Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Papa

Lu Jinye raised his head, his calm gaze met Xu Changshu’s eyes. He sized her up silently, then opened his mouth apathetically.

“I hope you can stop insulting her in the future, Changshu.”

Following his words, Lu Jinye held Mu Zhi’s hand and slowly walked towards his car, while Mu Zhi was holding Mu Xiaomu with her other hand.

When Mu Xiaomu got into the car, she looked at Mu Zhi in confusion.

“Mama, why is grandma angry?”

Mu Zhi could not gather a response to Mu Xiaomu. Why would Xu Changshu be mad…

On the other hand, Lu Jinye behaved more patiently. He looked at Mu Xiaomu’s glittering jet-black eyes solemnly, explaining, “Because grandma wishes to make your mama do something she doesn’t want to do.”

“That means grandma doesn’t love mama.”

After Lu Jinye was done explaining, he was caught off guard by Mu Xiaomu’s remark.

What she said surprised Mu Zhi as well. Mu Zhi turned to Mu Xiaomu in astonishment. Lu Jinye became increasingly patient. His eyes were dazzling in a glow of tenderness, “Yeah, grandma doesn’t love mama.”

“Papa loves mama. Papa doesn’t make mama do what mama doesn’t like to do.”

Xiaomu promptly added. The interaction made Mu Zhi feel a little awkward. She swiftly gathered Mu Xiaomu into her embrace, wrapped her arms around Xiaomu, not letting her say another word.

Meanwhile, Mu Xiaomu stayed in Mu Zhi’s embrace obsequiously, making no attempt to struggle. Her adorable, watery eyes were locked on Lu Jinye for almost the entire journey towards Mu Zhi’s apartment.

Eventually, she became tired from staring, gradually closing her heavy eyelids, and fell asleep.

Mu Zhi then said to Lu Jinye, “Just drop us home. I shall take the chance to think of what’s going to happen next.”

“When you’re in the states with your mother, in case of Jian Xiaoning can’t take care of Xiaomu, I can babysit her.”

Although… He was unconfident of his knowledge of taking care of a child.

He blurted the words without thinking twice.

“Nah, it’s fine, don’t worry, Xiaoning can handle her.”

Mu Zhi was quick to refuse his request.

However, Mu Xiaomu suddenly woke up. She crawled out of Mu Zhi’s embrace carefully, looked at Lu Jinye with her expressive, round eyes, “Papa, I need you to look after me!”

Just as she finished speaking, Mu Zhi swiftly put a hand over her mouth to muffle her speech. Mu Zhi then looked to Lu Jinye awkwardly, saying, “It’s fine. It’s fine.”

Amid the exchange of words, they had arrived at Mu Zhi’s apartment entrance. Lu Jinye did not pursue further, seeing that Mu Zhi was adamant to decline his gesture. He watched the two of them enter the

apartment before going back into his car, setting off to the company.

At the Shanze Building, it was the first time Lu Jinye had been late to a meeting by fifteen minutes. Everyone thought Lu Jinye must have run into some important matters!

Everyone except Linda, who was wearing a smile. She did not say anything. Yeah, super important, everything about Secretary Mu is super important!

At night.

Mu Xiaomu took a long time to settle down and fall into sleep. Mu Zhi ascertained that Mu Xiaomu had fallen asleep before knocking on Jian Xiaoning’s door.

Meanwhile, Jian Xiaoning was sitting before her computer, lasered in on the research proposal. When Mu Zhi came in, she took off the glasses, placed them on the desk, and turned to Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi was reluctant to speak. She stammered, “My mother’s application of transfer to the United States have been approved, she may be sent overseas for treatment.”

“So… Regarding Mu Xiaomu…” Mu Zhi had not managed to finish her sentence before Jian Xiaoning’s phone rang.

“One moment.”

Jian Xiaoning said before promptly answering the call.

It was a quiet night. Jian Xiaoning received a call from the dean.

The dean informed Jian Xiaoning that there was a breakout among children in City S. The hospital over there was short of hands while the source of the breakout was closely related to Jian Xiaoning’s specialty. The dean planned to assign Jian Xiaoning to City S for an attachment.

The dean sounded anxious, a testimony of the seriousness of the issue.

Jian Xiaoning did not hesitate before agreeing to the plan, while the dean told her to be at the airport at eight in the morning, joining the rest of the medical team on a chartered flight to City S.

Listening to their exchange, Mu Zhi was starting to get worried.

She was a doctor after all. She understood the importance of saving lives.

When Jian Xiaoning hung up the call and reverted her attention to Mu Zhi, allowing Mu Zhi to finish what she had to say, Mu Zhi waggled her hand, saying, “It’s fine, it’s fine. I’m just saying that Mu Xiaomu has been great lately, plus I’ve just lost my job lately. So, I’m thinking to let you rest for a few days. Let me bring Xiaomu to school.”

Mu Zhi was afraid to put Jian Xiaoning on the spot. She knew Jian Xiaoning’s personality. If she had told Jian Xiaoning that she would be bringing her mother overseas for the treatment, Jian Xiaoning would not hesitate to carry all the responsibilities on her shoulders.

Thus, Mu Zhi chose to tell a lie.

Mu Zhi just chuckled helplessly, “I’m more than happy to bring Xiaomu to school, especially when I can steal a few glances at the rich, fine-looking parents of her classmates. But I need to go on a business trip tomorrow.”

“Then get some rest. Let me pack the stuff for you.”

“Nah, I can handle it.”

Jian Xiaoning quickly stopped Mu Zhi.

However, Mu Zhi insisted to stay with Jian Xiaoning. She sat and watched for a long moment only returning to her bedroom when Jian Xiaoning was done with her packing and ready for bed. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

She struggled to fall asleep that night.

Her mind was empty, yet it felt like something was bothering her… Something difficult to rid of.

The second day, Mu Zhi woke up when the morning sunlight poured in through the window, setting the entire bedroom alight.

Jian Xiaoning had left with her luggage. The entire apartment was only left with Mu Zhi and Mu Xiaomu.

Mu Xiaomu cracked her groggy eyes open, rubbing her eyes as she walked out of her room in a trance, “Mama, are you going to work?”

Mu Zhi took a look at the time. She needed to go to the hospital today. So, she prepared some steamed egg custard for Mu Xiaomu and waited until she finished her breakfast before saying, “Good girl, stay at home a while, I will be heading to the hospital to visit my mama. I’ll be back soon.”

Mu Xiaomu used to be clingy towards Mu Zhi, but surprisingly, she was submissive this morning. “Sure, mama, hurry up and go, don’t worry about me.”

Mu Zhi thought Mu Xiaomu had grown up. She was pleased with Mu Xiaomu’s sensibility, so she left delightfully.

However, as soon as she left the apartment, Mu Xiaomu pulled out a note from her pocket, picked up the receiver of the telephone, and dialed a number.

When the call was answered, she shouted in her little girl’s voice, “Papa.”