His Beloved Treasure

”Mr. Mu, Mrs. Mu.”

Li Yu greeted them in a polite tone. Qin Mu had applied thick makeup on her neck, yet Li Yu still noticed the faint marks left behind by a man.

”Shall we eat together? Since we already ran into each other!”

Mu Qingxin suggested.

And thus, it became a lunch for four.

”I heard you went out of town to film.”

Qin Mu casually greeted him.

”Yep! Just got back today!”

Li Yu replied simply.

Qin Mu nodded, then glanced up to catch the man sitting across from her. Her entire back stiffened instantly.

Ah, great!

She had forgotten that Mr. Mu really didn’t like Li Yu.

”There’s a dish at this restaurant that I absolutely love; every time I travel back, I make sure to come for a meal.”

Li Yu offered an explanation.

”Oh! No wonder people say they always see you here. I thought it was because you liked the ambiance.”

Mu Qingxin quickly carried the conversation forward, not leaving Li Yu hanging.

”Of course, the atmosphere here is also very captivating.”

Li Yu immediately added.

AM in Rongcheng was the number one seven-star hotel, ranking among the top three in the country. Naturally, the ambiance and every other aspect were top-notch.

Qin Mu, however, quietly gave Li Yu a thumbs-up in her mind, feeling it was impressive how Li Yu managed to compliment Mu Yichen’s hotel so smoothly.

Even Mu Yichen seemed to enjoy the remark. His previously sour expression noticeably shifted.

The two men sat on one side, and the two women on the other. Qin Mu faced Mu Yichen, while Mu Qingxin faced Li Yu. Whenever Qin Mu raised her eyes, she saw Mu Yichen staring back at her. Naturally, he noticed her observing him as well, and his face darkened instantly.

Qin Mu...

The four had a ”pleasant” lunch together.

In reality, it was mostly the other three chatting. Mr. Mu, being the big boss, ignored them the whole time, instead continuously throwing glances at Mrs. Mu.

But Qin Mu couldn’t be bothered with him. As they parted ways, she deliberately asked Li Yu, ”I bumped into Li Man a few days ago. Have you two been in touch?”

”No!”

Li Yu replied briefly without offering much explanation.

Qin Mu felt she might become a matchmaker someday.

After Li Yu left, Mu Qingxin also departed. Standing at the hotel entrance, Qin Mu and Mu Yichen stared at each other. When Mu Yichen’s car was pulled up, Qin Mu asked him, ”Will Mr. Mu give me a ride to the studio?”

”No!”

Mu Yichen bluntly refused without a shred of courtesy.

Qin Mu...

He pressed down on her hand and forcefully pushed her into the passenger seat.

Qin Mu...

Of course, the car didn’t head toward her studio.

Mu Yichen drove straight to the office building.

”I only have one meeting today. After it’s done, we’ll pick up Mu Chenghuan from school together.”

”And what am I supposed to do while you’re in the meeting?”

Qin Mu asked him.

”Weren’t you just saying this morning how exhausted you were? Take a rest.”

Mu Yichen’s dark eyes looked at her with utmost seriousness.

Qin Mu...

Later, while Mu Yichen discussed business with a few senior executives in his office, Qin Mu actually fell asleep in his private lounge.

At 4:30, the two of them drove to Huanhuan’s school and walked to the school gate to wait for her. There, they overheard some moms around them whispering.

”I heard she’s a designer, but last time, she had the nerve to tell a parent to transfer their kid. Absolutely no manners.”

”Really? She actually looks pretty nice.”

”People like that are just wolves in sheep’s clothing!”

”Exactly. And then she marries a good husband on top of it? What a piece of work.”

Qin Mu and Mu Yichen kept their heads down, overhearing everything, and thought to themselves: Do you all think we’re deaf?

For the first time, even Mu Yichen wasn’t pleased to hear someone praising Qin Mu for marrying a good husband.

”Ugh! A designer, huh? Why do I feel like she looks more like an ad model?”

Suddenly, a woman wearing a mask scrutinized Qin Mu’s face and voiced her suspicion.

Qin Mu had a bad feeling and suddenly wanted to find something to cover her face.

”Oh! She really does look like one! Wasn’t she in that shampoo commercial with Li Yu recently...?”

A parent, looking uncertain, blurted it out with wide eyes.

”I remember now! Wasn’t there a perfume ad on TV last year or something? I think that was her too.”

Qin Mu had initially planned to confront them sharply, but now that they’d brought up so much history, she started feeling a bit intimidated.

The school gates finally opened slowly, and the parents stopped gossiping about them. Qin Mu let out a big sigh: ”What the hell...”

The rest of the words lingered in her mind.

She wouldn’t go so far as to curse aloud. Even when she got furious, she’d insult someone without stooping to profanity.