Falling For The Contract Bride
Chapter 173

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 173

Chapter 173 Can You Please Stay Away From Lu Junnian?

Mu Zhi nodded silently, showing no emotion on her face.

There was not a scene. Zhu Sha was a sensible woman. She looked at Mu Zhi harmoniously and said,“Thank you.”

Then, Zhu Sha hurriedly headed to Lu Junnian’s ward.

Seeing that, the doctor rationally stopped persuading Mu Zhi to visit Lu Junnian. She let Mu Zhi leavein peace.

Lu Junnian was lying on the bed, expecting Mu Zhi’s arrival. Seeing a silhouette flashing across thedoor, a dash of happiness surfaced in his eyes.

However, when he noticed that Zhu Sha was the one entering through the door, what smile he hadinstantly disappeared.

He asked Zhu Sha indifferently, “What are you doing here?”

Zhu Sha gently approached Lu Junnian, sat down, and skimmed through the patient’s report beforereplying to him, “Look at yourself, how could I not be here for you? I’d be here even as a friend, letalone your fiancée.”

Lu Junnian’s gaze was taken away by gloominess. He did not say a word.

Zhu Sha returned the patient’s report to the doctor and said, “How did you get into the accident? Didyou run into something yourself?”

Upon learning of Lu Junnian’s accident, Zhu Sha had a look at the surveillance footage. It was clearfrom the video that Lu Junnian was distracted. He had ample time to slow down his car but he didn’t.

Glancing at Zhu Sha, Lu Junnian said apathetically, “I wasn’t paying attention and I had to dodge thecar.”

Seeing that Lu Junnian was blatantly trying to avoid the topic, Zhu Sha did not pursue it further. Shewitnessed the hopefulness in his eyes diminished into despair when she got into the room.

In the end, she heaved a lamenting sigh, “Is there anything you feel like eating? I’ll prepare some athome and bring it for you.”

“I saw Mu Zhi on the way to this floor, she was on the way out.”

“There’s no need to prepare it for me. Stop putting effort into me.”

Lu Junnian uttered coolly, “I’m tired.”

Then, he shut his eyes, turned his face away from Zhu Sha, and pretended to be asleep.

Meanwhile, Zhu Sha looked at Lu Junnian helplessly. She ultimately rose to her feet, turned around,and left…

Mu Zhi had just arrived home when she received Zhu Sha’s call. She was not familiar with Zhu Sha’snumber. Thus, she had no idea who it was before answering it. A sense of bewilderment came over MuZhi when she heard Zhu Sha’s voice.

“What are you calling me for?”

Mu Zhi asked.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Sha asked reluctantly, “Could you please stay away from Lu Junnian?”

If it were Xiao Qingqing who said these words, Mu Zhi would undoubtedly lash out at her.

But Zhu Sha was different. Her tone was filled with pleading. The emotional appeal had no trace ofhostility at all, making it difficult for Mu Zhi to refuse.

Mu Zhi responded to Zhu Sha, “I didn’t mean to interfere in your relationship.”

“I know, but… I ask you to please keep a distance with Lu Junnian.”

Mu Zhi remained silent.

Following a few seconds of wordlessness, Mu Zhi was the first to break the silence, “Sure, Iunderstand.”

“Thank you.”

Zhu Sha humbly expressed her gratitude before hanging up the call.

Meanwhile, Mu Zhi was dazed as she listened to the beeping tone.

She was drained by the concoction of relationship issues she was experiencing. She felt cornered byher situation and was at a loss to her next course of action.

Mu Zhi turned around to look behind her. She thought about packing up and leave Lu Jinye’s villa.

However, she realized that she had no interaction with Lu Jinye this time and most of her belongingswere left unpacked.

On the one hand, Lu Jinye had Xiao Qingqing.

While on the other hand, Lu Junnian had Zhu Sha…

It suddenly occurred to Mu Zhi that she was redundant.

She had no place in this game. It was just an accident that she had a trump card in Mu Xiaomu,which… Forced her back into the ordeal.

She was supposed to quit a long time ago. Why was she still around?

Just as Mu Zhi finished packing up and was preparing to leave, the landline started ringing. Mu Zhihesitated before scurrying over to answer it.

She could hear Lu Jinye’s voice as soon as she did, “Since you could pick up the call, that meansyou’re at home. Wait for me, I want to clarify everything with you when I get home!”

Mu Zhi responded hostilely, “What is there to clarify? We’ve both said what we needed to say at thehospital. I have nothing else to say.”

“Wait for me, I’ll talk to you when I get home!”

Lu Jinye’s tone was overbearing.

Mu Zhi was reluctant. While pondering whether she should agree, the words ‘wait for me’ from Lu Jinyemade her hang up the call in a flash.

Mu Zhi realized that she wanted to wait for Lu Jinye.

However, before Lu Jinye got home, her phone rang once again. The call came from the hospital in theStates. They informed Mu Zhi, “Miss Mu, please make your way to the hospital at once to visit yourmother. She’s showing signs of adverse drug reaction. We apologize for breaking this news to you!”

Mu Zhi was stunned to hear the news. She clutched her phone in disbelief. “What did you just say?What does that mean?”

“We are terribly sorry!”

“Let me make my way there immediately! I’ll book the flight tickets right now!”

Mu Zhi had noticed the situation was too complicated to be explained over the phone! All she could dowas to hurriedly set off to the United States and handle the issue in person. Her mother had undergonesuccessful surgery. She had also been showing positive signs of recovery. Why did she suddenly havean adverse drug reaction?

At that thought, Mu Zhi could no longer bother with any arrangements. With Mu Xiaomu alongside her,she rushed to the airport.

Fortunately… The journey went smoothly.

As soon as she arrived at the airport, she bought the air tickets and boarded the plane bound to theStates on the next available flight.

She was tensed all over from departure to landing.

She had never been this anxious in the past, even during her mother’s unconsciousness.

But now… She was given a glimmer of hope and the hope was quickly slipping away from her fingers.The anguish could not be described in words!

Mu Zhi promptly made her way to the hospital from the airport.

She only managed to apprehend the situation when she spoke to the doctors. The hospital prescribeda commonly-seen drug to the patient a few days ago. There was no evidence of reaction at the time,but for some reason, the symptoms arose today.

Throughout the process, there was no sign of abnormally in the hospital and nobody would havesabotaged the prescription.

The whole incident appeared to be a perfectly normal accident in the medical treatment.

However, the only exception to the seeming deception was that a few days prior, Zhu Sha prescribed anutrient injection to the patient to keep up with her nutrition intake!