His Beloved Treasure

”Daddy, where did you go?”

He held her as they went upstairs, and Huanhuan, nestled in his arms, asked with a touch of sadness.

”Dad went on a business trip for work.”

Mu Yichen replied, feeling as though his heart had been pricked by a needle.

”Huanhuan misses you so much!”

The little girl’s eyes suddenly brimmed with tears, and as she spoke, she only glanced at Mu Yichen once before lowering her lashes, unwilling to look at him again, as if she was about to cry but was trying hard to hold it back.

Mu Yichen...

Qin Mu followed behind the two, not quite catching Huanhuan’s words but feeling that there was something about their father-daughter relationship that she didn’t know.

Feng Fanghua and Mu Zihao were still eating in the dining room when she suddenly put down her utensils: ”I can’t eat anymore.”

”You came to say good morning to me as soon as you returned, what more do you want? Just bear with it for now, okay?”

Mu Zihao kindly reminded her.

”That girl got her backup as soon as she returned, is she going to be afraid of me? It was just a formality with me anyway.”

”No wonder they say mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are difficult, I truly believe it now.”

Mu Zihao sighed helplessly after hearing Feng Fanghua speak like that.

”Do you think I’m being unreasonable too?”

”How could that be? The Mu Family’s matriarch has always been the most reasonable. I’m taking Huanhuan to ride horses later, are you coming?”

”She’s so young!”

Feng Fanghua reminded him worriedly upon hearing that Mu Zihao planned to take his granddaughter horseback riding.

”I’ll be there to protect her!”

Mu Zihao said, standing up.

”Then I’ll join you. I don’t want to be around that couple anyway.”

Feng Fanghua also stood up.

When the family of three came down from upstairs, they saw Mu Zihao and Feng Fanghua sitting on the couch, about to greet them when they heard Mu Zihao say, ”Today, your mother and I are taking Huanhuan to the equestrian center. Is there a problem?”

”Let’s not do that today, I’ll take her.”

Mu Yichen was still holding Huanhuan, and she clung to him, unwilling to let go.

Mu Zihao, worried that the little one would disturb the couple’s private world, laughed after hearing Mu Yichen’s response: ”Hmph! That’s some good affection there. Then you better take good care of my precious granddaughter.”

Mu Zihao instinctively glanced at Feng Fanghua, who, though wearing a cold expression, said nothing because she realized that the bond between her son and granddaughter was growing stronger.

”Additionally, I think it would be better for the three of us to move to an apartment.”

”What?”

This time, Qin Mu and Feng Fanghua looked at him in shock together.

”We’ll come back for dinner at least once a week, but normally we will live in the city apartment. It’s more convenient for us to get to work that way.”

Mu Yichen’s voice was very subdued, and it hurt to listen.

”Mu Yichen, you... Brat, have your wings grown? Or has this woman been whispering nonsense in your ear?”

Feng Fanghua was so angry that she stood up from the sofa; she had intended to keep her temper in check, but after hearing her son’s words, she couldn’t hold it back any longer.

Qin Mu instinctively looked towards the brand she was being pointed at, equally confused.

”She hasn’t said anything; it’s just that I have eyes to see.”

Mu Yichen said coldly.

”You... you can leave if you want, but neither of you is allowed to take my granddaughter away.”

”Huanhuan is still young, she should prefer living with her parents to staying with her grandparents, but I won’t interfere whenever you wish to visit her.”

”Yichen, a family can talk through anything, why mention moving out before even having a meal upon your return? Isn’t that intentionally creating conflict between your mother and your wife?”

Mu Zihao said in a deep voice.

”It seems that even if I don’t create conflict, Mumu is naturally my mother’s arch-enemy.”

Mu Yichen glanced at Feng Fanghua, held his daughter in his arms, and reached to take Qin Mu’s hand as he walked outside.

The couple hadn’t snapped back to reality, feeling as if it was all a surreal dream.

When Qin Mu reached the door, she pulled away from him, and Mu Yichen, holding his daughter, turned back to look at her, ”Are you planning to argue with me in front of our daughter?”

Qin Mu...

”Let’s go back to the apartment first, I will arrange for someone to send the luggage over later.”

”But what is the reason for all this?”

Qin Mu didn’t understand. He hadn’t said a word, everything seemed fine when he was changing clothes upstairs, so why did it come to this as soon as they came downstairs...

”Do you wish to continue living here? Are you happy living here?”

Mu Yichen just asked her very seriously.

Happy?

Happiness is never permanent.

She did have conflicts with Feng Fanghua, but to leave just like that, it would certainly be painful for the elders.

”When can you at least discuss with me before doing something, giving others a chance to prepare?”

Qin Mu asked him a bit angrily. If it hadn’t been for just coming out of the hospital with little strength, she would not be speaking to him so feebly.

”Give me my child!”

She stepped forward, reaching out to hold Huanhuan.

Mu Yichen instinctively turned away, holding Huanhuan tightly. Qin Mu looked at him in even greater disappointment: If you want to take her, take her.

She turned around and went back into the house, and Mu Yichen, holding his daughter, stood in front of the car looking at her stubborn figure and sighed helplessly.

”Is your mother a fool?”

Mu Yichen whispered to his daughter.

”Hahaha!”

Huanhuan laughed, seemingly unaware that her father was criticizing her mother.

When Qin Mu returned, Feng Fanghua was wiping her tears. Qin Mu stepped in front of them: Mom and Dad, I’m very sorry!

She first bowed deeply and then apologized earnestly.

Feng Fanghua remained silent, just sniffling, turning her face away, not looking at her. Whether in her eyes or on her face, the stubbornness was even more persistent than in her younger days.

”Perhaps I’m not qualified to apologize on his behalf, but I still want to say this. Maybe indeed we’re not suited to live together, but I assure you, as long as you acknowledge me, I will always be a part of the Mu Family...”

”I just want to ask you two things!”

Feng Fanghua interrupted her apology and looked at her coldly.

”Sure! Ask!”

Qin Mu was also very composed, waiting for Feng Fanghua to ask, ready for any question.