Falling For The Contract Bride

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Did Xiao Qingqing Hit Hard

Lu Jinye looked at Xiao Qingqing. Before having a serious talk with her, he reached out for a tissue and helped Xiao Qingqing wipe her tears away. Then he said, “If you keep crying, you might lose me for real. I am after all a philogynist.”

Lu Jinye deliberately teased Xiao Qingqing to cheer her up.

Xiao Qingqing chuckled, then quickly wiped away her tears before letting out a huge sigh. She looked at Lu Jinye pitifully, “Jinye, I made a mistake.”

Lu Jinye looked at Xiao Qingqing, “What did you do?”

“Can you promise that you’d forgive me first?”

Lu Jinye still couldn’t bear to see her looking so pathetic. So in the end, he said, “I will cover up for whatever wrong you have done.”

“The wound on my face was caused by Secretary Mu.”

Xiao Qingqing bit her lip embarrassedly.

“Mu Zhi?”

Lu Jinye sank into deep thoughts for a moment and asked, “Why did Mu Zhi hit you?”

Mu Zhi was not someone who’d act so recklessly.

When Lu Jinye interrogated Xiao Qingqing, she looked sad, but she still admitted her mistake with a sigh.

“It was my fault. I hit Miss Mu first. Because… I thought she seduced you. But…”

Xiao Qingqing hesitated to continue, as if she was too embarrassed to do so.

“But… You found out that she was my wife?”

Lu Jinye stared at Xiao Qingqing for a long time. It was not difficult for him to guess what was on her mind from her embarrassed expression.

“Will you blame me for hitting her?”

Xiao Qingqing sobbed even harder as she asked this question.

Lu Jinye stretched out his arms and pulled Xiao Qingqing into his arms. Gently, he wiped her tears once again, “The both of you had slapped each other once. It was an eye for an eye. Plus your face is swollen too. It’s alright, stop crying…”

“Why did you marry Miss Mu?”

Xiao Qingqing raised her eyes. They were blurred from tears. She sobbed, “Were you ever moved by Miss Mu?”

“Miss Mu is very beautiful with a good personality, and she looks very capable too…”

Xiao Qingqing asked several questions in a row.

Lu Jinye didn’t know which one to answer first. He frowned and stared vacantly at Xiao Qingqing.

Suddenly, Xiao Qingqing stepped forward and hugged Lu Jinye. She pressed her lips onto Lu Jinye’s and kissed him anxiously in an effort to please him.

Lu Jinye didn’t return the favor, but he could feel Xiao Qingqing’s exasperation as she gave up after failing to penetrate his mouth after some time.

Her face glowed in crimson red as she stamped her feet angrily.

Lu Jinye looked at her and assured her earnestly with a smile, “Don’t worry too much. Mu Zhi and I have agreed to a divorce.”

Only then did Xiao Qingqing laugh, and then stood on tiptoe again to kiss him.

But when she wanted to express her delight further, Lu Jinye’s cell phone rang.

It was Lu Yunxi.

Lu Jinye picked up and answered the call right away.

Lu Yunxi sounded relaxed and blabby at the other end of the phone call. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

“Ye, do you, by any chance, have an illegitimate daughter? If so, you should take her home quickly.”

Lu Jinye’s brows knitted together, “If you have nothing important to say, hang up.”

“Hey…”

Lu Yunxi got anxious and said quickly, “Isn’t this serious business? I’m just worried about the continuation of Lu Family line! When I went to the hospital earlier today, I happened to see my sister-in- law with a little girl. They looked very close, so I reckoned she was your daughter!”

“I didn’t expect you to have such a grown-up daughter already… How could you…”

Before Lu Yunxi could finish his words, Lu Jinye snapped his phone shut.

Xiao Qingqing heard everything Lu Yunxi said because Lu Jinye was just close by.

Although it wasn’t Mu Zhi who called, it was about Mu Zhi.

“Jinye…”

Xiao Qingqing called his name tentatively.

However, Lu Jinye had already picked up his coat, and asserted, “Be a good girl and stop crying. Do have something to eat. I have business to deal with, so I have to go right now.”

“Ok.”

Xiao Qingqing knew that she could not stop Lu Jinye, so naturally she agreed.

The moment Lu Jinye stepped out of the house, she ran towards him and hugged him from behind.

She buried her head into his back and asked Lu Jinye softly, “Are you divorcing her for me?”

“It was an agreement we had when we first got married.”

Lu Jinye replied.

Xiao Qingqing bit her lip and said, “Jinye, thank you for loving me all these years.”

And she let him go after saying these words.

Lu Jinye responded with only a hum.

It wasn’t until Lu Jinye got into the car that he remembered his attitude towards Xiao Qingqing earlier. Why didn’t he say yes when Xiao Qingqing asked him if he was divorcing for her sake?

Master Lu didn’t like Xiao Qingqing as a strip-star debut as he had always wished for Lu Jinye to find a smart woman with a good education background.

In order to separate Lu Jinye and Xiao Qingqing once and for all, Master Lu did not even hesitate to use his equities as bait.

As long as Lu Jinye got married, he can obtain 51% of the company’s shares.

At that time, Xiao Qingqing and Lu Jinye’s relationship had entered a difficult period. Xiao Qingqing decided to focus on her career and gave up on her relationship with Lu Jinye.

Coincidentally, Lu Jinye also met Mu Zhi who volunteered to marry him at that time.

Strictly speaking, Xiao Qingqing did not exist when Lu Jinye and Mu Zhi got together.

It was not until Xiao Qingqing’s return some time ago that she had re-entered Lu Jinye’s life.

…

Mu Zhi coaxed Mu Xiaomu for a long time in the hospital when her fever had finally subsided. Even though she was asleep, she seemed reluctant to let Mu Zhi leave, still holding tightly onto Mu Zhi’s hand.

Seeing the sky getting dark outside, Mu Zhi hesitated before calling Lu Jinye.

Lu Jinye picked up the call without any delay.

Mu Zhi was still not used to him being so attentive towards her, but she lied, “Honey, I am doing Jian Xiaoning a favor by taking care of her colleague’s child as they are all gone for a meeting. I might not be able to return tonight.”

She had told the truth, but was dishonest about her identity.

“Ok.”

Lu Jinye sounded unhappy although he agreed and gave her the permission.

“Thank you honey, love you.”

Mu Zhi obviously sounded happy having granted permission. Just as she was about to hang up, it dawned upon her… Was the conversation that night between her and Lu Jinye still circulating around the internet?

She hurriedly said, “Honey… Yunxi seemed to have recorded our conversation that night when I made you take a bath. It sounded very ambiguous, and now it’s all over the Internet.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

“Okay, love you honey. See you then.”

Mu Zhi wanted to hang up.

However, Lu Jinye suddenly asked, “Does your face still hurt? Did Xiao Qingqing hit you hard?”

“What?”

Mu Zhi panicked for a while.