When Xu Tingyu dismissed the paparazzi and got back into the car, she let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she had been acting so much recently that she was quite adept at it. That was why she hadn't lost the upper hand when confronting Xie Yu just now.
Otherwise, she would surely have revealed her abnormal behavior of falling into the trap.
Qi Ruixi had been sitting in the car without moving. She didn't even know that Xie Yu had left. Seeing Xu Tingyu return alone, she quickly asked what had happened.
After Xu Tingyu explained, she also let out a sigh of relief.
"I knew my brother's taste wasn't that low."
But Xu Tingyu didn't say a word. She silently told the driver in front to start the car.
With this failure, her chances were even slimmer.
Seeing her looking unhappy, Qi Ruixi quickly came over to console her. "Sister-in-law, why don't you just file for a divorce lawsuit? The child during the lactation period will surely be given to you."
Xu Tingyu turned to look at her. "Will your family agree? If I take the child away?"
Qi Ruixi sighed. "They definitely won't. My grandpa is just an old-fashioned conservative."
"But I must have the child," Xu Tingyu said firmly. "My child. I must take her away."
Her painful struggle and painstaking efforts were all because she had to take the child away.
Qi Ruixi didn't say anything more.
When they got home, Xu Tingyu saw Qi Shifeng sitting on the sofa at a glance.
Hearing the sound of her return, he turned his head to look.
His pitch - black pupils were like the sea hiding deadly threats before a typhoon. On the surface, it seemed calm, but in fact, countless dark whirlpools were surging inside.
It was as if it was going to swallow someone up silently.
Xu Tingyu just stood at the door and stared at him quietly.
She didn't know how the two of them had become like this, full of lies and guarding against each other.
After a long time, Qi Shifeng spoke first. "You're back?"
He didn't look the least bit drunk.
Xu Tingyu didn't want to pretend anymore. She walked quickly into the house and rushed in front of him. "You did it on purpose. You deliberately made me act stupid."
Qi Shifeng still sat upright on the sofa. Hearing this, he slightly raised his eyebrows. "Oh? Deliberately what? What stupid thing did you do?"
Was he pretending not to know?
She just felt like an idiot in front of him. He saw through everything about her, and she could only be at his mercy.
It was the same with her escape on the rainy night, and also with today's grand scene of catching her husband in the act.
He clearly had everything under control, but he didn't show it at all. He just watched her act stupid with his own eyes.
He looked down on her from a high - position, mocked her, and then trampled her under his feet.
Qi Shifeng tilted his head slightly. The bright light in the living room shone on his face. His eyebrows were thick and black. With the light flickering, for a moment, he even seemed gentle.
He looked at his wife who was trembling with anger in front of him.
She rarely lost her composure like this. Even during the year when he had effectively imprisoned her, she was mostly calm.
When they had just gotten married, she had been so graceful, always with a smile in her eyes.
When he came home from work, she would always trot over to greet him. In the lights, there was a feeling of innocence, romance, stability, and fulfillment.
Now, both of them were burdened with worries, like two caged beasts.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Xu Tingyu suddenly reached out and rushed over to slap him.
After the crisp sound, even she herself was stunned.
She hadn't expected that he wouldn't dodge at all.
A clear handprint appeared on his fair face, looking extremely hideous.
Qi Shifeng was slapped and tilted his head slightly, but he quickly turned his head back and asked her, "Do you want to hit me again?"
It seemed that he wanted her to get it out of her system.
Xu Tingyu didn't say a word. She raised her hand and slapped him again.
This time, Qi Shifeng still didn't move. He just signaled her with his eyes to continue.
But after these two slaps, she had used up all her strength. Moreover, his gaze was fixed on her face for a long time, making her feel uneasy.
According to her understanding of him, this kind of look was a precursor to his outburst.
That is to say, Qi Shifeng was angry, very, very angry.
Her palms began to sweat. She didn't hit him anymore. She just gave him a resentful look and turned to leave.
But as soon as she turned around, she felt dizzy. She was picked up and pressed down on the sofa.
"Are you done hitting? Now it's my turn."
The veins on his forehead were bulging, and his anger was about to burst out.
Xu Tingyu was forced to press against his body and only then realized that he was as hot as a burning fire. The heat made her can't help but shrink back.
Seeing that she still wanted to dodge, there was a shadow in his eyes. He pinched her chin. "I've never heard of a wife drugging her husband and sending him to another woman's room."
He had a business dinner today, which was supposed to end before nine o'clock.
Everyone knew that he didn't like noise, so no one dared to toast or make a scene.
But just a few minutes before it ended, he drank a cup of hot tea.
After getting in the car, he felt a bit dizzy.
He managed to call Zou Yu and asked if Xu Tingyu was at home. He got a negative answer.
He knew that he hadn't restricted her to staying at home all the time recently, and she would go out occasionally.
After hanging up the phone, he just felt so hot all over that he was going crazy, itchy and numb.
Even if he was stupid, he knew that someone had done something to him.
So he pretended to be asleep with his eyes closed without showing any emotion.
It wasn't until the driver silently sent him to Xie Yu's house.
After helping him into the house and holding the door for him, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the driver. "Who told you to do this?"
This driver wasn't the one he usually used. He had just come to the company not long ago and would occasionally pick him up and drop him off.
As soon as Qi Shifeng spoke, he confessed without much effort.
He said that someone had given him 100,000 yuan and asked him to send Qi Shifeng here tonight.
But he didn't put the drug in the tea. He didn't know anything.
At first, he thought it was Xie Yu and got angry.
But when Xiaolian saw him coming, she was a bit confused. "Miss Xie has to film all night today. Why did you come? Do you want me to contact her now?"
It wasn't Xie Yu.
He thought of another possibility, and his face looked even uglier.
After gulping down a whole bottle of ice water at Xie Yu's house, he told the driver to get lost and called Jiang Li to pick him up from the back door.
Sure enough, as he expected, Xu Tingyu came with a grand entourage to catch him in the act.
All of this was actually planned by her.
In order to divorce him and take Youyou away, she didn't hesitate to push him into another woman's bed.
He couldn't think of any wife who would do such a thing.
Before, Aunt Zhang had said that Xu Tingyu loved him very much. Was this love?
No, this wasn't love.
Love was possessive.
Every time he saw her interacting with Qi Ye, he felt like there was a fire burning in his heart.
Everyone said that he was cold - hearted and emotionless.
In his opinion, she was the heartless one.
Trapped in his arms, Xu Tingyu only then knew that he had indeed drunk the drugged tea and had indeed fallen into her plan.
But she hadn't expected that Xie Yu would be called away temporarily.
She even hadn't expected that this man would have the willpower to hold on and go home, take a cold shower, and wait for her to come back to settle the score.