I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 491

Feeling mortified, Shi Nuan stiffened. Without any expression on her face, she uttered, “What?” No! This is impossible!

Su Huaibei knew this news would come as a massive shock to Shi Nuan. Even he himself had found it hard to digest when he first came to know about it, let alone Shi Nuan. He had taken a long time before he could finally accept the truth.

Shi Nuan suddenly had no idea where to place her hands. She stared at Su Huaibei and rubbed her hands anxiously. “You must be kidding me,” she uttered with an awkward chuckle.

“No, I’m not.” Su Huaibei shook his head. “In fact, I only came to know about this only a few days ago. I’ve been contemplating on whether to tell you this for the past few days, and I’ve decided that you have the right to know about this.”

“So, you mean Shen Qianan and I are both your children?”

Su Huaibei nodded firmly. This time, Shi Nuan was rendered speechless.

She had no idea what to feel about her biological parents.

She wasn’t even sure whether she should be furious at them or not. She wanted to react the same as Shen Qianan was towards Shu Qing at the press conference earlier, but she didn’t feel as furious as Shen Qianan was right then. Probably because she had next to no memory about Su Huaibei and Shu Qing, she harbored no other feelings towards her stranger-like parents.

Of course, Shi Nuan also had no idea what Shen Qianan actually felt back then. How will I actually feel if I found out that my father, whom I’ve lived with and thought to be mine, is actually not my biological father?

Shi Nuan chuckled bitterly. How kind of me. I could hardly digest my own emotions, yet I’m here worrying about Shen Qianan’s mental state.

“Then, what’s your motive in telling me this?”

“You two are sisters related by blood, so I want to-”

“You want to reunite with Shen Qianan as well? To atone for your absence in our lives and not fulfilling your role as a father?” Shi Nuan interjected. She curled her lips when she saw the surprise flashing across Su Huaibei’s face. “But has it ever occur to you that maybe both Shen Qianan and I do not need your atonement at all?”

“I-”

“You shouldn’t be telling me this now. What you should do is to explain this to Shen Qianan herself. I suggest you meet up with her and tell her this yourself once you recover. I cannot help you with this.”

Shi Nuan adjusted her shirt and turned to Su Huaibei. “I’ve asked Shaoqing, and he said you’ll be discharged in a few days’ time. Since you’re doing well, I shall take my leave first. I have matters to settle back home.”

“Nuan!”

Su Huaibei called out to her when he saw her leaving. “You don’t want to accept Qianan as your sister, right? I know some conflict happened between the two of you, so I-”

“You’ve misunderstood me,” Shi Nuan cut him off. “I’ve said before that I am willing to accept you as my father because you want to atone for your absence, and it just so happen that I am not against that. But that doesn’t mean I will accept anyone to be my family, be it Shu Qing or Shen Qianan. After all, this is your business and not mine, isn’t that so?”

With that, Shi Nuan left promptly, leaving Su Huaibei to contemplate her words.

She was too rational; so rational that her reaction could be perceived as cold-blooded. But it was that rationality of hers that made her steer clear from all the conflicts of her family.

Su Huaibei had to admit that Shi Nuan was a smart girl. Just like that, his daughter had kicked all his problems back to him. Indeed, she would be fine with him reuniting with his loved ones, but that doesn’t mean she would accept all of them as her family. She would only accept him as her biological father and no one else.

Maybe that’s why she could get herself out of all this mess and live a life free of troubles.

After Shi Nuan left, Fu Yi reentered to see Su Huaibei staring into space. He immediately called out to him upon seeing his blank expression. “Mr. Su, it’s time to take your meds.”

Fu Yi handed him the pills and poured out a cup of water for him. “Please have your meds, Mr. Su.”

Su Huaibei took his meds and continued staring ahead for a long time before asking, “Fu Yi, am I doing things wrong?”

Surprised by the question, Fu Yi paused in his actions. “What do you mean, Mr. Su?”

Su Huaibei pinched his nose bridge in frustration. “Do you think I shouldn’t have come back from the start?” If I didn’t come back, I’ll still have a reason to stick to Shu Qing. Then, everything else wouldn’t have happened.

Shi Nuan just wants to have a simple and happy life. She doesn’t need me to mess with her life. After all, it’s my own selfishness that caused all these…

“Mr. Su, I only know that everything you did is right. For the whole of your life, you’ve never put yourself before others, I think it’s forgivable for you to make some selfish decisions for your own sake. Humans are selfish in nature, anyway.”

At that, Su Huaibei snorted bitterly. “Well, I’m getting old. Old man tends to overthink things. By the way, how’s Qing? Is she alright?”

“The servants from Emerald Garden reported that Ms. Shu didn’t leave the house for the past few days.” Fu Yi was about to help Su Huaibei lie down in his bed when someone knocked on the door.

Fu Yi paused in his actions and uttered. “Please lie back down, I’ll get the door for you, Mr. Su.”

To his surprise, it was Shu Qing standing outside the ward. “Ms. Shu! What brings you here?”

Shu Qing’s face was unhealthily pale. Unlike her dressed-up self, she came without her make-up, which made her pale complexion looked sallower than usual.

Fu Yi turned to Su Huaibei instinctively, only to see Su Huaibei already stunned in his place.

“Let her in.”

Hearing that, Fu Yi stood aside to allow Shu Qing in before closing the door behind him. He then stood guard outside the ward to keep an eye on his boss.

He had to be extra careful whenever Shu Qing was around Su Huaibei. After all, she was the only one who could easily aggravate him and trigger his illness.