Xu Tingyu wasn't angry because Youyou was an unexpected surprise back then.
But before she could say anything, Qi Shifeng continued his scolding.
"How can it be the same? Youyou is our legitimate child. But you, your man doesn't even dare to admit being with you."
This was exactly what Qi Shifeng was most angry about.
He used to think Zou Yu was a decent man, but now he didn't think he was that reliable.
After all, what decent man would let a girl get pregnant out of wedlock?
"Brother, times have changed. Who cares about formalities? Getting pregnant isn't just his responsibility."
Hearing Qi Shifeng speak ill of Zou Yu, Qi Ruixi immediately got upset.
She knew Zou Yu better than anyone.
"It's not that he doesn't dare to make it public. It's me. You know our family situation better than I do. Do you think I dare?"
"I know Grandpa wants to arrange a marriage for me, but this is my attitude. I'd like to see which young master would want me like this."
Qi Ruixi's emotions grew agitated.
They all knew very well what the Qi family was like, which was why their emotions were so volatile.
Seeing that an argument was about to break out, Qi Ye interjected in time.
"Ruixi, don't talk like a child."
"Your pregnancy is no small matter. The father of the child should come over first. At the very least, we need to know his attitude."
Qi Ruixi's eyes were already red just now. Now, hearing that Qi Ye wasn't on her side, she got even more excited.
"I can make the decision on this. He doesn't need to show up."
"This child is mine. If you think it's embarrassing for me to be pregnant out of wedlock, you might as well just send me away."
Seeing that an argument was imminent, Xu Tingyu had no choice but to step in the middle to defuse the tense atmosphere.
"Ruixi, we want to see him not to pick a fight with him. Just like big brother said, we need to know his attitude."
Her tone was gentle, and she held Qi Ruixi's hand.
With her consolation, Qi Ruixi finally calmed down.
"Okay, I'll contact him. But you have to promise me that you won't make things difficult for him."
She took out her phone. Before making the call, she still felt uneasy.
Seeing her love - struck look, Qi Shifeng didn't say anything. He just snorted, threw the bread he bought beside the bed, and then sat down on the sofa.
Qi Ye just smiled helplessly. "We won't make things difficult for him. Just ask him to come over first."
After getting Qi Ye's assurance, Qi Ruixi finally made the call.
But it was hard to explain pregnancy over the phone.
She simply said into the phone, "I'm in the hospital now. Come over."
After giving the name of the hospital, she even thoughtfully reminded him, "I'm not seriously ill. Pay attention to your safety on the way."
Hearing this, Qi Shifeng was about to flare up again.
But Xu Tingyu quickly grabbed him and shook her head at him.
Qi Shifeng rarely lost his cool like this, which showed that he really cared about his younger sister.
"She's a pregnant woman now and also an adult. Don't always scold her," Xu Tingyu whispered.
A pregnant woman's emotions were easily affected by hormones.
Moreover, as outsiders, they shouldn't blame her for getting pregnant out of wedlock.
Qi Shifeng held her hand back and also softened his voice. "But you heard her. She's a complete love - struck fool. She doesn't even know she's being taken advantage of."
But Xu Tingyu disagreed. "Is caring about someone being a love - struck fool? Since she loves him, isn't it right for her to remind him to be safe?"
There was no way to refute this.
Because many of Qi Shifeng's current actions would also be seen as those of a love - struck fool by others.
He just didn't think so himself.
He stopped talking and just held Xu Tingyu's hand.
Because he was annoyed, he craved these little gestures of comfort even more.
Xu Tingyu didn't say anything more.
Although Qi Shifeng and Qi Ye's attitudes weren't very good now, she could understand.
If Xu Jia were still alive and suddenly told her one day that he had gotten someone pregnant out of wedlock, she would also be very angry.
She was an experienced person and knew what a child meant.
Qi Ye didn't come to the sofa. Instead, he pulled a chair and sat down beside the bed. He opened the bread and cookies.
"Does your stomach still feel uncomfortable? You vomited everything you ate just now. Have something to eat first."
Qi Ruixi had no appetite at the moment, so she shook her head. "Thank you, big brother. I don't want to eat."
She threw her phone aside and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Zou Yu rushed over twenty minutes later. When he reached the ward, his forehead was covered in sweat from running.
"Ruixi, what's wrong with you?"
His attention was all on Qi Ruixi. Only after he finished speaking did he notice there were three other people in the ward.
Seeing Qi Shifeng and the others there, he immediately realized he had overreacted. He quickly hid his anxious expression.
"Miss, are you injured?"
Even his address had changed.
The hand by his trouser leg clenched tightly into a fist, obviously feeling aggrieved about this secret relationship.
However, he had been working for the Qi family for several years and knew how powerful the Qi family was.
So he could understand Qi Ruixi's caution and accepted her decision not to make their relationship public.
In fact, he didn't even dare to think about the future and was prepared to be "abandoned" at any time.
However, despite all these mental preparations, he still couldn't hide his true feelings well when he needed to "act".
He felt aggrieved and a bit wronged, but most of all, he felt sorry for Qi Ruixi.
If the person she loved wasn't him but someone else she could be proud of, she wouldn't have to work so hard.
Qi Shifeng wasn't surprised by Zou Yu's appearance.
Qi Ruixi and Zou Yu thought they had hidden their relationship well and had never shown any intimacy in the company.
No one in the company knew they were a couple.
But they couldn't escape Qi Shifeng's eyes.
After all, true love couldn't be hidden. Qi Ruixi had asked Qi Shifeng about Zou Yu more than once.
Qi Ye, on the other hand, was very surprised.
He had some impression of Zou Yu. After Xu Tingyu got pregnant back then, this tall man always silently followed her.
At that time, he thought this bodyguard didn't quite look like a bodyguard.
After all, his face was very outstanding, and with his height of over 1.9 meters, he was very eye - catching in the crowd.
But after contacting him a few times, he knew that Zou Yu was very professional and trustworthy.
Later, when Xu Tingyu went abroad, Zou Yu became Qi Shifeng's bodyguard. He never expected that Zou Yu would be in a relationship with Qi Ruixi.
No one said a word in the ward for a while.
Qi Ruixi had been okay before, but now seeing Zou Yu, she felt a bit inexplicably wronged.
If her brothers weren't here, she would definitely jump into his arms immediately and tell him loudly that they were going to have a child.
From now on, he would be tied to her for the rest of his life.
But now she didn't dare. She could only look at Zou Yu with red eyes and couldn't say a word for a moment.
Her reaction, along with the other three people staring at him, made Zou Yu have a bad premonition.
"Miss, are you sick?" His voice trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.