As Fu Chengyan kept silent, Shi Nuan stared at him strangely. After a long time, she wondered if she had forgotten something important.
So… Fu Chengyan has known me a long time ago and has long been interested in me. But he didn’t come to me because I was taken then. ”So, you have actually been paying attention to me all this while?”
Fu Chengyan pursed his lips, with a smile tugging at the corner of his eyes. Hearing Shi Nuan’s words, he grinned even wider. “Why? Are you touched now that you’ve found out just how deep my love for you is?”
“Yup!”
Shi Nuan gave a firm nod. “I really didn’t expect that!” It turns out that Fu Chengyan’s love for me is actually this deep.
“But since when did you like me?”
Once a woman was hung up about something, she wouldn’t drop it easily. This was especially true for Shi Nuan now. She kept trying to get an answer out of Fu Chengyan.
However, the man refused to tell her. “Think about it yourself, and ask me again after that. Then, I’ll tell you if what you think is right.” As he spoke, he pulled the car over and glanced at Shi Nuan. Shi Nuan was at a loss. “Aren’t we going to Grandpa’s place?”
“Are you going to go there empty-handed?” Fu Chengyan raised his brows as he unbuckled his seat belt. “Wait for me in the car. I’ll be back soon!”
Fu Chengyan reached out to pinch Shi Nuan’s cheek and added, “Read a book if you’re bored. Don’t play with your phone. The phone radiation is not good for your baby!” Taking away the phone in Shi Nuan’s hand, he took out a magazine and handed it to her. “Be good!”
Shi Nuan squinted her eyes and could not help but frown at him behaving like a prospective dad. “I’m only at the first trimester. You don’t need to stop me from playing with my phone this early on!”
“No, the doctor said phone radiation is not good for the baby in your stomach. Be good! Tell me what you want to eat, and I will buy it for you later!”
“No need for that. Hurry up; go and get a present for Grandpa. We’ll eat at Grandpa’s place later anyway!” Shi Nuan then pushed Fu Chengyan out of the car.
Fu Chengyan reached out and stroked Shi Nuan’s head. “Wait for me!”
“Alright!” After Fu Chengyan got out of the car, Shi Nuan skimmed through a few pages of the magazine, and she soon got bored of it. She was just about to reach out to touch her phone when she thought of what Fu Chengyan said before he got off the car. So, she retracted her hand and turned to look at the scenery outside the window.
The place where Fu Chengyan had parked the car happened to allow her to see the big screen on the opposite square. At this time, the big screen was playing the trailer of a foreign blockbuster. It was said that the female lead of the blockbuster was also from the Jiang City of Z Nation and that the blockbuster would be released in Z Nation as well.
Nowadays, the market in Z Nation was a big slice of the pie that everyone was eyeing. Therefore, the crew of the blockbuster, White Nights, would also come to Z Nation. As the female lead of the blockbuster was from Jiang City, the tour in Z Nation seemed to include Jiang City as well.
Shi Nuan didn’t actually pay much attention to these things, but she often heard Song Rongrong talk about the foreign bigshots and celebrities. The latter had her own professional needs and interest in them.
Shi Nuan stared at the trailer on the big screen. For some reason unknown to her, she felt a sense of déjà vu. She looked at the female lead on the big screen. Although the actor was very old, she still looked charming.
After looking at it for a long time, Shi Nuan could not bring herself to tear her gaze away from it.
After that, the trailer on the big screen ended and was replaced by a jewelry advertisement, which was the endorsement of GVY. Shi Nuan knew about GVY, but when she saw that the spokesperson on it was also the female lead in the earlier movie, she stared intently at the woman this time, unable to look away. She did not even notice when Fu Chengyan got in the car.
Fu Chengyan placed all the gifts in the trunk. When he got into the car, he saw Shi Nuan spacing out as her eyes were fixed straight at the big screen on the opposite square.
Fu Chengyan narrowed his eyes. “What’s the matter?”
Shi Nuan came back to her senses. “You’re back?”
“Yeah!” Fu Chengyan nodded and glanced at the big screen, which was already replaced by another advertisement. “Are you bored? What are you looking at?”
“Nothing!” Shi Nuan shook her head as she already dropped her gaze and glanced back. “Have you bought the gifts?”
“Yes!” After buckling his seatbelt, Fu Chengyan drove off. “I saw you staring at the big screen earlier and thought that you had gotten too bored!”
“No. A blockbuster, White Nights, was being introduced earlier. I think it’ll be released next month! It seems that we haven’t watched a movie in a long time, Yan. Let’s watch it next month, okay?”
“Okay!” Fu Chengyan nodded his head. “I’ll ask Zhou Zheng to book the tickets once it’s released!”
Shi Nuan smiled. Somehow, she kept feeling perturbed today, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. In short, it was not a good feeling. This kind of feeling came too quickly, and Shi Nuan couldn’t tell what it was, so she didn’t bother telling Fu Chengyan about it.
When they were outside Jiang Shizheng’s house, Shi Nuan got off and waited on the side of the road. Fu Chengyan needed to look for a place to park the car elsewhere.
Shi Nuan was carrying a bag in her hand, and on the ground next to her were the gifts that Fu Chengyan had just bought. While standing, she started counting out of boredom. Suddenly, a woman walked up next to her in a hurry. Shi Nuan didn’t see her and ran into her directly.
The woman didn’t seem to expect to run into Shi Nuan as well. She exclaimed and staggered backward. Fortunately, there was a tree behind, so she didn’t fall to the ground.
Shi Nuan also staggered backward before stabilizing herself.
“Are you alright?”
Shi Nuan walked over and saw that the woman was wearing sunglasses and a silk scarf around her head. Although it was not midsummer now, it was not that cold for her to wrap herself up like that.
Shi Nuan was about to say something else when the woman looked up and took another two steps back. When the eyes behind the pair of sunglasses fixed on Shi Nuan, the woman was stunned. She then walked past Shi Nuan and avoided her like the plague.
“Hey, are you alright?”
Shi Nuan looked at the woman’s weird behavior in astonishment, finding her strange. It’s not like she’s a superstar. Why must she cover herself up in such a manner? Besides, she ran into me, and yet she fled without apologizing. Do I look that intimidating?
“What are you thinking about?”
After parking the car, Fu Chengyan came over and saw Shi Nuan standing rooted to the spot in a daze while staring straight ahead. Fu Chengyan followed Shi Nuan’s gaze, only to see nothing there. Fu Chengyan couldn’t help but knit his brows slightly. “What are you looking at?” This has happened more than once today.
Shi Nuan shook her head. “Nothing. A weird woman ran into me just now. I asked her if she was okay, but she left without saying anything. How strange!”
“Ran into you? Are you okay?” Fu Chengyan didn’t bother asking about the strange woman at all. When he heard Shi Nuan say that she had been hit, he immediately put down whatever was in his hand, held her arms, and checked her body for any injury. It was not until he saw that there was nothing wrong with her that he was relieved.
Meanwhile, his reaction left Shi Nuan speechless. She hurriedly grabbed his hands, freed herself from his grip, and gave him a helpless smile. “I’m okay, really!”
“Really?”
“Of course! If I were unwell, I would have told you! Don’t worry; I’ve only gotten pregnant. It’s not that serious. Don’t be so nervous!”
Fu Chengyan squinted his eyes. “How can I not be nervous? This is your first pregnancy!”
“Alright. We should go up now, or Grandpa will be worried!” Shi Nuan couldn’t help but urge, “Let’s go now!”
Shi Nuan was about to pick up the things on the ground but was stopped by Fu Chengyan. “Just follow me!”
Smiling helplessly, she could only listen to him. But when she looked at Fu Chengyan’s back, she suddenly felt that living a simple life like this with him made her quite happy – especially when he treated her like a precious treasure. What she had previously suffered at the Shi residence was not worth mentioning at all!
As soon as Shi Nuan and Fu Chengyan walked to the door of Jiang Shizheng’s house, they noticed that the door was wide open. Shi Nuan raised her brows as she voiced her doubt, “Did Grandpa leave the door open for us?”
Shi Nuan walked in and didn’t see Jiang Shizheng, so she couldn’t help but feel confused. “Grandpa?”
“Hi, Nuan, you’re here!” Aunt Fei walked out of Jiang Shizheng’s room in an apron, looking a little tired. “Aunt Fei, where’s Grandpa?”
“Master—” Before Aunt Fei could finish speaking, she saw Jiang Shizheng walking out of the room. “Nuan, you’re here?”
“Yes, Grandpa!” Beaming, Shi Nuan hurriedly went in with Fu Chengyan. “I came with Yan. Is dinner ready, Aunt Fei?” Shi Nuan looked at Aunt Pei with a smile, while the latter shot a worried look at Jiang Shizheng. “Master, you…”
Jiang Shizheng looked up and shot a sharp glance at Aunt Fei. “Didn’t you hear Nuan say that she’s hungry? Go and cook now!”
He waved his hand and sent Aunt Fei away.
After taking off her shoes, Shi Nuan rushed in to hold Jiang Shizheng’s arm. “What’s wrong with you, Grandpa? Are you just too happy to see me?” she teased.
“Yeah, of course! You’ve finally grown into an adult. After having a baby, you will become a mother. How can I not be happy?” Jiang Shizheng stretched out his hand and patted the back of Shi-Nuan’s hand, and sat down with her support. Then, his gaze fell on Fu Chengyan, and he knitted his brows when their eyes met. However, he soon recovered, and he beckoned Fu Chengyan to sit down.
Shi Nuan might not have noticed anything unusual, but Fu Chengyan was smart. His many years of experience in the business world had made him an extremely observant man, so he could often spot the tiniest details.
When he came in, he had noticed that something was odd about Aunt Fei. Looking at Jiang Shizheng now, he could tell that something must have happened earlier. The look in Jiang Shizheng’s eyes a moment ago was undoubtedly the best answer to confirm his inference.
Fu Chengyan frowned. After sitting down, he opened the thermos, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Shi Nuan. “Have some water!”
Shi Nuan looked at the cup handed to her and couldn’t help but furrow her brows. “I’m not thirsty!”
“Your lips are dry. Just take a sip!” Fu Chengyan said while looking at her with gentle eyes. “Be good!”
Shi Nuan turned crimson in an instant as she instinctively looked at Jiang Shizheng. When she saw that he was also looking back at her with a smile, she could only bite her lip and take a sip.
