I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 442

The paddle boat was a small human-powered watercraft. By peddling, it could be propelled around the river.

However, it was getting dark. The couple worried that they would drown if anything happened.

Shi Nuan coiled her arms around Fu Chengyan’s neck. She looked at him with a pitiful gaze. Of course, Fu Chengyan could tell that she was unwilling to leave the place without giving the paddle boat a try. He touched Shi Nuan’s forehead gently. “It’s okay. We can come back at an earlier time tomorrow. I’ll peddle with you for the whole day, alright?”

“It’s fine. I’m too old to make a fuss out of this anyway. I just feel bad for missing this since we’re already here.” Shi Nuan indeed wanted to go on the paddle boat but she was sensible enough to not make a scene for not getting her way. “Let me down. We can just take a stroll along the river bay. It’s quite windy!”

“Okay. Hmm, so you can walk on your own feet now, old granny?” Fu Chengyan tried to joke with Shi Nuan.

Shi Nuan’s face reddened and smacked Fu Chengyan on his shoulder. “Put me down now!”

The two of them walked along the river for quite some time until someone from the Fu Residence gave them a ring. It was Fu Zhengyun. “Do you guys know what time it is? The whole family is waiting for you for dinner!”

Fu Chengyan arched a brow. “Didn’t I tell you guys not to wait for us?”

“You…” Fu Zhengyun almost forgot to breathe. “Young man, watch your tone! Didn’t I say to come home earlier today for dinner?”

“Oh right! Oops, I forgot about it! Sorry!” Fu Chengyan sounded nonchalant. “You guys go ahead! It’s already way past dinner time anyway.”

“You little rascal! You may not want to eat, but my great-grandchildren are still waiting for their food!”

“Oh, they have already eaten,” Fu Chengyan replied. “Go ahead and have dinner without us, Grandpa!”

“Pft! You don’t take me seriously at all! Shi Nuan is now pregnant, mind you! What if she ate something that is harmful to her body, huh? You never know what goes into the food they prepare at restaurants!”

“It’s fine. Anyway, we’ve already eaten. Just go ahead and eat without us. We are in the middle of something. Bye!” Fu Chengyan hurriedly hung up the call. He raised his head and realized that Shi Nuan had been listening to the conversation he had with Fu Zhengyun the whole time.

Fu Chengyan quirked his eyebrows. “You heard everything?”

Shi Nuan stuck out her tongue. “Grandpa sure is so…” Shi Nuan dragged on with her last word as she was unsure of what to say about Fu Zhengyun.

If Fu Zhengyun treated her harshly as he used to, Shi Nuan could still banter with him. However, ever since the old man knew she was pregnant, his attitude towards her took a 180-degree change. So Shi Nuan didn’t know how to deal with it.

“He’s your grandpa too! I’m not the only one who has to suffer now.” Fu Chengyan pinched Shi Nuan’s nose. “Let’s get going!”

“Yan, did you purposely forget about his words?”

“Huh?” Fu Chengyan arched one of his brows. “Of course not!”

Fu Chengyan had truly forgotten about the family dinner at Fu Residence when he took Shi Nuan out for dinner just now. After spending so much time living alone at the Wutong Residence, the couple was used to going out to eat. Naturally, they didn’t have the habit to inform their family members at the Fu Residence about their absence from the family dinner. Thus, it wasn’t entirely Fu Chengyan’s fault that the couple missed the family dinner.

Shi Nuan sighed. “I think grandpa is going to nag at me when we reach home. He’s going to say something along the lines of, ‘Shi Nuan, it must be you who wanted Yan to bring you out, right?’.” She imitated Fu Zhengyun with her hands flailing around in the air. Fu Chengyan caught her arms and replied in a dreary tone, “No, he wouldn’t.”

Even though Fu Zhengyun was quite a fussy old man, he had been going easy on Shi Nuan since she was pregnant. Fu Chengyan was sure that Fu Zhengyun was not going to say anything.

As true as Fu Chengyan’s prediction was, once the couple got home, Fu Zhengyun went on a tirade at Fu Chengyan but didn’t say anything to Shi Nuan at all.

“You are almost going to be a dad! How can you not watch your wife’s diet! The food outside might taste good, but you’ll never know if they are hygienic! Homecooked food is very good too, but most importantly, it’s clean. Why do you just want to eat out?”

Fu Zhengyun raised his walking cane in an attempt to hit Fu Chengyan, but Shi Nuan hurriedly placed herself in between the two men. At once, his cane froze in mid-air. Fu Zhengyun’s hand trembled as if he were any slower, he could have hit Shi Nuan. He glared at Shi Nuan and puffed, “You step aside!”

Shi Nuan stood sturdily in front of Fu Chengyan. “It’s me who said I wanted to eat out! Yan has nothing to do with it!”

“My lord, you two are just trying to piss me off!”

Fu Chengyan shoved Shi Nuan behind himself so he could protect her. He looked Fu Zhengyun straight in his eyes icily. “I think the feng shui here isn’t good for both me and May. I’m going to get Zhou Zheng to help us move out later!”