It was already a week later when Xu Tingyu saw Xie Yu again.
The two met in the TV station's dressing room.
Xie Yu looked at her mockingly. "Xu Tingyu, I really underestimated you before."
Her gaze lingered on Xu Tingyu's abdomen for a few seconds, then she casually closed the door of the dressing room.
"Where is the once high - and - mighty Miss Xu? Now you actually want to tie a man down with your pregnancy. Aren't you being cheap?"
Xu Tingyu was removing her makeup. Hearing this, she looked up.
"What do you want to say this time?"
Actually, she had heard from Qi Ruixi that Xie Shu had been discharged from the hospital the day after she was hospitalized and was directly sent abroad.
As for those men, they had all been severely dealt with.
The one who had repeatedly spoken rudely to Xu Tingyu had even left the capital city overnight.
She didn't know what it meant for Qi Shifeng to send Xie Shu abroad.
But she knew that Xie Yu wouldn't let it go easily.
When she came to record the show this time, she was already prepared for a conflict with Xie Yu.
However, this woman was really scheming. She pretended that nothing had happened during the show.
She even gave Xu Tingyu a mediocre score.
Xie Yu took a step forward and slammed her bag on the table.
"You're still pretending? You clearly know that Shifeng doesn't love you, yet you're still shamelessly preparing for pregnancy."
"What else is this if not trying to tie him down with your pregnancy?"
Xu Tingyu paused in her makeup - removing action, then frowned and looked over.
"How do you know?"
Did Qi Shifeng even tell her this?
Xie Yu sneered. "You had the servants bring supplements and asked your mother to show her sincerity at the Qi family. Aren't you just trying to let the whole world know?"
So it wasn't Qi Shifeng who told her.
But what did her words mean?
Xu Tingyu was full of questions, but she didn't show it at all. Her expression hardly changed.
"Oh, only Miss Xie is so concerned about other people's marital affairs. The rest of the world isn't as idle as you."
She turned back and continued to remove her makeup.
The eye makeup was a bit heavy today. She originally just wanted to do a quick removal and deal with it at home.
Now that Xie Yu was here, she wasn't in a hurry.
Seeing that Xu Tingyu showed no sign of being irritated, Xie Yu got annoyed.
"Stop being sarcastic. Dare you say that it's not because I'm back and you're scared that you're so eager to have a child?"
"Otherwise, why was there no sign before?"
She hated Xu Tingyu's high - and - mighty and aloof look the most.
Back then in the dance circle, everyone was afraid of competing against her in a competition.
Because competing against her meant that the championship was already decided.
It was rumored that there was a room in the Xu family specifically for storing her trophies and certificates.
Later, a reporter interviewed her and asked if this was true.
She stood in front of the camera and smiled very gracefully.
"It has to be stored somewhere. My parents dote on their children, so they converted a guest room at home."
Actually, the interview was just a casual chat, and others didn't pay much attention to this part.
But it had been engraved in Xie Yu's heart for many years.
At that time, Xie Yu had suffered a lot in dancing but could never compare to Xu Tingyu.
In fact, the gap between them was so great that while Xu Tingyu was the champion, Xie Yu couldn't even get third place.
She had no talent and started too late. Even her teacher had advised her more than once not to keep struggling in this field.
Before she met Qi Shifeng, she had never won a decent award.
It could be said that Xu Tingyu was one of her nightmares.
Now, she herself had become Xu Tingyu's nightmare. How could this not make her happy?
However, her words left Xu Tingyu feeling confused.
"What does your coming back have to do with my decision to have a child?"
"Are you the Goddess of Fertility?"
Xie Yu was so angry that she was speechless.
But after all, she had been in the entertainment industry for a few years and was no longer the innocent girl she used to be.
She just took a deep breath and quickly calmed down.
"You know in your heart whether you're trying to climb up the social ladder with a child or not, Xu Tingyu. Do you think Qi Shifeng, who hates you so much, will have a child with you?"
She looked extremely smug.
Xu Tingyu wasn't annoyed at all. She even let out a soft laugh.
"I don't need to rely on a child to climb up. I'm already Mrs. Qi."
"Only those with no proper status would want to use a child as a hostage."
This world is really full of strange things.
The mistress actually came in front of the legal wife to show off and talk about children.
"However, Xie Yu, I don't really care about being Mrs. Qi. Since you're so eager to take my place, why don't you work harder?"
"Otherwise, what will you do when our child is really born?"
She deliberately tried to provoke the other party.
This woman came to bother her every now and then. It was really annoying.
It would be better to provoke her and let her focus on Qi Shifeng.
Xie Yu stared at her for a long time, then suddenly laughed.
"You don't need to provoke me. Shifeng won't have a child with you. There's a human life between you two."
She emphasized the words "human life", and there was a complex haze in her eyes.
As she wished, Xu Tingyu's face changed.
"What do you mean? What do you know?"
The air was filled with a tense atmosphere. With Xu Tingyu's voice, it was as if a cold current was silently invading every corner, making people shiver.
But in the end, she still didn't get an explanation from Xie Yu.
Because her phone rang, and the word "Mom" flashed on the screen, giving her a very bad premonition.
Sure enough, when she answered the phone and hadn't even spoken yet, she heard Zhang Qiu's panicked voice.
"Tingyu, your younger brother fainted at school. Now he needs a craniotomy. What should we do?"
...
When Xu Tingyu rushed to the hospital, Zhang Qiu, Secretary Qian, and several school leaders were all outside the operating room.
Zhang Qiu was crying, and Secretary Qian had a solemn expression.
She walked over in a hurry and asked, "What's going on?"
On the phone just now, Zhang Qiu was only crying and couldn't explain clearly.
It was Secretary Qian who took the phone, reported the address, and told her to come and then talk.
Seeing her now, Zhang Qiu immediately looked up, her whole body trembling.
"Tingyu, what bad luck has befallen our Xu family?"
From the school leaders' description, Xu Tingyu finally found out.
It turned out that this afternoon, Xu Jia's grade had a general meeting, and everyone went to the auditorium.
Halfway through, he told his deskmate that he was going to the restroom and then left.
But he didn't come back until the end of the meeting.
After the meeting was over, someone found him in the stairwell of the experimental building.
His face was covered in blood, and he had lost consciousness. It seemed that he had rolled down the stairs.
The school didn't dare to delay and quickly sent him to the hospital.
After the initial consultation, it was found that he had a cerebral hemorrhage, and the amount of bleeding was very large. After a short delay, a craniotomy was needed immediately.
The school didn't dare to make a decision on its own and immediately notified the parents.
On the way here, Zhang Qiu had fainted once from crying.