When Xu Tingyu heard the other person mention the press conference, some fragmented images suddenly flashed through her mind.
A grand scene, endless applause, countless flowers, and numerous bright smiles...
There were also many people surrounding her, saying "Congratulations" to her...
Suddenly, she felt a splitting headache. Her hands began to tremble so violently that she accidentally knocked over the cup beside her.
The glass hit the tile floor and made a clear cracking sound.
Amid this sound, she hugged her head and let out a groan.
Qi Ye immediately noticed that something was wrong with her. He leaned over and asked, "What's wrong, Tingyu? Are you not feeling well?"
Everyone's gazes were focused on her.
Everyone looked worried, except for Chen Chunyao, whose eyes showed a hint of disdain.
Hehe, if you want to leave early, you make such a big scene. Your acting skills are getting better and better.
She really has to look up to this amateur actress.
However, her disdain didn't affect others' concern for Xu Tingyu in the slightest.
Especially Qi Ye. After hearing that she had a headache, he immediately wanted to take her to the hospital.
"No, it's just because I've been exposed to the sea breeze for too long today. There's no need to go to the hospital."
"I want to go back and rest earlier. I'm really sorry for spoiling everyone's mood. I'll treat everyone to a meal another day to make up for it."
In fact, she wasn't in that much pain, and she already felt better than before.
But she had been thinking about how to get away just now. She didn't want to sit there at all and just wanted to go back to her son.
So she decided to use the excuse of the headache to go back and rest first.
Qi Ye knew that she often had headaches, especially when she recalled some fragments of the past.
This was also a sequela of her memory loss.
So he didn't suspect that she was deliberately trying to leave early. Instead, he immediately picked up her coat and said, "I'll take you back first."
Aunt Tian also wanted to get up and follow, but Xu Tingyu stopped her.
"It's okay. I'll go back with Qi Ye. You guys finish your meal and then go back. Anyway, it's not far from here to the hotel."
Seeing that she was so uncomfortable but still cared about others, Qi Ye put his arm around her shoulder and whispered, "Don't talk. Lean on me."
Although he said so, he still asked the others to stay and only accompanied Xu Tingyu back by himself.
The place where they had dinner was indeed not far from the hotel.
Soon, they returned to Xu Tingyu's room.
"I'm much better now. Why don't you go back and continue having dinner?"
Xu Tingyu was leaning against the headboard of the bed, and her complexion had improved a lot compared to before.
Qi Ye still took her temperature. After making sure that she didn't have a fever, he sighed and said, "You always think so much about others."
In his opinion, Xu Tingyu asking the others to stay and continue having dinner, and even asking him to go back now, was because she didn't want to disappoint Du Jiran.
Otherwise, Du Jiran was the host of this dinner. If everyone left because she was not feeling well, it would make the host very embarrassed.
Xu Tingyu smiled and didn't deny his thought.
"It doesn't matter if I don't go. I'm not at ease leaving you alone here."
Qi Ye comforted her and then went to pour her a glass of water.
Since he said so, Xu Tingyu naturally wouldn't say anything more, lest he notice something wrong.
Even though she was extremely anxious inside, she still looked calm on the surface.
She even took out the small bottle of sleeping pills from the drawer in front of Qi Ye.
"I'll take a sleeping pill and go to sleep first. It's always like this. I'll stop hurting after a good sleep."
She explained while pouring out a pill from the bottle.
Actually, pregnant women shouldn't take sleeping pills. At least, it wasn't very safe.
But Qi Ye didn't stop her. He even kindly handed her the glass of water and said, "That's good. I'll stay with you. I'll leave after you fall asleep."
Xu Tingyu gave a soft hum and swallowed the pill with water.
Then she comfortably lay down in the quilt.
Qi Shifeng knew that she was a very clean person. If she wasn't feeling extremely uncomfortable, she definitely wouldn't go to sleep directly after coming back from outside.
He looked at her lying down with full of heartache in his eyes. He adjusted the room temperature for her, and then thoughtfully drew the curtains.
Finally, he only left a small bedside lamp on.
Originally, he was going to stay with Xu Tingyu, but his phone rang. It was Zhang Wan calling, saying that something had happened at the restaurant and asking if he could go there.
Qi Ye hung up the phone. He saw Xu Tingyu open her eyes and look at him, asking him what was going on with her eyes.
Of course, he wouldn't tell her that Qi Shifeng had suddenly gotten into a fight with someone and the other person was insisting on going to the police station.
This was an opportunity for him to take advantage of Qi Shifeng's misfortune. Of course, he couldn't let Xu Tingyu know.
"It's nothing. There are some work matters that I need to deal with. I can't stay with you anymore. You go to sleep obediently."
He stroked her hair and spoke very gently.
Xu Tingyu gave a soft hum and said, "Go quickly. I'll lock the door from the inside."
As she said that, she sat up and was about to follow Qi Ye out.
Qi Ye let out a muffled laugh and made a joke, "People who don't know might think you're trying to drive me away."
Xu Tingyu let out a soft snort and said, "I am driving you away. I'm so tired. I just want to go to sleep quickly. Otherwise, I'll have to struggle to get up and lock the door later."
If she tried to explain, Qi Ye might become suspicious.
But now that she openly said that she was going to "drive him away", he wasn't angry at all. Instead, he felt a bit happy.
Talking to him like this meant that their relationship was getting closer, didn't it?
"Then you have a good rest. If you still have a headache tomorrow, we'll go to the hospital and have a check-up."
He stood at the door, reached out and pinched her face with a very gentle smile.
Xu Tingyu gave a soft hum, then waved at him and mercilessly closed the door.
Qi Ye looked at the door that closed in front of him. Hearing the slight sound of the lock being turned inside, he couldn't help but touch his nose and let out a soft laugh.
Now that Xu Tingyu was settled down, he was going to go and see what on earth had happened to Qi Shifeng that made him get into a fight with someone.
What he didn't know was that ten minutes after he left, Xu Tingyu changed her clothes and left the room again.
She had gone through all this trouble to act out this scene and swallow the sleeping pill in front of Qi Ye just to prevent him from disturbing her later.
After all, Zhang Wan still had a room card. They could enter her room whenever they wanted.
What if they came to her room in the middle of the night and found that she wasn't there?
So she simply took the "sleeping pill" in front of him and told him that she would lock the door from the inside.
Qi Ye had even looked at the pill bottle, but he didn't know that the pills in it were actually vitamins.
Previously, she had often suffered from insomnia, so Qi Ye had asked the doctor to prescribe sleeping pills for her, saying that they wouldn't have much of an impact on the baby.
But she didn't want to take them, so she secretly replaced them with vitamins.
Occasionally, when she wanted to escape and didn't want to talk to anyone, she would take one out to indicate that she was going to sleep.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy here.