His Beloved Treasure

Later, Yang Bo, clad in his police uniform, went to find Mu Yichen. Walking from their office building to the rooftop, he was greeted with countless sparks of interest.

Mu Yichen, while tucking the hem of his shirt into his trousers, walked out of the break room with utmost seriousness.

Yang Bo stood lazily behind his desk, looking at the photo of Mu Yichen with Qin Mu, and as he glanced up...

Haha!

The man who claimed to love only Qin Mu couldn’t be...

”You’re keeping a mistress in a golden house?”

”It’s someone else keeping a—man!”

Mu Yichen was about to say ’mistress,’ but he hesitated and then switched direction.

Yang Bo put down whatever he was holding, looking incredulously at him, who’s hiding him?

”Didn’t you run into Qin Mu just as he was leaving?”

Mu Yichen looked at him with that foolish expression and simply reminded him before taking a cigarette from the box on the desk and putting it to his lips.

Yang Bo also took one, but he sniffed it vigorously under his nose before putting it in his mouth.

After lighting his cigarette, Mu Yichen tossed the lighter to Yang Bo. Catching it with both hands, Yang Bo lit his own and then watched as Mu Yichen took a harsh drag of smoke at the side.

With his gaze lowered to the burning cigarette in his hand, Mu Yichen said, ”Tell me, what’s the situation now?”

”Could it be that Xiaomu told her father, and now his people are getting involved? It seems like they want to reorganize our police department.”

”The top position should’ve been yours all along!”

Mu Yichen patted his shoulder after hearing this, then walked towards the window, smoking.

Yang Bo took a hard drag of his cigarette as well, still standing there, looking somewhat anxious.

”Yes! But have you considered how our colleagues will view me now? The matter of Qin Mu being in the police department was revealed to you by me.”

”Do you regret it?”

Mu Yichen turned, his sharp eyes piercing as he looked at him.

”Regret? What’s there to regret about saving my own sister? It’s just that if this gets out... Well, it’s fate!”

Actually, becoming the top man would benefit him too. He was originally designated for the position, everyone was already calling him boss, but then out of nowhere Cheng Yaojin appeared, and now good!

”Xiaomu’s alright, isn’t she?”

Yang Bo still remembered the pitiful sight of Qin Mu cowering in a corner being bullied; a girl must have been scared out of her wits.

”She’s fine!”

Mu Yichen thought back to last night when she dragged him into the bathtub upon his return, the fact that he couldn’t see her when he opened his eyes this morning, and just a moment ago.

In his heart, he knew that the more frightened she was, the more rational she became. She must have been scared to death at that time, otherwise why would she look up at the stars after coming out?

After what happened yesterday, she completely changed today.

The woman who had just recently softened like jade suddenly became sharp and angular again, a coldness seeping from her eyes, from her body.

”But last night when I saw her come out, she was still...”

”Let’s not talk about it; you guys don’t understand her!”

With those words, Mu Yichen shut Yang Bo down; if he didn’t understand her, then there was no use thinking about it any further.

Latehttp://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguidern, Yang Bo mentioned a few things and then left. Mu Yichen stood at the window, lighting another cigarette and looking out. His phoenix eyes half-narrowed, he watched the tiny matters below, a fierce determination seeping through.

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The Qin Family!

Zhang Rujia grew increasingly worried; this felt less like waiting for guests at home and more like imprisonment.

Every attempt to leave the house was obstructed, and although people still respectfully called her ’Madam,’...

Could she have been exposed so quickly?

But Qin Mu had been caught; surely it couldn’t have been so fast unless Mu Yichen had found her—

That would be truly terrible!

The more Zhang Rujia thought about it, the more frightened she became. It was already dark, and Qin Haiming hadn’t returned, so she took out her phone to call Qin Mingzhu: ”Mingzhu, can you go to the mall and check on our store for me.”

”I’m at the mall right now, and there’s no issue at all; it’s just the shop next door undergoing renovations.”

”JY is closed?”

”No! It’s the shop next to JY that’s closed; who knows what brand will take over after that. What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you coming out yourself?”

Qin Mingzhu had not been having an easy time either. Zhang Rujia had told her to keep a low profile, not to dine or play with friends for the time being, to just stay quietly in the apartment. If she felt too bored, she’d take a turn around the mall, buy something, and then go back to sleep in the apartment.

”Listen, I might be under house arrest by your father. Help me keep an eye on the mall for the next few days, and call me immediately if anything strange happens, got it?”

Zhang Rujia nervously held her phone, giving instructions to her.

”Okay!”

Qin Mingzhu nodded, standing behind some clothes, stealthily watching the outside.

”By the way, did you see Qin Mu today?”