Chapter 245 Stopping the Wedding
Mu Xianyong was conflicted. He had always been working for Xie Xiu.
However, now that he was assigned under Xiao Qingqing, he was supposed to take orders from her, and it was not fitting to second-guess her instructions.
Thus, Mu Xianyong was engrossed in his thoughts as he smoked a cigarette, sitting languidly on the swing in his yard. In the end, he decided to comply with Xiao Qingqing’s orders.
He was hired entirely to inflict damage upon Mu Zhi and Lu Jinye in the first place, to ruin their wedding.
He was born for this character. Since Mr. Xie assigned him to Xiao Qingqing, he must not make reckless decisions.
So! He must be obedient!
Mu Xianyong stood up and returned to his lounge when he was done with the cigarette. Then, he lifted his phone to make a phone call.
It was a peaceful night. Master Lu had not gone to bed.
He was reading in the study room when the phone downstairs went off. Master Lu ordered the butler to answer it. When the butler did, his eyes turned dead and lifeless.
Then, he promptly hung up the call.
The butler did not inform Master Lu of what he heard on the phone.
After washing up, Master Lu was getting ready to go to bed when the phone rang once again. Master Lu asked the butler with a scowl, “What was the earlier phone call about?”
The butler glanced at Master Lu and stammered, “N-nothing.”
“Are you sure? Who was it?”
“A drunk, he called the wrong number.” Said the butler.
Master Lu stared at the butler with his wrinkly eyes and soul-piercing gaze. It was evident that Master Lu was not convinced.
But the butler stood stiffly. Despite Master Lu’s intimidating stare, he insisted, “Trust me, when have I ever lied throughout all these years working for you?”
Master Lu studied the butler from head to toe before turning his face away.
He laid on the bed.
The butler waited by Master Lu’s side. When he was sure that the master was fast asleep, he became slightly relieved and headed downstairs gradually.
The first thing he did when he was downstairs was to disconnect the phone line.
After that, the butler inspected every corner of the house. When he was sure that the coast was clear, he slowly dragged his exhausted body to his bedroom and went to sleep.
However… The following morning, the butler woke up only to realize that Master Lu had gone missing.
He searched everywhere in the Lu’s Manor, but Master Lu was nowhere to be found!
Then, he ordered the footmen to lend him a hand, but to no avail!
The butler was scared witless.
He paced the house for several rounds before lifting his phone in the air with his heavily-shuddering hands to call Lu Yunxi.
The butler understood that Lu Jinye was the best candidate to call out of the three young masters. But he did not dare.
He did not dare to break the news of Master Lu’s disappearance and the call from the prior night to Lu Jinye.
Thus, he resorted to Lu Yunxi.
Lu Yunxi was amid his sweet morning dreams when the call came disturbing him. He muttered languidly with a frown, “What is it?”
“Master Lu… Has gone missing.”
The butler stuttered.
“Go search for Master Lu then, what are you calling me for?”
Lu Yunxi answered with eyes shut, hoping to plunge right back into sleep after the call.
But the situation suddenly hit him. Did he say… Master Lu has gone missing?!
Lu Yunxi sprang up to a sitting position on his bed. He burst out of the room, questioning the butler through the phone, “Why is Master Lu missing? Where did he go?”
The butler hesitated before saying, “I don’t know, b-but… I received a phone call last night. I’m not sure if this is related to the call.”
“What call?”
Lu Yunxi said impatiently with a frown, “Stop talking in circles!”
“I-it… It came from Madam Mu Xue’s husband.”
Lu Yunxi froze briefly upon hearing the name. He then asked with knitted brows, “Madam Mu Xue? That Mu Xue?”
He was flabbergasted and could no longer walk steadily.
The butler paused and acknowledged with a yes.
“Wait for me, let me give Jinye a call real quick!” Said Lu Yunxi.
“D-don’t… Don’t inform Young Master Jinye, I’m not sure if Master Lu’s disappearance is related to the call. I suggest we try to locate Master Lu first. I’m in no place to make the call here.”
Lu Yunxi pondered. He couldn’t make the decision as well. Clenching his fists, he ultimately uttered helplessly, “Bye for now, let me hurry up and search for master.”
Lu Yunxi almost overturned the entire City A, but he could not find a trace of master Lu.
On the other hand, not a single person would dream of going to a cemetery to find a missing person.
Master Lu was standing before the grave, staring down at the bouquet of white daisies he just laid on the ground with a faint smile. Then, when he turned his attention to the picture of the woman on the gravestone, tears started streaming from the ridges of his wrinkly eyes.
He slumped to his knees and caressed the black and white photo of the woman.
“Mu Xue.” He called out the woman’s name.
He didn’t get a response. All he got was a placid smile on the photo.
“Who would’ve thought that you had always been in City A? It’s been so many years. I sent my men to search for you in your hometown and to the ends of the world. But the idea of looking within the city itself did not occur to me at all. I was wondering to myself why did you disappear from the surface of the earth?”
Master Lu became emotional at this point.
“I’ve wronged you, and I’ve wronged our daughter.”
In this instance, a Land Rover came to a halt at the side of the road. Master Lu swiftly rose to his feet and put every dash of misery away from his face, peering at the man who was walking towards him from afar.
Master Lu’s eyes were brimming with malice as he glared at Mu Xianyong. “Are you Mu Xianyong?”
“Hoho.”
Mu Xianyong chuckled at Master Lu in response. “How dare you bed my woman without knowing who I am?”
Master Lu’s gaze turned cold upon hearing those words. He eyed at Mu Xianyong arrogantly, “You should be clear with how things unfolded in the past.”
“As the matter of fact, I’m not! But I’m interested to know. After abducting Mu Xue and make her pregnant, why didn’t you hold yourself accountable for her?”
“Mr. Mu, did you ask me here just to ask me about this?”
Instead of addressing Mu Xianyong directly, Master Lu responded with a question.
“Don’t you think you owe me some explanations?”
“Apologies, now that Mu Xue is dead, I’m only responsible for Mu Xue and my daughter, not you.”
Finishing what he had to say, Master Lu had no intention to dwell a second longer. He tightened his grip on the walking stick and started making his way out of the cemetery.
Mu Xianyong watched him as he walked away, but suddenly strode towards him and said, “Your son is getting married, I hope you could stop him.”
“That is none of your business?”
