Even though Zhang Wan was so angry with Xu Tingyu and so indignant about Qi Ye's situation, the first thing Qi Ye did after waking up was still to look for Xu Tingyu.
Zhang Wan originally wanted to go in too, but Xu Tingyu just gave her a cold glance.
"Why don't you go in first and ask if he needs you to be there?"
This single sentence blocked Zhang Wan's way in.
She could only hold back a pool of hot tears and glare venomously at Xu Tingyu as she walked in.
After Xu Tingyu went in, Du Jiran, who was leaning against the door, suddenly laughed.
"Zhang Wan, after all, this is a family matter. As a subordinate, you should know your place."
"Whether they quarrel or fight, they are still blood - related."
"You're rushing in now, offending people and getting nothing in return. What if they make up later? Where will you stand?"
Perhaps Zhang Wan was indeed a loyal right - hand woman. But from a certain perspective, she was overstepping her bounds.
She seemed to have placed herself in the position of "the one who loves Qi Ye the most", so she was always dissatisfied with Xu Tingyu and felt sorry for Qi Ye. But she forgot that all this was actually what Qi Ye had forced.
Zhang Wan wiped away her tears awkwardly and looked coldly at Du Jiran.
"Miss Du, you don't need to watch the show and make sarcastic remarks here. You should worry about what you'll do if Xu Tingyu and Qi Shifeng rekindle their old love."
Another stupid woman. Her own house was on fire, yet she was still watching the neighbor's drama.
Du Jiran still smiled, calm and confident. "I don't need to worry. What belongs to me will naturally be mine. If it doesn't, worrying won't help."
"You should understand this feeling better than me. After all, your boss forced something that didn't belong to him, and now he's about to lose it, isn't he?"
"Tsk tsk, after all this trouble, a lot of money and energy have been wasted. Why bother?"
She was really good at making sarcastic remarks because she had little sympathy for Qi Ye.
She never understood people with a one - track mind in love. She couldn't understand how there could be such a thing as "I must have him/her".
In this world, who couldn't live without someone else?
Seeing that Du Jiran didn't take it seriously, Zhang Wan was too lazy to talk to her.
In her opinion, Du Jiran was just putting on a brave face.
Inside the ward, Xu Tingyu stood about three or four meters away from the hospital bed and met Qi Ye's gaze.
Qi Ye's face was very pale. The doctor said that he had fainted due to overwork, combined with extreme anger and the recurrence of hypoglycemia.
Now he was leaning against the head of the bed, looking extremely weak. But there was no anger in his eyes, only desolation and pain.
"Tingyu, can you come to my side?"
He spoke, his voice hoarse and dry.
In the past three months, he had watched Xu Tingyu be gloomy and listless. He had also asked himself if he had done something wrong. But he had no way back.
He had laid out this plan for so many years and done so many bad things, all for this one rose. Now that he had finally brought the rose home, how could he be willing to give up?
So he tried his best to be good to her, even wanting to present the whole world to her. But even under such meticulous care, the rose was gradually withering.
The rose didn't know that on the way to her withering, he, the flower - grower, was also living in pain.
And his three - month efforts were no match for Qi Shifeng's few days.
He had thought that Xu Tingyu became lively only after coming here. He never expected it was because of Qi Shifeng.
Even though she had forgotten their past, she was still attracted to him.
When Qi Shifeng bent down to kiss her, she was first stunned, and then she patted his arm. That was not rejection, but an indescribable intimacy.
Even without her memories, her instincts still made her get close to Qi Shifeng.
"Qi Ye, I'm going back to Kyoto."
Xu Tingyu didn't know why he was looking at her so desolately, nor did she understand why he looked so sad instead of angry. But she still firmly stated her decision.
"Why? Tingyu, haven't I been good to you?"
Qi Ye told himself not to ask such a demeaning question. At least, in front of the amnesiac her, he shouldn't be embarrassed again. But he was still unwilling.
Why? Why, even though it was a fresh start and he had come to her side first and bound her with a marriage contract, she still didn't like him as much as she liked Qi Shifeng?
"You've been good to me, but it's based on deception. You know this isn't the real me, but the me you want."
Xu Tingyu coldly exposed him.
Qi Ye had been really good to her. Everything from food and clothing to accommodation was of the highest standard. But behind the meticulous arrangements was extreme control.
Her life was transparent in front of him. He knew everything about her, and he even peeked at her phone. It was terrifying.
Qi Ye was silent for a moment, then looked at her somewhat confusedly. "Isn't this good? You should have been care - free and not bothered by anything."
He would always remember the shining girl on the stage, with clear eyes. The troubles of the world shouldn't have bothered her, so he arranged everything for her.
Xu Tingyu emphasized again, "Qi Ye, first of all, I'm a person. I have thoughts, privacy, and surely, I also have troubles."
"My troubles should be solved by me, not by you taking them over and making me a mindless puppet."
"If this is what you call being good to me, then sorry, I really can't accept it."
Qi Ye still didn't understand.
He had grown up in a loveless environment, being left to fend for himself. So the love he understood was extreme and meticulous care. That's how he treated Xu Tingyu.
"Qi Ye, don't you understand? When I'm with you, what I wear and what I eat are all according to your preferences."
"You think I should be like that, so you don't even ask what I think and just arrange things for me. If I resist, you'll be unhappy."
"Don't rush to deny it. You may not even realize that when you're unhappy, you don't show it directly, but go around in circles until I compromise."
Xu Tingyu was getting tired of standing, so she dragged over a chair but still kept a distance from him.
That was exactly why she was so confused. She didn't know how she could have fallen in love with someone who controlled her like this, and that was why she resisted him from the bottom of her heart.
Qi Ye's expression became even more confused.
Xu Tingyu didn't intend to convince him just like this. She changed the topic. "But it doesn't matter now. I'm going back to Kyoto to retrieve my memories."
Qi Ye's confused eyes instantly became sharp. "Why do you have to retrieve your memories? Even if those memories will hurt you, it doesn't matter?"
She changed to a slightly more relaxed posture, but her back still looked as straight as if there was a ruler against it.
"Yes, it doesn't matter. That's my past, an inseparable part of me."
"Since I've managed to live until now, it proves that I'm willing to accept everything about myself."
"So no matter what happened in the past, it's not my dark history, but the path that led me here."