I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 86

When Shi Nuan walked into the kitchen, she saw Fu Chengyan busy cooking. She stood at the door for a while before Fu Chengyan noticed her presence and said, “Why don’t you sit outside?”

“We’re not doing much outside. Are you sure you can handle all these by yourself?” Shi Nuan looked at Fu Chengyan and noticed that that he was very organized and methodical. She observed him for quite some time before asking, “Do you need my help?”

Fu Chengyan paused for a moment and nodded his head. He then said, “Take a look at the soup and adjust the intensity of the fire. I brought it to boil a while ago. Please let it simmer now.”

“Sure!” Shi Nuan walked to the pot and took a sniff and said, “This smells really good. What soup is this?”

“Pork bone soup,” Fu Chengyan paused for a moment and said, “You were drugged yesterday and there’s definitely some remnant of the drug in your body. Drinking some soup is good for you.”

When Shi Nuan heard Fu Chengyan’s words, she nodded with a smile and said, “Sure. But since when was I drugged? I have no recollection about it. Also, what about Shi Wei……” At this time, Shi Nuan realized that something was amiss as Shi Wei would usually be gloating or reprimanding her furiously whenever something happened. But this time, she was not around.

Doubt started to fill her thought as she could not recall what happened yesterday and Fu Chengyan also did not fill her in on the incident. “Was Shi Wei really the one who kidnapped me?”

Fu Chengyan raised his eyebrows and said, “Your reaction time is a little too slow. Shouldn’t you have asked this earlier?”

Shi Nuan pursed her lips and replied, “As you have said, I was drugged and that’s why my mind is not very alert.” Shi Nuan held a ladle in her hand to stir the soup in the pot before bringing it to a simmer. She then leaned against the kitchen island and stared at Fu Chengyan.

She realized that whatever Fu Chengyan did was pleasing to the eye, even if it was only a menial matter. Shi Nuan imitated the usual way Fu Chengyan clasped his hands and said, “How did Shi Wei react when you rescued me yesterday? Based on her character, she would definitely come after me. But I still haven’t heard much from her today.”

Fu Chengyan lifted his eyebrows, twitched his lips and replied, “Isn’t it better if she’s not around to give you a hard time? Unless you are the kind of person who likes to be abused. Are you?”

“That’s not what I meant!”

“If that’s not the case, please help me to cut some garlic and ginger,” Fu Chengyan continued cooking while instructing Shi Nuan to help out. “Stop thinking about this matter as it’s not going to help you in any way.”

“That’s true.” It was a relief to be freed from Shi Wei. Although Shi Nuan still felt that something was amiss, she could not tell what went wrong.

Meanwhile, a “battle” was taking place at the living room. Although it was merely a misunderstanding between them all these while, Song Rongrong still found Su Shaoqing too snobbish. Furthermore, the smile of Su Shaoqing’s was just too irritating to Song Rongrong and that prompted her to challenge Su Shaoqing.

The method that they adopted was quite straightforward. The loser of the poker game would be punished with notes being pasted on his or her face.

This was one of the ridiculous games that Song Rongrong and Shi Nuan played in their school days. No one expected that such a game would still be useful in such a context. Song Rongrong met her match today. In the past, she was an expert in this game, but who would have expected Su Shaoqing to be even better in playing card games?

In fact, Su Shaoqing had played poker in various amusement and entertainment outlets. It was rare for him to lose a game. If he was to lose one, most likely it was because of him not wanting to win it and not because of his inability to do so.

After one round of poker, the face of Song Rongrong was covered in paper notes while the faces of Su Yian and Su Shaoqing were still clean.

“Hey, let’s stop the game. Did you both play dirty?” Song Rongrong threw the cards in her hand on the table and continued, “Why am I the only person losing in this game? My cards were good.”

Song Rongrong stared at Su Shaoqing furiously. She really suspected Su Shaoqing of playing dirty. Otherwise, how did she lose in every game? Indeed, Su Shaoqing and Su Yian did not lose at all.

Su Yian was never someone who was good in playing card games. In the past, she was merely asked to play so as to meet the minimum number of required players. Who would expect Su Yian to outlast her today?

Song Rongrong did not believe Su Yian could improve by leaps and bounds and her only explanation was that Su Shaoqing had applied some dirty tricks and made her lose.

Su Shaoqing raised his eyebrows and smirked while looking at Song Rongrong’s sour face, “Ms. Rong, your accusations are unsubstantiated. We really played fairly and you should not blame us if your card playing skill is bad.”

“You…” Song Rongrong gritted her teeth and continued, “I don’t want to play anymore.” She wiped away all the paper on her face. “There’s nothing wrong in quitting this game, right?”

“Sure, as a gentleman, I’ll not go against a lady’s wish.” Su Shaoqing then put his cards down on the table with a broad smile.

Song Rongrong felt bored and took the remote control to switch on the television. The program broadcasted at that time was entertainment news.

Shi Wei’s face appeared on the news and she was bombarded with questions from reporters. Many mics were placed before her and they almost covered her face. The panic on Shi Wei’s face was something that they had never seen before.

Song Rongrong’s hand froze for a while and she turned her head towards Su Yian. Su Yian also saw the title of the news: ‘Incumbent Popular Movie Star Shi Wei Gained Fame Through Unruly Ways!’

Song Rongrong and Su Yian looked at each other and thought to themselves, Could it be karma?