Xu Tingyu caught the subtlety in her tone in time. She grabbed Xie Yu all of a sudden. "What do you mean? Explain it clearly."
What had Qi Shifeng promised to make up for her?
What was she hinting at?
It was a pity that as soon as she touched Xie Yu, Xie Yu suddenly said coquettishly, "Miss Xu, calm down. I'm just an ordinary friend of President Qi. It's not what you think."
"Please let go of me first. You're hurting me."
Before Xu Tingyu could react, she was yanked away from behind.
"What are you doing?"
She turned her head and saw that it was Qi Shifeng.
This single sentence pushed the originally tense and surging atmosphere to the peak.
The man was dressed in a well - tailored black suit with a stiff tie, which made his figure straight, noble and unrestrained.
Standing together with the charming Xie Yu, they looked extremely well - matched.
Xu Tingyu had seen the pictures of the two of them together in the media countless times.
Seeing them in person now, the impact she felt was many times stronger than before.
"I'm asking you. What are you doing here?"
Seeing that she didn't say a word, Qi Shifeng lowered his eyes slightly with an unfathomable look.
This woman had always been obedient. What was wrong with her these two days?
"I came to find you. Yesterday..."
She clenched her knuckles, trying hard to suppress the sourness in her heart.
She just wanted to ask him if he had noticed her car when he picked her up from the club yesterday.
"I haven't even settled the score with you for what happened yesterday, and you dare to come to me on your own initiative?"
"Xu Tingyu, isn't the punishment enough?"
He looked at her, exuding a cold aura from the inside out.
He had no intention of giving her face in front of outsiders at all.
That's right. In his heart, Xie Yu wasn't an outsider. She was.
But she still felt a bit reluctant. "Yesterday, you just..."
"I'm busy now. I don't have time to discuss your affairs with you."
Qi Shifeng didn't waste any more words on her. He just told Xie Yu to get in the car first.
"Shifeng, Miss Xu must have misunderstood something after seeing the news. Don't quarrel with her. I'll feel really guilty if you do."
"Otherwise, you don't have to accompany me today. It's just a small dinner party anyway. I'll ask Brother Hao to go with me."
Xie Yu stood shoulder to shoulder with him. There were no extra and ambiguous actions, but her attitude was intimate.
It gave people a sense of an intimate atmosphere.
"Since I've promised you, of course I'll keep my word."
Qi Shifeng turned his head and looked at Xie Yu.
That look was the kind of gentleness that Xu Tingyu had never seen in his eyes when he looked at her.
So, he wasn't that busy after all.
He was willing to accompany her to a "small dinner party" to boost her status. He didn't even trust Xie Yu's agent.
But when something like that happened to her, so far, he hadn't even asked a single question.
The difference between love and no love was so obvious.
Xu Tingyu looked at them, feeling that the hole in her heart was getting bigger and bigger. She also lost all desire to communicate.
She took a deep look at Qi Shifeng. Not wanting to watch the two of them "show their affection" anymore, she didn't say a word and turned around to leave.
So she didn't see that Qi Shifeng frowned as he watched her back, then took out his phone and sent a message.
Soon, Xie Yu's car drove past her.
It didn't stop, only fluttering up the hem of her skirt and making her choke on the wind.
Early in the morning, Aunt Zhang had said that his heart would gradually warm up.
At this moment, she realized that some people's hearts could never be warmed up.
Because his heart wasn't here at all.
She smiled self - deprecatingly. At this time, another car suddenly appeared beside her.
At first, she thought it was just a passing car, so she kept moving aside.
But who would have thought that instead of speeding up to overtake, the car slowed down even more.
Then the car window rolled down, and a handsome face as gentle as jade appeared behind the window.
It was Qi Ye, Qi Shifeng's elder brother.
"Tingyu, where are you going? I'll give you a ride."
Qi Ye was only two years older than Qi Shifeng.
But because he had been in poor health since childhood, he preferred a quiet life to an active one, so he seemed much more steady.
He didn't seem like their peer at all. He had taken good care of them from the very beginning.
Xu Tingyu was a bit surprised to see him. "Big brother, when did you return to the capital?"
Due to his health problems, Qi Ye had gone abroad for medical treatment and pursued a doctorate degree after they got married.
In the past three years, he had only come back once during the Spring Festival the year before last.
"I just arrived last night. I came to the company for something today. I was about to leave when I saw you."
"Get in the car and let's talk. Big brother won't eat you, and I won't quiz you on your lessons like when we were kids."
Qi Ye smiled, and his already handsome face looked even more relaxed.
He looked a bit like Qi Shifeng, but he took after their mother more.
When he smiled, it made people feel as if they were bathing in the spring breeze.
Xu Tingyu blushed a little at his teasing and quickly got in the car.
He sized her up, his deep eyes full of smiles. "It's been a long time. Why have you lost weight?"
She shook her head, not knowing what to say.
The next second, the other person frowned and stared at her feet.
"Why are you so careless? Your skin is all rubbed off."
Xu Tingyu also lowered her head following his gaze and only then saw that her heel was bleeding.
Maybe she had walked too far, and the new shoes she had just put on were the cause. She didn't even know when they had rubbed her feet.
Now that she was reminded, she finally felt the pain.
"It's okay. I'll just go back and apply some medicine."
She shrank her feet, trying to change the topic.
Although Qi Ye was gentle - tempered and a nice person, she wasn't very close to him.
"These are the feet for dancing. How can you treat them like this?"
Qi Ye still smiled gently, but there was a bit of distress in his tone. Then he told the driver to find a pharmacy.
She didn't dare to refuse anymore and could only obediently thank him.
"Tingyu, when your father had an accident, I wasn't in the country and couldn't help. I've felt really guilty about it."
"At home, we've been trying our best to hide it from Grandpa. You know that his health has been up and down. He can't take any big shocks."
"If there's anything I can help with, just tell me. I'll definitely help if I can."
Qi Ye looked at her, putting away the smile on his lips and looking serious.
His eyes were gentle and apologetic.
Since the Xu family's accident, this was the first time she had felt the kindness from the Qi family. She couldn't help getting a bit teary - eyed.
"For what happened back then, Shifeng has always been angry. You've had a hard time these years."
"I don't want to interfere in your husband - wife affairs. But leaving aside your relationship, we grew up together. You're also my friend."
Seeing that she didn't say a word and just stared at him, Qi Ye thought she was just being shy, so he comforted her a bit more gently.
"Thank you, big brother."
"Right now, there's really one thing that I need big brother's help with."
"My car was smashed yesterday, and several paintings were lost. They're very important to me. Big brother has a wide network of contacts. Can you help me find out about them?"
She wasn't the kind of person who would ask for help casually.
But at this moment, she had no other choice. Grabbing onto anyone was like grabbing onto a life - saving straw.
Qi Ye didn't know the specific situation, but he still nodded immediately. "Okay, don't be anxious. I'll find out."
With his promise, the heart that Xu Tingyu had been holding in suspense for a long time finally settled down.
Qi Ye asked for the details clearly. In front of her, he made a few phone calls, then got out of the car himself to buy the medicine and apply it on her.
Originally, she wanted to apply it herself, but Qi Ye was half - joking and half - serious.
"What? Can't a big brother apply some medicine for his little sister?"
"How can you apply it by yourself with your back like this?"