I Want A Lifetime With You

I Want A Lifetime With You Chapter 466

Su Shaoqing’s expression changed and he was noticeably annoyed. With a stern face, he said, “You stay out of my business!”

“I’m your mother! Who’s there to mind you if I don’t?” Lin Shuqin was peeved upon hearing Su Shaoqing’s words. “I’ve let you be in any way you wanted in the past but this matter has to be the exception!”

Lin Shuqin was also a hard-nosed woman. “There’re so many girls out there, why does it have to be Fu Ling? I thought you dislike her before?”

“What?” Su Shaoqing curled his lips, but the smile on his face was icy. “I don’t even know what it means to like someone. But there’s one thing for sure; since she’s back now, I can’t let her go this time. That’s what I owe her.”

“But sympathy is not the same as love, Shaoqing!” Lin Shuqin massaged her temples in frustration. “Do you understand? Remember how you’ve fooled around when you were young? Have your dad and I ever restricted you from doing anything you wanted? Yet, this matter is different. You should never have toyed with her feelings come what may. Now that you’re all square, why are you pestering her again?”

“All square?” Su Shaoqing lifted his head. There was an utter bleak expression on his face, sending chills down the spine of anyone who set eyes upon it. His dark eyes fixated on Lin Shuqin. “I owe her a life. We’ll never be even. That’s enough. Since you’ve never meddled with my business when I was young, don’t you interfere now. It’s getting late, I should go back now.”

“Stop right there!” Lin Shuqin was exasperated. “Just where did you get this temper from? Go back? Where are you going? This is your home!”

Su Shaoqing paused in his tracks but he did not stop.

Home?

To Su Shaoqing, it didn’t really matter where he was. When he was young and naive, he did not like to be home because he did not want to be restrained. Now, he did not miss going home because Fu Ling was not there. The only place he could call “home” was where Fu Ling was.

Su Shaoqing did not know what “love” was, but he was willing to be with Fu Ling for the rest of his life.

Su Shaoqing left the Su Residence and sat in the car for a long time. He smoked a cigarette and until it was entirely dark outside, he took out his phone and made a call to Fu Ling. “Are you going home?”

Fu Ling was keeping Bai’s company at the hospital. She did not intend to pick it up when she saw that it was a call from Su Shaoqing. However, Bai reached out, took her phone and pressed on the “answer” button, and even turned on the speaker mode. Su Shaoqing’s voice barged in abruptly.

Fu Ling was slightly stunned and before she could answer, Bai asked, “Mommy, is this uncle pursuing you?”

Fu Ling paused and looked at Bai with mixed feelings. “Do you understand the meaning of the word ‘pursuing’?”

“I do!” Bai nodded and looked at Fu Ling with a slightly puzzled expression. “There’re many uncles pursuing Mommy when we were abroad. But Mommy never liked them!”

Su Shaoqing, who was on the line, was dumbfounded when he heard Bai’s childlike voice. But as he listened to their conversation, fury started creeping into his dark eyes.

“Silly boy!”

“Bai is not silly! Bai knows it’s because of Bai that Mommy never said ‘yes’ to those uncles’ pursuits, right? Is Mommy afraid that those uncles would mistreat or abuse Bai?”

“Oh boy! Who taught you all these?” He’s only three. How does he find out about all this stuff? He even knows what “abuse” is. That made Fu Ling frown. “I’ve never taught you all these!”

“It’s the old lady next door who told me. She said that stepfathers and stepmothers are evil!” Bai put on a serious face as he said that, which looked as though he was in deep thought. Biting his finger, he added, “But Mommy, I think this uncle likes you!”

Fu Ling was stunned again, and then only she realized she was still holding the phone. She quickly hung it up. “What are you babbling!”

“It’s real!” Bai blinked. “This uncle comes to see Bai every day and even plays with Bai. When Mommy’s not around, he even took me out to play!”

“What did you just say?” Fu Ling squinted. “He took you out?”

Bai seemed to realize that he had said something wrong so he quickly pulled his finger out from his mouth and reached out to grab Fu Ling. “Mommy, please don’t be angry. Bai… Bai just wanted to play outside. But Mommy can take Bai’s word! Bai never ran about. Uncle was carrying Bai all the time, so please, Mommy, don’t be angry!”

Bai looked at Fu Ling cautiously with a timid expression which made Fu Ling yielded instantly. How could I be angry with him? With her eyes brimming with tears, Fu Ling said, “I’m sorry Bai, it’s all Mommy’s fault!” She could have sent Bai for treatment if she had the money back then, or she could have gone to Qin Yanzhi earlier if she had realized Bai’s illness, and then Bai wouldn’t have ended up in this condition. At the end of the day, it’s because of my selfishness and worries about seeing Su Shaoqing again that I did not return to this country earlier.

But so what if I see him? No one is more important than Bai.

“Mommy, please don’t cry and don’t be angry. Bai will never go out anymore, okay?” Bai got up from his bed and reached out to hug Fu Ling, making her cry even harder.

But Fu Ling was very anxious about Bai’s health so she restrained herself. “No, Mommy’s not angry. Bai, if you want to go out next time, just let Mommy know and Mommy will bring you out, okay?”

“Really?” Bai beamed in joy. “Then Mommy, bring uncle as well!”

“Why?” Fu Ling was surprised. There had been other men going after her but Bai had never really liked any of them. Why is Bai’s attitude toward Su Shaoqing so amiable? Is it just because Su Shaoqing has brought Bai out to play a few times?

“Because Bai likes him!” Bai smiled shyly. “Bai thinks this uncle is very good-looking!”

Fu Ling was speechless.

So, my son is also someone who judges others based on their appearance?

“Doesn’t Mommy like uncle? But Bai can feel that uncle really likes Mommy!”

“How does a child know what it means to like someone?” Fu Ling did not take Bai’s words seriously. She thought that Bai was all about looks and Su Shaoqing happened to meet his preference.

On the other hand, the call was hung up on Su Shaoqing but before Fu Ling ended the call, he could hear distinctly that Bai said he liked him.

Su Shaoqing was delighted and he was smizing. Tossing his phone to the side, he stepped hard on the gas pedal.

Su Shaoqing went to buy dinner from Xinglong Square before going to the hospital.

It was seven o’clock in the evening and the hospital became tranquil gradually. When the nurses saw Su Shaoqing, they quickly stood up and greeted him, “Director! You’re returning to the hospital at this hour?”

However, Su Shaoqing only placed his finger on his lips. “Shhh!”

The nurses went quiet immediately. Nevertheless, when they saw the direction Su Shaoqing headed, it was all abuzz again. “What do you think our Director has to do with the family of Fu Sibai? Could it be that the kid is actually our Director’s illegitimate son?”

“Hush! Don’t spout nonsense!”

Su Shaoqing walked toward the ward and heard the cheerful waves of laughter coming from inside. Bai was giggling and sounded gleeful.

Su Shaoqing’s eyes were also beaming with a hopeful glint. Just then, he heard Fu Ling say, “Alright Bai, no more funny business. Are you hungry? You said you weren’t just now but it’s quite late already, are you still not hungry?”

“I’m hungry!” Bai pouted. “Bai is hungry!”

“Only now do you feel hungry?” Fu Ling couldn’t help smiling. “Then what do you want to eat? Mommy will buy for you!”

“Bai wants to eat… uncle!”

Bai’s eyes lit up and he sat upright immediately when he saw Su Shaoqing. “Uncle.”

“Mmm. How does Bai feel today?”

Su Shaoqing pushed open the door and walked in. He was carrying the lunchbox from Xinglong Square which immediately caught Fu Ling’s attention. She frowned. “Why are you here?”

“I’m here to see Bai. You haven’t eaten, right? I’ve bought this from Xinglong Square. They’re all your favorite!” This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Su Shaoqing opened the lunchbox as he said that, while Fu Ling glanced over. Indeed, they’re all my favorite. But… ”I don’t like all these!”

Su Shaoqing’s hand which was still holding the lunchbox paused mid-air and his eyes dimmed a little. “Don’t you like them? But Huan said you like these dishes, and I remember you like them as well when you were young…”

“That was before.” Fu Ling cut him off. “What do you think you know about me? You don’t know my favorite food and my preference has changed. I don’t like all these!”

“You don’t like them? Then what do you like? Just tell me, I’ll take note and I’ll buy for you next time.” Su Shaoqing smiled and continued, “Let’s eat these for now. Bai is still young; he can’t go starving for too long!”

Fu Ling’s eyebrows were knitted even closer together. If Su Shaoqing were still the same as before, she would have plenty of ways of dealing with him. However, Su Shaoqing had changed. No matter what she said, he would always go along with everything she said, rendering her to be at a loss for what to respond.

Seeing that Fu Ling did not respond, Su Shaoqing smiled again. “Eat first, don’t starve yourself. Just let me know what you like to eat after you’ve finished eating later. I promise I’ll never get them wrong next time!”

“Su Shaoqing, are you a worthless scamp?” Fu Ling couldn’t help feeling a little dismayed.

A cold glint flashed across Su Shaoqing’s eyes as he heard Fu Ling’s words but he quickly concealed it and put on a smile. “Yes, indeed, I’m a scamp, a worthless scamp!”

Looking at Su Shaoqing’s cheeky and smiley face, Fu Ling felt even more troubled. “Su Shaoqing, this will all be futile. I don’t like a single thing you like!”

Su Shaoqing’s face turned gloomy and just as he was about to speak, Bai cut off the conversation between them. “Mommy, aren’t all these your favorite?”

Bai looked at Fu Ling with a perplexed face, and then he turned to Su Shaoqing and blinked his eyes. “Uncle, Mommy likes these.”

Fu Ling froze on the spot. She knew very well that Su Shaoqing would not believe what she just said but when Bai unraveled her lies, Fu Ling felt as though she had been slapped in the face. That was a blazing sensation.

Fu Ling turned her head to the side in the gawky air.

Su Shaoqing curled his lips and reached out to pinch Bai’s cheeks gently. “Oh, I see. Then maybe Mommy doesn’t like them today?”

Su Shaoqing’s mood turned bubbly and his gaze on Bai softened.

Bai grinned, showing his pearly white teeth. “Yes! It happens to Bai sometimes too! That’s why, uncle, you must remember to ask Mommy next time before preparing any food for her!”

“Alright. Bai is such a good boy. Come, let uncle feed you!”