Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 163 Thoughts and Observations: Only Her

As soon as he said that, Yan Shiyu's gaze immediately fell on him.

Tang Xu did not look at him.

Her expression was calm, not as if she were recounting a painful past event, but rather as if she were talking about something unrelated to herself.

Gao Yan was momentarily stunned, but quickly apologized after regaining his composure: "Miss Tang, please don't misunderstand. My concerns are not because I doubt your motives for helping, but because... I'm worried that something might happen to you."

Tang Xu smiled at him, "I know you're not that kind of person, but I should still make my stance clear."

Gao Yan felt a little embarrassed. After a moment's pause, he cautiously asked, "When you said you were kidnapped before, were you referring to the time with Qin Jian and his wife?"

"No." Tang Xu's reaction remained calm. "It happened a long time ago."

After hearing this, Gao Yan decided not to ask any further questions.

He glanced at Yan Shiyu again, said nothing more, and left quickly.

As soon as he left, the almost stagnant atmosphere returned to the room.

Not long after, Song Luobai's takeout arrived. He took the takeout and returned to his room, closing the door once again.

At the dining table, the carefully prepared dinner for three remained untouched by anyone.

Tang Xu spent most of his time in his room, while Yan Shiyu sat at one end of the sofa the whole time. Tang Xu came and went several times, but Yan Shiyu never moved an inch.

In the dead of night, as the clock struck twelve, Tang Xu emerged from the bathroom once more. Yan Shiyu remained seated there quietly, her gaze fixed on the phone in front of her, unmoved.

A few seconds later, Tang Xu finally spoke: "They probably won't call again today, Mr. Yan, why don't you—"

She had only spoken halfway when Song Luobai's phone screen on the table suddenly lit up, followed by a nerve-wracking ringtone.

Yan Shiyu slowly raised his eyes to look at her.

Tang Xu had already withdrawn her gaze from him, stepped forward, picked up her phone, and answered the call.

The voice on the other end of the phone was the same one, completely unremarkable—

"Miss Tang, I'm sorry to bother you so late. Could you please ask Mr. Yan if he has the money ready?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu immediately said, "Didn't they say we had 24 hours to raise the money? Less than twelve hours have passed."

The other party chuckled and said, "I think with Mr. Yan's efficiency, he should be able to surprise me."

Tang Xu finally looked at Yan Shiyu again.

Yan Shiyu nodded slightly.

Tang Xu then replied, "The money's all raised, so what's next?"

"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Tang to make the trip. It's parking lot number 176 on Sanglin Street. Miss Tang, please drive there with the money, and then leave. Leave the car and the money behind, understand?"

"What about the time limit?"

"Within one hour."

"That Ji Shiqing—"

Before Tang Xu could finish her question, the other party had already hung up the phone.

On the other side, Yan Shiyu had already called Gao Yan directly.

"No. 176 Sanglin Street, send the car and money there together."

Tang Xu hadn't put her phone down yet when she heard this, and couldn't help but look at him. Yan Shiyu simply gave that one instruction and then hung up.

The meaning is quite obvious.

He didn't need her to deliver the ransom.

Ultimately, this matter concerns the Yan family, and Yan Shiyu is the final decision-maker. Even if Tang Xu wants to help, he cannot disregard their wishes.

Therefore, she didn't say anything more and turned back to her room.

Just as she stepped into the room, her phone suddenly vibrated.

Tang Xu looked down and saw a message sent by Gao Yan.

Not long after, the doorbell rang.

Tang Xu came out of the room, opened the door, and met her neighbor aunt next door.

"Xiao Tang, thank goodness you're still awake. I can't seem to get any channels on my TV. Could you please take a look? You know, as we get older, we need less sleep. If I can't watch TV, I'm really going to have insomnia until dawn..."

As they spoke, the other person pulled Tang Xu out the door.

Ten minutes later, Tang Xu got into the car that Gao Yan had prepared downstairs.

“Miss Tang, thank you so much.” Gao Yan looked at her. “Mr. Yan doesn’t want anything to happen to Ji Shiqing, and he doesn’t want anything to happen to you either, so let me make this decision for him. Don’t worry, everything is arranged. You’re just going to deliver the ransom; nothing will happen to you.”

Tang Xu didn't say much, closed the car door, and started the car.

The roads were clear at night, and she arrived at the parking lot designated by the kidnappers in less than twenty minutes.

It was a small, empty surface parking lot. The few cars there looked like abandoned vehicles, dirty and dilapidated, and it was unclear how long they had been parked there.

Tang Xu drove the car to the designated location and parked it, but couldn't help looking around.

The entire parking lot was completely dark, making it rather eerie in the darkness.

Meanwhile, in a tall building across the street, Gao Yan was by the window, staring intently at the parking lot scene on his computer screen.

Just then, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Gao Yan glanced at the incoming call, his nerves immediately tensing up. He quickly answered the phone: "Mr. Yan?"

"How dare you?" Yan Shiyu's voice was cold and gloomy, a tone he had never heard before.

“Mr. Yan…” Gao Yan swallowed hard. “Miss Tang has already delivered the car and money. Everything is fine now. Neither she nor Ji Shiqing will be in any trouble—”

Before he finished speaking, a burst of fire suddenly rose from the darkness ahead, and almost simultaneously, a huge explosion pierced the night and reached his ears.

The image on the computer screen in front of me also stopped for a moment.

Gao Yan's mind went blank for a moment, his ears were ringing, and he could not hear anything else.

Just then, his eyes clearly saw a familiar car speeding towards him on the street below, crashing into the parking lot where the explosion had occurred without slowing down at all.

Yan Shiyu heard the explosion, and the moment the car crashed into the parking lot, he also saw the remaining sparks.

In front of those sparks stood Tang Xu's stiff figure.

She was looking back at the scene of the explosion.

Under the bright white beams of the car headlights, all Yan Shiyu could think of and see was that thin, stiff figure.

He suddenly pushed open the car door, got out, strode forward, and pulled Tang Xu into his arms.