When Liu Ning was "invited" away by the bodyguards, he was still loudly scolding Qi Shifeng, or rather, cursing at him.
But Qi Shifeng remained unmoved.
He just sat behind the desk, looking at the group photos on it.
One of them was a wedding photo of him and Xu Tingyu.
At that time, he was really dissatisfied with this marriage, so he even had a cold face when taking the photo.
Moreover, he rejected all the multiple sets of shooting scenes provided by the photography company.
They only took one set of photos in the studio.
The background was a solemn black. Xu Tingyu, wearing a pure white wedding dress, was sitting on the sofa, smiling at the camera.
And he was standing on one side, also looking at the camera, with a cold expression.
If you looked closely, you could even see the impatience in his eyes.
After that set of photos was taken, he didn't even take a second look, nor did he heed the photographer's request to take a few more for backup. He just walked away arrogantly.
It must have been so embarrassing for Xu Tingyu at that time.
He even maliciously wondered on his way away if she would cry.
Would she complain? How would she tell the old man about this? And how would the old man comfort her and come after him?
But nothing happened.
Xu Tingyu never mentioned this to anyone.
The old man didn't know they had only taken one set of photos until he got the photo album. He was immediately furious.
"Which family only has one set of wedding photos for their wedding? People might think our Qi family can't even afford to take photos."
"You rascal. Are you really that busy with work? Don't you even have time to take a photo?"
The old man scolded him in front of Xu Tingyu.
Actually, everyone knew it wasn't because he didn't have time, but because he didn't want to.
Obviously, the old man was still partial to him when saying this.
He kept silent and looked at Xu Tingyu expressionlessly.
He thought she would show a wronged or patient expression.
But she didn't. She just smiled faintly and didn't try to defend him, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
For a moment, he felt that maybe Xu Tingyu didn't really want to marry him either.
She was just obeying the family's wishes.
Later, many copies of this set of wedding photos were printed and placed in many places at home.
However, at that time, the study was almost only used by Qi Shifeng. Since he didn't allow them to be placed there, they never were.
It wasn't until after Xu Tingyu left and he spent more time in the study that he went to print a copy himself and placed it on the desk.
Beside this wedding photo was also a photo of him and Youyou.
Many people said Youyou looked like him. But if you looked closely at the two photos, you could find that Youyou actually looked a lot like Xu Tingyu.
Especially those eyes, they were exactly the same as hers, clear and clean.
And this mother - son pair had always suffered malice in their Qi family.
And the root cause of all this was him.
Qi Shifeng stared at the photos for a long time until Youyou's little head appeared at the door.
"Dad, did you quarrel with grandma?"
He had been taken away by Aunt Zhang just now. It was not until after Liu Ning left that Aunt Zhang let him go play downstairs.
But he didn't want to play. He wanted to find his dad.
Every time his dad met with grandma, his mood would turn bad. He didn't want his dad to be in a bad mood.
When Qi Shifeng saw Youyou, his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.
"Come here to dad."
Qi Shifeng stretched out his hands, signaling Youyou to come over.
Sure enough, Youyou obediently threw himself into his arms and hugged his neck.
"Dad, don't be sad. I won't stay in bed anymore in the future. I'll work harder."
"As long as I become a great kid and grandma likes me, she won't make things difficult for you."
Youyou's voice was very dejected.
It was all because he was too stupid and not the kind of kid grandma and grandpa wanted, so they always blamed his dad.
Actually, his dad was the best dad in the world. He was just being implicated because of him.
"That's not true, Youyou. You're already a really great kid. Grandma doesn't dislike you."
"Even if she does, it's not your problem. It's hers."
Qi Shifeng immediately corrected him.
No one was going to PUA his son.
Moreover, Youyou was already a very good kid.
Youyou blinked his eyes and leaned against him. "But I really don't want dad to be sad. Dad doesn't have mom with him and he quarrels with his own mom. He's so pitiful."
The innocent words of the child completely unaware that he was stabbing his father in the heart.
Qi Shifeng was stunned for a moment and then laughed. "With Youyou by my side, dad isn't pitiful."
"Okay then. Youyou can stay with dad all day today."
Youyou touched his face again, looking very serious.
Sure enough, for the rest of the day, no matter where Qi Shifeng went, Youyou followed.
Even when they went to the company, he quietly sat on the sofa, reading books by himself. When he ate snacks, he was also very quiet and extremely well - behaved.
In the middle, Qi Shifeng was afraid he would be too bored, so he asked Jiang Li to take him out for a walk.
There was food and drinks on the second floor of their headquarters building, and there was also a children's playground.
This was mainly for employees who needed to bring their children to work during the winter and summer vacations.
Before Youyou came along, Qi Shifeng hadn't considered these details.
But after Youyou was born, he paid more attention to kids and found that many employees would secretly bring their children to work during the winter and summer vacations.
Although the company had never explicitly prohibited this, the employees didn't dare to bring their children openly.
So even if they brought them, they would just leave them in the tea room and not allow them to make any noise.
Later, Qi Shifeng asked the human resources department to rectify this.
The employees at the headquarters were relatively young and unmarried, but there were also many old employees who had dedicated many years to the Qi Group.
There were even some couples who both worked for the Qi Group.
They worked for the Qi Group and had settled their families in the capital.
Not all families had the help of the elderly, so for dual - career couples, the whereabouts of their children during the winter and summer vacations were a problem.
Qi Shifeng had people clear out the second floor and specifically built shops and a children's playground.
He even equipped it with professional staff to lead the children in some interesting classes.
This measure touched many employees, but everyone was very sensible and wouldn't bring their children there when it wasn't necessary.
So today, there weren't many people in the playground.
But when Jiang Li took Youyou there, Youyou shook his head and instead led Jiang Li to sit on one side.
"Uncle, why do people have troubles?"
He blinked his eyes and even used his phone watch to treat Jiang Li to a cup of coffee.
Seeing his mature - beyond - his - years look, Jiang Li couldn't help but smile. "Do you have troubles too?"
This was the young master of the Qi Group, born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
"Yes. I'm so worried about dad. I think he's been very unhappy recently."
Youyou shook his head and took a sip of his milk.