His Beloved Treasure

Everyone quickly got to work, and she also took Huanhuan’s hand and slowly walked up the stairs.

——

In Zhang Rujia’s apartment!

Qin Mingzhu had finally returned. Zhang Rujia looked at the daughter standing at the door, too scared to step inside, and hatefully shed tears.

Although Qin Mingzhu used to stay out all night, at least she would call to tell her mother where she was, but this time, she truly didn’t say anything.

Zhang Rujia looked at the girl at the door with resentful eyes, full of disappointment: ”You were kicked out, and I was kicked out too. If I hadn’t begged repeatedly, your father would have probably cast aside all past affection and divorced me by now. Do you know what would happen to us mother and daughter then?”

”But Dad’s status means he can’t get a divorce, and didn’t you say Dad can’t live without you?”

Qin Mingzhu stood by the door, nervous yet still unable to resist talking back.

”That was before, before that girl came back! Now that she is back, do you think he still cares as much about us? Right now, he probably can’t wait for us to leave Rongcheng so he can live devotedly with that girl.”

Every time Zhang Rujia thought about Qin Mu possibly moving into the Qin family home, it felt like her heart was bleeding.

Qin Mingzhu, gazing at Zhang Rujia’s facial expression, unconsciously bit her lip. She hated Qin Mu even more than Zhang Rujia did: ”Mom, how about we find someone to teach her a lesson, threaten her to leave Rongcheng? Or maybe we could kidnap her daughter.”

Qin Mingzhu’s thoughts quickly shifted, and with a turn of her eye, she blurted out the kidnapping scheme.

”Absolutely not! If it backfires, we will truly have no place in Rongcheng anymore. Or do you really hope that I can never reconcile with your father?”

”Of course not, but that girl is living so well in Rongcheng, while we’re cramped in this little apartment. Just thinking about it makes me angry. You don’t know, I ran into her at the hospital yesterday, she...”

”Hospital? What were you doing at the hospital?”

They had only talked on the phone the day before, but Qin Mingzhu hadn’t mentioned going to the hospital.

Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Qin Mingzhu quickly covered her mouth with her hand, her face turning pale.

”Nothing! I didn’t! I was just visiting a friend!”

Even her voice had lost the previous boldness.

”Mingzhu, you must never keep anything from me, you understand? No one in this world cares for you more or protects you more than I do. If you lie to me, if your father finds out... the consequences are unimaginable.”

”I’m not afraid of him!”

Qin Mingzhu muttered stubbornly. In fact, she was now holding a grudge against her father too, because he had kicked her out for his other daughter.

Even though she had done something wrong, she still felt resentful after being thrown out!

”Mingzhu, come here, let me have a good look at you.”

”Mom!”

All of a sudden feeling very tired, Zhang Rujia weakly beckoned Qin Mingzhu to come to her.

Seeing her mother like that, Qin Mingzhu felt aggrieved too, and the mother and daughter hugged each other on the sofa and suddenly burst into tears.

”Mom, don’t worry, I will definitely make Dad bring you back home. Neither Dad nor I will leave you.”

Qin Mingzhu reassured her as they embraced.

”Silly girl!”

Tears of sorrow covered Zhang Rujia’s face.

Later, a call came from the mall, and the day again had brought no profits. Zhang Rujia thought they couldn’t go on like this; it had been two months, and their store had constantly been in the red.

”Also, we don’t have anyone at the police station anymore, so you must be very careful in everything you do, understand?”

Zhang Rujia wiped her tears and warned her again.

”What happened to our people?”

Qin Mingzhu asked, stunned.

”It’s all because of that theft at the mall. Your father probably knew about Qin Mu being wronged at the station, so he withdrew all those people.”

”What?”

Qin Mingzhu, realizing it concerned framing Qin Mu, unconsciously opened her mouth wide, then after a while, finally asked: ”So, is that why Dad wanted you to move out?”

”He wanted to divorce me. I barely managed to talk him into letting me move out first to cool down. He must still have some feelings for me.”

Speaking to this point, Zhang Rujia suddenly felt somewhat comforted.

She always felt that Qin Haiming still had some feelings for her; they had also had good times, and he had been happy before.

All the years she had taken care of him, it was just that he felt a bit guilty towards that girl. And now, she realized that Qin Mu was too scheming. They, mother and daughter, had to be very cautious from now on and definitely couldn’t let that girl easily grasp any hold over them.