It was Xu Tingyu who first spotted Qi Shifeng. She smiled and pointed in his direction for Youyou.
Youyou beamed and ran towards Qi Shifeng. "Dad."
He trotted into Qi Shifeng's arms, and Qi Shifeng picked him up.
They seemed to be talking about something, then both looked towards Xu Tingyu.
After that, they both smiled at her.
Qi Shifeng strode over with the child in his arms. He reached out and touched her face. "Hot?"
It was indeed a bit hot. Otherwise, Youyou wouldn't have been sweating so much.
However, her blushing was because seeing him reminded her of last night's absurdity.
In the darkness, for a moment, she lost her head and let him do many intimate things.
Now in broad daylight, just thinking about those things made her blush and her heart race. She felt that it wasn't really herself; it was as if she had been bewitched by a fox spirit.
But she couldn't let Qi Shifeng notice this mental activity. Otherwise, he would surely take advantage of it.
She would only be at a disadvantage then.
So she took an imperceptible step back and said, "A bit."
Qi Shifeng seemed not to notice her retreat. He reached out and put his arm around her waist. "Let's go eat first and cool off."
With that, he led her and Youyou towards the restaurant.
Zou Yu and the others also followed at a proper distance.
Xu Tingyu asked him, "Are you done with your business? Is it okay for you to come now?"
Qi Shifeng gave a grunt. "Du Jiran stayed there to finish up. I'm done."
He and Du Jiran had indeed gone to discuss a project. Throughout the process, he seemed calm and steady, but in fact, he had been speeding up the progress all along just to come over earlier.
In the end, Du Jiran couldn't stand it anymore and told him to go first.
He didn't stand on ceremony and left directly.
Hearing this, Xu Tingyu glanced at him. Her expression was rather complicated. She said nothing but suddenly bent down to straighten her skirt.
In fact, it was to break free from his embrace imperceptibly.
Qi Shifeng didn't realize it at first. He even looked at her skirt but didn't notice anything abnormal.
After they entered the restaurant, Qi Shifeng reserved two private rooms. One was for his family of three, and the other was for Zou Yu and the others.
As soon as the door closed, he started asking Youyou what he had played today.
Youyou was still in high spirits and told him one by one. He also gesticulated excitedly. "Mom is so amazing. She can do everything, and the pictures she draws are so beautiful."
With that, he took out the kite painting and showed it to Qi Shifeng.
It was a painting of the sea. It was really well - drawn.
Qi Shifeng glanced at Xu Tingyu. There was admiration in his eyes, as well as a bit of indescribable jealousy.
Painting was Qi Ye's specialty.
He could even imagine the harmonious scene of them painting together.
"Learned painting from Qi Ye?"
He asked lazily, but in fact, his eyes were fixed on Xu Tingyu all the time, as if he wanted to bore a hole through her.
Xu Tingyu seemed to be lost in thought. Hearing this, she just gave a grunt.
Actually, to be precise, she couldn't really be said to have learned painting from Qi Ye formally.
When she was just killing time, she accompanied Qi Ye while he was painting. Occasionally, when she got itchy fingers, she would also draw one or two pictures.
Qi Ye had given her some pointers and said that she had talent.
Of course, she didn't really think she had talent. After all, with Qi Ye's attitude towards her, even if she drew something unrecognizable, he could still praise it to the skies.
But at this moment, she didn't want to explain too much.
Because she sensed that Qi Shifeng was different towards Du Jiran.
Even though he said they were just in a cooperative relationship, she just felt that he really admired and trusted the other person.
And Du Jiran was lively, cheerful, and had a successful career.
No matter how you looked at it, they were a good match.
She, this "ex - wife", was now someone else's fiancée. She really shouldn't get entangled with him under the pretext of the child.
The more she thought about it, the more dejected she became. On her face, it showed as a lack of interest in everything in front of her.
At first, Qi Shifeng didn't notice. He just thought she was tired.
Halfway through the meal, a dish of boiled shrimp was served. He remembered that day when Qi Ye peeled crabs for her. His competitive spirit immediately flared up.
He peeled several shrimps in a row and personally fed them to her mouth.
She was now under the control of "reason" again. Naturally, she wouldn't accept such an intimate gesture.
So she shook her head and said, "Thank you, but no need."
She didn't even look at him. She just picked up the cup to drink water and then asked Youyou what else he wanted to eat.
She completely ignored him.
Qi Shifeng moved closer to her and asked rather discontentedly, "Disgusted with me?"
She wasn't allergic to seafood. During these meals, he had seen her eat shrimp several times, and she seemed to like it quite a bit.
Why did she say no when it came to him?
Was it because he had just mentioned Qi Ye, so her damned "sense of morality" had returned?
Or was it that her heart was really leaning towards Qi Ye now?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. The moment those three words left his mouth, his hand holding the shrimp meat trembled.
Xu Tingyu knew he was pretending to be pitiful again.
The other day, she had been deceived by those three words and let him have his way.
So she wiped all expressions off her face and looked up. "Qi Shifeng, you're a天之骄子 (a favored son of heaven), smart and capable. How could you think you're being disgusted with?"
This statement was rather serious, making Qi Shifeng even a bit embarrassed to continue acting coquettishly.
But even if he was slow - witted, he knew that her mood was off.
Compared to last night, or even this morning, it was completely different.
All his efforts in the past two days seemed to have been in vain.
She had reverted to being the distant and indifferent Xu Tingyu who regarded him as a stranger.
What on earth had happened?
Before he had time to ask in detail, Xu Tingyu's phone rang.
It was Chen Chunyao calling.
"Tingyu, I just ran into Zhang Wan. She asked me why I wasn't with you. What should I do?"
"I said you went to the restroom, but I'm afraid she'll tell Young Master Qi. Are we going to be exposed?"
"What if he goes to your room later?"
Xu Tingyu was already feeling annoyed. Hearing Chen Chunyao's words only added to her annoyance.
"It's okay. I'll just say I'm not feeling well and went straight back to the room from the restroom."
After saying that, she hung up the phone directly.
This phone call seemed to be the hammer that shattered the fairytale world, bringing her back to reality.
She had to go back.
"Youyou, Mom has something to do and has to leave first. You go back with Dad. If there's anything, call Mom."
She quickly got up and hugged Youyou.
Although Youyou was reluctant, he didn't stop her.
After all, he also knew that if Mom could stay, she definitely would.
"Then Mom, be careful on the way."
He didn't notice the strange atmosphere between his parents. He just kissed Xu Tingyu and motioned for Qi Shifeng to give her a goodbye kiss too.
Just like when Dad left home this morning. In fact, he had seen it all.