"According to Xie Yu's usual hype tactics, when her younger sister passed away, she should have naturally released the news and then posted pictures of herself looking haggard to gain a wave of sympathy," Xu Tingyu immediately voiced her doubts.
It wasn't that she was deliberately trying to think ill of Xie Yu, but as someone in the entertainment industry, Xu Tingyu knew all too well about hype.
Xie Yu had always presented herself as someone from a poor family with a tragic background, who had made it on her own.
Over the years, she had gained a large number of die - hard fans through this kind of "fan - pitying" strategy.
However, in recent years, she had no outstanding works and gradually faded out of the public eye.
Otherwise, when she had the car accident, Xu Tingyu would have been the primary target of her fans' criticism, instead of just being discussed on a small scale.
One of Xie Yu's common "fan - pitying" methods was to casually show her tragic experiences.
Xie Shu had a certain level of popularity and had gone abroad under the pretext of studying and improving her acting skills.
All Xie Yu needed to do was show a bit of her grief, and she could gain everyone's sympathy.
But why didn't she do it?
"Could it be that Xie Yu is afraid of something and doesn't want people to know about Xie Shu's death?" Shen Yan frowned as he analyzed, recalling the strange aspects of this matter.
Xu Tingyu was startled and subconsciously asked, "What could she be afraid of?"
Was she afraid that Xu Tingyu would find out? After all, Xu Tingyu had never given up on investigating Xu Jia's case.
But at that time, she was sent abroad, and there was even doubt about whether she could survive. She was hardly a threat.
Xie Yu didn't need to be afraid of her finding out because she had no ability to take revenge at that time.
Moreover, Xie Yu was not an unknown ordinary person. What could make her feel threatened?
Shen Yan thought for a while but couldn't come up with an answer. He could only shrug and say, "Maybe there really is a curse in the Xie family?"
When in doubt, some people turn to the mysterious. In the entertainment industry, where great success often seems to depend on fate, it's not uncommon for people to believe in such things.
It's hard to say whether Xie Yu really feared a curse.
After all, her elder brother, Xie Zhen, had died in a car accident, and now her younger sister had also died in a car accident.
It was hard not to make people think more.
Xu Tingyu seriously thought for a moment and murmured, "I always feel something is strange, but I can't quite put my finger on it."
Xie Yu's end was also due to a car accident.
This was truly baffling.
"It's too difficult for us to find the answer. I have a way to let the answer come to us," Shen Yan suddenly smiled mysteriously.
To be cautious, they contacted the cemetery management and the police station.
They retrieved the accident - handling documents from that time.
There was also a DNA test report that Xie Yu had done with the victim of the car accident after she came.
The report showed that the female victim in the car accident was related to Xie Yu.
It was certain that this was Xie Shu.
There was nothing abnormal in the other materials.
After leaving the police station, Xu Tingyu let out a soft sigh. "I don't know why, but I feel empty inside."
The truth she had been searching for so long was now right in front of her.
She had imagined countless times that if she saw Xie Shu again and confirmed that she had taken Xu Jia's heart, she would ask her why.
She wanted to live, but didn't Xu Jia?
Why did she harm others' lives for her own sake? Didn't she feel scared in the dead of night?
However, as the investigation went on, she increasingly felt that this matter was not simple.
First, she found that Qi Shifeng had no reason to help Xie Yu with all this.
Second, Xie Shu had no history of heart disease before, and Xu Jia had not had a tissue - matching test.
The more she thought about it, the more loopholes there were.
Now that it was confirmed that Xie Shu had died long ago and there was no record of any major surgery.
She didn't feel relieved. Instead, she felt confused.
If Xie Shu didn't need Xu Jia's heart, then where was Xu Jia's heart?
Could it be that Xu Jia had never had an organ transplant and all those were deliberately arranged by someone to force her to divorce Qi Shifeng?
This was indeed a possibility.
But a new question arose. If Xu Jia couldn't be saved, why was she cremated in such a hurry?
She and Qi Shifeng had confirmed this.
Qi Shifeng had received the news only after Xu Jia was pushed into the cremation furnace.
At that time, he had been worried about Xu Tingyu's health and had to work, so he had slightly neglected Xu Jia's matter.
After receiving the news, he was furious and blamed them for making the decision without permission.
But someone persuaded him that it was for the best, so that Xu Tingyu wouldn't be too shocked when she woke up.
After all, Xu Jia had had a brain - surgery and didn't look good when she died. It would be too much for the family to bear.
Qi Shifeng was convinced.
Moreover, it was a done deal, and there was nothing else he could do.
"I feel like I've been played around. Do you think it's possible that all this is a scheme by Old Master Qi to force me to leave the family with nothing?"
Even after Xu Tingyu had returned to the hotel, she was still immersed in this matter.
Shen Yan felt sorry for the red bloodshot eyes in her eyes and said, "Stop thinking about it. You haven't eaten all day. Let's go and eat something first, then rest. We'll go back to New York tomorrow."
Only then did Xu Tingyu remember that she hadn't contacted Youyou yet.
She had spent most of the time on the plane and couldn't video - chat with Youyou.
After arriving in Los Angeles, she had been meeting different people and didn't even know when her phone had run out of battery.
As soon as she entered the room, she charged her phone and then went to the hotel restaurant with Shen Yan for dinner.
It was already bedtime in China. They would call after they woke up.
What she didn't know was that in the wedding room in Kyoto, Youyou was not sleeping. He was lying on the bed, sobbing.
"Does Mom not like me anymore since she went abroad? Why hasn't she called me yet? Waaah..."
Hearing his sobs, Qi Shifeng, who had come to comfort him, felt a bit choked up.
Would she not like him just because she went abroad? Then what about him?
"Youyou, don't worry. Mom loves you the most and won't stop loving you. She must be busy with something right now," Qi Shifeng picked him up and patted his back.
He then took a tissue and wiped away the tears on Youyou's face.
Youyou looked up with a small face full of grievance.
Hearing Qi Shifeng's words, there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"Is it really just because she's too busy? Can I call Uncle Shen and ask if he's with Mom?"
Youyou was still sobbing as he sat in Qi Shifeng's arms.
After landing in New York, Xu Tingyu had sent a message to Youyou and Qi Shifeng respectively to let them know she was safe.
It was night in China at that time, and both of them were sleeping, so they didn't call back immediately.
When they woke up and tried to call back, her phone was always out of reach.
At first, Youyou had said that Mom must be resting, and he would be good and not disturb her.
But now two days had passed.