I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 367

Ten years ago?

Shi Nuan stared at Fu Chengyan in confusion. She could still feel the tingling sensation his finger left on her lips. She could hear her heart throbbing at his bewitching voice.

For the rest of the night, Shi Nuan couldn’t get the question off her mind, even when they got home after dinner.

Ten years ago, I was still a kid, right? Did I fall from the tree?

Shi Nuan narrowed her eyes as she tried to jog her memory. She was curious as to why Fu Chengyan would ask her such a bizarre question. Did I fall from a tree ten years ago and hit him?

“What do you have on your mind now?”

Fu Chengyan got out of the bathroom and noticed the blank expression on Shi Nuan’s face. He dried his hair with a towel and walked to her. Then, he knocked on the nook of her head as he saw that she was still in a stupor. “What’s wrong?”

Shi Nuan broke out of her trance and shook her head. “Nothing. I feel like I was thinking about something earlier but I can’t remember what it was.” Shi Nuan pouted and spun her head around while chanting a string of gibberish as if she were performing a ritual on herself.

Fu Chengyan’s fingers clamped onto Shi Nuan’s small head. He spoke in a sturdy tone with a sliver of admonishment, “Stop moving!”

“Okay!” Shi Nuan stopped bobbing her head around. However, her mind was still running. “Yan, did you know me a long time ago? You secretly admired me for many years, right?”

Shi Nuan extended her neck upwards like a giraffe and stared at Fu Chengyan seriously.

She had run through many possibilities in her head but she found this the most plausible. Honestly, she didn’t believe in love at first sight, at least not in the relationship she had with Fu Chengyan.

The man’s dark eyes were twinkling as if they had a lot to tell Shi Nuan. Fu Chengyan reached out a finger and swept her bangs to one side. Shi Nuan’s petite face was beaming like a full moon. He prodded the tip of her nose. “Just guess.”

“No, I don’t want to!” Shi Nuan shoved Fu Chengyan aside. “You are such a hooligan. Everyone who doesn’t know said you are a tame and harmless sheep, but I say you are a big bad wolf hiding under a sheep’s hide.”

“Hmm?” Fu Chengyan lifted one of his brows. “What are you talking about?” With a scoop, he had Shi Nuan falling into his embrace. He pinched her nose and ordered, “Say it again!”

…

Meanwhile, a fatigued Shen Qianan finally returned to the Fu Residence. After rejecting Shi Nuan’s offer to fetch her home, she had no luck in hailing a cab. She then walked across the road for the bus stop. As she waited for the bus to come, she saw Fu Chengyan and Shi Nuan walking out of Ruyi Tea House. Only then did she know that Fu Chengyan also went to the tea house.

Why did he go to the tea house? Was he worried about what I’ll do to Shi Nuan? Or did he have qualms about how Shi Nuan will treat me?

Shen Qianan soon realized that her heart was uncontrollably getting jealous of Shi Nuan.

Earlier that day, Shen Qianan suffered a crushing defeat when she was trading blows with Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan seemed nonchalant when she was replying to Shen Qianan. But the truth was that every single of her words slammed down Shen Qianan’s attempt at provoking her. Shen Qianan had to admit that Shi Nuan was quite a formidable woman. She could now see why Fu Chengyan liked her.

Nevertheless, this acknowledgement of what Shi Nuan was capable of made Shen Qianan quiver in green envy.

Shen Qianan was pacing outside the gates of the Fu Residence until the servant gave her a call saying that Yu was crying because he couldn’t find his mother. Only then did Shen Qianan hurry into the house.

Upon entering the house, Yu rushed into Shen Qianan’s embrace. “Mommy!”

Shen Qianan stumbled as Yu charged into her. The servant held her steady from behind. “Ms. Shen, are you alright?”

“Yep, I’m fine!” Shen Qianan shook her head and hoisted Yu into the air. “What’s the matter, Yu?”

“Mommy, can we go home? I don’t want to be here! I don’t want to stay here anymore!” Yu hugged his mother tight as if he were afraid of something. “Mommy, you are a liar! You said we are going to find Daddy! Where is he?”

Shen Qianan’s face stiffened at the mention of Yu’s father.

Song Zhenyan and Ning Xin, who appeared behind Shen Qianan at that moment, also looked grim.

“Yu, be a good kid, okay? Daddy is busy with his work at the moment. Once he’s not busy, he will come to visit you!” Shen Qianan could no longer care too much. All she wanted at the moment was for her baby boy to feel better.

Yet, Yu only seemed to cry louder. “Mommy, you’re a liar! Everyone says Daddy doesn’t want me anymore! They say my Daddy isn’t my Daddy! They are bad people!”

Yu pointed a finger at Song Zhenyan. “She’s a bad person, Mommy! Can you chase her away?”