Before the scorned Qi Shifeng could say a word, he heard Shen Yan let out a soft chuckle.
"President Qi, do you need me to send you back?"
They were really singing in chorus.
Qi Shifeng gritted his teeth in anger and planned to play the victim card in front of Xu Tingyu.
However, before he could carry out his plan, Shen Yan directly pushed him out.
"President Qi, if you're injured, just have a good rest. Don't keep causing trouble. I'll take care of Tingyu here. You don't need to worry about it."
Shen Yan pushed him out of the door and threw his own words back at him.
Before he could say anything else, the door of the ward closed behind him.
Qi Shifeng had never suffered such "humiliation" before. He took a couple of deep breaths, and even his lungs ached.
But before he could push the door open again, Jiang Li rushed over.
"President Qi, there's some rather bad news."
Jiang Li looked solemn, his brows tightly knitted.
Qi Shifeng ignored him and put his hand on the door.
Right now, even if the sky were to fall, nothing was more important than going in and dragging Shen Yan out.
But then, Jiang Li lowered his voice and said, "It's about Miss Xu."
About Xu Tingyu?
Qi Shifeng's hand froze. He turned to look at Jiang Li, then at the closed door. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's talk back at the office."
The bad news about Xu Tingyu should naturally be kept from her for the time being.
Judging from Jiang Li's evasive manner, it was most likely really bad.
The two returned to the next - door ward, and only then did Jiang Li take out a stack of photos.
"The nursing home called today and said that recently, Ms. Zhang has been overly active. She got rid of the nurse and went out alone several times."
"At first, everyone thought she was going out to meet friends because she was in a good mood every time she came back, so they didn't pay much attention."
"But later, the nurse felt uneasy and secretly followed her once. It was found that she went out to meet a reporter."
In the photos handed over, it was Zhang Qiu with a middle - aged man.
Jiang Li knew this man. He was Dong Ping, the most notorious paparazzi, also known as "Dog Dong".
He used to be an entertainment journalist. Later, he found that contacting the parties involved before breaking a big news could earn him much more than just breaking the news.
So later, he specifically targeted various big - name celebrities to take photos. Then he would send the photos to them first and then blackmail them for money.
He was like a hyena lurking in the dark. Once he set his sights on someone, it was very difficult to shake him off.
Of course, those in this line of work had backers behind them. Otherwise, he would have been killed long ago for offending people.
Moreover, he always kept himself in the public eye on the screen for his own safety.
Over the years, he had managed to stay safe.
So Jiang Li recognized him at a glance and realized that the matter was serious. He immediately went to investigate.
"Ms. Zhang took the initiative to contact Dog Dong to leak information."
Jiang Li carefully chose his words.
After all, he was quite shocked when he heard this.
Qi Shifeng almost blurted out without thinking, "She wants to leak information about Tingyu and say that she abandoned her child, right?"
Jiang Li was a bit surprised. "You already knew about this?"
"I just learned about it from you."
Qi Shifeng's tone was very calm.
"Then how did you guess? I haven't even got to that part..."
Jiang Li was quite puzzled.
"It's not hard to guess. Zhang Qiu hates Tingyu to the core. She wants to see her ruined more than anyone else. So if she takes the initiative to contact Dog Dong, it can only be against Tingyu."
"Moreover, Tingyu has been back for almost two months, and she has been very quiet. Obviously, she's been plotting something big."
Qi Shifeng had someone step up the surveillance on Zhang Qiu as soon as Xu Tingyu came back.
It was very simple. He himself was a child who was not loved, and he knew that some parents couldn't even be called parents.
Zhang Qiu blamed all of Xu Jia's death on Xu Tingyu.
She had even expressed more than once why it was Xu Jia who died instead of her.
And when Xu Tingyu was at her lowest point, she hated her so much that she wanted to kill Youyou, her own grandson, just to take revenge on Xu Tingyu.
Now that Xu Tingyu had振作起来 and become the radiant person she once was, how could Zhang Qiu be willing to let it go?
She had long been blinded by hatred.
She had transformed her longing for Xu Jia into hatred for Xu Tingyu. It seemed that only by completely destroying this daughter could she feel better.
And now Zhang Qiu had no money, no influence, and even her personal freedom was restricted.
Apart from using public opinion, what else could she do?
Moreover, she started contacting Dog Dong a month ago but still hadn't come forward. Obviously, she was waiting for the right time, the time of the concert tour.
"Dog Dong is good at digging out other people's secrets, but he uses these secrets to make money. As long as the money is right, he won't leak the information."
"If Ms. Zhang wants to ruin Miss Xu with public opinion, isn't she looking for the wrong person by contacting Dog Dong?"
Jiang Li secretly admired his boss's reasoning but still pointed out the unreasonable part.
Dog Dong was a profit - oriented person. Even if he really had Xu Tingyu's weakness in his hands, it would only be an excuse for blackmail.
But Xu Tingyu could simply buy off the news with money.
Losing some money was not a big deal for Xu Tingyu's current net worth.
Was this enough for Zhang Qiu?
Qi Shifeng's face looked grim, and his tone was extremely cold. "Because there's no rule saying that a news story that has been paid off can't be leaked."
For a despicable person, rules are ineffective.
He can either abide by them or break them, all at his whim.
Just like in this case, as long as he has the evidence, he can use it to blackmail Xu Tingyu and get a sum of money.
Then he can make a copy of the evidence and give it to Zhang Qiu, and let Zhang Qiu leak it.
By then, Dog Dong can disappear with the money and live the rest of his life comfortably.
As for Xu Tingyu, what can she do to her own mother?
This was their perfect plan.
After hearing Qi Shifeng's analysis, Jiang Li was speechless.
"Don't tip them off. Go and find out what Dog Dong has found out. Also, don't let Zhang Qiu know that we're on to her."
Qi Shifeng quickly made a decision.
When it came to public opinion, any sign of trouble had to be dealt with carefully.
After all, Xu Tingyu's concert tour was approaching, and it was related to the reputation of a company.
This was her first concert tour in China. If a scandal broke out at this time, it would be almost a devastating blow to the domestic market.
Jiang Li responded and then went out first.
Qi Shifeng closed his eyes, looking a bit exhausted.
The reason he could quickly guess what Zhang Qiu was up to was because he knew very well how extreme a mother's partiality could be.
And the scene where Liu Ning came to make a scene just now also made him realize that in their eyes, he was always just a tool.
They gave him power, but they wanted to use this power to control him and make him their puppet.
However, they had forgotten that he was not a marionette.