Her sarcasm left the three people sitting there stunned.
Especially Qi Ye.
During this period, she had always been very calm, the kind of calmness that showed indifference to everything.
Even towards the child in her belly, she didn't seem overly excited.
When she woke up from the coma and was told that she was pregnant, she was only confused.
During this period, she just went for prenatal check-ups as usual, without the joy and love of a mother-to-be.
He still remembered that when she was pregnant with Youyou and he went to see her in the sanatorium, she wasn't like this.
Qi Ye once thought it was because she believed the child was his.
Since she didn't love him, naturally she didn't love his child either.
But later, he found that wasn't the reason.
She was cold to everyone.
To be precise, she had built walls around herself, not allowing anyone to peek in and not letting herself out.
She kept a distance from everyone in her heart.
After coming to this island, she finally showed some emotional fluctuations.
First, she quarreled with someone by the swimming pool.
Later, in the cake shop, she straightforwardly showed her impatience with Ma Yiyi.
She also went to the night market with him to buy all kinds of food, with a smile in her eyes.
And now, here, because of Qi Shifeng's unfriendliness, she immediately bristled and retorted without mercy.
Qi Ye didn't think she was impolite.
On the contrary, he was quite relieved.
Because this was the real her, the one he wanted to see.
It seemed that this trip was really worth it.
But as much as he was relieved, as the "boss" here, he still had to ease the atmosphere.
"Miss Du, don't misunderstand. Tingyu didn't mean to target you. I've learned before that you and Shifeng are of the same age.
"So Tingyu is two years younger than you. From now on, when you meet, you can just call each other by name. She's not used to others calling her sister-in-law either."
His voice was so gentle, and his expression so sincere.
Even the angriest person would calm down under such soothing words.
Du Jiran was a polite person. After hearing the explanation, she immediately smiled.
"So she's two years younger than me. It was impolite of me. But it's a bit inappropriate to call her younger sister. Then I'll just call you Tingyu."
She called her Tingyu affectionately.
Xu Tingyu couldn't very well be unhappy anymore, so she also smiled. "Okay. Can I call you Ranran?"
Du Jiran beamed. "Of course. Everyone calls me that."
As they were talking, the dishes were being served one by one.
Xu Tingyu took a look at the dishes and felt relieved.
There was a wide variety, including both light and slightly spicy ones.
It seemed that Zhang Wan had thought things through and specially prepared the dishes that Qi Ye could eat.
Such a considerate assistant. Why was Qi Ye so cold to her?
This thought flashed through her mind but quickly disappeared, because Qi Ye was already asking her, "Do you want to eat crab? I'll help you shell it."
As he spoke, he had already picked up a crab.
By the sea, of course, one had to eat seafood.
He still had gastroenteritis and couldn't eat these things, but it didn't stop him from shelling the crab for Xu Tingyu.
Before Xu Tingyu could say anything, Du Jiran said enviously, "Wow, Big Brother and Tingyu have such a good relationship. It's really enviable."
Qi Ye had never been shy about showing his love in public, and it was a rare opportunity for him to do so.
So while carefully taking out the meat from the crab legs, he said, "Maybe it's because we're childhood sweethearts."
When he said this, Du Jiran became even more interested.
"Really? You're childhood sweethearts? That's so wonderful. I've always wanted to have a campus romance, but I didn't understand back then.
"But it's a good thing I didn't understand. That's why I saved all my good luck and met Shifeng, such a wonderful person, in my first relationship."
Although she looked very mature and had always been very straightforward in their previous encounters.
But at this moment, looking at Qi Shifeng, her face was full of shyness like a young girl.
It was obvious that she was in a passionate relationship.
Xu Tingyu also remembered that when she came to deliver the cake that day, when she mentioned her boyfriend, her eyes would unconsciously light up with a smile.
She must be deeply in love to react like this.
She was actually a little envious.
Because she didn't know what it felt like to love someone without reservation.
In the past three months, she had been constantly reflecting on herself and trying to convince herself, but she just couldn't love Qi Ye.
She couldn't deceive herself.
Not to mention this kind of unrestrained, surging love.
Even towards Qi Ye, she had an indescribable resistance.
Every time he talked about the past, she was always unmoved and even a little reluctant to listen.
Even now, when Qi Ye said they were childhood sweethearts, she didn't feel it was sweet at all. Instead, she felt a bit of a burden.
Because Qi Ye had talked about those things many times.
Every time he did, he was so excited and full of love.
But she had no memory of them, only embarrassment and confusion.
"We met during a performance..."
Qi Ye started to tell the story, but Xu Tingyu had already stood up and said she was going to the restroom.
After all, she was pregnant, although her belly wasn't showing yet. It wasn't too impolite to go to the restroom soon after the meal started.
Qi Ye immediately asked her, "Do you need me to go with you?"
"No. I saw it when I came in. It's just outside the private room. It's only a few steps away."
She waved her hand and walked out.
Once outside, she took a deep breath. Instead of going to the restroom, she went to a courtyard not far away.
There were benches there. She sat down and took out her phone.
There was a new message from Chen Chunyao.
"Tingyu, are you having dinner with Qi Ye? I'm so bored. Hurry up and tell me. Did Du Jiran cause any trouble?"
Du Jiran cause trouble?
Xu Tingyu didn't know why she would think so.
"No. Miss Du is very kind. She's different from Ma Yiyi."
She quickly replied with a message.
After thinking for a while, she opened the search app and typed in Du Jiran's name.
Once again, she found nothing.
This Du Jiran seemed to have a big background, but she was very low-key online.
After thinking for a while, she sent another message to Chen Chunyao. "Yaoyao, have you heard of this Du Jiran?"
After sending the message, Chen Chunyao's status always showed that she was typing, but no message came back.
Was it because her identity was too hard to explain?
She waited for a while. Seeing that Chen Chunyao still didn't send the message, she put the phone back in her pocket and prepared to go back to the private room.
After all, she was just going to the restroom. She couldn't disappear for too long.
If she went back now, Qi Ye's story might have already reached his basement that was like a museum.
Maybe he would even invite Du Jiran to visit.
That was his favorite place, and he always introduced it to others tirelessly.
Showing off his grand love to others.
"Didn't you go to the restroom? What, are you shy because of his love show?"