Marriage Seduction Addiction

Yan Shiyu verbally agreed with "okay," but in reality, he didn't fall asleep until dawn.

Even so, this was one of the few good nights I'd had in months.

After half a year, I finally entered this room again and lay on this bed, feeling as if I had been through another world.

Although this room is not quite the same as before—

She rearranged the bed, added a new dresser at the foot of the bed, and the stereo system he had personally set up was nowhere to be seen...

But in the end, it was her room, a room filled with her presence.

It's reassuring and satisfying enough.

After an unknown amount of time, the person in her arms suddenly asked, "Are you asleep?"

After a moment of silence, Yan Shiyu reached out and touched the back of her head, answering silently.

Tang Xu didn't ask anything more.

After waking up, she couldn't fall back asleep.

Even though her emotions overcame her reason last night, and her heartache for him completely prevailed, she still couldn't help but think about many things after the night was over.

She stubbornly wanted to know everything about him, but after last night, she knew clearly that the past she wanted to uncover was nothing but unspeakable pain for him.

There are many things that she may only know the general outline of, and she may not be able to explore them further.

Because I can't bear it.

She couldn't bear to repeatedly dredge up his pain, forcing him to relive and confront it again and again.

But how much of her life can someone who is only a vague outline occupy?
How long can this relationship last?

In Tang Xu's heart, she could never find a definite answer.

She was almost lost in thought when she heard another sound from Yan Shiyu's side.

Tang Xu slowly opened her eyes and saw him lifting the covers and getting up.

"Are you getting up already?" Tang Xu couldn't help but ask.

Yan Shiyu did not turn around, but simply said, "I'm going to the restroom."

"Oh," Tang Xu responded softly, then lay back down on the bed.

However, after he fell asleep, Yan Shiyu was not seen returning to his room until the sky outside gradually brightened.

Tang Xu waited for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, so she got up and left the room.

It was quiet outside the room. Tang Xu walked straight to the closed door of the bathroom, but there was no sound from inside either.

Tang Xu stood at the bathroom door for a long time.

If Yan Shiyu's clothes, shoes, and socks hadn't still been left in the room, she would have almost suspected that he had already left.

But now, he hasn't left, and nearly two hours have passed without him making a sound.

Tang Xu should have knocked on the door and asked him if there was a problem.

But the moment she raised her hand, it abruptly stopped in mid-air.

For a moment, she felt afraid and hesitated.

She was afraid that if she knocked on the door, something unexpected would happen.

It put him in an embarrassing situation.

It was a situation that also frightened her.

Tang Xu stood frozen at the door for a long time, but the hand never managed to knock.

Before she could even sort out her conflicted and hesitant thoughts, a noise finally came from the bathroom—

It sounded like a showerhead.

but……

Tang Xu turned her head and looked towards the kitchen.

The water heater did not start.

The sound of the showerhead continuing.

Tang Xu stood there for a long time before finally turning around and going back to her room.

Nearly half an hour later, the bedroom door was opened again.

Tang Xu sat on the edge of the bed and looked up to see Yan Shiyu walking in, wearing only a bath towel. His hair was still wet, and there were still faint water droplets on his body. Instead of exuding the warmth and relaxation of someone who had just taken a shower, he was tense all over.

Tang Xu knew that it was because he was taking a cold shower.

On such a freezing day, even though there was heating in the house, Tang Xu still couldn't imagine what it would be like to take a half-hour cold shower.

But she really wanted to know.

Tang Xu suddenly stood up and walked closer to Yan Shiyu.

However, the moment she approached, Yan Shiyu's first reaction was to take a half step back.

Tang Xu clearly saw his action, raised her eyes again, and walked closer to him without hesitation.

Their bodies were almost touching when Tang Xu reached out and gently stroked his body.

Sure enough, his body was very cold.

The coolness was almost from the inside out; she couldn't even feel a trace of warmth beneath his skin.

This feeling made Tang Xu feel uneasy.

How could a living person have such a body temperature?

This is not normal, it is extremely abnormal.

It was as if he didn't actually exist, as if he would disappear from her sight at any moment...

Tang Xu suddenly reached out and hugged his cold body tightly.

The moment our skin touched felt like the fusion of ice and fire.

But Tang Xu knew that she was not fire.

She does not possess the heat or energy of fire.

But she still wanted him to warm her heart.

Even knowing that her body temperature was only a drop in the ocean, she was still willing to open herself up and accept everything about him.

Under that icy body temperature, all of Yan Shiyu's senses seemed to freeze. After a long time, he finally reached out and gently stroked her back.

"Aren't you afraid?"

When he spoke again, he still uttered those three words.

He asked her the same question almost obsessively, repeatedly.

Tang Xu knew that he cared about something.

Of course she was afraid.

She had so many fears—

I fear his unknown past, his "abnormal" life, his inexplicable deep affection, and his loss of control when he is betrayed...

But what she feared most was that moment just now.

I couldn't perceive the moment he truly existed.

If he really disappears, what does it matter what happened before, what happened, or what he experienced?
Only by holding him like this, letting his body warm up little by little, and finally truly feeling his presence, did her heart finally settle down.

"I'm not afraid." She repeated her previous answer, "If you're not afraid, then I'm not afraid either."

……

Half an hour later, Gao Yan sent someone to bring up breakfast, along with the medicine that Yan Shiyu needed to take.

Tang Xu placed the still-warm breakfast on the table one by one, her gaze falling on the bag of pills, and she couldn't help but be a little lost in thought.

Tang Xu only looked up at Yan Shiyu after he finished dressing and came out of the room.

Upon noticing the scene at the dining table, Yan Shiyu quickly stepped forward, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Tang Xu had just placed a cup of hot milk in front of him when she saw his hand already reaching for the medicine bag next to him.

"What are you doing?" Tang Xu suddenly reached out and pressed down on the medicine bag.

Yan Shiyu looked up at her, her eyes seemingly puzzled.

"Who taught you to take medicine without eating?"

Yan Shiyu seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "This way of absorption will be better."

"So you don't want your stomach anymore?" Tang Xu stared intently at him. "If you don't want it, just say so beforehand, so I don't have to worry about it." (End of Chapter)