After Qi Ye recovered from his illness, he went abroad again.
More than half a year later, it was the wedding date of Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng.
He returned to China for the wedding and only then learned that Qi Shifeng had fled from the wedding.
The old master asked him to bring Qi Shifeng back.
At that time, the look in the old master's eyes as he looked at him was both mocking and full of meaning.
He knew that the old master might have realized his intention to break free from the Qi family's control.
Asking him to bring Qi Shifeng back this time was just to see if he had, as he had previously said, "turned over a new leaf" and would obey the Qi family.
Qi Ye knew that he was still not powerful enough. In front of the old master, he couldn't stir up any waves.
He had no room to fight back at all.
So he agreed to bring Qi Shifeng back without the slightest hesitation.
And he did exactly as he had promised, bringing Qi Shifeng back on time.
But the old master just had to be cruel. When they were alone, he joked, "Actually, if Shifeng hadn't come back, I would have made you the groom instead."
"After all, you are both my grandsons. It doesn't matter who marries her. But since Shifeng is back, we'll just follow the original plan."
This was the old master Qi's perverse sense of fun.
He liked to watch others either endure or break down.
However, Qi Ye only paused for a moment and then laughed. "Grandpa, you're really getting better at joking."
The old master laughed heartily. "A Ye, if you were in better health, I'm afraid I would favor you more."
Qi Ye didn't say anything else, just forcing a smile.
He had his hands behind his back, so the old master couldn't see that his hands were clasped tightly behind him, his fingernails digging deep into his flesh, and his knuckles turning white from the force.
In front of the old master, he didn't dare to show the slightest bit of emotion.
At the wedding, he saw Xu Tingyu in her wedding dress with his own eyes. As expected, she was as beautiful as he had imagined.
So beautiful that one would want to kneel at her feet and offer everything.
He also watched as Qi Shifeng put the wedding ring on Xu Tingyu's finger.
Later, he learned that it was a fake worth less than two hundred yuan.
Qi Shifeng! He had come back for the wedding, but he had humiliated Xu Tingyu with a fake ring.
Humiliated the person he held dearest in his heart.
Why was he so ungrateful?
God had presented him with a treasure that others would die for, but he had treated it like trash.
How could he not hate?
But it seemed that he didn't even have the right to stand up for her.
He couldn't even say a seemingly fair word for her. He could only flee back to Britain.
And now, so many years had passed. His mother was slandering Xu Tingyu in front of him like this, and he didn't want to endure it anymore.
He had endured for too long and too painfully.
He called Qi Shifeng and told him about the fight only because he knew Qi Shifeng would find out sooner or later.
If Liu Ning complained to him later, he would definitely get suspicious.
So it was better for him to tell him now.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Qi Shifeng was silent for a moment and then immediately said, "I see. We're coming back. Wait for me to deal with it when I get back."
In the end, he even whispered a thank you.
When he hung up the phone, Qi Ye looked at his phone and couldn't help but want to laugh.
His younger brother was still as cold on the outside but warm on the inside after all these years.
As long as someone showed him kindness, he would return it many times over.
After boarding the plane, the two of them, who had both heard the news, were a bit silent.
Finally, Youyou was curious. "Mom and Dad, what's wrong? Why do you both look a bit pale?"
The two of them looked at each other and saw the same emotion in each other's eyes.
It was Xu Tingyu who smiled first and said, "It seems you already know."
"Yes. Don't worry. I won't let Mom suffer in this matter."
Qi Shifeng held her hand.
Actually, Xu Tingyu was going back to the headquarters in a few days. He really didn't want to waste time on such messy things.
But now that the matter was right in front of them, he had to deal with it.
When Xu Tingyu heard this, she laughed even more. "Which mom are you talking about?"
How could she still have the mood to joke at a time like this?
Qi Shifeng pinched her finger to show his dissatisfaction.
After Xu Tingyu had laughed enough, she said seriously, "I know my mom. She definitely didn't suffer. So when we get back, let's find out the specific situation first."
She really did know Zhang Qiu.
In the past, although Zhang Qiu was the one in the family who was the most "unfriendly" to her, she would never allow others to bully her.
When others bullied her, she would definitely turn into a fighting expert.
Liu Ning and Zhang Qiu had gotten along fine for the past four years. They wouldn't suddenly start fighting now.
So she must be the cause of this incident.
Liu Ning must be unhappy about her and Qi Shifeng's trip, so she went to provoke Zhang Qiu.
The purpose was to make Zhang Qiu cause trouble for her and make her unhappy too.
However, she was also very curious about how powerful Zhang Qiu was to make Liu Ning end up in the hospital.
Qi Shifeng intertwined his fingers with hers, his expression serious and earnest.
"Tingyu, in this matter, no matter who is right or wrong, or if we just punish both sides equally, it must not affect our relationship."
He was really scared.
The formal status of their relationship had been out of reach for so long, and now the elders were causing trouble.
Was he going to live his whole life without a proper name and in constant fear?
Xu Tingyu looked at her hand tightly held by him and couldn't help but laugh even more. "Affect what kind of relationship between us?"
After a pause, she leaned closer to Qi Shifeng and lowered her voice. "Now, besides our physical relationship, what other feelings do we have?"
Of course, she said this just to tease him.
But unexpectedly, Qi Shifeng's eyes immediately turned red, and then he turned his face away and didn't say a word anymore, as if he was angry at her for speaking without restraint.
Or maybe he was afraid that she would say something even more hurtful.
But his hand didn't let go. He held hers tightly all the time.
Xu Tingyu didn't try to comfort him. She was busy talking to Youyou.
The two of them chatted in whispers all the time. She always had endless patience and love when facing Youyou.
In the middle, the flight attendant came to distribute drinks. Xu Tingyu tried to pull her hand out of his, but she failed after two attempts.
She couldn't help but push him with her other hand. "Let go. I want to drink water."
Qi Shifeng seemed not to hear, but he picked up the paper cup with his other hand and brought it to her lips.
Xu Tingyu was completely stunned by his action. The flight attendant beside them smiled and cast an envious look.
It seemed to be saying that their relationship was really good.
Even for drinking water, Qi Shifeng had to feed her.
Youyou beside them also laughed. "Dad used to take care of me like this. He would feed me water, but after I grew up, I drank by myself."
"Dad, why do you feed Mom like this? Mom is already an adult."
Xu Tingyu blushed a little at this question.
This man was really something. He always did such inappropriate things in front of the child.
Just when she thought Qi Shifeng wouldn't say anything, she heard him speak.
"Because Dad loves Mom, so he wants to be Mom's hands, Mom's legs, and everything to Mom."