Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 153

Chapter 153 Plans To Let Go of Love

After the phone call, Mu Zhi frowned at the thought that everything was strange. She shook her head, and hurriedly returned to the glass window to watch her mother.

It had been days. Mu Zhi was upset for the first few days due to what happened between Lu Jinye and her. However, seeing that there was progress to her mother’s condition, Mu Zhi slowly let Lu Jinye and Xiao Qingqing slipped out of her mind.

Jian Xiaoning was very thoughtful for Mu Zhi. She came all the way to the States to visit Mu Zhi, and brought Mu Xiaomu back to City A.

While Mu Zhi did not hear news of Lu Junnian since the last time she met Zhu Sha.

Mu Zhi would run into Zhu Sha every once in a while. As a doctor, it was Zhu Sha’s job to communicate with Mu Zhi regarding her mother’s condition. There was nothing much to talk about apart from work.

Just like that, a week passed harmoniously. Mu Zhi’s routine involving taking care of her mother at the hospital, and sleep.

Without Lu Jinye and Lu Junnian, life seemed to be more tiring, but much less stressful.

She remembered the invitation card Lu Jinye gave her. The wedding was due to take place around two weeks since the day she traveled to the States. However, Mu Zhi was intrigued to realize that she heard no news about the wedding.

Another half a month passed peacefully. One morning, Mu Zhi received a call from Lu Junnian, asking if she was still in the States.

To which, she simply replied, “Yes.”

When she routinely arrived at the hospital to visit her mother, she was surprised to see Lu Junnian at the ward entrance from afar, expecting her.

He appeared to have been waiting for her for a while now!

Mu Zhi stared at Lu Junnian quietly, while a dazzling smile formed on his face. He then put an invitation card into her hand solemnly.

Mu Zhi could not help but startle, then looked to Lu Junnian.

She opened the card as soon as she got it, and at the center of the card, the words wrote, ‘Lu Junnian & Zhu Sha’.

It was an invitation to their betrothal.

And it would take place the day after tomorrow.

Mu Zhi gazed at the card for a long moment. She could hardly describe her own feelings in this instance. All she could do was scrutinized every word and punctuation on the card, and said to Lu Junnian, “Congratulations.”

What smile on his face disappeared. He looked at Mu Zhi quietly. The stern face told Mu Zhi that he was eager to search for a certain expression. “Are you serious?” He asked.

“Kind of.”

Lu Junnian’s question had left her wordless. She did not even know if it was the right thing to answer him.

Because… How would one determine if that was serious or not?

But she understood Lu Junnian. Since he had decided to betroth to Zhu Sha, there must be a reason to it.

Perhaps something had occurred.

Thus, as a friend, Mu Zhi asked curiously, “Do you love Zhu Sha?” Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

But little did she expect that as soon as she let the words escape her lips, Lu Junnian would seize her hand out of the blue, dragging her towards the exit.

As luck would have it, upon leaving the building, they bumped into Zhu Sha. Lu Junnian disregarded her completely, as if she was invisible. He pulled Mu Zhi towards his car, made her get in, turned the engine over, slammed on the gas, and took off in a hurry with Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi stared at Lu Junnian, realizing that he was not in the right mind. But she had no idea what to say. She could only put on her seatbelt.

After a long moment, Lu Junnian finally slowed down the car steadily, as though his frustrations had been vented. Mu Zhi then stroked her chest, and asked him, “What happened?”

Lu Junnian turned his face to Mu Zhi.

His eyes were gleaming with adamance and a dash of sorrow, asking, “Will you marry me?”

Mu Zhi was stunned by his words. She chuckled awkwardly while replying, “Stop joking with me.”

But Lu Junnian closed into Mu Zhi, his eyes locked on her face.

Mu Zhi had no idea how to handle him. Feeling the warmth of his breath, she involuntarily started leaning away from him.

Lu Junnian clutched Mu Zhi’s shoulders, and reiterated solemnly, “Will you marry me?’

“Aren’t you getting engaged to Dr. Zhu Sha? I think she’s a pretty woman. She suits you.”

Mu Zhi gulped as she answered.

She had no idea what had happened to Lu Junnian recently, and why Lu Junnian would show up out of the blue, ask her a question that threw her off.

However, it was clear to her that her response was not what Lu Junnian wanted to hear.

Mu Zhi realized that, but she did not know what else to say.

Awkward, utter awkwardness.

Lu Junnian came to a halt by a river. Babbling and burbling, the stream sprung over the limestone rocks in its way to form a magnificent view while Mu Zhi was trapped in the narrow space of a car with Lu Junnian. She hesitated, backed away further, and said, “Why don’t we get off the car to enjoy the scenery?”

She was merely giving herself a way out.

She thought that after switching topics, Lu Junnian would relent from asking that same question.

He did not stop Mu Zhi, allowing her to undo her seatbelt, open the door, and stepped off the car.

Lu Junnian followed suit closely after.

He stood behind her, recollecting to her softly, “Zhu Sha once booked every single cruise of the river at night, and arranged them into the word ‘love’ to confess her love for me.”

Hearing that, Mu Zhi did not know what she should say.

Lu Junnian was not expecting a response, continuing.

“Zhu Sha has a different personality to you. She is extroverted, and is clear of what she wants.”

“In the past, I thought I could forget you. I tried to accept another person, but I later realized that you are irreplaceable!”

Mu Zhi remained speechless.

She clasped the corner of her shirt, threw her gaze at the steady waves of the river while ceaseless ripples arose in her heart.

“Lu Jinye, you should move on to another person. We can never return to the past.”

Mu Zhi hesitated for a long time before turning around to meet Lu Junnian’s eyes.

She felt the need to exhort him.

In the end, before the rest of her exhortation left her lips, Lu Junnian suddenly stepped forward with a long stride, hugged Mu Zhi, and sealed his lips against hers, regardless of her struggling. He later tried to pry her teeth open.

Mu Zhi was stiff from head to toe. She tried to back away, but there was no space behind her.

Lu Junnian clamped her arms within his fingers. There was no way she could escape.

Their posture made her feel uncomfortable.

Only after a while then Lu Junnian slowly let Mu Zhi go. He turned around in despair and hopped into his car.

Mu Zhi did not feel one bit of relief.

When Lu Junnian freed her, it symbolized him finally letting go of their relationship. But why was she not relieved?