Xu Tingyu thought that if she had really got carried away with their pretense before, it must have been this man's fault for leading her on.
He was just too good at seducing her.
And she was too soft - hearted towards him to resist.
After just a few words from him, her hand had already slipped into his bathrobe and landed on his chest muscles.
Then, at his silent urging, she did as he asked and "massaged" him.
The heat rose from her palm, as if it was going to burn a hole through her.
She didn't dare to look at him at all. Instead, she looked away and forced herself to stay calm as she asked, "You still haven't told me how you got this injury."
Qi Shifeng was playing with her other hand. Hearing this, he said, "Of course I was causing some trouble for that so - called fiancé of yours who has no proper standing."
He had never once referred to Qi Ye as "your fiancé" in front of Xu Tingyu.
Even when being sarcastic, he didn't want Qi Ye to have too much to do with Xu Tingyu.
He said it like this now partly because during the meal today, he accidentally saw Qi Ye's hand resting on the chair behind Xu Tingyu.
Although they had held hands in front of him before and Qi Ye had called her his wife.
He had gritted his teeth and endured that kind of deliberate intimacy.
But when he saw Qi Ye's hand behind her and her calm reaction, he just couldn't stand it anymore.
Such a domestic gesture would arouse endless speculation.
Qi Shifeng had been feeling sarcastic ever since then.
Before Xu Tingyu could react, he had worked himself up into a rage. He leaned over and bit her on the shoulder.
It didn't hurt, just tickled. Xu Tingyu couldn't help but dodge.
But the more she dodged, the more unhappy the man became. His lips chased after her and kissed her several times.
Xu Tingyu felt that it was impossible to have a proper conversation like this.
She took her hand out of his embrace, looked serious and said, "Put me down and talk properly."
But Qi Shifeng refused. "Let's talk like this."
He grabbed her hand and stuffed it back into his embrace.
Xu Tingyu was at her wit's end. She glanced down, blushed, and then looked at him again. "Are you sure you're okay like this?"
There were some reactions that she just couldn't ignore.
Maybe it would be better for him if she stayed farther away.
Qi Shifeng let out a low laugh and hugged her even tighter. "It is quite uncomfortable, but hugging the plum to quench my thirst is better than just looking at it."
It was just another absurd argument.
Xu Tingyu couldn't argue with him and couldn't escape, so she just let him be.
Anyway, it wasn't her who was uncomfortable.
She just quickly asked, "You were causing trouble for him. How did you end up getting hurt?"
Qi Shifeng thought to himself: How can I use the strategy of feigning injury if I don't get hurt?
But on the surface, he still looked serious. "Wasn't it that Zhang Wan who took sides? I was clearly getting the upper hand at first!"
How did Zhang Wan get involved?
Xu Tingyu finally couldn't bear it anymore. When he wanted to kiss her again and didn't want to continue talking, she pinched his chest hard.
Qi Shifeng winced in pain and let out a groan. He didn't dare to push his luck anymore and quickly told her what had happened.
It turned out that after she left, the others continued to have their meal.
Halfway through, Du Jiran got up and went to the restroom. As a result, someone groped her outside the restroom.
Du Jiran wasn't someone to be trifled with. She immediately slapped the person in return.
The person didn't get the better of her and ran away in a hurry.
This should have been the end of it, but that person went back to their private room to gather some people and then came back to find Du Jiran and the others.
These people were local bullies here. Although they couldn't be said to be oppressing men and women, they were definitely not easy to deal with.
Now that they had been slapped in "their own territory", they definitely couldn't swallow this humiliation.
So after they rushed into the private room, they demanded that Qi Shifeng hand over Du Jiran.
Qi Shifeng naturally wouldn't indulge them. After a few words, a fight broke out.
Although there were more women on their side, Qi Shifeng was good at fighting and Qi Ye's bodyguards were also there.
So they didn't end up at a disadvantage.
But as the fight went on, someone actually recognized Zhang Wan.
It turned out that one of the local bullies had met Zhang Wan before.
This person was the younger brother of the person in charge of the client for Qi Ye's recent project.
He had met Zhang Wan once during a meal before.
Unexpectedly, he met her again here, and under such circumstances.
The relative of the client was naturally also considered as part of the client.
So Zhang Wan immediately came out to stop the fight.
But no one listened to her. Instead, the fight got even more intense.
Before recognizing the other side, Zhang Wan had called Qi Ye and simply said that a fight had broken out.
When Qi Ye arrived, he found that the problem was even bigger.
When Zhang Wan took sides, Qi Shifeng's arm was cut by a Swiss Army Knife that was flying through the air. He didn't know who threw it.
Actually, he could have dodged it, but he deliberately took the hit.
Once there was blood, the situation escalated.
So after Du Jiran said, "I will never let those who hurt my boyfriend go", she immediately called the police.
Not only did she call the police, but she also took pictures of these people's faces and said that she would post them online directly. After all, the masses had sharp eyes.
You know, some of these people's businesses weren't that clean. If they were on the hot search, they might be investigated.
So they immediately tried to grab her phone, and the commotion got even worse.
Even that younger brother said that he would ask his elder brother to cancel the cooperation with Qi Ye's company.
Du Jiran wasn't afraid of them at all. She quickly posted the video.
After the video was posted, everyone was stunned. Only then did they know that the account Du Jiran posted on actually had millions of followers.
This was an account of a fashion blogger who didn't usually show their real face, but was very popular because of the high - quality content.
As soon as the video was posted, it instantly got a lot of views.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the police came.
The group of people was taken to the police station.
Du Jiran and the others firmly refused to accept mediation, while Zhang Wan had already received a call from the client.
This project was quite important to Qi Ye. It was directly related to a big project later on.
He had already invested a lot of money in it. If the project failed, he would suffer a great loss.
So no matter what, this project had to be saved.
Moreover, he thought that this fight was between Qi Shifeng and the other side, and had nothing to do with his side.
But unexpectedly, the person who no longer called Qi Ye "brother" called him "brother" in the police station in front of those people.
Du Jiran also loudly questioned him, "These people are your clients, but Shifeng is your younger brother. Even if you want to stabilize the project first, you can't side with the other side at this time."
The words "stabilize the project first" made those people on the other side even more excited.
They thought they had caught Qi Ye's weakness and were even more reluctant to back down. They not only demanded that Qi Ye and Qi Shifeng apologize to them together, but also asked Du Jiran to kneel down and apologize.