Xu Tingyu really had something on her mind.
As soon as she left the hospital, she went straight back to the hotel.
As soon as she walked in, she saw Shen Yan and a tall woman standing beside him.
The woman was dressed in a sleek business suit, paired with a pair of stiletto heels. She had short, neat hair and delicate makeup, exuding an elegant air.
One look and you could tell she was a real strong woman.
Xu Tingyu adjusted her breathing and walked forward. "Sister, you should have told me in advance when you were coming. I could have come to pick you up."
This woman was none other than Shen Yan's elder sister, Shen Dai.
When Shen Dai saw Xu Tingyu, she immediately gave her a big hug with a smile.
"You're so busy. I wouldn't dare to bother you. Besides, I wanted to give you a surprise. Come and see what gift I've brought you."
She was more than a decade older than Xu Tingyu and Shen Yan. She had been very kind to Xu Tingyu since she was a little girl.
Later, when the Shen family moved away, besides Shen Yan, the one who was most reluctant to part with Xu Tingyu was Shen Dai.
She adored Xu Tingyu and always called her "little doll."
Xu Tingyu had been good-looking since birth, and as a child, she was a pink and jade-carved little thing that everyone loved at first sight.
Shen Dai especially loved to spoil Xu Tingyu with food and had bought her clothes many times.
So after they reunited abroad later, Shen Dai amplified this "hobby" from before. Every time she saw Xu Tingyu, she would give her a lot of presents.
Shen Yan had been standing by, smiling as he watched the two of them. When he heard Shen Dai mention the gifts, he also came over to get some attention.
"Sister, what about mine? I'm your real younger brother!"
Even though there was plenty of space, he deliberately squeezed next to Xu Tingyu and winked at Shen Dai.
Shen Dai was helpless with her silly younger brother. "Don't be impatient. Yours won't be missing."
Shen Yan had been the apple of the whole family's eye since childhood. His elder brothers and sisters all doted on him.
Shen Dai had always judged people by their looks. She thought her younger brother was really good-looking, so she doted on him even more than anyone else.
When she bought clothes and dolls for Xu Tingyu when they were kids, she would also buy toy cars for Shen Yan.
"I knew my sister was the best. Last time I saw elder brother, he kicked me as soon as he saw me and said he was annoyed just looking at me. I was so angry that I almost cut ties with him."
"Sister, when you go back, don't forget to take revenge for me."
Shen Yan snorted and looked a bit傲娇.
Shen Dai took out the gifts and stuffed them all into Xu Tingyu's hands. At the same time, she said to Shen Yan, "Elder brother is annoyed with you because you still haven't gotten married and don't even have a girlfriend by your side."
As she said this, her eyes involuntarily glanced at Xu Tingyu. Shen Yan quickly signaled her with his eyes not to do anything rash.
Shen Dai knew that her silly younger brother was still secretly in love.
No wonder he still hadn't gotten married.
Xu Tingyu carried the gifts she was holding all the way to the sofa. She felt quite embarrassed.
"Sister, you always bring me so many gifts. How can I repay you? How about I marry you?"
She joked with a smile.
She still remembered that when she was a child, after seeing the elder brothers and sisters of the Shen family, she was extremely envious. She went back and asked Zhang Qiu if she could give her an elder sister or an elder brother.
This incident had been a laughingstock for both families for many years.
Shen Dai nodded vigorously and then casually pointed at Shen Yan beside her.
"Sure. Anyway, I like you very much. It's just that your brother-in-law won't agree. How about you marry him instead? We're all family."
Shen Dai had been married for many years, and her eldest child was already in their teens.
When Shen Yan heard this, his face turned pale with fright.
He sometimes joked with Xu Tingyu like this, but he had never been so straightforward.
If she found out about his feelings and didn't want to accept them, wouldn't they not even be able to be friends in the future?
But he also had a faint hope.
What if she agreed?
What was wrong with him?
Except for those years when he had been quite wild and had a not-so-good reputation, he was actually quite good.
He had never crossed the line with any of his ex-girlfriends.
Of course, he didn't want to boast about how excellent he was. It was just that every time he wanted to do something, he would think of Xu Tingyu.
Then all his enthusiasm would be drowned out by a great sense of sadness.
Before Xu Tingyu got divorced, he even thought his life was over.
He was trapped by this woman, but she was completely unaware.
As a result, under the gazes of the siblings, Xu Tingyu burst out laughing.
"That won't do. It's sister who gave me the gifts. Let's wait until the next life. In the next life, I'll meet sister earlier."
She had been joking all along and didn't notice the little actions of the siblings at all. Naturally, she didn't think about anything else.
Shen Dai silently mourned for her younger brother for three seconds in her heart and then joked with Xu Tingyu for a few more words.
Xu Tingyu opened the gifts and found there was everything. Some of them were obviously souvenirs from somewhere.
Each one was to her liking.
"Thank you for the gifts, sister. They're so beautiful!"
She held a very delicate little bottle in her hand, her eyes full of admiration.
Actually, this kind of thing showed more sincerity than ordinary gifts because it proved that Shen Dai was always thinking about her.
This kind of thoughtfulness really made her happy.
"I'm glad you like them. I'll buy you more later. But I'm a bit hungry now. Let's go out for a meal."
Shen Dai saw the disappointment in her younger brother's eyes.
She couldn't bear to see him like this, so she quickly changed the subject.
Xu Tingyu immediately agreed and looked at Shen Yan. "Where shall we take sister to eat?"
What she meant was that since they had been here first, they must be more familiar with the restaurants in Kyoto than Shen Dai.
But in Shen Yan's ears, this sentence had another meaning - she must have regarded him as one of her own to talk like this.
It was as if they were a young couple, together welcoming the elder sister-in-law who had come to Kyoto.
This thought made Shen Yan feel happy. The little bit of disappointment from before immediately disappeared without a trace.
How could Xu Tingyu know that a casual sentence from her had already made Shen Yan fall deeper in love with her? She mumbled another sentence, "Sister can't eat spicy food either."
Strong women, more or less, had some stomach problems, caused by irregular diets and work schedules.
Shen Dai was no exception, so she couldn't eat spicy food when having meals.
After all, there was a real example right here.
She couldn't help but think of Qi Shifeng again.
She wondered if he would feel better after the drip.
Would he scare Youyou when he went back like this?
Alas, she wondered if this kind of constitution was hereditary.
If Youyou also inherited his intolerance to spicy food, how many delicious foods would she miss out on?
Just as she was lost in thought, Shen Yan waved his hand in front of her absent-minded eyes.
"Hey, wake up. I think we should take sister to that private restaurant we went to last time. I thought it was quite good. They make all the special Kyoto dishes very authentic."
"And you like it too. I can see you've lost weight these days."
Although Shen Yan said he was taking Shen Dai out for a meal, he also had another motive - he wanted to take Xu Tingyu to eat something good so that she could gain a few more pounds.
She had always been very strict with her diet in order to maintain the best state for dancing.
These days, she had been entangled in the scandal. Although she didn't say anything, in fact, she hadn't been able to eat much and had lost a lot of weight.