"If you rent, you pay once a year and I have the chance to terminate the contract with you at any time."
"Uh, then I might as well buy it! But I don’t have that much money right now!"
"Our hotel is going to shoot a promotional advertisement soon, if you think it’s appropriate, you can try out for it."
Qin Mu looked at him in disbelief, was he sure this wasn’t a favor he was giving her?
She couldn’t help but secretly rejoice in her heart, the joy was almost bursting out, so she had to turn her head and look out the window.
"Mommy, what are you looking at?"
Huanhuan, sitting in the back, curiously asked her mommy who had suddenly looked outside.
"Hmm? Nothing, just enjoying the scenery!"
"Enjoying the scenery? Huanhuan wants to see, too."
Huanhuan also turned to look outside.
President Mu, in all seriousness, dropped the two of them off at the studio and insisted they have a proper meal at noon before leaving.
Qin Mu carried Huanhuan inside: "Your dad really is a nag, isn’t he?"
Huanhuan didn’t speak but laughed heartily with her little braids flinging about.
Qin Mu felt quite helpless about this, but she didn’t care; daughters loving their fathers seemed to be a tradition, except in their family.
Indeed, she had once loved Qin Haiming very much, just as others had said. It was because she loved so deeply that she later became so disappointed, so full of hatred.
At noon, she took Huanhuan and Xiaomei with her to eat at a nearby restaurant. Huanhuan couldn’t stop eating her favorite food, and Qin Mu watched with an involuntary frown: "Eat something else."
"Just let her enjoy herself, look how deliciously she’s eating," Xiaomei couldn’t help speaking up for Huanhuan, watching her little greasy mouth, tender and more enchanting with each glance.
"Huanhuan, auntie feels like giving your little mouth a kiss."
Xiaomei said as she leaned in closer, and Huanhuan immediately lifted her spoon-free hand to cover her mouth, those eyes clear as water, and when she laughed, it seemed to purify the whole world.
"Wow, I thought who was dining here, turns out it’s you!"
As their group sat around a rectangular table, eating, suddenly an irritating voice came from afar, accompanied by the clacking of high heels.
Everyone instinctively looked up, and because they had encountered her a few times, they all recognized Qin Mingzhu. After seeing it was her, they pretended to see nothing and lowered their heads to eat, with Xiaomei even helping Huanhuan with her food: "Baby, let’s eat well, so when we grow up, we won’t end up with an ugly face like that auntie’s."
"Hey, you little brat, who are you calling ugly?"
Qin Mingzhu immediately grew angry, her body angling proudly.
"Who I’m talking about, does it concern you? Go away, go far away, don’t disturb others while eating, okay? It’s very impolite."
Xiaomei glared at her coldly.
"You’re polite, sure, just you be polite then, huh? Hmph, let’s go!"
Qin Mingzhu had several people of the same age with her, and after speaking, she led them away.
It looked like a school reunion or something.
Qin Mu stayed silent, thinking it best to let things pass as they may since arguing would only tire her out more.
But she didn’t expect that when she went to the restroom, she would be cornered by two young men.
They looked about her age, both of them dressing in smart suits with an air of foppishness.
"Beauty, I hear you’re the half-sister of our Mingzhu? You look even more delicate than her."
"Yeah, give us your WeChat or a phone number, and when we’re free, let’s hang out together."
The two men walked up behind her, and Qin Mu saw in the mirror that they were just about to touch the back of her clothes. They stood hands in pockets, smirking, with that good-for-nothing loafer’s demeanor.
Qin Mu thought that she should never again think of Mu Yichen as such a person because Mu Yichen was her idol, whereas these two men were scum.
"Qin Mingzhu sent you two over, didn’t she?"
She shot them a cold glance in the mirror.
"Why would it be Mingzhu who sent us? We came over by ourselves, attracted by the beauty’s charm."
"Attracted by charm? You two should be concerned with Miss Qin’s charm, not mine. Mine isn’t suitable for you."
"Seems like we are about the same age, why do you put yourself down like that?" the young man asked through the mirror.
"Yeah, oh, we get it, is it because you’ve had a child? Hey, what’s wrong with that? If you still want kids, bro here can help you out," the man on the left said as he moved forward, and Qin Mu suddenly turned around, causing him to startle and jerk back.