Xu Tingyu really wanted to tell him that no one would wait for him at the same place forever.
She had waited for far too long, wasted so much of her own time, and didn't want to wait anymore.
But what she finally said was, "Okay, I'll wait for you."
As soon as Qi Shifeng left, she took a shower, changed the clothes he had touched, lit some incense in the room, and then lay back in bed.
She didn't sleep but took out her phone and started browsing the trending news.
Soon, a trending topic appeared.
The title was quite sensational - Shocking! Dancer Xie Yu Has Encountered One Misfortune After Another. She Was Attacked and Rushed to the Hospital.
After clicking in, it said that after Xie Yu was rushed to the hospital overnight due to a car accident, she had just been discharged from the hospital in the morning with great difficulty. But then, on her way to the studio in the afternoon, she was attacked, and the extent of her injuries was unknown.
The trending topic she was on with Chen Yan last night had just disappeared, and now there was another one, which inevitably annoyed some people.
"Come on, does this lady own a house on the trending topics? She's on it every other day! And it's all gossip. Can't she rely on her own strength instead of men?"
"Every day it's like some drama of 'someone falls in love with me'. Isn't it tiring? Am I some masochist that I have to watch this every day?"
"Yeah, it's just so strange. Her works aren't that well - known either, but she's on the trending topics eight hundred times a month."
"Also, those fans who ship the CP, please figure it out first. The big shot you're talking about is a married man."
"Being a mistress and feeling superior. A person with such low moral standards and no values, isn't it really a bad example for kids to be a public figure?"
...
The box - office of the movie Xie Yu had recently appeared in was dismal.
Although she was a supporting lead, the failure of the movie couldn't be entirely blamed on her, but her acting skills were really poor.
Even her fans were too embarrassed to brag about her, and could only take screenshots of her beautiful photos and stubbornly insist that their idol was right.
Without strength and constantly being on the trending topics with other people's husbands, it was only natural that there would be a backlash.
Actually, Xie Yu was really wronged this time.
Because this wasn't a news story she had fabricated for popularity. She had really been attacked.
When she called Qi Shifeng yesterday, she had a slight cold, and then she had been drinking.
After the car accident, she caught a chill, so when she was sent to the hospital, she was really feeling unwell.
However, it was just a minor cold. After getting an IV drip, she went home in the morning.
In the afternoon, her agent informed her that a photoshoot had been postponed for so long that the brand was getting angry.
She couldn't bear to lose this cooperation, so she got dressed and went out.
But then her car broke down on the way. She had to call her agent while walking out to hail a taxi.
That's when the accident happened.
A woman suddenly got out of a car behind and rushed straight towards her.
She instinctively took a few steps back, but still felt a pain in her neck.
That woman actually took out a fruit knife and tried to scratch her face.
Fortunately, Xie Yu was taller than her, so the knife deviated and landed on her neck. The force was also much reduced.
But it was still enough to break the skin, and blood immediately gushed out.
Xie Yu screamed for help.
It was a bustling downtown area with people coming and going. Soon, some brave people came out and helped subdue the woman.
Xie Yu covered her wound, scared out of her wits. She was crying all the way when she was sent to the hospital.
The call Qi Shifeng received was from her agent, saying that Xie Yu had been attacked and was undergoing surgery in the hospital.
On the other hand, the investigation results came out quickly.
The woman with the knife was actually Ling Lin, one of Chen Yan's ex - girlfriends.
After leaving Chen Yan, she had always been obsessed with him and tried every means to get back together.
All her attempts were rejected.
She couldn't even see Chen Yan.
Just when she was heart - broken, she saw the news about Xie Yu and Chen Yan.
Ling Lin was also in the entertainment industry. Her resources even overlapped with Xie Yu's to some extent, so they were originally in a competitive relationship.
Now, Xie Yu not only snatched resources but also men.
After drinking some wine, she was furious.
She immediately found out where Xie Yu lived and followed her all the way.
At first, she didn't plan to use the knife directly.
She was also a minor star, so of course she wouldn't ruin her own future.
She just wanted to find an empty place to reason with the other person.
Who knew that Xie Yu was very aggressive while driving and cut her off several times.
She was already angry, and with the stimulation of alcohol, after Xie Yu's car broke down, she didn't think twice and rummaged through the car to find a fruit knife.
After she was caught and taken to the police station, she finally sobered up and was so scared that her face turned pale. She repeatedly said that she hadn't done it on purpose.
But whether it was on purpose or not, driving under the influence and stabbing someone with a knife were definite facts.
Xie Yu's neck had three stitches. After reading the news with red and swollen eyes, she told her agent, "I will pursue this to the end."
Just then, Qi Shifeng walked in.
Her nose twitched, and her already red and swollen eyes from crying became even redder.
"Shifeng, I'm so scared."
She looked at Qi Shifeng so aggrievedly and pitifully, just like a little dog seeking comfort.
The agent was very observant and helped out.
"Oh my god, I was really scared to death. I don't know where that crazy woman came from. Baby Yu must have been so shocked."
He exaggerated as if it were thirty stitches instead of just three.
In the end, he just wanted Qi Shifeng to feel more pity for Xie Yu.
Qi Shifeng didn't say a word. He just frowned and walked up to Xie Yu, taking a look at her wound.
The wound had already been wrapped in gauze, so nothing could be seen.
Before he could look away, Xie Yu suddenly threw herself into his arms.
"Shifeng, I'm really so scared. I thought that now that I've grown up, I would never be that useless person like before again."
"But when that woman walked towards me with a knife, I found that I was still that useless me. I couldn't even protect myself."
"When she stabbed at me, there was only one thought in my mind. If I died, would you be sad for me?"
...
She buried her face in his waist and sobbed.
She rarely shed tears in front of Qi Shifeng. So this time, it was obvious that she was really extremely scared.
Qi Shifeng was a bit stiff. The action of instinctively wanting to push her away didn't continue in the end.
He patted her on the back and softened his voice, "No, you'll be okay. I'll get to the bottom of this matter."
His voice was deep and full of a sense of security.
Tears still streamed down Xie Yu's face, but a smile had already appeared on her lips.
His promise was priceless. Since he said he would get to the bottom of it, he would definitely give her an explanation.
This smile disappeared in an instant. She quickly looked up at Qi Shifeng, stubbornly and worriedly.
"Did you come here from Tingyu's place? You're always so worried about me. Will she be angry?"
"They're really annoying. Why do they always call you?"
She was back to her usual self, as if the one who had been crying in someone's arms just now wasn't her.
But she knew that compared to just crying coyly all the time, this way of acting would make people feel more pity for her.