His Beloved Treasure

She seemed to have fallen asleep?

Her sleeping posture was rather graceful.

He didn’t know if she had stayed here all along because she wanted to keep watch with him through the night like last year, but if that was the case, it was certainly good; if not...

He walked quietly over to her, turned the volume of the television down to its lowest, and then leaned back slowly.

Qin Mu, in a daze, toppled toward the side, her arms hugging herself, her head already resting on the armrest of the sofa.

The position looked super uncomfortable, but that was just the way she was.

Mu Yichen turned his head, his brow furrowed as he watched her, suddenly feeling displeased.

Was she asleep or not?

Shouldn’t she be leaning on his shoulder instead?

Almost half an hour passed, and he sat there the entire time.

The television switched to another channel, talking about finance and economics.

Mu Yichen found it quite rare that on such a holiday, there were still other programs to watch. It wasn’t easy, so he put down the remote control.

Later, she might have really fallen asleep, extremely uncomfortably, so she leaned toward him.

Mu Yichen didn’t dare to breathe too heavily, afraid of disturbing her search for a better position.

Mu Yichen sighed helplessly.

Qin Mu was sleeping fine until she turned to one side and her neck got a bit stiff, then she turned her body, facing toward the inside of the sofa.

Mu Yichen saw her frowning in discomfort, took a throw pillow from the side, and lifted her head up.

Qin Mu reflexively rested her head on the arm he extended.

Mu Yichen...

He actually just wanted to give her a pillow, but with things turning out this way...

Mu Yichen didn’t speak, just lied down gently.

It was actually quite uncomfortable because he was afraid she would fall off, so he tried to take up as little space as possible.

And the night became more and more beautiful.

The snow continued to fall outside; Mu Yichen lifted his head slightly and could see the snow still fluttering down outside the window.

Then he glanced at the single sofa in front of him where her down jacket lay, he finally hooked the down jacket within reach, and they both covered themselves with it, gradually falling asleep.

Qin Mu woke up in the morning feeling like she was about to collapse; as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw herself in a gray chest, then she immediately lifted her head.

On instinct, she tried to flee, and then as she moved back, her entire body fell onto the carpet.

”Ah!”

Her head accidentally knocked against something.

But the young couple already sitting on the stairway had been watching for a while. Mu Qingxin said helplessly, ”To sleep like this all night, might she not have a stiff neck?”

”I’m more worried that my brother’s arm might go numb,” Jiang Yan said.

It seemed the woman was considering her own feelings, and the man his.

Mu Qingxin sighed helplessly, ”These two really are...”

”Let’s not be like that; if we like each other, let’s stay together forever,” Jiang Yan turned his head and said to Mu Qingxin.

Mu Qingxin noticed a little girl sitting just two steps up from them.

Mu Qingxin and Jiang Yan turned their heads simultaneously, ”When did you get here?”

Both asked at the same time.

”A long while ago!”

Huanhuan still rested her chin on her hands, seemingly in no hurry to do anything.

Qin Mu, having managed to get up from the ground, looked at the man who had turned over and continued sleeping on the sofa and without a word, huffily turned away.

”Hey, Mu Qingxin, don’t spoil my daughter,” she said as she went upstairs.

”My dear sister-in-law, it was your precious daughter who sat behind us and eavesdropped, okay?” Mu Qingxin immediately retorted with cheeks puffed out.

”Not at all! I just called you, not sneaky, you just didn’t hear it,” Huanhuan lowered her eyes, feeling defiant about her aunt’s words, thinking to herself, you’ve been sitting here watching my mom and dad and I didn’t say anything about you.

Qin Mu walked over to them, reached out to Huanhuan, ”Get up, go wash up with mom.”

Huanhuan gave her hand to her mom.

After mother and daughter returned to their room, Mu Yichen still had not gotten up.

Mu Qingxin whispered to Jiang Yan, ”When do you think my brother is going to stop pretending to be asleep?”

”Not sure, but it should be almost time,” Jiang Yan thought, Qin Mu had gone back to her room, and sleeping on the sofa was uncomfortable, it was about time for Mu Yichen to get up.

”Sigh! My brother is really pitiful, so many women out there want to climb into his bed, yet he would rather sleep on the sofa with Qin Mu.”

”I’d be willing to sleep with you in a snowy field.”

Jiang Yan confessed to her.

Mu Qingxin laughed helplessly, ”That’s enough, my brother is already pathetic enough.”

Jiang Yan immediately fell silent, then got up and stretched.

Mu Yichen finally sat up, rubbing his brow, unable to see the two people on the stairs clearly from his position, but just listening to their nonsense talk was enough to torture him.