I Want A Lifetime With You

Fu Ling’s eyes shot open in fright, only to find herself staring straight into Su Shaoqing’s eyes.

She jumped and shot away from him immediately. She had just had a nightmare, and it had taken an obvious toll on her body—beads of sweat were appearing on her forehead. Fu Ling looked up and wiped her forehead dry. She turned to look at Su Shaoqing and swallowed. “You…” Glancing around her, Fu Ling realized that they were at the villa he was telling her about just now. “Have we arrived?”

Su Shaoqing nodded. “Yes, we have.”

Su Shaoqing turned to look at her again. Passing her a few pieces of tissue paper, he joked, “Here, wipe your sweat with this! What were you dreaming about?”

Fu Ling took the tissue paper from him and gripped them tightly. After a short silence, she replied, “I had a nightmare!”

She tried to laugh it off. “It’s been going on for a few years. I’m quite used to it by now.”

She sounded very nonchalant about it, as though she didn’t care at all. “When did we get here?”

“We just arrived!” Su Shaoqing felt his heart break a little as he looked at her. He reached out his hand as though to caress something, but Fu Ling didn’t give him that chance. She opened the car door and walked out to the boot of the car. “Hey! Where’s my luggage?”

“Liang Lin has brought it into the house for you.”

“Liang Lin? When did he get here?” Fu Ling hadn’t realized it at all.

Su Shaoqing smiled and got out of the car too. “You were sleeping so soundly that I felt a little sorry to wake you up. Right. What do you want to eat for dinner?”

Fu Ling glanced at him suspiciously. “I don’t feel like eating anything. Where’s my room?”

“Follow me!”

Su Shaoqing led her into the house but turning around to look worriedly at Fu Ling, who was trailing behind him. As they made their way to the door, Su Shaoqing told her all about the history of the place. “Li Heng built this place a few years ago. Originally, his plan was to move in here with Pei Huan, but many unfortunate things happened, leading to a delay in those plans. His house is right over there. It’s just next to ours, so in the future…”

Su Shaoqing continued to chatter excitedly, and Fu Ling pretended to listen to him. Truthfully, she couldn’t really understand what he was saying. She kept telling herself not to think nor care about these things. She never thought for a second that Su Shaoqing was doing all this for her sake.

After all, Su Shaoqing’s attitude towards her had been very clear back then. If he had any sort of romantic feelings toward her, Su Shaoqing would never have treated her so horribly.

Ling refused to read too much into his advances now. Nevertheless, the scenery in this villa was indeed splendid. The garden on Li Heng’s side of the villa looked especially beautiful. Pei Huan must have

Huan. After all, Pei Huan had broken up with Li Heng around the same time Fu Ling

Shaoqing slowed down to match her pace. He stood under a tree, watching Fu Ling intently as she looked around the garden, lost in her own thoughts. He couldn’t help but think how wonderful it would be if they continued

standing some distance away from her. Feeling a little shocked, she ran up to him and said,

the maids to clean it up for you. Go and have a look—all the toiletries

be staying here for a short

Shaoqing had promised, everything in it was fresh and new, including the bedsheets on

away quickly. Turning around to look at Su Shaoqing, she pursed her lips and said, “Don’t worry; I won’t sneak

you want to order in or go out to a restaurant for dinner? What do you want

already ordered takeout for myself,” Fu Ling replied. “Thanks for your offer, Mr. Su, but there will be

had appeared on his face again. “What takeout did you order? Is it good? Order a portion for

masses, so you might not be accustomed to its taste. Out of consideration for you, Mr. Su, I think you should order your own dinner or make your

could say anything else, Fu Ling stuck out her hand and shoved

another whiff of her flowery perfume. He fell into a daze instantly, and Fu Ling took that opportunity

staring at the door, feeling stunned at Fu Ling’s actions. Still a little dazed, he slapped himself across the face. A while later, he finally snapped out of his reverie and walked away from the door. Sighing pitifully, he mumbled,

despondent. Just then, he

the answer to his own question. “You should know that Ling is no longer the

that you’re probably afraid I’ll hurt her again, as I did so many years ago. But what if I tell you

his hand, he said, “I

to toy with her feelings like that so many years ago. Leaving her was the best thing you could do back then. This time, Shaoqing,

if he did it again, he knew that not only would Fu Chengyan beat him up ferociously, but he would also hate himself for it. “Oh, right. Zhou Zheng should’ve told you by

be

fingers trembled a little as a look of hurt flashed

has already lost a child

that up, you know.” Su Shaoqing pursed his lips. “Since I’ve decided to woo her again, I won’t take it so lightly

her? Even the Fu family refuses to acknowledge her as part of our family. Thus, even if she

know!” At that moment, Su Shaoqing heard a loud thud coming from upstairs. Panicking slightly, he said,

Throwing open the door, he found her sitting on the

barely move an inch. Su Shaoqing stretched out his hand and helped her up from the floor. Looking at her worriedly, he said, “Are you alright? Are