I Want A Lifetime With You Chapter 228
“Yes, please keep it safe. Everyone only gets one number tag.” Mai Qi smiled and put away her
personnel list. “I still need to go to other departments.”
“See youter, Ms. Mai!”
After Mai Qi left, Yuan Jia could no longer contain her excitement and wanted to gossip with Shi Nuan.
But before she could say anything, Director Lin shot her a look and chided, “No discussing of personal
matters during work hours.” Ling Yu handed a folder to Shi Nuan, “Go ahead with this first. Ask me if
there’s anything you’re not sure about.”
“Yes, sir.” Shi Nuan took the folder and waited until Lin Yu left before going back to her seat. She
ced the number tag in her bag and prepared to review some documents.
Yuan Jia rushed to Shi Nuan’s side and whispered to her, “Shi Nuan, aren’t you even a little bit curious
about what the numbers are for? I asked Mai Qi, and she would only say it’s some kind of a reward.”
“Oh!” Shi Nuan nodded. “Okay!”
Yuan Jia noticed that Shi Nuan wasn’t too interested in this so-called reward. “Aren’t you curious at
all?”
“I am. But you said it’s some kind of a reward, and we’ll find out soon enough at the annual meeting. I
still have work that I need to finish.” Shi Nuan pointed to the papers and the datasheets in front of her.
Yuan Jia sighed, “What am I going to do with you?”
Previously, Yuan Jia had plenty of misunderstandings towards Shi Nuan. She thought that she was
someone who had gotten the job by pulling strings and had no skills other than just looking pretty. But
after working together for a while, Yuan Jia realized how wrong she was. Shi Nuan was aplete
workaholic, just like Lin Yu. “Get going then.”
After Yuan Jia left, Shi Nuan spaced out for a bit before she took the number tag out to have a look
again. She grabbed her phone and sent Fu Chengyan a message via WeChat. “You had Mai Qi give
out number tags?”
A reply quickly arrived. “Yes.”
“It’s a kind of reward?” Shi Nuan didn’t want to gossip, but she had a hunch that there was something
suspicious about it. Why on earth was he giving out number tags?
“Guess!”
Fu Chengyan looked at his phone and grinned.
Zhou Zheng was standing stiffly in front of Fu Chengyan’s desk, holding papers with one hand and
pinching his leg with the other.
Fu Chengyan looked up and reverted back to his stern expression. “What were we talking about?”
“Oh. We were discussing the guests and partnerships for the annual meeting. Mr. Fu, are we still
inviting those we invited previously?”
“Yup,” nodded Fu Chengyan. “You can go ahead and make these decisions yourself. Anything else?”
“Oh, Mr. George told me yesterday that he might have to make a trip back to France soon.”
Fu Chengyan paused before looking up. “Why?”
“Mr. George’s mother is sick, so…” Zhou Zheng continued, “There won’t be anyone working during the
New Year anyway, and he promises there won’t be any dys when he goes back.”
“Okay.” Fu Chengyan raised his hand, but before he was able to say anything else, Shi Nuan’s reply
came in. “I don’t want to guess. I’ll find out at the annual meeting anyway.”
Fu Chengyan grinned, “Okay, then don’t.”
Fu Chengyan continued to text with Shi Nuan when he realized Zhou Zheng was peeking at him from
across the table. Fu Chengyan red, “Anything else?”
Zhou Zheng rubbed his palms together andughed sheepishly, “Mr. Fu also uses WeChat?”
Fu Chengyan nced at his phone screen then at Zhou Zheng. “And?”
“No-nothing.” No wonder Zhou Zheng thought the image on Fu Chengyan’s screen looked
familiar. Who knew the usually disinterested Mr. Fu would one day use WeChat too. But he also
noticed that his WeChat page looked rather nk. “Mr. Fu, don’t tell me you only have your wife as
your only contact?”
Fu Chengyan put his phone away. “Do you have a problem with that?”
“No, no problem at all! Why would I have a problem?” Zhou Zheng hurriedly denied it. “But WeChat is
used to connect people with each other. Don’t you want to add a few more contacts?”
“Like whom?”
“For example Mr. Li, Mr. Su, and me!” Zhou Zheng pointed at himself. “Don’t you think the apps
nowadays are great? And it’s so easy to get in touch with someone. If Mr. Fu sent me a message on
WeChat, I promise I’ll reply to it right away.”
“What Mr. Zhou is saying is… you can reply to me instantly even when it’s during working hours?” Fu
Chengyan propped one hand under his chin and tapped the table with the other, while slyly observing
Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng hadn’t yet caught on to what Fu Chengyan was implying, so he nodded and guaranteed,
“Yes! As long as Mr. Fu texted me, I will always reply to you instantly, regardless of where I was or what
I was doing.”
“Oh really,” Fu Chengyan smirked. “What you’re saying is, you’re always on your phone even when
you’re working?”
Zhou Zheng could feel the room temperature suddenly drop a few degrees. Only then did he realize
that Fu Chengyan had tricked him. He fervently shook his head. “Mr. Fu, you misunderstood. That’s not
what I meant. That’s absolutely not what I meant.”
Fu Chengyan snorted, “You’re dismissed.”
“Yes, I still have plenty of things I need to do. I’m leaving. Right away.”
In the meantime, Song Jingyu had also gotten a number tag. She knew about the reward, so she
sought out Mai Qi to get a number for herself and even personally chose number 13, a number she
found to be lucky. Song Jingyu had heard from Mai Qi that Fu Chengyan’s number was fourteen.
Hence, the two numbers together would be 1314, which in Chinese, sounded simr to ‘forever and
always’. Song Jingyu felt really good about her number.
Not long after, all staff members in Shengyuan Group had gotten their number tags. Everyone was
feeling very excited about this uing annual meeting. Everyone had heard about the special
‘reward’ and that there would be a special event. They were all making guesses as to what the reward
could be. They were also excited they would get a chance to see the rarely seen boss that night.
The day before the annual meeting, Shi Nuan was fretting over what she was going to wear.
Usually, she would just pick something simple. However, Fu Chengyan had asked her to wear
something nice, and it would also have to keep her warm.
Shi Nuan thought his request was rather contradictory, and she was getting a headache just thinking
about it. She stood in front of her wardrobe for a long while, but she just couldn’t find something that
would match Fu Chengyan’s expectations.
At the same time, Fu Chengyan was in the study discussing work matters with Fu Heng. And when he
went to find Shi Nuan, the first thing he saw was her pouting in front of the wardrobe.
He took a gown from Shi Nuan, looked at it, and ced it back. “What’s wrong?”
Shi Nuan red at Fu Chengyan and whined, “It’s all your fault! You wanted me to dress nicely, and
you also wanted it to keep me warm! Think about it, where would I find such a dress like that? I’m
completely lost!”
“Look at you, losing your marbles over a dress.” Fu Chengyan chuckled. “How about this? It looks
nice.”
Fu Chengyan took out a basic buttoned-up shirt then picked another white knitwear.
Shi Nuan looked on as Fu Chengyan took piece after piece of clothing from her wardrobe and couldn’t
help but facepalm. “These aren’t gowns, they’re…”
“Hmm?” Fu Chengyan raised an eyebrow, “They’re what?”
“Nothing.” Actually, those really would keep her warm. In fact, they’re no different from what she usually
wears.
The difference was how Fu Chengyan had matched the different pieces. Together, the ck and white
styling looked chic and sophisticated. With a ck coat, it would definitely be warm and would also be
appropriate for a formal setting.
Most of the clothing in Shi Nuan’s wardrobe could be mixed and matched easily, so she didn’t have to
worry about wearing clothes that didn’t match.
“So when you said you wanted me to dress nicely, you meant for me to just wear my usual clothes?”
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“Your usual clothes are nice!” Fu Chengyan continued, “It’s just an annual meeting. You don’t need to
dress too shily like the others. You’re different from them.”
“Yes, yes, yes. Alright, I’ll wear this.” She was toozy to think about it further anyway. “Where is the
annual meeting at?”
“Prosperous Dynasty.” Fu Chengyan ced the clothes against Shi Nuan’s body to check how they
looked. “It was supposed to be at Shengyuan, but Shengyuan has a rather hectic scheduletely, so
we didn’t want to add to that by having the annual meeting there.”
“That’s true.” Shi Nuan smiled. “Oh, and the number tag? You have one too? Yuan Jia from our
department is a little tattletale. She’s been asking me what the secret behind it is.”
Shi Nuan put the clothes back into her wardrobe, then went to Fu Chengyan to massage his temples.
Fu Chengyan leaned against the sofa and chuckled when he heard Shi Nuan’s question. “Are you sure
it’s your colleague asking and not yourself?”
Shi Nuan wasn’t bothered that Fu Chengyan had seen through her little ploy. “Okay, I want to know.
Are you going to tell me?”
“It’s a secret. You won’t be surprised if you find out now.” He took hold of Shi Nuan’s hands and pulled
her towards him, seating her in hisp. “Either way, I’ll make sure Mrs. Fu will be very pleased.”
“Please don’t,” rejected Shi Nuan quickly. “Don’t forget, hardly anyone knows we’re married. If people
see us at Shengyuan’s annual meeting, then that won’t be good.” Knowing the truth was one thing, but
having them misunderstand and make wrong assumptions would be troublesome.
And there was a Song Jingyu too. Just thinking about her gave Shi Nuan a headache.
“Don’t worry. I know what to do.” Fu Chengyan ced Shi Nuan’s hands to his lips and kissed them.
“Tomorrow, you’ll go with the rest of your colleagues from the project management department. Lin Yu
will look after you.”
“I know,”ughed Shi Nuan. “I’m a grown-up, and I can take care of myself. You’ll surely be busy
tomorrow, so I promise I won’t cause you any trouble.”
Shi Nuan reached to fix Fu Chengyan’s cor then patted him on the shoulder. “I have this feeling that
you’re hiding something from me. You’re not nning something for tomorrow, are you?”