His Beloved Treasure

”I’m an obstetrician working at the downtown hospital, and I’d be more than happy to help if Miss Su has any issues in that area. Here’s my business card!”

Helian Hao said, reflexively fishing a business card from her bag, which indeed had her phone number on it.

Qin Mu felt a bit shy upon hearing someone wanted to befriend her, but she was genuinely surprised when she heard Helian Hao produce her business card.

Helian Hao was also that kind of person who doesn’t make friends easily, having been through a lot, she knew all too well how precious the word ’friend’ could be.

They didn’t need friends who were just there for casual eating and drinking, so that’s why Helian Hao had to say it that way.

Su Zhen smiled a bit awkwardly but still took Helian Hao’s business card: ”I hope I won’t have to consult you on such issues.”

”Here’s my business card!”

Su Zhen also politely took out her own business card and handed it to them.

Qin Mu and Helian Hao both held their breath involuntarily upon seeing this card.

”I just started working at AM on Monday, and I got my business cards just this morning. If you two ever dine at AM, be sure to look for me!”

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Qin Mu and Helian Hao had never expected that this stunning beauty named Su Zhen had come from out of town to work at AM. Now, they wondered which gentleman at AM she was so carefully selecting an evening gown for.

Before parting ways, Helian Hao reminded her, ”You might want to gauge Mu Yichen’s opinion first.”

”I’ll ask him directly, why beat around the bush?”

Qin Mu laughed, opening her car door and leaving first.

In the evening, when Qin Mu and Huanhuan returned to their apartment, Qin Mu went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Huanhuan sat in the dining room reading a picture book on her own.

Mu Yichen only knew that they had gone back home, but seeing no one in the living room, he glanced toward the kitchen, saw the light on, and headed there, shedding his coat along the way.

To his surprise, Qin Mu was rolling up her sleeves to chop tomatoes. He approached Huanhuan and tenderly stroked her little head while his eyes irresistibly followed the woman in the kitchen.

Looking up at her dad, Yichen finally lowered his gaze to meet her eyes, smiled gently, viewed her picture book and then asked with a smile, ”Do you understand what you’re reading?”

”Yes!”

Huanhuan nodded seriously, then pointed at a princess in the book for her dad: ”This is Belle! The princess that Huanhuan likes the most.”

Yichen frowned slightly, vaguely remembering his daughter saying she liked Princess Elsa just a few days ago.

So, the dreams of a little girl are always changing, aren’t they?

Yichen smiled helplessly.

Qin Mu came out from the kitchen: ”She’s changed her favorite character seven times this month.”

Yichen looked up at her, noting that his wife looked particularly radiant today.

”Are you sure you can be trusted with cooking?”

Yichen walked toward her.

Qin Mu stepped aside to give him a view of the kitchen.

She had already arranged several dishes.

”To be truthful, I don’t want to wait every day for you to come home and cook for me, so I’ve chopped all the vegetables.”

”Hmm! Not bad chopping! How long did it take you?”

”Not too long, just over half an hour or so!”

Yichen placed his hands on his hips, and while laughing, he couldn’t help but raise one hand to touch the center of his brow; then, turning his head to contain his smile, he looked at her with eyes full of affection and not a hint of disdain.

”Mrs. Mu, is it just these greens and two tomatoes? Half an hour, you say?” Yichen was quite skeptical of his wife’s abilities.

”What about ginger? Chopped onions? Carrots? Don’t they count as vegetables? And didn’t you notice how beautifully I chopped everything? Aren’t those tomato pieces all the same size?”

Qin Mu went over and picked up a slice to show him.

Yichen sighed lightly and watched her eat a slice of tomato, then rolled up his sleeves.

”Start the fire!”

He ordered softly, then took a piece of beef out of the fridge.

”Oh!”

Qin Mu quickly assisted him.

Rather than just watching him cook as she used to, she wanted to be actively involved in this realm.

After all, during the two years without him, she and Huanhuan had relied on her cooking skills to get by.

Occasionally, Huanhuan would look up to see her parents in the kitchen, cooking her favorite dinner, then she would climb contentedly down from her chair and head to the living room on her own.

Soon enough, the sound of the TV came on in the living room, they exchanged glances, and Qin Mu shrugged, ”Your daughter can do a lot now, finding her favorite TV shows, browsing on a phone, and she can accurately find both our names.”