I Want a Lifetime with You
Chapter 399

At Prosperous Dynasty, Jiang Hu realized that Su Shaoqing was acting strangely after hearing what the latter had to say. He studied Su Shaoqing carefully for some time, and it took Su Shaoqing a while to say, "Let me take a look."

"Sure, Mr. Su!"

Su Shaoqing and Jiang Hu went to the control room to retrieve the CCTV recording. There were CCTV cameras in every room in Prosperous Dynasty, so it was relatively easy to spy on their guests. However, Prosperous Dynasty kept its CCTV recordings confidential from outsiders. Except for Su Shaoqing and his friends, of course.

Just now, Jiang Hu happened to spot Fu Ling in Qin Yanzhi's room. He found it strange, so he observed the whole incident before reporting it to Su Shaoqing.

Su Shaoqing watched as the video played, and his expression turned icy. "Can you replace out what their conversation was about?"

"I'll need some time for that. Mr. Su, why did Ms. Fu return all of a sudden?" Jiang Hu inquired curiously. The moment he asked that question, he felt a chill run down his spine. Jiang Hu immediately stood straight and pretended to be busy. "Mr. Su, give me some time. I'll replace out what they were conversing about soon!"

A few hours later, Jiang Hu got the entire conversation written out. But when he had gotten someone to read their lips, when Fu Ling's back was against the CCTV camera, so they couldn't figure out what she was saying.

In the end, they concluded that there was a child beside Fu Ling who was suffering from leukemia. There was a high possibility that Qin Yanzhi was the child's birth father. The child needed a bone marrow transplant from his parents and Fu Ling wasn't a match, so she returned to the country, hoping that Qin Yanzhi would be a match.

Su Shaoqing balled his hands into fists. "Find out where the child is and how old he is."

Jiang Hu instantly got Zhou Zheng and Liang Lin to help him out. The report showed that Bai was a three-year-old boy suffering from leukemia. The illness had been discovered shortly after his birth. Qin Yanzhi was most probably the child's father, so Fu Ling came to ask for his help.

But Fu Ling was with me three years ago. The child is the same age as the one she got pregnant with. I witnessed her abortion with my own eyes, so this child isn't mine. But...

"Bai?"

Fu Chengyan was reading the file Zhou Zheng had just handed to him. "You mean Ling came back because of this little boy named Bai?"

He drummed his fingers on the table and narrowed his gaze. "She has been back for two months?"

"Yes. The immigration records showed that she entered the country two months ago. She didn't contact anyone upon arrival. For the past two months, she had contacted many people, trying to talk to Qin Yanzhi. These are the people she contacted. By the way, Ms. Fu got herself a nanny from the same village as her mother. The nanny is the one taking care of the child when she goes to work. The child has been admitted to the hospital around six times within two months. Ms. Fu has almost spent her entire savings on that child. Left with no other choice, she took a risk to meet Qin Yanzhi at Prosperous Dynasty."

He strummed his fingers against the table thoughtfully as he listened to Zhou Zheng's report. "She's back, but she never came to us for help. She'd rather go the long route through her own connections. It looks like she has cut all ties with the Fu clan. What did Shaoqing say?"

"Mr. Su has gone to the hospital to talk to Ms. Fu. Bai has been admitted to the hospital again today."

Fu Chengyan furrowed his brows. "Again?"

"Yes. Mr. Su went to Ms. Fu but got rejected. Mr. Fu, should we stop him from going to her?" Zhou Zheng asked cautiously. After all, Su Shaoqing was the one who had hurt Fu Ling back then. "No need. They will need to solve their problem themselves. How did the investigation regarding Shen Shixiu go?"

"Mr. Shen has been trying to contact Shengshi Group for the past few days. After meeting your wife a few days ago, he stopped trying to meet her. He's either out for inspection or in his hotel room. Nothing seems suspicious for now."

Fu Chengyan waved his hand. "What about Shen Qianan?"

"It seems like Mr. Shen has her locked up. She hasn't been around lately. What do you think?"

"Monitor Shen Qianan for now. Report to me if anything happens. Find out how Shen Shixiu is related to the Shi family, especially Shi Yunsheng. Find out where he was after he disappeared!"

"Understood!"

After Zhou Zheng left, Shi Nuan came upstairs. She spotted the files on the table - they were all about Fu Ling. "Fu Ling has a son?" She glanced at the photograph. "Is he hers?" "We're not sure about that for now." Fu Chengyan massaged his temples. "Are you done with work?"

"Yes. Actually, the North District project is ongoing, and I'm almost done. Mr. Lin and I will be going for site inspections often. By the way, do you know Prosperous Group outsourced the project to another company?"

"Yeah." Fu Chengyuan inclined his head and gathered the files on the table. He rose to his feet and left the study with Shi Nuan. "This is a huge project. Prosperous Group can't handle it alone, so they had to replace a partner. Don't worry. Li Heng informed me previously."

"Okay, I'm glad to hear that. By the way, Mr. George is going to return to the country two days later." Shi Nuan smiled. "He said we owe him a meal!"

The corner of Fu Chengyan's mouth quirked up. "Set a date when he's free."

"Sure!" Shi Nuan nodded. "Something washed over her as she said, "The other project is about to begin, isn't it? Mr. Lin said he's busy preparing the tender. I think I'm going to be really busy soon." "I'll ask Lin Yu and the others to take charge of his project. You won't be joining it."

"Why not?" Shi Nuan demanded in disbelief. "Mr. Lin is my direct superior. If you hand this project to another person, things might not go smoothly for Mr. Lin." She stared at a frowning Fu Chengyan. "Nothing. Anyway, you shouldn't be in charge of this project. I will arrange something else for you," came his reply.

Su Shaoqing had been following Fu Ling for a few days from a distance away. Before Fu Ling flew into a rage, he'd leave right away and appear once she calmed down.

Fu Ling was working at a company to pay Bai's medical bills. She had been working diligently every day since she started two months ago. Strangely, Fu Ling was absent from work today. Su Shaoqing didn't manage to catch sight of the woman.

Later on, he found out that Bai had developed a fever and had to be admitted to the hospital again. Hence, Fu Ling had to ask for a day off.

In the hospital, Bai was already immune to a few fever drugs because he was often sick. Long story short, those drugs produced locally couldn't make his temperature go down anymore. Hence, Fu Ling had to pay for expensive imported drugs to save Bai and exhausted her savings.

Fu Ling was frowning at the medical bill when Su Shaoqing appeared again. "Transfer Bai to my hospital."

"What is your condition?" This was the first time Fu Ling had ever acknowledged Su Shaoqing. She remained indifferent as if she were discussing a deal. "Besides dating you, anything else is fine."

Su Shaoqing's gaze turned stony as he parted his lips. "On one condition. Move in with me."

Fu Ling met his gaze icily. "Su Shaoqing, I don't have to ask for your help. I can always go to Chengyan!"

"Don't you know Song Zhenyan is back? She's in the Fu Residence now." Su Shaoqing looked at Fu Ling directly and enunciated every word clearly. At the mention of Song Zhengyan, Fu Ling's face paled visibly. She clenched her hands as her eyes turned red. "Su Shaoqing, are you forcing a woman to cave in? That's so despicable of you!"

"Only the results matter to me. I don't care about the process. I'll give you time to think it through, but I'm sure you know Bai can't wait any longer."

Fu Ling bit her lip and clenched her fists tightly. "Okay, I agree with your condition." Fu Ling met Su Shaoqing's gaze. "But you need to promise me that Bai will be fine!"

Something flashed across Su Shaoqing's gaze. "Okay!"

"I'll arrange for Bai's transfer now. You should pack up and move into my place." Su Shaoqing was about to hold Fu Ling's hand, but she shook him off. "Mr. Su, I agreed to move in with you. I didn't say you could touch me!" Her eyes were icy and full of disgust.

Su Shaoqing felt his lips twitch, and it took him a while to nod. "Okay. As long as you agree to move in, anything will do."

"Really? Anything will do?" Fu Ling couldn't believe her ears."

"Yes!"

"Good. Can I ask you to move out, then?"

"Hey!" Su Shaoqing didn't know the woman had become this sharp-tongued. "I can promise I won't sleep with you. Anything else is impossible!"

"Ha! Then why did you say anything will do?" Fu Ling scoffed and shot a disdainful look at Su Shaoqing. "Don't make promises you can't fulfill. Anyway, since I've agreed to move into your place, I won't go back on my word. But I don't want to see you now, so please leave!"