I Want A Lifetime With You Chapter 118
Shi Nuan had known the answer before he nodded. After observing Mr. Qin’s reaction towards her, the
woman raised her eyebrows and said, “So, the House of Chigu is yours?”
Fu Chengyanughed before dismissing Zhou Zheng and Mr. Qin with a wave. After the two men left
the room, Fu Chengyan unveiled the calligraphy scroll. “Are you surprised?” he asked.
Shi Nuan pursed her lips and nced sideways at Fu Chengyan. “So, did you intentionally trick me the
previous time when we got grandpa his present?” Although she was not angry, the woman had difficulty
describing her current feelings.
As he did not deny it, she was unable to get mad at him. “Why are you not answering?” She asked.
Fu Chengyan gave Shi Nuan a meaningful look as he brushed the scroll with his fingers. Tapping on
the paper, he exined, “It was your own idea. I was originally thinking of something else when you
suggested the House of Chigu,” the manughed and continued, “I have never bothered with the
means, I only care about the oue.”
Fu Chengyan looked at Shi Nuan with twinkling eyes and a blush spread across the woman’s cheeks.
She lowered her head and continued eating as she had nothing else to say.
The next day, Shi Nuan woke up early. As they were going to visit Jiang Shizheng, she wanted to bring
her grandpa something else other than antiques, calligraphies or paintings. Needless to say, at the
woman’s insistence, Fu Chengyan had started stewing soup at sunrise.
Over at the Jiang family, Jiang Shizheng had already informed Aunt Fei earlier that Shi Nuan would be
back today, together with her newlywed husband. Aunt Fei had been working for Jiang Shizheng all this
while, but never knew that Shi Nuan had gotten married. As such, she got a shock when she first heard
the news but recovered from it quickly. The woman went to the market at the crack of dawn and had
been busying in the kitchen preparing food.
Aunt Fei had watched Shi Nuan grow up. Although there were two kids in the Shi family, Aunt Fei was
never fond of Shi Wei. When Jiang Yu and Shi Wei came back to visit each year, she could tell that
their concern for Jiang Shizheng was just superficial.
Although Aunt Fei was only a servant, she was rather respected in the Jiang family. She had also
watched Jiang Yu grow up, but had never taken a liking to the young mistress. However, Aunt Fei
always had a soft spot for Shi Nuan.
When Aunt Fei stepped out of the kitchen, she saw Jiang Shizheng reading the papers in the living
room. However, he looked distracted as he was taking intermittent nces towards the door.
Jiang Shizheng quickly retracted his gaze when he noticed Aunt Fei looking at him. He red at the
servant as he heard her chuckle. “Go back to the kitchen!”
“Right away!” Aunt Fei answered as she wiped her hands on her apron. Just then, the doorbell rang.
Jiang Shizheng stood up halfway, but immediately sat back down again. “Why aren’t you opening the
door?” He shouted towards Aunt Fei.
Aunt Fei went and opened the door at once. She was well aware that the old master had been feeling
unsettled since morning.
“Missy, Sir.” Aunt Fei opened the door and greeted Shi Nuan and Fu Chengyan, who stood at the
doorway with their fingers interlocked. Aunt Fei was surprised only for a moment before opening up a
path for them to walk past. “Pleasee in, Missy and Sir!”
“Aunt Fei!” Shi Nuan beamed. “Where’s grandpa?”
“He’s in the living room. The old master has been waiting for Missy and Sir since morning!” Aunt Fei
chuckled as she reached out to take the present from Fu Chengyan’s hands. However, Fu Chengyan
said with a smile, “Aunt Fei, I’ll hold it myself!”
“Sure!” Aunt Fei couldn’t help but steal a few more nces at Fu Chengyan.
It was not the first time she met this fine young man but she had always known him as the old master’s
student. Even though words had it that he was a powerful figure, Fu Chengyan was always polite
towards her and had never put up any airs. As such, Aunt Fei held a good impression of him.
“Come in now, Missy and Sir!”
Shi Nuan was secretly delighted when she saw the look of approval in Aunt Fei’s eyes. However, she
suddenly remembered that her grandpa did not seem to be very happy with their marriage. She took a
nce at Fu Chengyan and wanted to let go of his hand. But Fu Chengyan tightened his hold instead.
Aunt Fei was feeling ecstatic as she took in the scene. “Missy, you and Sir should go and have a chat
with the old master. He kept nagging when you were not around. I shall go back to the kitchen and
continue cooking. I’m preparing your favorite dish ‘Buddha Jumps Over the Wall’.”
“There’s gonna be ‘Buddha Jumps Over the Wall’?” Shi Nuan had an excited glint in her eyes as she
said, “Thank you Aunt Fei!”
Fu Chengyan changed into a pair of slippers after getting a pair for Shi Nuan. Then, he held her hand
as they entered the living room together.
Jiang Shizheng had been listening to their conversation and was eagerly waiting for them to join him in
the living room. But when they finally appeared in sight, the old man immediately adjusted his posture
and pretended to be reading the newspaper.
Shi Nuan saw that although her grandpa was holding the newspapers, his eyes were, in fact, looking
towards their direction. She tried hard not tough at the old man’s ridiculous behavior.
Jiang Shizheng narrowed his eyes and let out a snort when he saw that Shi Nuan was trying to
suppress herughter. The woman let go of her husband’s hand and said, “Grandpa, I’m back!”
“Hmph, I thought you have already forgotten your way home.” As Jiang Shizheng spoke, he lifted his
head to look at Fu Chengyan. Even when Fu Chengyan was just standing naturally with a gift box in his
hands, his imposing presence could still be felt. Although Jiang Shizheng was quite happy to have him
as a grandson-inw, he still disyed a look of dissatisfaction. “Well done, young man!” he said in a
sarcastic voice.
“Grandpa!” Fu Chengyan greeted Jiang Shizheng, who let out a cold harrumph. “I’m afraid I can’t afford
that honor.”
Fu Chengyan picked up at once that his teacher was still upset with him for stealing away his beloved
granddaughter without telling him. “Of course you can.”
Jiang Shizheng turned his face towards the side, which caused Shi Nuan to start panicking. She stared
at Fu Chengyan before moving forward to pacify the old man. “Grandpa, don’t be angry, it’s all my fault.
N-not telling you that Yan and I got married was my idea!”
“Huh?” Jiang Shizheng was not convinced. “Stop finding excuses for this fe. I know him too well.”
“It’s true!” Shi Nuan felt bad as she tugged on Jiang Shizheng’s arm. “It’s really my fault. Yan wanted to
inform everyone before we registered our marriage, but I did not allow him to.”
Shi Nuan looked at Fu Chengyan after finishing her sentence. However, Fu Chengyan said, “Grandpa,
it has got nothing to do with Nuan. It’s my bad.”
“Hmph! You think I don’t already know that? I only have one darling granddaughter. How could you
have kidnapped my darling girl without saying anything to me!” Jiang Shizheng was not really angry,
but he was still slightly mad at them for keeping it from him. He needed to put up this act in order to
make a stand.
Shi Nuan’s head was throbbing. She bit her lips and said, “We did not keep it from you deliberately. Yan
and I got married in a rush and I wasn’t mentally prepared for it yet. We were intending to tell you after
some time, but you suddenly found out about it first… “
Before Shi Nuan finished talking, Fu Chengyan grabbed her hand and gave it a light pat. “Haven’t we
brought some soup for grandpa?” he said. “Go bring it into the kitchen to Aunt Fei!”
Shi Nuan looked like she still had something to say, but she downcast her eyes once she met Fu
Chengyan’s gaze. As he nodded his head briefly, Shi Nuan got the hint right away that he wanted to
talk to her grandpa in private.
After Shi Nuan left with the soup container, Fu Chengyan turned his gaze back to face Jiang Shizheng,
and found himself staring into the old man’s prating stern eyes. Fu Chengyan raised the corners of
his lips and seemed unruffled. “Sir, why don’t we y a game of chess?” He proposed.
Jiang Shizheng let out a cold snort before getting up. “Alright, let’s go to the study!”
A faint smile appeared on Fu Chengyan’s face again as he got up and walked behind Jiang Shizheng.
Although Jiang Shizheng had aged, he was still extremely fit and took brisk steps. When the two men
entered the study, Fu Chengyan’s sharp eyes found the chess set. Heid it out and waited for Jiang
Shizheng.
Jiang Shizheng nced at Fu Chengyan and said, “Don’t think I’ll forgive you so easily just because of
what Nuan said. Nuan’s my granddaughter and I know her character very well!”
“Sir, you’re right!” Fu Chengyan went along while arranging the chess pieces. “Sir, you have been good
at chess since my schooling days. Why don’t you let me have a head start?”
“Fat hope!” Jiang Shizheng took a side nce at Fu Chengyan and continued, “Don’t think you can
hide your true intentions from me. When I first introduced Nuan to you, even though you did not
express anything, I could tell that she was not the only one for you. Your rtionship foundation can’t
be that strong.”
The old man made the first move while keeping his shrewd gaze on Fu Chengyan.
Fu Chengyan had a ck chess piece in between his fingers and he was looking very much rxed.
The man twitched his lips and picked up another ck chess piece. “Sir, that’s not entirely correct.
Feelings sometimes catch us by surprise. But of course, they may also be developed over a period of
time,” he said.
While Fu Chengyan spoke, Jiang Shizheng ced another piece on the chessboard. The younger man
paused for a moment before continuing, “My feelings for May have indeed caught me by surprise, while
May grew to like me over time.”
Jiang Shizheng was momentarily stunned. He had not expected such honesty from Fu Chengyan.
In his impression, this student of his had all along been very mature and had a stable personality, even
from a young age. Jiang Shizheng already knew it back then, that Fu Chengyan had a bright future
ahead, and was meant to aplish great things.
Fu Chengyan never publicized his intentions, but once he set a goal, he would make sure he achieved
it.
It was also because of these traits which he possessed, that Jiang Shizheng had introduced him to his
granddaughter.
Nuan had a mild temperament andcked resolution. Jiang Shizheng was exactly the type of man she
needed to shield her from the brutalities of life.
As Shi Nuan was still reeling from her breakup with Fu Xicheng at that time, she was not receptive to
her grandpa’s arrangement. Jiang Shizheng was not one who would force his wishes on others. Seeing
that Shi Nuan wasn’t interested, he did not insist upon it.
But he had never expected that those two would actually get married, and only after such a short
period of time. If the old man had not discovered it identally, he would probably still be kept in the
dark.
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Jiang Shizheng couldn’t help being upset, even though one was his precious granddaughter and the
other was his favorite student. The anger which he had feltst night was indeed genuine.
After Fu Chengyan made another move, he saw the expression on Jiang Shizheng’s face. In a soft
voice, he said, “Sir, are you worried about the rtionship between May and I? Or are you worried that
I won’t treat her well?”
Jiang Shizheng lifted up his head and asked, “Are you really serious about Nuan?”
Fu Chengyan paused and kept quiet. After a seemingly long while, he looked into the old man’s eyes
and said, “I’ll be honest with you, Sir. I am not entirely proud of the manner in which May and I got
married. But please be rest assured that May is the woman I am going to spend the rest of my life
with!”