His Beloved Treasure

Mu Yichen’s dark eyes glanced at her, a faint smile playing on his lips, but he said nothing.

No matter how quickly Qin Mu moved, Mu Yichen’s sharp gaze still caught her action of hiding the phone under the pillow. If there weren’t something unsuitable for him to know, she wouldn’t be so secretive. Mu Yichen understood this but said nothing.

He simply waited until she fell asleep to secretly take a look.

Because he came up suddenly, she didn’t have time to delete the messages. Mu Yichen, finding nothing inappropriate in her WeChat, discovered a message from an unfamiliar number in her normal messages, and that tone of questioning made him very uncomfortable.

After reading it, Mu Yichen memorized the unfamiliar number and then put the phone back under her pillow, slowly leaving her side, tucking her in, and then left the room with his own phone.

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That morning, a light rain was falling. Qin Mu watched the third round of the design competition broadcast on TV at the studio. Both Bian Jingwen and Qiu Xiang advanced effortlessly. Qiu Xiang had made great progress, but Bian Jingwen was still at ease and confident.

Colleagues didn’t seem to care much about Bian Jingwen’s presence, only applauding and celebrating for Qiu Xiang’s victory.

Jian Yan stood at the staircase entrance, watching the excited crowd downstairs, expressionless. Apparently, Bian Jingwen’s design was superior. Although Qiu Xiang had improved significantly, compared to Bian Jingwen, she was still slightly inferior.

Qin Mu also noticed this issue, so she couldn’t bring herself to smile. Just as she turned to go upstairs, she saw her mentor standing at the stairway entrance and walked forward.

Jian Yan glanced at her, then turned and walked ahead of her.

The mentor and student had this tacit understanding for a long time. Once they reached upstairs and closed the door, they started discussing.

”Bian Jingwen’s design is indeed superior. Among the remaining ten designers, each has some unique ideas, and we cannot afford to be careless.”

After sitting down on the office sofa, Jian Yan began to talk to Qin Mu.

Qin Mu stood by his desk, leaning with her arms casually crossed: ”For the next round, I want to change models.”

Jian Yan raised his eyes after hearing this: ”You also think it’s a model issue?”

”Mm!”

Jian Yan nodded: ”Then it’s up to you. In this aspect, I indeed have confidence in you.”

Qin Mu was very happy to hear her mentor express confidence in her, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

”How has Mu Yichen been lately?”

Jian Yan suddenly asked a non-work-related question, almost catching Qin Mu off guard.

”Oh! We’re doing well!”

Qin Mu reflexively replied, mainly because she didn’t want Jian Yan to worry.

However, Jian Yan suddenly fell silent, his eyes slightly downcast.

”Jian Yan, has Mu Yichen ever done a lot of excessive things to you as well?”

Qin Mu almost asked such a question, but after thinking about it, she held back. They were mentor and student, and if she asked such a casual question that led to an uncontrollable outcome, she decided to bury her thoughts deeply once again.

”Never mind! Your business is not for me to interfere with. Bring over the drawings you’ve done recently for me to see.”

Jian Yan suddenly said, opening the cigarette box on the table, taking out a cigarette, and lighting it with a lighter.

Qin Mu wanted to stop him, but impulse lost to reason.

”Alright!”

Qin Mu agreed and got up to fetch her design sketches.

All day, except for meals and bathroom breaks, Qin Mu and Jian Yan stayed in the office, later joined by Qiu Xiang and Xiaomei when they returned from the competition site.

That evening, when Qin Mu returned home, the old man was already there.

Hearing the old man’s laughter, Qin Mu couldn’t help but happily carry the gift she prepared for the old man and walked in briskly: ”Grandpa!”

The old man looked up and saw her, even more delighted: ”Is it my granddaughter-in-law? How come after not seeing you for a while, you’re even more beautiful? Come sit next to grandpa.”

Feeling shy, Qin Mu lowered her head, but still brought the gift over to grandpa’s side.

”I brought you a small teapot.”

Sitting beside him, Qin Mu took out the exquisite teapot from the box, layer by layer, and presented it in front of the old man.

Not only did the old man like it, but Mu Zihao, sitting nearby, also liked it very much.

”It’s still my granddaughter-in-law who thinks of me, preparing such a good gift for me. Well then, grandpa will accept it without any reservation?”

The old man said happily to Qin Mu.

”Yes! You must accept it.”

Qin Mu nodded in agreement.

Feng Fanghua sat silently beside them, and Mu Zihao just watched. The daughter-in-law who could make the old man in the family happy made everyone happy along with him.