I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 5

“My identity matters not. What matters is that I can help you.” He buttoned up his sleeve and looked at her calmly.

A sense of danger crept up on her. A hunch told her that this man wasn’t as simple as he looked. “I don’t need your help.”

“Is that so? Then why, pray tell, did you try to drink your worries away yesterday? Your boyfriend became your brother-in-law, your parents don’t trust you, and now even the public is against you. Did you not read the headlines today, Ms. Shi?”

“That has nothing to do with you.” Shi Nuan clenched her jaw. “Thank you for saving me yesterday.” Shi Nuan got down from the bed and tried to search for her clothes, but her efforts were to no avail. “Sir!”

“Fu Chengyan.” He leaned against the wall languidly and looked at the panicking Shi Nuan condescendingly. “That is my name.”

Shi Nuan frowned after he introduced himself, as she found the name was familiar. “Who’s Fu Xicheng to you?”

“We aren’t related. Will you believe me though?” Fu Chengyan answered her question with another question.

“You know the answer to that. Why did you approach me?” Shi Nuan looked at Fu Chengyan, her mind racing non-stop, for she thought the man had some ulterior motive. “Are you planning to use me against Fu Xicheng?”

“Him?” Fu Chengyan snorted before looking at her in disdain. “You flatter him too much.”

Fu Chengyan gasped, shocked by Fu Chengyan’s arrogant claim. “If you’re not going up against him, then I don’t think there’s anything for us to talk about.”

“Don’t you hate him, Ms. Shi?” Fu Chengyan stared at her. “Don’t you hate him for hurting you? He’s the one closest to you.”

“What do you want?”