Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 184 Why go to such lengths for a woman?
Although Gao Yan said it so casually, Tang Xu was still taken aback.

Fortunately, she quickly realized what she had done and apologized profusely, "I'm sorry, I didn't know..."

"It's alright, it's alright." Gao Yan waved his hands repeatedly. "Miss Tang, please don't feel sorry. I grew up in an orphanage in Huai City, so this issue isn't a problem for me. Anyway, I've already accepted and adapted to it, so it's nothing."

Before Tang Xu's guilt had subsided, new questions arose.

Before breaking up with Yan Shiyu, she asked Gao Yan how long he had been with Yan Shiyu, and Gao Yan's answer was more than ten years.

In other words, he had been by Yan Shiyu's side since he was a teenager.

At that time, she only thought that Gao Yan and Yan Shiyu must have known each other since they were young, which is why they had been together for so many years.

But now, Gao Yan tells her that he grew up in an orphanage in Huai City.

How could he have been following Yan Shiyu since he was a teenager?
Didn't Yan Shiyu grow up abroad from a young age?

She had a series of questions in her mind and wanted to ask them, but she was afraid of hurting Gao Yan's feelings again. For a moment, she was stunned and didn't know how to start.

Gao Yan, however, was completely unaware of what was happening. He said to Tang Xu, "Mr. Yan will probably be coming over this evening. Miss Tang, do you have any plans for this afternoon? Would you like me to take you?"

After a moment's thought, Tang Xu said, "I was just thinking of visiting a school nearby. If you're free, would you like to come with me?"

Gao Yan naturally nodded in agreement immediately.

Tang Xu went back to her room and tidied up a bit before leaving the hotel with Gao Yan.

Upon arriving at the target school, Gao Yan seemed taken aback for a moment before saying, "Miss Tang, what brings you to visit this school? It's not exactly a prestigious institution..."

"I happened to be passing by yesterday and thought the scenery looked nice, so I thought I'd come and take a look. I had nothing else to do anyway, so I thought I'd just take a walk."

Gao Yan smiled and nodded.

The two strolled leisurely through the vast campus. At one point, Gao Yan walked away to answer a phone call, while Tang Xu headed towards the nearby library.

Just as she reached the corner, a woman carrying a bag suddenly rushed towards her from the opposite direction and bumped into Tang Xu.

I'm sorry.

"Excuse me--"

The two apologized almost simultaneously. Tang Xu, having chatted with Gao Yan the whole way, hadn't switched back to her original language immediately. When she realized it, she found that the woman in front of her didn't seem to mind her language at all, and had even switched back to her own language smoothly.

"So we're compatriots. I'm so sorry, I left in a bit too quickly."

"I wasn't looking carefully at the road either, I'm sorry." Tang Xu smiled slightly at her.

Including this time, this is the third time she has met this completely unfamiliar young woman.

How can it not be considered fate?
It could even be described as an unexpected surprise.

After all, she had only guessed at the time and thought she would try her luck here, but she never expected to actually run into him.

Tang Xu still remembers the first time she met her, she had long hair. Now she has a neat shoulder-length bob, which makes her look more like a student compared to the first time they met. However, her delicate and beautiful eyebrows and eyes still have a sharp edge.

But at this moment, that sharpness was somewhat softened by the anxiety on his face.

The woman nodded slightly to her, then turned and quickly left.

Clearly, she didn't recognize Tang Xu at all.

Watching her leave, Tang Xu didn't linger either.

She turned around and found Gao Yan, who was still on the phone, pulled him to the parking lot, and took the driver's seat.

When Tang Xu drove out of the campus, the woman he had just seen was standing by the roadside, observing the vehicles on the road while staring at the ride-hailing app on her phone.

Tang Xu's car pulled up in front of her at just the right moment. "Do you need a driver?"

The woman was visibly startled when she saw Tang Xu.

She was probably really anxious. She looked at Tang Xu, then at Gao Yan sitting in the passenger seat, and finally made up her mind, opened the car door and got in.

"Thank you. Please drop me off at a convenient place where you can hail a taxi along the way."

"Just tell me your destination. We're free right now, so I can take you there."

Upon hearing this, the woman paused for a moment before saying, "I'm so sorry." "It's alright," Tang Xu said, glancing at her in the rearview mirror. "Weren't you in a hurry?"

The woman hesitated for a moment before finally giving the address of a sanatorium in the suburbs.

On the way to the nursing home, Tang Xu and the woman exchanged names and Tang Xu learned that her name was Qiao Ling and that she was currently studying in Boston while taking care of her family.

Since it was their first meeting, Tang Xu didn't ask too many questions, just chatted for a bit, and then escorted Qiao Ling to her destination.

The sanatorium is located on a hillside in the suburbs, in a very quiet and rustic place, and cars can only drive up to the entrance.

Qiao Ling thanked Tang Xu repeatedly, exchanged contact information with him, then got out of the car and hurriedly ran into the gate.

Tang Xu sat in the car, quietly watching her figure disappear from sight, before getting out of the car and walking around it to take a closer look at the surroundings.

As she prepared to leave, she turned back once more and looked at the sanatorium in front of her again and again.

Gao Yan had been silent the whole way there, but he finally started talking more when it was time to leave.

"Is that Miss Qiao someone special?" Gao Yan asked.

In fact, Tang Xu behaved normally the whole way. Although it was unusual for her to drive more than 40 minutes to give a ride to a complete stranger, it was not impossible for her to do so.

If she hadn't stopped and observed at the entrance of the sanatorium earlier, Gao Yan probably wouldn't have asked that question.

Tang Xu said, "It may not be true for us, but for some people, she is definitely special."

Gao Yan vaguely sensed something, paused, and finally spoke: "You're not talking about Yan Fengqi, are you?"

The answer is actually very obvious.

At this moment, in the city of Boston, the only one worthy of such extensive attention is probably Yan Fengqi.

Gao Yan sat up almost immediately. "Miss Tang, what are you planning to do?"

"What I needed to do, I already did," Tang Xu replied.

Gao Yan was a little slow to react.

Just now? What did she just do? She took Qiao Ling to the sanatorium, and then walked around the entrance?
"Wait, if Yan Fengqi came to Boston for her, then he might already know that you and Qiao Ling had interacted—"

“Yes,” Tang Xu replied, “It’s enough that he knows.”

"You mean..." Gao Yan's mind raced, "that we'd make him think we'd do something to Qiao Ling, and use that to blackmail him?"

“He should also be more vigilant.” Tang Xu looked ahead with a deep gaze. “People with weaknesses should be more cautious. Otherwise, they’ll live too easily.”

Gao Yan slowly exhaled, and after a while, he whispered again, "But, given Yan Fengqi's style, would he go to such lengths for a woman?"

"I don't know," Tang Xu said. "Maybe Qiao Ling is his enemy, someone he'd love to kill?"

Gao Yan's eyes widened slightly.

This is indeed possible, and quite likely.

If that's really the case, Yan Fengqi will probably be even more ruthless after learning that Tang Xu and Qiao Ling have a connection.

"Then Miss Qiao, she..."

“She cheated me once, and I cheated her once, so we’re even,” Tang Xu said. “I don’t feel sorry about it.”

Gao Yan was even more confused upon hearing this, "When did she ever cheat you?"

Tang Xu did not answer.

Admittedly, if Qiao Ling really is Yan Fengqi's enemy, then she might be in real danger this time.

But Tang Xu trusted her intuition.

In fact, there is no hatred without a cause.

They hated him so much that they crossed oceans and chased him to distant continents, going to great lengths to achieve their goal.

Tang Xu really wanted to see what kind of hatred was like.