After four years, she stood here again. She watched silently for a long time before she lifted her feet and walked inside.
Qi Shifeng also said nothing, just silently followed behind.
One in front and the other behind, when they went to the security booth to register their information, Xu Tingyu noticed that the faces of the security guards were all unfamiliar.
Four years was indeed long enough to change a lot of things.
The new security guard didn't recognize Xu Tingyu. After registering their information and asking what they were here for, he sized them up.
Seeing that they were well - dressed and didn't seem to be troublemakers, he let them in.
Not long after Xu Tingyu went in, she turned onto a narrower road.
"I used to like to come here to play after school," she said.
At the end of the road was a small amusement park with some slides, swings and the like.
She walked over and found that everything had been maintained and new facilities had been installed.
She sat on the swing and swayed for a while, completely relaxing as if she had returned to her carefree childhood.
Qi Shifeng stood behind her and gently pushed her forward.
"It was really happy back then when I had so many good friends," Xu Tingyu said, unable to help smiling as she recalled those days.
Back then, the Su Yi siblings hadn't gone astray, and Chen Yan hadn't moved away.
There were also a bunch of other little playmates.
Every day after school, after they finished their homework, they would run here to play around.
After primary school, the schoolwork became heavier and they had various tutorial classes to attend. Gradually, fewer and fewer people came to play.
Whenever Xu Tingyu was unhappy, she would still come here.
Chen Yan and Chen Chunyao would always accompany her.
Thinking of Chen Chunyao, the smile on Xu Tingyu's lips faded a bit.
She turned her head and looked at Qi Shifeng. "Do you have any news about your eldest brother? Has he ever told the family that he has a girlfriend?"
She had never asked Chen Chunyao about this.
She just couldn't bring herself to do it.
Even for this performance, Chen Chunyao didn't come.
She was filming in a far - away place and was very busy.
But although she didn't come in person, she sent one flower basket after another. She had also promoted this performance on her own account before.
So Xu Tingyu couldn't believe that with their good relationship, how could she hide such a big thing from her.
The more shocked she was, the less she could ask.
Qi Shifeng paused for a moment and then counter - questioned, "What do you want to know?"
He didn't know what had triggered Xu Tingyu to ask about Qi Ye here.
But anyway, her sudden concern about Qi Ye's love life made him feel a bit uncomfortable.
"I'm just curious. He's living alone abroad and his relationship with the family is just so - so. Doesn't he have someone he likes?"
"People are social animals. There must be a place for emotional sustenance, right?"
Xu Tingyu didn't intend to expose Chen Chunyao.
While saying these words, she was also observing Qi Shifeng's reaction.
"I'm not sure if he's currently in a relationship. A few years ago, the family intended to introduce a girlfriend to him, but he refused."
Qi Shifeng only learned about this later.
The reason why he had always been so介意 about the relationship between Xu Tingyu and Qi Ye was that he had once heard Qi Ye admit it himself.
It was not long after he got married to Xu Tingyu.
Once, he went to the old mansion to see his grandfather about something. Before entering the study, he heard the quarrel between Qi Ye and the old man.
Qi Ye rarely got so emotional. He was even questioning the old man.
"Why can't I? Just because I'm in poor health, so I have no right of inheritance, and I don't even have the right to like someone?"
"I can give up the right of inheritance, but why can't I even be involved in an arranged marriage?"
"Did you even ask for my opinion before making the arrangement? Clearly, according to the normal situation, she should have been my wife."
The old master Qi was also very angry. He threw something, making a dull and loud noise.
"Asking such a question, you're really being stupid. I think you've been abroad for too long and have forgotten about propriety and shame."
"Not to mention that everything is already a foregone conclusion. She's your sister - in - law. Even if it wasn't, it wouldn't be your turn for the arranged marriage."
"The Xu family isn't stupid. They only have one precious daughter. Do you think they'd allow her to marry a sickly person who has nothing?"
The old master was obviously extremely angry.
He usually wouldn't be so blunt about Qi Ye's illness, but this time, he didn't give any face at all.
Qi Shifeng didn't listen to what they said later.
He just quietly left the old mansion and never mentioned this matter again.
It was also from that time that he learned that his eldest brother liked his wife.
If it weren't for his poor health, this arranged marriage and the Qi Corporation should have been his.
After all, the old master was stubborn and feudal.
The current situation was all because of his poor health.
Because of this quarrel, Qi Ye didn't come back very often later.
Maybe that was why the old master didn't interfere in his marriage later.
Until four years ago, when Xu Tingyu went abroad.
When Qi Shifeng was lying in the emergency room, the old master remembered this eldest grandson.
He then had the idea that Qi Shifeng might not survive, and he didn't like Youyou because she had Xu Tingyu's blood.
So he asked Qi Ye to come back for an arranged marriage and have a real legitimate eldest grandson to inherit the family business.
Unfortunately, as well as he had planned, Qi Ye simply didn't cooperate.
The old master sent several groups of people abroad to find him, but all were refused.
Qi Ye even said that he wouldn't have an arranged marriage. If they forced him, he didn't mind cutting off the relationship.
Later, Qi Shifeng woke up, and the old master gave up this idea.
Over the years, Qi Ye and the family had been in peace because the old master didn't want to see him, and he didn't come back very often.
As a result, the relationship among the three siblings became more and more distant and cold.
Especially the relationship between the two brothers. They hardly had any contact.
After the car accident this time, when he asked Jiang Li to check Qi Ye's whereabouts, he found that Qi Ye had been in poor health and had been hospitalized for the past two years.
At that moment, he didn't know what he was feeling.
His relationship with this eldest brother was indeed distant, and maybe they would never be close in this lifetime.
But after all, he was his elder brother.
"Just because he refused the arranged marriage, the old master let him go like this? In my impression, the old master isn't such an easy - going person," Xu Tingyu said, with an indescribable subtle irony in her tone.
This was no joke. The old master's dominance was obvious to all. How could he allow anyone to challenge his authority?
"Because by then, he had already grown strong and had his own business abroad."
"Moreover, this business was built up completely without relying on the resources of the Qi family. He had the confidence," Qi Shifeng frowned and said, his tone very complicated.
Xu Tingyu couldn't help but recall what Chen Yan had said.
Qi Ye's path to prosperity involved gray industries. Did Qi Shifeng know about this?