Qi Shifeng was in a daze for a moment, but quickly came to his senses. His hand moved down leisurely and landed on the button of her hot pants.
"Are you worried about me?"
"Or do you think I can't even protect my own wife and son?"
Xu Tingyu's body trembled, and she looked up at him.
The words "wife" sounded so tender and lingering when they came out of his mouth.
They had never used such an intimate address before.
Most of the time, he called her by her full name.
While she was in a daze, Qi Shifeng successfully took off her hot pants.
His fingers with thin calluses climbed up along her slender and plump legs, unabashedly.
"Hmm? Tell me."
He leaned over and exhaled a puff of hot air into her ear.
His hand was so hot that it sent tingles through her body, from the base of her ear to the top of her head.
"Let's talk properly. Let me go first."
Xu Tingyu forced herself to hold on to a sliver of reason.
There were many things to do tonight. She couldn't mess around with him here.
Seeing that she still wanted to push him away, Qi Shifeng felt extremely irritable. It was as if an invisible fire was burning him from head to toe.
"Let you go? Let you run away?"
"Why aren't you being obedient?"
He looked down at her, a bit confused.
They already had a child. They were an inseparable family.
Why did she still want to leave?
Xu Tingyu hated it the most when he asked her to be obedient. Anger welled up in her heart, and she blurted out without thinking.
"I've never been obedient. I've pretended to be well - behaved for years, and I'm sick of it."
"There are so many well - behaved people. Your sweetheart is very obedient. Just let me go and find her."
"Um... You... You bastard."
She was still scolding when she was hit hard, and her scolding was interrupted.
"Humph," Qi Shifeng let out a cold laugh. "You really like to make things difficult for yourself."
After saying that, he didn't give her another chance to speak.
Of course, Xu Tingyu couldn't leave that night.
Qi Shifeng didn't show her any mercy either. He tossed her around until she was completely defeated.
When the heavy rain had just stopped and dawn broke, he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, bit her earlobe, and asked, "Do you know you were wrong?"
He didn't want her fake apology just now.
Moreover, her mistake wasn't hitting Xie Yu.
It was trying to run away.
Xu Tingyu was sore all over. She was rebellious by nature. She bit her lips tightly and pretended not to hear.
Her attitude was obvious—she didn't think she was wrong.
Qi Shifeng seemed to be waiting for this answer. He grabbed her waist, turned her over, and kissed her again.
He didn't seem to know what tenderness was at all.
Later, Qi Shifeng asked many times if she knew she was wrong.
Men were born with the genes of aggression and combativeness, and at this moment, he was fully displaying them.
The more she resisted and dodged, the more aggressive he became.
In the end, she forgot whether she had answered or not. She only remembered that she was so sleepy that she didn't even have the strength to open her eyes.
The man who didn't get an answer from her seemed to let out a soft laugh. He planted a gentle kiss on her forehead.
It was as gentle as the late - coming wind, the early - morning fog, and the gentle rain in early spring, like a tender love word.
Xu Tingyu didn't sleep for long.
She had a lot on her mind, and all those things troubled her in her dream.
When she woke up suddenly, the first thing she did was to look for Qi Shifeng beside her.
Thankfully, he was still sleeping.
She let out a sigh of relief, got out of bed quietly, wrapped herself in a pajamas, and left the room.
She didn't look back, so she didn't see that Qi Shifeng had also opened his eyes in the morning light.
She walked all the way downstairs.
It was only a little after five. No one was up yet.
She had taken Qi Shifeng's phone when she went downstairs. Now she hid in the kitchen, quickly found Jiang Li's contact information.
After scrolling back a few days' messages, she edited a message and sent it.
The words were very concise. She tried her best to imitate Qi Shifeng's style, asking Jiang Li to stop targeting Qi Ye.
As she had expected, Qi Shifeng had known a few days ago that Qi Ye had been helping her escape.
He also found out that Qi Ye had some assets.
No one had known about this before. Everyone thought Qi Ye was just a sickly and marginalized person.
But after the investigation, they found that this overlooked sickly person not only had private property abroad but also had planted people in Qi Corporation.
After knowing this, Qi Shifeng had also commented that Qi Ye was actually more suitable to be the president of Qi Corporation.
If it weren't for his health problems, this position would indeed be his.
It was just a pity that fate played tricks on people.
Actually, Qi Shifeng didn't tell the old man about this. He just arranged for Jiang Li to clean up the people Qi Ye had placed in Qi Corporation.
But Xu Tingyu didn't know this.
She couldn't infer much from the few words she knew, but she knew that Qi Shifeng wasn't an easy - going person.
So to make sure everything went smoothly, she told Jiang Li that this matter should end here and not be mentioned again.
After sending the message and waiting for the reply, she deleted the record.
Then she called Qi Ye.
The phone was quickly answered. It was easy to guess that Qi Ye hadn't slept all night.
The car waiting at the back - garden gate had also been there all night.
"Tingyu, are you okay? Did Shifeng make things difficult for you?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Qi Ye's concerned voice came through.
Xu Tingyu lowered her voice and explained, "I'm okay. It's just that the plan has to be postponed for now. He knows everything."
"He also knows that big brother helped me. So big brother, you should go abroad as soon as possible. Don't get involved anymore."
She didn't expect the message to Jiang Li to completely end this matter.
But it could at least buy Qi Ye some time to leave.
Qi Ye didn't seem too surprised by this result.
After all, her failure to show up as planned meant that they had been exposed.
"I'm okay. But as far as I know, grandpa and my mom have already started helping him find a new marriage partner."
Qi Ye's voice was still very gentle.
But when he said these things now, Xu Tingyu knew he was reminding her not to be soft - hearted.
This escape plan had failed, but she couldn't just stay.
Otherwise, she would always be in a passive position and would really have no choice at all.
Xu Tingyu suddenly remembered the time in the sanatorium when he said they wouldn't get divorced, and she said she believed him.
She also remembered that last night, he asked her if she didn't believe him.
She didn't answer.
Actually, she was sincere when she said she believed him in the hospital. And last night, she didn't answer because she didn't know what to say.
She believed that he didn't want a divorce.
Otherwise, when she signed the divorce agreement, he would have just agreed.
But she also knew clearly that his refusal to divorce wasn't because he loved her but because of other plans.
One of the reasons was that Xie Yu was a public figure after all.
It was okay to have some rumors usually, but forcing her to divorce during the lactation period would leave a stain on Xie Yu for the rest of her life.
Moreover, Qi Shifeng also knew that even if they divorced now, the position of Mrs. Qi wouldn't go to Xie Yu.
The old man didn't think highly of her, and he didn't think much of Xie Yu either.
Simply put, it wasn't the best time to get divorced yet.
Xu Tingyu had a clear understanding of her position in Qi Shifeng's heart. She could also see the essence through the phenomenon.
This failed escape plan had also proved all of this.
There were complex people around her, and the information that reached her ears was also complicated.
But it didn't matter. She only trusted herself.