I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 466

Su Shaoqing’s expression changed and he was noticeably annoyed. With a stern face, he said, “You stay out of my business!”

“I’m your mother! Who’s there to mind you if I don’t?” Lin Shuqin was peeved upon hearing Su Shaoqing’s words. “I’ve let you be in any way you wanted in the past but this matter has to be the exception!”

Lin Shuqin was also a hard-nosed woman. “There’re so many girls out there, why does it have to be Fu Ling? I thought you dislike her before?”

“What?” Su Shaoqing curled his lips, but the smile on his face was icy. “I don’t even know what it means to like someone. But there’s one thing for sure; since she’s back now, I can’t let her go this time. That’s what I owe her.”

“But sympathy is not the same as love, Shaoqing!” Lin Shuqin massaged her temples in frustration. “Do you understand? Remember how you’ve fooled around when you were young? Have your dad and I ever restricted you from doing anything you wanted? Yet, this matter is different. You should never have toyed with her feelings come what may. Now that you’re all square, why are you pestering her again?”

“All square?” Su Shaoqing lifted his head. There was an utter bleak expression on his face, sending chills down the spine of anyone who set eyes upon it. His dark eyes fixated on Lin Shuqin. “I owe her a life. We’ll never be even. That’s enough. Since you’ve never meddled with my business when I was young, don’t you interfere now. It’s getting late, I should go back now.”

“Stop right there!” Lin Shuqin was exasperated. “Just where did you get this temper from? Go back? Where are you going? This is your home!”

Su Shaoqing paused in his tracks but he did not stop.

Home?

To Su Shaoqing, it didn’t really matter where he was. When he was young and naive, he did not like to be home because he did not want to be restrained. Now, he did not miss going home because Fu Ling was not there. The only place he could call “home” was where Fu Ling was.

Su Shaoqing did not know what “love” was, but he was willing to be with Fu Ling for the rest of his life.

Su Shaoqing left the Su Residence and sat in the car for a long time. He smoked a cigarette and until it was entirely dark outside, he took out his phone and made a call to Fu Ling. “Are you going home?”

Fu Ling was keeping Bai’s company at the hospital. She did not intend to pick it up when she saw that it was a call from Su Shaoqing. However, Bai reached out, took her phone and pressed on the “answer” button, and even turned on the speaker mode. Su Shaoqing’s voice barged in abruptly.

Fu Ling was slightly stunned and before she could answer, Bai asked, “Mommy, is this uncle pursuing you?”

Fu Ling paused and looked at Bai with mixed feelings. “Do you understand the meaning of the word ‘pursuing’?”

“I do!” Bai nodded and looked at Fu Ling with a slightly puzzled expression. “There’re many uncles pursuing Mommy when we were abroad. But Mommy never liked them!”

Su Shaoqing, who was on the line, was dumbfounded when he heard Bai’s childlike voice. But as he listened to their conversation, fury started creeping into his dark eyes.

“Silly boy!”

“Bai is not silly! Bai knows it’s because of Bai that Mommy never said ‘yes’ to those uncles’ pursuits, right? Is Mommy afraid that those uncles would mistreat or abuse Bai?”

“Oh boy! Who taught you all these?” He’s only three. How does he find out about all this stuff? He even knows what “abuse” is. That made Fu Ling frown. “I’ve never taught you all these!”

“It’s the old lady next door who told me. She said that stepfathers and stepmothers are evil!” Bai put on a serious face as he said that, which looked as though he was in deep thought. Biting his finger, he added, “But Mommy, I think this uncle likes you!”

Fu Ling was stunned again, and then only she realized she was still holding the phone. She quickly hung it up. “What are you babbling!”

“It’s real!” Bai blinked. “This uncle comes to see Bai every day and even plays with Bai. When Mommy’s not around, he even took me out to play!”

“What did you just say?” Fu Ling squinted. “He took you out?”

Bai seemed to realize that he had said something wrong so he quickly pulled his finger out from his mouth and reached out to grab Fu Ling. “Mommy, please don’t be angry. Bai… Bai just wanted to play outside. But Mommy can take Bai’s word! Bai never ran about. Uncle was carrying Bai all the time, so please, Mommy, don’t be angry!”

Bai looked at Fu Ling cautiously with a timid expression which made Fu Ling yielded instantly. How could I be angry with him? With her eyes brimming with tears, Fu Ling said, “I’m sorry Bai, it’s all Mommy’s fault!” She could have sent Bai for treatment if she had the money back then, or she could have gone to Qin Yanzhi earlier if she had realized Bai’s illness, and then Bai wouldn’t have ended up in this condition. At the end of the day, it’s because of my selfishness and worries about seeing Su Shaoqing again that I did not return to this country earlier.

But so what if I see him? No one is more important than Bai.

“Mommy, please don’t cry and don’t be angry. Bai will never go out anymore, okay?” Bai got up from his bed and reached out to hug Fu Ling, making her cry even harder.

But Fu Ling was very anxious about Bai’s health so she restrained herself. “No, Mommy’s not angry. Bai, if you want to go out next time, just let Mommy know and Mommy will bring you out, okay?”

“Really?” Bai beamed in joy. “Then Mommy, bring uncle as well!”

“Why?” Fu Ling was surprised. There had been other men going after her but Bai had never really liked any of them. Why is Bai’s attitude toward Su Shaoqing so amiable? Is it just because Su Shaoqing has brought Bai out to play a few times?

“Because Bai likes him!” Bai smiled shyly. “Bai thinks this uncle is very good-looking!”

Fu Ling was speechless.

So, my son is also someone who judges others based on their appearance?