Xu Tingyu looked up and saw Qi Shifeng three or four meters away from her.
He was still standing in the corridor, with his upper body shrouded in shadow, so it was hard to make out his expression when he said this.
Actually, there was no need to see his expression, for his words were already full of sarcasm and gritted teeth.
Seeing that he had also left the table and come here, Xu Tingyu's first thought was how daring he was.
If both of them left the table at the same time, it would be easy for others to notice something was wrong.
Moreover, who would leave his elder brother alone with his girlfriend on their first meeting?
"You came out too? I'm going back then."
She simply ignored his sarcasm and was about to go straight back to the private room.
But how could Qi Shifeng let her leave like this?
As she passed by him, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Let go of me!"
This damned man. She thought he could endure it for a while longer, but he couldn't hold back now?
There was a hint of impatience in her attitude.
Actually, she wasn't very afraid of being seen.
In fact, she even hoped that Qi Ye would see them. She was curious about what expression he would have.
However, Du Jiran was still there.
She didn't want to hurt another woman.
She thought that her attitude would anger Qi Shifeng and make him let go of her like he did yesterday.
Who would have thought that he would hold her wrist even tighter and his voice was full of grievance.
"Do you only know how to tell me to let go? Xu Tingyu, you're really heartless."
"Is he really that good? Let me tell you, he's a cold - hearted person. Don't get close to him, okay?"
Here he goes again.
Xu Tingyu couldn't help but turn to look at him. "You're a proper CEO. Don't you think you sound like a green - tea bitch when you talk like this?"
But instead of feeling ashamed, he was proud of it.
"But don't people like this? In the popular words nowadays, it's called providing emotional value."
"Don't you like me like this? I can learn whatever way you like."
Help! From his tone to his expression, he looked even more aggrieved.
It really felt like a scholar meeting a soldier, with no way to reason things out.
Xu Tingyu didn't want to argue about such meaningless things with him, so she shook off his hand and said, "I like people who stay away from me."
After saying that, ignoring his action of gritting his back teeth in anger, she strode back to the private room.
Inside, Qi Ye and Du Jiran were chatting happily. They didn't have the slightest suspicion because both of them had gone out.
She sat back down. There was already a lot of crab meat piled in the bowl in front of her.
Seeing her come back, Du Jiran smiled and said, "Tingyu, come quickly. This dish is really good. Try it."
She enthusiastically introduced a vegetarian dish in front of her and was very tactful not to pick food for her.
Xu Tingyu responded and picked up a chopstick of it. After eating, she nodded and praised, "It's really good. It's very refreshing."
Du Jiran's smile deepened.
"Yes, but this dish is a bit cold in nature. You're pregnant, so you should eat less cold - natured food."
"Brother, pregnant women can't eat too much crab either."
Her words were not offensive but made people feel that she really cared about Xu Tingyu.
Qi Ye had just finished peeling a crab and was wiping his hands with a wet towel.
Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Yes, she only eats it occasionally."
Although he didn't look forward to this child, he was very concerned about Xu Tingyu's daily life.
Her daily diet was a recipe formulated by a professional nutritionist and cooked by a chef specially invited from the capital.
Xu Tingyu didn't say a word and just quietly ate the crab meat.
To be honest, probably because she had too many things on her mind, she didn't have much appetite, so she ate very slowly.
By the time she finished the meat, Qi Shifeng walked in from outside.
As he passed by Xu Tingyu, she smelled a very faint smell of cigarettes.
So he went out to smoke?
She lowered her head and didn't even look up. Only her eyes flashed.
Seeing him come back, Du Jiran immediately coquettishly said, "Shifeng, I want to eat an ice - cream boat, but I'm afraid I can't finish it alone. Can you help me eat it?"
Although her temperament was not that of a soft girl, when she coquettishly asked with such a beautiful face, it was not offensive.
Even Xu Tingyu couldn't help but want to agree to her.
But Qi Shifeng didn't give her face. Instead, he was a bit cold. "I don't eat sweet things."
Du Jiran's smile paused for a moment but quickly recovered. She didn't swallow her anger either. Instead, she snorted.
"I knew you wouldn't give me face. I'll eat it by myself!"
"Us big women must get what we want right away!"
It was obvious to everyone that she was just joking. It was both a way for her to save face and an expression of her dissatisfaction.
Even Qi Ye couldn't help but laugh. "Ranan, you can share one with Tingyu. She can eat a bit."
Du Jiran immediately smiled. "Okay, I'll listen to big brother."
Throughout the whole process, Qi Shifeng remained expressionless.
Hearing this, he suddenly sneered.
"Are you a control freak? You have to arrange everything."
This accusation came out of the blue and seemed very abrupt.
Qi Ye and Du Jiran were both stunned and looked up at him.
Only Xu Tingyu seemed to be suddenly enlightened and finally understood where the strange feeling she had been having since she woke up came from.
That's right, it was this sense of control.
Qi Ye seemed to be extremely considerate of her everywhere. To outsiders, he could almost be regarded as a perfect gentleman.
But as the person involved, Xu Tingyu was becoming more and more unhappy.
This kind of unhappiness couldn't be clearly described to anyone.
Just like what Zhang Wan said about her, if she said it, she would be regarded as ungrateful and heartless.
But she was really suffocating in this "extremely considerate" situation.
During this period, she had also constantly wondered why she thought like this. Was she really too ungrateful?
But now, Qi Shifeng had pointed it out.
Qi Ye was controlling her.
In terms of diet, because she was not picky and in a bad mood, she had no opinions of her own. She ate whatever was given to her. The recipe was determined by the nutritionist and Qi Ye.
In terms of clothing, her clothes and jewelry were all picked out by Qi Ye and sent to her home.
No matter where she went, there was always someone accompanying her.
If he had time, he would accompany her himself.
If he didn't have time, Zhang Wan would follow her.
Anyway, she was not allowed to go out alone.
The reason why she logged out of her account after posting that day was that she had seen Qi Ye looking at her phone.
That day when she went to take a shower, she found she had forgotten something and came out of the bathroom to get it.
As soon as she opened the bathroom door, she saw that he had come in at some point and was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her phone.
She felt an indescribable awkwardness.
She didn't have anything to hide, so she wasn't afraid of him looking.
But this kind of behavior made her very uncomfortable.
It seemed that everything about her had to be under his control.
But even more terrifying was that her subconscious made her not even try to snatch the phone back on the spot. Instead, she retreated back into the bathroom.