Falling For The Contract Bride

Falling For The Contract Bride Chapter 146

Chapter 146 The Masquerade Ball

Lu Jinye felt a tinge of fury brewing within him as he stormed away.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qingqing was in a great mood lately, especially after Lu Jinye had announced news of their marriage to the public. Xiao Qingqing was indulging herself in congratulatory greetings every day.

She worked in the entertainment industry. It was an unspoken rule that celebrities of the entertainment circle would compete against each other to marry into a wealthy family. Xiao Qingqing basically took the crown of a queen by marrying Lu Jinye!

Thus, there was an unprecedented number of brand representatives who swamped Xiao Qingqing to be the sponsor of their wedding.

Diamond rings, wedding gowns, and everything that could be used at the wedding was offered to her as means of advertisement.

However, Xiao Qingqing pridefully refused all of them.

“My husband is Lu Jinye, do you think that we need the money?”

Unquestionably, Xiao Qingqing did not choose to burn bridges with the brand representatives. These words were said to her agent, who was looking back at her with a troubled expression. It was such a pity to lose out on money-making opportunities.

However, seeing as they had been partnering with each other for years, he could not help but remind her.

“Mr. Lu appears to have gone overseas today.”

“I’ve been reluctant to say this, but you can’t be complacent just because you’re getting married to Lu Jinye. You’ve got to prepare a backup plan.”

Xiao Qingqing refused to listen to him.

She turned around and glared at the agent with a stern face, “You mean Lu Jinye has gone overseas? What’s he doing?”

She was under the impression that Lu Jinye had been spending his nights mingling with Liang Yunzhan and the gang, drinking and partying. Even if Lu Jinye were to womanize, Xiao Qingqing was not bothered.

However, she was caught off guard upon learning news of his travel.

“I don’t know. I only saw someone who looks like Mr. Lu when I went to the airport today.”

“It shouldn’t be him.”

Xiao Qingqing muttered in an attempt to save her pride.

“Jinye will definitely let me know before traveling. You should go, I need to carry on with my makeup trial.”

Xiao Qingqing chased the agent away with a simple excuse.

But she could not help feeling worried when he was gone. She went on the internet to search news about Lu Jinye and found out that there was no report of Lu Jinye’s overseas travel. Then, she relieved a little as she completed her makeup trial in preparation for the wedding.

After deciding on the style of the bride’s makeup, they were supposed to finalize the outfit of the groom. The makeup artists and fashion designers Lu Jinye hired were his close acquaintances. Xiao Qingqing

thought that he’d make time to choose his outfit amid his busy work.

However, when she was done with everything and preparing to leave, she noticed that Lu Jinye had not made his way for the fitting session.

When the fashion designer asked Xiao Qingqing of his whereabouts, she could not gather a response. As his fiancée, she had no clue of where Lu Jinye went!

“Umm, Jinye is in the middle of a meeting, I’ll tell him to make time for the fitting session later.”

That was all Xiao Qingqing said before scrambling to leave.

She tried to make a call to Lu Jinye but it could not go through. Left with no option, she resorted to calling Linda. Linda took a long moment to pick up the call, saying that she had just got off the plane.

Xiao Qingqing was starting to be upset. She did not bother wasting another second to greet Linda, asking peevishly, “Then what about Jinye? Where is Lu Jinye?”

…

Lu Jinye did not return to City A. He was about to board the flight bound to City A when a call came in. It was his business partner in the States. During their chattering, Lu Jinye gave the business partner his address while the partner zealously invited him to stay for a few days for a vacation.

It sounded like a good plan to him.

Lu Jinye looked into Mu Zhi’s address and booked a room in the same hotel Mu Zhi stayed in. He made sure that his room was next to Mu Zhi’s.

At night… When Mu Zhi was preparing to unpack Mu Xiaomu’s luggage, she heard a door-knock. Hurriedly standing to her feet, she walked up to the door, answered it, and stared at the attendant in

confusion, asking, “Can I help you?”

“Miss, it is the hotel’s 50th Anniversary this year. We are organizing a ball and extending our invitation to you. This is the invitation card and the event takes place at nine in the evening.”

“And this is the outfit to the ball.”

The attendant tactfully presented a gown to her.

Despite her suspicion, Mu Zhi glanced at the mask and decided to accept it.

She wasn’t planning to go, but it was inappropriate to decline the attendant.

However, when Mu Zhi brought the outfit into the room, Mu Xiaomu was excited by the look of the mask. Exhilarated, she said to Mu Zhi, “Mama, can we go and have fun?”

Mu Zhi glanced down at Mu Xiaomu intending to refuse her.

But she had not managed to say a word when they were interrupted by a phone call.

It was Lu Junnian. As soon as Mu Zhi answered the call, Lu Junnian said, “I’m downstairs, coming to look for you now.” From NôvelDrama.Org.

Finishing what he had to say, Lu Junnian hung up right away.

Mu Zhi glared at the phone, infuriated…

If he was on the way, why bother informing her?

She turned her eyes to the outfit furiously. Great… Seems like the gods are telling me to attend the masquerade ball.

Mu Zhi then noticed that the attendant thoughtfully prepared a children’s mask as well as a miniature cloak.

Mu Zhi handed the cloak and the mask to Mu Xiaomu, saying, “Hurry up and get changed, mommy is changing too. Let’s go have fun.”

Mu Xiaomu shot her arms in the air, cheered merrily before obsequiously changed into the ball’s outfit. She even wore her mask neatly.

Meanwhile, after making sure Mu Xiaomu was presentable, Mu Zhi hurriedly changed into the gown. Before Lu Junnian had come to the room, she grabbed Mu Xiaomu’s hand and headed to the rooftop.

Similarly, Lu Jinye had received a mask too, which was lame in his eyes. He was contemptuous of events like this. Overhearing the sound of the door shutting outside, Lu Jinye curiously checked the peephole and found Mu Zhi decked up in a mask, heading towards the elevator with Mu Xiaomu. He peered at the mask, realizing that it was not as lame as he thought.

In the end, he showed up at the rooftop, wearing the mask.

On the other hand, Lu Junnian did not find anyone when came to the room. After knocking on Mu Zhi’s unanswered door for a long moment, he started regretting at the phone call. It acted as a reminder for Mu Zhi to flee.

Mu Zhi caught him off guard and managed to dodge him in the short amount of time between the call and his arrival.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Junnian decided to head downstairs to enquire if the attendant was aware of Mu Zhi’s whereabouts. In response, the attendant handed Lu Junnian an outfit for the ball, along with a mask.