His Beloved Treasure

Qin Mu later sat behind his office desk, seriously focusing on his drawing again. As for Qin Mingzhu, she really didn’t believe that phone call was truly about her going to the Qin Family’s house for dinner.

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”Mumu, your dad and I would like to invite you over for a simple meal, do you have the time?”

But in the afternoon, she did actually receive a call from Zhang Rujia.

”You’ve got the wrong number!”

At that time, Qin Mu had just gotten to the studio from the factory. After hearing the call, she instinctively hung up, though she actually felt it was Zhang Rujia even as she was hanging up.

She even called her Mumu?

That’s what her own mother would call her!

She was in a rather good mood, but after that call, she immediately tossed her phone aside and sat down on the sofa.

A serious yet dazed expression appeared on her beautiful face; she really couldn’t wrap her head around it.

What on earth was Zhang Rujia playing at?

Meanwhile, Zhang Rujia was sitting beside Qin Haiming at the moment, in the Qin Family’s living room. After hanging up the phone, she said to him, ”I told you, as soon as I call her she’s bound to refuse. Why don’t you give it a try yourself?”

Zhang Rujia had the image of a good wife at this moment. Qin Haiming, after hearing her, couldn’t help but frown. He too had heard Qin Mu’s decisive rejection just now. Zhang Rujia losing face was a minor issue, but if he were to make the call...

”Forget it, if she doesn’t want to, we’ll talk about it some other day.”

Qin Haiming seemed to have a sudden realization, saying this before he stood up.

”Where are you going now?”

Zhang Rujia asked worriedly as she saw him stand up.

”I’ve got some matters to discuss with Old Chen and the others later, I might dine out tonight.”

After giving her a brief explanation, he left. Zhang Rujia remained seated, sighing involuntarily after he left, and then smiled wryly to herself.

How could she have imagined that one day she’d have to stoop so low to make that kind of call to Qin Mu? She would have preferred if Qin Mu had died in Paris back then.

Unfortunately for her, Qin Mu hadn’t died abroad. After her return, she caused such a stir. Now, with Qin Haiming anxious to acknowledge her, Zhang Rujia thought, if father and daughter really did reconcile, where would she and her own daughter go? Qin Mu would surely not allow them to stay here; the way Zhang Rujia had schemed to get rid of Qin Mu back then, probably Qin Mu would kick them out the same way, wouldn’t she?

A cold ruthlessness flashed in her experienced eyes; of course, she couldn’t let that day come.

In the evening, Mu Yichen came to pick her up from the studio again. Qin Mu happily dashed out of the studio, while he stood in front of the car, his deep black eyes watching as she ran up to him.

”So happy today?”

”President Mu has so much on his plate, yet he still comes to pick me up after work. Of course, I’m happy.”

Qin Mu was excited like a child, and Mu Yichen looked at her seriously for several seconds before turning to open the car door for her.

Qin Mu climbed into the car, and after he sat down, she told him, ”Today, Zhang Rujia called me.”

”Oh?”

”She invited me to the Qin Family’s house for dinner, but I ruthlessly hung up.”

She said this while fastening her seat belt.

”This is probably because of your father, but this shouldn’t be the outcome.”

Mu Yichen started the car and then commented.

”Yeah! Back then, she didn’t hesitate to beat Qin Mingzhu until she was all bruised up, and then when she got back home she complained that I had hit her daughter. Think about it, coming back this year probably became a thorn in her side. Now she’s lowering herself to call me in an attempt to please Qin Hai. Well, just wait, the real drama is still to come.”

Qin Mu leaned back into her seat, having long since moved past those events of the past, and chuckled lightly at the thought of the drama that was just beginning between them.

After all, when she first returned, Qin Hai still harbored grudges against her. Now, Qin Hai whimsically had Zhang Rujia prepare a room for her, Zhang Rujia must be seething inside.

”You can still laugh about it?”

Mu Yichen glanced at her and then smiled too, though there was a hint of heaviness in his eyes.

Qin Mu had changed a lot since she came back, or maybe it was he who pulled her back into this maelstrom, but she had changed.

Actually, he just wanted her by his side, that’s all. Everything that happened afterward was beyond his expectations. But now that they were married, he’d accompany her with every step they took from this point on, and if anyone dared to lay a finger on her...

His chiseled features were cloaked in coldness, and his gaze even more so, fierce and merciless.

The weather had turned cooler, and Qin Mu, looking through the rearview mirror, saw the pretty fallen leaves behind the car and found herself lost in their beauty.

She hadn’t fully enjoyed her last outing to see the maple leaves, yet on the way home this time it was thoroughly satisfying.

This autumn seemed to be passing quickly. Just the other day she was wearing a thin trench coat, but in a few days, it had turned into a heavy overcoat, and even people were pulling out last year’s down jackets when heading out in the morning.