I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 70

“Well…” Zhou Zheng seemed stumped. Fu Chengyan took his phone and instructed, “Send the video to my phone.” He hung up right after.

Shi Nuan seemed out of sorts. When Fu Chengyan took his phone from her, she was already in a daze.

Although she was unconscious that day, she knew what exactly they did to her. Her mind was in turmoil. She had no idea what to do next and who was the one behind this. She stared at Fu Chengyan in panic. There was a hint of helplessness in her gaze. “Fu Chengyan!”

“Don’t worry.” Fu Chengyan had one hand on the steering wheel. His other hand kept holding onto Shi Nuan’s hand. “Don’t be afraid. I’m by your side,” he consoled her, “Leave this to me.”

Zhou Zheng sent the video not long after. The duration was short but the person in the video was clearly shown.

Shi Nuan was tossing and turning on the bed, probably because she felt hot. Someone shot the video from a close distance using a phone. Since Shi Nuan was lying in bed, unconscious, what she did was out of instinct. Her face paled as she stared at the woman in the video. “It’s Yun Shen. It must be him.”

She was alone in the room with Yun Shen because her family had drugged her and sold her to him. She remembered waking up groggily and finding her arms wrapped tightly around Yun Shen.

Shi Nuan bit her lips and shook her head. “I… It must be Yun Shen. Why would he do that? This video… Why did this video end up with Mr. Zhou?”

Shi Nuan was terrified. “I’m in the video. Why did Mr. Zhou…”

“I told Zhou Zheng to keep an eye on Yun Shen and the Yun family’s internet.” Fu Chengyan answered. He had guessed what happened based on the clues given. “No one sent this to Zhou Zheng. I believe Yun Shen sent this video to the Shi family.”

Yun Shen sent this to the Shi family?

Shi Nuan’s face turned ashen. Fu Chengyan’s words didn’t make her feel better. “You mean Yun Shen used this video and the fact that I attacked him to negotiate with the Shi family?”

“That might be one possibility.” Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes. Yun Shen’s actions surprised him too.

Although Shi Nuan and Yun Shen did nothing out of line in the video, Shi Nuan’s reputation would still be affected if someone leaked this video out.

“What should we do?” Shi Nuan was flustered. “They didn’t succeed last time. This time, Yun Shen is threatening my parents with this video. I’m afraid they’ll—”

“Don’t be afraid.” Fu Chengyan cut her off as he parked his car by the roadside.

He grabbed the steering wheel with both hands and drummed his fingers on it. After a while, he wound down the window.

Shi Nuan turned to look at him. The man seemed to be deep in thought and was trying hard to find a solution to this problem. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and took one of them out, but he didn’t light it up.

He held the cigarette between his slender fingers for a long time before asking, “Do you want to race?”

“Race?” Shi Nuan was dumbfounded. She didn’t know what he meant. “You want to race? Now?”

Fu Chengyan arched his brows while he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, staring ahead silently.

The streetlamps shed a dim yellow radiance that created elongated shadows of the nearby trees while the trees rippled with the occasional breeze. “Now.”

Shi Nuan gasped, “Now? Do you have a racing car? Who will you race against?”

Fu Chengyan smirked, “Who said I’m going to race cars?” He unbuckled his seatbelt while saying that. Shi Nuan looked at him in confusion. Fu Chengyan leaned over to unbuckle her seatbelt since she was still in a daze.

When she heard the click of the seatbelt being unbuckled, it suddenly clicked. She pointed at herself in disbelief, “You want me to race? No, no. I don’t know how!” She had a driving license, but she was a total newbie. She could barely drive safely, let alone race! “Your car isn’t a racing car either!”

“Nuan, don’t be afraid. I trust you!” Fu Chengyan squeezed her hand to wish her good luck. “You need to try before you know your limits. I wasn’t born a racer too.” His calm voice was like a spell bewitching her and pointing her the way.

Shi Nuan blinked and hesitated. “But I don’t know—”

“When I’m in a foul mood, I like to race and challenge my own limits. You’ll forget everything when you race. Try it out, hmm?”

“Okay.”

Shi Nuan took a deep breath and got off the car to exchange her seat with Fu Chengyan. She inhaled deeply and gave Fu Chengyan a determined look. “I can do it.”

“Yes. I trust you, and I’m entrusting my life to you.” Fu Chengyan buckled himself up. He reached out to caress Shi Nuan’s face, whose face was still unnaturally ashy. “Everything will be okay. Start driving.”