Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 297

Chapter 297 The Little Girl Who Kept Emerging in Her Mind

Mu Zhi drew multiple deep breaths before managing to slightly steady herself. She called the butler to stop him. “Don’t disturb him. He is busy with work, and this may distract him.

I don’t want to add to his plates. Keep this hidden from him, he doesn’t need to know about trivial matters like this.” Mu Zhi said anxiously. “Umm… Shall we call the police then?” The butler suggested.

“Don’t worry, let me handle it. It’s just a stupid prank.”

Mu Zhi forced a stiff smile, putting up a brave front.

Although she was in fact horrified. Who exactly is Rao Xue? Mu Zhi lacked the courage even to touch the bloody letter.

The concerned butler stared at Mu Zhi for a long while before bringing the letter away and said, “Madam, please take some rest.”

The butlers at the Xie Residence had gone through vigorous selections to work under Xie Xiu. None of them would take the liberty to decide without prior approval.

Thus, without any other option, the butler agreed to leave the matter.

On that note, the butler left Mu Zhi alone.

Mu Zhi trembled as she walked to the bed and sat down next to it. Any drowsiness she had before receiving the letter had disappeared completely.

What now…

Who’s Rao Xue? Why did she send a bloody letter to me?

Some of the words on the letter read, ‘Give it back to me!’

Give what back? Did I take anything from her? Why does it look like she’s demanding something from me?

Mu Zhi was tense. She did not dare close her eyes for a nap. She spent the whole afternoon in a trance. In the evening, when she left her room to go downstairs, the door suddenly opened.

A familiar figure walked in through that day.

Xie Xiu had returned home.

He put down his lightly packed luggage and smiled at Mu Zhi while approaching her. Mu Zhi became much more relaxed upon seeing Xie Xiu. She seemed to have regained a slither of energy from her exhausted body.

“Why are you home so soon?”

Mu Zhi could’ve guessed it as soon as she saw Xie Xiu. The butler must have informed him everything about the letter. Xie Xiu only rushed home because he was worried about her. But Mu Zhi asked anyway, despite knowing the answer.

Xie Xiu gave her a look, as though he expected Mu Zhi to know the answer too.

“You know why.”

Mu Zhi smiled placidly and insisted, “You don’t have to come home. I can handle it.”

In response, Xie Xiu laughed softly, “So… What are you handling?”

Mu Zhi thought about persisting, but ultimately, the words that left her lips were, “Thank you.”

“So, do you know everything?”

Looking up at Xie Xiu, who was towering over her, Mu Zhi drew a deep breath as she asked. She only dared to recall about the letter with his presence.

Xie Xiu nodded at Mu Zhi.

After receiving and reading the letter’s content, the butler informed Xie Xiu about it at once despite Mu Zhi told him not to.

Xie Xiu learned that the letter was from Rao Xue, and the full content was, ‘There’s a price to pay for the undeserving love you’ve received. Aren’t you guilty for taking away what belongs to others?’

The tone of the letter worried Xie Xiu.

He didn’t expect Rao Xue to be still alive. Besides, he had always taken Mu Zhi matters into his own hands.

Mu Zhi stared at Xie Xiu for a long while before asking, “Who is that? Do you know her? Rao Xue.”

“No idea who she is.”

Xie Xiu did not bother looking Mu Zhi in the eyes. He declined, “Let me shred the letter. Don’t worry about it, I will take care of it.”

Mu Zhi nodded without doubting him.

Xie Xiu then brushed off the subject, “I’ll stay for a few days to keep you accompanied. I’m sorry for not spending enough time with you these few days. Let me slowly make it up to you.”

“Just a phone call from you means the world to me.”

Mu Zhi then remembered about Eric, “What about Eric? Will he be alright there alone?”

Xie Xiu glanced at Mu Zhi helplessly, then grabbed her hand with a smile, speaking to her gently as a loving husband would to his wife, “He’s a clever boy, he can handle everything that comes at him. Don’t worry about him.”

“You should also focus on your work, don’t let me distract you. I can handle my matters too.”

“Hurry up and get back to work, I understand that you suffer great losses by staying here with me.” Mu Zhi added out of concern.

“Nothing is more important than you. You know better than anyone how significant you are in my heart.”

“I am, I thank the gods every day for letting you in my life.”

The next few days, Xie Xiu canceled every appointment to spend time with Mu Zhi during the day, hoping that she could forget about the bloody letter.

Mu Zhi felt that she would learn something new about Xie Xiu every day. They lived like an ordinary couple. One morning, Mu Zhi woke up to find that Xie Xiu was preparing breakfast for her. “Let me know how it tastes.”

Mu Zhi reached out for the cutleries, cut a small piece of the breakfast, and brought it into her mouth. Every taste bud on her tongue exploded with the striking balance of salt, fat, acid, and heat.

“Yum!”

Mu Zhi repeatedly nodded to give Xie Xiu her recognition. She looked at him and thought about reaching in for a hug.

She was aware of how busy he usually was at work. Knowing that he had to spare time out of his busy schedule to look after her, Mu Zhi felt touched and remorseful at the same time.

All she could do was say, “Honey, thank you for everything. You don’t need to do this, I’m fine, I’ll just take it as a prank.”

Mu Zhi hoped that Xie Xiu could revert to his usual routine.

Judging by the ceaseless calls he was still receiving from work, she knew that he was vastly required.

Mu Zhi felt sorry for Xie Xiu as he had to juggle exhaustingly between work and her.

Thus, after several failed attempts to convince Xie Xiu to return to work, Mu Zhi went out while he was distracted by work meeting.

There was an opera tour which was scheduled to take place during that night. Mu Zhi had pre-booked the tickets a long time ago

She knew that Xie Xiu would insist on tagging along had he found out that she was going to the opera. So Mu Zhi chose to sneak out amid his meeting.

The opera was held in the biggest theater in Los Angeles. Apart from the famous crew, what attracted Mu Zhi’s eyes was the ten-year-old little girl on the poster. Her eyes were as expressive as a fairy. Mu Zhi felt that she could see her past through the eyes.

She had only seen the little girl once on the poster, but she felt like they had known each other for years.

Mu Zhi appeared to have shared a telepathic bond with the girl.

Throughout the opera performance, Mu Zhi had her attention fixed on the girl from the poster.

The girl had dark hair and round eyes, and she was engrossed in the performance.

While watching her performance, Mu Zhi heard a voice echo in her head, ‘Mama, watch me play the little swan.’