His Beloved Treasure

”Assistant Qin, we’ll wait for you downstairs!” They took the elevator up first.

”Okay!”

Qiao Yi nodded slightly, and only after the elevator doors closed did he slowly release her sleeve, looking at her somewhat tired eyes, ”Let’s go together tonight!”

”I’d rather not. I have plans with friends tonight!”

Secretary Xi calmly refused.

”Your fiancé?”

Qiao Yi didn’t know why, but he scoffed and his expression was one of utter disdain.

Looking at his displeased expression, Secretary Xi asked, ”What’s it to you? I’m going to put my laptop away and then I’m off. If there’s work, let’s discuss it during the day. If not, then just treat me as a normal colleague.”

After saying this, Secretary Xi left with brisk steps, choosing the stairs as the elevator had not arrived.

Qiao Yi remained standing at the elevator entrance, and even when the elevator arrived at his floor, it took him a long while before he stepped in.

The elevator didn’t wait for him and went up.

Qiao Yi turned his head to look at the closed door and suddenly couldn’t help but scoff.

What was he doing?

It was as though he was jealous of that man!

What was there to be jealous of? A fiancé?

Qiao Yi waited for the elevator to come back down before getting in and heading straight to the parking garage.

While Secretary Xi was still diligently working overtime, summarizing the content of today’s meeting. When her phone rang, she glanced at it and quickly turned it off, locked her laptop, secured the important documents on her desk, and left with her bag.

Mu Yichen had just arrived home and before he could get out of the car, he received a call from Qiao Yi.

”Hello! Why do I have to dine with these old geezers alone?”

”Didn’t Secretary Xi go with you?”

Mu Yichen asked as he opened the car door and stepped out.

”I’ll get Zhao Huai to join me,” Qiao Yi suggested after a few seconds of silence before hanging up.

Mu Yichen then slid his phone back into his pocket and casually walked inside with his hands in his pockets.

The house was lively again with the addition of Mu Qingxin; her son was still lying in the stroller, looking up with big eyes, ears perked, listening to the strange noises on the TV.

To a small life, all external sounds are strange noises.

Both women turned their heads at the sound of faint footsteps and their expressions were completely different upon seeing Mu Yichen return. Qin Mu showed just a slight smile before turning back to the television, while Mu Qingxin couldn’t help but scoff, ”Well, well, my dear big brother is back!”

Qin Mu instinctively looked at her, finding her comment a bit odd.

Mu Yichen walked over with a frown and sat down, first glancing at his beloved nephew in the stroller, noticing the little guy staring at the ceiling as if listening intently to something.

After checking on his nephew, Mu Yichen settled into a single-seater sofa nearby, giving Qin Mu’s foot a light kick as a greeting.

Qin Mu just glared at him, moved her foot aside, and continued watching TV.

Mu Yichen’s dark eyes shifted to his sister, ”Why have you come back after just a few days away?”

As he had been looking forward to a couple of days alone with his wife, the unexpected arrival felt like an intrusion.

Mu Yichen asked wearily.

”Do I need a reason to come back to my own home?”

Mu Qingxin retorted!

”Hmm! Do I need a reason to kick you out?”

Mu Yichen looked at his sister’s irresponsible demeanor and inquired.

”Of course, you do!”

Mu Qingxin looked at him incredulously, her voice changing in disbelief.

Qin Mu listened silently as the siblings bantered, finding it amusing despite their seriousness; perhaps it was because there was no real resentment, just a playful quarrel.

”Spousal disputes, huh!”

Qin Mu commented nonchalantly to Mu Yichen.

Mu Yichen turned to his wife, grasped the situation, and then looked at his silently brooding sister on the sofa.

”Is that kid bullying you again? Where is he now?”

”He’s on a business trip with his female secretary!”

As she spoke, Mu Qingxin pouted, looking wronged and vulnerable, having lost the sharpness she had earlier, leaving only her capriciousness.

”If he doesn’t come to pick you up, don’t you go back!”

Mu Yichen thought, I’d like to see how that kid has the face to pick you up.

Mu Qingxin looked up anxiously, ”But what if he doesn’t come for a long time?”

”What? You can’t live without him?”

Mu Yichen asked with his hands still in his pockets, legs crossed, and an intense gaze on his sister.

Caught between them, Qin Mu quietly listened as they continued their interrogation.

”No, it’s just that if he has to go on a long business trip, then... well...”

”What ’well’?”

Mu Yichen interrupted as Mu Qingxin began to sound feeble, and he questioned her; he detested such affectation in her.