The Villain’s Contract Lover - CH 084

Written By fringe chameleon

Title: The Villain’s Contract Lover
Translator: Fringe Capybara
Chapter 84 -   Can’t Afford To Lose (“Are you going to be home tonight?”) (3)    

Xu WanZhi’s chest tightened. That was not good news. If Mu ZhenYu was fooled by someone; she would be affected by the domino effect as well. 

Jiang YueXian, standing next to her, saw that she was dazed. He waved his hand in front of her face a couple of times and said to her, “WanZhi, the red-carpet event is about to begin. I am somewhat in the front so I must head over now.”

Xu WanZhi nodded randomly. She was trying to figure out how she could inform Mu ZhenYu of what she had just heard. 

At the same time, Bai FeiChen, who was standing amidst the crowd, watched every reaction coming from Xu WanZhi. 

He sneered, pulled out his cellphone, and dialed Mu ZhenYu. “I’ve told you to not trust that Xu WanZhi. She just took a big detour over just to eavesdrop on Feng Chun. She just might be in cohort with that brother of yours to bring you down.”

On the other end of the phone, Mu ZhenYu was sitting on the couch with a glass of red wine held between the slender fingers in his left hand. He picked up the TV remote control with his right hand and put on the red-carpet charity event as he lowered the audio to its lowest setting. “And, as I have said before, don’t worry about Xu WanZhi.”

Bai FeiChen was speechless for a second. “She is very pretty. I’ll admit to that. You can have fun with her, but don’t ruin yourself over her.”

Mu ZhenYu hung up the phone and took a sip of his red wine. 

His cellphone rang again before he was even able to put it back down on top of the table. He looked down at it and this time it was a call from Xu WanZhi. 

He paused for a second before he swiped to answer the call. 

“Hello, Mr. Mu.” Xu WanZhi’s melodious voice came over the receiver along with the boisterous noises in the background. 

Mu ZhenYu acknowledged her with a low “Mmm.”

“Um…” She was the one who initiated the call but she stammered as if she was lost for words. Finally, she asked, “Will you be home tonight?”

Mu ZhenYu raised his right brow slightly and looked up at the familiar furniture and the scenery of the river outside of the window. 

His lips curved and he lied intentionally. “I have something to take care of and won’t be home till very late. Don’t wait up for me.”

He had a lot of faith in Xu WanZhi, but the timing of her call was too coincidental that he decided to proceed with care. 

From the other wend of the phone came her not-so-confident voice. “Oh, is that so… I’ll wait for you at home then.”

There was a hint of disappointment in her voice. 

After Mu ZhenYu ended the call with her, he put down his red wine and lit a cigarette. 

He was watching the spectacular event at the charity ball on the television. The red-carpet event had already begun and one familiar face after another walked past the camera. Subconsciously, he wished he could see Xu WanZhi’s little body on the screen. He hoped that her acting skill wasn’t so great that she had decided to go meet up with someone that she shouldn’t when he wasn’t home. 

The cigarette in between his thin lips, he drew in a small puff and blew the smoke back out. He had never been wrong reading another person. 

That included the young girl who seemed to have changed abruptly. He had never doubted his own judgment. 

Nevertheless, he had became indecisive as of late and the tendency seemed to be getting worse with time. 

He wasn’t sure how much time had past before he heard the host announced “Xu WanZhi”. 

Mu ZhenYu looked up and saw the young girl in a goose yellow gown. She walked lightly into the camera like a fairy coming out of a flower. 

Her pair of long legs were porcelain white and bright and smooth. She was pretty like a fairy who had been living on earth for a long time. She possessed the charm and grace that belonged to this world yet there was still an otherworldly spirit about her. 

She stopped in the middle of the red carpet and, with smile in her eyes, she scanned across all of the cameras with their flash lights flashing nonstop. She was absolutely radiant. 

For some odd reasons, Mu ZhenYu sudden felt a sense of indescribable frustration rising up from inside of him – it was longing, and definitely not jealousy. Even he couldn’t put a finger on why he was feeling what he was feeling. 

He looked up the agenda of the charity ball with his cellphone and paid particular attention at the closing time. 

Then he suddenly had it figured out: the frustration was a strange feeling of anxiety. He worried that Xu WanZhi would not come home after the event was over. 

He stamped out the cigarette that he had only taken a couple of puffs from and laughed at himself: Perhaps he really couldn’t handle the defeat this time. 

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