Yan Zhou was taken aback for a moment, but quickly shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter."
Jin Hui looked as if he had seen a ghost, and his voice even changed in pitch. "It doesn't matter?!"
"Yeah. She's so outstanding and so beautiful. It would be abnormal if she had no relationship experience," Yan Zhou said indifferently.
It was this day and age, and he could totally accept it.
Moreover, so what if she had been married? Many people who hadn't been married didn't necessarily have a pure romantic history.
Jin Hui was utterly speechless. "You're really possessed... Besides being good-looking, a good dancer, and successful in her career, what else makes you so infatuated with her?"
Yan Zhou was a bit unhappy with Jin Hui's evaluation of Xu Tingyu.
"Isn't that enough? Jin Hui, don't look at her with prejudice. Be honest with yourself. Isn't that enough?"
It actually was enough.
If she hadn't been married.
In that case, Jin Hui would have at most advised him to think it over and then helped him pursue her.
However, the fact that she had been married was a hurdle Jin Hui couldn't get over.
To be precise, it wasn't that he couldn't get over it, but that the fans wouldn't.
"First, she's older than you. Second, she's been married. She won't agree to keep your relationship a secret. Are you really going to announce your relationship for her then?"
"What will people think of you when they know you, a young and promising guy, are with a divorced woman? And what will they think of her?"
What Jin Hui said wasn't nice, but it was the truth.
Fans could be extremely tolerant of their idol, but they would dig into every detail of his girlfriend.
Even the slightest flaw would be used as a point of attack.
Yan Zhou didn't want to listen anymore.
He waved his hand. "Let's not talk about this. It's still too early. If necessary, I'll just quit the entertainment industry."
With that, he stood up and walked straight out, no longer wanting to talk to Jin Hui.
On the other hand, Xu Tingyu waited for her assistant downstairs. The assistant handed her two gift bags.
"Sister Xu, who's the client's kid you're going to see? You even picked the gifts yourself," the assistant asked.
Xu Tingyu had picked the gifts online and asked Shushu to pick them up today.
Shushu and the others didn't know that she had a child.
It wasn't that she was hiding it; she just wasn't sure.
She didn't say anything directly but just vaguely replied, "Thank you. I'm running out of time. I have to go."
Xu Tingyu took the gift bags, smiled at Shushu, and then got into a taxi.
Shushu watched her get into the car and drive away before muttering, "Weird. Why didn't she let me take her?"
Xu Tingyu had her reasons for not letting Shushu take her.
First, she didn't want any unnecessary trouble and didn't want everyone to know.
Second, she didn't want Qi Shifeng to see the people around her.
After taking a taxi to the destination, Xu Tingyu called Qi Shifeng in advance.
She didn't know if the servants at home had changed, and she didn't know if there were other people there.
But when she called, no one answered.
She hesitated outside for a while. Seeing that the time was getting closer, she gritted her teeth and walked over to knock on the door.
Although Qi Shifeng didn't answer the phone, it was obvious that he had told the people at home.
Soon, a woman in her thirties or forties in a uniform came to open the door for her.
She didn't even look at Xu Tingyu's face for an extra second and just respectfully asked her to follow.
It was obvious that she was well-trained.
Xu Tingyu didn't say much. She just smiled at her and silently followed her in.
The layout of the house basically remained unchanged.
Only the flowers in the garden had all been replaced with daisies and dwarf sunflowers.
Her gaze swept over them but didn't stay.
After leading her to the living room, the woman said, "Please wait."
Then she quietly left.
Xu Tingyu looked inside from the door.
For a moment, her thoughts were in turmoil.
She didn't expect that the decoration here was still the same as it was four years ago.
Even the pillows on the sofa were the ones she had bought.
Not to mention the decorative paintings on the walls, the vases on the tables, and even the carpets...
She was in the living room and felt a moment of daze.
It was as if the past four years had never existed.
It was as if she had always been here.
She was looking at everything around her and didn't notice that Qi Shifeng was standing on the second floor looking at her.
He had taken off his suit, and the cuffs of his shirt were rolled up, revealing his well-defined arms.
He noticed that Xu Tingyu had changed her clothes and was standing there, her body tense because of nervousness.
But her waist still looked so slender that he could still hold it with one hand.
Xu Tingyu looked around, but still no one came out. Just as she was about to take out her phone to call Qi Shifeng, she saw a small figure rushing down from the second floor.
"Mom, you're here. I missed you so much," Youyou rushed to Xu Tingyu's side and hugged her gently.
As soon as she saw her son, all of Xu Tingyu's doubts and negative emotions disappeared.
She squatted down and happily picked up her son. "Mom missed Youyou too."
Although the mother and son had just separated in the morning, they still had endless things to say when they met again.
Xu Tingyu put all the gifts she had brought in front of him.
To her surprise, Youyou was not even five years old, but he had very strong self-control. He said that he liked the gifts from his mom very much, but he wouldn't open them for now.
He just wanted to spend time talking to his mom.
Just as they were talking, Qi Shifeng came down.
"Dad and Mom are both back. Let's have dinner. Mom brought me a lot of gifts. After dinner, I'm going to open them," Youyou said, holding Qi Shifeng's hand with one hand and Xu Tingyu's with the other and leading them to the dining table.
Only then did Xu Tingyu notice that, at some point, someone had prepared a table of dishes and then quietly left.
She subconsciously glanced at Qi Shifeng.
But for some reason, he seemed a bit annoyed. "Why are you looking at me? What, after wandering around outside for a few years, do you even need to look at someone's face to sit down and have a meal?"
He was really fed up with this woman.
She didn't look at him when she should, but was so cautious about such small things.
What kind of life had she been living these past few years?
"Dad, why are you scolding Mom?"
Youyou also noticed the strange atmosphere between the two and unconsciously stood in front of Xu Tingyu.
Qi Shifeng glanced at him but didn't say anything. He just silently sat down at his seat.
Youyou also pulled Xu Tingyu to sit down. He used his chopsticks very well and actively served Xu Tingyu food.
The more Xu Tingyu looked at her son, the more she liked him. She ate whatever he served her.
"You're really not picky about food," Qi Shifeng muttered in a voice only she could hear. He didn't know whether he should be jealous of his son or her.
This time, Xu Tingyu didn't indulge him.
"What's wrong? My son served it to me, and they're all my favorite dishes. I..."
She was a bit proud at first, but suddenly stopped after saying this.
All the dishes on this table were her favorites.
Youyou couldn't have known. Even if Aunt Zhang knew, without Qi Shifeng's instruction, she wouldn't have made the decision on her own.
What on earth was this man thinking?