I Want A Lifetime With You

Feeling mortified, Shi Nuan stiffened. Without any expression on her face, she uttered, “What?” No! This is impossible!

Su Huaibei knew this news would come as a massive shock to Shi Nuan. Even he himself had found it hard to digest when he first came to know about it, let alone Shi Nuan. He had taken a long time before he could finally accept the truth.

Shi Nuan suddenly had no idea where to place her hands. She stared at Su Huaibei and rubbed her hands anxiously. “You must be kidding me,” she uttered with an awkward chuckle.

“No, I’m not.” Su Huaibei shook his head. “In fact, I only came to know about this only a few days ago. I’ve been contemplating on whether to tell you this for the past few days, and I’ve decided that you have the right to know about this.”

“So, you mean Shen Qianan and I are both your children?”

Su Huaibei nodded firmly. This time, Shi Nuan was rendered speechless.

She had no idea what to feel about her biological parents.

She wasn’t even sure whether she should be furious at them or not. She wanted to react the same as Shen Qianan was towards Shu Qing at the press conference earlier, but she didn’t feel as furious as Shen Qianan was right then. Probably because she had next to no memory about Su Huaibei and Shu Qing, she harbored no other feelings towards her stranger-like parents.

Of course, Shi Nuan also had no idea what Shen Qianan actually felt back then. How will I actually feel if I found out that my father, whom I’ve lived with and thought to be mine, is actually not my biological father?

Shi Nuan chuckled bitterly. How kind of me. I could hardly digest my own emotions, yet I’m here worrying about Shen Qianan’s mental state.

“Then, what’s your motive in telling me this?”

“You two are sisters related by blood, so I want to-”

“You want to reunite with Shen Qianan as well? To atone for your absence in our lives and not fulfilling your role as a father?” Shi Nuan interjected. She curled her lips when she saw the surprise flashing across Su Huaibei’s face. “But has it ever occur to you that maybe both Shen Qianan and I do not need your atonement at all?”

“I-”

“You shouldn’t be telling me this now. What you should do is to explain this to Shen Qianan herself. I suggest you meet up with her and tell her this yourself once you recover. I cannot help you with this.”

Shi Nuan adjusted her shirt and turned to Su Huaibei. “I’ve asked Shaoqing, and he said you’ll be discharged in a few days’ time. Since you’re doing well, I shall take my leave first. I have matters to settle back home.”

“Nuan!”

Su Huaibei called out to her when he saw her leaving. “You don’t want to accept Qianan as your sister, right? I know some conflict happened between the two of you, so I-”

“You’ve misunderstood me,” Shi Nuan cut him off. “I’ve said before that I am willing to accept you as my father because you want to atone for your absence, and it just so happen that I am not against that. But that doesn’t mean I will accept anyone to be my family, be it Shu Qing or Shen Qianan. After all, this is your business and not mine, isn’t that so?”

With that, Shi Nuan left promptly, leaving Su Huaibei to contemplate her words.

was that rationality of hers

kicked all his problems back to him. Indeed, she would be fine with him reuniting with his loved ones, but that doesn’t mean she would accept all of them as her family.

could get herself out of all this mess and live a life free of

into space. He immediately called

poured out a cup of water for him. “Please have your meds,

ahead for a long time before asking, “Fu Yi, am I doing

question, Fu Yi paused in his actions. “What do you

in frustration. “Do you think I shouldn’t have come back from the start?” If I didn’t

have a simple and happy life. She doesn’t need me to mess with her life. After all, it’s my own selfishness

the whole of your life, you’ve never put yourself before others, I think it’s forgivable for you to make some selfish decisions for your

old. Old man tends to overthink things. By the way, how’s Qing? Is she

Ms. Shu didn’t leave the house for the past few days.” Fu Yi was about to

“Please lie back down, I’ll get the door for

was Shu Qing standing outside the ward.

face was unhealthily pale. Unlike her dressed-up self, she came without

turned to Su Huaibei instinctively, only to see Su Huaibei

“Let her in.”

in before closing the door behind him. He then stood guard outside the ward to

all,

entrance even after the door was closed. After noticing her standing like a statue,

eventually. The moment she saw Su Huaibei’s pale complexion, she couldn’t help but avert her

“What brings you here?”

which was very different from his usual

tone was lively with emotions; be it gentle, or happy with elation. At times, he would be enraged, or even gave her the cold shoulder. He would display all his emotions, which would change around her. But today, this was the first time he looked so calm and devoid of all emotions as he spoke. This made Shu Qing immensely uncomfortable. He felt so distant, it was

“I

“Well, I’ll have to disappoint you then. As you can see, I am very healthy and the doctor

his smile never reached his eyes. “Why? Now that you know that I’m

talk like

other than hurling

grip on her bag and stared

some wrinkles. His eyes were also sharper than before. Unlike the usual loving gaze he had

I met up with Shen

I know.” Su Huaibei nodded.

ask me? To ask about what happened during your disappearance for that six months, and what actually happened to me in that dinner? Don’t you want to know about my relationship with Shen Feng,

to

by his reaction. Su Huaibei simply listened to her calmly, his face still devoid of any expression she wished to see on him. In