I Want a Lifetime with You
Chapter 29

Zhou Zheng gave Fu Chengyan a meaningful glance, but the latter merely looked absent-minded and didn't seem like he wanted to say anything. Zhou Zheng felt his head hurt, but decided to bite the bullet and responded, "How could there be a mistake? It really costs this much!"

"No way!" Shi Nuan didn't understand the market prices, but she wasn't a fool either. How could she ever get something from an antique shop at such a low price? Besides, anything that Fu Chengyan recommended surely wouldn't be this cheap either. Shi Nuan clearly wasn't buying it.

Zhou Zheng's forehead began to perspire. Deep down, he kept thinking, Of course it's not cheap; in fact, it's very expensive! But he certainly dared not say this out loud.

He could only let out a silly chuckle. "Perhaps you don't know this, Ms. Shi, but my boss here always drops by the antique store and every purchase is worth a lot. Heheh.

The shopkeeper is also a smart man who certainly knows how to do business. This brush isn't considered a valuable treasure. He initially didn't even want to take the money, but since you intend to give it to your grandfather, I figured you couldn't take it for free."

After speaking, Zhou Zheng glanced over at Fu Chengyan and sighed in relief when his boss said nothing. "So there's no need for you to worry, Ms. Shi."

Shi Nuan roughly understood what Zhou Zheng meant. To ensure a customer like Fu Chengyan would continue patronizing the store, the shopkeeper would occasionally put in some good deals. Today just happened to be Shi Nuan's lucky day.

Shi Nuan turned to see Fu Chengyan leaning against the car door, looking rather relaxed. Biting her lip, Shi Nuan said, "Alright then, but how should I pay you? What's your account number, Mr. Fu?" "There's no hurry. Get in the car first! I'll send you back," Fu Chengyan said as he gave Zhou Zheng a glance. Zhou Zheng immediately understood what his boss meant and chuckled, "Sir, I just remembered that I still have something to do at the office, so I'll be heading back first!"

Shi Nuan was dumbfounded by how quickly Zhou Zheng scurried off. She wanted to say something, but now it looked like she could only get into the car. "Then sorry for the trouble, Mr. Fu!”

"Not at all!"

Hanlin District, Western suburbs, Shi family villa

Today, Old Man Shi was officially 79 years old, but it was a custom to celebrate one's 80th birthday in advance, so the party was especially lively. The Shi family wasn't among the top families in Jiang City, but they were still pretty well-known, especially in these past few years under Shi Yu's leadership.

The Shi family had prepared for the old man's birthday party half a year in advance. Of course, there was another important reason behind all this ruckus. Shi Jingzheng and Jiang Yu had planned to make sure the old man would approve of Shi Wei's and Fu Xicheng's marriage on this day.

The marriage between the Shi and Fu families had been planned long ago. They weren't about to let everything go to waste because of Old Master Shi. They didn't believe the old man and Shi Nuan wouldn't yield in front of this many people!

They were well aware of Shi Nuan's personality; she looked extremely stubborn, but she was very kind to the old man. Since Shi Nuan had so much pride, her parents figured that as long as Shi Wei and Fu Xicheng were to appear together during the old man's birthday, Shi Nuan would surely ask for the old man to approve her sister's marriage with Fu Xicheng.

Shi Jingzheng and his wife had planned so well that they even decided to make use of Shi Nuan and the old man.

"That brat Shi Nuan isn't here yet?"

Jiang Yu pulled on Shi Jingzheng's arm and looked around them after greeting several women. "She wouldn't dare not come, would she!?"

"Watch your mouth!" Shi Jingzheng glared at Jiang Yu. "Are you not aware of today's occasion? With so many people around, you'd better watch what you say!" He then looked around and said, "Don't worry. Shi Nuan is a filial kid, so she'll surely turn up. Besides, the old man treats her so well!"