I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 75

Pei was reluctant as she felt those people shouldn’t spread rumors especially when they didn’t know the truth. But she knew she could do nothing to stop them. Plus, things might be more complicated than she thought.

“Go back to work!”

“Okay.” Pei replied weakly. When she turned to leave, she saw Fu Xicheng heading her way. There was a complicated look in his eyes.

Shi Nuan spotted Fu Xicheng too and frowned. Shi Nuan had kept a distance from Fu Xicheng after what happened. But the man wasn’t aware of her intentions.

Fu Chengyan walked towards her as his lips thinned. He seemed upset when he saw Shi Nuan frowning. “Yesterday, you—”

“What?” Shi Nuan raised her head. “Mr. Fu, why are you here?”

“Why didn’t you come home last night?” Fu Xicheng’s brows were knitted together. “Why didn’t you come back home last night? Do you know—”

“Whether or not I go home is none of your business.” Shi Nuan put down the pen in her hand and sneered in Fu Xicheng’s direction. “Don’t you think you’re being a busybody?”

“Shi Nuan!” Fu Xicheng growled in a low voice. “I’m talking to you nicely. Can you stop sneering at me?” He was certain he did nothing wrong. When the man saw Shi Nuan’s reaction, he recalled how he waited at Shi Nuan’s house for such a long time yesterday without avail.

Fu Xicheng didn’t know what went wrong, but he was upset that Shi Nuan had changed.

“Sneering? Mr. Fu, you’re overthinking. I’m just stating the truth. Whether or not I go home is none of your business!” Shi Nuan arched her brows and said, “Don’t you think you’ve overstepped the boundaries?”

“Do you know what you’re saying? Of course it’s my business! We are…”

“What?” Shi Nuan laughed coldly when Fu Xicheng trailed off. “Mr. Fu, I hope you understand. I’m working as your subordinate, but that doesn’t mean you get to interfere in my private affairs. If you’re here to talk about work, I’ll gladly talk to you. But if it’s about my private affairs, I’m sorry. You don’t have the right to do so.”

“Who has the right?” Fu Xicheng clenched his teeth. “Shi Nuan, tell me! Who may do so?”

“You don’t have to know that. You just have to know that you don’t have the right.” Shi Nuan couldn’t be bothered to continue arguing with Fu Xicheng. “I’m busy. Please excuse me.”

Fu Xicheng grabbed her hand. “Shi Nuan, why have you become like this? You weren’t like this back then.”

Shi Nuan frowned and paused, staring at her hand in Fu Xicheng’s grip. A flash of displeasure appeared in her eyes as she shoved Fu Xicheng away. “Mr. Fu, I don’t know you well. Please stay away from me from now on.”

“What do you mean?” Fu Xicheng could feel his temples throbbing. “What did I do to make you treat me this way?”

“You’re pulling me around in public. Are you a fool? Don’t forget you’re my brother-in-law now. Have you considered my feelings when doing this? You can’t be that selfish, can you? You have gotten all the praises but I have received all the criticizes!” Shi Nuan recalled what Pei told her earlier. Actually, she was aware of those people gossiping about her and Fu Xicheng.

Back then, she wanted to work hard to be the perfect match for Fu Xicheng, so no one knew about her and Fu Xicheng’s relationship. But that ended up as Fu Xicheng and Shi Wei’s weapon.

Indeed, besides their families, no one knew about them being a couple back then.

Shi Wei was a famous celebrity. Her engagement party with Fu Xicheng was attended by plenty of paparazzi. Of course those people would think she was the other woman who intervened between Shi Wei and Fu Xicheng.

Shi Nuan had no idea who ended up quelling the rumors, but she knew her reputation was already ruined.

Her gaze darkened as she met Fu Xicheng’s gaze. “I can’t change the past. But please don’t come to me other than for work purposes, especially regarding these unimportant matters!”