I Want a Lifetime with You novel Chapter 123

All of a sudden, some unknown force seemed to have grabbed Shi Nuan’s feet in the dark. With a thud, she fell sitting on the ground, and her phone dropped right out of her grasp.

Shi Nuan seemed to have hit on the countertop basin before she fell on the ground. The acute pain radiating from her back was so intense that she almost shed tears. The washroom was still pitch-black, so she reached out her hands and tried to find support to stand up. However, at that instant, a sharp jolting pain shot up her legs, plopping her right back onto the floor again.

“Help! Anyone there?”

It took Shi Nuan a lot of strength before she could finally crawl her way out. Yet, when her hand reached the doorknob, Shi Nuan found that the door had been locked from the outside. She tried everything she could to open it, but her efforts were to no avail. A wave a terror washed over her as she sat alone in the dark.

Unconsciously, Shi Nuan’s breathing had become shallow. Fear slowly crept up on her, swallowing her alive as time ticked past in the gloomy washroom. Right then, it had felt like a déjà vu moment when Shi Nuan recalled her childhood incident. It happened when she was at home. At that time, she was accidentally locked in the closet. No matter how much she screamed, no one came to her rescue. She thought she was going to die in there. And she most probably would have suffocated in the closet if it was not for Mr. Yang. He was the only one who had bothered to look through high and low to find her when he realized that she went missing.

I need to calm down. Ok. Breathe. Shi Nuan gnawed on her bottom lip and forced herself to keep a cool head. She reached out her hands again and felt every inch of the floor, trying to find her cellphone, but couldn’t.

Meanwhile, Fu Chengyan had heard Shi Nuan’s scream just as he was going to hang up the call. His eyes darkened and he stood up abruptly. “May? May? Say something!” But there was no reply.

“What happened?”

Li Heng narrowed his eyes. The room that was noisy and happening had turned into complete silence instantly. He looked at Fu Chengyan’s rigid expression and realized that it was no simple matter. Then Li Heng slightly lifted his arm, motioning to those who were still joking. Everyone stopped their chattering instantly.

Nonetheless, Fu Chengyan pursed his lips and just stared at his cellphone. The call cut off from Shi Nuan’s side. But when Fu Chengyan tried calling again, he could not get through.

The usually calm Fu Chengyan looked like a totally different person now. He seemed to have lost his wits as his face paled. “Zhou Zheng.”

Zhou Zheng, who stood outside the room, immediately came in when he heard Fu Chengyan. “Yes? Master Chengyan.”

“Cut off all exits of this place and lock it down immediately. Do not let anyone in or out. Ask your men to check everyone in this building, and do not miss out on anyone. Focus on those who were at the same gathering as May,” growled Fu Chengyan as he fixated his gaze on Li Heng.

“Gathering?” Li Heng’s eyes darkened when he saw Fu Chengyan’s serious appearance. Then, he raised his hand to signal Liang Lin to come in, “Did anyone special come in today?”

Liang Lin took a look at Fu Chengyan then said, “Master Chengyan’s wife is here today with her friends on the second floor. Song Shen was the one who booked out the whole floor.”

“Song Shen? I don’t care who it is, no one leaves today,” Fu Chengyan squinted his eyes and looked at Li Heng with a snarl.

Liang Lin was feeling a bit troubled, so he darted his eyes towards Li Heng. However, Li Heng merely waved his hand, “You heard Chengyan. If anything happens to his wife, I will make sure you are the first to be punished.”

Those words sent shivers down his spine. Instantly, he adjusted his glasses and said, “Got it, Mr. Li. I’ll get right to it now.”

Right away, Ling Lin and Zhou Zheng led a whole search party. This was the first time they saw Fu Chengyan acting like this, and it was terrifying.

After Zhou Zheng and Liang Lin left, Li Heng stood up and asked, “Are you suspecting that someone did this to your wife?”

Fu Chengyan pursed his lips and glanced at Li Heng. He appeared gravely somber and said, “Watch your words, Heng.”

Li Heng, on the other hand, quirked his eyebrows and patted Fu Chengyan on his shoulders. “Don’t worry. No one would dare to make chaos at Jingxiu’s territory.” Li Heng then turned to look at Su Shaoqing, who kept himself quiet this whole time, “What’s on your mind?”

Su Shaoqing raised his eyebrows and put on a serious expression. “I think someone is trying to challenge Chengyan’s limit,” Su Shaoqing implied. Fu Chengyan took one glance at him and said, “You are not going anywhere.”

“What? Why not?” Su Shaoqing protested.

“You are a doctor. You are obligated to save lives, and someone’s life is at stake now,” Fu Chengyan said as he grabbed his coat and left the room in a hurry.

Su Shaoqing wanted to follow, but Li Heng stopped him. He curled his lips and drooped his hand on Su Shaoqing’s shoulder. “He is looking for his wife. Why would you want to join in?”

“There are things that you don’t know. Chengyan has always been a level-headed person. Things are different with this woman. He is losing his mind, and that’s what we don’t get to see every day. I have met with the woman a couple of times. She looks pretty and even looks somewhat similar to that person. However, Chengyan had always only lost his temper because of this woman, so I am worried that…”

Li Heng’s eyes darkened, and he snorted coldly, “Well, there is nothing to worry about. Chengyan is the most dependable among the four of us, other than Jingxiu. He knows what he wants. He always does, so just leave him be.”

In the meantime, Shi Nuan, who had probed in the dark for a fairly long time, had finally got up from the floor. After adapting herself to the darkness, Shi Nuan had come to realize what was actually happening. All the lights in the washroom had suddenly stopped working. Even the door was locked from the outside. This is definitely not a coincidence!

Shi Nuan quickly retraced everything that had happened today. Soon after, she understood that someone had deliberately done this to her. Except for Shi Wei, Anna, and Su Su, Shi Nuan could not think of anyone who would want to hurt her, as the rest had no reason to come after her.

Moreover, only Shi Wei and Anna would use these petty little tricks. Shi Nuan calmed down after she had pieced the puzzle together. It all made sense to her now.

She took a deep breath and slowly gathered herself as her hand touched the countertop basin. Once again, she explored her way to the door and forced it to open but could not. Shi Nuan then tried to knock on the door as loud as she could, making sharp noises, “ Hello?”