She felt a sudden pressure on her shoulder so she lifted her head and bore into his eyes.
Fu Chengyan consoled her as he patted her on the shoulder, “You still have me!” Shi Nuan grinned and placed her hand on Fu Chengyan’s, “I know!” She couldn’t imagine what would happen to her if it wasn’t for Fu Chengyan.
Initially, Shi Nuan started going out with Fu Chengyan in order to break free from the Shi family and she never thought she would fall for him. Her encounter with Fu Chengyan was totally unexpected but she never regretted it.
“Don’t worry, I’m not the old naive Shi Nuan anymore and I won’t be deceived. But I’m worried that she would ask me to date Su Bancheng. You can’t let Su Shaoqing back us up all the time! On top of that, I’m afraid Su Bancheng’s parents would know about this!”
“Don’t worry, Su Bancheng will take care of it!” Fu Chengyan held her hands as he sat on the sofa with Shi Nuan in his arms while drying her hair with carefully, “You don’t have to worry about this.”
“Oh…and today Su Shaoqing was harsh to my mom. Do you think my mom would go to Su Bancheng’s mother?”
Fu Chengyan paused; the thought had never occurred to him. However, he said, “That wouldn’t be much of a problem, Shaoqing and Su Bancheng will take care of it.”
“Oh…alright!” Shi Nuan nodded, “That would be great.”
On the other hand, Su Yunwan had ended the call but her brows creased in displease.
She had been in poor health since she gave birth to Su Bancheng. She had insisted on giving birth to Su Bancheng and her health had deteriorated since.
All these years, Su Yunwan had been living a solitary life in Jiang City ever since she came back from Sheen City. Jiang Yu had contacted her out of the blue and brought up the past. Su Yunwan had always remembered that she owed Jiang Yu a favor and that was the reason why she set up the blind date.
But it seemed like Jiang Yu had changed a lot after all these years.
“Cheng!” Su Yunwan was holding on a string of chanting beads and she shook her head slightly, “I heard that you quarreled with your Aunt Jiang today?”
Su Bancheng was brewing tea and he paused for a while. He furrowed his brows but smiled and casually poured Su Yunwan a cup of tea, “It’s no big deal.”
“Is it? But your Aunt Jiang said you turned her goodwill down. I heard that the missy of the Shi family is quite a nice lady. Cheng, you’re not young anymore. You should spend more time with her and maybe you would start having feelings for her.”
Su Bancheng nodded, “Mother, I understand what you mean. Ms. Shi may be a nice lady but I have no control over my feelings.” Su Bancheng raised his hand to hand Su Yunwan a cup of tea and his gaze bored straight into her eyes.
Su Yunwan’s hand paused in mid-air while holding her teacup. She was a little lost in Su Bancheng’s gaze but she managed to return to her senses. “Mother was not trying to pressure you but I owe her a favor and now she asked for…”
“That would be easy. If mother had owed her a favor, I shall return her the favor as your son. I can definitely show up on the blind date. But I suppose mother had mistaken Aunt Jiang’s intention.”
“What do you mean?”
“Aunt Jiang wants me to marry Shi Nuan right away.” Su Bancheng’s gaze was cold, “Mother, do you know what’s at stake?”
“Fine, I will leave it up to you. But how long are you planning to stay this time?” Su Yunwan said, “It’s not appropriate for you to stay in Jiang City for long since you’re a member of the Jiang family. Don’t forget you’re the heir of the Jiang family, your father…”
“Mother!” Su Bancheng intervened in Su Yunwan’s words. He narrowed his eyes was getting impatience, “I know what I’m doing. Everything is under control in Sheen City. Mother, I will claim everything that belongs to me, don’t you have faith in your son?”
“Fine!” Su Yunwan pursed her lips. She put down her teacup and picked up her prayer beads.
Su Bancheng understood that they would never come to a consensus on this topic, “Mother, you should rest earlier today. I’d better get going now!”
Su Bancheng called Su Shaoqing as soon as he left Su Yunwan’s room, “What have you done today?”
Su Shaoqing had just arrived home and was about to call it a day when he received Su Bancheng’s call. He raised his brow at Su Bancheng’s interrogative tone, “What else could I have done? I went to see Shi Nuan at your request, didn’t I?
Su Bancheng squinted his eyes, “What did you say to Jiang Yu? She was furious that she gave my mother a call!”
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