I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 316

“Do you really mean it?” Hope rekindled in Fu Jiaqi’s eyes. She couldn’t believe Lai Jingdong’s words. “Are you not bluffing?”

“You of all people should know that I never lie. I will definitely keep to my promise!” Lai Jingdong’s eyes were fixated on Fu Jiaqi. “You cannot change the situation you were born into, but you sure can alter the path of your destiny. I stopped loving you not because you no longer belong to the Fu family. I stopped loving you because you did too many things that I find unacceptable. Jiaqi, if you are willing to better yourself, I will learn to have you back in my life. I promise I will not bring up divorce ever again!”

“Are you for real?” Fu Jiaqi still couldn’t quite believe her ears until she saw Lai Jingdong nodding. She felt herself loosening up, but in the next instant, she seemed to remember something and wrapped her arms around her belly. “But…”

“But what?” Lai Jingdong cast a questioning gaze at Fu Jiaqi. He was confused as to what concerns Fu Jiaqi still had at this point in time, especially since she was in a dead-end now. “Do you still not trust me?”

“No! I trust you!” Fu Jiaqi shook her head violently. “I believe in everything you said. O-okay, I’ll tell you about what happened three years ago. To be honest, until today, I am still not sure what happened to Pei Huan. I remember someone calling me on the phone…” Fu Jiaqi gave Lai Jingdong the entire account of what she knew about the incident that happened three years ago.

In another room, Li Heng and Su Shaoqing were monitoring the two of them via the security camera. They were able to eavesdrop on the information Fu Jiaqi was sharing.

Su Shaoqing scoffed and patted Li Heng on his shoulder. “I didn’t think that a guy like Lai Jingdong would be willing to sacrifice his happiness for Pei Huan.”

Suddenly, before Su Shaoqing could finish his sentence, he felt a pressing killer intent directed at him. The next instant, Su Shaoqing ducked down as a fist came flying at his face. He took a step back and avoided Li Heng’s punch. “What the hell are you doing, Li Heng!” Su Shaoqing was confounded by Li Heng’s sudden outburst at him. What’s wrong with me suggesting that Lai Jingdong fancies Pei Huan a lot?

Li Heng narrowed his eyes and continued to throw a few more punches at Su Shaoqing. Each of his attacks seemed to carry his entire body weight. For the next few minutes, Su Shaoqing was busy dodging the incoming blows from Li Heng. Finally, Su Shaoqing tired himself out and raised both of his hands in defeat. “Alright, alright! I won’t say anything about Lai Jingdong and Pei Huan again! Pei Huan belongs to you and no one else!”

Only then Li Heng came to a rest. His fiery eyes met Su Shaoqing’s, and he said, “You are weaker now.”

“Of course! My hands are built to hold scalpels, not to fight you!” Su Shaoqing was never really interested in martial arts or anything that involved physical violence. I am a literal gentleman, okay?

Li Heng’s lips curled up into a crescent. He took the jacket hanging on the chair. “Since you’re the one who brought him here, you take care of him later when he’s done.”

“Hey, don’t go yet! You want me to settle the rest alone?” Su Shaoqing bawled but Li Heng was already gone.

“That rascal! He just likes to make my life difficult!” Yet, as much as Su Shaoqing didn’t want to confront the couple, he still went down to the darkroom a few moments later.

At this point, Lai Jingdong had already calmed Fu Jiaqi down. When he saw Su Shaoqing walking into the room, he asked, “Where’s Li Heng?”

“He left. If there’s anything important, just let me know.” Su Shaoqing simpered as his eyes fell onto Fu Jiaqi.

That stare instantly made Fu Jiaqi’s hair stand on end. She tugged at Lai Jingdong’s shirt restlessly. “Jingdong!”

Lai Jingdong faltered as he tried to endure the discomfort, and gently patted her on the back. “It’s okay! He won’t do anything to you.”

Even though Lai Jingdong had reassured her, Fu Jiaqi still stared at Su Shaoqing watchfully.

Su Shaoqing snickered, “You don’t have to be so afraid of me, Mrs. Lai! After all, we were once on pretty good terms! Rest assured, you can always tell me if anyone does anything to you.”

Fu Jiaqi shrank her body and stepped backward just as Lai Jingdong wrinkled his brows. “Mr. Su, if there isn’t anything else, I’ll bring her away with me.”

“Oh. That’s fine with me. However…” As Su Shaoqing spoke, his gaze returned to Fu Jiaqi. Immediately, every inch of Fu Jiaqi’s body tensed up. Su Shaoqing looked at her with a vague smile, his eyes moving down to her belly before shifting back to her face again. “Mrs. Lai, you don’t seem well. Before you leave, why not come to my hospital for a visit? It’ll make it complimentary for you.”

“No need!” Fu Jiaqi declined in a hurry.

Fu Jiaqi’s abrupt refusal made her smell fishy. Lai Jingdong also felt that Fu Jiaqi was acting weird. Nevertheless, he glanced at the wounds all over her body, then at Su Shaoqing’s strange expression, and figured that she must be afraid of him. “It’s okay, Mr. Su. I will tend to her injuries myself.”

“That’s fine with me. Bye then. See you again!”

Su Shaoqing writhed his lips. His eyes stayed glued on Fu Jiaqi as the couple took their leave.

Fu Jiaqi could also feel that someone was throwing daggers at her back. To her, this was as terrorizing as the treatment she had received in the past few days. Fu Jiaqi clutched Lai Jingdong’s hand tightly. “Jingdong, let’s go!”

Su Shaoqing’s smile vanished. But when he turned around and saw Jiang Hu, he was again grinning. “Have you been staring at me this whole time?”

“Master Shaoqing, won’t it be better if we keep her locked up here? What if she stirs up trouble again?” Jiang Hu recalled that the woman seemed to also have visited this place four years ago, but that was apparently not enough for her to learn her lesson.

“Nah, you have overestimated her. She won’t be much of a threat to us. For the time being, I reckon she will stay low. However, speaking about that woman, I think we have something interesting to expect from her belly.” Even though Lai Jingdong promised Fu Jiaqi not to divorce her, Su Shaoqing had a feeling that someday in the near future, he would have to help Lai Jingdong take care of his deranged wife.

Now that Li Heng had what he wanted from Fu Jiaqi, he got in touch with Fu Chengyan at once. “She’s in C Country.”