Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 48

Chapter 48 Then Let’s Not Get a Divorce

“Because you’re rich, honey.”

Mu Zhi gave Lu Jinye a heart-melting smile as she continued to dry his hair with a towel.

Lu Jinye fixed his gaze at Mu Zhi. Despite the smile on her face when she spoke, it was different from the dazzling light she exuded when she was discussing medicine.

In the past, Lu Jinye always thought Mu Zhi was joking when she said this.

Thus, he never thought of pressing onto the real reason she had married him.

But this time, after Mu Zhi had finished drying Lu Jinye’s hair, he asked, “Why did you marry me just because I’m rich? Did you need a lot of money?”

“Yeah, nobody hates cash.”

Mu Zhi wore a smile and said before turning around into the bathroom, washing the towel, and hung it up for drying.

Lu Jinye followed behind. He gathered Mu Zhi into his embrace, “Let me, what happened to you that year? Why were you desperate for money?”

Mu Zhi was stupefied for a moment. The dazzling light in her eyes instantly disappeared. When she raised her head to look at Lu Jinye, there was an obvious unsettling expression in her eyes.

She hesitated before putting on the same smile, “Honey, there’s no need to bring that up, it’s all in the past, I’m just grateful that you appeared in my life to give me a second chance.”

“Then let’s forget about the divorce, let’s get an extension.”

Lu Jinye suddenly let go of Mu Zhi. He gazed at Mu Zhi, who was standing before him with a stern face.

Mu Zhi was frightened by the enigmatic expression in Lu Jinye’s eyes. Once again, she hesitated before saying, “Honey, let’s not extend.”

“Why?”

Lu Jinye pursued. He was inching increasingly closer to Mu Zhi. Mu Zhi could almost see her reflection in Lu Jinye’s eyes. She allowed Lu Jinye to bury his head into her neck. At this stage, even she was starting to indulge in what Lu Jinye had provided her, including… A seemingly perfect marriage.

But she was clear that there was no love between her and Lu Jinye.

The man before her eyes had tremendous self-control. When he drafted the contract earlier, he told Mu Zhi that they must not fall for each other.

When Mu Zhi asked Lu Jinye jokingly on several different occasions, he never admitted to having loved her before.

She could sense the difference between the way Lu Jinye treated Xiao Qingqing and the way he treated herself.

“Because you’re going to marry Miss Qingqing, honey, I must make way for her.”

Mu Zhi went straight to the point.

Because Lu Jinye was too close to her, she could feel his breath pouring on her face. Thus, she noticed the alcohol scent on him.

After all, he had been drinking… No wonder he felt different tonight. He was under the influence of alcohol.

Lu Jinye realized that he might have asked too much tonight. It was irrational of him.

So, he rose to his feet to get away from Mu Zhi and smiled at her. He then headed up the stairs into the bedroom slowly as he said, “I will get the lawyer to bring the divorce papers tomorrow, I agree to bring the divorce forward and free you. Besides, you can have this villa.”

Mu Zhi stared at Lu Jinye as he walked away, planting her feet on the ground, astonished.

She exhaled sharply. She thought she would be delighted to finally gain her freedom.

However, she did not feel a tinge of relief at all.

Although Lu Jinye’s villa was worth tens of millions, enough to foot her mother’s medical bill and set them for life, she was struck by bitterness at this point.

She did not go upstairs. She had no idea what Lu Jinye was doing up there. Sitting on the couch, she stared at the blank TV screen for over half an hour.

It was a rather simple matter. Xiao Qingqing had returned, so Lu Jinye had to make her leave.

After a long moment, she came back to her senses and sent a text message to Jian Xiaoning, ‘Let’s party! I am getting freed tomorrow!’

Jian Xiaoning swiftly responded with three exclamation marks!

Followed by, ‘Are you getting a divorce?’

Mu Zhi did not reply. She stared at the words on her screen while nodding blankly to herself.

However, she did not want to recollect the exchange between her and Lu Jinye to Jiao Xiaoning and how they came to the divorce agreement.

Why did it feel so exhausting?

The second day, when Mu Zhi’s alarm went off in the morning, she jumped up only to realize that she had been sleeping on the couch for the night.

She had a quilt over her. Perhaps it was a favor from Lu Jinye.

Anxiously, she burst into the bathroom to wash up. She did not want to be late on her first day of work. After washing up, she grabbed a piece of bread on her way. But she noticed a copy of the contract placed next to the dining table. Written across the front page were the words, ‘Divorce Agreement’.

Mu Zhi was stunned for a moment as she stared at the words.

She must admit that Lu Jinye was a highly efficient person.

Reaching out, she grabbed the agreement and stuffed it into her large bag, and then dashed the door to catch the subway, heading to the hospital.

Unfortunately… She did not manage to arrive on time. Lu Jinye’s villa was located too far away from the hospital. She had to make a few inconvenient changes and squeeze in the subway just to get to work. Besides, she was used to riding in Lu Jinye’s car…

Without much work to do, she had a pleasant first day into her job.

After work, Mu Zhi hopped into the public bus. Seeing that it was still early, she quickly got out of the bus and switched routes.

She set off to the second-hand car dealership to buy herself a Volkswagen Polo to move around.

In the evening, when Lu Jinye had finished work, he met Xiao Qingqing waiting for him at the entrance as soon as he stepped out of the building. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Noticing him, Xiao Qingqing swiftly stood up and bounded to him jovially, “Jinye, do you want to get dinner?”

Lu Jinye glanced at the time, “I need to go home.”

After which, he added, “I just gave Mu Zhi the divorce agreement this morning, so I’d like to check on her.”

Xiao Qingqing thought about stopping him but his words left her with no reason to.

She squeezed a stiff smile and said softly, “Ye, I’m remorseful, I feel like I’ve hurt someone. Is Miss Mu alright?”

Lu Jinye frowned… Judging by her attitude, Mu Zhi should not be too upset right now.

However, Lu Jinye did not bother saying anything. He patted Xiao Qingqing’s shoulder gently, gesturing for her to not worry.

He then headed straight to the basement car park, got into his car and made his way to the villa.

However, just as he stepped into the yard, he could not help but notice the car parking at the side.

Ferrari, Lamborghini, Koenigsegg, Rolls-Royce, Bugatti, Aston Martin, Mercedes MPV… Neatly lined up with each other. At the end of the fleet of luxurious cars, a small, yellow car was extraordinarily catching to his eyes. The logo on the car stood out profoundly as well, ‘Polo’.

Lu Jinye frowned.

Did Mu Zhi buy the car for their new maid to do the grocery?