I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 73

“You came here past midnight for this?” Fu Chengyan asked after a long pause. “Are you afraid?”

Shi Nuan nodded helplessly. “Yes, I’m afraid. Will you help me?”

Fu Chengyan curved his lips up. Shi Nuan seemed really terrified, since her reputation was important to her. “Don’t worry, I’ll solve this well.” Since they were already married, he would take action no matter what.

Fu Chengyan saw Shi Nuan heave a sigh of relief. He smiled. “Don’t worry. It’s late, you should go to bed now.”

Shi Nuan bit her lips although he had already reassured her anxious heart. She trusted Fu Chengyan to help her. But she couldn’t explain why she felt that Fu Chengyan was dependable.

Fu Chengyan raised his brows when he saw that Shi Nuan didn’t move. “Darling, are you inviting me to sleep with you?”

“Ah?” Shi Nuan raised her head in surprise before hurriedly explaining, “No, I… I’ll go to bed now. You should get some rest too.” Shi Nuan retreated to the door but she suddenly stopped and turned around, saying, “Fu Chengyan, thank you!”

Fu Chengyan’s eyes crinkled up as he watched Shi Nuan walk away. He called Li Heng, “I might need your assistant’s help for two days.”

“Oh? What will I get in return?” Li Heng asked when he heard Fu Chengyan’s request. “Did you get into trouble?”

“It’s nothing big.” Fu Chengyan tapped his fingers on the table and told him, “You want the developer’s rights for that land in the south of the city, right? Shengyuan will pull out from the bidding.” Li Heng snorted in displeasure. “Bro, you’re getting thriftier day by day.”

“Don’t expose me.” Fu Chengyan smirked. “Tomorrow, ask Liang Lin to come over. He’s better than Zhou Zheng regarding computer stuff.”

“Sure!” Li Heng agreed. After Fu Chengyan hung up, a hint of amusement appeared in Li Heng’s dark gaze.

Shengyuan wasn’t that interested in that piece of land in the south. Since Fu Renjiang who had always wanted this land was already in jail, Fu Chengyan didn’t want to get involved in his mess. That was why Li Heng snorted when he was offered the land.

Li Heng’s gaze darkened when he called Liang Lin. “Chengyan needs your help for the next few days.”

“Yes.” Liang Lin had worked for Li Heng for a while and knew what character his boss had. If it wasn’t important, Fu Chengyan wouldn’t ask for his help and Li Heng wouldn’t let him help the man either. “When will I be coming back?”

“Ask Chengyan!” Li Heng hung up on him. In the dimly lit study, the man was seated on the leather sofa with a cigarette between his fingers. His gaze was fixated at a book on the shelf. It took him a while to regain his senses.

Time has gone by so quickly!

The next day, Liang Lin went to Shengyuan to look for Fu Chengyan and found out that he was going to be working under Zhou Zheng. This made him slightly upset.

Zhou Zheng noticed Liang Lin’s displeasure and nudged him. “Why are you upset? I saved you, you know.”

Liang Lin glared at Zhou Zheng. “Why do I have to listen to you?”

“That’s Mr. Fu’s decision.” Zhou Zheng had a cunning smile on his face. “Let’s get back to business. I need your help to hack someone’s computer.”

“Again?” Liang Lin sounded upset. “Even if I’m good at it, this doesn’t mean I have to do sneaky stuff all day!” Liang Lin shot Zhou Zheng a look. “Who is it this time?”

“Fu Renjiang!”

Liang Lin’s fingers paused midair as he asked in surprise. “It’s still not done yet?”

“Yes. I came to you because I have other stuff to deal with now.” Zhou Zheng spread his hands helplessly. Seemingly entertained, Liang Lin switched on his laptop and glanced at Zhou Zheng. “What other stuff?”

“It’s about Mrs. Fu.” Zhou Zheng answered, “It’s a hassle. I might need your help later.”

“Mrs. Fu? When did Mr. Fu get married?” Liang Lin’s eyes gleamed. How exciting! ”Why didn’t I know about this?”

Meanwhile, Shi Wei started venting her anger by smashing everything in her sight after she reached home. The servants stayed out of her sight as they were terrified. There was only one maid trailing behind Shi Wei who cleaned up all her mess. That maid, named Hong, had been with Shi Wei for years.

Shi Wei was terribly upset about what had happened in the shopping mall. She was from the Shi family and gained some popularity in the entertainment industry. Everyone in Jiang City treated her politely.

But Fu Chengyan refused to even glance at her. That was fine. The problem was he recognized that whore Shi Nuan instead of her. How could she swallow that in?

Her looks, figure and popularity were a thousand times better than Shi Nuan! Shi Nuan was just a white-collar worker in a small insignificant company. How could she get Fu Chengyan to like her?

The more Shi Wei pondered about it, the more upset she got. She smashed everything in the living room before running back to her own room, sweeping everything on her table to the floor. “Ah! Shi Nuan, you whore!”

“AHHHHHHH!!!” Shi Wei wailed loudly. Her loud shout frightened Hong, who took a step back. When Hong noticed the wound on Shi Wei’s hand, she ran over to her. “Miss, you hurt your hand!”

Hong was going to get the emergency kit for Shi Wei, but Shi Wei stopped her and grabbed her hair. “Are you glad that I got hurt?”

“No! No, miss. No!” Shi Wei was tugging at Hong’s hair forcefully, as if she was going to pull Hong’s scalp right off her head.

Hong could only cry for help as Shi Wei’s shrill voice rang in her ears. “Miss, please forgive me. I wasn’t laughing at you!”

“No? If you say no, do I have to believe you? I saw it with my own eyes. How dare you laugh at me? How dare you!” Shi Wei was so furious that she had gotten out of control. She ended up venting her anger on Hong. “How dare you!”

“I won’t do it again.” Hong buried her head in her lap and hugged herself as she begged for mercy.

“What are you doing?” A sharp voice cut off Hong’s cries as Shi Wei came to her senses.

When Shi Wei spotted the man and the person behind him, her face drained of color. She looked at Jiang Yu for help, but Jiang Yu merely frowned and demanded, “Wei, what are you doing? Did someone bully you?”

Shi Wei snapped out of her daze and immediately burst into tears. “Mom!” She sobbed and rushed into Jiang Yu’s arms. Jiang Yu glared at Hong before turning around and said, “Dad, Zheng. Wei must’ve been bullied out there. Look at her crying.”

“Hmph!” Shi Yunsheng harrumphed before glowering at both Shi Jingzheng and Jiang Yu. “Can you vent your anger this way even if you were bullied outside? You were the one who smashed all the stuff downstairs, right?” Shi Yunsheng wasn’t a good-natured man.

He knew his granddaughter well. Although she put up a front in public, she was a different person back home. Shi Wei could trick others with her acting, but it wasn’t enough to trick him.

“Hong is a human being. She works and earns money for herself and you are no better than her. Where did you learn to assault others and smash things?” Shi Yunsheng pounded the floor hard with his stick and glared at Shi Jingzheng. “Look at your daughter.”

“Dad!” Shi Jingzheng was shocked at what Shi Wei did too. Especially when she started smashing things and assaulting her maid at home. He thought Shi Wei was still an elegant lady no matter how spoilt she was. She’d act coy and tell them how much she hated Shi Nuan. “I’ll punish her properly this time.”

“You’d better.” Shi Yunsheng didn’t believe him. “I don’t know how you taught her. She had been competitive since young and loved to take everything belonging to Nuan. Taking Nuan’s toys was okay, but she even stole Nuan’s boyfriend away after she grew up! Look at your daughter! Now she’s even assaulting her maid and smashing things! She isn’t ladylike at all!”

Shi Yunsheng kept criticizing Shi Wei. Actually, he thought he could forgive Shi Wei and Fu Xicheng since it had happened a long time ago. Nuan wasn’t going to pursue the matter too. But after seeing Shi Wei in this situation, Shi Yunsheng was extremely disappointed in her.

“Dad…” Jiang Yu was displeased. “Wei’s still young. She was bullied out there, but as parents, we’re criticizing her instead of being concerned about her. Won’t this make her more upset?”

“Shi Wei was bullied? She’s a celebrity. Of course everyone will treat her nicely. Who dares bully her? Look, she’s a spoilt brat because of you.” Shi Yunsheng shook his head in resignation when he saw how Jiang Yu defended her daughter. He was utterly disappointed at her reaction. “If only you could defend Nuan when she got into trouble… Forget it. She’s your daughter. Teach her well!”

Shi Yunsheng walked away with the help of Mr. Yang. He didn’t notice the vicious glare from Shi Wei who had buried herself in Jiang Yu’s arms.

Shi Wei clenched her fists and grumbled angrily, “Grandpa’s so partial. I’m also his granddaughter. That whore Shi Nuan—”

“Shut up!” Shi Jingzheng cut her off furiously. He glowered at her in exasperation. “Look at you!”

Shi Wei cowered behind Jiang Yu’s back in fright. Jiang Yu shielded her and met Shi Jingzheng’s gaze. “What are you doing? Huh? Wei is right. Isn’t dad biased? They are both his granddaughters, but why does he treat Shi Nuan better than Wei?”

“You…” Shi Jingzheng yelled, “A compassionate mom only breeds useless offspring!”

“So what if I spoil Wei? She’s my daughter. If I don’t treat her well, should I treat that—”

“Shut up!” Shi Jingzheng cut off Jiang Yu abruptly. “What are you talking about? Since Wei is fine, take her back to rest!”

Jiang Yu’s lips parted like she was about to say something, but she ended up saying nothing. Shi Wei’s eyes brightened as she caught something from Shi Jingzheng and Jiang Yu’s conversation.

Was it about Shi Nuan?