Betrayal?
Xu Tingyu had no idea how others would react in such a situation.
But all she wanted to do was laugh.
When people are extremely speechless, they really do laugh.
She had no intention of replying to this message. Instead, she exited her phone and turned around to wash up.
She'd made up her mind. No more running away. She was going straight back to Kyoto.
However, there were still some things she needed to do before that.
So she changed her clothes, had some food first, and then invited Chen Chunyao out.
Maybe because she'd cried for too long the day before, Chen Chunyao's eyes were still a bit red.
When she saw Xu Tingyu, her expression was aggrieved. "Tingyu, do you think I really have no chance of making a comeback?"
Xu Tingyu thought for a moment and suddenly smiled. "Yaoyao, actually you're not without a chance of making a comeback. It's just that you've chosen the wrong path."
Originally, Chen Chunyao just wanted to gain more sympathy. Maybe Xu Tingyu would soften her heart and give her something nice.
But she didn't expect her to say such a thing.
"What do you mean?"
She stared blankly at Xu Tingyu, not knowing what she was getting at, but somehow feeling a bit scared.
Xu Tingyu leaned back until her waist touched the back of the chair, then looked at Chen Chunyao. "Yaoyao, you like Qi Ye, don't you?"
These words sent a cold shiver down Chen Chunyao's spine. In her panic, she even knocked over the coffee beside her.
"Have you remembered something? Or did someone say something to you?"
She looked at Xu Tingyu warily.
If Xu Tingyu really remembered, she didn't dare to imagine how angry Qi Ye would be.
By then, she would surely be implicated.
She was already in a bad enough situation. She couldn't afford to be dragged down any further.
Xu Tingyu still had that unfathomable expression. "You didn't deny it."
Chen Chunyao felt even more uncertain now. She quickly explained, "I promise I really have no improper thoughts about Qi Ye now. I can swear."
"Really. Given our long - standing friendship since childhood, I would never snatch your fiancé."
"And he likes you so much. If I really had any lingering feelings for him, he wouldn't have let me get close to you."
She was so anxious that her face turned bright red.
It wasn't that she was afraid of Xu Tingyu's misunderstanding, but that she was afraid she would go to Qi Ye.
Given Qi Ye's personality, he would never allow anything to go wrong with Xu Tingyu's amnesia.
Xu Tingyu didn't follow her emotions at all. Instead, she asked curiously, "When did it start?"
That's right, she thought. That's why Qi Ye had also deliberately or inadvertently told her to have less contact with Chen Chunyao before.
Qi Shifeng had even directly told her that Chen Chunyao wasn't trustworthy.
Before, she hadn't thought much about it. But when Chen Chunyao's incident hit the headlines yesterday.
When they were all sitting in Qi Ye's room, listening to Chen Chunyao's sobs, she noticed that Chen Chunyao's eyes were always on Qi Ye.
People are like this. When they're vulnerable or happy, their eyes will unconsciously follow the person they like.
So after she got back, she sent another message to the private detective, asking him to investigate Chen Chunyao.
Sure enough, this morning, the private detective sent over some information about Chen Chunyao.
In that PPT, there were several photos of Chen Chunyao and Qi Ye.
In each photo, Chen Chunyao was looking at Qi Ye with a smile.
Xu Tingyu checked the time and found that the timeline of these photos spanned the years when she was married to Qi Shifeng.
That meant that when she was married to Qi Shifeng, Chen Chunyao and Qi Ye were already very familiar with each other.
At the very least, they had met privately on multiple occasions.
If they had gotten to know each other because of her, firstly, they shouldn't have always met privately just the two of them.
Secondly, they shouldn't have acted like they were not familiar after she "returned" to Qi Ye's side.
So it could only be that their familiarity was something she didn't know about.
Then what exactly was the relationship between the two of them?
Once the seed of doubt was planted, it would give rise to countless doubts and magnify many things that she hadn't noticed before.
For example, after she lost her memory, when Chen Chunyao chatted with her several times, she would deliberately or inadvertently inquire about Qi Ye.
Another example was that she had proposed to come to the UK to see her several times. However, as soon as Qi Ye found out, she would say a couple of days later that she had other things to do.
...
All this couldn't be just a coincidence.
After carefully recalling all the details, Xu Tingyu decided to test the waters.
Unexpectedly, her test worked.
But she wouldn't let Chen Chunyao know that she was just testing. Because from what Chen Chunyao had said just now, she could tell that she had known before.
If she had known before that Chen Chunyao liked Qi Ye, had there been any changes in their relationship?
There were too many questions. She couldn't ask them all at once, so she picked the most important one.
"Since you like Qi Ye, why did you publicly announce your relationship with Fan Yi back then?"
Was it to hide something? Or to divert attention?
Xu Tingyu thought this was a very important point.
Chen Chunyao was sure that she must have known something, but she wasn't sure how much.
She became even more nervous. Under Xu Tingyu's intense gaze, it took her a long time to choke out, "At that time, I needed some hype."
In the entertainment industry, it was normal to need hype.
She thought Xu Tingyu would believe this excuse, but to her surprise, the other woman scoffed.
"Chen Chunyao, I regarded you as a true friend, but I don't know when I stopped being one in your heart."
"I've watched you in the entertainment industry for so many years. You never resorted to hype even in the toughest times. Why would you choose to do it at that time?"
"During that period, you were at the peak of your popularity. You didn't need this kind of love scandal to gain popularity at all. Moreover, even if you wanted to hype, you shouldn't have chosen Fan Yi."
"I'm not even in the entertainment industry, but with just a little effort, I can find out that Fan Yi is not straight at all. You were hyping a relationship with him?"
"Once this lie was exposed, the fall would be as great as the sweetness before. Your career was booming. Why would you get involved in such a mess?"
"What's more important is that later on, you were involved in a scandal not long after the public announcement. Based on my understanding of you, you were set up."
"But since you were set up, why didn't you go public? Or seek legal means? Instead, you just let the matter drop."
"Something's really off about this. Given that director's status, you shouldn't be this scared. You're afraid of the person behind him."
With each of Xu Tingyu's speculations, Chen Chunyao's face turned uglier.
Because she didn't know if this was a guess, a recollection, or if someone had told her.
But no matter which one it was, it meant that the warmth and harmony between Xu Tingyu and Qi Ye were about to be broken.
Although she would be happy to see that happen, she absolutely couldn't let this matter be associated with her in any way.
Otherwise, she would surely be the first one to suffer.