His Beloved Treasure

”Go fill up the bathtub and wait for me.”

”Yes! Your little servant will go immediately!”

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Mu Qingxin pressed her ear against the door, listening intently. She held her breath, not daring to make a sound, but she couldn’t hear anything.

Mu Yichen stood by the door, his head lowered for a moment. Then he glanced at the door and let out a chuckle.

He placed his hand on the doorknob, but after a moment of thought, he withdrew it and pressed the lock instead.

Mu Qingxin heard the click of the lock, which startled her enough to instantly move her ear away. Her wide eyes stared at the door, and only after a few seconds of no movement did she cautiously press her ear back against it.

Then...

Mu Yichen closed the bathroom door and directly scooped up the woman who was in the process of running the water.

”Wasn’t I good?”

Qin Mu was holding a small box of rose petals in her hand. It had been a gift from a store clerk a few days ago, specifically for bathing. The packaging was beautiful, and the petals were meant to create an ambiance. Qin Mu had accepted it, and since they were taking a soak tonight, she decided to use it.

But unknowingly, she gave Mu Yichen a certain signal—one not even she was aware of.

Mu Yichen stood behind her, his hands pressing lightly on her lower abdomen. He whispered softly, ”Very good!”

Qin Mu let out a brief smile and then, pretending to be professional, tilted her chin and sprinkled the petals into the water bit by bit.

Mu Yichen thought she still had a childlike heart. When she was young, she loved to pluck flower petals while muttering nonsense. Now that she was a mother, she still enjoyed playing with petals.

”Mrs. Mu!”

”Hmm?”

”There’s a little puppy eavesdropping outside the door. Do you think we should cooperate or ignore her?”

”Huh?”

Qin Mu had just emptied the box of petals. She turned her head to look at him in disbelief.

They didn’t own a dog!

But in the next instant, she figured it out and whispered, ”Qingxin?”

”Who else could it be?”

Mu Yichen asked with a helpless laugh.

Qin Mu...

That girl was addicted to eavesdropping, wasn’t she?

”Then we...”

Qin Mu’s heart fluttered with nervousness. She felt like they were sneaking around.

”We’re in the bathroom!”

Mu Yichen whispered to her and then picked her up.

Qin Mu instinctively clung to his neck, nearly scared to death by him.

”I’m just putting you in the bathtub!”

Mu Yichen said softly, his eyes filled with mischievous intentions to torment her in various ways.

As a result, Qin Mu couldn’t feel happy, only increasingly flustered.

Mu Yichen gently placed her in the tub, then stood by her side and signaled with his eyes, ”Come help.”

Qin Mu lay in the water, refusing to move, her nerves so on edge that she couldn’t force a smile. ”No way, you do it yourself!”

”Be good!”

Mu Yichen’s seductive voice left no room for her to resist.

Qin Mu had no choice but to kneel in the tub and help him undo his belt.

Damn! It was insanely hard to undo.

And after it was undone...

Mu Yichen wasn’t just a gentleman in appearance anymore. Now, he was pure beast.

Qin Mu looked up at him and asked, ”Darling, is that good enough?”

”Couldn’t wait anymore?”

Mu Yichen asked in a low voice, maintaining the demeanor of a refined gentleman—except for those eyes of his.

At that moment, Qin Mu wanted to punch him, but sadly, she wasn’t in a position to do so.

”Fine, I’m ignoring you!”

Qin Mu sat back in the tub, playing with the water and splashing it over herself.

Mu Yichen stood there for a while, watching her. With such a beautiful woman soaking in the tub, how could he not be tempted? His blood was already boiling.

Outside, Mu Qingxin listened for a while longer. Feeling frustrated, she straightened up. Her back was sore, and after the first two sentences, she hadn’t managed to hear anything else.

Turning to leave but unwilling to give up, she grabbed the doorknob with both hands and rattled it forcefully. Knowing it was locked, she twisted and tugged at it stubbornly.

Inside the bathroom, the door was locked, but they could still hear the noise.

Qin Mu grew nervous, clutching the edge of the bathtub. ”Stop, she’s coming in!”

”The door’s locked!”

Mu Yichen reminded her matter-of-factly.

Qin Mu turned to look at him. ”Really?”

Mu Yichen didn’t answer her. Inside the bathtub, things were already chaotic.

The next morning, Qin Mu didn’t go to work. Mu Qingxin came downstairs around nine, spotting Qin Mu lounging on the couch watching TV. She couldn’t resist a snort before marching over to snatch the remote from her hand. ”You’ve got the nerve to sit here watching TV?”

”What? Mu Missy gets to eavesdrop on private conversations, but I can’t watch TV?”

Qin Mu smiled calmly and asked, her tone good-natured.

”You, you, you... Humph! Picking on me doesn’t make you impressive. If you’re so great, go pick on Mu Yichen instead.”

Mu Qingxin spun around and changed the channel, landing on a particularly gory movie in the middle of the day. After just one glance, even she couldn’t stomach it.

The living room fell silent except for the grotesque sounds coming from the TV, which were particularly eerie.