His Beloved Treasure

”You... Husband, you’re really going to let her do this?”

”Listen, from now on, I no longer want Qin Mingzhu as my daughter. Have her move out and you are not to provide any financial assistance. Starting today, she is no longer my Qin Haiming’s daughter, and therefore no longer your Zhang Rujia’s daughter either.”

”What?”

When Qin Haiming said these words indifferently, Zhang Rujia couldn’t accept it.

They had just been discussing Qin Mingzhu’s future before Qin Mu arrived, but in the blink of an eye, he was disowning her.

”If you disagree, then leave the Qin Family with her!”

Zhang Rujia’s mouth was agape, ready to defend her daughter, but upon hearing Qin Haiming’s words, she immediately dared not say more.

Move out together?

Wouldn’t that ruin them, mother and daughter?

Zhang Rujia thought, how could she let this mere twenty-something-year-old upstart defeat her? How could she not swallow this indignity?

”What am I to you? You give birth to me but then decide you don’t want me? You can’t be this irresponsible, you can’t just not want me!”

Seeing that Zhang Rujia also did not dare to protect her, Qin Mingzhu started pleading her own case nervously.

”Mumu went to Paris alone at eight and is now a famous designer. Yet you’re still expecting me to support you? Haven’t I supported you enough over the years? Even ordinary people’s children of your age should be self-sufficient. Think of it as going out to hone yourself, leave now!”

Qin Haiming didn’t look at her and instead spoke to the photo of the three of them on the desk.

Qin Mingzhu’s tears couldn’t be held back any longer, she covered her face and backed away, You’re being irresponsible; is it just because this little wretch is back? Do you just care that she’s now a designer? Do you just think she’s hitched herself to Young Master Chen? Just you wait, one day I’ll make you look at me with new respect.

After saying that, Qin Mingzhu turned and ran, her tears unstoppable.

”Mingzhu!”

Zhang Rujia turned and chased to the door but ultimately did not go outside.

”If you leave with her today, never step through this family’s doors again.”

Qin Haiming said this quite calmly.

Zhang Rujia turned to look at him, but he wouldn’t meet her gaze.

Zhang Rujia bit her lip, hard enough to shatter her teeth and swallow, her eyes filled with reluctant defiance as she looked toward Qin Mu, as if declaring war.

Qin Mu glanced at her, then turned and said, ”Wait and see tomorrow’s news, farewell!”

”Mumu!”

As she was leaving, Qin Haiming called out to her again.

”Does this count as giving you an explanation?”

Qin Haiming turned to look at her and asked.

Qin Mu just glanced back at him, without a reply.

After she left, Zhang Rujia knelt on the ground, filled with grievances, ”To give her an explanation, you’re driving our daughter out like this?”

”They’re both my daughters, but Mumu has been driven out by me since she was little, while Mingzhu has always lived a carefree life as the young miss. But look at the gap between the two now; it’s time for Mingzhu to go out and toughen up.”

Qin Haiming’s brows remained furrowed.

”Does it have to be so extreme as to sever the father-daughter relationship completely?”

”Xiao Jia, how do you still not understand?”

Qin Haiming sighed with a headache, intending to say more but eventually just walked around her and left the study.

She knew that Qin Haiming probably didn’t truly intend to break ties with Qin Mingzhu, afraid that the pretense would become irrevocable, terrified to think of what happens when the fake becomes real...

She only had that one precious daughter; how could she bear to let her suffer outside?

After Qin Haiming left, Zhang Rujia received a phone call saying there were no sales at the clothing store for the whole day. Involuntarily she screamed, ”No sales, what are you all eating? Just standing there like poles all day? If there’s no sales again, you might as well pack up and leave.”

After hanging up, Zhang Rujia also went downstairs, exhausted, sitting on the sofa now that Qin Haiming had left.

Zhang Rujia knew that Qin Haiming was falling into the traps set by Qin Mu step by step. He thought he could control everything, unaware that he was already being led by the nose by Qin Mu. The more Zhang Rujia thought about it, the more panic-stricken she became, and immediately grabbed her phone to dial a familiar number: ”Sister Zhang, are you free now? Would you join me for a cup of tea?”

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Qin Mu went to the studio; she hadn’t been there in days and was beginning to miss the feeling it gave her.

It was quiet inside without any movement. She walked around by herself and after making a round, cleaned up the sofa in the reception area on the first floor and settled there.