Chapter 2427 - 691: Returned (9)_3

Chapter 2427: Chapter 691: Returned (9)_3

Qin Mingzhu raised her eyebrows slightly and stared at Qin Mu, sizing her up curiously.

"Who said I thought he had feelings for Yang Qin?"

Qin Mu lifted her eyes to look at her, her voice a bit cold.

"Uh! Then why do you keep refusing to let brother?in?law sleep in his own bedroom?"

Qin Mingzhu gave her sister a look full of disapproval, always feeling her sister was getting more and more fake.

Qin Mu was the one regretting it to death. She’d clearly been texting Helian Hao, but Qin Mingzhu happened to be sitting right beside her and saw it.

"Don’t meddle in other people’s business."

Qin Mu gave a faint, commanding reply.

"Fine!"

Qin Mingzhu tapped unhappily on her knees, propped her chin up with one hand, and met Chen Xiaomei’s gaze.

Xiaomei understood what Qin Mingzhu meant. She thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "It’s just that Yang Qin only just got married. I wonder if her husband loves her or loves her job? If he finds out she got fired, who knows if he’ll divorce her!"

Qin Mu’s eyes lifted. Before she could think it through, Qin Mingzhu was already slapping her thigh. "Exactly! Men nowadays are so realistic. It’s totally possible he only went for Yang Qin because she had a good job. She only got married at such an old age—no way a man wouldn’t be after something, right? But what else does she have that’s worth going after? Other than her job."

After Yang Qin went back overseas, she had already moved up another level from being a secretary and was now considered one of the younger members among the executives.

"But in a way this is fair. She almost caused Qinqin and President Mu to get divorced, and now she’s suffering the consequences herself."

Xiaomei added.

"So by that logic, this trip back was actually pretty worthwhile for her."

Qin Mingzhu couldn’t help but burst out laughing, and Chen Xiaomei nodded along. The two of them were totally in sync.

Qin Mu just sat there. Destroying someone’s marriage was not something she, Qin Mu, would ever do, even if that Yang Qin really did annoy the hell out of her.

But as for this matter, she’d rather just let it go.

She hoped Yang Qin would never again appear in front of her, in front of Mu Yichen, in their world. They could act like this person had never existed.

Back when Yang Qin was around, that was probably the most turbulent period for their relationship. At least, it was for Qin Mu.

Qin Mu remembered far too many things between Mu Yichen and Yang Qin, all of it painfully clear.

That afternoon, after finishing a meeting, Mu Yichen called Qin Mu from his office.

When Qin Mu picked up, she was feeling a little low, so her voice sounded a bit down.

"What is it?"

She had shut herself in the office without going out. On the desk was a drawing she had just started, and in the window was her lonely silhouette.

The whole room was quiet, leaving only her voice.

"Why does your voice sound off? Are you not feeling well?"

Mu Yichen frowned as he asked, sitting behind his desk, one hand holding the phone to his ear, the other pinching a black pen against the edge of the desk, his eyes shifting slightly.

"No! I’m going to pick up those two siblings later. What time are you coming home tonight?"

It was a conditioned reflex to ask, even though she was upset.

When Mu Yichen heard her ask what time he’d be home, the tension in his heart suddenly eased. Had she finally remembered that that was their home?

"I was just about to tell you—I’ll get off work in a bit and go pick them up myself. You don’t have to go."

Listening to his voice on the phone, Qin Mu’s brows moved slightly. She stared out at the bustling street beyond the window and let out a muffled, "Mm."

"Where are you now?"

Mu Yichen asked again.

"At the store, in the office working on a drawing."

Qin Mu instinctively glanced to the side, thinking of how she’d been out all day and hadn’t really gotten much done. She felt a little disappointed.

"I haven’t picked you up in a long time. How about I come get you, and we go pick up those two together?"

Mu Yichen lowered his gaze to the pen in his hand, his pleasant, soothing voice asking for her opinion.

"Mm."

She answered without thinking. Only after she’d agreed did she feel something was off. But by the time she wanted to refuse, Mu Yichen had already said, "I’ll be there soon. Hanging up."

Mu Yichen hurriedly left his office. Xi Meng was sitting outside going through some materials. She instinctively looked up, but Mu Yichen was already far down the hallway.

Xi Meng felt that there were only a handful of people who could make Mu Yichen rush like that, and these days, it had to be Qin Mu.

Because it wasn’t even quitting time, twenty minutes later Mu Yichen had already left his office building and arrived at the most bustling shopping street in the city center, stopping outside JY.

The clerks who hadn’t seen Mu Yichen in a long time spotted a handsome figure approaching and quickly pulled the door open. "Welcome."

"Is Qin Mu here?"

Mu Yichen asked in a flat tone.

The clerk instinctively looked up, and then her pupils dilated to the limit.