In the end, Qi Shifeng didn't force her anymore.
It was hard to tell whether he was annoyed by her resistance or defeated by her pitiful tears.
He dried her off, carried her back to the bed, and put on her pajamas with a grim face.
Then, suppressing his impulse to take her, he hugged her from behind and lay down with her in the soft quilt.
Xu Tingyu had been dancing all day and was bombarded with one bad news after another.
When she got back, she went through all this.
By now, she was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to lift her hand.
She had fallen asleep before being carried out of the bathroom.
Even in her deep sleep, her beautiful eyebrows were still tightly knitted.
It seemed that even in her dreams, countless troubles were缠着 her.
When she woke up the next day, Qi Shifeng was no longer in the room.
She opened her eyes, and her mind went blank for a moment before her senses gradually returned.
Pain.
Her whole body ached, especially her lower back.
She got up and went to the bathroom. When she saw herself in the mirror, she was startled.
Her hair was in a mess, her face was pale, her eyelids were swollen and red, and she looked completely out of sorts.
She looked extremely haggard.
Even her hands and feet felt weak.
She bent down to wash her face. Just as she was about to go to the cloakroom to change clothes, Aunt Zhang knocked on the door and came in with a bowl of porridge.
Seeing her standing, Aunt Zhang quickly put down the porridge and came over to support her.
"Madam, why did you get up? Lie down quickly. I've brought you something to eat."
Xu Tingyu's hands and feet were weak, so she had no choice but to lie back on the bed.
"How do you feel now? Does your head hurt?"
"You really scared us last night. I've never seen Mr. Qi so panicked before."
"You must never drink alcohol again in the future."
From Aunt Zhang's chatter, Xu Tingyu learned that.
It turned out that in the middle of the night last night, she had a fever.
Not only did she have a fever, but she also vomited once.
After the family doctor came, he gave her an injection and fed her medicine.
After all this commotion, she didn't wake up. She just curled up, shivering and crying with gritted teeth.
Aunt Zhang saw very clearly that although Mr. Qi didn't say anything, he was actually very worried.
Before he left on an urgent business trip this morning, he even told her to come up on time to check on Xu Tingyu's condition.
Xu Tingyu had no idea about what happened to her in the middle of the night.
When she heard Aunt Zhang praising Qi Shifeng, she was a little distracted.
All the events of yesterday flashed through her mind.
Would he be nervous about her health?
Oh, how could that be?
He was the one who forced her to drink the wine. He was also the one who threw her into the bathtub.
It was even him who tortured her both physically and mentally.
She interrupted Aunt Zhang. "Aunt Zhang, did he say anything when he left?"
Regarding the divorce, she had said that they could go to get the divorce certificate at dawn.
Now that she was sick, would he think she was making excuses to avoid it?
"He did. He told us to take good care of you. Mr. Qi really cares about you. He's just cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He..."
Aunt Zhang was about to continue praising Qi Shifeng.
But Xu Tingyu didn't want to listen.
She interrupted again. "Okay, I want to sleep for a while now. Please take this porridge away first. I'll tell you when I want to eat it, okay?"
Aunt Zhang saw how haggard and exhausted she was and felt extremely heart - broken.
After tucking in the quilt for her, she carried the porridge and walked out.
Xu Tingyu didn't sleep.
She endured the splitting headache and took out her phone to call Secretary Qian.
"Uncle Qian, I want to move out. Can you help me find a house? It should be close to my mom's place."
She didn't have many people she could rely on and trust. At this time, she didn't know who else to turn to, so she could only trouble Secretary Qian again.
Secretary Qian was very surprised. "Move out? What do you mean?"
"Don't ask, Uncle Qian. And don't tell my mom. I'll explain it to you all after I sort things out."
She didn't know how to explain it now.
Was her father's suicide related to the meeting with Qi Shifeng?
Was Xu's bankruptcy masterminded by Qi Shifeng?
...
These were all things that needed to be figured out.
Before everything came to light, she didn't know how to talk to her mother.
After all, Zhang Qiu couldn't take any more stimulation now.
She also couldn't tell her mother how much of a failure she was.
She had been flying into the fire like a moth for three years, but in the end, it was all just an illusion.
Secretary Qian didn't ask any more questions. He only asked when she needed the house.
She replied, "The sooner the better. Preferably in the next two days."
As soon as she hung up the phone, the bedroom door was pushed open.
Liu Ning stormed in. Seeing her lying on the bed listlessly, she felt no sympathy at all, only endless disgust.
"You can dance so well on TV, can't you? And you were so full of energy when you had scandals with other men."
"Why do you look half - dead as soon as you get home?"
"My son isn't at home. Who are you trying to act for?"
She had been so angry when Qi Shifeng hung up on her yesterday that she smashed her phone.
If it hadn't been for the heavy rain yesterday, she would have rushed over immediately and would have made them sign the divorce agreement no matter what.
Now seeing Xu Tingyu lying there sickly, she immediately decided that this was just an act of feigning illness to gain sympathy and avoid divorce.
"Mom, do you need something?"
Xu Tingyu didn't know what crazy stunt she was pulling this time.
But as Liu Ning wished, she was going to divorce Qi Shifeng, and she didn't want to conflict with the other party anymore.
However, her conciliatory attitude didn't calm Liu Ning's anger.
She looked down at her haughtily, with an arrogant and contemptuous attitude.
"What are you pretending to be stupid for? Of course, I'm here to tell you to get a divorce."
"Xu Tingyu, I warned you last time. You were never good enough for my son, and now you've caused all these troubles."
"Then don't blame our Qi family for being heartless."
Liu Ning took out two copies of the divorce agreement from her bag and threw them over.
She used so much force that they hit Xu Tingyu hard in the face.
Even the sharp edge of the paper almost cut her skin.
It was more like Liu Ning had slapped her.
Xu Tingyu looked at the agreement that had fallen on her chest and suddenly laughed.
"I want to ask, if Xixi gets married in the future and meets a mother - in - law like you who breaks into their bedroom with a divorce agreement, will you feel heartache?"
The calm look in her eyes no longer had the docility of the past.
To be precise, she didn't want to endure it anymore.
"How dare you curse my daughter? How could she be like you?"
"Whoever marries my daughter will be the luckiest man in the world. Her mother - in - law will only worship her."
"You're a jinx. If your Xu family were as powerful and wealthy as our Qi family, I would worship you too."
Liu Ning was first angry and then sarcastic.
She didn't hide her disgust for her at all.
All in all, she thought Xu Tingyu was worthless.
She had no power or influence, and now she didn't even have any money. How could she be worthy of Qi Shifeng?
"I didn't come here today to argue with you."
"Although you've been married into our family for three years and haven't given birth to a single child, and you've repeatedly brought shame to our Qi family, I won't treat you badly."
"I'll give you 30 million. Sign this agreement and never pester my son again."
To coax her into signing the agreement, Liu Ning's attitude softened a lot.
This made Xu Tingyu find it even more ironic. It turned out that for the sake of getting her to divorce, the high - and - mighty Liu Ning could also be flexible.
Tears quickly welled up in her eyes, but her tone was very calm.
"30 million is not enough for me to get a divorce. It would be a joke if this got out."
"Okay, add two more zeros, and I'll sign right away."