His Beloved Treasure

Jiang Zhiyuan glanced at the table, ”Everything we ordered should be here, right?”

”Indeed, it is!”

Jing Feng looked at the table once more before sitting back down.

Zhao Huai, who was sitting at the edge, stood up to open the door.

When he opened the door and saw Jing Qing, he was first taken aback, then greeted her with a smile, ”Jing Qing, what brings you here?”

”I was entertaining some guests nearby and heard you were having a gathering, so I thought I’d come by.” Jing Qing said as she peeked in, scanning the room. Aside from the unfamiliar face of An Nan, the rest were all known to her.

Huanhuan was alone, playing with toys. When a toy fell and rolled toward the door, she chased after it. It stopped at Jing Qing’s feet; Huanhuan instinctively looked up from the toy to Jing Qing’s face. Upon recognizing her, she immediately grabbed her toy and retreated back to her parents.

Qin Mu immediately embraced her, bending down to gently kiss her forehead: ”It’s alright!”

Only after seeing her mother’s eyes did Huanhuan relax somewhat.

Jing Qing couldn’t help but laugh, ”It seems like Princess Huanhuan is scared of me!”

She had walked in on her own, and since Zhao Huai was already behind her, he couldn’t say anything else and closed the door.

”Why doesn’t the little princess like me? Is it because I haven’t given her any toys?”

Jing Qing smiled and greeted everyone, not moving any closer though she was just two people away.

Huanhuan peered up at her from beside Qin Mu’s leg, gripping her toy tightly.

Qin Mu looked up, ”She’s just shy!”

Those three simple words, though, made it clear that she and her daughter were not familiar with Jing Qing.

Jing Qing’s expression changed momentarily, but she smiled again and stood straighter, ”Your daughter has a poor memory, doesn’t she? We’ve met several times already.”

She pulled out an empty chair to sit down, placing her elegant bag on top, and looked up at everyone with a beautiful smile, ”You don’t mind me joining you, do you?”

After asking, she finally fixed her gaze on Qiao Yi. Qiao Yi was initially looking at her, but when he saw her looking his way, he looked down instead.

”Why does it get so cold every time I show up at these gatherings?”

Jing Qing looked around, puzzled as why it seemed everyone suddenly lost their appetite.

The girl who introduced herself as An Nan curiously surveyed the large table, thinking that this group must all be the wealthy elites of Rongcheng, judging by their attire, taste, and treatment, especially since Jing Qing was immediately recognizable as the Best Actress from a couple of years ago.

And to think the Best Actress was so unwelcome among these people, how sad.

Suddenly, Qin Mu remembered what Wen Runuan mentioned about Yang Qianxi stalking Mu Yichen. Her eyes instinctively sharpened as she looked in Jing Qing’s direction.

Jing Qing was looking at her too, seemingly with a magnanimous demeanor, ”What’s the matter? Although I’ve taken your assistant, I haven’t bothered you lately, have I?”

Qin Mu merely smiled faintly.

It wasn’t that Qin Mu intentionally spared her face, but rather she didn’t want to have a fallout in front of everyone.

Although tearing into someone like this is livelier with more people, Qin Mu simply didn’t enjoy it.

She’d deal with it after returning from Paris, she thought to herself.

”Why is everyone here tonight, Jiang Zhiyuan, have you got a boyfriend?”

Jing Qing asked, looking toward Jiang Zhiyuan.

Jiang Zhiyuan smiled awkwardly, waving his hand slightly, ”Yep!”

That ”yep” once again drew contemptuous glances.

Jing Qing didn’t understand and took it that he really had a girlfriend, ”Well, congratulations then!”

Jing Qing poured herself a glass of wine and said,

”Thank you!”

Jiang Zhiyuan put another hand on An Nan’s back, his other hand holding his wine glass as he leaned in to clink glasses with her.

”Welcome to our band of brothers and sisters.”

Jing Qing politely said to An Nan.

An Nan also raised her glass and said softly, ”Thank you!”

Although Jing Qing was a celebrity, she knew that she wasn’t unique in this setting, and An Nan wasn’t lacking in self-awareness either.

But to others, Miss An was far too composed.

Jing Qing took another look at her, certain that Miss An recognized her and also felt that Miss An was no ordinary character. She thought it would be too much trouble to ask more now and decided to have someone investigate slowly later.

”Tomorrow, Yichen and Xiaomu are going to Paris on a business trip together. We’re celebrating for them tonight.”

After drinking with her, Jiang Zhiyuan’s fondness for her multiplied, prompting him to add another sentence.

”Oh? So, it looks like they’ll be gone for quite a while, huh?”

Saying this, Jing Qing turned to look at Mu Yichen and Qin Mu.

”It’s just for half a month, but since they’ve just had their second child, we feel that we should treat them to a meal no matter what, so that’s why it’s like this now.”

Jiang Zhiyuan continued, holding a glass of wine that had just been filled.

Right now, he was the one talking the most.

”I know about that. By the way, do you still like the sneakers I bought for you? Yang Qianxi knows your tastes pretty well, so I had her go to the mall to choose them for you personally.”

Jing Qing said to Qin Mu in a soft voice that sounded like a caring older sister after hearing those words.

But Qin Mu found that gesture incredibly phony.

”They were accidentally taken away by a little dog that my partner is taking care of.”

Qin Mu said to her with a smile.

Jing Qing...

The scent of gunpowder was in the air, and no one had expected Jing Qing to so generously gift shoes to Qin Mu, nor did they expect that Qin Mu would not appreciate it.

”That’s a real shame! Wearing high heels is very dangerous for pregnant women, which is why I immediately thought of getting you new shoes.”

”But it’s quite unusual to give shoes as a gift, isn’t giving shoes a way of telling someone to leave?”

Helian Hao bluntly asked.

Jing Feng was already a bit upset by the arrival of his sister, and with his wife speaking up, he felt an even greater headache coming on, showing evident signs of fatigue in his eyes as he looked at Helian Hao.

”Send whom away? Send Qin Mu or the child in Qin Mu’s womb? Am I that malicious? Sister-in-law, you really think too highly of your sister-in-law.”

Jing Qing looked at Helian Hao with a smile as she spoke.

”I don’t really think highly of you, just that I suppose you’ve already considered both of the questions you just mentioned, haven’t you?”

Helian Hao laughed lightly, her gaze sharp as a knife hidden within a smile.

”My dear sister-in-law is really something... Miss An, I apologize for making you witness this!”

Jing Qing laughed awkwardly, grinding her teeth to keep from making a fool of herself in front of others.

An Nan dared not interject, just silently smiled.

”If you truly wanted to take care of me as a pregnant woman, why didn’t you send the supplements you got for me along with the shoes to my studio, but instead had your assistant deliver them to President Mu’s office?”