Chen Chunyao is with Qi Ye?
This piece of news was even more absurd to Xu Tingyu than being told that aliens would attack the Earth tomorrow.
"It's impossible. How could Yaoyao like Qi Ye? She's never mentioned it to me," Xu Tingyu's first reaction after hearing this was that there must be a mistake.
She and Chen Chunyao had been friends for over a decade. Even if she didn't know her like the back of her hand, she knew her quite well.
Qi Ye didn't seem like the type of person she would fall for.
Most importantly, there was no chance for them to even get to know each other, right?
"How is it impossible? Tell me, has she dated anyone else in these past few years?"
Chen Yan also couldn't figure this out, but he had seen it with his own eyes.
Xu Tingyu was stumped by this question, but soon retorted, "It's because her company doesn't allow her to date."
Chen Chunyao's first love happened during college. Her boyfriend was a senior.
Xu Tingyu knew about this.
They dated for a few months and then broke up because the guy climbed into bed with someone in the industry for a role.
To put it simply, he cheated on Chen Chunyao.
She really liked that senior at that time, so she was heart - broken for a long time.
When Xu Tingyu went to accompany her to relax, they got drunk. Sitting under the starry sky, Chen Chunyao even held up a wine bottle and cried out to the sky.
"So money can really buy someone's true heart. Then I'll want a lot and a lot of money in the future."
"I also wish that I'll never do such a thing as selling my true heart for money."
At that time, Chen Chunyao was still an unknown in the entertainment industry, but she was truly a good person.
Clean, brave, with the purest heart.
Later, she entered the entertainment industry and, through her own efforts, managed to gain a foothold in the circle.
Since her company's initial positioning for her was that of an innocent young actress, of course, they didn't allow her to date.
She also focused all her attention on her career, and there was no man around who could make her heart flutter.
In these past few years, her status in the industry had been rising, and her resources were excellent. She was so busy that she hardly had time to catch her breath, let alone date.
After Xu Tingyu got divorced, when Chen Chunyao went abroad to see her, she even said, "Without the burden of a man, you'll get better and better."
Someone who could say such a thing, how could she secretly date without telling her?
So Xu Tingyu thought it over and over again and still shook her head. "I still think it's impossible. She has no reason to hide it from me."
"Maybe she just thought that your relationship with the Qi family was tense. If she told you, you'd be caught in the middle and it would be hard for you," Chen Yan didn't spread this gossip to drive a wedge between their friendship.
So when he saw that Xu Tingyu couldn't even eat her small cake, he regretted opening his mouth.
Xu Tingyu was silent for a moment.
Although she still didn't want to believe it was true in her heart, her rationality told her that maybe what Chen Yan said was the truth.
Love sometimes happens suddenly.
Chen Chunyao and Qi Ye fell in love. Although it sounded absurd, it was possible.
"Just now you said Qi Ye was not a good person. What did you mean by that?"
Xu Tingyu pulled herself together and asked another question.
Her relationship with Qi Ye was quite good. The misunderstanding about Yan Zhou before had basically been cleared up.
When she was still married to Qi Shifeng, Qi Ye had taken good care of her.
In other words, if Chen Chunyao really liked Qi Ye, she couldn't oppose it.
"I've heard some rumors about him, but I can't guarantee their authenticity," Chen Yan stuffed the cake back into Xu Tingyu's hand and then continued.
"The Qi family didn't provide him with resources, and he's in poor health, yet he managed to build such a successful career."
"Some people say that his path to success was not clean. He completely relied on illegal business to get rich, and there might even have been a death involved."
Chen Yan was very careful with his words when saying this.
He knew that Xu Tingyu and Qi Ye had a good relationship.
He had heard these things a long time ago, but he had never said a single word about them in front of Xu Tingyu.
Because he didn't approve of, but could understand that a person might use some dishonorable means to climb up.
As a friend without any interest conflicts, this wouldn't be a fatal flaw.
But it was risky to choose such a person as a life partner.
Because true love could change in an instant. At this moment, he might dote on you because he loves you.
The next second, he might use those means against you because he doesn't love you anymore.
So he didn't think it was a good choice for Chen Chunyao to be with Qi Ye.
"However, these are just my gossiping thoughts. Yaoyao is an adult. She has the right to make her own choices," Chen Yan added.
No one could tell for sure about matters of the heart.
Xu Tingyu slowly finished the piece of cake and finally spoke.
"I still think this whole thing is strange."
"I see Yaoyao several times a year, and I've never seen any signs that she's in a passionate relationship."
"One year, Yaoyao came to my place for a vacation, and Qi Ye also came. In my eyes, there was no hint of romance in their interaction."
Two years ago, after Chen Chunyao finished filming a drama, she went to Xu Tingyu's place for a ten - day vacation.
On the sixth day, Qi Ye also went there on a business trip. The three of them even went to the wildlife park together.
At that time, Qi Ye was driving, while Chen Chunyao and Xu Tingyu were sitting in the back seat, chatting non - stop.
They brought a lot of food to feed the animals, so they stopped and went along the way, taking quite a while.
Qi Ye was patient and gentle throughout the whole trip, but in Xu Tingyu's memory, his interaction with Chen Chunyao wasn't particularly much.
However, after saying that there was no romance between them, she tried to recall and felt that she might have indeed overlooked some things.
For example, when the three of them took pictures, Chen Chunyao was standing in the middle, but her body was tilted towards Qi Ye.
Another example was that one night when they went to the beach, Chen Chunyao and Qi Ye disappeared for a while.
When they came back, there were red dots on Chen Chunyao's neck, and her lipstick was smudged.
But at that time, Xu Tingyu didn't think anything of it.
She even took out the mosquito repellent, sprayed it on her, and said, "It's too hot here, and there are too many mosquitoes. Maybe we should go back."
...
Now that she thought about it, the look in Chen Chunyao's eyes when she looked at her at that time was really complicated.
Xu Tingyu covered her head and let out a scream. "So, was I an unwitting third wheel at that time?"
The young lovers even had to sneak away to be intimate while hiding from her.
She even complained about the hot weather and too many mosquitoes during their intimate moment.
"Such a sin. I'm so obtuse. I didn't notice anything at all. I'm really convinced of myself."
"Shushu, Axing, if you guys ever fall in love, please tell me. Otherwise, I definitely won't be able to tell.
"I don't want to be a third wheel again... Oh my god, I really want to find a hole to hide in now."