His Beloved Treasure

Qin Mu now knew that Qin Haiming often came to see her daughter; that evening she didn’t lose her temper but simply let out a resigned, bitter smile.

Let it be!

Later, she went to coax Huanhuan to sleep, and Mu Yichen chatted for a bit downstairs before he went upstairs to find her.

He sat on the edge of the bed, beside mother and daughter, his eyes slightly downcast: ”I’ve actually known about this all along, I didn’t tell you because I was afraid you’d be unhappy.”

Qin Mu listened quietly, not planning to say anything, but then she thought about it, turned around, and looked at him with eyes as tranquil as water: ”Let him look if he wants to, after all, Huanhuan hasn’t lost anything.

Mu Yichen hadn’t expected her to say that, thinking she would have been furious and complain while crying and hugging him, just like the last time he tricked her into going to a birthday banquet.

He even thought she might leave in anger.

But she merely said so calmly.

”Go back to the room to sleep.”

Qin Mu couldn’t help but glare at him: you’re punished to sleep on the couch tonight.

Yichen’s heart shattered in an instant.

——

Qin Mu had recently begun to get busy preparing for the year-end show, and the controversy on Weibo had also reversed. That morning, as she looked at the webpage that lavishly reported on her work and career, she realized that she had been in this industry for quite some time.

Xiaomei whispered in her ear: ”But the incident is still fermenting, there’s talk on both sides, shall we continue to pin it up next?”

”No need, we’ve fought up to this point, if they still can’t distinguish between truth and falsehood, then there’s nothing worth our attention left.”

Qin Mu glanced at the webpage one last time, then closed her laptop and turned to look at Xiaomei.

After hearing this, Xiaomei nodded: ”That’s better, I’ve been looking for pictures so much that I’m nearly short-sighted.”

”But weren’t you already nearsighted?”

”My astigmatism is just a bit more severe, okay?”

Xiaomei retorted, and Qin Mu couldn’t help but laugh with resignation: Alright, alright.

”Your mentor called and said he’s coming over this afternoon, it seems his health is getting better.”

It was only when Qin Mu heard this that she finally sighed in relief, feeling genuinely reassured—for Jian Yan’s sickness had truly unnerved her. And also, who told Mu Yi about her visiting her mentor?

She had even forgotten to ask him.

”Qinqin? Qinqin?”

As Qin Mu was lost in thought, Xiaomei called her several times.

Qin Mu lifted her eyes to look at her, still a bit dazed.

”Then, I’m going out first, okay?”

Xiaomei said, gesturing towards the door.

”Oh, sure!”

Qin Mu finally snapped back to reality, picked up her phone to send him a message, but then she thought it was better to talk about this kind of thing in person, so she put the phone back down.

Helian Hao would go see her later and get angry talking about what happened at the Jing Family’s place, then feel helpless: ”Why do I even bother? I’ve made up my mind. I’ll never attend another Jing Family family meeting again, just to avoid upsetting myself.”

Qin Mu put down the pen in her hand, unconsciously touching her slightly calloused fingertip joints and sighed: ”Of course, happiness is the most important thing. What did Jing Feng say?”

”Jing Feng didn’t say much, but I heard that even before he pursued me, he told the old residence’s people that in the future, they should talk to him about such matters. Probably because he also doesn’t want me to hear all that.”

Qin Mu nodded, and unconsciously, she awarded Jing Feng some mental points.

As long as Jing Feng knows how to stay clear, he won’t suffer losses with the Jing Family, thinking about it, she and her sister...

”I’m just angry for you. How can some people be so extreme? Clearly, it’s not theirs, yet they insist on having it?”

”Mu Yichen is certainly not a ’thing.’”

After hearing this, Qin Mu couldn’t help but clarify to Helian Hao with a straight face, then nearly laughed at the inappropriateness of her own words.

”Yes, yes, your Mu Yichen is not a ’thing,’ he’s a treasure, okay? But he’s your treasure alone.”

Helian Hao couldn’t stand her being so sticky sweet about Mu Yichen, feeling it was mushy but couldn’t help correcting her.

”Not really, the whole family treats him like a treasure.”

”If you’re going to put it that way, then people all over the world who think of him as a treasure are aplenty, from noble gentlemen to the entertainment industry’s national heartthrobs who blur people’s senses. But your Yichen has indeed surpassed them.”

”If Jing Feng appeared more on entertainment headlines, I guess he wouldn’t be far behind.”

”I’d rather he never appears on them.”

Helian Hao thought to himself, less trouble is always better than more. Who would want their man to be on other women’s minds?

Qin Mu could only smile bitterly, not feeling that others were dreadful. But if you really think about it, Jing Qing can indeed be quite terrifying.

But what’s the use of being afraid?

She had originally wanted a fair fight, but who knew that right from the beginning, it wasn’t on the level.