Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 133 Bureau
After Yan Shiyu took her seat, the birthday banquet officially began.

Because the Yan family was not very prosperous, and there were only two direct descendants of the old master Yan present, Yan Fengqi and Yan Shiyu, there was no part of the birthday celebration on stage.

Although it was a joyous occasion, Grandpa Yan did not wish to give any speech in public. Therefore, in the end, Yan Shiyu went on stage to thank the guests on behalf of Grandpa Yan and led all the guests in toasting Grandpa Yan to celebrate his birthday.

After the banquet began, people came up one after another to toast Old Master Yan individually. Yan Shiyu stayed by Old Master Yan's side almost the entire time, chatting and drinking with each guest.

At the second table, Jiang Muchen never glanced at the first table again after the banquet began, but instead coldly drank one cup of wine after another.

Yan Qianshan saw his reaction and, while watching Yan Shiyu's movements, couldn't help but lower his voice and ask again, "Didn't you say he might not be able to come? Why did he still show up?"

Jiang Muchen took another sip of wine before letting out a cold laugh and saying, "I'm not a god. How could I possibly know everything about other people's schedules?"

Judging from his tone, Yan Qianshan knew that things had not developed as Jiang Muchen had predicted. He just didn't know how things would have turned out if Jiang had predicted them.

Jiang Muchen didn't give him a chance to ask any more questions. After finishing his drink, he got up and walked out, leaving without a word.

Yan Shiyu had just finished a drink with someone else when she glanced up and saw Jiang Muchen's back. Her expression remained unchanged, and she casually looked away.

Jiang Beiheng was also watching Jiang Muchen's figure.

His eyes held a clear hint of worry, and he didn't look away until Jiang Muchen's figure disappeared from sight.

Turning his head, he found that Yan Shiyu had somehow appeared beside him and was toasting him with a glass of wine.

"I should apologize for what happened to Mr. Ni," Yan Shiyu said.

Jiang Beiheng chuckled and picked up the wine glass in front of him.

Tang Xu immediately reached out to stop him, "Dad?"

"It's alright," Jiang Beiheng said. "Shi Yu and I just had a small sip, it's nothing serious."

Tang Xu was clearly still worried, but she didn't say anything more. She glanced at Yan Shiyu and then quickly looked away.

“These things happen all the time in business,” Jiang Beiheng said, raising his glass to Yan Shiyu. “You don’t need to take it to heart.”

Yan Shiyu took a sip of wine before saying, "I'm relieved to hear you say that. After all, with so many rumors circulating, someone has to be clear-headed about the whole thing."

Jiang Beiheng nodded and smiled, saying, "You're right. Times have changed after all. You young people have your own way of doing things, and I'm sure the old man won't interfere, let alone me."

Yan Shiyu nodded slowly, glanced briefly at Tang Xu beside him, said nothing more, and turned back to Old Master Yan's side.

His apology was insincere, which was evident to everyone outside the Tang Xu incident, let alone Jiang Beiheng.

However, Yan Shiyu has always been praised by everyone for his conduct and dealings with others. If he did not want to apologize, he could have done nothing and no one would have criticized him.

Why put on such an insincere apology?

Tang Xu was somewhat confused, but she saw that Jiang Beiheng's expression remained calm, and after sitting down, he even sighed softly.

"Why is Dad sighing?" Tang Xu asked.

Jiang Beiheng glanced again in the direction of the gate, as if he could still see Jiang Muchen's departing figure. After sighing, he said, "It's going to be difficult to be relatives with these days. It's only natural to sigh."

Tang Xu vaguely sensed something.

"Has something happened between Jiang Muchen and Yan Shiyu again?" Tang Xu asked in a low voice.

“I’m not entirely sure about that either,” Jiang Beiheng said. “I’m afraid we’ll only know the answer later.”

Meanwhile, Jiang Muchen, who had left early, was sitting in his car listening to Tan Siyi's report over the phone—"Mr. Jiang, I haven't found out where things went wrong yet... The investigation team only took action after confirming that Yan Shiyu had entered Lei Peng's private room, but Yan Shiyu wasn't there. The investigation team only took Lei Peng away..."

"What about the connection between Lei Peng and Yan Shiyu?" Jiang Mu asked in a deep, cold voice.

“No…” Tan Siyi said, “Yan Shiyu was supposed to have brought bribe money with him, but nothing was found… so the investigation team couldn’t do anything about him.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muchen sneered and said, "So, you set up such a big scheme, but in the end, you only managed to get Lei Peng involved, while Yan Shiyu remained unharmed, is that right?"

Tan Siyi remained silent for a moment before speaking again: "There are rumors circulating outside that Lei Peng's incident is related to the Jiang family's report. The source of this news is—"

Jiang Muchen hung up the phone before the call was finished. He stared coldly at the rapidly receding scenery outside the car window, and after a long while, he suddenly let out a cold laugh.

They actually fell into the trap they dug themselves.

Even Jiang Muchen has moments like this.

His life, which had always been smooth sailing and where he could get whatever he wanted, seemed to have finally met its match.

That's quite interesting.

……

Tang Xu only learned what had happened that night from a phone call between Jiang Beiheng and someone else on the way back from being driven by Jiang Beiheng.

Jiang Muchen used Lei Peng to set a trap for Yan Shiyu, a trap that was extremely ruthless and vicious from the very first move.

Such things are commonplace in the business world, so anyone in the business world would likely be able to easily catch someone doing the same thing.

Therefore, when Yan Shiyu made a clean getaway and successfully appeared at the banquet, the two of them reacted in that way.

After hearing this, Tang Xu felt her lips become slightly dry.

She couldn't believe she had witnessed some of the moments when this situation was born.

She dared not imagine what would happen if Yan Shiyu really fell into this trap.

Even though it didn't actually happen, it still made her feel scared.

After Jiang Beiheng finished his call, he remained silent for a long time before turning to look at Tang Xu. "Were you scared?"

Tang Xu did not answer.

Jiang Beiheng sighed again, and after a moment of silence, said, "He hasn't been in good shape lately. I know he's definitely planning something, but I'm not sure what it is. No wonder Yan Shiyu acted that way today."

“Business competition is supposed to be aboveboard,” Tang Xu finally spoke up. “If you have to resort to such methods when you can’t win, then that’s really too terrifying.”

“If you can be there to say these things to him, then you have someone who can advise him.”

"Dad, do you think it's possible?" Tang Xu asked slowly.

“Maybe,” Jiang Beiheng said. “He’s different now than before. He’ll definitely listen to what you say.”

Tang Xu couldn't help but chuckle and turned to look at him. "That's not what I meant."

Jiang Beiheng looked at her calmly.

Tang Xu slowly began, “Dad, I know what your expectations have always been. There are some things I’ve never told you outright… When you were in a coma in the hospital, I seemed fine, carrying the company on my own… But in reality, I was on the verge of collapse; I was just putting on a brave face. Before that, everything he did could be forgiven, but from that day on, nothing could be forgiven. He didn’t stop when he should have stopped, and he stopped when I hated him the most. Dad, please tell me, how can I fulfill your expectations in the face of someone like that?”