Falling For The Contract Bride
Chapter 194

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 194

Chapter 194 Love Comes From Within

Mu Zhi could not help but to blink her eyes. She looked at Xie Xiu in disbelief.

From a distance, a few people came out from the elevator. They seemed to be his subordinates. Theywalked towards Xie Xiu and respectfully talked to him. Mu Zhi could not hear them. She could only seethose people leading Xie Xiu into the elevator.

At the same time, Lu Jinye stepped out of the car.

Only then did Mu Zhi come back to her senses. He looked at Lu Jinye and reached out to take over thedocuments that Lu Jinye had handed her. While waiting for the elevator, Mu Zhi turned to Lu Jinye andtentatively asked, “Is Xie Xiu the client we are meeting today?”

Lu Jinye turned his head to look at Mu Zhi calmly, “So, are you disturbed by that?”

Earlier, Lu Jinye had warned her to stay away from Xie Xiu.

And now he intended to start a business with Xie Xiu?

Mu Zhi was a little confused.

She shook her head and said, “No… No problem at all.”

She did not even realize that she gulped when she talked.

Lu Jinye did not respond but he looked at Mu Zhi serenely. He walked into the elevator and Mu Zhifollowed suit.

The elevator was moving up slowly and stopped when it reached the 22nd floor.

When they stepped out of the elevator, Lu Jinye spoke faintly, “If you’ve looked through the documentsthat I gave you, then there’s no need for any introduction. This is Xie Xiu’s company.”

While saying that, he walked in leisurely.

The decorating style of Xie Xiu’s company looked completely different from Lu Jinye’s.

The color scheme of Lu Jinye’s company was mostly black and white with shades of grey, giving it ademeanor and orderly manner.

Xie Xiu’s company, on the other hand, used light colors such as white and tiffany blue. It felt warm andcozy.

And that reflected Xie Xiu’s appearance.

Nevertheless… Mu Zhi had heard of Xie Xiu’s stories in the past. She was puzzled that an ex-killer likeXie Xiu could be as sophisticated.

So… which of them was more cold hearted? Xie Xiu or Lu Jinye?

Mu Zhi did not have extra time to think as they had already arrived in front of Xie Xiu’s office.

Lu Jinye was about to knock on the door when a secretary-like person walked towards Mu Zhi and LuJinye. She was an extremely flirtatious woman. She wore a suit that flattered her body figure. Evenwomen like Mu Zhi could not help but glance at her.

She was very coquettish indeed!

“Hello, Mr. Lu. Mr. Xie Xiu is waiting for you in the tea room. He feels that it is more cordial to chat withyou in the tea room.”

While speaking, the secretary had led both of them to the tearoom.

“You don’t have to lead the way as we can do so ourselves. You may wait here.”

Lu Jinye stopped the secretary from leading the way and the secretary obediently stopped where shewas with a sweet smile remaining on her face.

When Lu Jinye and Mu Zhi came to Xie Xiu’s tea room and opened the door, Mu Zhi’s eyes weregreeted by another woman who looked even more gorgeous. She was like a lotus that bloomed in thesun, beautiful and whole. She wore a cheongsam dress and was making tea. Beside Xie Xiu was ademure-looking secretary with some documents in her hand.

Seeing this situation, Mu Zhi suddenly felt that Lu Jinye should have brought along his secretary teamwith him to compete in this battle.

However… Mu Zhi quickly brushed off that thought as it would be inappropriate to bring the entire teamto a business meeting.

After all, they had been standing at the door for less than two minutes and several women had alreadywalked in and out of the tea room to deliver refreshments. These women had their own merits, but theywere all beautiful in their way.

So beautiful that Mu Zhi could not help but stare.

If a woman could not contain herself in such a situation, how could a man be?

Lu Jinye’s secretary team was not a patch on Xie Xiu’s.

It was incomparable in number and formation.

“Welcome!”

After the women brought in the refreshment and left the room, Xie Xiu stood up and greeted Lu Jinye,“Mr. Lu, welcome.”

“Miss Mu Zhi, welcome.”

Lu Jinye nodded and replied, “Thank you, Mr. Xie.”

Xie Xiu smiled and invited Lu Jinye to take a seat. As he took the seat, he asked Lu Jinye, “Mr. Lu, Isee that you are used to bringing only one secretary with you. As for myself… Sigh. I’m not fond ofloneliness so I always make sure that I’m surrounded by people.”

What a lousy excuse. It was obviously lust.

There were too many pretty women around Xie Xiu.

Mu Zhi could not help but grumble.

However, it was at that moment that Lu Jinye reached out and grabbed Mu Zhi’s hand, and said to XieXiu, “Mr. Xie must be joking. I didn’t bring any secretary here. Mu Zhi is my lover.”

Mu Zhi did not catch any look of surprise on Xie Xiu’s face.

But Xie Xiu sounded surprised, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know… Miss Mu is your wife. Miss Mu and I have hadcontacts before and we have a good impression of each other. I have never heard Miss Mu mentionedher relationship with you. Could it be that you don’t contact each other often? My apologies as I don’tquite understand the culture of this country.”

These few words sounded unpretentious but in fact, he was mocking the distant relationship that MuZhi and Lu Jinye had.

Lu Jinye was not annoyed. He even pulled a faint smile and explained, “It’s not our culture. It’s rather atacit agreement established by the people here. Love comes from within, and it doesn’t need to bespoken out.”

The words he used displayed a high level of intellect.

First of all, he corrected Xie Xiu by saying that it was not the culture, but the tacit agreement in life.That instantly implied that Xie Xiu, who had been living abroad, was an outsider. After all, not everyonecould simply form a tacit understanding in life.

The second sentence was directed to his relationship with Mu Zhi.

It was love.

A love that did not need to be spoken out.

Mu Zhi was not dumb. She could tell that these two men were competing with each other although theyseemed to be having a peaceful conversation.

It was already stressful enough to be sandwiched by two authoritative men.

And being the topic of their discussion was even…

It was even more terrifying.

Mu Zhi could feel the chill that went down her spine.

Fortunately, she saw the boiling water and hurriedly said, “Let me make some tea. Please have a seat,gentlemen?”

Mu Zhi wanted to ease the conflict between the two people.

However, Lu Jinye took her hand and said, “You don’t have to make tea today. After all, Mr. Xie has atea master here.”

Mu Zhi saw the tenderness in Lu Jinye’s eyes.

If she did not know that Lu Jinye was acting, she could have fallen into his love trap.

Every word he said sounded like a confession to her.