I Want a Lifetime with You
Chapter 160

It was very late when the two of them arrived back home. Shi Nuan had slept in the cinema just now and was quite alert now, so she borrowed Fu Chengyan's study room to work.

Although she had just entered the company and Lin Yu didn't assign much work to her, Shi Nuan felt the need to get started as soon as possible and finish the job quickly. After all, Lin Yu even had the intention to let her follow up on the project in West City, which was a once in a lifetime opportunity for her.

After Fu Chengyan came back, he let Shi Nuan use his study room and went to the living room to watch the news on financial matters. Arnold curled up at his feet and looked at him with pitiful eyes from time to time. Fu Chengyan slanted a gaze at Arnold, which caused him to lower his head in submission. Fu Chengyan extended a hand to pat Arnold's head, "Mommy is working, so you can't go up there and disturb her."

"Woof, woof!" Arnold barked, seeming as if he understood.

Arnold actually belonged to Fu Chengyan, but due to his busy work schedule and also some issues, he had Su Shaoqing take care of him. So, Arnold had lived with him for quite a long time. Others thought that Arnold belonged to Su Shaoqing, and Fu Chengyan didn't intend to take him back.

This time, for some reason, Su Shaoqing had sent Arnold back to him twice, and Arnold seemed to take a liking to Shi Nuan.

Fu Chengyan smiled faintly and commanded, "Sit, boy!" Arnold obediently sat on the ground, staying motionless but keeping his eyes on Fu Chengyan the whole time.

It was already past ten when Zhou Zheng called, "Mr. Fu, the matter has been clarified. A female colleague in Mrs. Fu's department was jealous that Mrs. Fu caught the favor of Director Lin the moment she entered the company, so she tried to make her look bad in front of all her colleagues, saying that she had someone backing her and entered the company through underhanded means."

Zhou Zheng mused that this was in fact a very trivial matter, but because it was Shi Nuan whom they were talking about right now, it was a different situation in Fu Chengyan's eyes. He had personally witnessed the wrath of Mr. Fu towards others, all for the sake of Shi Nuan. That was something he'd never forget in his entire life.

"Okay!" Fu Chengyan nodded. When he saw Arnold pad over to him, he stretched out his hand to ruffle his furry head. Shi Nuan indeed had someone backing her: him!

"Mr. Fu?" Zhou Zheng was a little unsure of Fu Chengyan's thoughts at that moment, so he hesitated before saying, "Should I deal with her?"

"Deal with her?" The corners of Fu Chengyan's lips hooked upwards, "That's not necessary. It's just a small matter. May can solve it by herself." Fu Chengyan then said, "She'll handle it on her own." Zhou Zheng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He also felt that this wasn't such a big deal, and based on Shi Nuan's personality, she wouldn't really take it to heart. However, he didn't dare to guess the thoughts of his boss anymore, so he thought that he'd better ask before making any speculations, "Alright, got it."

"Wait!" Fu Chengyan abruptly said in a voice of authority, "Send someone to keep an eye!"

"Understood!"

Fu Chengyan kept his phone just as the news announcement was over. Then, he got up and headed upstairs.

Shi Nuan was busy in the study room for quite some time and felt that her whole body had become stiff. When she looked up from her work, she saw Fu Chengyan in a bathrobe with the neckline slightly open and a white belt tied around his waist. He stood just by the door with a towel in his hand.

Shi Nuan's mouth opened in surprise, "Why did you come here without drying your hair first?"

Fu Chengyan raised his brows and walked in, "Are you still not done yet? You just started working and Lin Yu already loaded you with so much work?"

"That's not it!" Shi Nuan smiled and showed the document in her hand to Fu Chengyan, but didn't give it to him. Instead, she only waved it in front of his face, "These were all given to me by Mr. Lin. He asked me to read them when I'm free.

Also, isn't the project in West City about to begin? Since Mr. Lin asked me to learn from him and gave me such a good opportunity, I don't wanna screw up at such a critical moment!"

"You won't!" Fu Chengyan chuckled softly and managed to take a glimpse at the document in Shi Nuan's hand. He never expected Lin Yu to be this generous. "Lin Yu is quite capable. You can learn something valuable from him!"

"Yeah, I think so too!" Shi Nuan smiled and closed the document file. She still felt very awake after her nap just now. However, she knew that she couldn't rush certain things and that it was better to go slow and steady, "Am I affecting your work by taking up your study room?"

"Nope!" Fu Chengyan smiled and reached out to caress Shi Nuan's hair, "Not going to read anymore?"

Shi Nuan nodded and kneaded her sore neck, "No."

Fu Chengyan grabbed her hand and lowered it, making her confused as to what he was doing. Fu Chengyan then went to stand behind her to massage her shoulders. Shi Nuan was flattered by his gesture but quickly stopped Fu Chengyan, "It's okay. I'm fine."

Fu Chengyan didn't listen and only motioned for Shi Nuan to sit still. His strength was just right; neither too little nor too much. Shi Nuan instantly felt her body relax a lot. When Fu Chengyan saw the contentment on Shi Nuan's face, his lips couldn't help but stretch into a smile, then he said, "What do you think after reading it?"

Shi Nuan opened her eyes and tilted her head backwards to look at Fu Chengyan, mulling over his question for a moment, "Lin Yu is indeed very capable. I think that he always considers things from every aspect. Take the project from three years ago as an example.

At that time, the development of the land in Yujing City was quite challenging. He had just returned to Jiang City at that time, and Yujing City was the first project he took over. There was a river bank over there, and it was said that the residents wouldn't allow houses or factories to be built there because it would pollute their source of water.

Later on, Lin Yu came up with a plan to prevent that from happening by building the factory around the river. Plus, a strict eye is kept over the factories there."

As Shi Nuan spoke, she thought about West City again, "It's just that this time, the problem is that there are places we cannot use, and also some issues with the West City's geology. We still need to wait for the next inspection before we can see the specific report. Do you think this piece of land in West City will be shelved?"

Fu Chengyan's hands paused on Shi Nuan's shoulders and he chuckled lightly, "What do you mean?"

When the time comes, a large shopping complex will be built in West City, and a majority of the people will gather there on a regular basis. But there's a mental hospital and a drug rehabilitation center there, both which are things we can't control. We can't tell them to move someplace else!

Besides, I've seen some of the factories there that led to severe pollution, which caused the land to be abandoned for quite some time. If we really wanna develop the land, the pollution problem needs to be solved first."

"You're right!" Fu Chengyan nodded, "But there are still ways to solve all of this. We just need to think out of the box."

"I guess so!" Shi Nuan nodded in return, "But I'm not saying that it won't work. I just think that there will be some challenges." She then recalled something, "By the way, I heard that Fucheng also wants to get their hands on this?"

When Fu Chengyan heard her question, something flashed within his eyes, "Yes."

Shi Nuan shook her head, "Fucheng isn't capable of undertaking this project. I previously worked at Fucheng, and their internal operations always had many issues. Over these recent years, they've been completely relying on Shengyuan. Just a while back, I realized that Shengyuan's orders were decreasing, which caused Fucheng to have more problems internally, not just with the employees, but also in their accounts."

Fu Chengyan's pair of deep set eyes lit up with interest, "Go on."

"You're the one who controls the order amount, right? I thought that you'd directly cut off all orders, but who knew that it'd go all back to normal now." Shi Nuan couldn't figure out just what Fu Chengyan was thinking, but he must have his own reasons for doing this.

Shi Nuan now knew why Fu Yuqing was so anxious to break up with Fu Xicheng, and wanted him to be with Shi Wei. Being with Shi Wei meant owning the shares in her hand, which would equal to owning the shares of the Shi family's company, Huancheng.

If one day, Shi Wei went nuts and gave all her shares to Fu Xicheng, then he would have a high status in Huancheng. At that time, it would be uncertain whether Huancheng would be the Shi's, or the Fu's. Fu Yuqing had always been someone with great ambitions. When he wanted something, he never hesitated to use whatever means he could to attain it.

"He saved my uncle's daughter before." Fu Chengyan explained. Shi Nuan raised her head when she heard him speak, never expecting something like this to happen, "Your uncle?" "Yeah!" Fu Chengyan nodded, "My uncle's adopted daughter, Fu Jiaqi.”

"Adopted daughter?" Shi Nuan was a little confused, "Fu Heng is your uncle? Since when did he have an adopted daughter?" Although Shi Nuan didn't know Fu Heng in person, she'd heard about him before. However, she had never heard anything about him having an adopted daughter.

Many people knew Fu Heng as someone who pampered his wife dearly. He was clearly an old man, but was always voted to be the most attractive man in many of the ranking contests in Jiang City as many were envious of how he spoilt his wife. Song Rongrong always said that she admired women like her who still had such a loving relationship with her husband even after decades of being married. But if the both of them were really in such a loving relationship, why was there an adopted daughter?

Fu Chengyan looked at the puzzled expression on Shi Nuan's face and knew that a whole bunch of conspiracy theories were playing in her mind. He then said, "She was carried home by mistake when she was a baby." He continued, "My uncle pitied her, so he didn't send her away, but..."

"But what?"

"It's a long story and it's hard to explain it properly. All you need to know is that in the future, when you meet people from the Fu clan, there are two people you can trust."

"Oh?"

"My two younger sisters, Fu Jiasi and Fu Jiazhen." Fu Chengyan said, "Both of them are different from the rest of the Fu Clan, and they won't make things difficult for you!" Shi Nuan nodded her head in understanding, but was still perplexed, "Why have I never heard of your two younger sisters?"

"Jiasi is my half-sister, and we have the same mother. As for Jiazhen, her real name is Pei Huan, my uncle's daughter and Li Heng's wife!" When Fu Chengyan talked about Fu Jiasi and Fu Jiazhen, his eyes darkened, "Outsiders don't know about any of this. You can say that these are the Fu Clan's most guarded secrets."

"And you told me all of it just like that?!" Shi Nuan couldn't help but giggle a little, "Also, why didn't I know that Li Heng was married?" Shi Nuan had never met this person. Knowing that Li Heng's wife was actually Fu Chengyan's sister was another surprise for her.

However, seeing Fu Chengyan's expression, Shi Nuan predicted that there was probably more to it than just a simple answer, "I know what you're going to say. Let's just wait until I meet them, then you can tell me at that time!"