Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 67

Chapter 67 We No Longer Have To Hide

Xiao Qingqing hid behind Lu Jinye, eyes fixed at the producer. She could not help but smirk at the sight of him kneeling on the ground.

Meanwhile, Lu Jinye did not even bat an eye at the disgusting producer. He removed his coat and pulled it over Xiao Qingqing, held her hands, and headed out the door.

Xiao Qingqing beamed as she felt the warmth that came from Lu Jinye’s palm.

Her heart was much more lightened.

It had been a while since she felt this light-hearted!

After leaving the hotel, Lu Jinye dropped Xiao Qingqing off. When she left the car, he said to her gently, “Don’t put yourself in such danger again in the future.”

The few words brought warmth to Xiao Qingqing’s heart.

She went up to Lu Jinye uncontrollably, wrapped her arm around his neck, and planted a kiss on his cheek.

“Enough, get some rest.”

Lu Jinye did not shove her away this time. He only responded when Xiao Qingqing leaned away from him.

She was pink in the cheeks, nodding with a dazzling smile.

When he was planning to get off the car, Lu Jinye’s phone went off.

Staring at the name showing on the screen, Lu Jinye answered with a frown.

The call came from the Public Relations Department. He was seemingly reluctant when he asked, “Mr. Lu, you’ve been telling me to keep an eye on rumors regarding you. May I know if novel-like, blatant fake stories count as a rumor?”

The person in charge seemed to be troubled as he asked.

Since it was his first time witnessing a fabricated story blow up, he was struggling to comprehend the situation.

“What do you mean by novel-like stories?”

Lu Jinye scowled.

“That means…” The person in charge stammered but decided to tell him everything he saw about Mu Zhi’s past love.

The main characters of the story were Mu Zhi and Lu Junnian, while Lu Jinye was merely a fill-in character, playing the role of a keyboard warrior. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

It was astonishing that the person in charge had to bring all these to Lu Jinye’s attention.

True enough, a dash of gloominess instantly appeared on his face when he heard the story.

After a long moment, he muttered, “What the hell are you waiting for? Hurry up and fix it! Are you hoping for more rumors to form before making a move?!”

The man from public relations immediately trembled at Lu Jinye’s voice.

He promptly agreed and hung up the call.

Even though Xiao Qingqing could not hear what was said on the phone from where she was standing, she could surmise it from his response.

It should be related to Mu Zhi’s ‘love story’.

…

There were barely any patients at the hospital today. Mu Zhi had been secretly keeping track of the progress of the made-up love story on the net.

When the previous rumor broke out regarding her and Lu Junnian’s affair, she could not wait to send the link to Lu Jinye, hoping he could step in to cover the news.

For some reason, she was not anxious this time.

Did that mean she had nothing to lose?

Mu Zhi reflected upon herself as she continued refreshing the post.

She had no idea who the person was and why they would frame her with a sucker punch. But she figured it did not matter anymore.

Mu Xiaomu did not surf the web. She should not be affected by the façade at all.

Being aware of the ordeal, Jian Xiaoning should be fine too.

Just as Mu Zhi was preparing to pack up and leave work, she took another glance at the post only to realize that the post had been removed!

When she was trying to find out who the kind person was, she received a call from a strange number.

She was hesitating. To answer or not to answer?

She ended up swiping across the screen to accept.

From the other end of the phone came aging, yet domineering voice, “Hello, this is the butler of the Lu Family, master wishes to invite you over to the manor.”

“The manor?!”

Mu Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. A bad feeling instantly overwhelmed her.

She did not need to think with her head to understand what it was for!

“Sure.”

But she could not refuse. She had to bite the bullet and oblige.

I gotta give Lu Jinye a call to inform him.

Just as Mu Zhi was contemplating on ways to manage the situation…

She heard the butler say, “Please do not inform Young Master Jinye.”

“… Sure!”

Mu Zhi was hesitant, but there was nothing she could do! She could only agree.

After this, the butler hung up the call.

Mu Zhi was perturbed at this point. Her Volkswagen Polo was still sitting in the workshop for repair, meaning she could not drive herself there.

She was contemplating to taking a cab.

Having had to cover quite a distance to get to the Lu’s Manor from the hospital, the fees would make her wallet bleed.

Mu Zhi walked to the roadside as she was figuring the best way to save money. Ultimately, she decided to take the public bus.

But as soon as she came to a bus stop, she heard a car honking at her.

Mu Zhi raised her head towards the direction of the honking sound and found out that… It was none other than Lu Junnian.

Lu Junnian wound down his window and smiled at her. His eyes were sparkling with light, “Get in, let’s go together.”

“Nah, I’m headed out of your way.”

Mu Zhi declined him subconsciously.

But Lu Junnian insisted. He told her straight away, “You’re not.”

“I’m not? You know where I’m headed?”

Mu Zhi blurted out without thinking twice.

“You should be going to grandpa’s right? I’m heading there too, let’s go.”

“…”

“Nah.”

Mu Zhi pondered for a moment and declined.

If Lu Junnian were to go to the Lu’s Manor and she was to show up with him, wasn’t that asking for troubles?

The entire façade that was widespread on the net might go to the point of no return!

But Lu Junnian insisted.

“Come in, by the looks of what’s currently happening on the net, we don’t have to hide anymore.”

As if there were some secrets they must not let anyone know.

Mu Zhi opened her mouth.

“Is there anything we need to hide?”

She embarrassed Lu Junnian with her response. Luckily the bus arrived, Mu Zhi did not even bid him farewell before hopping into the bus.

She took the bus to the nearest subway station and took the subway to the nearest station to the manor, saving quite a bit in the process.

There were moments when Mu Zhi thought she was torturing herself.

But she was comforted by the thought that the time she wasted may stall her arrival long enough such that she would reach after Lu Junnian had left.

However, when the cab came to a halt at the Lu’s Manor, she found Lu Junnian parking his car, as if he had been stalking her.

She entered through the door while he followed behind her!