I Want a Lifetime with You
Chapter 341

"Xufan, how could you say that? I'm your mom!"

"Mom? I'd rather not be born. You're both disgusting, and I'm disgusting, too." Li Xufan glowered at Li Min and Li Cenbei maliciously. "You've been curious why I'd rather be with that old Lin Yunjia instead of Pe Huan, right? Let me tell you, it's because I've learned it from you. Like father, like son. Pei Huan said I'm disgusting, but you're far more disgusting than me!"

"Insolent fool!" Li Min raised her hand and gave Li Xufan a tight slap. "What are you talking about? You know nothing!"

"I know nothing?" Li Xufan touched his jaw. His cheek was throbbing painfully from the slap, but his gaze remained frosty. "When I was four, I saw you entering a room with another man who wasn't my father. That man must've been Li Cenbei, my great-uncle!"

Li Min shivered as she staggered back in disbelief. "Xufan, I—"

"I used to wonder why Great-grandpa adored me so much. Then, I realized I was a direct descendant of the Li clan, the son of his favorite son! Ha! How ironic is that. Everyone in the family is filthy and disgusting!"

Li Min gasped upon noticing the disdain in Li Xufan's eyes. "Xufan, listen to me. It's not what you think. Cenbei and I aren't related at all. We love each other deeply!" She grabbed Li Xufan's hand and implored, "Xufan, please trust me!"

"Don't touch me!" Li Xufan flung her hand away. "Do you think Li Cenbei is that kind? You've been guarding against your brother because you are afraid he'd take over the Li Group, right? Because you think the Li Group belongs to Li Cenbei! No wonder you told me to go against Li Heng for all these years. It turns out you did everything for his sake. What a pity. You think he's an angel, but in fact, he's trying to destroy the Li Group."

"Stop sprouting nonsense!" Li Min glared at Li Xufan furiously. "Don't ever say that!"

"Ha! Just you wait and see. You'll replace out who's the one who really wants to destroy the Li Group."

Without even sparing Li Cenbei a glance, Li Xufan kicked a chair right beside him and left in a huff.

Li Min wanted to go after her son, but she couldn't stop herself from turning back to Li Cenbei. "Xufan is still a kid. He'll soon understand you're his..."

"I think you're the clueless one. I've told you many times that I don't even love you."

"No, I believe you still love me. You dumped me back then because of your identity. Let me tell you, we aren't related at all because I'm not my father's biological daughter. They-"

"Li Min, leave now. I don't want to repeat myself." Li Cenbei stopped her with a murderous glare.

Trembling in fear, Li Min left reluctantly.

Once she left, Li Cenbei's fist landed on his desk with a loud thud as his gaze turned ferocious.

Suddenly, his phone on the desk rang. Li Cenbei glanced at the caller ID before answering the call. "Mr. He, we've got it. The Prosperous Group is registered under Pei Jingxiu's name." Pei Jingxiu?

Li Cenbei narrowed his eyes. "I got it."

"Oh, I have something else to inform you." The person at the other end of the phone chuckled. "Remember the virus from there years ago? I've recently come up with a new variant which is far more dangerous."

"What did you do?" Li Cenbei's expression fell. "Who did you use it on?"

"Ha! Your enemy is also mine." The man's voice was frosty. "On your wife's son."

"Hey! He's just a kid!" Li Cenbei growled. "Why didn't you tell me before you take action?"

"I'm telling you now. You went back to deal with Li Heng, right? Didn't you agree when I injected Li Heng's wife with that virus then?" the man sounded nonchalant. "Besides, if it wasn't for you, I would've injected the virus into the boy a year ago. Anyway, I have to thank you. After a year, the virus is now more potent."

"Give me the antidote!" Li Cenbei demanded, his veins almost popping out. "I'll take revenge on Li Heng and the Li clan, but Pei Huan and Bao are innocent."

"They are innocent? As long as they are related to the Fu clan, they are not innocent." The man lost his patience. "Don't worry, the virus is still in its incubation period. They are safe for now. I'm telling you abou this because you've been slacking off recently. I've been waiting for years, so there's no room for failure. Destroy both the Li and Fu clan right now."

Li Cenbei gripped his phone angrily. "What a ruthless man. You can even harm your relatives!"

"Likewise."

The man hung up after saying that, leaving Li Cenbei staring at his phone as a muscle in his jaw twitched.

Pei Huan! Bao!

Li Cenbei hadn't expected to run into Pei Huan and Bao in his life. He had originally planned to stop the revenge, but Li Heng took action. But both Pei Huan and Bao have been dragged into this! Li Cenbei shut his eyes as pain and despair overwhelmed him.

Pei Jingxiu. I never knew he'd be the man behind the Prosperous Group. He's the adopted son of Ning Guofu of the Ning family. Rumor has it that he worked for the Ning family and ran their family business before leaving abruptly a few years ago. Turns out he's back.

Pei Jingxiu is so close to Fu Chengyan and Li Heng. If he's involved, things will get very complicated.

Meanwhile, Shi Nuan went to work early in the morning. As she had been on leave for the past few days, Yuan Jia came to her the minute she arrived. "Shi Nuan, you've been absent for the past few days. Where have you been?"

Yuan Jia studied her and said, "You've gained some weight. Did you go on a vacation with your boyfriend?"

"My boyfriend?" Shi Nuan beamed and waved her hand, showing the ring on her finger. "I'm married!"

"Oh, yes. Your husband?" Yuan Jia recalled Shi Nuan was already married. "It's all your fault. You don't look like a married lady! Why do you look so young?"

"You look young too!" Shi Nuan shook her head and brushed a finger over Yuan Jia's forehead. "Let's work. By the way, did anything happen when I wasn't at work?"

"You have no idea. Something major had happened, but not in our company, of course."

"Oh?" As Yuan Jia seemed eager to share the gossip, Shi Nuan went along with her. "Why do you even bother, then?"

"It's about the Li Group. Do you know the Managing Director of the Li Group, Li Heng, has been fired? He's Mr. Fu's friend. We were going to partner with the Li Group, right? But since their downfall, Shengyuan has decided to call off the collaboration. A few days ago, Li Xufan came a few times to talk to Mr. Fu, but he refused to even see him."

"Really?" Shi Nuan was surprised. She knew about the Li Group's predicament, but she didn't know Li Xufan would come to Shengyuan to talk to Fu Chengyan.

However, Fu Chengyan would certainly refuse to meet him. Li Xufan was ruthless to Pei Huan back then. Because of Li Heng, Fu Chengyan didn't take revenge on Li Xufan. But he wouldn't pass up the opportunity that had come knocking at his doorstep.

"What happened next?"

"What else? Anyway, the Li Group is doomed. When Li Heng was the Managing Director, the Li Group was really strong. I don't know what the Li clan was thinking. Why would they fire Li Heng?" "Forget it. Those rich people think differently from we commoners. Give me the plan for Western District."

"Oh, here you go." Yuan Jia handed the file to Shi Nuan before adding, "I heard Mr. Lin said we're going to partner with the Prosperous Group instead. Have you ever heard of the Prosperous Group?" Shi Nuan froze in astonishment. "Prosperous Group?"

"Yes. No one knows its origins. I heard it started out as a small company in Sheen City. In just a few years' time, it acquired over ten companies. I wonder who is its owner."

Shi Nuan was staring at the file, but she was wondering silently, Is there a connection between the Prosperous Group and Prosperous Dynasty? Is the Prosperous Group related to Shengyuan or Li Heng? "Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan!" Yuan Jia waved her hand in front of Shi Nuan. "What are you thinking about? I've called your names so many times!"

"Oh, it's nothing. You should go back to work. I'll read this file and get back to you later."

"Sure. Take your time!" Yuan Jia felt something was amiss, but she couldn't pinpoint what it was.

Shi Nuan flipped through the file casually as she thought about what Yuan Jia had just said. Actually, she knew Shengyuan would be replaceing another partner for the project. Fu Chengyan told her the Li clan had mistreated Pei Huan back then. He didn't take action because Li Heng was still in the Li Group. After Li Heng left the Li Group and cut off ties with the Li clan, he immediately took action. But why did he choose to partner with Prosperous Group? Shi Nuan couldn't figure this out.

She had never heard of the Prosperous Group, but her instincts told her this company must have something to do with both Li Heng and Fu Chengyan.