Zhang Wan didn't continue to rest in the room. Instead, she stood in the corridor, looking as if she was on standby at any moment.
Xu Tingyu felt a bit sorry for her. So when she passed by, she specially showed concern.
"Assistant Zhang, you don't look well. Are you not feeling well?"
She clearly knew that Zhang Wan was injured, but she was asking on purpose.
Zhang Wan didn't know what she meant. But she dared not let Qi Ye know that Xu Tingyu had seen her injury. So she could only play along.
"Maybe I'm just not acclimated. I'm fine, Miss Xu."
Qi Ye's gaze lingered on her for a moment. The gentle smile on his face just now instantly turned sharp. But he still asked with concern,
"Since you're not feeling well, you should rest more. You don't need to follow me tomorrow."
Zhang Wan lowered her head and said softly, "Okay."
That's it?
Xu Tingyu couldn't quite believe it when she was being pulled forward.
She asked on purpose because she saw that Qi Ye didn't notice Zhang Wan's complexion.
She was his most capable assistant after all. Seeing that she looked so unwell, he only said this much and just gave her a day off?
He didn't even ask what was wrong.
Was this the reason why Zhang Wan didn't want them to tell him that she was injured?
On the way to the restaurant, she kept thinking about this question, so she seemed a bit absent-minded.
Qi Ye had been observing her expression subtly. When they were almost at the restaurant, he finally couldn't help asking, "Are you very nervous?"
Xu Tingyu was thinking about what had caused Zhang Wan's injury. Hearing the question, she paused for a moment before asking confusedly, "What?"
"I saw that you seem very nervous. Why?"
Qi Ye was actually a bit unhappy, but he still asked patiently.
Hearing the word "nervous", Xu Tingyu finally realized what was wrong.
It was that Zhang Wan was very nervous when she begged her not to tell Qi Ye.
Why was she so nervous?
She already knew about it. What was there that couldn't be known by Qi Ye?
But since she couldn't figure it out, she stopped thinking about it. She shook her head and said, "I'm not nervous. I was just thinking about something. I don't want to think about it anymore."
Seeing her being so open and aboveboard, Qi Ye felt a bit ashamed of being so petty.
So he smiled and said, "What were you thinking about? You can tell me. I'll help you think together."
Xu Tingyu shook her head. "Forget it. It's not important. I just suddenly remembered. Have you ever met Qi Shifeng's girlfriend before?"
When Qi Ye saw that her expression was relaxed and her eyes were the same as usual when she mentioned Qi Shifeng's girlfriend, he immediately felt relieved.
Sure enough, she didn't remember anything.
To her, Qi Shifeng was just a stranger who had a fake marriage with him.
He smiled. This was the first time he had smiled so sincerely since he knew that Qi Shifeng was also here.
"I haven't seen her. I only know that they have been dating for some time. Maybe they will get married next year. Why?"
Xu Tingyu thought for a while and then said, "Anyway, you're his elder brother. It doesn't seem very appropriate for us to go there empty-handed for the first meeting, does it?"
Although they were of the same generation, it was indeed the first time they were having a meal together.
Moreover, there had been a little friction before. Going there empty-handed did seem a bit impolite.
Seeing that she still wanted to give a gift to Qi Shifeng's girlfriend, Qi Ye smiled even more brightly.
"Don't worry. Even if we bring gifts, Shifeng won't let her accept them. Our relationship is not very good."
"The fact that he agreed to come and have a meal with us must mean that he doesn't want his girlfriend to know that our relationship is not good.
"If we give gifts rashly, they will have to return them. I think he doesn't want to have so many entanglements with us."
Hearing what he said, Xu Tingyu thought it made sense.
"Forget it. We'll act according to the situation then. Anyway, they should stay here for a few days."
After she said this, she turned to look at the street view outside the window.
Actually, she knew that Qi Ye was in a strange mood.
The fact that Qi Shifeng was also here made him very nervous and irritable.
She could tell.
Moreover, he had been observing her reaction.
She didn't know what her reaction should be, nor did she know what he was nervous about. But then she let it go.
Maybe he was just feeling insecure, afraid that she and Qi Shifeng still had lingering feelings for each other.
Judging from Qi Shifeng's previous performance, it was indeed possible that there were still lingering feelings between them.
But she couldn't let Qi Ye know.
So she deliberately asked about the gifts.
This was also an indirect way to show Qi Ye that she had no other feelings for Qi Shifeng - after all, no woman would prepare a gift for her rival in love.
Sure enough, after she said this, Qi Ye seemed very happy.
Even when they were entering the private room, the hand that was holding hers was trembling slightly.
Xu Tingyu couldn't help asking him, "What's wrong? Are you still not feeling well? Otherwise, let's not have this meal today."
She was willing to give up this meal because of his health even when they were about to meet. Qi Ye was really happy.
He couldn't wait to show off to Qi Shifeng.
So he shook his head. "It's okay. Let's go in first."
The two of them walked in. Qi Shifeng and Du Jiran were already there.
Seeing them walk in arm in arm, Qi Shifeng's gaze lingered for a moment and then shifted away.
But Qi Ye didn't miss the annoyance and disgust in his eyes.
This made him even more proud.
When people are happy, they will do some things that are not in line with common sense.
For example, he looked at Du Jiran more warmly than ever.
"This must be Miss Du. Hello, I'm Qi Ye. This is my fiancée, Xu Tingyu."
Although he usually seemed gentle, the arrogance nurtured by his great wealth made him not take the initiative to talk to others.
But this time, he took the initiative to say hello to Du Jiran, and the smile on his face was sincere.
Du Jiran stood up and greeted both him and Xu Tingyu.
After sitting down again, Du Jiran took the initiative to speak.
"We had a lot of misunderstandings the other day. I didn't expect that Miss Xu was my future sister-in-law. Fortunately, no big mistake was made.
"Here, I still want to say sorry to sister-in-law again. I will definitely be more cautious when making friends in the future. I will never associate with that kind of people again.
"I also hope that sister-in-law can be magnanimous and not mind."
The repeated calls of "sister-in-law" made Xu Tingyu feel uncomfortable.
Qi Shifeng probably felt the same. After listening with a frown, he said, "There's no need. You're not that familiar. You won't see each other in the future."
This sounded as if Xu Tingyu was asking her to call her that.
So she snorted softly in her heart and her expression became a bit cold. "I also think so, Miss Du. It was all a misunderstanding before. I don't blame you.
"But please don't call me sister-in-law. After all, I'm not married yet. Second Young Master Qi doesn't even look at me directly. I can't bear this title."
What was Qi Shifeng being so awkward about?
He had been looking cold since they were in the duty-free shop.
Now that they were sitting down for a meal, he still had a stinky face. People who didn't know would think they had forced him to come.