I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 176

Silence ensued after Anna stated her request. It was so quiet in the room that one could have heard a pin drop. Anna clenched her fists nervously as she fixed her eyes on Fu Chengyan. Even though she was fearful of him, she had to give it a shot to help Su Su out.

Anna was not the only one who was highly strung, An Chenyu was feeling nervous too. After all, the man whom they were talking to was the legendary Fu Chengyan of the Jiang City. Even if An Chenyu had only heard of the man’s prowess in the past, he had witnessed what happened to Anna. As such, he knew very well that Fu Chengyan was much more formidable than what he had shown so far.

Fu Chengyan twitched his lips and looked at Anna as he let out a soft laugh. Then, he picked up a card and twirled it between his slender fingers. “Has Ms. Anna thought it through? It’s not often that I owe people favors. Since I promised to return you one, I will definitely keep to my word. But are you sure that you want to use your chance on an unrelated person?”

Anna took a deep breath and replied resolutely, “Perhaps to Mr. Fu, Su Su is an insignificant person but she’s my friend. I know that Su Su and I used to assist Shi Wei in her plots against Shi Nuan and I deserved to be punished for that. But Mr. Fu, on the account that Su Su and I have already received our punishments. Can you please forgive us? After all, Shi Nuan… is fine!”

“Shi Nuan is fine because she was lucky. It doesn’t mean that you people don’t need to be punished!” Fu Chengyan’s voice hardened. “If she wasn’t lucky, she would have already gone through what you and your friend experienced, isn’t it?”

Anna was loss for words because she knew that Fu Chengyan was right. Anna was fearful of the man because whatever he stated were facts. That was also the reason she chose to use up the huge favor in exchange for Su Su’s safety. “Mr. Fu, I’m begging you. I know that it’s just a lift of a finger for you to help us but for Su Su and I, it would be a new lease of life. We have already learnt from our mistakes. Su Su has even told me that she hates Shi Wei. She has already repented.”

A half-concealed glint appeared in Fu Chengyan’s elongated eyes. “Did she say that herself?” He asked.

Anna nodded and replied, “She knows that Shi Wei was only making use of us to get even with Shi Nuan. After her ordeal, Su Su hates Shi Wei to the bones. We never expected that she would expose those photos! We… Mr. Fu, please, if you could help us this time, we will definitely look out for Mrs. Fu if Shi Wei intends to harm her again. We will do anything you ask us to!”

Fu Chengyan put his hand up as an indication for Anna to stop talking. “The two of you may go now!”

“Mr. Fu!” Anna was not willing to resign.

Fu Chengyan did not respond but took a glance at An Chenyu instead. At once, the other man understood what he meant. He pulled Anna up from the chair and said, “Mr. Fu has agreed. Let’s go!”

“Really?” Anna still couldn’t believe her luck. However, she knew that An Chenyu wouldn’t lie to her. With that in mind, she finally felt relieved and said, “Thanks, Mr. Fu. My brother and I shall excuse ourselves then.”

Anna and An Chenyu had already reached the door when she stopped and turned around. She looked at Fu Chengyan and said, “Mr. Fu, is it ok for me to ask you something?”

Fu Chengyan raised his eyebrows and replied, “Shoot!”

“Were you the one behind Su Su’s incident?”

Anna’s heart was thumping so hard when she asked the question. After all, she did not have a good grasp of Fu Chengyan’s personality, not to mention knowing where his limits were.

Upon hearing the woman’s question, Fu Chengyan threw the card onto the table. Rubbing his fingers against the back of his hand, he threw the question back to her. “What do you think?”

Anna shook her head. “I don’t know!”

She held her breath as she waited for Fu Chengyan’s reply. In fact, An Chenyu was curious to know the answer too. After a long pause, Fu Chengyan finally spoke. He said in a clear and nonchalant voice with a tone of menace, “If I were the one, her current state would be ten times worse!”

Color drained from Anna’s face as she staggered two steps back. Fortunately, she did not fall as An Chenyu caught her just in time.

An Chenyu supported Anna, who was out of sorts as they walked out of the room. Zhou Zheng left after them, shutting the door behind him.

Su Shaoqing brushed his fingers against his chin as he said, “Chengyan, it seems like you have already mastered the art of scaring others.”

Fu Chengyan raised his eyes and cast a sideways glance at Su Shaoqing. “Do you wish to experience it too?”

Su Shaoqing’s expression changed at once. Arching his brow, he said, “No thanks. I can’t afford this special treatment. But things are getting interesting. I didn’t expect that someone would take action before you.”

Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes as he replied, “I’m not surprised that he did that.”

“Tsk-tsk!” Su Shaoqing shook his head and let out a sigh. “Yun Shen seems to be much more decisive than his brother.”

Fu Chengyan glanced at Su Shaoqing indifferently and replied, “He can’t keep his cool.”

Su Shaoqing nodded his head in agreement. Yun Shen was definitely more ruthless than Yun Jing. Because of that, the Yun family was wary of him and had been trying to diminish the sphere of Yun Shen’s influence. Even though Su Shaoqing was not interested in business matters, he knew a little about the happenings of the rich and powerful families.

Yun Shen was a rare talent indeed. He often gave people the impression that he was unrestrained and frivolous but those were just defenses which he had put up on the surface.

In fact, Su Su’s incident was Yun Shen’s deliberate act. It was to affirm other’s impression of him and also throw a warning to both the Yun and the Shi families. He was definitely not a simple man.

The extent of his ruthlessness was comparable to Fu Chengyan’s. He had even gotten two men to humiliate Su Su and that shocked Shi Wei.

“I’m actually curious to know why he didn’t deal with Shi Wei directly.” Su Shaoqing tut-tutted and continued, “You’re no different. You could have destroyed that bi**h with one finger but chose to let her get away with it for so long!”

“There’s no rush!” Fu Chengyan cocked his eye, before continuing, “Have you watched the cartoon Tom and Jerry? Having Jerry as his meal was never Tom’s goal.” The man’s plan was to torture Shi Wei to death. She would be tormented slowly until she took her last breath.

“Tsk-tsk, if you were born in the old era, what’s waiting for Shi Wei would definitely be the torture chambers!” Su Shaoqing shook his head. “OK, it’s getting late!”

“It’s indeed getting late. I should go home now!” Fu Chengyan agreed and stood up. He slung his jacket across one arm and put his other hand casually in his pocket. “Follow me to my place and take Arnold back with you!”

“No, I’m not free now!” Su Shaoqing panicked when he heard that and tried to escape. However, Fu Chengyan stood in front of him swiftly, blocking his way and stared at him with a pair of stern-looking eyes. “Take it away!” He insisted. It was really inconvenient with Arnold staying at Wutong Residence. He felt that it was an invasion of May and his privacy.

Naturally, Su Shaoqing was not willing to budge. “You think I don’t know? You are sending Arnold away because you are irritated that he is affecting your privacy! C’mon! He’s just a dog. Besides, he’s YOUR dog!”

“Since you knew that he has come in the way between May and I, you should just adopt it then”

The two men started getting physical with each other as the argument progressed. It was not clear who started the fight but they were already throwing kicks and punches at each other when they finally realized what they were doing.

Fu Chengyan’s blows were powerful but Su Shaoqing was not any weaker. He managed to dodged every blow and had even made some impressive moves himself.

After some time, none of them got the upper hand but sustained some injuries. However, it seemed like Su Shaoqing had more bruises on his body not including the parts that were covered by his clothes.

Su Shaoqing had always told Li Heng that Fu Chengyan was a sinister and crafty man, who would never allow himself to be taken advantage of.

Apart from the few punches to Su Shaoqing’s face, Fu Chengyan had also attacked him at various areas that were covered such as his stomach, waist and calves. Those were solid punches.

Even though Fu Chengyan was also hit by Su Shaoqing, he had managed to dodge most of the blows. As such, even though he was also injured, it was not serious.

Su Shaoqing panted heavily as he raised up his arms to surrender. “I lost! You win, OK? I’ll take Arnold away immediately!” Su Shaoqing said grumpily. “Why are you fighting with your best friend over a dog! Does that even make sense?”

Zhou Zheng, who had witnessed the comical scene of the two grown man fighting each other was trying to suppress his laughter. He had been standing at the doorway for some time. Even if he wanted to help, there was nothing he could do.

Everyone knew that these two men were skilled fighters. They would not showed their prowess easily but every blow they let out could be lethal if they did so.

As Su Shaoqing swept his gaze towards Zhou Zheng, who seemed to be enjoying himself, Zhou Zheng straightened his back immediately and said, “Mr. Fu, Mr. An and Ms. Anna have left. Mr. An wanted me to convey his gratitude to you.”

Fu Chengyan frowned and nodded his head. Su Shaoqing was bemused. “Why did he thank you after you have threatened him? Maybe he’s cursing you behind your back!”

Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes and cracked his knuckles. “It seems like you are itching for another round?”

“No, thank you!” Su Shaoqing shook his head at once. “I have admitted defeat. Chengyan, I still have a surgery to perform in the afternoon. Do you know how precious my hands are? I have even insured them for one billion! You can hit my face but have mercy on my hands yeah?”

Zhou Zheng finally let out a laugh as he heard Su Shaoqing’s words. He had been trying really hard to keep it in. However, as the man was trained by Fu Chengyan after all, he possessed superior mental qualities. Zhou Zheng swiftly returned to his serious mode and said, “Mr. Su, Mr. Fu had referred Ms. Anna to a top cosmetic surgeon in the world.”

Su Shaoqing was suddenly enlightened. “Ms. Anna’s face did look a little… horrifying!” Su Shaoqing could still see her scars clearly although she had applied makeup, Physical appearance was everything to a woman.

Although Fu Chengyan suffered some bruises on his face, it was still the envy of both men and women. It had not diminished his imposing aura in the slightest bit. The man had walked off after he smoothed out his shirt.

“Hey, wait up!” Su Shaoqing ended up following Fu Chengyan back to the Wutong Residence and took Arnold with him.

As Arnold was being led away by Su Shaoqing, he barked continuously. When they reached the gate, he scratched on it frantically and looked at Fu Chengyan and Shi Nuan with pitiful eyes. It tugged at the woman’s heartstrings. “Can we not send him away?” She asked.