"Nothing much. He just told her not to come looking for you again," Qi Shifeng replied to her question after stepping on the brake as he stared at the traffic lights ahead.
Normally, Xu Tingyu should have stopped asking questions at this point.
But her temples were throbbing, and there was too much information in her head. Before she could react, she had already asked another question.
"How was her mood when she left?"
The words sounded a bit strange, but both of them understood what she meant.
Qi Shifeng turned to look at her. "Do you think she was so heartbroken that she lost her mind and rushed into the river?"
Xu Tingyu didn't say a word. She just stared at him quietly.
The inside of the car was dimly lit. In fact, she couldn't see his expression very clearly, but she knew that his bottomless eyes were fixed on her.
What was in them?
Was it impatience, coldness, or perhaps a hint of probing?
Xu Tingyu didn't have the energy to guess.
While she was silent, Qi Shifeng calmly turned his head back and stepped on the accelerator again.
The car sped off and drove smoothly on the main road.
"Xie Yu isn't the kind of person who would lose her mind because of a few words," he explained as if he hadn't noticed anything amiss. He even recounted in detail what he had said to Xie Yu when they were alone.
At that time, Xu Tingyu had already gone upstairs. Xie Yu still tried to play the victim and told Qi Shifeng that all those news stories online were released by Xu Tingyu.
Qi Shifeng quickly interrupted her. "I don't want to hear this. I've warned you since she came back that you're not allowed to approach her again."
Xie Yu was extremely devastated. "But what did I do wrong? What on earth did I do wrong for you to treat me like this? My brother died because of you back then, and this is how you repay me?"
This incident was a permanent scar in Qi Shifeng's heart.
Although he couldn't have predicted the car accident, if he hadn't run away from the wedding, Xie Zhen wouldn't have had to divert the people for him and wouldn't have gotten into an accident.
"Xie Yu, it's no use talking more. And don't keep bringing up your brother. I'll redeem my debts to Xie Zhen in person when I see him," he said coldly, showing no sign of compromise.
In fact, for Xie Zhen's sake, he had already given a lot.
But the Xie family was never satisfied.
Especially Xie Yu. She seemed to have regarded Xie Zhen's death as her magic lamp. Every time she mentioned it, she could get a wish fulfilled.
In the past, Qi Shifeng was consumed by guilt and regret, so he always tolerated her behavior and tried his best to fulfill her wishes.
Even though he himself thought there were many unreasonable aspects.
But later, after he started psychotherapy, the doctor told him that this was wrong.
If he kept lowering his bottom line because of guilt and did things he didn't want to do originally, he would only sink deeper and deeper.
This was actually not good for the relationship between the two of them.
He took the doctor's advice and started to change, but Xie Yu didn't agree.
She was extremely agitated. At her most emotional moment, she had a hysterical outburst backstage at an awards ceremony.
It was because Qi Shifeng had refused her request to win the Best Actress award.
His refusal wasn't forceful. It could even be considered euphemistic.
At that time, Xie Yu had just entered the movie industry and starred in a very commercial movie. Neither the production nor the script was very good.
The producer had even invited her to be the leading actress because of her relationship with the Qi family.
After all, at that time, a part of the outside world still believed that Xie Yu would be the future mistress of the Qi family.
After the movie was released, the rating was very low, and the box office was even more dismal.
Despite this, Qi Shifeng still paid out of his own pocket to book several screenings for his employees as a benefit.
He even went to watch it, but left after less than ten minutes.
So when Xie Yu proposed to win an award with this movie, Qi Shifeng thought she was crazy.
When Jiang Li told him this news, he also looked very embarrassed.
"Miss Xie and her agent both think that winning an award as soon as she enters the industry will help her go further and higher."
At that time, Qi Shifeng had stopped seeing Xie Yu. All her requests were relayed through Jiang Li.
Qi Shifeng directly refused in front of Jiang Li.
"Her acting skills are just average. She still has a long way to go before she can become a Best Actress."
But then he thought of Xie Zhen and softened his tone.
"However, if she's willing, the company can pay to hire professional teachers for her. After she has improved, we can arrange some good scripts for her."
At that time, Xie Yu's management contract was still with the Qi family's entertainment company, so Qi Shifeng could be considered her boss.
Jiang Li relayed these words to Xie Yu euphemistically, but she never believed that Qi Shifeng would treat her like this.
So she still attended the awards ceremony in a high - profile manner, thinking that even if Qi Shifeng didn't give her the Best Actress award, he would definitely give her some kind of consolation.
Otherwise, why would the movie be short - listed?
He would surely give her an award like the Most Popular Award or the Best Newcomer Award as a consolation.
But she didn't expect that the movie's short - listing wasn't Qi Shifeng's doing.
He didn't pay attention to these things at all. During that time, Youyou was uncomfortable during the season change, so he rarely went to the company and spent most of his time accompanying the child.
On the day of the awards ceremony, before it started, Xie Yu finally confirmed from her agent that she wouldn't win any awards this time.
But her agent had already arranged a bunch of press releases for her, even including who she would outshine.
If it were someone else, they might not have cared and just regarded it as a chance to walk the red carpet and gain some experience.
But Xie Yu wasn't like that.
She became even more impatient and couldn't accept this result at all.
So she made a big scene backstage and threw a tantrum.
She even slapped her little assistant, and unfortunately, it was captured by a reporter. In the end, Qi Shifeng had to settle the matter.
She came to find Qi Shifeng again, saying that she wanted to apologize, but all she did was blame him for not arranging an award for her.
With Qi Shifeng's power, even if he gave her the Best Actress award, who would dare to say anything?
Qi Shifeng just looked at the increasingly crazy Xie Yu and said nothing. He just told Jiang Li to take her out.
Then that afternoon, he announced that all the currently signed artists of the entertainment company would be released from their contracts, and the company would transform into something else in the future.
Xie Yu didn't get the award and was even released from her contract. After that, she was very well - behaved for a while.
After the Qi family's entertainment company officially announced this news, there was a lot of ridicule towards Xie Yu from the outside world.
After all, many people knew about her making a scene backstage.
There were even some people in the industry who were eager to take advantage of her misfortune.
Some people even mocked her to her face. They said that in the past, she had marketed herself as some kind of white moonlight, but now it seemed that she was just a gold - digger.
Now that the金主 was tired of her, he had thrown her away like trash.
Xie Yu could have retorted or simply ignored them.
But at that time, she flew into a rage and got into a fight with the person.
This time, without the Qi family to help her handle the situation, the news of her bullying others became a bit of a sensation.