I Want A Lifetime With You

Chapter 289

Li Heng stared at Fu Chengyan solemnly. “Do I look like I’m joking to you?”

Fu Chengyan pursed his lips. “If you really want Huan back, Aunt Ning might be able to provide you a with lead!” Fu Chengyan tapped on the table as he provided a path forward for Li Heng. This text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.

Li Heng was a smart man and quickly understood what Fu Chengyan meant.

Although Pei Huan did not grow up with the Fu clan or wasn’t close to her biological parents, she was still a filial child. She had a good heart too. When the Fu clan first brought her home, she hardly expressed any excitement. However, those in the know knew that the reason Pei Huan acted that way just to make her adopted father feel better.

Li Heng remained silent in thought before he said, “I understand now.”

“But you have to be wary of my uncle. He is holding a grudge against you over what happened to Huan. Although he hasn’t held you accountable for it, it doesn’t mean that he will easily forgive you!”

Fu Chengyan had pointed out the crux of the matter. Pei Huan was Fu Heng and Ning Xin’s daughter. And all this while, Fu Heng felt guilty over not being able to be there for her and had wanted to make up for it. However, it was then that Li Heng and Pei Huan’s relationship became so problematic that Pei Huan decided to leave. Hence, it was understandable that Fu Heng blamed Li Heng for it.

“However, my uncle always listens to my aunt, so it would be better if you see her alone!” Fu Chengyan stopped there, and Li Heng understood that it was the most he could do to help. “Thank you!”

“It’s still too early to thank me. We’ll come to it when Huan is back!” Fu Chengyan took a glance at his watch. “It’s getting late.”

Su Shaoqing raised his eyebrows. “I think it’s more like you are missing Mrs. Fu! We haven’t been out long, so she likely hasn’t finished shopping yet!”

As for Shi Nuan, she hadn’t seen Song Rongrong and Su Yian in a long time. They were all busy with work except for Su Yian. She had only a teahouse to run so wasn’t as busy as the other two. However, it was different for Song Rongrong. She was a reporter and needed to travel all over the country.

She was also not the kind that could tolerate doing nothing. Hence, she’d been to many places for work over the last few months. She only returned to Jiang City on New Year’s Eve. Hence, her family was a little upset, given that she only came home at the very last minute.

Song Rongrong came out for today’s outing despite her mother’s protests. She couldn’t help but sigh. “Do you think my mom is in menopause? I was working. Working, for God’s sake. I was doing something respectable, and do you know what she said? She said that my job doesn’t pay well, and I constantly have to overwork myself. I should just let the men do it. Hmph, why can’t women do it? Why can’t I be a reporter just because I’m a woman?”

She was always proud of her career and never felt there was anything wrong with it. However, her mother was worried for her since she was getting older. She had made no progress on the relationship front as she was constantly busy working outside.

Actually, her mother had called Shi Nuan and Su Yian behind her back to ask them about Song Rongrong’s relationship status.

After Song Rongrong graduated, she went to Africa to work as a reporter. Her mother was devastated then and constantly worried about her safety. She also knew that Song Rongrong took that path because she had just broken up with her boyfriend. Hence, she was constantly upset by Song Rongrong’s headstrong character. Although she finally got Song Rongrong home, she was still worried as Song Rongrong kept going out instead.

Shi Nuan and Su Yian exchanged glances as they couldn’t help but shake their heads. When Song Rongrong saw that they didn’t respond, she turned to look at them. “What happened to the both of

you?”

Shi Nuan shrugged. “Nothing much, didn’t you say that it was cold today? Let’s go get some new clothes!” Shi Nuan and Su Yian each held onto one side of her arms and walked towards the ladies’ department. “Both Yian and I feel that your outfit today is just horrendous!”

“Horrendous?” Song Rongrong replied in shock and scrutinized her own outfit. “Which part of it is horrendous? I think I look fine this way.”

Shi Nuan smirked as she examined what Song Rongrong meant by fine.

She wore her hair short, and her clothes were minimalistic. It made her look very…boyish. Song Rongrong was actually quite pretty; it was just that she doesn’t look feminine enough. She didn’t like to have fun either and was always prepared to work.

As someone who was so easy-going, her outfit suited her personality well. However, her mother had given Shi Nuan a call, so Shi Nuan had to do something about it. “Isn’t your birthday coming up soon? Come, I’ll get you a present!”

When Song Rongrong heard that she was getting a present, she happily followed Shi Nuan’s lead. However, she couldn’t help but say. “By the way, did a lot happen while I was gone? When I got back, the first thing I heard was the rumor about Fu Chengyan and Shi Wei being together. Damn it. How could those people be so blind? Fu Chengyan’s taste can’t be that bad to fancy someone like Shi Wei?”

Shi Nuan found it hilarious when she saw Song Rongrong’s outraged expression. “The matter happened a long time ago, and yet you’re only bringing it up now?”

“I just got back, so what happened?”

“Nothing much!” Shi Nuan shook her head. “It has almost been resolved.”

“Yes indeed, you shouldn’t worry about that.” Su Yian stepped in to help Shi Nuan out of the spot. “Let’s go. We’re already here. Let go in and check out the clothes!”

“F***!” Song Rongrong realized that they had arrived at St. Dee unconsciously and can’t help but look at Shi Nuan. “Wow, are you really going to get me a present?”

“Of course!” However, she didn’t consider herself as St. Dee’s boss as no one knew about her marriage with Fu Chengyan. “Let’s go!”

Everywhere they went, they saw the whole place heavily decorated with New Year ornaments. It was the same with this mall. Although it was the New Year, the mall was already packed with shoppers. When the St. Dee salesperson saw the three of them enter, she welcomed them immediately. The salesperson’s sharp eye had noticed that Shi Nuan was wearing St. Dee clothing, so she approached her and started introducing their products.

Although Song Rongrong was chatty herself, she didn’t like being around other chatty people, so she waved her hands and said, “Thanks. We’ll take a look ourselves.”

Song Rongrong caught Shi Nuan’s arm. “I don’t think the clothes here suit me. Why don’t we go someplace else.”

Although Song Rongrong didn’t say it loudly, it was enough for all the other staff to hear it. They then stopped attending to the three ladies and went on to serve other customers.

Shi Nuan couldn’t help but sigh. “Rongrong, how are we going to shop with you behaving like that?”

“Erm…” Before Song Rongrong could finish, she saw someone approach them from inside the shop. She instantly frowned and said, “What an unlucky day!”

Shi Nuan followed Song Rongrong’s gaze and immediately felt what Song Rongrong said was correct. It was an unlucky day indeed. They had not expected to bump into Shi Wei.

In the meantime, Shi Wei herself did not expect to bump into Shi Nuan either. Especially since she came together with a bunch of rich housewives, of which one of them was Fu Xicheng’s mother, Liu Minjun.

Liu Minjun had no issues with Shi Nuan and was previously nice to her too. However, ever since Shi Wei got together with Fu Xicheng, Liu Minjun was influenced by her husband, and her impression of Shi Nuan started to deteriorate.

Nevertheless, Liu Minjun started to feel that it was Shi Wei, who was the troublemaker, after all the recent events. She had started to see the good in Shi Nuan.

When Shi Nuan was still with Fu Xicheng, she had treated Liu Minjun as if she was her own mother. This was despite the fact that they were still just dating then. Although Fu Xicheng had married Shi Wei, who was now a famous actress, her attitude towards her mother-in-law still wasn’t that good. Liu Minjun’s impression of Shi Wei worsened significantly after recent events.

Initially, she had planned to go shopping with her friends today. But Shi Wei wanted to come along and even promised to help her carry her bags.

Liu Minjun agreed as she thought that it was natural for Shi Wei to get on her good side since she was her mother-in-law anyway. However, Shi Wei brought her assistant, Su Su along and acted like the diva she was. She only paid lip service to Liu Minjun in her offer earlier.

Shi Wei had grown impatient after just shopping for a while. When they arrived at St. Dee, she offered to buy them each a new set of clothes from the store. When Liu Minjun’s friends heard Shi Wei’s offer, they were overjoyed. Only Liu Minjun herself felt uncomfortable with the idea.

And little did they expect to bump into Shi Nuan at St. Dee. When Shi Nuan saw them, she didn’t look glad either.

It was Shi Wei who was the first to react. “Mother, look, it’s my sister Shi Nuan. Do you still remember her?”

Liu Minjun looked at Shi Wei with mixed feelings and was shocked at how she could actually say such a thing. She replied awkwardly, “Yes, your sister. We’ve met before!”

“I’ll go and say hi to her then!” Shi Wei walked towards Shi Nuan. “Nuan, are you shopping too?”

Shi Nuan shot Shi Wei a glance. “Yes. Are you here with Mdm. Liu?” Shi Nuan looked towards Liu Minjun and saw a group of them numbering about five to six.

She could not remember a time when Shi Wei was patient enough to be able to accompany a bunch of old ladies shopping.

“That’s right. They’re my mother-in-law’s friends. They were so bored at home that they decided to go shopping. I just told them that I was going to buy them a gift each. Since you’re here, why don’t you join me? Both of us have not gone shopping together in a long time. If you see anything you like, just tell me, and I’ll get it for you.” Shi Wei’s words seemed to be very considerate, when in fact, she was just showing off.

Shi Nuan’s expression didn’t change as she stared at her inquisitively.

She grew up with Shi Wei and easily knew what she was thinking about. It was obvious to her that Shi Wei was just showing off to Shi Nuan that she married into a rich family. Besides, she could even gloat that she had snatched it all away from Shi Nuan.

However, Shi Wei didn’t know Shi Nuan that well. Little did she know that Shi Nuan had long gotten over the incident as she felt that it just wasn’t meant to be.

Shi Nuan smiled and nodded. “Alright!” She added, “Since my friends are here, why don’t you buy them a gift too?”