His Beloved Treasure

Such a dark night, being alone outside, for the first time she wasn’t afraid of the dark.

She was only afraid of not being able to find Qin Mingzhu.

——

After dawn.

Helian Hao returned home only to find that someone had slept at their place, and it was a man.

Last night, while she was on duty at the hospital, Jing Feng invited Mu Yichen over for drinks. Mu Yichen drank too much and ended up sleeping on their couch.

Helian Hao heard the sound of cooking from the kitchen, knew Jing Feng was busy with breakfast, hung her bag behind the door, and walked towards the kitchen. As she walked, she glanced back at the man who couldn’t fit on the sofa.

Mu Yichen’s legs were almost dangling off the edge.

”What’s going on?”

Helian Hao whispered to Jing Feng.

”Had an argument!”

Jing Feng said briefly, continuing with breakfast.

”Did he sleep at our place all night?”

Helian Hao whispered to Jing Feng again, a little worried.

”Yes!”

”Why did you let him stay? Does Mumu know?”

”Probably doesn’t need telling. Qin Mu can count on her fingers the places Mu Yichen can go to, and besides, I mainly wanted a place for myself in case we ever argue in the future.”

Jing Feng couldn’t help but let out a faint smile after he finished speaking.

Helian Hao, raising her head, playfully punched his shoulder: ”I’ll call Mumu to tell her not to take you in!”

”You might as well call her first and tell her Yichen is here with us after all.”

Jing Feng said.

”Bullying me just because you’re tall, right? You don’t have Mumu’s number?”

”Honestly, I just really don’t like calling her!”

Jing Feng said, rolling up the sleeves of his dark blue sweater.

”Tch! Who cares if you call or not!”

Helian Hao glared up at him, then turned to find her bag to call Qin Mu.

She called once but no one answered; the second time, it was picked up, but the voice was hoarse.

Helian Hao instinctively looked towards the sofa, where the man was slowly waking up, and she reflexively asked: ”Waited all night for Mu Yichen? He’s sleeping at our place——”

”No!”

Qin Mu’s hoarse voice replied.

Being interrupted didn’t bother Helian Hao, but hearing Qin Mu’s voice, something felt off.

”What’s wrong with you? Are you sick?”

”Something happened to Qin Mingzhu last night, searched for her all night.”

”Did you find her?”

Helian Hao, unaware that Qin Mingzhu had been found, quickly asked out of concern.

”Yes! She’s with Bian Jingwen, I don’t know what happened last night.”

Qin Mu lowered her head, sitting on the sofa in the guest area on the ground floor of the studio, one hand holding the phone, the other pressing against her sore eyes.

”She’s with Bian Jingwen? What happened? Did they recognize each other as sisters?”

”Probably! As long as she’s okay, nothing else matters!”

Qin Mu’s voice was painfully hoarse.

”Where are you now?”

Helian Hao asked again, hearing movement behind her, she turned her head and saw Mu Yichen sitting up.

His shirt was all crumpled from being slept on, and he looked quite unwell.

”At the studio! I’ll hang up now!”

”Wait a minute, your husband is awake. Do you want to talk to him? Hello? Hello?”

Qin Mu was still holding the phone, but couldn’t help covering her eyes with both palms, which were already wet.

What was the point of talking to him now?

Qin Mu rubbed her eyes vigorously, enduring the discomfort, and then called Feng Fanghua before putting her phone on the table and heading upstairs.

Fortunately, there was still a place to sleep here.

Qin Mu soon rolled over and fell asleep.

Qin Mingzhu was with Wang Huanyu at a hotel near the studio.

After hanging up, Helian Hao told Mu Yichen: ”Something happened to Qin Mingzhu last night, didn’t you know?”

Mu Yichen lifted his eyes: ”What happened?”

”Qin Mu searched for her all night, and yet you slept at our place for a night?”

Helian Hao’s expression showed a stark contrast to when she had just come home: a mix of cold and warmth, a vivid contrast.

”Where is she now?”

”She probably doesn’t want to see you right now!”

Helian Hao didn’t say more, put her phone in her pocket, and went back to her room to wash up and sleep. She had to perform a surgery in the middle of the night that lasted five hours.

Jing Feng emerged from the kitchen, noticed Helian Hao wasn’t in the living room, and looked at Mu Yichen: ”Where’s Xiaohao?”

”She went back to her room! I’ll be leaving now!”

Mu Yichen stood up, bent over to pick up the coat that had fallen on the floor, and headed out.

”I made breakfast!”