I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 224

Zhou Zheng handed Xinhuang’s shortlisted names to Fu Chengyan, of which Shi Wei wasn’t included. Fu Chengyan took a quick glance before chucking it on the table. “No one in Xinhuang fancies Shi Wei?”

Zhou Zheng shook his head. “From what I hear, Shi Wei doesn’t get along well with others and doesn’t mingle much with Xinhuang’s other artists. She scoffs at the veteran artists and looks down at the newer ones.” Zhou Zheng truly felt that it was a miracle Shi Wei had survived in the entertainment industry for so long with that personality of hers. If it wasn’t for a good manager, Shi Wei would’ve likely been buried long ago.

Fu Chengyan grinned, “Put her name on the list. Then we have Bai Qing and Hai Na. And add another…” Fu Chengyan looked through the list again. “Her!” he pointed. “I heard Shi Wei’s manager came to look for you?”

Zhou Zheng froze. “Mr. Fu, you really are something!” He hadn’t even reported this to Fu Chengyan, and yet he already knew.

Fu Chengyan looked up and gave Zhou Zheng a look. “Qin Hong saw Shi Wei’s car when she went down to look for you.

Ahh, so it was Qin Hong who told Fu Chengyan. Fu Chengyan rarely paid attention to Xinhuang’s matters. If it wasn’t to get Shi Wei onto the list, Fu Chengyan most likely wouldn’t even have bothered with any of this. “Guan Jing hopes that Shi Wei can attend Shengyuan’s annual meeting. But I’m a little confused. You want her to join?”

“It’s alright, you don’t have to understand it now. Just follow my instructions.” Fu Chengyan returned the name list to Zhou Zheng. “Let Qin Hong know to finalize these four and have them prepare. Also, finalize all the programs for that day.”

“Yes, sir.”

After Zhou Zheng left, Fu Chengyan received a call from Song Zhenyan. “Yan, I heard your Uncle went to stay at Wutong Residence?”

Fu Chengyan didn’t answer Song Zhenyan’s question, which only angered her greatly. Song Zhenyan hadn’t known about this until she heard the servants at the Fu family home commenting about Fu Heng moving some of his stuff to Wutong Residence. It was only then when Song Zhenyan realized that Fu Heng and Ning Xin had moved out instead of just taking a short trip. This was a shocking piece of news for her.

Song Zhenyan was Fu Chengyan’s biological mother, but their relationship these recent years weren’t that great and had even gotten pretty icy at one point. The incident from three years ago had also caused Fu Chengyan to completely lose his patience with her.

His mother, Song Zhenyan, was always a proud woman. How can I bear to see my own son not only distancing himself from me but also getting closer to Fu Heng and Ning Xin?

That Ning Xin. I hate her! Way back then, Ning Xin was a nobody when compared to me. And yet, that nobody somehow managed to get her hands on Fu Heng and have him be so dedicated to her. Who knew what lengths she had gone to!

Song Zhenyan gritted her teeth, “Yan, you are my son, not Ning Xin’s. For all these years, you’ve been so nice to her. Have you thought about how that makes me feel?” She just couldn’t watch Fu Chengyan be nice to Ning Xin. In fact, she couldn’t stand anyone treating Ning Xin nicely.

Who does she think she is? What does she have? Nothing! She has nothing but racked with illnesses, that is!

Song Zhenyan’s face twisted in anger and roared, “Yan! I’m your biological mother! Me!”

“You don’t have to remind me, mother. I have never denied this fact.”

“But you…”

“I treat her well because she’s Uncle’s wife, and she was the one who raised me. I don’t think what I’m saying is wrong. Mother, don’t forget you were the one who didn’t want me and abandoned me when I was young, so you shouldn’t ask for too much now. You’re my biological mother, and that’s a fact no one can change.”

“Yan!” Song Zhenyan got a chill up her spine when she heard what Fu Chengyan said. She was truly afraid that Fu Chengyan would say even more hurtful things.

“Well, if you don’t have any other matters, I’ll get back to work now.”

“Yan!” Song Zhenyan quickly stopped Fu Chengyan from hanging up. “It’s been so many years, and you still can’t forgive me? The reason I came back was to make amends. Yan, I’m still your mother. Everything I do is for your own good. Can’t you forgive me? I…”

“What are you trying to say, mother?”

Just then, Mai Qi entered the office but was signaled by Fu Chengyan to remain silent. “If it’s nothing important, then it can wait till I get off work.”

“Yan, I don’t have any hidden agendas. But since your Uncle and Aunt can stay at your residence, then I would like to go too. You keep saying I abandoned you, but now that I’m here to make amends, shouldn’t you give me a chance and some time? You’re so good to Ning Xin because she accompanied you when you were growing up. So I’m promising you now, I will stay beside you. Let me stay at Wutong Residence?”

“There’s no need for that,” Fu Chengyan rejected the idea immediately. “Uncle and Aunt are just staying there because they want a change of scenery, and it’ll be good for Aunt’s health. As for you, mother, there are so many rooms at the Fu family house that you can stay in whichever one you please. I’m already an adult, so I don’t need you to watch over me nor do I have the time.”