Chen Chunyao had no intention of communicating, and Fan Yi wasn't going to be a nuisance.
The two stopped talking. Fan Yi started the car and left the parking lot.
Outside, those people went their separate ways.
Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng took Youyou home. Qi Ruixi left with Zou Yu and was going to drop Qi Ye off at the hotel on the way.
Qi Ye actually had his own car and driver there, but he didn't want to go back in his own car, so he simply accepted Qi Ruixi's offer.
After getting in the car, Qi Ruixi was in a good mood and chatted with him off and on.
"Brother, you didn't seem surprised at all to see Sister with Second Brother. Did you always know they never broke up?"
Qi Ruixi had a bit of a mean streak.
She had long known that Qi Ye had special feelings for Xu Tingyu. She deliberately said this to see his reaction.
But she underestimated Qi Ye's self - control.
Or rather, his acting skills.
There was no sign of emotional fluctuation on his face. He still smiled faintly. "Is it strange? It's not the first time I've seen them together."
Since Xu Tingyu had come back a few months ago, she had spent most of her time with Qi Shifeng.
He had known this for a long time and had grown numb to it.
In Qi Ruixi's eyes, his reaction meant that he had completely let go. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"You're right. But Sister and Second Brother are really a perfect match. Their little family of three looks so happy."
"I'm going to have my own baby soon. Zou Yu and I will be happy in the future too. Brother, don't you have any thoughts about that?"
"You said you like kids. Why don't you find a girlfriend? With your conditions, you can get any woman you want."
Qi Ruixi started to persuade him to find a partner.
Sometimes, being alone was really lonely.
Now that she and Second Brother had found their own happiness, she also hoped that Big Brother could be happy.
Because Big Brother was also quite pitiful, always living alone abroad.
Qi Ye patted her hand and said, "Ruixi has really grown up. You know how to care about Big Brother now."
He dodged her question skillfully, showing no intention of answering.
"What! I'm so concerned about you, but you're implying that I was immature before."
Qi Ruixi complained.
The two chatted all the way. Zou Yu, who was driving, didn't say a word, just glanced at them in the rear - view mirror from time to time.
Of course, he was actually just looking at Qi Ruixi.
When they arrived at the hotel, Qi Ye got out of the car and watched them drive away.
In the night wind, the smile on his lips gradually faded until his face became expressionless.
Even when he walked through the hotel lobby and the staff who knew him greeted him, he couldn't maintain his usual grace.
As soon as he finally got to his room, he didn't even bother to turn on the light. He took off his coat and threw it on the ground.
Then he started smashing things in the dark.
Mineral water bottles, chairs, trash cans - everything he saw was smashed hard onto the carpet or kicked over.
He gasped for breath in the darkness, which was enough to show his anger.
How could he not be angry?
Seeing Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng together, as if they had never had any rift, loving and affectionate.
He was jealous and angry, almost burning himself out.
Why?
Why did Lady Luck never side with him?
Qi Shifeng should have completely lost Xu Tingyu long ago.
He had always believed that with Xu Tingyu's personality, she wouldn't get back together with Qi Shifeng.
But unfortunately, they had Youyou.
Youyou's existence forced Xu Tingyu to compromise again and again and stay by Qi Shifeng's side.
But Qi Shifeng had hurt her so much before!
After he had vented enough, he turned on the light and only then saw a stunned person sitting on the sofa.
Chen Chunyao stared at him intently. Probably because of the tension, she squinted her eyes subconsciously when the light came on.
Seeing her, Qi Ye wasn't too surprised.
He just glanced at her and then turned away to pick up the chair he had kicked over.
His expression was calm, as if the crazy person just now wasn't him.
Seeing that he completely ignored her, Chen Chunyao spoke first.
"I was a little worried about you, so I came to check on you. Are you okay now?"
Actually, in that private room just now, she had noticed that Qi Ye's mood was off.
Although he still smiled like he always did, she just knew that he was unhappy.
So not long after she and Fan Yi left, she said she had something to do and asked Fan Yi to drop her off by the roadside.
It was actually quite risky for a big star to take a taxi to a hotel alone in the middle of the night.
If she was photographed by someone and the news spread on the Internet, it might cause a huge stir.
But she just couldn't help it.
She had even thought that when Qi Ye came back and saw her there, he might get angry.
She was ready to bear his anger.
But she didn't expect that Qi Ye did get angry when he came back.
The good news was that it wasn't directed at her.
The bad news was that he didn't even pay attention to her.
Sitting there, she was like any inanimate object in the room, meaningless to him.
She pursed her lips and spoke again.
"Are you still having people follow Tingyu? That's too risky. This is Jingdu, and now Qi Shifeng is very clingy to her."
He had been following Xu Tingyu, which was how he knew they were having a dinner there and then "coincidentally" called Qi Ruixi to join them.
After she finished speaking, Qi Ye finally looked at her.
"So what if I am? Why can't I have people follow her? If it weren't for me having people follow her, she would have encountered who knows how many dangers."
When Xu Tingyu first went abroad, there were too many people sent by Old Master Qi. He couldn't act rashly or expose himself.
So he didn't monitor her much.
As a result, she had encountered several dangers, and his people couldn't show up in time. She had to get out of trouble on her own.
Later, when Old Master Qi relaxed his monitoring of her, Qi Ye strengthened his own.
His people had also defused several dangers she had encountered.
Even those colleagues who discriminated against and bullied her, he had taught them a lesson for her.
What was Qi Shifeng doing while he was doing all this?
So why did she still get back together with Qi Shifeng?
And why couldn't he have people continue to follow her?
If he didn't have people follow her, what if she encountered danger again?
She couldn't be lucky every time.
For the first time, Chen Chunyao questioned his thoughts. "But now she doesn't need it anymore. She has never liked you. Why bother?"
This sentence stung Qi Ye, and his already angry emotions flared up again.
"Then why do you bother? I've never liked you either. Why do you keep staying by my side? Even willing to betray your best friend."
"Chen Chunyao, tell me, aren't you a cheapskate?"
There was not a trace of a smile in his eyes that usually always had a glint of it.