Qi Shifeng also fell silent as he recalled all that had happened in the past.
Suddenly, Xu Tingyu remembered the multiple car accidents he had encountered and asked, "Also, were those car accidents his doing?"
Qi Shifeng didn't say a word, but his eyes flickered.
That was the answer.
Xu Tingyu was extremely angry. "He wanted to kill you. When did you first know about it?"
Seeing that she was angry, Qi Shifeng quickly replied, "I only knew after you were kidnapped because the injury I sustained that time was too obvious."
Before that, he really hadn't suspected Qi Ye.
For one thing, Qi Ye was really good at acting and extremely patient.
He rarely returned to Kyoto and seemed indifferent to the Qi Group.
Before he kidnapped Youyou and Xu Tingyu, no one would have believed that the gentle and elegant eldest young master of the Qi family could hate his own younger brother to such an extent.
In a family, if brothers are on bad terms, it must be because the parents haven't treated them equally.
In everyone's eyes, the Qi family had been relatively fair.
After all, Liu Ning and Qi Dezhi treated all three children equally badly.
It was true that the old man valued Qi Shifeng, but his attention wasn't a good thing.
Qi Shifeng's ambition back then wasn't to take over the Qi Group. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten so close to Xie Zhen and started his own business.
Moreover, the old man's method of cultivating the heir was harsh. Once he chose someone, he would put that person in shackles.
Outsiders might think that the person in power of the Qi Group was extremely glorious, but Qi Ye knew better.
He had personally fetched Qi Shifeng back to get married. Being the heir meant that even major matters like marriage weren't up to oneself.
Most importantly, although their relationship wasn't close, Qi Ye also knew very well that if he really wanted the Qi Group, Qi Shifeng would definitely give it up without hesitation.
But just as they couldn't interfere in Qi Shifeng's marriage, they couldn't interfere in the old man's choice of heir either.
So the root cause of all this was the old man. Naturally, Qi Shifeng never thought that Qi Ye would hate him so much.
He had been in many car accidents but had never been able to find the mastermind behind them. He thought it was the work of his business rivals at that time.
It wasn't until later when he went alone to the meeting after Youyou was kidnapped and was stabbed, almost losing his life. The evidence pointed directly at Qi Ye.
After investigating along Qi Ye's trail, they found that this wasn't his first offense.
All the multiple car accidents were related to him.
"Once, we were both in the car. The car behind gave up the rear - end collision because you were in the car. After he found out, he stopped the operation."
"But when I was stabbed later, he could have actually let his men kill me completely. But perhaps out of a bit of family affection, he finally spared my life."
As Qi Shifeng talked about these things, a bitter smile flashed across his face.
But he seemed afraid that Xu Tingyu would notice, so he turned his face away and pretended to be relaxed.
"He's been in poor health for so many years, and his mind has become twisted. I can understand that."
But Xu Tingyu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
"Understand? What's there to understand? Qi Shifeng, he wanted to kill you, and you still understand him?"
She was really furious.
Qi Shifeng quickly explained, "I definitely don't understand or forgive him for kidnapping you and Youyou."
His explanation didn't improve Xu Tingyu's mood.
She looked even more serious. "He hurt you. Even if he's your older brother, this can't be forgiven."
Seeing a momentary look of confusion in Qi Shifeng's eyes, Xu Tingyu sighed softly in her heart. Then she held his face and looked deeply into his eyes.
"Once, I also kept brainwashing myself that my mother loved me, so it didn't matter that she did those things that hurt me."
"Moreover, she's my mother, connected to me by blood. I should understand and forgive all her crazy actions."
"But later, after I had Youyou, I realized that it wasn't like that. I had to admit that my mother simply didn't love me."
"Or rather, her love was conditional. Only when I was obedient would she spare a bit of the extra love she had for Xu Jia for me."
"But once I didn't meet her requirements or did something that threatened Xu Jia's interests, she would turn against me immediately."
"This isn't love. Love shouldn't be conditional. Even if it's decorated with blood - related kinship, it's still useless."
"But, Qi Shifeng, remember that in this world, even if no one loves us, we should love ourselves."
"Because we're good and worthy of being loved. The bond between people isn't only about blood relationship."
"A bad family member isn't a real family member."
These were all the psychological processes through which Xu Tingyu reconciled with herself.
She no longer expected her mother's love, so her mother could no longer hurt her.
Qi Shifeng was originally a soft - hearted person. Even though the old master of the Qi family had put him through many hardships in an attempt to forge him into a sword without any weakness.
But a person's nature was hard to change.
Deep in his heart, he still yearned for family affection.
If she hadn't asked, he probably wouldn't have let anyone know that Qi Ye had tried to kill him several times.
"Qi Shifeng, Qi Ye has done so many bad things. He shouldn't go unpunished."
Finally, Xu Tingyu firmly expressed her decision.
Although she wasn't sure yet if Qi Ye had harmed Xu Jia, what he had done was already enough to land him in jail several times.
Qi Shifeng's originally somewhat confused eyes had become calm and determined under her gentle words.
He hugged her again and smiled. "I originally planned to send him to jail too."
He had already been preparing the evidence. The reason he cooperated with Du Jiran was also because he valued the influence of the Du family in the UK.
But he didn't expect that Xu Tingyu would recall the past ahead of time.
He was also shocked when he learned that Xu Tingyu's amnesia wasn't an accident.
Back then, Qi Ye had informed him that Xu Tingyu had lost her memory after slipping in the bathroom.
The two of them met, and Qi Ye said that this was a chance given by God for Xu Tingyu to make a new choice.
This time, without the forced marriage at the beginning and the child later, would she still choose Qi Shifeng?
Qi Shifeng had always felt guilty about what had happened four years ago, so he agreed to this approach.
Since it was God's will, he would give Xu Tingyu a chance to choose again.
Xu Tingyu was first and foremost herself, and then Youyou's mother.
Many years ago, they had been forced by the old man to get married and had become a couple full of resentment.
Now, he didn't want her to force herself to return to him because of Youyou.
But he didn't expect that Qi Ye was so treacherous. The amnesia was his deliberate doing.
Not only was the amnesia deliberate, but he also took advantage of his close relationship with Xu Tingyu to tell her a lot of confusing things.
He had been scheming for a long time, creating a real - life version of "The Truman Show". He was the one who didn't care about Xu Tingyu's real feelings.