I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 70

“Well…” Zhou Zheng seemed stumped. Fu Chengyan took his phone and instructed, “Send the video to my phone.” He hung up right after.

Shi Nuan seemed out of sorts. When Fu Chengyan took his phone from her, she was already in a daze.

Although she was unconscious that day, she knew what exactly they did to her. Her mind was in turmoil. She had no idea what to do next and who was the one behind this. She stared at Fu Chengyan in panic. There was a hint of helplessness in her gaze. “Fu Chengyan!”

“Don’t worry.” Fu Chengyan had one hand on the steering wheel. His other hand kept holding onto Shi Nuan’s hand. “Don’t be afraid. I’m by your side,” he consoled her, “Leave this to me.”

Zhou Zheng sent the video not long after. The duration was short but the person in the video was clearly shown.

Shi Nuan was tossing and turning on the bed, probably because she felt hot. Someone shot the video from a close distance using a phone. Since Shi Nuan was lying in bed, unconscious, what she did was out of instinct. Her face paled as she stared at the woman in the video. “It’s Yun Shen. It must be him.”

She was alone in the room with Yun Shen because her family had drugged her and sold her to him. She remembered waking up groggily and finding her arms wrapped tightly around Yun Shen.

Shi Nuan bit her lips and shook her head. “I… It must be Yun Shen. Why would he do that? This video… Why did this video end up with Mr. Zhou?”

Shi Nuan was terrified. “I’m in the video. Why did Mr. Zhou…”

“I told Zhou Zheng to keep an eye on Yun Shen and the Yun family’s internet.” Fu Chengyan answered. He had guessed what happened based on the clues given. “No one sent this to Zhou Zheng. I believe Yun Shen sent this video to the Shi family.”

Yun Shen sent this to the Shi family?

Shi Nuan’s face turned ashen. Fu Chengyan’s words didn’t make her feel better. “You mean Yun Shen used this video and the fact that I attacked him to negotiate with the Shi family?”

“That might be one possibility.” Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes. Yun Shen’s actions surprised him too.

Although Shi Nuan and Yun Shen did nothing out of line in the video, Shi Nuan’s reputation would still be affected if someone leaked this video out.

“What should we do?” Shi Nuan was flustered. “They didn’t succeed last time. This time, Yun Shen is threatening my parents with this video. I’m afraid they’ll—”

“Don’t be afraid.” Fu Chengyan cut her off as he parked his car by the roadside.

He grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and drummed his fingers on it. After a while, he wound down the window.

Shi Nuan turned to look at him. The man seemed to be deep in thought and was trying hard to find a solution to this problem. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and took one of them out, but he didn’t light it up.

He held the cigarette between his slender fingers for a long time before asking, “Do you want to race?”

“Race?” Shi Nuan was dumbfounded. She didn’t know what he meant. “You want to race? Now?”

Fu Chengyan arched his brows while he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, staring ahead silently.

The streetlamps shed a dim yellow radiance that created elongated shadows of the nearby trees while the trees rippled with the occasional breeze. “Now.”

Shi Nuan gasped, “Now? Do you have a racing car? Who will you race against?”

Fu Chengyan smirked, “Who said I’m going to race cars?” He unbuckled his seatbelt while saying that. Shi Nuan looked at him in confusion. Fu Chengyan leaned over to unbuckle her seatbelt since she was still in a daze.

When she heard the click of the seatbelt being unbuckled, it suddenly clicked. She pointed at herself in disbelief, “You want me to race? No, no. I don’t know how!” She had a driving license, but she was a total newbie. She could barely drive safely, let alone race! “Your car isn’t a racing car either!”

“Nuan, don’t be afraid. I trust you!” Fu Chengyan squeezed her hand to wish her good luck. “You need to try before you know your limits. I wasn’t born a racer too.” His calm voice was like a spell bewitching her and pointing her the way.

Shi Nuan blinked and hesitated. “But I don’t know—”

“When I’m in a foul mood, I like to race and challenge my own limits. You’ll forget everything when you race. Try it out, hmm?”

“Okay.”

Shi Nuan took a deep breath and got off the car to exchange her seat with Fu Chengyan. She inhaled deeply and gave Fu Chengyan a determined look. “I can do it.”

“Yes. I trust you, and I’m entrusting my life to you.” Fu Chengyan buckled himself up. He reached out to caress Shi Nuan’s face, whose face was still unnaturally ashy. “Everything will be okay. Start driving.”

Upon receiving his encouragement, Shi Nuan stepped on the accelerator. The car sped ahead, accumulating its speed to challenge Shi Nuan’s limit.

She stared ahead and gripped on the steering wheel in determination. Fu Chengyan was seated right beside Shi Nuan. His presence gave her strength to forge ahead without fear.

The car gradually picked up speed on the empty wide road. Shi Nuan sped through. She wasn’t really racing but she was indeed driving at an astonishing speed. There were no cars on the road since it was nighttime.

Shi Nuan finally felt the adrenaline of racing. This was the first time she had ever been this impulsive. She gripped the steering wheel. “Fu Chengyan, I feel like I’m about to fly together with the car.”

“Yes.” Fu Chengyan remained calm beside her. His lips curved up when he saw how excited she was as she sped up. He wound down the windows on both sides. The wind gushed in as the car sped along the road.

The frosty wind was blowing through at such speed that it hurt Shi Nuan’s face but she couldn’t stop speeding because of her thrill and excitement. “Fu Chengyan, turns out racing is quite fun!”

“Yeah.” Fu Chengyan nodded when he saw her in such a good mood. He told her, “Speed up!” Shi Nuan obediently sped up.

Right then, a car sped past Shi Nuan in a flash. It drove at a speed so fast they almost missed it. Shi Nuan hit the pedal eagerly and went after the car. Right then, a few cars sped past Shi Nuan like they were competing with her.

Shi Nuan anxiously turned to Fu Chengyan. “What should I do now?”

Fu Chengyan raised his brows. They were lucky enough to run into a bunch of people racing here. These speeding cars aroused her desire to win and Fu Chengyan was delighted to see that happen. “Do you want to win?”

Shi Nuan nodded. “Yes!” This was the first and only time in her life she wanted to win so badly! She refused to give up without a fight.

When Shi Nuan was five, Shi Wei and she had a toy each. Back then, she loved Barbie dolls, so Shi Wei requested for one too. Her father bought one for Shi Wei but Shi Wei insisted on having hers. He told her to exchange her doll with her sister’s.

Shi Nuan innocently agreed to exchange with Shi Wei. But Shi Wei destroyed her own doll in a blink of an eye.

Shi Nuan’s gaze darkened when she recalled the past and she floored the accelerator. “I don’t want to lose! I refuse to lose this time!”

Fu Chengyan’s lips curled up in a smile. “But they are professional racers driving racing cars.”

“But I still want to try!”

She didn’t want to be deprived of her rights to simply try. If she lost after working hard, she’d give up as luck wasn’t at her side. At least she had tried.

Her words were directed to Fu Chengyan and herself. Fu Chengyan looked at Shi Nuan’s fixed gaze. He knew the woman had made up her mind. “Okay. Good luck then.”

Fu Chengyan remained by her side, providing encouragement all the while and completely entrusting his life to her.

Shi Nuan pursed her lips. The man had evoked a strange feeling in her heart. She grabbed the steering wheel forcefully and floored the accelerator again. When she spotted the racing cars driving side by side, seemingly waiting for her, it rendered her speechless.

When Shi Nuan finally caught up to them, one of the drivers wound down the window. The driver was taken aback when he saw a woman in the driving seat. He narrowed his eyes. “Hello, gorgeous. You’re racing with a Bentley at night? That’s super cool!”

Shi Nuan’s lips thinned as she increased her speed. The man sped up as well. “Hey, we’re in a competition. Do you want to join us? There will be a prize!” The man’s hair was dyed an unruly bright red. When he noticed a man in the passenger seat, his eyes widened. “Bro, do you want to join us?”

Fu Chengyan glanced at Shi Nuan, whose eyes were sparkling with excitement. A smile lit up Fu Chengyan’s face. “Sure, but where?”

“Starting from the junction ahead. The entire road up the mountain was already blocked, so we can race there!”

Fu Chengyan met Shi Nuan’s gaze. Shi Nuan’s lips thinned. “Isn’t that on our way home?”

Fu Chengyan was glad that Shi Nuan referred to their house as “home”. He nodded and replied, “Yes, we can race all the way home.” He told the man, “Let’s meet at the junction!”

The man’s car sped ahead past Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan followed in his tracks and floored the accelerator as well.

She was driving a Bentley and the car was different from the racing cars. When Shi Nuan finally arrived, a row of racing cars was parked side by side at the junction. It was a spectacular sight from afar. Shi Nuan swallowed and unbuckled her seatbelt. “Fu Chengyan, I don’t think I should humiliate you and your car.”

“Hmm?” Fu Chengyan raised his brows in amusement. “How are you humiliating me?”

Shi Nuan pointed at Fu Chengyan’s car. “Although your car seems low-profile, it isn’t. Plus, your number plate is outstanding. If I lose today and those people find out it’s your car, your reputation will be ruined.” Shi Nuan hurriedly explained.

Fu Chengyan grinned, “So?”

“So I think you should drive so I won’t humiliate you!”