"After Xie Shu said that, Xie Yu fell silent. I'm an outsider after all, so it wasn't appropriate for me to stay any longer, so I left."
"The next day when we met again, Xie Shu had already gone back, and Xie Yu acted as if nothing had happened."
"Later, Xie Yu even asked someone to look for acting training schools in the country. It seemed that she wanted to send Xie Shu there to continue her studies."
"After that, I didn't pay attention anymore. I don't know how things went with the school."
After Qiu Yun finished telling everything, she took a sip of tea.
The more Xu Tingyu listened, the tighter her eyebrows furrowed. There must be some hidden secrets about what happened back then.
But Qiu Yun didn't hear the most crucial part.
She also took a sip of tea to calm herself down and said, "So, you haven't seen Xie Shu since then?"
"No. I didn't have a very close relationship with Xie Shu in the first place. We never cooperated. After she left the entertainment circle, I only saw her that one time abroad."
A look of confusion flashed across Qiu Yun's eyes. She seemed not to understand why Xu Tingyu was so concerned about Xie Shu.
Even Chen Chunyao, who was sitting beside them, couldn't help but interrupt, "Could it be that Xie Yu has hidden Xie Shu in the country and just doesn't want you to find her?"
Xu Tingyu was stunned.
She hadn't told anyone else about what Xie Yu said that Xie Shu was no longer alive.
So it was normal for Chen Chunyao to think so.
"But how could a living person be hidden so well? She's not the kind of person who would be so obedient."
Xu Tingyu shook her head, but she also began to doubt whether Xie Shu was still alive.
"Maybe something else happened in between. But now that Xie Yu is in trouble, she will surely come back when she hears the news."
Chen Chunyao tried to comfort her.
As a friend, she knew that the matter of Xu Jia had always been a heavy burden on Xu Tingyu's heart for all these years.
Xu Tingyu had been disappointed many times over the years, so she quickly adjusted her mindset and smiled at Qiu Yun.
"Miss Qiu, have you met Cai Lan?"
Xie Yu really didn't have many friends. Qiu Yun was probably the one who had been her friend for the longest time.
Qiu Yun nodded. "But they had a big falling - out a long time ago. The last time I saw Cai Lan, he was holding a knife and wanted to kill Xie Yu. He even spent some time in jail."
She looked down on Cai Lan.
"That man has a really bad character. He's just a parasite on Xie Yu. Not only did he ruin the company, but he also made Xie Yu pay off nearly ten million in gambling debts for him."
"Later, Xie Yu found some people to deal with him. I don't know how he is now. Most likely, he's living a dog - like life, hiding everywhere."
Ten million in gambling debts and trying to kill someone with a knife?
This was something Xu Tingyu had never heard before.
But she was even more curious.
Cai Lan was so desperate that he could use a knife for money. Then why was he indifferent to the two hundred thousand yuan she offered?
No, it wasn't indifference. He just didn't dare to take it.
Who could have such a strong deterrent effect on him?
Xu Tingyu was in a daze for a moment. It was only after Chen Chunyao's reminder that she came back to her senses and smiled at Qiu Yun.
"I didn't expect the Xie family's relationships to be so complicated."
She had never liked Xie Yu, not even from the first time they met.
But she also admired Xie Yu for being able to get out of such a bad family environment.
"Yeah, she was ambitious enough, but unfortunately, she just lacked a bit of luck in the end."
Qiu Yun sighed with emotion, but then she immediately regretted it and carefully glanced at Xu Tingyu.
She knew the relationship between Xu Tingyu and Xie Yu. Although Xu Tingyu hadn't said anything unpleasant today, what she said might still make Xu Tingyu think too much.
Sure enough, Xu Tingyu put away her faint smile and showed a sarcastic look.
"What she lacked wasn't luck. She had pretty good luck later on."
"Her biggest problem was that she always gave the initiative to others and only wanted to rely on others."
Xie Yu had already gotten enough from Qi Shifeng. If she had held on tightly, it wouldn't have been difficult for her to gain both fame and fortune and accumulate enough wealth for a lifetime.
But her life goal was to become Mrs. Qi, and she was so obsessed that she went crazy.
This meant that she gave the initiative to the man.
But could a man be relied on?
Xu Tingyu pursed her lips and continued in Qiu Yun's stunned gaze, "Thank you for coming today. If there's a chance in the future, I hope we can cooperate."
Qiu Yun was a bit flattered and quickly nodded. "Sure, Miss Xu, you must give me a chance."
The topic naturally shifted from Xie Yu to other things.
Qiu Yun thought that this former Mrs. Qi in the rumors was very different from what she had imagined.
She had heard from Xie Yu that Xu Tingyu was extremely stupid and stubbornly clung to a man who didn't love her.
She had also heard from others that Xu Tingyu wasn't favored in the wealthy family. She was a typical resentful woman in the deep boudoir. After being bullied by her in - laws, she would just vent her anger on others.
When she got divorced back then, she was even kicked out of the family and got nothing.
...
Everyone thought she was finished.
A flower that had been nurtured in a greenhouse and then battered by the storm and thrown into the wild. Could it still survive?
Unexpectedly, she not only survived but also lived a great life.
The calm and rational aura on her was hard to ignore.
Even she, a woman, couldn't take her eyes off Xu Tingyu.
So when they were leaving, Qiu Yun walked with Chen Chunyao and couldn't help but ask her, "Back then, did Mr. Qi really divorce Miss Xu because of Xie Yu?"
It seemed impossible.
Chen Chunyao's expression was a bit ugly. It took her a while to answer, "Who knows? Some people are just blind."
On the other side, after Xu Tingyu separated from Qiu Yun and the others, she went straight to the dance studio.
There had been so many things going on these days that she had "neglected" her dancing for a few days.
Shu Shu was already waiting for her there with her bag. When she saw Xu Tingyu, she immediately said, "Sister Xu, the paparazzi outside the hotel are all gone."
Well, they had been waiting for so many days without getting any results. It would be better for them to go and follow Xie Yu and Yan Zhou.
Xu Tingyu nodded. "Is Chen Yan in the hotel?"
She had left him at the hot - pot restaurant in a hurry yesterday, and he hadn't even sent her a message until now. She wondered if he was angry.
Shu Shu nodded. "It seems that he drank some wine yesterday and came back very late. He's still staying in the guest room in your suite."
The two of them had met in the corridor yesterday. Chen Yan had been drinking, but he still seemed quite sober.
Xu Tingyu knew that he had many friends. Probably after she left, he went to play with other friends.
So she didn't think much of it. She changed her clothes and started dancing.
Shu Shu accompanied her all the time. After the dance practice, they went to look at the newly arrived clothes and jewelry. They were busy until evening before returning to the hotel.
As Shu Shu had said, the people who had been waiting at the door were gone.
But just to be safe, Xu Tingyu still dressed up in full gear before getting out of the car.
But before she even got into the elevator, she received a call from Yan Zhou. "Tingyu, if you're free, could you come to my place?"