Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 300

Chapter 300 Your Happiness Before Mine

Lu Jinye clenched his fists. He was unsure if it was time to bring up the matter with Mu Xiaomu. Contrary to her seemingly innocent and naive demeanor at the age of ten, Mu Xiaomu was different from her peers. She was intelligent as opposed to her harmless ulterior. So, Lu Jinye decided that it was the right thing to do.

There were things she had to know. Mu Xiaomu had to learn discernment and eventually make sense of the world. Mu Xiaomu grasped her blouse’s bottom corner rather forcefully upon hearing what Lu Jinye had to say.

She walked away, disappearing into the falling snow, summoned a cab, and headed to the theater. “Dad… Somehow… I think I saw mom, too.” Mu Xiaomu stuttered as she spoke.

Furrowing his brows, Lu Jinye listened to Mu Xiaomu recounting her recent encounter.

…

Mu Zhi gazed at the snow through the window from Xie Xiu’s car.

“It was not long since LA had its last snow. I remember last year was ordinary to me, but not today, like a tingling sentimental… This feeling is indescribable.”

Xie Xiu turned around. He uttered gently, “We can catch the snow scenery in Japan soon if you want.”

Xie Xiu stared at Mu Zhi, still smiling away.

“Nah. Don’t bother. You’re currently caught up with work. We will talk about it later when you’re freed up.” Said Mu Zhi.

“By the way, your competitor must be something. What did he do to deserve your tenacity and dedication at winning the battle to become the next city ruler?”

Mu Zhi gleaned at Xie Xiu.

Whoever that was, that person must be more capable than Xie Xiu.

Xie Xiu was unfazed. He nonchalantly replied, “He makes an interesting competitor.”

He stopped at the brief comment on the competition, refusing to comment further.

Mu Zhi stopped prying on the former.

Upon arriving at the villa, Mu Zhi immediately took a shower to wash away the cold from the snow. She made a cup of hot coffee without knowing that a storm was brewing in the other side of the house. She brought the beverage and made her way to Xie Xiu.

In the study room, Xie Xiu was caught in a quarrelsome conversation over a phone call. He was troubled. He bawled at the other end of the call, questioning, “What do you want?”

The woman chuckled and said, “I thought I have made my intention clear. All I ever wanted is you. I want to sleep with you. I love you. I want to please you. I knew you are a womanizer, but I never said a word. I never wanted you to leave me for other women. But now, I want you all to myself. You are mine!”

“You are disgusting!” Xie Xiu roared peevishly.

At this moment, he noticed Mu Zhi standing at the door with a cup in her hands.

Xie Xiu hung up without a qualm, having no regard for what the woman wanted to say.

When he turned around and looked at Mu Zhi, the tension was gone. He was the chivalrous and gentle Xie Xiu again.

“I did not realize you were here. I hope I didn’t keep you waiting too long.”

“Just a while ago. You were busy talking over the phone. Who was that?”

“Just a nobody.” Xie Xiu brushed off the subject.

Mu Zhi smiled and joked, “It’s interesting that a nobody is all it takes to trigger you to anger. Well… It looks like you have got work to do with your emotional management, Mr. Xie.”

Although Xie Xiu was made a joking stock, he didn’t take it to heart. He smiled at Mu Zhi and swiftly responded, “As the matter of fact, my EQ had always been in check. I am not someone who is easily triggered or upset. Whoever can make me happy is what matters to me.”

Mu Zhi glanced at Xie Xiu helplessly, “Fine, don’t drink too much coffee, even though I made it for you.”

“But since you’re the one who prepared it, I must finish every drop of it.” Said Xie Xiu sincerely.

“Oh right.”

He remembered something. Turning the laptop to face Mu Zhi, he showed her a photo.

It was a photo of a massive land, and in the middle of it was an artistic building.

Xie Xiu added, “I realized that you’ve been into opera lately, so I’ve decided to buy you a theater.”

Mu Zhi was astonished. She exclaimed, “There’s no need for this. Theaters don’t make much profit, the return of this investment isn’t the best. Besides, tickets for live operas are hard to sell these days.”

“It doesn’t matter as long as you like it.”

Xie Xiu uttered gently with raised eyebrows.

Mu Zhi gazed at him, stepped forward, and seized his hand, persisting to her stance, “With my current condition, a theater might not be the wisest gift to receive.”

“But, if you’re there to run the theater, you’ll oversee its operations. You get to choose who comes to perform, and you’ll be much safer too.”

Mu Zhi giggled when he brought up safety.

She had the urge to hug Xie Xiu, but her subconscious mind wouldn’t allow it.

All she could do was held his hand and looked up at him. “Thank you for doing all these for me. Trust me, what happened to me five years ago won’t happen again. There’s no need to be overprotective.”

Xie Xiu had been overly concerned for her recent years.

Mu Zhi preferred a casual, carefree life instead of being trapped in a protective barrier.

“I…”

Xie Xiu had more persuasive words to say to change Mu Zhi’s mind.

“Okay now, get back to work. I’ll go watch some TV while waiting for you to finish work, and we’ll go to bed early.”

Mu Zhi left the study room after finishing her words and did not dwell on the subject any longer.

Mu Zhi made herself comfortable on the couch and switched on the TV when she received a text message.

It came from Mu Xiaomu.

“Can we add each as friends on Facebook? My ID is…”

Mu Xiaomu gave Mu Zhi her account name.

Mu Zhi then promptly went on Facebook to search for her account, then added her.

Following that, Mu Xiaomu immediately forwarded her account details to Lu Jinye along with a playful caption, ‘Good luck, dad. If you can’t even hack into her account, I’ll look down on you.’

‘I need to rehearse for my opera performance tomorrow, gotta go, good night.’

After sending the text messages, Mu Xiaomu went straight to bed.

Upon receiving the account, Lu Jinye started looking into her.

Lu Jinye’s company focussed on investments revolving around conventional businesses such as biotechnology and media. He owned a subsidiary specialized in social media technology.

On the other hand, Xie Xiu’s company was much different.

His background shaped him into a man who had a sharp mind for security technology. Moreover, Xie Xiu’s assets were mainly made up of unlawful properties. Thus, he required a much more advanced encryption system to protect his information.