Falling tonight

Chapter 73 Return
After Mu Zhou left, Zhao Rou felt really tired and didn't want to move, so she just slumped on the sofa and played with her phone.

She hadn't turned on her phone much since she got up in the morning. She was scrolling through the accumulated messages, and an unread message from Zhanbo popped up in her eyes.

Blinking, I realized that it was sent at around 3 a.m., but it was buried under other messages and I didn’t read it during the day.

Clicking on it, Zhan Bo told her the results of a recent more in-depth inquiry. No matter whether it was on the underworld or the white road, no one with the title "Uncle Min" was found in Wei County.

He suggested that Zhao Rou could ask Ma Youguan to provide more useful information, such as appearance characteristics, personal information, etc.

Zhao Rou grabbed her cell phone and was lost in thought. Ma Youguan said that he had never seen anyone named "Uncle Min", and he was only a teenager at that time. Before his father Ma Guoqiang's accident, he had no idea that it would be related to "Uncle Min". Where? Is there any more information?
After thinking about it, I still need to talk to Ma Youguan again.

I don't know if the sofa at Mu Zhou's house was extra soft. Zhao Rou relaxed her whole body while lying down, and gradually fell asleep, her cell phone casually put aside.

She was awakened by the constant ringing of the doorbell outside.

When I opened my misty eyes, I realized that it was very dark. I turned my head and looked out the window. The sky was already close to a quiet deep blue. It seemed that I had slept for a long time.

Pressing the phone screen to light up, it showed that it was 8 pm, and there were several missed calls from Mu Zhou.

The doorbell continued to ring outside. Zhao Rou planned to call Mu Zhou back later, so she lazily stood up on her elbows, her wrists still feeling slightly sore.

Who would ring the doorbell at this hour?

The lights were not turned on in the living room, and the moonlight cast a faint silvery white light. She walked slowly to the entrance, fumbled for the switch and turned on the lights in the whole house. The darkness dissipated, and the room suddenly became bright. Zhao Rou opened the door.

"Miss Zhao," Gao Songqing stood at the door holding a lunch box, his face always calm and calm.

Seeing Zhao Rou's slightly disheveled hair and sleepy eyes, he handed the lunch box to Zhao Rou and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone, "This is the meal Mr. Mu ordered for you."

"For me?" Zhao Rou remembered that she hadn't finished eating yet, so she took the lunch box from Gao Songqing's hand. She raised her head and asked, "Is he still in the hospital?"

"...Yes, Mr. Mu is still here." Gao Songqing hesitated for a second and replied.

"Oh well."

Carrying the lunch box and returning to the dining table, Zhao Rou called Mu Zhou back.

It only took a few seconds to get through quickly.

"Why don't you answer the phone? Are you sleeping?" His voice was low and magnetic through the phone.

There were dumplings in the lunch box, which were hot and white. Zhao Rou picked one up and tasted it. It tasted good.

"Well," she replied vaguely, "how is her surgery going?"

She was naturally referring to Zhao Fangyi.

"It's okay." Mu Zhou didn't say much, "I'll be back later, you don't have to wait for me, just go back to sleep when you feel sleepy."

His tone was natural and affectionate, as if he was talking casually like a long-time partner.

Zhao Rou swallowed the dumplings and took a sip of water.

Didn't you say you were going to see Zhao Fangyi? Why did you stay so late?

She thought so in her heart, but she knew there was no need to ask, so she just said, "Okay."

Then, she thought of the message sent by Zhan Bo, lowered her voice, and said hesitantly, "Is that Ma Youguan still in your hands?"

"What's wrong?" He said calmly, showing no surprise at her sudden mention of this name.

"I still want to see him again. There are some things I need to ask him. Is that okay?"

There was silence for a while, and then there was a burst of low laughter, "I've been waiting for you to take the initiative to mention it to me. It seems that you didn't want to tell me what happened between you and him. Are you not ready to tell me?" Zhao Rou gritted her teeth and didn't know how to answer him.

She wanted to ask Mu Zhou. Last time he asked her why she wanted to find Ma Youguan, she only answered that it was because Tian Yingying wanted to use Ma Youguan to find out the shady story of the hospital.

Although Mu Zhou showed disbelief at that time, he did not continue to question her, but still helped her find Ma Youguan unconditionally and delivered it to her.

After meeting Ma Youguan later, he didn't ask about it again, and she didn't say anything about it. Of course, she didn't want to tell Muzhou her purpose of finding Ma Youguan at all.

But now that he asked again, all she could think of was to find another reason to prevaricate him.

"Well, I'll tell you when you come back. If possible, I'd like to meet him tomorrow."

"You really decided that I would agree to your request, didn't you?"

Mu Zhou's voice was low, with a smile.

"Otherwise, there would be no point in catching him. Or do you also want to use him to find out the inside story of that hospital?"

The latter sentence was just Zhao Rou's guess. After all, Mu Zhou had reminded her that there might be some connection between the Bai family and this hospital.

But on the surface, there is no dispute between Mu Zhou and the Bai family. It is worthwhile for Mu Zhou to arrest Ma Youguan to investigate the hospital.

"Okay, he is somewhere else now. I will arrange a time for you to meet him in the past few days. However," he added, smiling slowly, "I return the favor, do you have to repay me?"

Zhao Rou raised her eyebrows, "What do you want in return?"

"There is a party tomorrow night, you go with me."

Zhao Rou was slightly surprised. He wanted to take her to a public event?
In the upper-class circles of Yashi, everyone has always assumed that Mu Zhou and Zhao Fangyi are a couple. As far as she knows, in the past, Mu Zhou always brought Zhao Fangyi with him to any banquet.

It seems that the news that Mu Zhou and Zhao Fangyi have canceled their engagement has not been announced to the public. If it is not Zhao Fangyi who appears with Mu Zhou tomorrow, but her who has been abroad for a long time and rarely appears in Asia, I wonder if it will cause trouble. Criticized and talked about?

She asked cautiously, "Is it easy to explain my identity in public?"

Mu Zhou smiled softly, "She's just my female companion, what else do you need to explain?"

Zhao Rou heard it, and he didn't seem to understand what she meant. She was afraid of being treated as a mistress, and he felt that the name of a female companion was enough.

It's really hard to tell clearly whether she is a companion or a girlfriend to him...

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and slowly opened them again. Her voice was clear, "Okay, I'll go with you."

No matter what his identity is, as long as the person beside him is her.

"Well," Mu Zhou raised his hand and looked at his watch, "If you feel sleepy, just keep sleeping."

Zhao Rou didn't know what time Mu Zhou came back. She was sleeping in a daze when her waist was gently pulled by a small force, and her whole body fell into a cool embrace filled with moisture.

Faintly smelling the familiar and refreshing scent of a man, she relaxed and found a comfortable position to hug him.

Seeing her unprepared and somewhat dependent movements, the man saw a little smile flashing in his dark eyes. He rested his chin on her soft hair and closed his eyes.

The next morning, Zhao Rou received a call from Zhao Shijin, telling her that he had discussed with the Han family about breaking off the engagement.

I don’t know if the Han family is afraid that Zhao Rou has evidence of Han Zihao’s cheating, or if the Han family is hindered by the prestige and power of the Mu family. In addition, Han Zihao himself and Zhao Rou have fallen out, so the two families have no dispute. The engagement was called off.

Neither the Zhao family nor the Han family announced the breakup of the engagement to the outside world. Only some people in the circle knew about it, and the matter did not cause much trouble.

In the evening of the next day, the sunset was just right, and the clouds on the horizon were stacked like fire. It was extremely magnificent. Gao Songqing drove to Yuewan Mansion to wait for Zhao Rou.

(End of this chapter)