I Want A Lifetime With You

Pei Jingxiu gazed at her for a second before tugging her chin up towards him. He narrowed his eyes and asked a little mockingly, “Are you scared?”

Ning Xi slapped his arm and turned away so that she wouldn’t have to look Pei Jingxiu in the eye.

Pei Jingxiu’s long, slender fingers moved away from her face, but his lips curled into a smile as he said breezily, “Perhaps this solution might be the start of something new, don’t you think?”

“It’s out! The report’s out!”

Su Shaoqing dashed through the door with the latest lab report in his hand. The moment he entered the room, he saw Pei Jingxiu and Ning Xi sitting side by side. There was an awkward tension between them that even he could sense.

Su Shaoqing raised an eyebrow. Mistakenly thinking that Ning Xi was too nervous to speak, he burst into laughter. “Hey, firecracker, are you worried about the compatibility of your bone marrow? Well, I’ll be damned. In most cases, the possibility of a non-biological daughter being an eligible bone marrow donor for their adoptive mothers is very slim. However, to everyone’s surprise, your bone marrow is highly compatible with Aunt Ning’s! Although the compatibility is a little lower than Huan’s, the numbers are very reassuring. It’s more than 50%.”

Hearing this, Ning Xi was overjoyed. After all, it was one life she would be able to save. She was especially desperate now that she knew the relationship between Ning Xin and herself. “Do you mean I’m eligible to be a bone marrow donor for Aunt Ning? That’s wonderful! When will the surgery be conducted?”

“Don’t get ahead of yourself. We have to consult the doctors and arrange a time for the surgery first. You’ll need to rest up during the next few days. Don’t forget that your own health is very important too, especially if you are to be a bone marrow donor.” Su Shaoqing was secretly very pleased as well. They had labored in vain to find a suitable bone marrow donor until Ning Xi miraculously showed up. It was an extremely pleasant turn of events. “I’ll inform Li Heng and Fu Chengyan immediately.”

When they found out about the news, Li Heng and Fu Chengyan rushed over immediately. Pei Huan had been at the hospital the whole time—when news reached him, he went down to Su Shaoqing’s office immediately. Looking gratefully at Ning Xi, she said, “Sorry for all the trouble, Ning Xi.”

“It was no trouble at all. She’s my aunt too!” Ning Xi replied, smiling. Seeing the tired look on Pei Huan’s face, she asked worriedly, “Hey, do you want to take a break? You probably haven’t slept very well these past few days.”

“Here, have a seat!” Pei Jingxiu noted the greying tint of Pei Huan’s face and pulled over a chair, gesturing for her to sit down.

They were right—Pei Huan was indeed very tired. After realizing that she had caught the virus, the woman had spent one sleepless night after another. If she hadn’t been so worried about Ning Xin’s illness, she would have given up and died a long time ago.

Fu Chengyan and Li Heng soon reached the office. They discussed the time Ning Xin should undergo the operation and managed to agree on a time and date. At long last, the dark cloud of worry that had been hanging over all of them finally disappeared.

Li Heng took one look at the exhausted expression on Pei Huan’s face and immediately asked everyone to excuse them. Taking Pei Huan by the hand, he left the room immediately.

As she was dragged down the corridor by Li Heng, she panicked at the thought of what he might do to her. “Li Heng, what do you think you’re doing? Let go of me right now!”

“Shh, don’t fuss.” As they reached the car park, Li Heng stretched out a hand and caressed her hair softly. He stuffed Pei Huan into the car and shut the door. “I’m bringing you somewhere.”

“Where?” Pei Huan shot him a suspicious look.

won’t

with Li Heng like she usually did. She could only let

some music as Pei Huan leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes—almost immediately, she

he whispered,

Carefully, Li Heng

their car pull into the driveway and came running out immediately. “Mr.

waking Pei Huan up. “Because of Mum’s illness, Huan hasn’t been able to get much sleep lately. It’s high time we

looked at Pei Huan, she tutted anxiously

Heng carried Pei Huan upstairs to their bedroom and lay her down gently on the bed. After he took off

in a long time. As she opened her eyes, she realized how light her body felt. However, when her gaze fell on the man next to her, Pei Huan froze. Gazing at Li Heng’s chiseled features, Pei Huan’s finger hovered over his face, trembling, as she debated

at him, she smiled and let

flew open suddenly. He reached and grabbed Pei Huan’s hands, startling her.

nodded. “Did you

that she had fallen asleep so easily. Could it

nodded. “Yes. Thanks for all your

Heng’s lips curved into a smile. “No problem. Since you’re awake, let’s get

Huan followed him as he stumbled out of

out of the wardrobe and handed them to her. “Aunt Zhang is downstairs

the clothes, looking a little dazed. “These

Li Heng stated

exclaimed as he was about to turn and leave. “There’s something I need to tell you. Bao… Bao is your

paused for a moment before a smile spread over his face. “Yes, I know that!” The kid looked so much like him that it was practically impossible for anyone else but him to be

lifted off of Pei Huan’s shoulders when she finally told Li Heng the truth. “I’m sorry for all the trouble I’ve caused you these past few days. Ning Xi’s bone marrow is compatible with my mother’s, so we’ll be able to proceed with

it anymore.” Li Heng walked over to her and caressed her face gently. “I’ve tasked a few of my colleagues to investigate the virus in your

to protest before closing

go downstairs and

to be conducted a week later. During the week before her surgery, everyone got

been recently selling off its shares, so it was no surprise that the Li Group’s stock price had taken a harrowing plunge. Before this, there had already been rumors floating around that the Li Group’s business empire was close to collapsing. However, the Li Group had been around for a long time – there was always a chance for them

panic. Those who had scorned the idea of the Li Group’s collapse now hurried to sell their shares, plunging the company into utter chaos. The Li Group’s new president finally realized the

few weeks. Their goods got held up at the shipping customs, and the overseas department got thrown into a panic. Li Xinzhi felt