Qi Shifeng felt his anger rising when he saw her in such a state.
How dared she go drinking with those men with that face of hers!
He reached out again, pinning her under the showerhead.
Roughly stripping off her cheongsam, he gave her a hasty shower, wrapped her in a bath towel, and tossed her onto the bed.
Xu Tingyu vaguely knew who was in front of her, but somehow she sensed danger and reached out for the quilt.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the man had already pressed himself on top of her.
"You're quite good at smiling? Why aren't you smiling now?"
In the widely circulated video, she had been smiling all the time under those lecherous gazes.
It was extremely glaring.
He had ordered someone to deal with the video, but he was still so angry that he rushed over in person and brought her back.
Xu Tingyu only felt an overwhelming weight on her body.
She could hardly breathe.
"Let, let me go..."
She said as she tried to push the man away.
But her movements were so weak that it seemed more like she was feigning resistance.
The man narrowed his eyes and suddenly grabbed her waist tightly, as if he wanted to merge her into his very bones and blood.
But his whole body was filled with a menacing aura that was terrifying.
"Let you go? You racked your brains and used every means to marry me, and now you want me to let you go?"
He scoffed. His well - defined hands traced up along her waistline and then squeezed hard.
They had been married for three years. There was no affection between them, but they knew each other's bodies quite well.
He knew how to arouse her and also knew all her vulnerable spots.
Sure enough, her breathing hitched noticeably.
But this time, instead of instinctively arching her back and pressing into his chest as usual, she let out a short cry of pain.
The man finally noticed something was wrong.
Her eyes were hazy, her cheeks were an unusual shade of red, and her expression was a mix of anger and indignation.
Everywhere his hands touched was burning hot.
He remembered what Aunt Zhang had told him, that she was sick.
Which meant she had gone out drinking with those people before she had fully recovered.
He stared at her intently for a few seconds, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face.
Then he rolled off the bed, put on a bathrobe casually, opened the door, and walked out.
As the door closed with a thud, Xu Tingyu's heart trembled.
Sure enough, as long as she didn't try to please him, there would always be such conflicts between them.
Because he never showed her the slightest bit of tolerance.
Although she had known this for a long time, she still couldn't help feeling sad.
She turned over and buried her face in the pillow. A tear quietly slipped out and rolled into the pillow.
She didn't know how long had passed when the door opened again. Someone helped her up and fed her medicine.
She thought it was Aunt Zhang. In great discomfort, she still slurred her thanks, "Aunt Zhang, thank you."
Qi Shifeng, who was helping her, stiffened for a moment and then let out a cold laugh.
Sure enough, she was ungrateful.
He took her temperature, fed her medicine, put a fever - reducing patch on her, and dressed her in pajamas.
After doing all this, he didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he stared at her for a while.
After three years of marriage, it was the first time he knew that his delicate wife had such a stubborn temper.
She would rather grovel to outsiders than yield to him.
He was going to see how long she could hold out.
That night, Xu Tingyu slept very restlessly.
The alcohol was churning in her stomach, making her internal organs ache.
In the early hours of the morning, her lower abdomen started to cramp.
The pain made her curl up.
Thankfully, soon a pair of warm hands wrapped around her waist and pressed against her lower abdomen.
She finally relaxed completely and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up the next day, the space beside her was empty.
Aunt Zhang came in to check on her. Seeing that she was awake, she quickly walked over. "Madam, you're awake. I've been stewing bird's nest for you. Would you like some now?"
She shook her head and sat up. "Where's Qi Shifeng?"
She had a lot of questions to ask him.
Aunt Zhang smiled slightly. "Mr. Qi has gone to the company. He took care of you all night last night. He may seem cold on the outside, but he has a warm heart."
She had lived with them for three years and sincerely hoped that the two of them would get along well.
Xu Tingyu was stunned for a moment and couldn't quite believe it. "He took care of me?"
In the past three years, she had been sick before, but most of the time she took care of herself.
"Yes. He fetched the first - aid kit and also contacted Dr. Li, asking him to be on standby at any time."
Dr. Li was their family doctor.
Xu Tingyu felt rather complicated.
When such a big thing happened to her family, he seemed indifferent.
But when she was sick, he showed concern.
She understood him even less. But her heart, which had been soaked in bitterness, seemed to skip a beat.
After getting dressed, she went downstairs and said to Aunt Zhang, "Prepare a couple more dishes he likes today. We'll have dinner at home tonight."
She wanted to talk to him about the Xu family.
Aunt Zhang happily agreed.
Sometimes Madam was just too cold - natured.
For a man, you had to warm him up more, and his heart would naturally soften.
Xu Tingyu ate something and took some stomach medicine before going out again.
She had drunk fifteen glasses of wine yesterday to save her family.
Now she was going to exchange the money for the paintings to avoid any complications.
But as soon as she stepped out of the door, she received a call from an unknown number. "Hello, is the white Mercedes with the license plate ending in 9999 yours?"
"Yes, it's mine. May I ask who you are?"
She had a vague premonition of something bad.
"This is the police station in Cangwang District, Jingdu. The rear window of your car was smashed. Please come here immediately to verify the property loss."
The caller explained the purpose of the call.
Xu Tingyu immediately became anxious. "Okay, I'll come right away."
She had put the paintings in the trunk yesterday and didn't know if they were okay.
She rushed there immediately and saw a crowd of people gathered around her car from afar.
"Hello, Miss Xu. It was these two who first noticed and reported the incident."
After confirming her identity, the policeman pointed to a young couple beside them.
She quickly thanked them. Without even looking at the broken rear window, she only checked the trunk.
It was empty.
All four wrapped paintings were gone.
Her face immediately turned pale.
The policeman beside her noticed and asked, "Did you lose something valuable?"
"Yes, I put four paintings here. Their total value is over ten million. I have the invoices and certificates."
As soon as she said this, everyone gasped.
Over ten million!
"No wonder you didn't even look at the car. This is a car worth over two million!"
The young man in the couple murmured in a low voice.
And Xu Tingyu had only one thought in her mind: Her family was doomed...
"Officer, these paintings are very important to me. Please help me find them."
She grabbed the policeman as if he were her last hope.
"Don't worry, Miss Xu. We will definitely try our best to recover them for you as soon as possible."
"But you should also be mentally prepared. All the surveillance cameras here have been damaged."
"This is not a paid parking lot, so the investigation will definitely take some time."
The policeman tried his best to comfort her.
When she came yesterday, the parking lot was full. In a hurry, she had parked in the empty space outside.
She never expected something like this to happen.
"However, among the cars around here, only yours was damaged. It's very likely that the person knew there were valuable items in your car."
"So try to recall if anyone knew that you had put the paintings in your car."