I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 101

Shi Wei’s agent called the producer over at Xinhuang Entertainment to confirm the time of the audition and brought her to the headquarters of Xinhuang Entertainment. It was her first time at the Xinhuang Entertainment’s headquarters. Even though she was quite well-known in the entertainment industry, she had never had the chance to utilize Xinhuang’s resources.

The agency that she was currently with was not exactly small-scaled either, but it was still meager compared to Xinhuang Entertainment.

Based on her current situation, for instance, her agency had practically shunned her due to the horrendous scandal. But upon hearing that she was invited to the audition for Xinhuang’s movie, her agency was willing to utilize her again. Shi Wei, however, was still irritated that her agency had done so and thought that they were too pragmatic.

After arriving at Xinhuang Entertainment, Shi Wei was impressed at Fu Chengyan’s capabilities. It was rumored that Fu Chengyan did not even manage this company himself. Rather, it was managed by one of his menial personal assistants.

At that moment, Shi Wei felt that it was because of her relationship with Fu Chengyan, she had got this role, and she felt proud of that. Meanwhile, her agent was even more pleased with her for being called to an audition and said proudly, “Wei, just imagine if you had managed to get this role…”

“If?” Shi Wei glared at her agent, “There’s no if. I must get it!” The role had been set aside for her all along, and the audition was just for show, “You don’t really think those directors would pick on my acting skills, do you?”

The agent listened to her, tilted his brows, and grinned, “Wei, you have such good acting skills. The award would be yours in no time.”

“Of course!” Shi Wei lifted her head in pride as if she was the Queen.

In the meantime, the producer had informed Zhou Zheng upon Shi Wei’s arrival. They had long regarded Zhou Zheng as the center and backbone of Xinhuang Entertainment as he was always around.

Earlier on, Zhou Zheng had mentioned to the producers about Shi Wei’s coming and had asked them to look out for her. However, Zhou Zheng had also asked them to be vigilant about her, though she was someone whom he had brought in. Thus, the producer had taken heed to every order carefully and reported to Zhou Zheng the moment she arrived.

At the same time, Zhou Zheng was in the midst of reporting to Fu Chengyan when his phone rang. He looked at his phone and shuddered. Fu Chengyan immediately noticed and lifted his head to look at Zhou Zheng, “What’s the matter?”

“It’s a call from Xinhuang. They had informed me that Shi Wei is coming for an audition today. I guess this call is to update me on this matter.” Zhou Zheng reported as Fu Chengyan waved his hands at him, signaling for Zhou Zheng to pick up. Zhou Zheng picked it up instantly, “Hello?”

“Mr. Zhou, the one you had asked to take extra care of, has arrived. Do you really…” The producer hesitated, “Do you really want to give her the role?”

“Yes, of course. But hold on a second!” Zhou Zheng set aside his phone and asked Fu Chengyan, “Mr. Fu, Shi Wei is there. Do you have any further instructions?”

“Well, let her wait for a while!” Fu Chengyan said as he got up. Zhou Zheng saw that Fu Chengyan was getting his coat, so he hurriedly followed along, “Mr. Fu, you…?”

“I’m going to have a look!” Fu Chengyan’s lips curved into a thin smile and called Shi Nuan, “Are you busy with anything?”

Shi Nuan was pleasantly surprised that Fu Chengyan had called her at this hour. However, she was actually swamped at the moment. The top management of her company had informed her that the company’s tender document had leaked out. And that tender was supposedly under Shi Nuan’s care.

But Shi Nuan was positive that she had kept it well, so she did not expect things to go wrong. Even if she wanted to justify herself, she couldn’t.

The tender submission was going to take place this afternoon, Fucheng suffered a major loss when Shengyuan had abruptly reduced their orders, and they would be in hot water if things do not go well this time.

Earlier that day, Fu Yuqing had called for an emergency meeting, and Shi Nuan was the lamb to the slaughter when everyone put the blame on her. Shi Nuan had just got off the meeting, and she was apparently in a bad mood. Hence, when Fu Chengyan called, she was still upset about the earlier matter. “Can you just tell me what’s going on?” she asked in exasperation.

Since Fu Chengyan had called at this hour, it must have been something important.

Fu Chengyan immediately sensed that something was off with Shi Nuan, so he asked her back, “What happened?”

The whole incident regarding the tender document and everything else was regurgitated within that few minutes. After hearing the whole story, Fu Chengyan snorted while his slender fingers tapped at the steering wheel, “Why don’t you just quit if you’re unhappy?”

Shi Nuan had not expected him to say that and was stumped, “I have been considering it too. Actually, I’ve been thinking of resigning… if this did not happen…” She felt her colleagues had been intentionally picking on her, and it probably had something to do with the incident between her and Fu Xicheng.

At that moment, Fu Chengyan curled his lips into a thin smile, “Let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m coming over to fetch you.”

“Fetch me? Where to?” Shi Nuan was surprised. “Don’t you need to work?”

“Don’t we all? But I’m pretty sure we need to take a breather right now. Besides, you have nothing to do at Fucheng now anyway. Am I right?”

Fu Chengyan was spot on. In fact, Shi Nuan had been ordered to suspend her work and pass it over to someone else. The top management had considered it a serious breach of trust and blamed it all on Shi Nuan. It was a plot to lay her off.

Nonetheless, Shi Nuan was not an idiot; she knew exactly what they were trying to do.

But after hearing Fu Chengyan’s words, her heart actually felt lighter. Shi Nuan laughed and replied. “Okay, I’ll wait for you then.” She hung up and started to pack her stuff. Pei was shocked at her demeanor and hurriedly came over to stop Shi Nuan, “Ms. Shi, what are you doing? This certainly has nothing to do with you. They will think that you’re leaving out of guilt!”

Shi Nuan looked at Pei and patted her hand lightly, “I’m not quitting. It’s just that I have nothing on my plate right now, and I just want to get off work earlier!” Shi Nuan smiled, “Pei, thank you for believing in me, but… you’d better get back to work. I’ll be taking my leave now.”

“Ms. Shi!” Pei frowned as she watched Shi Nuan strode towards the exit. She had a hunch that something was off with Shi Nuan. And the way Shi Nuan hesitated when she talked just now…

Shi Nuan headed downstairs, and she spotted Fu Chengyan’s car that was parked nearby. Just then, her phone rang, and it was Fu Chengyan.

Shi Nuan smiled and waved at the car. Then she hung up the phone and ran towards it. She went directly to the front passenger seat and opened the door. But to her surprise, Zhou Zheng was sitting right there, so she immediately shut the door and head to the backseat. “Mr. Zhou is here too!”

“Yes. How do you do, Madam!” Zhou Zheng was taken aback when he saw Shi Nuan opening the door. Fortunately, she was quick to go over to the back.

Fu Chengyan stared at Zhou Zheng, “Well, aren’t you going to drive?”

“Yes, Master Chengyan!” Zhou Zheng took a glance at Shi Nuan and Fu Chengyan. Then, he adjusted his posture and started the car.

What’s Zhou Zheng doing here? She turned her head to look at Fu Chengyan, and he was impassively tapping at his knees, “Are you sneaking glances at your husband because you find him good looking?”

Shi Nuan was stumped at his remark and peeked at Zhou Zheng unconsciously. That was when she realized that he was surprised by the remark as well. Shi Nuan tried to stifle her laugh and act solemnly, “Yes, very much.”

Fu Chengyan was seemingly delighted at her response, so he reached out his hand to take Shi Nuan’s and placed them on his knees. He played around with her hand for a while and said, “I’ll take you for a round at Xinhuang later!”

Shi Nuan was surprised, “Why are you taking me to Xinhuang?” Then it suddenly hit her, “Is Shi Wei going for the audition today?”

Fu Chengyan nodded his head, “You have nothing to do anyway, so just take it as an experience! Let’s take a look at how good is your sister’s acting skills.”

Shi Nuan sensed Fu Chengyan’s mocking tone right at that moment. She pursed her lips and said, “You’re right. I have nothing to do now anyway!”

Although Shi Nuan knew that Shi Wei was an actress, she seldom watched dramas that Shi Wei starred in. To be exact, it was because she did not have to since Shi Wei had lived her life as though she was acting in those TV series.

Shi Nuan contemplated for a while and finally decided to reveal her thoughts about things that had happened today to Fu Chengyan. “I think this is they had planned this to get me to quit voluntarily.”

“Are you upset about it?” Fu Chengyan asked.

Shi Nuan lifted her eyes and stared at Fu Chengyan and then at her hand that was placed on his knees. He was playing mindlessly with her fingers. Shi Nuan did not know the difference between her fingers and his own, nor did she understand the fun of playing around with her fingers. However, she thought to herself. Maybe it’s because my fingers are more slender? More flexible?

“Hmm?”

When Fu Chengyan noticed that Shi Nuan was quietly staring at his hands, he took her fingers and rubbed them gently at his knees.

At that instant, Shi Nuan snapped out of her thoughts and smiled, “There’s nothing to be upset about. What they did was pointless since I had been thinking about quitting. Well, since it’s already at this stage, I’ll just tender for my resignation tomorrow then. It’s better for all of us anyway.” She paused to think for a moment before she continued, “But this will wreck my reputation.”

“Reputation?” Fu Chengyan snorted. “You care about that?”

Shi Nuan raised her brows in curiosity, “You don’t?”

“You can find a job anywhere if you have what it takes.” Fu Chengyan rubbed at the palm of her hands, and he drew something on it using his knuckles. Shi Nuan, however, only felt a ticklish sensation. She wanted to retract her hand back, but Fu Chengyan had held it tight as his deep-set eyes gazed into her. “Come to Shengyuan!”

Did I hear it correctly? Shi Nuan was taken aback by his sudden request, “What did you say?”

“Come to Shengyuan.” Fu Chengyan was serious this time. His lips curved into a thin smile as he looked at her stunned expression, and he lifted his hand to brush her cheeks, “I know what you’re capable of. Come to Shengyuan.”

Shi Nuan blushed and brushed off his hand that was touching her cheek, “I don’t think that’s appropriate.”

She stole a glance at Zhou Zheng unconsciously, and Fu Chengyan sneered, “Why are you looking at him?”

Zhou Zheng, who was at the driver’s seat, straightened his back and set his eyes on the road.

The discontent on Fu Chengyan’s face was evident, and Shi Nuan noticed it. She pouted and said, “I just don’t want to go through the back door.”