His Beloved Treasure

Jian Yan is a strict master, absolutely the strictest kind. It’s hard to please him, but he loves drinking tea.

Yet, now just pouring a cup of tea, she suddenly thought of Jian Yan. Perhaps it was because she saw him sitting on the judges’ panel for her today.

The mentor-apprentice relationship until now, is indeed not easy!

In fact, they both cherish this mentor-apprentice bond greatly. Qin Mu thought about this, and felt a bit melancholic.

”What are you thinking about?”

Qin Haiming looked at her and asked as she suddenly spaced out.

”Nothing! Have you been well recently?”

”Yes! You needn’t worry about me all the time, I’ve been well for a long time!”

The lilies at home bloom fragrantly every day, how could he feel unwell?

”Why would I worry about you all the time? It’s my in-laws always asking about your health!”

Qin Mu poured herself a cup of tea, seemingly nonchalant.

Qin Haiming looked at her, and at his age, how could he not detect the truth and falsehood in her words.

As the father-daughter pair awkwardly chatted, a servant came to serve dishes.

The moment there was a knock on the door, Qin Haiming instinctively looked towards the entrance, while Qin Mu sipped her tea, quite accustomed to such interruptions.

The servant did not disturb the peace in the room, merely placed the drinks and dishes down, announced the names of the dishes, and left.

Qin Mu picked up the wine on the table, poured a cup for Qin Haiming first, then poured herself a glass. Qin Haiming just carefully observed every move of Qin Mu.

Soon someone else knocked on the door. Qin Mu thought it was another servant and didn’t turn her head until she heard a familiar voice while holding chopsticks.

”Am I interrupting?”

Qin Mu glanced back, only to see the tall man who entered, her dear husband.

Qin Haiming’s face also lit up with a warm smile: ”What interruption? I was just having nothing to talk about with this girl. If you have no other commitments, come over and have a few good drinks with me.”

”Alright!”

Mu Yichen said as he walked over and sat on Qin Haiming’s other side, directly across from Qin Mu. He lifted his deep eyes to glance at Qin Mu.

That glance, filled with meaning.

”Why are you here?”

”I came to drink with Father!”

Mu Yichen picked up a wine glass, poured himself a drink, and his gaze towards Qin Mu remained as profound as ever.

Qin Mu felt it strange, but in front of her father-in-law, she didn’t intend to discuss such small matters with him, so she continued eating.

Mu Yichen, however, seeing she wasn’t stubbornly pursuing the question, gave a slight smile.

Qin Mu saw him smile, couldn’t help but slow her chewing, her gaze never leaving his face.

Qin Haiming watched them go back and forth like this and smiled: ”You two, completely different from when you were kids.”

”What were we like when we were kids?”

Qin Mu curiously looked at Qin Haiming.

Qin Haiming looked at her, then at her wine glass: ”Have a drink first, then I’ll tell you slowly.”

Qin Mu was genuinely curious and drank the glass of wine.

Mu Yichen actually didn’t agree with his father-in-law making his wife drink, but as the junior in such a good atmosphere, it wasn’t convenient to express his opinion, so he held back.

He, too, wanted to hear about childhood.

”Now, can you tell me?”

Qin Mu raised her head slowly. After downing the glass of wine, she asked.

”When you were kids, it was Yichen chasing after you, and you would shyly and bashfully avoid him. Back then, Yichen always stood in front of our house. Do you remember, Yichen?”

Qin Mu, as if discovering a new continent, couldn’t help but laugh out loud, trying to restrain herself as she looked at Mu Yichen, her big eyes somewhat heated.

Mu Yichen also glanced at Qin Mu, helplessly raising his eyebrows: ”Perhaps it’s my fate! This girl has tormented me more than enough these past twenty-plus years!”

”What are you saying? As if you haven’t tormented me less?”

Qin Mu immediately defended herself.

Qin Haiming smiled after hearing that: ”There’s a saying, ten years east of the river, ten years west of the river. You two are probably twenty years east, twenty years west. I just don’t know, in another twenty years, who will be on top, who will be at the bottom.”

Qin Haiming looked at them, and they exchanged glances, seemingly battling over who would stand above the other in twenty years’ time.

While Qin Haiming remained silent, he thought, it’s highly likely my daughter will be in charge.

Mu Yichen’s look clearly said to Qin Mu: ”Are you trying to turn the tables?”

Qin Mu’s eyes responded: ”Am I afraid of you?”

”When you were kids, Yang Bo and Jing Feng both adored Mumu, but Mumu didn’t seem very close to either of them. Only when Yichen came looking for you, would you come out. Do you still remember?”