One night! But just in the blink of an eye! Qin Mu fell asleep under his watch. Initially pretending to sleep, pretending and pretending until it became real. Yet she still woke up very early, standing by the window watching Mu Yichen leave the villa with the coat he had brought yesterday. Mu Zihao went to see him off; the two father and son got in the car and left. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel·fire.net Qin Mu didn’t know if he looked back from the car to the upstairs after getting in, she just silently watched him leave from behind the curtain. Last night, she didn’t know if he lay beside her, staying in her room. Qin Mu turned around and then slowly hopped back to bed holding onto the wall. Feng Fanghua didn’t let her injured foot touch the ground, fearing she might put uneven force on it and worsen the wound, and she didn’t want to be scolded either, so she was particularly careful. Just pretend he never came. From this day on, the family even hardly ever mentioned Mu Yichen, except occasionally Huanhuan would video chat with him, but the elders no longer paid attention to him, and Feng Fanghua’s WeChat moments were no longer updated. Another month passed, yet the weather here remained neither too cold nor too warm, with a cool breeze at night. Qin Mu received a call from Helian Hao: "Aren’t you coming back yet? If you don’t, the sky in Rongcheng is going to change." "How have you been recently?" Qin Mu didn’t care if the sky in Rongcheng changed, just asking about Helian Hao’s recent situation. "I’m okay! I’ve been trying for a second child since the beginning of the year, but haven’t succeeded yet, sigh! Why bring the topic back to me, are you coming back or not?" "Was it Mr. Jing who called grandpa last time? What happened?" Nobody proactively mentioned the reason why the old man fell ill a month ago because of a phone call. She only vaguely heard it was because of a call, and the matter was too quiet, hence she kept it in mind and just asked now out of boredom. Helian Hao, who was lying in bed bored after a bath, no longer wanted to hide it upon hearing her question: "Jing Qing came back to wish the old man a happy birthday. The old man intended for her to return to the family. There were quite a few people at the house that night. After Mu Yichen met her, he wasn’t very happy. Not long after, Jing Qing’s fiancé’s family was reported, and she and her fiancé almost broke up. They came to our house, and it all turned unpleasant." So, the Jing Family old man called their Mu Family old man. So this was the reason! Only then did Qin Mu understand why everyone was tight-lipped around her, it was about Jing Qing. However, it was surprising to her that Mu Yichen still hated Jing Qing so much; in the past, he would have just turned a blind eye. "But how long are you and Mu Yichen going to keep this up? If you don’t come back soon, he might really be taken away by someone. That woman keeps an eye on him at the hotel every day. He doesn’t like to go home now, just goes to the hotel after work, eats there, and sleeps there." Helian Hao got angry just remembering seeing that woman near him last time. "If he wants to find someone, let him! If one party breaks it off first, maybe the other party won’t reminisce either!" Helian Hao almost cried hearing that, raising her hand to cover her eyes. Qin Mu’s words were said too lightly, yet they hurt her heart. "Don’t keep pretending to be carefree; who doesn’t know you care about Mu Yichen? Do you really want to break it off with him that much?" "Yeah! If he can take that first step, I’d actually thank him." Helian Hao couldn’t listen anymore. Qin Mu stood at the window in the study, leaning against the window frame, feeling all lost. So long that she almost forgot him! If the heart does not move, it does not hurt! Or maybe her heart had not been moved for a long time! This heart could automatically avoid danger zones, silently bypassing that already rotten area, striving to survive. "Hang up now! This fool is going to create!" Qin Mu said after a moment. "Could you come back once? Just once!" Qin Mu, hearing Xiaohao’s plea, found it hard to continue the conversation, so she gently ended their talk. Helian Hao actually shed a couple of tears after hanging up the phone. Jing Feng came in from outside, saw her lying in bed wiping her tears, holding a phone in the other hand. "Do you guys have to make a simple phone call so emotional?" "Jing Feng, think of a way to get Qin Mu to come back, okay?" "If Qin Mu marries Jian Yan, maybe Mu Yichen would fly over immediately." "How is that possible?" Helian Hao got up from the bed. "Then maybe Mu Yichen wants a divorce from her?" Jing Feng thought again, seriously answering her.