I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 326

Deciding that it wasn’t a conversation that she wanted to hear, Ning Xi clenched her fists and said, “I should help out in the kitchen.”

After Ning Xi left, Li Heng curled his lips. “Are you sure that the Ning family will accept her?”

Pei Jingxiu gave him a stern look and rebuked, “There’s nothing that I can’t do!”

“I know, but she’s innocent!” Li Heng got up and patted Pei Jingxiu on the back. “Jingxiu, I’m sure there are other approaches…”

“I’m not going to change my decision. Mind your own business.” Pei Jingxiu removed Li Heng’s hand from his back forcefully. “Didn’t you tell me that Uncle Bei will be back soon? After all, he’s your grandfather’s favorite son. They probably only want you back because he’s missing.”

“I know.” Li Heng’s gaze darkened. Despite his unwillingness, his family didn’t let him off. “How are things at the company?”

“Everything’s fine, don’t worry.” Pei Jingxiu smiled vaguely when the door was flung open again. Fu Chengyan wasn’t surprised to see him. After pausing to take off his shoes, he joined the two other men in the living room.

Fu Chengyan asked Li Heng, “Do you know He Beiting?”

Li Heng frowned at the mention of the name. Fumbling with the pack of cigarettes in his pocket, he answered absent-mindedly, “I think I’ve heard of that name before, but I can’t remember who he is.”

He had quit smoking ever since Pei Huan became pregnant. After their separation, he still had regular cravings for it, but he never smoked.

“I remember that guy vaguely. My source from C Country tells me that he usually travels back and forth between C Country and other neighboring countries. He’s indeed married to Huan, but they aren’t really together. Huan must have married him for other reasons.”

Li Heng nodded. “I know that.”

“Where’s Bao?” Realizing that the kid was missing from the living room, Fu Chengyan frowned.

“He’s upstairs.” But as Li Heng pronounced the words, he had a terrible feeling that something was very, very wrong.

He sprung up from his seat and dashed upstairs immediately. After exchanging worried glances, Fu Chengyan and Pei Jingxiu followed him.

The terrible feeling at the back of his head got stronger when he reached the upper floor. Rushing toward Bao’s room, he only had enough time to react when the shadow in the room discovered him and launched an attack on him.

Soon, Li Heng and the man in black were fighting in Bao’s room.

The man was exceptionally skillful in combat. Li Heng couldn’t get the upper hand when the man attacked with such ferocity.

When Fu Chengyan and Pei Jingxiu saw the fight between Li Heng and the man, Pei Jingxiu joined the fight and helped Li Heng subdue the man by kicking him hard.

Pei Jingxiu moved forward to grab the man, but he was temporarily blinded by a substance sprayed at his eyes.

The man was gone before the others could catch him. Instead of joining the pursuit, which would be fruitless, they turned to Li Heng. “Are you okay?”

Li Heng’s brows were still knitted, but he relaxed slightly at the sight of Bao asleep. However, he tensed up when he saw the syringe on the floor.

“Wait!” Fu Chengyan called Zhou Zheng immediately and ordered him to investigate the names of the visitors that day and strengthen Wutong Residence’s security system. After hanging up, he stared warily at the syringe in Li Heng’s hand.

“Someone is trying to make a move!”

The color drained from Li Heng’s face. Pei Jingxiu gave him a pat on the back and said, “That must be Qin Xiao, the Qin clan’s most skillful assassin. He was the one who attacked Chengyan…”

Fu Chengyan said, “I’ll get Shaoqing up here to take a look at the syringe’s contents. Bao…” Li Heng hurried over to Bao’s bed to check on him. He was still sleeping soundly.

However, when he lifted Bao’s blanket, he spotted a tiny puncture on Bao’s arm. Li Heng’s eyes were filled with a fierceness that only a protective father could possess. But as he scooped Bao up and made his way to leave, Pei Jingxiu halted him. “Wait! We should let Shaoqing have a look at him first. And what would Pei Huan think if you carry Bao off without a valid explanation?”

Li Heng knitted his brows. “But…”

“Let Shaoqing have a look first.”

Fu Chengyan appeared at the door with Su Shaoqing behind him. The latter had already wiped off his usual cheeky grin and had a stern look on his face. Walking toward Li Heng, he said, “Put Bao down on the bed.”

Li Heng followed his instructions. After checking Bao’s body and temperature, Su Shaoqing said, “He’s fine currently, but I have to analyze the contents of the syringe and draw Bao’s blood for a thorough check-up.”

“Do whatever you have to!” Li Heng nodded.

“If the contents of the syringe prove to be some kind of virus, Bao may… If I can’t prove anything, I may need to proceed with more lab tests. Meanwhile, you have to be prepared that anything can happen, since different viruses have different incubation periods. As for Pei Huan…”