The two met at the bar they had been to before.
As soon as they met, Qi Ruixi gave her a big hug.
"Sis, I've missed you so much. But recently my brother has been crazy. He's been piling on my workload. I'm going crazy."
She had changed to calling her "sis", but still didn't forget to mention Qi Shifeng.
Xu Tingyu thought of the man she had just met and nodded in agreement.
He was really crazy.
"Taking a closer look, sis, you've become even more beautiful. No wonder you're the most gorgeous woman in Kyoto. If I were a man, I'd be head - over - heels in love with you."
Qi Ruixi was still as sweet - tongued as ever.
Xu Tingyu also joked with a smile, "You're a woman, and you can love me too."
The two burst into laughter.
After chatting about their recent work, Xu Tingyu asked her, "How's your relationship with your family recently? Are you still going on blind dates?"
"Of course not. My mom is almost driven mad, but I've moved out and I have my own salary. She can't control me anymore."
Qi Ruixi looked a bit proud. She took a small sip of her drink and squinted contentedly.
"And I asked my second brother. I said, 'Does the Qi family need me to marry for alliance?' Guess what he said?"
Xu Tingyu played along and asked, "What did he say?"
"He said that the purpose of his hard work is to make sure that none of us have to force ourselves."
"Of course, the 'us' he referred to means me and Youyou."
As she spoke, she laughed again.
Xu Tingyu didn't say a word and just stared off into space slightly.
Qi Ruixi glanced at her expression and continued, "I used to think that my second brother was the coldest and most distant from everyone. But now I don't think so."
Apart from being strict with her at work, Qi Shifeng was actually quite good to her in other aspects.
Besides her regular salary, he would give her a sum of money every month called "subsidy".
After knowing that she had been arranged to go on blind dates, he had specifically told her not to force herself if she didn't like it.
After she moved out of the house, the house was also arranged by Qi Shifeng.
He even arranged bodyguards to protect her secretly.
"Didn't I just say he was crazy?"
Xu Tingyu couldn't help laughing.
Qi Ruixi laughed along, "One thing is one thing."
After chatting for a while longer, Xu Tingyu asked, "By the way, where's your eldest brother? Hasn't he been back for a long time? Didn't your family urge him to get married?"
She seemed to be chatting casually like before, but actually she had been holding this question in for a long time.
After all, she was no longer a member of the Qi family. It seemed inappropriate to inquire about Qi Ye's affairs rashly.
Fortunately, Qi Ruixi didn't think much of it. She shook her head. "It has been a long time since he came back. But the family won't urge him. He's not close to the family."
After all, he had been living abroad and they might not even see each other once a year.
Xu Tingyu pressed on, "Doesn't he want to find a girlfriend then?"
"I don't think so. As far as I know, he's never had a girlfriend. But we're far apart, so I'm not sure about his emotional situation."
Qi Ruixi didn't think much of it and took another bite of the snack to go with her drink.
Xu Tingyu thought for a while and after a moment said, "What type of girls does he like? I have quite a few high - quality single girls around me."
Qi Ruixi almost spat out her drink. "No way, sis. Do you want to set up a blind date for my eldest brother?"
"I'm just curious. I think he has such a good personality and is so successful in his career. Doesn't he want to find someone to share his life with?"
Actually, Xu Tingyu wasn't the type of person who would set up blind dates for others.
After all, she had never been in a relationship, and her marriage had been a complete mess.
But now, in order to get some information, she dared to say anything.
Qi Ruixi stared at her for a while and suddenly laughed. "Sis, I didn't dare to say this before, but now I want to ask, don't you feel anything?"
"What?"
Xu Tingyu was a bit confused.
"Although my relationship with my eldest brother is just so - so, I feel that my eldest brother likes girls like you."
"The way he looks at you is different from the way he looks at others. Don't you feel it?"
Qi Ruixi decided to be bold.
Although she would read some taboo literature when she was bored, she usually didn't dare to speak so boldly.
After all, the eldest brother having a crush on his younger brother's wife was quite shocking anywhere.
Xu Tingyu's first reaction was that Qi Ruixi had gone crazy too.
"How is that possible? Isn't he like that to everyone?"
She was still a bit scared.
Why did both Qi Shifeng and Qi Ruixi say so?
Could it be that Qi Ye really liked her?
It shouldn't be. If he really did, how could she not feel it?
"No. Although he seems like a perfect gentleman, I don't know if you've noticed, but actually he's a very cold - hearted person deep down."
"I used to think that my second brother was the most difficult to get along with and the coldest. But after being beaten by society in the past few years, I found that actually my second brother is cold on the outside but warm on the inside."
"But my eldest brother, how should I put it? He seems to be smiling all the time and getting along well with everyone, but actually no one can get into his heart."
"Sometimes, I even think he's quite scary. He's been living alone like this for so many years without a close friend."
"You're the only person I've seen in so many years that he would get anxious about when something happened."
Back then, Qi Ruixi had felt that Qi Ye was special to Xu Tingyu.
But at that time, she didn't dare to say too much for fear of being chased by her two brothers.
Now that Xu Tingyu was divorced, she didn't have the same burden when talking about it.
Xu Tingyu was still in shock. After a long time, she said, "But he's never done anything special to me. He's never even said a single flirtatious word."
If you like someone, you'll instinctively want to get close to them and have physical contact.
But Qi Ye had never overstepped the line.
Not back then, and not when they met abroad later.
So she had never thought about it in that way.
"Maybe he has a lot of concerns. After all, you were my second brother's wife and his sister - in - law before. No matter how he felt, he had to hide it."
Qi Ruixi shrugged.
Anyway, she couldn't understand her two brothers.
She had been in a relationship before, although it was very short. But no man was like her brothers.
"So I like people who can't hide their feelings. They show everything on their faces so that I don't have to guess."
"If everyone is like my two brothers, how can we live our lives?"
She reached out and handed Xu Tingyu another drink.
Xu Tingyu silently took a sip and digested the fact that Qi Ye might like her.
No matter what Qi Ye's feelings for her were, his way of handling the matter of Yan Zhou was very strange.
"Let's not talk about my eldest brother. What about you and my second brother? I heard that he's been looking for you a lot recently."
Qi Ruixi brought up Qi Shifeng again.
Although she really liked Xu Tingyu and wanted her to be part of the family, she also had to admit that based on Qi Shifeng's previous performance, he wasn't a good husband.