Mu Zhi nimbly dodged him, made a beeline to her bed, put down the glass, and sat on the bed.

She looked at Lu Jinye, saying, “Mr. Lu, thank you for visiting me, but you came at the wrong time. It’s

late and I need to go to bed.”

She made her listlessness obvious. Lu Jinye could sense it right away. He looked at Mu Zhi with a

scowl, gulped, and said, “I’m just here to make sure you’re alright.”

“Luckily, I’m still alive. Thank you for the gesture, Mr. Lu.”

Mu Zhi wore a courteous smile as she said those words.

However, the more courteous she behaved, the more distant she was.

“Mu Zhi, Qingqing was in danger at the time.”

Lu Jinye was ready to explain himself.

But Mu Zhi had lied down and tucked herself into the bed with her eyes shut.

Realizing that Mu Zhi would not bat an eye at him, Lu Jinye figured it was meaningless to stay around.

He exhorted her, “Have a good rest. I’ll come back to see you tomorrow morning.”

Upon finishing his words, Lu Jinye rose to his feet and gradually moved towards the exit, eyes flooded

with grimness.

He went to enquire about the amount of time Mu Zhi was expected to stay in the hospital before footing

the bill for her and Mu Xiaomu.

Then, he returned to his hotel irritably.

The next morning when Lu Jinye woke up, he was greeted with a refund message.

There were 10 thousand unused expenses from what he paid earlier.

Lu Jinye stared at the screen with a frown and made a call to the hospital. He was then informed that

Mu Zhi had completed her discharge procedure in the morning, so the remainder of the credit was

refunded.

Lu Jinye tried to seek more information but was told that the hospital was unaware of anything else and

that they had to respect the patient’s wishes.

Upon hanging up the call, Lu Jinye was on the verge of blowing a gasket. He immediately gave Mu Zhi

a call!

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