I Want A Lifetime With You

Chapter 321

Shi Nuan nodded. “I won’t say it, of course, but…” She was still a little worried. “What if Li Heng and Huan don’t get back together? Huan implied that she won’t stay here for long.”

“You don’t have to worry about this.” Fu Chengyan flashed her a smile and walked out of the study holding her hand. “Since Huan has returned, Li Heng won’t let her go so easily.” How could he let her go so easily after having waited for three years?

On the following day, Fu Chengyan had to go to work so Shi Nuan took Pei Huan to the hospital. As Ning Xin’s condition didn’t allow any more delays, Pei Huan went directly to Su Shaoqing. “Dr. Su!”

“Mrs. Li!” Seeing Pei Huan, Su Shaoqing flashed her an innocent grin as he moved a chair over. “Have a seat, Mrs. Li!”

Pei Huan glanced at Su Shaoqing. “Dr. Su, I have now divorced from Li Heng, so don’t call me Mrs. Li. You should just call me Pei Huan or Fu Jiazhen!”

Su Shaoqing squinted at Pei Huan. Instead of feeling embarrassed, he burst into laughter. “Oh well, it’s good that you dumped a man like Li Heng. You can easily find someone younger and richer than Li Heng anyway.” Su Shaoqing waved his hand nonchalantly. “I’ll stick to Pei Huan then. I feel awkward when I call you by your other name.”

“Okay!” Pei Huan was fine with it——it was just a name. She then added, “I came here today to ask you about my mom’s condition. I didn’t find it appropriate to ask too many questions yesterday.”

Su Shaoqing nodded and assumed a serious look again. “Wait a minute. I’ll call someone in!” Su Shaoqing got up and walked to the desk to make a phone call. “Dr. Li, please come to the office!”

After Su Shaoqing hung up the phone, he looked at Pei Huan. “Dr. Li is the attending doctor of Aunt Ning.”

“The same doctor as three years ago?”

Su Shaoqing gave a slight nod. “Aunt Ning’s health is no longer as good as before. It’s a relief that you can come back.”

“I want my mom to go through surgery as soon as possible.” This matter couldn’t be delayed anymore. Pei Huan felt guilty for Ning Xin as she did not know that so many things had happened to the latter during her three-year absence.

“Huan, we can’t rush things. Besides, we haven’t seen each other for three years. We aren’t clear on your current health condition, nor do we have a good idea of Aunt Ning’s health. I’m just worried that your aunt’s body will reject it!”

“How could it be? I thought three years ago—”

“You also said that it was three years ago. We can’t rush things. We still have to do some examinations and wait for the results before we can make the decision.”

As soon as Su Shaoqing finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. After he gave the person permission to come in, Dr. Li was seen rushing inside. “What can I do for you, Director?”

“Dr. Li, please have a seat. This is Ning Xin’s daughter.” Su Shaoqing pointed at Pei Huan.

Dr. Li looked at Pei Huan. “Hi, Ms. Pei, it’s been a while.”

“Hi, Dr. Li, as you’re my mom’s attending doctor, I’d like to know her condition!”

Ever since Pei Huan came out of Su Shaoqing’s office, she had been looking ghastly. She pinched the space between her eyebrows and checked the time before walking toward Ning Xin’s ward.

Pei Huan walked to the door of the ward and heard laughter coming from inside—Bao sounded very happy. However, Pei Huan stood outside the ward with mixed feelings.

Bao was already more than three years old. In fact, there was no problem with him when he was just born. It was just that something happened a year ago, after which he started to resent communicating with others.

She originally didn’t plan to bring him back with her, but He Beiting was not at home. If she left on her own, no one would take care of Bao. Thus, she could only bring him along. At first, she was worried that he would feel scared because he was in an unfamiliar environment, but it turned out she did not need to worry about this as he seemed to be quite happy here.

Shi Nuan was peeling an apple for Ning Xin, and when she looked up she saw Pei Huan standing at the door. Shi Nuan said with a smile, “You’re back, Huan.”

Only then did the ward quiet down, with Bao taking the lead. He got off Li Heng’s lap and ran to Pei Huan to wrap his arms around her thigh. “Mommy, the uncle just said that he will take me to the amusement park.”

Amusement park?

Pei Huan looked up at Li Heng in dismay.

“Why are you here?” Pei Huan’s tone was harsh. She was too focused on Bao just now and didn’t realize that Li Heng was present as well. Noticing that Bao seemed to like Li Heng, a look of worry crept onto her face.

Meanwhile, Li Heng was worried that Bao would fall while the latter jumped off his lap. Li Heng had a gentle smile as he watched Bao run up to Pei Huan.

Sensing the tension in the atmosphere, Shi Nuan hurriedly said, “Li Heng is here to visit Aunt Ning. Umm, what did the doctor say, Huan?”

After getting Li Heng to peel an apple, Shi Nuan stood up and carried Bao. “Bao seems to like Li Heng very much!”

After Shi Nuan finished speaking, Pei Huan’s entire face turned pale. She carried Bao over in a hurry as if she were worried that he would be stolen from her. With Bao in her arms, she said, “Let me carry him, Nuan!”

After that, she walked up to Li Heng. “Mr. Li, given you have visited my mom, please leave now if there’s nothing else.”

Li Heng pursed his lips. He didn’t listen to Pei Huan and continued to peel the apple with his head down. If one were to pay close attention, one would feel as if a storm were brewing. Li Heng knitted his brows, but he didn’t get angry even after a long time had passed.

He finally looked up after he finished peeling an apple and glanced at Pei Huan indifferently. “I came to visit Mom, not you!”

“She’s my mom.” I have not seen such a shameless person.

“Yeah, our mom!” Li Heng handed the peeled apple to Ning Xin. “For you, Mom!”

“Ah, yes.” Ning Xin looked at them and sighed inwardly without saying anything. She decided to stay out of the affairs between the two.

Seeing that Ning Xin didn’t reject him, Li Heng smiled, whereas Pei Huan wore a long face. But she couldn’t say anything terrible to Li Heng considering Ning Xin and Bao were both present.

When Bao saw Ning Xin eating the apple, he wanted some as well. “Grandma has an apple, but why don’t I have one? It’s not fair, Uncle Li!”

“You wanna eat too, Bao?” Li Heng’s countenance brightened as he looked at Bao. “Shall I peel one for you?”

“Okay!” Bao clapped his hands. “Mommy, you can put me down. I want Uncle Li to hold me.”

“Why?” Pei Huan was displeased. “Don’t you like being held by me?”

“No, I like it, but you’ll feel tired and Uncle won’t!” Bao then touched Pei Huan’s face to comfort her. “Don’t be jealous, Mommy. I love you the most.”

Pei Huan was so touched that she almost shed tears. Meanwhile, Li Heng looked up to glance at the mother and son.

A closer look showed that Bao’s eyebrows were similar to Pei Huan’s.

Li Heng rose to his feet. “Let me hold him!” he said as he carried Bao over from Pei Huan’s arms.

Pei Huan spaced out for a while. By the time she came back to her senses, Bao was already sitting on Li Heng’s lap. Li Heng started to peel an apple with a fruit knife.

Bao widened his eyes in surprise as he looked at Li Heng peeling the apple. “Uncle, you’re so cool. The skin breaks every time my mommy peels an apple.” Bao applauded as he urged Li Heng, “Don’t let it break, Uncle!”

“Okay!” Li Heng nodded with a smile. “I won’t let it break!”

Shi Nuan looked at the interaction between Li Heng and Bao, then glanced at Pei Huan.

Perhaps bystanders do see things more clearly.

Pei Huan said that Bao was not Li Heng’s son, but the affection was apparent between them, judging from Bao’s attitude toward Li Heng as well as the latter’s liking for the boy. The fact that Li Heng could treat Bao so well despite being such a proud man showed that he must be crazy in love with Pei Huan.

Although Shi Nuan didn’t know what happened between them, she hoped they could start all over again.

Yet, the thought of Pei Huan being a married woman made Shi Nuan feel that Li Heng might have a tough time ahead.

Looking at the heartwarming scene before her, Shi Nuan could not help but record it with her phone. She then sent the video to Fu Chengyan with a text that read: Look, Yan. Don’t they look like a family? How blissful!

Fu Chengyan was having a meeting with senior management. During meetings, phones were either forbidden or they must be set to silent mode.

However, when a senior manager was presenting a report, a ringtone was suddenly heard. It rang for a full thirty seconds. Everyone froze as though they had turned into sculptures; they were too afraid to move. A while later they glanced around, trying to see who was so bold to actually use the phone during a meeting.

Fu Chengyan was seen calmly taking out the phone from his pocket with one hand while propping his face with the other. Holding the phone in his hand, he swiped to unlock the screen. When he saw the short video and text sent by Shi Nuan, a gentle smile crept across his face.

Is Fu Chengyan smiling? Is he actually smiling after taking a mere look at his phone?

The looks on the faces of the senior management team changed. Everyone was deeply intrigued. It was hard for them to imagine that the head of Shengyuan Group, who had always been decisive and cold and whose stony stares could kill, would actually smile after looking at the phone.

Everyone looked at Fu Chengyan as if he were a freak while the latter moved his fingers on the screen to reply a ‘Yes’ to Shi Nuan after reading her text. Afterward, he put away the phone and glanced at everyone. “Go on. Where were we just now?”

The senior manager who stood rooted to the spot felt like a century had passed before he came back to his senses. “Umm… our department this year…”

Shi Nuan had no idea that her one message had set off a shock wave in a senior management meeting.

Seeing Fu Chengyan’s succinct reply, Shi Nuan checked the time and a realization struck her.

He’s having a morning meeting, isn’t he? Shi Nuan slapped her forehead before putting her phone away and looking at Li Heng and the others.

Li Heng was chatting and joking with Bao, who was in his arms. Bao really enjoyed Li Heng’s company as the little one kept urging Li Heng to tell stories. Although Pei Huan furrowed her brows the whole time, she couldn’t bear to disturb their good time together.

With a smile, Shi Nuan retreated from the ward to look for Su Shaoqing.

Su Shaoqing was talking to Dr. Li about Ning Xin’s condition. When he saw Shi Nuan from afar, he motioned for Dr. Li to leave first. “Don’t you need to work, Mrs. Fu?” NôvelDrama.Org owns all © content.

“Yeah, Yan asked me to keep Huan and Bao company for these few days.” Shi Nuan glanced at Su Shaoqing and asked with a smile, “What about you? Aren’t you busy?”

“Oh, I’m swamped!” Su Shaoqing answered with a pitiful look on his face. “Uh… you’re looking for me?”

Shi Nuan nodded. “I want to know what exactly is going on with Aunt Ning’s condition.”

“Oh, I was talking about this with Dr. Li too just now. Pei Huan had her bone marrow extracted once, three years ago. Although it was very successful, we still dare not to simply try it again now.”

“So we still need to wait for test results?”

Su Shaoqing gave her a nod of agreement. “Theoretically speaking, yes. Why do you ask?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Pei Huan seems to be in a hurry to leave. But given what you just said, she will stay here for a longer time, which means that there’ll be more opportunities for Li Heng!”