Qi Shifeng knew about the illegitimate child.
But he didn't know how Xu Tingyu found out.
Back then, he was the one who handled Xu Jianmin's illegitimate child.
But what happened to Xu Jia's heart being stolen?
"So, when you said before that I stole your brother's heart, it wasn't just an outburst of your emotions. Someone actually told you that?"
Previously, Qi Shifeng didn't take this matter too seriously.
Although he was shocked the first time he heard the accusation from her, he had investigated. Xu Jia's medical records were completely legal and compliant.
Moreover, Xie Shu didn't need a heart. What would he do with Xu Jia's heart?
"Yes. Someone said that Xie Shu needed a heart, so you planned everything and took my brother's heart for her."
Xu Tingyu looked up at him.
"At that time, you cremated Jia Jia in a hurry. I really had no choice but to be suspicious."
This was also the biggest reason for her suspicion.
How could they cremate Xu Jia while she, his older sister, was still in a coma?
When she just woke up, all she faced was an urn. No one could understand the pain that cut through her heart.
She was completely unable to think at that time.
Qi Shifeng looked at her, feeling a bit heartache.
"It was really my fault that I was in a hurry to cremate him back then. But at that time, I thought that I couldn't let you see Jia Jia like that."
"You weren't in a good mental or physical state during that period. If you saw Jia Jia being cremated with your own eyes, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to bear it."
This was the biggest drawback of Qi Shifeng's ignorance of love.
He could only make subjective assumptions about others.
If it were him, he wouldn't be able to bear seeing his loved ones being pushed into the cremation furnace, nor could he accept their lifeless appearance.
But he forgot that maybe Xu Tingyu wanted to see her brother for the last time at that time.
Not being able to say a proper goodbye might be a lifelong regret for her.
Xu Tingyu didn't dwell on this point anymore because they couldn't go back to the past. She just asked, "So, Xie Shu didn't have a heart problem? Do you know where she is?"
Qi Shifeng shook his head. "I don't know either. After she went abroad, she cut off all contact with people in the country. Xie Yu couldn't even reach her most of the time."
"However, as far as I know, she did pass away. I'm not sure exactly when."
He never liked Xie Shu in the first place.
If it weren't for the fact that she was also Xie Zhen's younger sister, he wouldn't have bothered with her at all.
Because her values were really wrong, and she was arrogant and domineering.
After sending her abroad, he didn't want to hear anything about her anymore.
Xu Tingyu had already accepted the fact of her death in her heart, but she still murmured, "What about her tombstone? Why was the news of her death also kept secret?"
It felt like they had been hiding Xie Shu's whereabouts just to guard against her.
"I'm not sure, but I can guarantee that Xie Shu never received an organ transplant."
Qi Shifeng was very certain.
This matter had cleared Qi Shifeng of suspicion, but there were still many doubts in other aspects.
However, Xu Tingyu didn't dwell on it. Instead, she asked him another question. "So, how did you handle my father's illegitimate child?"
From his completely unsurprised expression, it could be seen that he really knew about it a long time ago.
Even, as Secretary Qian said, he had done something about it, which was why it had never caused trouble for the Xu family.
Qi Shifeng looked a bit uncomfortable.
After all, it seemed a bit strange for a son - in - law to handle his father - in - law's illegitimate child.
But since Xu Tingyu asked, he didn't dare to hide anything and told her everything.
"After I found out that your father had someone outside, I couldn't feel at ease no matter what, so I asked someone to investigate."
He didn't know why he was so worried at that time.
But he would just inexplicably think that if Xu Tingyu found out, she would definitely cry.
He didn't want her to cry.
So he asked Jiang Li to investigate this matter.
It was discovered that this mistress of Xu Jianmin was not a simple girl.
During her college years, she had entangled with more than just Xu Jianmin.
Her family background was quite ordinary, but she was very spoiled at home. Her family had almost devoted all their resources to her.
But she had high aspirations and was determined to break out of the circle she was born into and become someone of high status.
But if her own father didn't have certain things, then she could only rely on the father of her child.
During her college years, she deliberately befriended rich young ladies.
But when interacting with them, she would deliberately act innocent and pure to deceive them.
At first, the reason she contacted those young ladies was to meet some rich second - generation through them.
But she soon found that the ones she could meet were all playboys. It was harder than climbing to the sky to marry them.
Moreover, many rich second - generation were restricted by their families and had little say in matters, especially in marriage.
She was very smart and soon shifted her focus from the rich second - generation to the rich first - generation.
After all, the rich first - generation held real power. If she could really win their hearts, she could get what she wanted.
So she began to hint to those young ladies that she wanted to gain more experience and meet some uncles and elders to pave the way for her future career.
Some people quickly recognized her intentions and thought she was greedy and scary. They were afraid that she might even entangle their fathers and cause trouble.
So they distanced themselves from her.
But some were very naive and thought what she said made sense. They would take her to some gatherings and introduce her to their relatives and friends.
There were even some who, after seeing through her true intentions, didn't distance themselves from her but instead used her as a pawn.
Regardless of how others saw her, she did manage to come into contact with some rich first - generation in the upper class.
However, she was still too inexperienced. Those people were all old foxes. They might play around with her, but they would never get serious.
By the time she met Xu Jianmin, she still had three or four "boyfriends".
Xu Jianmin had been relatively chaste after marriage. There were women who threw themselves at him, but why did he develop a bit of affection for a girl who hadn't even graduated?
Because she looked very much like Xu Jianmin's first love.
Yes, it was that kind of cliché story.
When Xu Jianmin was in school, he had a crush on a senior sister.
That senior sister was very gentle and beautiful. This woman looked three - tenths like her.
That senior sister always had a boyfriend and later got married and had children smoothly with her boyfriend. She had a very happy life.
It was just that when she was in her thirties, this senior sister suddenly fell ill and passed away.
Xu Jianmin had always sighed about it.
Although the senior sister had never shown any ambiguity towards him, after her death, he missed her even more.
Since she was no longer around, he only remembered her good points. After seeing this woman, he transferred this longing to her.
This also gave the woman an opportunity.