Qin Jinhuan picked up the phone right away. “Yes?”

“Yu—Huan? Where is Yu?”

“Hold on a minute.” Knowing that Rong Jian must be calling Mu Yu for work-related matters, Qin Jinhuan walked quickly into the room without asking anything. “Yu, it’s Rong Jian calling.”

“Huh? Chief Rong?” Mu Yu hurriedly got out of bed and trotted over to take the cell phone without even wearing her slippers.

“Take your time! A few seconds won’t make much difference!”

Ignoring Qin Jinhuan’s ‘nagging’, Mu Yu took the cell phone and said, “Hello, Chief Rong.”

“Yu, have you visited Rubing today?”

“Oh, no!” Only then did Mu Yu recall having planned to visit Feng Rubing that afternoon. Frustrated with herself, she apologized. “I’m sorry. I was put off by something else.”

“Could you please go to her place and check up on her? Her cell phone has been switched off, so I worry that something might have happened to her,” pleaded Rong Jian with a note of worry in his voice.

“Alright. I’ll be there right away! I’ll call you back later,” Mu Yu uttered as she walked out of the room.

“Your shoes!”

“Oh.” Mu Yu turned around to see Qin Jinhuan walking quickly up to her with her slippers in his hand. She paused in her tracks, standing in place while waiting for him with a broad smile.

Qin Jinhuan made a detour and picked up her coat before walking up to her. After bending down to put her slippers at her feet, he waited until she put on her shoes before helping her wear her coat, ordering, “Eat first!”

“But Madam Feng—”

“There’s no but! Nothing matters more than having your fill!” Seeing that Mu Yu still wanted to argue, Qin Jinhuan immediately used his grandfather’s name to pressure her. “It’s 4.00PM right now, and you’re a pregnant woman, yet you haven’t had lunch. Furthermore, you have just returned from the scene of a car crash. Do you think Grandpa will let you out?”

Mu Yu pouted her lips. “I’m not really pregnant—hey! Why did you slap my head?”

“I’ll spank you if you dare to say you’re not really pregnant again. Come, let’s have lunch,” said Qin Jinhuan while holding Mu Yu in his arms before slowly leading her downstairs.

Qin Xiaozhi and Qin Chengxi were talking to each other while sitting in the living room downstairs. Seeing that Qin Jinhuan and Mu Yu came downstairs in a lovey-dovey fashion, they immediately beamed with joy and got up before asking how they were.

Feeling a little guilty, Mu Yu apologized. “Grandpa, we’re sorry for making you worried.”

Qin Xiaozhi shot Qin Jinhuan a glance before warning reservedly, “Behave yourself a bit next time if you know you shouldn’t make me worried.”

“Don’t worry, Grandpa. We’ll do so,” responded Mu Yu while tugging at the silent Qin Jinhuan’s clothes. She wanted him to reassure Qin Xiaozhi by making his stand clear to his grandfather as well, but to her surprise, he led her to the dining room right away. “Let’s have lunch.”

“Huan—”

“Hurry up and have lunch. Eat a bit more.” Qin Xiaozhi wasn’t angry at all as he followed behind them with all smiles.

Seeing that they had entered the dining room, Li Xianglan quickly served the meal for them, explaining, “Young Master, I didn’t prepare tranquilizing soup since Lei Zhi said it wasn’t good for Young Mistress. He said that Young Mistress would be fine as long as she rests at home and listens to some music to relax.”

“I got it.”

Mu Yu chuckled secretly as she thought Qin Jinhuan and Lei Zhi had become good at acting.

Fearing that his shrewd grandfather would sense that something was off, Qin Jinhuan kicked her gently under the table when Qin Xiaozhi wasn’t paying attention to them.

Mu Yu pulled a face at him before holding up her rice bowl while asking Qin Xiaozhi for permission to leave home. “Grandpa, I made my parents worried previously, so I’d like to go to their home after lunch to reassure them.”

Qin Xiaozhi objected with a smile. “I have helped you reassure them, so you don’t have to worry about them.”

“But Grandpa—”

“That’s enough. Just be good, rest at home, and don’t go anywhere. You gave my great-grandson a scare; it mustn’t happen again.”

Qin Xiaozhi was worried when he heard previously that Qin Jinhuan and Mu Yu had a quarrel. He hurried to Qing Tian Group, but while on his way there, he learned that Mu Yu was involved in a car accident. Shocked, he immediately called Rong Ying, who quickly explained the cause of the car accident and reassured him repeatedly that his great-grandson was fine. Only then did he feel relieved, but he was still scared after the accident. Therefore, he resolutely refused to allow the slightly injured Mu Yu to leave home at this moment.

Qin Xiaozhi’s imperative tone of voice left Mu Yu with no other choice but to turn to Qin Jinhuan for support.

Qin Jinhuan was silent at first; it wasn’t until they were about to finish having their meals that he said to Qin Xiaozhi, “What happened today might have made Mu Yu’s parents displeased with me, so I must go to their place to apologize to them.”

Qin Xiaozhi immediately agreed. “You should go indeed.”

“I have to take Yu there and promise to them face-to-face that I’ll take good care of her from now on.”

Unaware of Qin Jinhuan’s real motive, Qin Xiaozhi was gratified to hear his words. Though he didn’t object to it, he started exhorting Qin Jinhuan repeatedly to take good care of and protect Mu Yu. It wasn’t until Qin Jinhuan gave him his word that he set his mind at rest and allowed them to leave home.

Mu Yu called her parents while she and Qin Jinhuan were on their way to Feng Rubing’s place. After exchanging a few greetings with them, she called Feng Rubing repeatedly, but the latter’s phone was switched off the whole time. She became worried upon recalling how anxious Rong Jian was.

Mu Yu knew Feng Rubing’s disposition, so she worried that the latter would refuse if she said right away that she wanted to visit the latter. Therefore, when she called Feng Rubing the night before, she merely told the latter that she would like her to help her look after her parents, who had also moved to the Phoenix Gardens. Seeing that Feng Rubing didn’t refuse her, she promised to visit Feng Rubing’s place this afternoon on the excuse of finding out where the latter’s home was. However, she had forgotten about this for a moment because of her quarrel with Qin Jinhuan.

They soon reached the Phoenix Gardens and found Feng Rubing’s home according to the address Rong Jian gave them. Mu Yu quickly knocked on the door, shouting, “Madam Feng!”

However, the inside was still silent after she knocked on the door for quite some time, making her even more worried. “Madam Feng lives alone, so could something have happened to her?”

After leaving the municipal bureau two days ago, Feng Rubing went home alone instead of taking Feng Qiqi home or going to Fraternity Hospital to find her. She merely called Feng Qiqi, lying to the latter that she was still studying out of town, and told her to take good care of herself.

After being silent for a few seconds, Qin Jinhuan pulled Mu Yu back a few steps and motioned Bian Zijun to step forward.

Bian Zijun knowingly took something out of his pocket and walked up to the door, which opened after he fiddled with it for a while. After casting his eyes over the inside of the house to confirm that there was nothing peculiar, he let Mu Yu and Qin Jinhuan go inside.

This was a small apartment of about 40 square meters. Despite its simple decoration, it was scrupulously clean and tidy. They entered the apartment to find themselves in the dining room, with the kitchen and the bathroom on the left. The bedroom was ahead of them, but its door was closed at this moment, and nothing could be heard from the inside.

Mu Yu couldn’t be bothered to change her shoes; she walked quickly to the bedroom and knocked on the door gently. “Are you home, Madam Feng? Madam Feng?”

Standing at the door, Cheng Xiang answered, “She must be away; the heating in her home isn’t turned on even on such a cold day.”

“There’s only a pair of cotton slippers on the shoe rack, so she should be home,” said Qin Jinhuan while stepping forward to push the bedroom door open.

The instant the door was pushed open, Mu Yu saw Feng Rubing lying motionless on the bed. “Madam Feng? What’s going on with you?” she exclaimed while dashing inside.

At this moment, Feng Rubing looked green and lifeless with her eyes closed.

Mu Yu hastily kneeled down on the bed and lifted the blanket right away. When she touched Feng Rubing’s ice-cold hand, she was frightened out of her wits.

“M-Madam Feng…”

Cheng Xiang, who entered the bedroom right after her, was taken aback. “Did she kill herself?!”

Qin Jinhuan quickly felt for Feng Rubing’s breath before ordering, “Rush her to the hospital for emergency treatment!”

“Yes, Young Master!” Bian Zijun and Cheng Xiang wrapped Feng Rubing up in a blanket and quickly lifted her before running outside.

“Wait for me!” Mu Yu, who went weak at the knees, forcibly pulled herself together and caught up with them.

Qin Jinhuan quickly looked around the inside of the room before turning around to follow them.

They soon sent Feng Rubing to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment.

Overwhelmed with worry, Mu Yu cried while leaning against the wall outside the emergency room, whereas Qin Jinhuan stood next to her and comforted her softly.

“It’s all my fault! Madam Feng wouldn’t have been so sick had I come to her earlier.”

While on the way to the hospital, Mu Yu used her medical knowledge to do a simple checkup on Feng Rubing. She confirmed that the latter’s unconsciousness wasn’t due to poisoning. Furthermore, Qin Jinhuan didn’t find anything resembling a suicide note in the bedroom, so they both concluded that Feng Rubing must have had a sudden bout of illness.

“This isn’t your fault. She’s not a three-year-old kid, so it’s her fault for not taking good care of herself.”

“You’d better not say that, for anyone would crack when such misfortune befalls them. Moreover, Chief Rong repeatedly urged me to visit Madam Feng before he left. How should I explain myself to Chief Rong if something bad happens to Madam Feng—”

Mu Yu was interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone. When she took out her cell phone and saw that it was Rong Jian calling, she panicked at once. “What should I say to Chief Rong?”

“Let me do it.” Qin Jinhuan snatched Mu Yu’s cell phone from her. As soon as he answered the phone, he heard Rong Jian asking in an extremely tense voice, “Yu, haven’t you reached Rubing’s home yet?”

“She’s sick.”

“Sick?! Does she have a cold or a fever? Is it serious? Did you send her to the hospital?”

“She’s in the emergency room right now.”

“Emergency room?! Why would her illness get so serious? What exactly has happened? Tell me everything now!”

Flustered for a moment, Rong Jian raised his voice, making Qin Jinhuan’s eardrum ache. Realizing that the words ‘emergency room’ had scared his buddy, he pulled the cell phone slightly away from himself with a frown before evading the crucial questions by saying, “We aren’t clear about the specifics as well. When we arrived at her home, we saw her lying on the bed looking quite unwell, so we sent her to the hospital nearby. She probably just caught a cold.”

“Oh.” Only then did Rong Jian sigh with relief. Then, he quickly followed up with another question. “Hasn’t she left the emergency room yet?”

“She has just been rushed inside; it’ll probably take a while before she leaves the emergency room.” In reality, Feng Rubing had already been inside the emergency room for almost half an hour, but Qin Jinhuan told a fib to reassure his buddy.

“Tell me when she leaves the emergency room.”

“Alright. When will you come back?”

Depressed, Rong Jian let out a long sigh. “I haven’t found any clue here yet. I was thinking of staying for a few more days.”

“In that case, just stay for a few more days and come back after you find the clue.”

“But Rubing… I’m very worried about her.”

Mu Yu, who had been listening to the phone conversation the whole time by pressing her ear against her cell phone, immediately grabbed the phone and chimed in, “Don’t worry, Chief Rong. I’ll look after Madam Feng.”

“Thank you, Yu.” Rong Jian sounded very upset.

Qin Jinhuan snatched the cell phone back and said, “Just hurry up and take care of the matters over there.” Then, he hung up the phone.

Seeing that nobody came out of the emergency room yet, Mu Yu anxiously paced back and forth. Unable to persuade her out of doing so, Qin Jinhuan could only let her be.

More than ten minutes later, the door of the emergency room finally opened. Mu Yu was the first to rush over and stare anxiously at the doctor who came out first.

“Which one of you is the patient’s family?”

“Me! Me! Me!” Mu Yu raised her hand high like a schoolchild answering questions.

“The patient’s life isn’t in danger, but she’s emotionally very unstable, which is bad for her health. Please cooperate with me so I can understand her situation.”

Mu Yu was dumbfounded. “Her situation? What do you mean—”

“Aaaaaaaah! No! Go away!” Feng Rubing’s horror-stricken scream was suddenly heard from the emergency room. Startled, Mu Yu trembled all over.

Qin Jinhuan picked up the phone right away. “Yes?”

“Yu—Huan? Where is Yu?”

“Hold on a minute.” Knowing that Rong Jian must be calling Mu Yu for work-related matters, Qin Jinhuan walked quickly into the room without asking anything. “Yu, it’s Rong Jian calling.”

“Huh? Chief Rong?” Mu Yu hurriedly got out of bed and trotted over to take the cell phone without even wearing her slippers.

“Take your time! A few seconds won’t make much difference!”

Ignoring Qin Jinhuan’s ‘nagging’, Mu Yu took the cell phone and said, “Hello, Chief Rong.”

“Yu, have you visited Rubing today?”

“Oh, no!” Only then did Mu Yu recall having planned to visit Feng Rubing that afternoon. Frustrated with herself, she apologized. “I’m sorry. I was put off by something else.”

“Could you please go to her place and check up on her? Her cell phone has been switched off, so I worry that something might have happened to her,” pleaded Rong Jian with a note of worry in his voice.

“Alright. I’ll be there right away! I’ll call you back later,” Mu Yu uttered as she walked out of the room.

“Your shoes!”

“Oh.” Mu Yu turned around to see Qin Jinhuan walking quickly up to her with her slippers in his hand. She paused in her tracks, standing in place while waiting for him with a broad smile.

Qin Jinhuan made a detour and picked up her coat before walking up to her. After bending down to put her slippers at her feet, he waited until she put on her shoes before helping her wear her coat, ordering, “Eat first!”

“But Madam Feng—”

“There’s no but! Nothing matters more than having your fill!” Seeing that Mu Yu still wanted to argue, Qin Jinhuan immediately used his grandfather’s name to pressure her. “It’s 4.00PM right now, and you’re a pregnant woman, yet you haven’t had lunch. Furthermore, you have just returned from the scene of a car crash. Do you think Grandpa will let you out?”

Mu Yu pouted her lips. “I’m not really pregnant—hey! Why did you slap my head?”

“I’ll spank you if you dare to say you’re not really pregnant again. Come, let’s have lunch,” said Qin Jinhuan while holding Mu Yu in his arms before slowly leading her downstairs.

Qin Xiaozhi and Qin Chengxi were talking to each other while sitting in the living room downstairs. Seeing that Qin Jinhuan and Mu Yu came downstairs in a lovey-dovey fashion, they immediately beamed with joy and got up before asking how they were.

Feeling a little guilty, Mu Yu apologized. “Grandpa, we’re sorry for making you worried.”

Qin Xiaozhi shot Qin Jinhuan a glance before warning reservedly, “Behave yourself a bit next time if you know you shouldn’t make me worried.”

“Don’t worry, Grandpa. We’ll do so,” responded Mu Yu while tugging at the silent Qin Jinhuan’s clothes. She wanted him to reassure Qin Xiaozhi by making his stand clear to his grandfather as well, but to her surprise, he led her to the dining room right away. “Let’s have lunch.”

“Huan—”

“Hurry up and have lunch. Eat a bit more.” Qin Xiaozhi wasn’t angry at all as he followed behind them with all smiles.

Seeing that they had entered the dining room, Li Xianglan quickly served the meal for them, explaining, “Young Master, I didn’t prepare tranquilizing soup since Lei Zhi said it wasn’t good for Young Mistress. He said that Young Mistress would be fine as long as she rests at home and listens to some music to relax.”

“I got it.”

Mu Yu chuckled secretly as she thought Qin Jinhuan and Lei Zhi had become good at acting.

Fearing that his shrewd grandfather would sense that something was off, Qin Jinhuan kicked her gently under the table when Qin Xiaozhi wasn’t paying attention to them.

Mu Yu pulled a face at him before holding up her rice bowl while asking Qin Xiaozhi for permission to leave home. “Grandpa, I made my parents worried previously, so I’d like to go to their home after lunch to reassure them.”

Qin Xiaozhi objected with a smile. “I have helped you reassure them, so you don’t have to worry about them.”

“But Grandpa—”

“That’s enough. Just be good, rest at home, and don’t go anywhere. You gave my great-grandson a scare; it mustn’t happen again.”

Qin Xiaozhi was worried when he heard previously that Qin Jinhuan and Mu Yu had a quarrel. He hurried to Qing Tian Group, but while on his way there, he learned that Mu Yu was involved in a car accident. Shocked, he immediately called Rong Ying, who quickly explained the cause of the car accident and reassured him repeatedly that his great-grandson was fine. Only then did he feel relieved, but he was still scared after the accident. Therefore, he resolutely refused to allow the slightly injured Mu Yu to leave home at this moment.

Qin Xiaozhi’s imperative tone of voice left Mu Yu with no other choice but to turn to Qin Jinhuan for support.

Qin Jinhuan was silent at first; it wasn’t until they were about to finish having their meals that he said to Qin Xiaozhi, “What happened today might have made Mu Yu’s parents displeased with me, so I must go to their place to apologize to them.”

Qin Xiaozhi immediately agreed. “You should go indeed.”

“I have to take Yu there and promise to them face-to-face that I’ll take good care of her from now on.”

Unaware of Qin Jinhuan’s real motive, Qin Xiaozhi was gratified to hear his words. Though he didn’t object to it, he started exhorting Qin Jinhuan repeatedly to take good care of and protect Mu Yu. It wasn’t until Qin Jinhuan gave him his word that he set his mind at rest and allowed them to leave home.

Mu Yu called her parents while she and Qin Jinhuan were on their way to Feng Rubing’s place. After exchanging a few greetings with them, she called Feng Rubing repeatedly, but the latter’s phone was switched off the whole time. She became worried upon recalling how anxious Rong Jian was.

Mu Yu knew Feng Rubing’s disposition, so she worried that the latter would refuse if she said right away that she wanted to visit the latter. Therefore, when she called Feng Rubing the night before, she merely told the latter that she would like her to help her look after her parents, who had also moved to the Phoenix Gardens. Seeing that Feng Rubing didn’t refuse her, she promised to visit Feng Rubing’s place this afternoon on the excuse of finding out where the latter’s home was. However, she had forgotten about this for a moment because of her quarrel with Qin Jinhuan.

They soon reached the Phoenix Gardens and found Feng Rubing’s home according to the address Rong Jian gave them. Mu Yu quickly knocked on the door, shouting, “Madam Feng!”

However, the inside was still silent after she knocked on the door for quite some time, making her even more worried. “Madam Feng lives alone, so could something have happened to her?”

After leaving the municipal bureau two days ago, Feng Rubing went home alone instead of taking Feng Qiqi home or going to Fraternity Hospital to find her. She merely called Feng Qiqi, lying to the latter that she was still studying out of town, and told her to take good care of herself.

After being silent for a few seconds, Qin Jinhuan pulled Mu Yu back a few steps and motioned Bian Zijun to step forward.

Bian Zijun knowingly took something out of his pocket and walked up to the door, which opened after he fiddled with it for a while. After casting his eyes over the inside of the house to confirm that there was nothing peculiar, he let Mu Yu and Qin Jinhuan go inside.

This was a small apartment of about 40 square meters. Despite its simple decoration, it was scrupulously clean and tidy. They entered the apartment to find themselves in the dining room, with the kitchen and the bathroom on the left. The bedroom was ahead of them, but its door was closed at this moment, and nothing could be heard from the inside.

Mu Yu couldn’t be bothered to change her shoes; she walked quickly to the bedroom and knocked on the door gently. “Are you home, Madam Feng? Madam Feng?”

Standing at the door, Cheng Xiang answered, “She must be away; the heating in her home isn’t turned on even on such a cold day.”

“There’s only a pair of cotton slippers on the shoe rack, so she should be home,” said Qin Jinhuan while stepping forward to push the bedroom door open.

The instant the door was pushed open, Mu Yu saw Feng Rubing lying motionless on the bed. “Madam Feng? What’s going on with you?” she exclaimed while dashing inside.

At this moment, Feng Rubing looked green and lifeless with her eyes closed.

Mu Yu hastily kneeled down on the bed and lifted the blanket right away. When she touched Feng Rubing’s ice-cold hand, she was frightened out of her wits.

“M-Madam Feng…”

Cheng Xiang, who entered the bedroom right after her, was taken aback. “Did she kill herself?!”

Qin Jinhuan quickly felt for Feng Rubing’s breath before ordering, “Rush her to the hospital for emergency treatment!”

“Yes, Young Master!” Bian Zijun and Cheng Xiang wrapped Feng Rubing up in a blanket and quickly lifted her before running outside.

“Wait for me!” Mu Yu, who went weak at the knees, forcibly pulled herself together and caught up with them.

Qin Jinhuan quickly looked around the inside of the room before turning around to follow them.

They soon sent Feng Rubing to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment.

Overwhelmed with worry, Mu Yu cried while leaning against the wall outside the emergency room, whereas Qin Jinhuan stood next to her and comforted her softly.

“It’s all my fault! Madam Feng wouldn’t have been so sick had I come to her earlier.”

While on the way to the hospital, Mu Yu used her medical knowledge to do a simple checkup on Feng Rubing. She confirmed that the latter’s unconsciousness wasn’t due to poisoning. Furthermore, Qin Jinhuan didn’t find anything resembling a suicide note in the bedroom, so they both concluded that Feng Rubing must have had a sudden bout of illness.

“This isn’t your fault. She’s not a three-year-old kid, so it’s her fault for not taking good care of herself.”

“You’d better not say that, for anyone would crack when such misfortune befalls them. Moreover, Chief Rong repeatedly urged me to visit Madam Feng before he left. How should I explain myself to Chief Rong if something bad happens to Madam Feng—”

Mu Yu was interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone. When she took out her cell phone and saw that it was Rong Jian calling, she panicked at once. “What should I say to Chief Rong?”

“Let me do it.” Qin Jinhuan snatched Mu Yu’s cell phone from her. As soon as he answered the phone, he heard Rong Jian asking in an extremely tense voice, “Yu, haven’t you reached Rubing’s home yet?”

“She’s sick.”

“Sick?! Does she have a cold or a fever? Is it serious? Did you send her to the hospital?”

“She’s in the emergency room right now.”

“Emergency room?! Why would her illness get so serious? What exactly has happened? Tell me everything now!”

Flustered for a moment, Rong Jian raised his voice, making Qin Jinhuan’s eardrum ache. Realizing that the words ‘emergency room’ had scared his buddy, he pulled the cell phone slightly away from himself with a frown before evading the crucial questions by saying, “We aren’t clear about the specifics as well. When we arrived at her home, we saw her lying on the bed looking quite unwell, so we sent her to the hospital nearby. She probably just caught a cold.”

“Oh.” Only then did Rong Jian sigh with relief. Then, he quickly followed up with another question. “Hasn’t she left the emergency room yet?”

“She has just been rushed inside; it’ll probably take a while before she leaves the emergency room.” In reality, Feng Rubing had already been inside the emergency room for almost half an hour, but Qin Jinhuan told a fib to reassure his buddy.

“Tell me when she leaves the emergency room.”

“Alright. When will you come back?”

Depressed, Rong Jian let out a long sigh. “I haven’t found any clue here yet. I was thinking of staying for a few more days.”

“In that case, just stay for a few more days and come back after you find the clue.”

“But Rubing… I’m very worried about her.”

Mu Yu, who had been listening to the phone conversation the whole time by pressing her ear against her cell phone, immediately grabbed the phone and chimed in, “Don’t worry, Chief Rong. I’ll look after Madam Feng.”

“Thank you, Yu.” Rong Jian sounded very upset.

Qin Jinhuan snatched the cell phone back and said, “Just hurry up and take care of the matters over there.” Then, he hung up the phone.

Seeing that nobody came out of the emergency room yet, Mu Yu anxiously paced back and forth. Unable to persuade her out of doing so, Qin Jinhuan could only let her be.

More than ten minutes later, the door of the emergency room finally opened. Mu Yu was the first to rush over and stare anxiously at the doctor who came out first.

“Which one of you is the patient’s family?”

“Me! Me! Me!” Mu Yu raised her hand high like a schoolchild answering questions.

“The patient’s life isn’t in danger, but she’s emotionally very unstable, which is bad for her health. Please cooperate with me so I can understand her situation.”

Mu Yu was dumbfounded. “Her situation? What do you mean—”

“Aaaaaaaah! No! Go away!” Feng Rubing’s horror-stricken scream was suddenly heard from the emergency room. Startled, Mu Yu trembled all over.