I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 103

“Forgotten?” Zhou Zheng’s face darkened as he muttered in a low voice and waved his hands to dismiss his thoughts, “Ms. Qin, please give the script to Ms. Shi!” He said awkwardly, “Ms. Shi, Mr. Fu had put a lot of emphasis into this drama in view of the huge amount of money invested into it. I would be in a difficult position if I don’t do well!”

Shi Wei started to realize the seriousness of the problem and shifted awkwardly as she cursed her agent silently for messing things up. “Yes, it is our fault this time. But there’ll be no next time, I promise. Please give me half an hour, Mr. Zhou. I…”

“Okay then!” Zhou Zheng pinched the middle of his brows and sighed. “Please hurry up, Ms. Shi. Mr. Fu still has some tasks for me.”

“Sure!”

Shi Wei was flustered and could not calm herself down. It would be a miracle to be able to memorize the script at this time.

She glowered at her agent, and it got him so nervous that he was at the point of sweating. At that moment, Zhou Zheng picked up a call, and his face fell, “Ms. Shi, I have to go back. As for the rest…” Zhou Zheng peered at Qin Hong, “Ms. Qin, I’ll leave the rest to you. Please take good care of Ms. Shi!”

“Noted, Mr. Zhou.” However, Qin Hong thought the task to be quite cumbersome, so she was stern toward Shi Wei. On the other hand, Qin Hong could do nothing since it was an instruction from the top management.

Shi Wei breathed a sigh of relief to herself when she heard that Zhou Zheng was leaving. However, she put on a reluctant face and shifted awkwardly and looked unwilling for him to leave, “Mr. Zhou, I’m really sorry for what happened today, I…”

“It’s fine. Please liaise with Ms. Qin. I really have to get going. Mr. Fu is rushing me!” Zhou Zheng waved his hands in frustration, clearly displeased with Shi Wei.

Shi Wei was exasperated at his remark but could only smile awkwardly as the air grew still.

After Zhou Zheng had left, Shi Wei was visibly relaxed. She then looked over at Qin Hong and asked, “Ms. Qin, how about you?”

“Though Mr. Zhou doesn’t have time, I do. Take your time, Ms. Shi. I’ll be waiting here.”

Qin Hong put on a casual smile as if she has no other matter to attend to and sat down to wait for Shi Wei.

Shi Nuan frowned as she looked at the CCTV footage; she did not expect Shi Wei to behave this way. At that instant, Shi Nuan had a renewed impression of Shi Wei. “I’ve never seen her in this manner!” Shi Nuan was obviously taken aback.

Right beside her, Fu Chengyan sneered as he turned off the footage, “Unexpected?”

Shi Nuan nodded, “I must be really stupid back then.” She had always put up with her family’s mistreatment towards her, thinking that maybe she had done something wrong. It was not until now that she had realized, sometimes people would just dislike a person for no reason and that their behavior was inexplicable, like Shi Wei, whom she had witnessed just now.

“You brought me here today to watch her put on a good show?”

Fu Chengyan beckoned Shi Nuan to come closer. Shi Nuan hesitated but went over obediently. Fu Chengyan hugged her into an embrace out of a sudden.

It threw Shi Nuan off, making her fall onto Fu Chengyan’s lap. She was instantly flustered and glared at Zhou Zheng, “What are you doing? Let me go!”

However, Fu Chengyan merely grinned and rubbed his chin against her shoulders, “Don’t move! Let me hug you for a while!”

Shi Wei could only sit there helplessly and let Fu Chengyan hug her. After a while, someone knocked on the door, “Mr. Zhou?”

Fu Chengyan let go of Shi Nuan instantly, and she got up quickly to straighten her shirt. Soon after, Fu Chengyan uttered, “Come in!”

Zhou Zheng came in but noticed Shi Nuan shifting awkwardly while she tugged at her clothes. He immediately realized that he had been intruding, so he coughed awkwardly, “Mr. Fu, Shi Wei is really a genius!”

Meanwhile, Fu Chengyan beckoned at Shi Nuan again. “You want to go for a walk?”

“For?” Shi Nuan asked.

Fu Chengyan grinned and peered at Zhou Zheng, “Since she’s into tormenting herself, why don’t you help her with it? I’ll leave it up to you!” Fu Chengyan was not someone who liked to trouble himself with trivial matters like this. This time, however, it was all for the woman in front of him. He paused for a while and said, “Let’s give her some more!”

“Fu Chengyan!” Shi Nuan bit at her lip. “Do you really want to do this?”

“You don’t want to?” Fu Chengyan lifted his brows and looked at Shi Nuan with a solemn expression. “I won’t if you don’t want to!” He was not joking around. “But do think through this carefully. Some people just would not reciprocate your kindness.”

Shi Nuan grimaced because she knew Fu Chengyan was telling the truth. “Then see to it yourself!” She was clear on the kind of person Shi Wei was. If Fu Chengyan had not troubled her, then Shi Wei would definitely focus on troubling her instead. Besides, the Shi family now knew that granddad had given her his shares.

“Okay!” Fu Chengyan waved his hand and signaled for Zhou Zheng to leave.

Zhou Zheng cast a glance at Fu Chengyan, then at Shi Nuan before leaving. He thought Shi Nuan was too kind to Shi Wei. If I were her, I would definitely take this chance to crush Shi Wei into dust. It was the survival of the fittest, and the weak ones would only be devoured clean by the strong ones. Zhou Zheng had always been with Fu Chengyan. And all this while, he had always regarded Fu Chengyan as the epitome of the fittest, a legend.

It’s no wonder that Shi Wei bullied Madam. She’s too kind. And in this cruel world, being too kind does no good for anyone.

“What are you thinking about?”

Fu Chengyan got up and walked over to Shi Nuan’s side after Zhou Zheng had left. He noticed that Shi Nuan was staring into space, so he reached out to comb through her hair, “Hmm?”

Shi Nuan just shook her head, “I just think that I’m starting to resemble Shi Wei. Yet, it seems like this is for the better!”

“You’re very different from each other.” Fu Chengyan sighed and fixed his gaze on Shi Nuan. He combed through her hair with his fingers and cupped her face in his palms. “She’s nothing compared to you,” he pointed out in a serious tone.

Her heart felt warm and fuzzy when she heard his words. Even if all this was a lie, she would still be happy.

“Come on since you’ve never been here. Let me bring you for a tour.” Fu Chengyan held her hands, and they stepped out of the office.

Earlier on, they had gone through the private walkway, so no one knew they were in the office. Everyone was surprised to see their boss, even more so at him holding hands with a girl – a very pretty one at that. Soon after, everyone was guessing at her identity. Is she a celebrity? Or the boss’s girlfriend?

Looking at everyone’s puzzled expression, Shi Nuan realized that Fu Chengyan was still holding her hands, so she tried to shrug him off, “Stop messing around. Let me go.”

Yet, Fu Chengyan smirked and merely held her hands even tighter as he walked in front, tugging Shi Nuan behind him. It was obvious that Fu Chengyan adored the woman. Besides, one could easily guess their relationship with just one look at the way Fu Chengyan held her hands.

Shi Nuan, on the other hand, thought that they were attracting too much attention. “I’m pretty sure everyone will know of our relationship by tomorrow!”

“You seem to really care about this?” Fu Chengyan turned over to ask Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan was stumped by his question but shook her head in reply, “Not at all.”

Fu Chengyan was pleased with her reply and patted her head. However, his sudden display of affection had drawn the attention of some of the girls nearby. Nonetheless, Fu Chengyan’s gaze never left Shi Nuan, “That’s good to know.” He chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, they won’t babble!”

“How do you know?” Shi Nuan did not believe him. She knew that rumors tend to spread like wildfire, especially rumors like these. She could already foresee how fast the news would travel. Everyone would surely be guessing who she was and why was she together with Fu Chengyan.

Previously, Shi Nuan minded the fact that she was with Fu Chengyan because she did not want others to know. Besides, what brought them together was just that piece of marriage certificate. However, things were different now that she had felt her relationship with Fu Chengyan was slowly improving.

Still, she knew how things would blow up if others had known that he had a girlfriend or even a wife.

It was like Fu Chengyan could read her mind. He knew what she was worried about and held her hands while pinching her gently, “This is my company and I set the rules. If even meager things like these are out of my control, how could I run a whole company?”

Shi Nuan was at a loss for words but understood perfectly, “Yes, you’re right. There’s no need to worry.” She looked over the surroundings and started to see the department heads ushering the staff back to their cubicles. “It looks like I have worried too much.” Shi Nuan heaved a sigh of relief.

Fu Chengyan grinned, “Let me introduce you to some of them!”

Then, he called Zhou Zheng, “Get all the department heads for a meeting in ten minutes!”

Zhou Zheng, who was still on the other end, was too surprised to even answer. Hence, Fu Chengyan retorted coolly, “Did you not hear me?”

“Yes, sir! I’ll get to it immediately!” Zhou Zheng hung up the phone and notified every head of the department. He thought to himself. Is the boss trying to straighten everything out today? Then Shi Nuan will become the boss… or rather the lady boss of Xinhuang Entertainment?

Zhou Zheng thought of it and decided that he had to speed things up if that was the case.

Meanwhile, Xinhuang’s management staff were all stumped to have received such a memo. They knew that Fu Chengyan was their boss, but it was actually quite rare to see him around.

Xinhuang may be the lead of the entertainment industry, yet it was just a minor business among Fu Chengyan’s network of enterprises. Hence, it was not the norm for him to manage things directly.

And when all the managerial level staff had arrived at the meeting room, they saw a young woman sitting at the chairman’s seat, with Fu Chengyan sitting beside her. They were even more taken aback at seeing Fu Chengyan holding the woman’s hand the whole time. Soon after, some of them had noticed that she was the same girl that Fu Chengyan was holding when he went around the office just now.

So, what is the boss getting at?