Qi Shifeng frowned and sneered coldly. Instead of letting her go, he leaned even closer. "If you don't explain clearly, I won't let you go."
When he got serious, his eyebrows and eyes were as sharp as knives. There was something burning fiercely in his dark eyes.
Xu Tingyu knew that such a man was extremely dangerous, so she could only answer obediently.
"He was worried about me and came back to stand up for me."
She was just stating the facts, and also telling him by the way that there was not no one behind her as he had imagined.
He should be more restrained towards her.
But before her voice faded, she saw the man purse his lips into a half - smile. "You asked someone else to stand up for you?"
His tone was filled with overwhelming jealousy.
Xu Tingyu felt extremely uncomfortable, as if sitting on pins and needles. But she refused to admit defeat. She raised her eyebrows and curled her lips. "What? Can't I?"
After saying that, she reached out for her phone.
Chen Yan must have just landed at this time and was calling to let her know.
It was about an hour's drive from the Kyoto Airport to here. She had to get rid of Qi Shifeng as soon as possible to avoid too many explanations.
But before her hand could touch the phone, she was pulled back.
"Do you like him?"
He held her hand tightly. In just a split second, his expression had turned into one of grievance and unwillingness.
This damned man, how could he act so well now?
Did he know that she was soft - hearted and play the poor - me card so easily?
Xu Tingyu looked at him indifferently. "I'm different from you. I'm the kind of person who cleans up the house before inviting guests."
Before Qi Shifeng could react, she continued, "But don't worry. It's almost cleaned up now."
After saying that, she suddenly pushed away Qi Shifeng, who was still in a daze, and hid in the bathroom with her phone.
Sure enough, Chen Yan had just landed and was already in the car. He also complained that she had answered the phone so late.
"I was asleep just now. Don't enter through the main entrance of the hotel. I'll send someone to pick you up at the back door."
She told a random lie and instructed him.
Qi Shifeng had just come in through the back door.
The back door was normally not open. One had to take a detour through the hotel restaurant, so normally no one would go that way.
Those paparazzi definitely wouldn't be waiting there.
The two - hour period when she had rented the hotel had already passed, and those people must still be lingering around.
Chen Yan had no objections. He asked her a couple of questions and told her to have a good rest first.
It was impossible for her to have a good rest.
She hung up the phone, tidied herself up in front of the mirror, then walked out of the bathroom. Leaning against the door, she looked at Qi Shifeng, who was still lying on the bed.
"Mr. Qi, it's time for you to go home and accompany your son."
Her tone always softened involuntarily when she mentioned Youyou.
Qi Shifeng, who was still calming down, looked lazy. "I'd rather accompany my wife."
Mainly because his son wouldn't run away, but his wife might.
"Don't be a rascal. It's not safe for Youyou at home, and I don't need your company here either."
Her attitude was very tough.
Qi Shifeng propped himself up. "Does 'I don't need your company' mean that someone else is coming to accompany you?"
He said this through gritted teeth, full of jealousy.
Xu Tingyu didn't refute. She just said "Yes", then added, "So please, Mr. Qi, be more perceptive."
Seeing that she really didn't refute or explain, and answered so smoothly, the man felt even more blocked in his heart.
He was just about to get out of bed to talk to her properly about this company issue when his phone suddenly rang.
He didn't plan to answer it, but at the same time, Xu Tingyu's phone also rang.
It was the same number that Xie Yu had called from before.
Xu Tingyu frowned, but in order to get rid of Qi Shifeng, she still answered the call.
But on the other end of the line was a man's voice. "Hello. Do you know the owner of this phone? I picked it up by the river."
Picked up Xie Yu's phone by the river?
This sentence sounded really strange.
Many speculations flashed through Xu Tingyu's mind, but she still asked him immediately, "May I ask where it is? Is there anything abnormal around?"
"How do you know there's something abnormal? Well, there was a car accident here just now, but this phone was a bit far from the accident site."
Although the other person thought she was a bit mysterious, he still gave an answer immediately.
A chill ran down Xu Tingyu's back. She quickly asked for the address and pleaded with the person to wait for her.
At the same time, Qi Shifeng also answered his phone.
On the other end of the line was Jiang Li's anxious voice. "Mr. Qi, Miss Xie has had an accident."
Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng glanced at each other. They both saw complexity in each other's eyes.
Xie Yu had been in a car accident.
It wasn't an ordinary car accident. When passing by the moat, her car suddenly seemed to go out of control. Without even stepping on the brake once, she drove straight through the guardrail and into the river.
The river current was quite swift, and it was already dark. The people who discovered it didn't dare to rescue her rashly and only called the police.
By the time the rescue team arrived, only the roof of the car was left above the water.
During this period, Xie Yu never got out of the car.
Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng left through the back door of the hotel and rushed to the accident site in a hurry.
On the way, neither of them spoke. The atmosphere was indescribably solemn.
Originally, Qi Shifeng meant for her to stay in the hotel and not go to the scene.
But she insisted on going.
Unable to persuade her, he took her with him.
When they arrived at the scene, the car had already been fished out.
Although it was almost eleven o'clock, there were still quite a few onlookers around.
Xu Tingyu saw that a large section of the guardrail had been damaged. It was in a complete mess. The car was still dripping water, and the front of the car was completely deformed.
"Where's the person inside?"
She was even more anxious than Qi Shifeng. She rushed to the police car and asked.
The policeman looked up at her. "Who are you?"
"I know the owner of the car. Where is she?"
Xu Tingyu's voice was a bit shaky.
Seeing that she wasn't just asking casually, the policeman softened his attitude. "She's been sent to the hospital. Are you the car owner's friend? Then please notify her relatives as soon as possible."
Sent to the hospital?
Xu Tingyu didn't even hear the rest of the words. She turned around and left.
She was going to the hospital to see Xie Yu's condition with her own eyes.
She couldn't have an accident! She had just found some clues about Xie Shu. She couldn't let them be cut off like this.
Seeing her running around like a headless chicken, Qi Shifeng strode over and grabbed her. "Don't run around. Follow me."
Compared with Xu Tingyu's nervousness, Qi Shifeng was much calmer.
Just then, they heard some people in the onlookers discussing.
"I saw that it was a woman who was fished out. Oh, this female driver's skills are really scary. Why didn't she drive on such a wide road and instead drove into the river? Did she step on the wrong pedal?"
"No. How can you blame it on female drivers? Not all women are bad at driving, and not all men are good at it either."
"I don't think it was because she stepped on the wrong pedal. It seems more like the car went out of control. No matter how out of control it is, it should only go forward. Why did she suddenly make a sharp turn and drive straight into the river?"
"Could she have wanted to kill herself? I've seen a lot of things go wrong recently. She was still out so late. Maybe she had just got off work. Was she under too much pressure?"
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