The Villain’s Contract Lover - CH 089

Written By fringe chameleon

Title: The Villain’s Contract Lover
Translator: Fringe Capybara
Chapter 89 -  Foolishness ("At least when he still needs me") (2)    

She must say, the older the wiser. Old Madam Mu’s subtleness was impeccable. 

But Xu WanZhi could tell that curing Mu XiYuan had worked. 

Xu WanZhi smiled and said, “Well then, thank you, Old Madam. Thank you, Tianna. It’s my duty to assist both ZhenYu and XiYuan. This really will not be necessary.”

Hearing that, the old madam raised her brows. Even her crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes seemed to have softened. Her right hand, which has on a gold bracelet, trembled when she put down the tea cup in her hand. She blotted the corners of her mouth with a napkin and said, “Miss Xu is a smart person so I am not going to beat around the bush. I admit, I am old and stubborn and was biased about Miss Xu’s background and career. I had thought that actresses are lesser than girls from prestigious families. Mu Ling tells me all the time that my way of thinking is wrong. And I will admit to that too. But, Miss Xu, you haven’t been with ZhenYu for a very long time and don’t know him all that well. He lost his mother when he was very young and he hated his father from the bottom of his heart. That, and along with his rambunctious way that he was when he was in school, he did not return to the Mu’s until the year that his grandfather passed away. His is inevitably boring, tyrannical, and unpredictable. If you want to stay with you, you should be prepared mentally.”

The old madam gave a long speech but Xu WanZhi got what she was trying to say to her. That the old madam would no longer interfere with the two of them being together. But Mu ZhenYu had bad temper and she might not be able to handle being with him in the end. It’s best if they split up. 

Xu WanZhi had no intention to marry into a prestigious family. The only reason she had been buttering up with the Mu’s was to prevent Liang ZhiQuan from making her way in and joining forces with the Mu’s to go against her. Once her contract was over in 6 months’ time, she would just walk away. Whether Mu ZhenYu was tyrannical or ruthless would have nothing more to do with her. 

That being said, Xu WanZhi still responded politely. “I have thought about all those before and I appreciate your telling me that.”

“Oh, don’t think you do.” The old madam waved her hand and dismissed the butler before she said to Xu WanZhi in a low voice. “Do you know how ZhenYu’s mother died?”

Xu WanZhi was taken aback a little. She shook her head. 

“When ZhenYu was 14 years old, my husband was gravely ill. ZhenYu was kidnapped and we received a demand for a large ransom.” The old lady’s eyes narrowed. Her eyelids, already drooping, almost covered up all of her eyes. “The kidnappers called up his father and told him that they have his son. At that time, his father was already with another woman – XiYuan’s mother Wang LiZhen. You’ve met her before. When his father received the call, I had no idea what had gotten into him. He took a look at his precious second son Mu XiYuan and said, nonchalantly, ‘My son’s right here next to me. I don’t know what you are trying to pull.’”

By this point, Xu WanZhi was almost dumbfounded. Did that mean… that Mu XueLin had just forgotten about Mu ZhenYu, his other son? And he just hang up on the call like it was a prank call? What the heck?

The old madam sighed and continued in her old and raspy voice. “During that time, his father was vacationing in Maldives and didn’t pay the call any attention. ZhenYu’s mother called him many times and he wouldn’t even pick up. At the time, all of the Mu’s finance was in his hand. ZhenYu’s mother cried day in and day out and tried to pull any strings that she could find, the police, and tried to come up with enough money for the ransom. Within three short days, she cried so much that she went blind. We have all thought that ZhenYu would be a lost cause by that point. Except for his mother, even though she could no longer see, never gave up hope. She would be gone all day trying to get money. She got into a car accident that night and was killed on the spot.” 

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