Chapter 186

Chapter 186 Are You Saying That You Love Me?

His words made the pinkness of her cheeks dissolve into crimson red.

Mu Zhi held her palms over both sides of her cheeks, “You must’ve turned the heater up too high in the

car, and my face becomes red due to the sudden temperature change.”

She thought that it was a solid justification.

But Lu Jinye smiled from ear to ear.

After all… There’re moments when this woman loses her wits.

He chose to expose her with a pretentiously caring and tolerating smile, “What month is it? Why would I

turn on the heater?”

At the sound of the words, Mu Zhi blushed to the roots of her hair. She turned her face away in

embarrassment, then said, “Umm, I’m tired and I need to take a shower.”

Following that, she disregarded Lu Jinye and scrambled to enter the bathroom for her shower.

During shower, Mu Zhi could feel her heart thumping rapidly due to what Lu Jinye said to her.

However, Mu Zhi managed to cool herself from the shower.

She must not succumb to him.

Lu Jinye was irrational. He was not aware of how pitiful a child could be to grow up without a father.

He might have been misled by Mu Xiaomu’s adorable temperament. Thus, Mu Xiaomu received

preferential treatment from him.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qingqing was handicapped because her baby was still in her womb. Without Lu Jinye,

the baby would only bring Xiao Qingqing anxiousness and misery. He would never understand what

Xiao Qingqing was going through.

Mu Xiaomu grew up without a father. Just because Mu Zhi’s child was fatherless, it did not give her the

right to rob another child of their father.

She had concluded during the span of her shower.

After drying herself, Mu Zhi changed into her usual pajamas, then left the bathroom.

Lu Jinye was sitting on the couch, going through work documents with knitted brows.

Seeing that Mu Zhi was done, he looked at her and explained, “I need to do some work, you can go to

bed first.”

“It’s fine, I’ll wait for you.”

Mu Zhi refused Lu Jinye and slowly headed to the couch adjacent to him. She started reading a book

while waiting for Lu Jinye to be finished with work.

Lu Jinye did not spare any attention to Mu Zhi in the beginning, fixated on the documents.

He raised his eyes to glance at her when he was done, only to notice that Mu Zhi had furrowed her

brows adorably as she was reading the book.

Sensing Lu Jinye’s gaze, Mu Zhi lifted her head and blushed yet again in the blink of an eye, “What is

it? Are you done with work?”

“Yeah.”

Lu Jinye responded.

He had his eyes locked on Mu Zhi’s appealing charms.

Mu Zhi pursed her lips and placed the book at the side, then looked at Lu Jinye with a stern face, “I

think there are some things we need to discuss.”

The smile of Lu Jinye’s smile vanished into his listless expression upon noticing her adamance.

“Ok.”

Lu Jinye’s reply made Mu Zhi feel a little nervous.

She swallowed and raised her eyes to meet his gaze, “Lu Jinye, I don’t think I could rob Xiao

Qingqing’s child of their father. Please organize another wedding with Miss Xiao.”

Judging by how madly in love Xiao Qingqing was with Lu Jinye, regardless of what he had done to her,

he should be able to easily coax her into marriage.

However, Lu Jinye stared at Mu Zhi, seemingly upset as he asked, “Why are you so eager to push me

away?”

Mu Zhi trembled. She did not know what to say.

When did she ever become an overly sensitive woman before Lu Jinye’s eyes?

Throughout their contracted marriage, she had always been a carefree lady!

“Because I grew up without a dad, Xiaomu grew up without a dad too, I know how tormenting it feels to

not have a father.”

Mu Zhi explained with her head hung.

Lu Jinye was planning to put the work documents away when he was done in the first place. But in this

instance, he was clutching a file in his hand with a pause.

“I’ll give Mu Xiaomu a father now.”

Answered Lu Jinye.

He was a little overbearing when he said those words.

Mu Zhi was startled briefly. She insisted on maintaining her composure. She put all efforts to make

herself sound as calm as she could. “But, that’s not fair to Xiao Qingqing’s child.”

Listening to what she had to say, Lu Jinye placed the document in his hand on the desk.

A concoction of confusion and upset flashed across his eyes. He stared at Mu Zhi intently, and in

response, Mu Zhi… Backed off a little.

“So, if I marry Xiao Qingqing, is that fair to Mu Xiaomu? Is that fair to you?”

Lu Jinye questioned.

“And is that fair to me?”

“I recognize my mistakes from the beginning, but even if I’m in the wrong, I should have the right to

choose what I want to do. Besides, just because I loved the wrong person in the past doesn’t mean that

I should be bound to my mistake for the rest of my life. As the matter of fact, if I choose to do that, it’s

even more unfair to Xiao Qingqing and everyone else!”

Mu Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. She did not expect Lu Jinye to say these at all.

Hesitating, she had no idea what to say to Lu Jinye.

Her lips were shuddering. She was left wordless for a long moment.

Meanwhile, after staring at Mu Zhi for a while and seeing that she did not say a thing, Lu Jinye added,

“I used to hate Master Lu in the past, which is why I swore to never take after him! I wanted to be loyal,

to stay with the same person throughout my life.”

“But I later noticed that I don’t love Xiao Qingqing anymore.”

“So, I was beginning to understand Master Lu.”

“It is not wrong to stay with who I love, and if it is wrong, I don’t want to be right.”

Lu Jinye gazed at Mu Zhi solemnly. His eyes were brimming with care and affection for Mu Zhi at this

point.

And the shock in Mu Zhi’s heart could not be put into words!

Did Lu Jinye say that… He only wants to stay with who he loves?

He isn’t staying because he wants to be responsible for Mu Xiaomu?!

What did that mean? The person he loves is… Her. Mu Zhi!

Mu Zhi clenched her fists tightly.

“Lu Jinye, are you saying… That you love me?”

Mu Zhi took her time to muster her courage and articulate the few simple words but somehow ended

up stuttering in the end.

Her teeth were chattering when she said that.

With his eyes locked on her, Lu Jinye said nothing. He strode forward and came before Mu Zhi’s eyes,

then cupped her face in his palm.

And placed a kiss on her lips.

The kiss felt anxious and a little possessive.

Lu Jinye was eager to squeeze Mu Zhi towards himself.

Panting rapidly, Lu Jinye let go of her and proclaimed, “Yes.”

Mu Zhi stood rooted to the ground. She had no idea what to say anymore!