The saying "comparing people makes one mad" probably sums it up.
Zhang Wan felt extremely sorry for Qi Ye.
Because of her deep sympathy, she developed a strong hatred for Xu Tingyu.
She had the thought more than once that "it would be great if Xu Tingyu were gone".
Maybe if Xu Tingyu disappeared, Qi Ye would be sad for a while.
But if they continued to live together, it was hard to say if Qi Ye would even have a long life.
Moreover, a man like Qi Ye shouldn't be raising someone else's child - yes, she thought the child in Xu Tingyu's belly wasn't Qi Ye's at all.
Her emotions were surging violently, but she didn't show it. She just calmly handed Qi Ye the hangover medicine.
"Boss, take better care of your health."
Qi Ye didn't pay much attention and just gave a soft grunt.
In Xu Tingyu's room.
She took a shower, then picked up her phone, opened the search app, and typed in her name.
She had searched for herself online before.
But there weren't many news articles. Even the so - called "aristocratic family scandals" that were talked about a lot tonight were scarce.
Obviously, someone had dealt with them.
However, there were still quite a few videos of her dancing in the past.
She then looked for the variety show that netizens in the comment section had mentioned.
Although everyone was masked, she immediately spotted her own figure.
She never thought that she had really participated in this variety show back then.
But calculating the time, it was not long after her father's death. How could she have been in the mood to participate in a show?
Her father had jumped off a building after going bankrupt.
Did she participate in the show for money?
But if Qi Ye really loved her so much, why didn't he offer a helping hand?
Or did he offer help, but she refused and wanted to be self - reliant?
One thing after another was like an unsolved mystery, and nothing seemed to make sense.
But if there was no premise of a fake marriage, then everything would fall into place.
She was really married to Qi Shifeng. She had no affair with Qi Ye, and Qi Shifeng had no feelings for her either.
So after the Xu family went bankrupt, Qi Shifeng didn't offer help.
And Qi Ye had no position to offer help, and she wouldn't accept it either.
So she returned to work, participated in the variety show with Xie Yu as the tutor, and competed with a group of fresh - out - of - school students for a spot.
And the movie stunt work later was probably also for money.
As she sorted out the information in her mind, her head hurt more and more, as if it was about to explode.
She was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice there was someone else in the room.
When Qi Shifeng came in, he saw Xu Tingyu sitting in a daze on the sofa.
The room was quiet. The TV wasn't on, and she wasn't looking at her phone. Instead, she was staring in the direction of the balcony with a blank look in her eyes.
The sound of him swiping his room card didn't catch her attention.
Not wanting to startle her, he deliberately made his footsteps louder.
But it wasn't until he stood in front of her that she finally came back to her senses.
Immediately, she frowned.
She wasn't startled, but her eyes were filled with coldness.
"Qi Shifeng, you can't always be so impolite."
She noticed that he had changed his clothes, obviously having taken a shower.
It was really ridiculous. He had just been in his girlfriend's room, taken a shower, changed his clothes, and then came to find his ex - wife.
Should she say he was a master of time management?
The more she thought about it, the colder she became. She didn't even want to look at him, as if he was some kind of monster.
Qi Shifeng knew about the online news and that Qi Ye had already refuted the rumors.
He even released a photo of the two of them.
At that time, Du Jiran had sighed and said that the two of them looked quite a good match.
He immediately frowned coldly, "If you say such nonsense again in the future, there's no need for our cooperation."
It made Du Jiran scold him back, "Are you crazy? Why are you taking your jealousy out on me?"
He didn't care and was about to leave.
When he came to talk to Du Jiran about the project, he did bring a bouquet of flowers, but not for Du Jiran.
It was on the way back to the hotel that Youyou asked him to buy it for Xu Tingyu.
It was such a coincidence that they were photographed, and it even made it onto the hot search.
Du Jiran was quite disdainful and said, "What's wrong with these netizens? Bringing back a bouquet of flowers at night is considered romantic? It's more practical to have money than flowers."
Qi Shifeng suspected that she was insinuating about him, and his already irritated mood became even worse.
But when they parted on bad terms, he didn't forget to take the flowers with him.
However, since the flowers had been in the news, Xu Tingyu must have seen them, so he definitely couldn't give them to her.
So he took the flowers back to his room, took a shower, changed his clothes, and then came to find her.
But her attitude was so cold, and she even said he was impolite.
Where was he impolite?
And what was considered polite? Was it like Qi Ye, who was considered polite?
He gritted his teeth secretly and reached out his hand to her.
Xu Tingyu looked down and only then noticed a black card lying in his palm.
Immediately, her eyebrows furrowed even more, "What does this mean?"
Qi Shifeng explained, "This is an anonymous card. You can spend it as you like."
Du Jiran had said that giving flowers wasn't romantic. Having money to spend was romantic, just like Qi Ye, who directly gave a supplementary card and allowed his partner to spend millions a day.
Just thinking about it was romantic.
On the surface, he scoffed, but deep down, he felt a bit uncomfortable.
What was it for Xu Tingyu to spend Qi Ye's money?
If she was going to spend money, it should be his.
And was Qi Ye's behavior really romantic?
Giving a card and making it a registered one, causing a big stir in the city.
He just gave an anonymous card so that she could spend without any burden.
But Xu Tingyu didn't know his inner thoughts.
She just stared at the black card and suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"Why should I spend your money as I like? Is this alimony for your ex - wife? We don't have such an issue, do we?"
"If we're talking about alimony, it should be me who owes you. Don't worry. Youyou is my son. I'll hire a lawyer as soon as possible to sort out my assets and make up for it."
She was back to her hostile and vigilant self.
Her attitude was even worse than it had been in the restaurant in the evening.
"What's wrong with you?"
Qi Shifeng squeezed the card, and the edge dug into his fingertips, turning them a bit pale.
Xu Tingyu answered quickly, "It's nothing. Mr. Qi, there are people taking pictures everywhere. Is it appropriate for you to come to my room at this late hour?"
"Or do you enjoy watching the fun and wish there were more scandals about me and you to prove that my relationship with Qi Ye is very bad?"
"Please, I'm a divorced woman. My reputation is already bad enough. Don't make me more embarrassed, okay?"
She knew how to be offensive.
She didn't like saying these words, and the person who heard them liked them even less.
The anger in Qi Shifeng's heart was even more intense.
He suddenly stepped closer to Xu Tingyu and looked down at her, "So, your relationship with Qi Ye isn't bad?"
Xu Tingyu stared at him and let out another scoff.
"What kind of question is that? If the relationship was bad, why would they get married?"
"Mr. Qi, not everyone is like you. You can get married without love."