Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Were You the One Who Gave Lu Junnian Blood?

“Mama…”

Seeing Mu Zhi come over, Mu Xiaomu hurriedly leaped off the bench and scurried towards Mu Zhi obsequiously. She raised her delicate face to look up at Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi grabbed Mu Xiaomu’s hand and slowly approached Lu Jinye.

She was not only wondering when Lu Jinye showed up… But also puzzled by the troubled expression on Lu Yunxi’s face.

But she came to a surmise as she saw the lighted sign by the door of the operating theater combined with the fact that Master Lu was not in his ward – He required another emergency procedure.

Mu Zhi bit her lips subconsciously. She had her eyes at Lu Jinye but did not know what to say.

“Jinye…”

“Is dad…”

“Are you done with donating blood to your true love?”

As soon as Lu Jinye opened his mouth, hair-raising words of questioning left his lips.

His words left Mu Zhi speechless. She had no idea how she could put it properly…

“This is just a form of respect towards lives, the blood bank is running out of blood.”

Explained Mu Zhi.

Mu Xiaomu seemed to have sensed that Mu Zhi was nervous at this point. She lifted her face to Mu Zhi curiously while Mu Zhi had realized that there were plenty of misunderstandings between her and Lu Jinye needed to be resolved.

Following her poor attempt at explanation, she brought Mu Xiaomu towards Lu Yunxi and said to him, “Do you think you could bring Xiaomu to the children’s play area for a moment? There’s a slide and some other facilities next to the children’s ward.”

“Sure.”

Lu Yunxi could not wait to bolt. He hopped on his feet, grabbed Mu Xiaomu, and ushered her towards the elevator.

Mu Xiaomu showed signs of reluctance, but… The slide and play area were too tempting for her. She ultimately succumbed to her inner playful desires.

When the pair had left, the corridor was only left with Mu Zhi and Lu Jinye. She raised her eyes to meet Lu Jinye’s gaze.

His gaze was flooded with listless interrogation.

“Why did you leave for Lu Junnian?”

“I’ve explained myself, it’s a form of respect towards lives.”

Mu Zhi’s eyes were unwavering. “How’s Master Lu? Why is he brought to the emergency room?”

“Aren’t you clear with what’s happening around us right now?”

Lu Leiming was on the verge of falling out with the Lu Family, and Mu Zhi chose to run to Lu Junnian’s rescue?

Lu Jinye would not forbid to save a life… But! Why did she choose to do that in this instance?!

“I know.”

If Mu Zhi said she didn’t, she might have given herself a way out.

But on the contrary, she acknowledged it!

True enough, her words made the gloom on Lu Jinye’s face grew.

He peered at Mu Zhi sinisterly and turned away from her after a moment of silence, heading towards the bench for a seat.

Mu Zhi could sense the coldness he radiated.

However, how was she going to explain herself?

“I am a doctor. Every human life is equally as important to me and it’s got higher priority than anything else. Even if it wasn’t for Lu Junnian; even if it was a wicked murderer, I’d do the same. It is my job as a doctor to save lives. It doesn’t matter to me what happens to the murderer after they are saved, even if they’re on death row I will not hesitate to save them when they need it.”

Mu Zhi reckoned her reasoning was clear enough.

But Lu Jinye merely arched his brows, glanced at Mu Zhi, and chuckled.

“Why then were you so eager to see Master Lu and leave a bad impression? I suppose you’re just stalling for Lu Junnian’s household.”

Mu Zhi did not mean any malice.

But she had unintentionally made the whole situation worse for Lu Jinye.

Because… If it weren’t for Mu Xiaomu’s appearance, Lu Jinye would have married Xiao Qingqing by now. Subsequently, Xiao Qingqing’s reputation and public presence would have help to recover the Lu Group’s share price.

However, Mu Xiaomu showed up…

Due to Mu Xiaomu’s emergence, Lu Jinye was forced to take a gambit and forfeited the safe move to recuperate the losses of the Lu Group. Following that, while Lu Jinye was busy figuring out an appropriate plan, Mu Zhi chose to bring Mu Xiaomu to Master Lu. Then, in a perfectly timed fashion, she proceeded to leave Master Lu, scrambling to Lu Junnian’s rescue while Master Lu had to undergo another emergency procedure!

Mu Zhi’s schemes were too obvious and hard to think otherwise.

“Stalling for what?”

Mu Zhi could not comprehend what Lu Jinye was referring to.

But through his listlessness, she could sense that Lu Jinye was finding fault with her. He was condemning her for plotting against the Lu Family.

Lu Jinye did not respond. He merely peered at Mu Zhi with judgmental eyes.

Seeing that Lu Jinye had no intention to answer her, Mu Zhi became even more furious.

She clenched her fists, forced herself to swallow her ego as she stood still, waiting for Lu Jinye’s response… But Lu Jinye did not utter a single word after a while.

She glanced at him in discontentment, “Whatever!”

She could not bother explaining herself and turned around to leave.

How dare Lu Jinye accuse her of that… Outrageous! Unreasonably outrageous!

Lu Jinye looked at Mu Zhi as she stomped away. At this moment, the light by the operating theater entrance was switched off. Master Lu was brought out of the room. Thus, Lu Jinye hurriedly went up to him. He did not chase after Mu Zhi.

Mu Zhi went downstairs, found Mu Xiaomu, and said to Lu Yunxi, “Master Lu is out, hurry up and check on him.”

Lu Yunxi did not notice anything wrong with Mu Zhi. He left Mu Xiaomu to her and rushed upstairs.

Mu Zhi turned to Mu Xiaomu, “Let’s go home.”

“Mama, what about papa?”

Mu Xiaomu queried with a series of expressions.

“We’re not waiting for him, let’s go home first.”

Mu Xiaomu then followed Mu Zhi to the ground floor. Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

The hospital had a unique design. The elevators were located at the end of the building and there was only one elevator that had access to the VIP patient ward’s floor. Thus, there was only one corridor that led them to the exit.

On the ground floor, Mu Zhi had to pass by where Lu Junnian was.

Little did she expect that when she stepped out of the elevator, a doctor came running towards her.

“Dr. Lu Junnian is awake, he wants to see you.”

Mu Zhi looked at the doctor, “Good that he’s awake, he doesn’t need to see me.”

In between her words, Mu Zhi intended to bring Mu Xiaomu and headed for the exit. However… The doctor put up a troubled expression.

She wanted to stop Mu Zhi, but another woman was scurrying over anxiously. Her nervousness failed to hide her elegant charms. Mu Zhi had only seen Zhu Sha in heavy makeup before. She was shocked to see Zhu Sha with a modest, yet charming vibe.

When Zhu Sha rushed to the scene, she first noticed Mu Zhi.

She bounced her gaze between Mu Zhi and the doctor before her, then asked Mu Zhi, “Were you the one who donated Lu Junnian blood?”