Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 103

Chapter 103 Unfaltering as the Doted One

Thus, Mu Zhi did not retaliate against Xiao Qingqing. All she did was listlessly letting Xiao Qingqing express her feelings.

However, the more indifferent she behaved, the more upset Xiao Qingqing was! This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Mu Zhi was unfaltering only because she was doted!

How did she get the gall to behave such listlessly?!

“Miss Mu, I hope you could learn to have some self-awareness. Stop making a scene without cause. My marriage with Jinye was built upon the foundation of love, that is also the reason Jinye divorced you. Please do not blame me for that.”

“Because there is no point in blaming me.”

Xiao Qingqing proclaimed after a brief pause. She even said it with a smug expression.

Mu Zhi had decided that it was not worth quarreling with Xiao Qingqing. It was late, and she was quite exhausted. All she needed now was a good night’s sleep before making a move the next day.

However, Xiao Qingqing was unremitting.

She added, “Miss Mu, know your place. The marriage with Jinye was nothing but business, it is built on a contract. You should notice that you’re just a tool in Jinye’s eyes!”

“Sure, as a tool, I appreciate your time and effort to lecture me, Miss Xiao. The tool is tired now, is the tool allowed to sleep?”

Mu Zhi yawned and asked Xiao Qingqing insouciantly.

That made her anger even more intense!

All of her words were of no avail!

“Mu Zhi! Let me tell you what, pack up right now and leave! Don’t make Jinye pay for your hotel room!”

Xiao Qingqing stamped on the floor furiously.

Mu Zhi’s patience was running thin. It struck her that Xiao Qingqing might pester her for the rest of the night if she did not leave.

She turned around and looked at the stuff inside, and spread her hands out helplessly.

“Miss Xiao, I suppose you know that I fled in a men’s outfit today and the clothes were chucked in the bin by Lu Jinye. I’m not going to wear a bathrobe to the public, so if you could find some change of clothes for me, I will leave at once. Otherwise, I’ll go to bed. Good night, Miss Xiao.”

Finishing her remark, Mu Zhi turned around and slammed the door shut. She could not be bothered to waste another second on Xiao Qingqing.

Staring at the shut door, Xiao Qingqing felt as though every drop of her blood was boiling fiercely!

Upon shutting the door, Mu Zhi heaved a sigh but did not feel a tinge of relief at all.

Why am I not relieved at all?!

Mu Zhi leaned against the door, utterly disheartened.

The listless front she put up towards Xiao Qingqing had disappeared. She did not know why she would retaliate against Xiao Qingqing as such.

Xiao Qingqing had a point. She was merely a tool to Lu Jinye. Tools were supposed to go away as soon as they were done being used.

Understanding that made her even more dejected!

Mu Zhi stayed on that spot for almost ten minutes but felt no improvement to her dejected spirits. At this moment, a series of kicking sound arose at the door.

The moment Mu Zhi answered the door, she found Xiao Qingqing tossed some clothes on the ground, “Put it up, scram!”

Mu Zhi stared at Xiao Qingqing indifferently then shut the door right away.

She picked up the clothes off the floor, dressed, and left…

She brought nothing with her to the room. She was supposed to leave in a relaxed manner. However, that was not the case. She was not relaxed at all!

Since when did she care about what Xiao Qingqing said? Especially remarks about Lu Jinye having no love for her, and that she was just a tool!

After Mu Zhi left, Xiao Qingqing burst into the room and started searching it thoroughly. She searched every shelf, drawer, and even the bin.

Apart from food scraps, there was nothing much to be seen. There were no used toilet rolls or even used daily necessities! Xiao Qingqing could finally feel relieved.

She blissfully completed her check and left the room. But just as she stepped out of the door, she noticed Mu Zhi’s phone, which she had left behind by accident.

It was ringing. The caller was named ‘A’.

Such names would show up as the first on the contact list.

Usually, when a saved number had no name or it was replaced with a digit or an alphabet, the number would belong to someone special.

Xiao Qingqing did not hesitate before answering it.

She held her breath and did not say a word. Coming from the phone receiver was Lu Jinye’s voice, “Don’t worry about the rumors, I’ve taken care of it, the reporters at your apartment building should be dispersed by now. If you want to go home now, I can come and give you a lift.”

He offered to send her home?!

Xiao Qingqing clasped the phone, and hung up without saying a word!

Upon handling the rumors, the first person Lu Jinye informed was Mu Zhi!

All three of them suffered from the ordeal simultaneously, why would Lu Jinye inform Mu Zhi first?!

Xiao Qingqing seized her phone and started looking through it for a confirmation… True enough, there was not a single missed call nor was there any news of Lu Jinye in all messaging and media platforms!

Lu Jinye did not reach out to her at all.

Infuriated, Xiao Qingqing started browsing Mu Zhi’s contact history for Lu Jinye. She wanted to put Lu Jinye’s number on her blacklist!

So that he could never reach her, and she would never hear from him.

However, when she opened the contact list for the mysterious number ‘A’ and looked at the series of digits, she was once again flabbergasted…

“186…”

Xiao Qingqing lifted the phone towards her eyes in disbelief, promptly searching for Lu Jinye’s number.

In reality, there was no need for it. Lu Jinye’s number had been branded onto her brain.

However, she needed confirmation, and a reconfirmation afterward!

When she found Lu Jinye’s number, she could feel the strength draining out of her legs. She slumped against the door, sliding downwards, and stumbled to the floor.

She could remember that Lu Jinye’s number started with ‘166’. It was not what Mu Zhi had saved on her phone.

No wonder she always struggled to reach Lu Jinye!

So… Did that mean Lu Jinye had never been ready to let her into his life?!

Xiao Qingqing bit her lips firmly. Tears started rolling down her cheeks.

After all these years of loving Lu Jinye, after returning to the country for him, and after going as far as to… Lowering herself just to stay by Lu Jinye’s side! She could not even compare to a contracted wife!

Xiao Qingqing had a sudden urge to laugh!

It seemed like her love was purely unrequited! She was gullible to hold onto the relationship. She thought Lu Jinye would be waiting for her to turn back! That was all fake!

Fake… Everything was fake!

Xiao Qingqing burst into a fit of sardonic laughter. She grabbed Mu Zhi’s phone and hurled it out the window right away!