I Want a Lifetime with You
Chapter 147

Shi Nuan got the answer to her question. So he's actually related to Su Bancheng. Does that mean that Fu Chengyan had known beforehand?

"Hey, but if he's your cousin, why haven't I heard of him?" Shi Nuan was still confused, for she was unfamiliar with the name. If this guy was a famous one, she should have at least heard of him.

Su Shaoqing smiled. "Have a seat, Nuan." Su Shaoqing paced the room languidly and poured a cup of tea for her. "He's my aunt's son. His name is actually Jiang Shengfan, surely you have heard that name before. My aunt was married to Sheen City's Jiang family, and my cousin is the heir."

That resolved one question, but it created for confusion. "Jiang Shengfan? So why are you guys calling him Su Bancheng?"

Su Shaoqing said, "It's the conflict of the past generations. My aunt had cut ties with the Jiang family, while my cousin would come here every year. The Jiang family calls him Jiang Shengfan, but you know my family's case. If I am not going to be its heir, then my cousin would take the place. Hence, my grandfather insisted on changing his name."

That answered where Su Bancheng came from. "Only a select few in this city know who my cousin is, so keep this a secret, Nuan."

"Of course I will. But what's up with my mother being friends with your aunt?" It was unlike Jiang Yu to introduce her to someone that had a background as powerful as Su Bancheng.

"This is also a story of the past. My aunt was kidnapped and hurt back then, but your mother saved her, so she owed her one." Su Shaoqing said it like it was an offhand comment. "So that's why she wants to call in this favor."

"So you're not here just for Yan?" Shi Nuan was clear about the situation now. "You know how my mother is, so please tell your cousin that I'm sorry about this situation when you go back."

Su Shaoqing arched his eyebrow and smiled innocently. "It's fine. I know my cousin well. He hates it when people force him to do something, so your mother has crossed him this time," Su Shaoqing said. "But it's not going to be easy to explain to your mother either."

Shi Nuan smiled bitterly. "You don't have to care about me." Even though she was Jiang Yu's daughter, Jiang Yu had treated her as one. No matter who she had arranged as Shi Nuan's blind date, Shi Nuan would never agree to it. Moreover, she was already married to Fu Chengyan.

After a while of sitting around in the waiting room, Fu Chengyan called her. She looked at Su Shaoqing for a moment before accepting the call. "Yan!"

"Where are you?" He asked. Shi Nuan looked at Su Shaoqing again. "I'm in the waiting room with Mr. Su. Do you want to come over?"

"No. You guys come to us in a bit." Fu Chengyan chatted with her for a bit, but Su Shaoqing barged into their conversation. "What's going on, Chengyan? You were the one who asked me to come here, so why are you calling her? Worried that I might do something?"

Shi Nuan was shocked. Just as she was about to say something, Fu Chengyan replied, "You're too insignificant to be considered a threat, Shaoqing!" She noticed the corner of Su Shaoqing's lips twitching, his expression dark. The woman quickly hung up and told him, "Let's go out right now, Mr. Su."

The moment they got up, Shi Nuan and Su Shaoqing heard the sounds of someone moaning. Shi Nuan turned around in suspicion and met Su Shaoqing's gaze. He had heard the moans too, and there were rustling noises in the room. It sounded... erotic.

Su Shaoqing arched his eyebrow and smiled. "From what I know, your sister rented the whole place, right?"

Shi Nuan blushed, for she noticed the mockery in his eyes. She heard the sounds too. Shi Nuan was already a grown up, so she was embarrassed, for she clearly knew what those sounds implied. Shi Nuan wanted to leave the place immediately, but the moans were getting louder making her feel flustered. "Um..."

"Shh!" Su Shaoqing placed his index finger on his lips, signaling Shi Nuan to keep quiet. "Don't you want to watch, Nuan?"

"No!" Shi Nuan shook her head. "Let's go!" We can't watch this! However, she then heard someone screaming, "Harder, Xicheng!" That made her heart jump. She knew that she and Fu Xicheng were over, and she had no love for him, but it was still awkward hearing someone screaming his name during sex, and she didn't know how to process this.

Su Shaoqing heard it too, so he gave Shi Nuan a look. He knew Shi Nuan was easily embarrassed, so he smiled. "You can go to Chengyan now. I'll eavesdrop on this."

"Um..." Shi Nuan wanted to say something, but Su Shaoqing had already opened the window to the balcony and jumped to the other side. When he peered inside, he saw two bodies entangled in a passionate embrace, and they were none other than the bride and the groom - the stars of the day. He quirked an eyebrow and smiled. He pulled out his phone and recorded the scene. Su Shaoqing tsk-tsked, lamenting the fact that society had fallen. They have guests out there, and yet here they are, going at it like rabbits in the waiting room.

Instead of leaving, Shi Nuan stood by the door. It took a while before Su Shaoqing came out, looking nonchalant. Shi Nuan was blushing crimson now, but Su Shaoqing still looked calm and unbothered. Frowning, she urged him to leave, "Let's go, Mr. Su."

Su Shaoqing arched his eyebrow. "Aren't you curious about what happened inside, Nuan?" Shi Nuan looked up at him coldly. For some reason, Su Shaoqing felt that the look she gave him was eerily similar to Fu Chengyan's glare. There was an instant where Su was actually afraid of her. Holy shit, did she get influenced by Fu Chengyan after being with him all this time? Su Shaoqing shivered. "Please don't look at me like that, Nuan. You're scaring me."

Shi Nuan looked away and pursed her lips. "Let's go."

The frivolous look in Su Shaoqing's eyes dimmed, and his smile froze. He looked back at the waiting room, his eyes gleaming.

Shi Nuan and Su Shaoqing entered the banquet hall at the same time. Everyone was still having fun, but they immediately noticed that Shi Nuan, who left earlier, had come back with another partner, who was also as handsome as her first one. Barely anyone there knew who Su Shaoqing was, but they unanimously found him was handsome and dashing. When they saw the man walking together with Shi Nuan, they started to make guesses about Shi Nuan's relationship with him.

Song Rongrong and Su Yian knew who Su Shaoqing was, so the girls turned to looked at Fu Chengyan. However, they were surprised to replace Fu Chengyan sitting there calmly, talking with both of Shi Nuan's grandfathers, as if he wasn't affected by it.

They then looked at Shi Nuan and winked at her. Shi Nuan saw them too, so she smiled at them. Next to Shi Nuan, Su Shaoqing grinned at Song Rongrong, his eyebrow arched. Song Rongrong shuddered and rubbed the goose bumps on her arms. "Holy sh*t. That b*stard is going to be the end of me."

Su Yian chuckled. "He didn't do anything to you. I think you're just too prejudiced."

"I am not prejudiced." Song Rongrong smacked her lips and snorted. "I just don't like him. Hey, by the way, why is Shi Nuan walking with him?"

Shi Nuan reached her table and began to make introductions. "Grandpa, this is Su Shaoqing. Shaoqing, this is my grandpa, and well, he's also my grandpa. One from my mom's side, and one from my dad's side." Shi Nuan paused when she reached Fu Chengyan before continuing, "And this is my husband, Fu Chengyan!"

Fu Chengyan's hand trembled. Even though only the ones at this table could hear what Shi Nuan was talking about, Fu Chengyan still felt delighted. He looked up at her, his eyes shining brighter than the sun. The man smiled politely as he greeted his friend, "Hello, Mr. Su."

Su Shaoqing forced a smile, and the corner of his right eye twitched. He looked at Shi Nuan and Fu Chengyan, feeling like something bad was going to happen when he saw Fu Chengyan smiling. Even so, he tried to be calm and smiled innocently. "Your reputation precedes you, Mr. Fu. And now I see that you're more than what the rumors say about you." He forced himself to finish that sentence.

Fu Chengyan poured a cup of tea for Su Shaoqing. "Have a taste, Mr. Su."

"Thank you." Su Shaoqing took the tea and looked at the pair of elderly men. "Hello, Mr. Shi, Mr. Jiang."

"What a polite young man!" Even though Shi Yunsheng was old, the man was as perceptive as ever, so he knew who this Su Shaoqing was. Even so, he felt perplexed, for he did not expect Su Shaoqing to be the blind date Jiang Yu had set up for Shi Nuan. How did she know someone like Su Shaoqing? And judging by how he interacts with Fu Chengyan, it's obvious that they know each other.

"Grandpa, mother wanted me to have a blind date with Su Bancheng, Mr. Su's cousin." Shi Nuan went to Shi Yunsheng and whispered to him when she noticed his visible confusion. "Su Shaoqing and Chengyan are friends. They knew what mother had been planning since a while ago, and Su Shaoqing's cousin doesn't want to go for the blind date either, so he asked Su Shaoqing to take his place. That answered Shi Yunsheng's question, and he liked Fu Chengyan even more. The old man then looked at him approvingly. Looks like entrusting Nuan to him will be a good choice after all.

Fu Chengyan noticed the approving look Shi Yunsheng was giving him, so he smiled and glanced at Shi Nuan. She happened to be looking at him too, and for the first time in a while, she blushed.