I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 263

“Yan, aren’t you being overly cautious?” It wasn’t just Su Shaoqing. Shi Nuan, too, felt that Fu Chengyan was going a little overboard.

Just then, Fu Chengyan’s phone started ringing. He picked up his phone, saw the name on the display, and waved it in front of Su Shaoqing and Shi Nuan. “Speak of the devil.”

Fu Chengyuan answered the call. “Hello?”

“Yan, it’s me, your uncle!”

“I know,” Fu Chengyan smirked. “What can I do for you, uncle?”

“Are you free tomorrow? Let’s meet up. We haven’t seen each other in a while.” Song Huaiyan’s dignified and authoritative tone travelled clearly through the phone.

Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes and raised his hand to signal Su Shaoqing and Shi Nuan to keep silent. He then shifted his seating position and used his other hand to hold Shi Nuan’s, gently squeezing her hand and playing with her fingers absentmindedly.

“Uncle, you’re in Jiang City?” Fu Chengyan sounded indifferent, causing Song Huaiyan to frown slightly. “Yes. Jingyu had left home for many months now, and she refuses to go back to the capital. I miss her so much that I decided to come here myself.”

“That’s great. Jingyu and my mother have been staying at the Fu family house for a while now. Since you’re here, be sure to stay for a few more days, then you can arrange for mother and Jingyu to travel back with you.”

“This…” Song Huaiyan wouldn’t have guessed that the normally dignified Fu Chengyan would forget his manners and be so frank with him.

Song Huaiyan was at a loss for words, but Fu Chengyan chuckled lightly. “I’ll rearrange my schedule tomorrow so I can meet up with you, uncle. Come to think about it, I haven’t seen you since that incident happened three years ago.”

His words hid a deeper meaning, but it was clear that Fu Chengyan didn’t think much of his uncle Song Huaiyan. Despite how agitated he felt, Song Huaiyan couldn’t say anything. “That’s good then. How about tomorrow morning? I’ll be…”

“You’re the guest, so I’ll sort out the location and let you know tomorrow. It’s getting late, so I think I should go. Please excuse my discourtesy.”

Fu Chengyan hung up the call first, a crafty and mocking smile burgeoning on his face. Su Shaoqing clucked his tongue at Fu Chengyan. “Fu Chengyan, you’re getting ahead of yourself. No matter where you stand today, Song Huaiyan is still your uncle and your elder. Aren’t you afraid of angering him?”

Fu Chengyan sniggered, his eyes filling with contempt. “Do you think he’ll go against me when he’s trying his best to orchestrate this wedding between me and Song Jingyu?” Fu Chengyan tapped his fingers. “Alright, you’ve enjoyed the show. You can scram now.”

“Fu Chengyan, you’re getting really good at using people and kicking them aside when you’re done!” Su Shaoqing whine indignantly, but was still self-aware enough to let himself out.

After Su Shaoqing left, Shi Nuan turned to look at Fu Chengyan. “Are you sure it’s alright to openly go against your uncle?” Shi Nuan was still worried.

Even though Shi Nuan had never met Song Huaiyan, she had seen what Song Zhenyan and Song Jingyu were capable of. Those two were a pain to deal with. Many a time Fu Chengyan made his intentions crystal clear through his actions and words, so clear that it made her, an outsider, feel awkward. And yet Song Zhenyan and Song Jingyu still feigned ignorance.

Fu Chengyan smiled, pulled Shi Nuan into his embrace, and caressed her. “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. If I weren’t certain, I wouldn’t be doing it.”

“Alright,” nodded Shi Nuan. “So you’re really going to see your uncle tomorrow? Why do you think he came over?”

“To get to the bottom of things,” Fu Chengyan sniggered. “My uncle does things meticulously and always thinks things through. He doesn’t trust others; he has to be the one to do it so he can be sure.”

“So you’re going to meet him tomorrow to placate him?” Shi Nuan raised an eyebrow, but burst into laughter when she saw Fu Chengyan’s surprised expression. “I guessed correctly?”

“This is why I always say that our May is a very smart and teachable.” Fu Chengyan tapped Shi Nuan’s nose affectionately. “He’s not planning to take action this time round. As much as he spoils Song Jingyu, he wouldn’t ruin his plans just for her.”

“So you’re saying that Song Jingyu is part of a bigger plan?” Shi Nuan couldn’t fully understand what Fu Chengyan was getting at, but she could tell that Song Huaiyan had many tricks up his sleeve.

“That’s very likely. I don’t know what his end goal is, but I know he is very ambitious. Before the relationship between Fu Clan and the Song family became tense, he stayed under the radar, biding his time, but it seems like he’s getting impatient now,” Fu Chengyan smiled. “This is something that needs to be taken care of eventually.”

“By the way, you mentioned ‘three years ago’ earlier. What happened three years ago?” Shi Nuan remembered that Fu Chengyan had spoken through gritted teeth, and his displeasure towards Song Huaiyan was obvious.