Chapter 40 The More Affection You Show, The Harder You Fall

“What’s the good news?” Mu Yu was awakened from her sleep. “Would it be that the murderer of Sun Meilan got captured?”

Jiang Wenwen replied, “That’s not it. It’s Gan Wulin. He got into a car accident last night and broke one of his legs. I heard that he will become a handicap for the rest of his life. Haha, let’s see how he’s going to act after that accident of his.”

“Who’s Gan Wulin?”

“That savage son of Sun Meilan. Didn’t I tell you about him yesterday. Haha, I told you so, karma’s a b*tch. You will reap what you sow sooner or later. Now it’s getting back on them one by one.” Jiang Wenwen was clapping her hands over the phone.

Mu Yu responded and remembered the death of Sun Meilan. She asked immediately, “Is this really an accident or…”

“I didn’t ask much about this. I don’t care how he got involved in the car accident, I only care whether he's involved in the car accident for real.”

“Who told you he met with a car accident?”

“My mum.”

“How did your mum get the news?”

“The news had passed all around my entire neighborhood. The neighbors are all busy gossiping about it now. My mum had just told me about this. I was so happy that I immediately called you.” Feeling that Mu Yu wasn’t that excited, Jiang Wenwen felt a little disappointed. She said with a little self-deprecating tone, “Sigh, I thought you would be as happy as me.”

Mu Yu didn’t explain and asked her back, “Wenwen, can you go around your neighborhood to find out the place and the reason for Gan Wulin’s car accident?”

Jiang Wenwen responded, “You think his car accident and his mother’s death are connected?”

Mu Yu answered slowly, “I don’t know, that’s why I want to find out more.”

“Sure, I’ll ask my mum to go around the neighborhood and ask about it immediately. I’ll call you once I get the news.”

“Okay.”

Mu Yu hung up and saw it was only a quarter past six. She had lost all her sense of sleepiness and decided to get up from bed. She casually glanced at the side of the bed, and found out that there wasn’t anyone. Then, she immediately looked around, but she couldn’t find any trace of Qin Jinhuan. She couldn’t help but feel strange, as she knew Qin Jinhuan wasn’t an early riser, but she couldn’t care about him. She went downstairs to brush her teeth and change her clothes.

After going downstairs, she realized that none of the servants had been seen and felt something wasn’t right about it. While she was getting suspicious, Dong Wanqing’s voice came from the dining room, “Grandpa, let me hold this for you.”

“This is ridiculous.” Qin Xiaozhi’s tone was clearly laced with dissatisfaction.

After hearing their conversation, Mu Yu regretted coming downstairs this early. She would usually wait until it was past seven o’clock to come downstairs, just so she could miss breakfast time with the both of them. As she wanted to turn around and go back upstairs, Dong Wanqing’s voice rang again.

“Grandpa, don’t be angry. Don’t you have me to take care of you? Sigh, grandpa, do you think that woman has voodoo powers? Based on Huan’s personality, he wouldn’t fall so hard for an average woman like her. He has even let all the servants serve her, and hasn’t even left one servant to tend to you while you have your meal. He is also well aware that you dislike her, but he still insists on spoiling her. Grandpa, why do I feel like he’s doing it to deliberately anger you?”

She’s causing trouble again! How many days was it since she stopped doing so?

Mu Yu was a little unhappy as she paused her steps.

“Hmph. I’ll see how much longer he can pretend.”

“Grandpa, have you realized it? I think so too.” Dong Wanqing was obviously very happy. “It’s not normal to not have a wedding after registering the marriage certificate. It’s reasonable if Huan is using his mother as an excuse, but it doesn’t make sense if they’ve gotten married without any wedding photos and a honeymoon. It’s too fake.”

“Let him be. He’s already thirty-two years old. There isn’t much time for him to lose. You have to be patient. Grandpa is here. The position of the Qin family’s mistress will be yours sooner or later.”

“Thank you, grandpa. Being patient is one of my biggest advantages. Grandpa, the egg is peeled, you can eat it slowly. Do you want another crab roe dumpling?”

“Sure.”

“The milk is also heated. Be careful as it’s hot.”

“You are still so nice and obedient. I didn’t misjudge you. Alright, don’t just look after this old man, sit down and help yourself too.”

“I like looking after you.”

“Good, very good.”

The dining room was filled with Qin Xiaozhi’s joyful laughter.

Mu Yu was sullen and didn’t bother to continue listening to their conversation. She didn’t even go upstairs, but she went outside instead. She immediately understood what Dong Wanqing meant when she mentioned that the servants in the entire manor were serving only her.

As soon as she went out, she saw all the servants were busy under the osmanthus tree.

“Why are you up? Don’t you want to sleep longer?” Qin Jinhuan, who was standing under another osmanthus tree and was chatting with Bian Zijun, noticed her and immediately greeted her with a smile. 　　

“Stop picking. Everyone stop picking.” Mu Yu ignored him and went forward to stop everyone.

Everyone looked at her. Then, all of them had their eyes on Qin Jinhuan.

“What is it?” Qin Jinhuan was also confused.

“There are droplets from the morning mist, so the osmanthus flowers that are picked won’t last long. It would be best to pick them during the afternoon or the evening.”

“Oh, pick them during the afternoon then.” Qin Jinhuan waved at everyone. Everyone took his signal, kept all of their tools and returned to their workplaces.

How good is he at pretending! No wonder Dong Wanqing is always jealous. This Qin Jinhuan, doesn’t he know about ‘the more affectionate you show, the harder you fall’?

Mu Yu didn’t find it funny.

“Have you taken your breakfast?” Qin Jinhuan walked beside her and put his arm over her shoulders naturally while he asked softly.

“Not yet.” Mu Yu didn’t wave his hand away. She knew today was just the beginning of them showing their affection toward each other.

“Let’s go and eat.” Qin Jinhuan pulled her into the house toward the dining room.

Inside the dining room, Dong Wanqing and Qin Xiaozhi hadn’t finished eating yet.

Qin Jinhuan pulled a seat for Mu Yu. After she had sat down, he went and sat beside her.

At this moment, Li Xianglan had already served their breakfasts.

Mu Yu was aware that Dong Wanqing’s jealous gaze was aimed at her from time to time. When she was about to eat her eggs, there was something else shone in Mu Yu’s eyes. She picked her egg yolk out from her plate and pushed it to Qin Jinhuan, whispering softly, “Huan, I don’t want to eat the egg yolk. You help me eat it.”

Yesterday, Mu Yu had coincidentally heard Rong Jian mentioned that Qin Jinhuan didn’t eat egg yolks, because he would easily choke on it.

At this moment, Mu Yu was gloating at her.

Today, Qin Jinhuan was the one who started their big show of showing their affection toward each other. If he refused to cooperate with her, it would be his own consequences that he needed to bear.

Of course, she was hoping that he would eat the egg yolk. One, it was to make Dong Wanqing jealous; two, it was simply because she wanted to enjoy the look on Qin Jinhuan’s face when he was choking.

After looking at Qin Jinhuan staring at the egg yolk for two seconds and picked up his chopsticks to eat the egg yolk, Mu Yu knew he was about to eat it. She immediately took the glass of milk in front of her and drank the whole glass.

She had everything figured out in her mind. When Qin Jinhuan choked, she would pretend to care for him and give him a glass of milk. She would then grab the opportunity to spill the milk, so that Qin Jinhuan would suffer longer on his choke while waiting for Li Xianglan to bring him some water.

However, she was soon disappointed. Because the egg yolk was eaten and Qin Jinhuan hadn’t choked on it.

“Why aren’t you eating? Don’t they suit your appetite? I’ve forgotten that you like to eat noodles in sour soup in the morning.” Qin Jinhuan then ordered Li Xianglan, “For tomorrow morning, prepare some noodles in sour soup for the mistress. Oh, she likes to add minced parsley in her noodles. Add more parsley for her.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

Oh God, I hate eating parsley the most!　

　

It seemed that her little scheme of letting him choke on his egg yolk had been seen through by him.

Terrified at the thought of eating parsley, Mu Yu quickly smiled and tried to stop her, “Auntie Lan, there’s no need to be so troublesome. I can just eat it like that, it tastes quite good.”

“There’s no trouble, no trouble indeed. Mistress, you don’t have to be so polite. This is my duty.”

Li Xianglan waved her hand continuously.

“The noodles that Auntie Lan makes are delicious. You will definitely love it.” Qin Jinhuan smiled while he poured a glass of milk for Mu Yu.

This vengeful Beast Qin!

Mu Yu was cursing under her breath, but she couldn’t not put on a happy smile until Dong Wanqing and Qin Xiaozhi left the dining room.

After she finished her breakfast, Mu Yu got up and was ready to walk out of the dining room. However, she was pulled down by Qin Jinhuan while he carefully adjusted her blouse for her and helped her push away the hair on her messy fringe.

“Grandpa is already upstairs. There’s no one to watch the show.” She reminded him rudely.

Take acting as a habit, it will look more natural.” After Qin Jinhuan finished saying, he gave her a gentle smile, and then took her hand and walked out of the door together.

The driver, Huang Bo, had already parked the car outside the manor. When he saw the both of them coming out, he quickly went and opened the car door.

Qin Jinhuan put his hand over Mu Yu’s head. After carefully helping her get into the car and made sure she was seated, he closed the car door and walked to the other side to get into the car.

Cough!

Mu Yu could only show how speechless she was.

After the car started moving, Qin Jinhuan returned to his normal self in Mu Yu’s eyes and kept his distance from sitting with her. He didn’t even make another sound.

After sending her to work, he repeatedly told her that he was going to pick her up at two o’clock in the afternoon and left.

Finally having her own space of freedom, Mu Yu’s mood instantly felt so much better. She cleaned up the forensic lab and saw there wasn’t anything left for her to do. Then, she went to Rong Jian’s office. At least, Mu Yu finally got all the interrogation records of all the people that held a grudge on Sun Meilan regarding the case. She had happily gone back to her office to have a further study on them.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Qin Jinhuan came over to pick her up on time.

Since she had already taken her day off, she followed him to the OnlyOne Styling Center. The person-in-charge of OnlyOne, Sister Ou, had welcomed them warmly.

After Qin Jinhuan briefed on Sister Ou, he passed Mu Yu to her and was about to leave. Suddenly, Mu Yu thought of Jiang Wenwen and immediately pulled him while she pleaded, “Can I bring a friend to the party tonight?”

“A female?”

“Yes. She’s my friend, my best friend.”

“Seven o’clock tonight, third floor of Gloria Hotel, tell her to mention my name.”

“Hey!” Mu Yu grabbed his arms again. “It looks like it's going to take a long time during this afternoon. I’m going to be bored being alone. Can I ask her to come now?”

At the same time, she could also ask about Gan Wulin.

Qin Jinhuan didn’t know of her thoughts. After thinking awhile, he called Sister Ou again and pointed at Mu Yu, saying, “My wife’s friend will come over later. Serve her well and put her on my bill too.”

Sister Ou was smiling brightly. “Don’t worry, Mr. Qin. We will make sure that your wife and her friend will be satisfied with our service.”

Hearing what he said, Mu Yu immediately called Jiang Wenwen and told her everything. Jiang Wenwen was delighted, and said that she would change her classes to take the rest of the day off. After half an hour, she managed to rush to OnlyOne.

While the both of them were getting their hair and makeup done, Jiang Wenwen told everything that her mother had told her about Gan Wulin’s accident to Mu Yu. This was before Mu Yu even had the chance to ask.

“An accident? Are you sure?”

“I’m sure! It was due to him drinking too much and drunk driving. They didn’t even report it to the insurance company.”

Mu Yu was disappointed with her words. She took out her notebook and scanned the list of people that had held a grudge on Sun Meilan, trying to get something out of Jiang Wenwen but to no avail. She was so disappointed that she kept her notebook and stopped talking about the case. Instead, she had a light chat with Jiang Wenwen.

At five thirty in the evening, the two of them were dolled up and sent to the entrance of the Heavenly Shopping Centre by Huang Bo. Huang Bo had given Mu Yu a card so that they could go to the seventh floor of Clothing World’s studio to try out their evening gowns and left.

When the both of them reached the seventh floor of Clothing World, they were very excited at the dazzling array of beautiful clothes. After looking around, Mu Yu finally decided to try on a little white dress.

She didn’t realize that she had torn the zipper after being too forceful with it when she was trying on the dress. Looking at the wall, there was a sign writing ‘All the clothes in this shop are fine products. Please try them on carefully. If it is damaged due to personal reasons, it is considered as sold.’ She then quietly looked at the tag that had 38,000 printed on it and became instantly nervous. Immediately, she asked Jiang Wenwen to bring her bag to her so that she could use the card that Huang Bo had given her in order to see if she had enough money to pay for the dress.

“Bag? I didn’t take your bag!”

After taking a moment to realize, Mu Yu’s face turned pale.

She had forgotten and left her bag in the car. The card and her phone were in her bag. What was even worse was that she couldn’t even remember Qin Jinhuan’s phone number.

“I only have 3,000 on my card. It’s not enough to pay! What should we do?” Jiang Wenwen, who just learnt the situation, was also shocked.

“Or shall we run? Anyway, they can still sell it as a new dress after repairing the zipper.”

“Okay.”

While they were discussing in a low tone and holding their hands together, ready to run away, they didn’t expect to be surrounded by the workers of the studio once they stepped out of the changing room.