Falling for the Contract Bride

“Even after working with him for over ten years as a chauffeur, Mr. Lu couldn’t help but tell me what to

do because you are my passenger, madam.”

Mu Zhi was touched to hear that.

She took out her phone to send a text message, ‘Thank you for the chauffeur, love you.’

Lu Jinye had just arrived at the client’s company. He sensed an indescribable tension in the air as soon

as he stepped through the entrance.

It was a difficult situation to solve. Everyone was overwrought.

However, Mu Zhi’s text message managed to calm him down a little.

‘Good girl, let me take care of work now.’

That was all he wrote to her, but Mu Zhi could feel the warmth coming over what appeared to be an

apathetic, cold village upon receiving those words.

They went through another section of dirt road before gradually closing into the village.

The village was small and narrow. Mu Zhi and the chauffeur could no longer advance in the car. Thus,

they decided to get out of the vehicle and slowly head into the village by foot under the torchlights’ soft

light.

After getting off the car, the chauffeur informed Mu Zhi that Mr. Lu had prepared a spare change of

clothes for her.

Mu Zhi chose a thick jacket to bundle up herself before carrying on with their journey.

It was only six in the evening, but not a single soul could be found on the village’s streets. It resembled

nothing like the beginning of the energetic nightlife that was currently brewing in the city.

There were street lights, but the light was barely enough to brighten up the streets.

The chauffeur held a torchlight in his hand to go from door to door for the right house number.

Mu Zhi followed suit.

Finally, they located number seventeen of Xingxing Street.

Mu Zhi pointed at the number, heaved a sigh of relief, and planned to set off into the house.

The door was obsolete, but she could see the light seeping through the window of the house. Mu Zhi

peered at the light and reluctantly struck the door knocker fitted to the door.

But nobody answered the door.

Mu Zhi called out a few times before a grumpy, hoarse voice came out from the house, “Who is it?!”

The voice was laced with anger and malice and easily related to the ghosts when heard at night.

Mu Zhi trembled at the sound of it.

The chauffeur promptly stepped forward to hide Mu Zhi behind him, then said, “Old man, we are here

to look for someone, has anyone by the name of Mu Xue lived here before?”

“Scram!”

The old man was at his doorstep with a kerosene lamp. He bellowed as soon as he heard the mention

of Mu Xue’s name.

Mu Zhi stood rooted to the ground, not knowing what to do.

“Piss off now, what are you waiting for?!”

Nobody by the name of Mu Xue stays here. Mu Xue is dead!”

“The house originally belonged to Mu Xue. May I know how you are related to her?”

The chauffeur was in his early forties. He managed to keep his composure when dealing with the old

man, perhaps learning a thing or two from Lu Jinye after all the years working for him.

His tender voice managed to calm the old man a little.

The man snorted through the door gap. “Would you believe if I say that I’m not related to Mu Xue at

all?!”

He suddenly pulled the main entrance doors open to reveal himself to Mu Zhi and the chauffeur in

between his words.

The kerosene lamp shone on half of his face.

Strange enough, although it was the outback, he shouldn’t go as far as to use a kerosene lamp.

The chauffeur swept his torchlight across to reveal the rest of the man’s face.

Upon taking a glance, Mu Zhi immediately shuffled backward nervously.

The chauffeur swiftly shielded Mu Zhi behind him once more.

It was difficult to describe the man’s face becausethere was not an inch of undamaged skin on his face.

All of his skin seemed to have been burned by fire. His hair was unkempt, and the foul odor from his

body smelled like he had not taken a shower in years. He looked like nothing but a walking dead!

In summary, he was terrifying!

Upon taking a closer look at the man, the chauffeur could not help but gulp.

On the other hand, the man casually caught a glimpse of Mu Zhi and the chauffeur. Looking at the

petrified looks and body language, he chuckled scornfully, then turned back into his yard, locked the

main doors, and gradually headed back into the house with the kerosene lamp.

While trudging into the house, he mumbled to himself, “Disgusting bitch!”

“Madam, I suggest… To stay at a hotel tonight.”

The chauffeur turned to Mu Zhi, who was still scared witless in this instance, and said.

Mu Zhi was forced to steady herself and nodded to him, “Sure!”

They were not unfamiliar with the village, but without a better choice, they resorted to search for a hotel

in the dark.

Fortunately… It did not take them long before finding a motel. Despite its rustic simplicity, the rooms

were clean enough to stay.

Mu Zhi and the chauffeur settled into the motel. Listening to the violent night winds of the mountain,

she could hardly sleep.

It took her some moments to fall asleep.

The second day, she woke up at dawn to realize that the chauffeur woke up earlier than her.