I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 406

Shen Shixiu stood straight and nodded at Shi Nuan before flashing her a smile. “I guessed you wouldn’t take too long, so I decided to come down first and wait for you.”

Shi Nuan’s lip twitched. He is really unpredictable and seems to have more secrets than Fu Chengyan. Maybe it is because I don’t know him well enough, but he always seems to emit a mysterious aura.

“Ms. Shi?”

Seeing that Shi Nuan did not reply to him, Shen Shixiu smiled. “I won’t force you to show me around the city if you are busy. But it’s such a pity!”

At that, Shi Nuan could not help but smile. “Mr. Shen, please get into the car!”

Shen Shixiu opened the car door immediately and got in. Shi Nuan got into the car as well. “Mr. Shen, aren’t you curious to know what your sister has told me?”

“Do you want to share it with me?” Shen Shixiu turned to look at Shi Nuan quizzically after putting on his seat belt.

Shi Nuan fell silent before saying, “We merely talked about the different ways of life. I won’t bully your sister since you have absolute faith in me.”

Shen Shixiu smiled faintly. “You’re right, Ms. Shi. I’m not from Jiang City, so I will have to trouble you to show me around.”

“You mentioned that you would like to visit Jing University just now, right? Let us head over there now!” With that, Shi Nuan started driving in the direction of Jing University.

It was almost after-work hours, but Shen Shixiu was still immersed in his work and kept absolutely quiet as if he had forgotten that Shi Nuan was in the car with him. During the journey, Shi Nuan could not shake off the feeling that she was his chauffeur, although it was apparent that he did not feel the same way.

Around half an hour later, Shi Nuan parked the car in Jing University’s car park. She said nothing as Shen Shixiu was on a call.

At that moment, Fu Chengyan sent her a text message asking Shi Nuan about their whereabouts. Shi Nuan’s mind flew back to the conversation that she had eavesdropped on in the hotel, which had actually left a great impact on her.

Contrary to what she had told Shen Qianan, there were times when her mind wandered and doubted Fu Chengyan’s words that he had never treated her as Shen Qianan’s substitute. Only now did she realize that Shen Qianan was her substitute.

Smiling gleefully at that thought, she replied to Fu Chengyan’s message immediately: What would you like to eat tonight? Shall I cook for you?

Fu Chengyan had just ended his meeting when Shi Nuan’s message came in. Fu Chengyan stopped in his tracks and raised his head to look at Zhou Zheng and Mai Qi. “You guys go and get the stuff done now!” Fu Chengyan passed the document in his hand to Zhou Zheng.

“Yes!”

After Zhou Zheng and Mai Qi left, Fu Chengyan gave Shi Nuan a call. “Where are you now?”

Shi Nuan darted a sideward glance at Shen Shixiu and whispered as the latter was still on the phone, “I’m with Mr. Shen at Jing University.”

“You are still at Jing University?”

“Yes, we just arrived. Do you want to make a guess where we went just now?” Shi Nuan asked gleefully.

Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes. “You seem very happy?”

“I am!” How can I not be happy to learn that I’m not her substitute? Indeed, Shi Nuan was over the moon after learning the truth. Thus, she did not detect the displeasure in Fu Chengyan’s voice and continued happily, “Are you still working? What do you want to eat? Shall I buy dinner for you?”

“No need. Hurry up and come home!”

“Okay!” Shi Nuan hung up the phone and turned around to look at Shen Shixiu, who had ended the call and was looking at her intently.

His stare made Shi Nuan’s hair stand on end. She kept her phone hurriedly and said, “Mr. Shen, are you done with your work?”

“I’m sorry!” Shen Shixiu looked at Shi Nuan apologetically. “Ms. Shi, you seem very happy.”

“Yes!” Shi Nuan grinned, released her seat belt, and alighted from the car. “Mr. Shen, do you want to come out and take a walk? Jing University is right in front. I can show you around the university if you like!”

“That will be great!”

Shen Shixiu’s response caught Shi Nuan off-guard as she had only made the offer half-heartedly. Smiling, she started to lead the way.

Being a dutiful “tour guide”, she explained the history of Jing University to Shen Shixiu. After all, she had graduated from Jing University and was very familiar with its history.

Unbeknown to her, the eyes of Shen Shixiu, who was behind her, had lit up with amusement as he took in her lively eyes and animated expressions.

When they reached a boulevard, Shi Nuan was surprised to see her old professor playing chess under a tree.