“I’ve never seen it before.”
After speaking, Shen Qi put the two photos together and handed them back.
“President Han, are you looking for this lock because you’ve lost it?”
Han Qing was a little disappointed. Seems like this clue is completely useless. I can’t get any more answers.
“Yes, this safety lock belongs to a very important person. I am looking for the person who has this safety lock.”
Shen Qi replied, “I see. Why don’t you publish it in the newspaper?”
Publish in the newspaper?
Han Qing had thought about it, of course, but that would bring a lot of trouble. With the prominent background of the Han family in North City, once the photo was published, many unscrupulous people would want to get into the Han family by impersonating the person.
After thinking about it, Shen Qi rejected her own idea. “Well, it seems unrealistic to publish it in the newspaper. There are too many different safety locks. It is quite probable that there will be many imposters. I wonder who you’re looking for, President Han. This lock looks like a baby’s item, so this person should be quite young.”
When she said these words, Shen Qi was still cupping her cheeks with both her hands, lost in thoughts. Both her delicate eyebrows almost wrinkled into two little caterpillars when she pondered about it.
The way she looks right now is even more similar to that person.
Han Qing was moved by her, and he almost blurted out something.
Finally, he glanced at Zhu Yun and Mr. Jin, who were standing behind Shen Qi. “I have a few important things to ask your Young Lady. Can you—”
When Zhu Yun heard this, she immediately became highly suspicious and refused straightaway. “No!”
So he was just buying some time! I thought that Han Qing was a gentleman. Turns out that it was just a facade. Now, he actually wants to drive us away!
Zhu Yun guarded Shen Qi like a mother hen guarding her chicks, making Mr. Jin feel a little bit amused. He had always taken pride in his good judge of character. Yesterday, when Han Qing carried Shen Qi to the ward, he saw that he did not do anything to her. Instead, he just put her down and watched her until she woke up, so Mr. Jin felt that Han Qing must be a decent man.
There must be other reasons why he treated Shen Qi like this.
It was just that he was unable to determine his reason for doing so. In short, his thoughts aligned with Su Jiu—they noticed that Han Qing treated Shen Qi very well, but it didn’t feel romantic at all. Instead, it felt like he treated her as family.
Indeed, Han Qing looks like a mature elder brother.
Thinking of this, Mr. Jin pulled Zhu Yun’s sleeve to signal her to be quiet.
“Young Lady!” Zhu Yun ignored Mr. Jin and tugged on Shen Qi’s clothes.
Shen Qi could tell that Han Qing had important things to ask her, so she glanced at Zhu Yun and Mr. Jin. “Wait for me at the side, okay?”
“Young Lady, no!” Zhu Yun pursed her lips. “Who knows if he is up to no good?” she whispered.
She said this very quietly, but it was obvious that Han Qing could hear her. However, he did not become angry, and he looked as calm as before.
“Don’t worry.” Shen Qi patted her hand comfortingly. “I know what I’m doing. Mr. Jin, please.”
“Noted, Young Lady.” Mr. Jin nodded and then went to pull Zhu Yun’s shoulder. “Alright, Zhu Yun, let’s go. Young Lady has already spoken.”
Zhu Yun reluctantly followed Mr. Jin. When they went to a corner, Zhu Yun muttered angrily, “I think that man has bad intentions. Mr. Jin, why did you listen to him?”
“Believe me, he is definitely not the kind of man you think.”
“How do you know? You only met him yesterday.”
“You can tell by the look in his eyes and the aura he exudes. The Han family is second only to the Ye family in North City, and he is the leader of Han Group, after all.”
Hearing that, Zhu Yun was a little shocked. “H-He’s leader of Han Group? B-But I don’t know him.”
“All you have to know is that both he and Young Master Ye are of the same level.”
Mr. Jin smiled slightly and didn’t say anymore.
Zhu Yun was still a little annoyed, but she could only look at Shen Qi with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
After the two of them left, the surrounding became quiet.
Han Qing somehow couldn’t bring himself to ask the question that was weighing on his heart.
“President Han, what do you want to tell me? I-Is it about Xueyou?” At this point, Shen Qi lowered her eyes and pursed her lips. “If it’s about her, my answer remains the same as what I told you yesterday. I can’t disclose what happened between—”
“Shen Qi, you are mistaken. I am not asking about what happened between you and Xueyou, but about you.”
“About me?” Shen Qi asked while looking at him in a bit of astonishment.
Han Qing nodded and stared at her for a long time before taking another photo out of his pocket. Shen Qi looked at it and found that it was a photo of a baby.
In the photo, the baby had fair skin, and its small fists were clenched together, looking pinkish; it was incredibly cute.
“It’s so cute.” Shen Qi liked this baby as soon as she saw it and held the picture in her palm, smiling. “President Han, whose child is this?”
Han Qing couldn’t help but curl his lips when he saw her like this.
If I say that this baby is her, would this scare her off?
Although he was still not sure yet, deep in his heart, his intuition told him that perhaps Shen Qi was the person he had been looking for.
Indeed, this was the baby who disappeared shortly after being born into the Han family. She was his younger sister, Han Muzi.
“President Han, you are looking for this baby, and the safety lock just now belongs to this child, right?”
“Yes.” Han Qing’s gaze softened.
“I didn’t know that you are looking for this child. Is she… your child?” Shen Qi felt embarrassed after asking the last question. She felt like biting off her tongue upon realizing that she had spoken it out loud.
However, Han Qing didn’t look annoyed at all. Instead, he looked at her gently with a soft expression in his eyes.
Shen Qi felt awkward and quickly returned the photo of the baby.
“I’m sorry, President Han. I’ve said the wrong thing!”
Han Qing didn’t speak, but he didn’t seem to be angry either. Shen Qi couldn’t figure out what he was thinking for a while, so she could only sit there quietly.
After a while, Han Qing’s lips suddenly moved before he asked her weakly as he looked at her, “Can I ask you a rather private question?”
Shen Qi was stunned. “A private question?”
Han Qing thought about it, but in the end, he still didn’t ask her.
To ask a girl if there is a birthmark on her backside is something only a pervert would do! He really couldn’t bring himself to ask such a question.
However, only he knew about this matter.
Because when Muzi was born, he held her in his arms personally. At that time, his mother even told him about the birthmark.
“Han Qing, you must keep in mind that there is a big birthmark on your sister’s backside. If she were lost in the future, we could find her again using the birthmark.”
