His Beloved Treasure

”Hmm!”

Mu Yichen agreed and went to the yard with Qin Mu.

The swing they had bought for Huanhuan recently was just perfect for them to enjoy the coolness.

Qin Mu sat beside him and asked, ”Do you feel a bit chilly tonight?”

”Entering September, the nights will all be cooler!”

Mu Yichen bowed his head, his hands in his pockets, gently exerting force with his feet on the ground.

Qin Mu nodded.

”Let’s ask Grandpa and the others to come back! I miss them!”

Qin Mu said.

She probably guessed that their trip was to give them some time alone as a couple, but it really wasn’t necessary.

They had known each other for so many years, and after their family had been gone for so long, the house became too quiet with just the two of them.

Especially after Mu Qingxin had left as well.

”Hmm! It’s time to call them back!”

Mu Yichen said, looking up at the sky, also missing his precious daughter.

”I wonder if Huanhuan misses us?” he suddenly mused sentimentally.

Qin Mu turned to look at him and then asked with a smile, ”Of course she does, but she’ll still carry on playing wildly with others as usual.”

Qin Mu knew Huanhuan too well. Perhaps it was because she had been thrown into things from a young age, or maybe it was just her independent nature. When Qin Mu used to return from business trips, Huanhuan would cling to her for a while but would soon go off to play with other things.

”Did you often separate before?”

”Not that often! She was in my belly for so long, and for the first three months after she was born, I never went out. After that, even though I did go on a few trips, the time I spent alone with her was only about two years, and I was by her side for over three hundred days each year.”

Qin Mu thought about the past.

Actually, being separated wasn’t much of an issue. The girl had always been understanding since she was little, knowing that her mother needed to make money to support the family, so she never cried or fussed when her mother had to leave on trips.

Hmm! She didn’t believe it before, didn’t believe that a baby could be so understanding from birth, but ever since she had a daughter herself, she began to believe it gradually.

Later on, Qin Mu couldn’t help but start singing a song to him. It was Xin Xiaoqi’s ”Flavor,” inspired by the starry sky, somehow humming the tune brought to mind the scent of socks.

As they went inside, Mu Yichen wrapped an arm around her shoulder and whispered, ”Did you ever secretly smell the scent of my cologne I left behind after I left?”

That voice seemed distant, yet it sparked imagination.

Autumn had finally become a bit cooler.

——

On the afternoon of August 15th, the family finally all came back.

The elder asked his son to call Qin Haiming, and then the family gathered for a reunion dinner that evening.

Qin Mu noticed that her daughter seemed very fond of sticking close to the Mayor of Qin City. They were happily chatting when suddenly, Huanhuan ran over to the mayor’s side.

”I was afraid we wouldn’t make it back tonight, it’s good we didn’t delay!”

The elder had a couple of sips of white wine and spoke joyfully.

”Yes, my father has always said he wanted to invite you for a reunion dinner, regardless of whether you’re busy or not. We didn’t hold you up from anything, did we?”

Mu Zihao, holding a glass, asked the man in the sharp suit. Qin Haiming raised his glass and chuckled softly, ”If you didn’t look for me, I would have spent it alone!”

On the night of August 15th, he had no intention of working no matter what.

In previous years, the presence of Qin Mingzhu and Zhang Rujia at home made the festival somewhat meaningful, but this year...

However, Zhang Rujia also went away this year, merely being turned away just before his arrival.

Later, he learned too much about Zhang Rujia’s past, and so he had no more energy to be entangled with her.

As for Qin Mingzhu, of course, he hoped his daughter would be happy. If the Wang Family was willing to accept her, he would definitely accompany her with a generous dowry and sincerely hoped Qin Mingzhu would correct her bad temper and behave well.

”How could one spend it alone? Although it’s us who have reached above our station, we are one family now, and so we don’t need to speak in terms of two. From now on, for the New Year’s, let’s celebrate together, the younger ones don’t mind it either.”

The elder raised his hand, and as the head of the family, naturally, nobody objected.

Qin Mu was in the habit of not having much to say to Qin Hai, especially seeing how much Huanhuan adored her grandfather, she didn’t want her to lose the affection of being doted on by him.

But as for herself...

”Yichen, have a drink with your father-in-law!”

The elder raised his hand, directing.

”I thought you two would talk until dawn!”

Mu Yichen stood up with his glass, naturally, as a junior, he had to bow.

Qin Haiming sat diagonally across from him, a glass in hand, the other hand gesturing downward, ”Sit down, let’s not be so formal, just the two of us, father and son.”