Marriage Seduction Addiction

The next morning, before seven o'clock, Tang Xu was awakened by the sound of the person next to him getting up.

She opened her eyes, checked the time, squinted at the man who had just sat up, and asked somewhat groggily, "So early?"

Tang Xu was truly impressed that he managed to get up so early this morning after staying up so late.

"I have an appointment for morning tea," Yan Shiyu replied simply. "You can continue sleeping."

"Oh." Tang Xu didn't stand on ceremony. She turned over, closed her eyes, and was about to fall asleep again.

When Yan Shiyu finished washing up and returned to the bedroom to get his clothes and prepare to leave, Tang Xu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him.

"It's Saturday today, you can't come over tonight." Tang Xu seemed to suddenly wake up, and told him this very important matter with great seriousness.

Yan Shiyu glanced at her, then suddenly turned around and went to her side.

Tang Xu immediately sensed the danger and quickly wrapped himself in the blanket and rolled to the other side. After several attempts to hide and struggle, he was finally caught by Yan Shiyu. After a lot of commotion, they finally got rid of this big shot.

After the commotion, Tang Xu was no longer sleepy. She got up and cleaned the house and rooms, removing all traces of dirt. When she saw that it was past eight o'clock, she thought that Jiang Beiheng should have already gotten up by then, so she sat down, picked up her phone, and made a call.

The phone rang for a while before being answered. Jiang Beiheng's voice was filled with laughter as he said, "Your call comes at a good time. Isn't your birthday coming up soon? The birthday present I sent you just arrived last night. If you don't have time to come and pick it up, I'll have someone deliver it to you."

Tang Xu breathed a slight sigh of relief when she heard that his voice sounded fairly energetic. After a pause, she said, "Thank you, Dad. Do you have time today? I'll come over to pick it up later and have lunch with you while I'm at it."

Jiang Beiheng was naturally overjoyed.

Tang Xu quickly tidied herself up and rushed to the Jiang family mansion.

The mansion was as quiet and deserted as ever. When Tang Xu entered, the huge living room was empty and there was no one there.

Tang Xu guessed that Jiang Beiheng should be upstairs at this moment, but she did not go upstairs, but went to the kitchen instead.

The aroma of cooking wafted from the kitchen. Tang Xu stood at the doorway, watching the people bustling around inside, and called out, "Sister Ying."

Yingjie was startled, but when she looked up and saw her, she was happy. "You're back? Knowing you were coming today, your husband was so happy. He specially asked me to cook your favorite dishes. He's upstairs. Go up now."

Tang Xu nodded, but remained standing there, and asked again, "How has your health been lately, sir?"

Upon hearing this question, Yingjie seemed taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Why did you suddenly ask that?"

"I was just concerned about Mr. Tang's health, so there shouldn't be any problem asking, right?" Tang Xu said. "But Ying-jie, why didn't you answer my question directly?"

Yingjie paused for a moment, wiped her hands, and stepped forward. She hesitated before speaking, "Mainly because... the master instructed me not to say anything... especially not to tell you and the young master, so I'm not sure if I should say anything."

This sentence basically gave Tang Xu the answer, but she still couldn't believe it. "I accompanied my father to Haicheng for a physical examination just half a year ago, and at that time his health was clearly fine."

Yingjie hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, the test results were questionable at that time... For the past six months, Mr. has been going in and out of the hospital, taking medicine, and even seeing a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. He has been drinking Chinese medicine recently... It's just that you and the young master don't know... I only found out some things when I was chatting with the driver, and Mr. overheard it... He doesn't want you to know."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu turned around and went upstairs.

When Tang Xu opened the door to Jiang Beiheng's room, Jiang Beiheng had just put down his thermos. Upon seeing Tang Xu, he couldn't help but smile slightly, "You've arrived?"

Tang Xu didn't answer him. She walked straight to his side, picked up the thermos he had just put down, unscrewed it, and smelled it.

The smell of Chinese medicine. Tang Xu looked at him with a mixture of sadness and shock, "Dad?"

"What's wrong?" Jiang Beiheng remained calm. "I'm just taking some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate my body, why are you reacting so strongly?"

Tang Xu looked at him and said, "I ran into Zeng Yushan last night. I just asked Sister Ying downstairs, are you still insisting that you're okay?"

Jiang Beiheng was suddenly stunned. After a pause, he gave a wry smile and said, "Sure enough, those who have been specifically instructed are more likely to leak secrets."

Tang Xu slowly squatted down beside him, looking at him, "Why did you hide it? If there were signs of a relapse, you should have gone back to the previous hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible, instead of sneaking to the hospital to take medicine like this, afraid of being found out—"

After listening to Tang Xu's words, Jiang Beiheng remained silent for a long time before speaking again: "I've been struggling with this illness abroad for so long, and in the end, this is still the result. I'm tired and exhausted."

“Dad, you’ve never been one to shy away from medical help,” Tang Xu said, looking at him. “You’re still young, you can definitely be cured!”

Jiang Beiheng gave a helpless, bitter smile for a moment before finally speaking in a low voice, "Don't tell me I've given up hope of a cure; even if I believed this disease could be cured, I can't leave now—"

"why?"

“Jiang’s is my life’s work, and Mu Chen is my only son.” Jiang Beiheng looked at her, his expression bitter and helpless, yet resolute. “Right now, Jiang’s is going through a lot of turmoil, and he has repeatedly angered the board of directors because of his feud with Yan’s. If I’m not holding him up, he will collapse, and Jiang’s will collapse too… If he and Jiang’s collapse like this, what’s the point of me living?”

Tang Xu slowly shook her head. "Jiang Muchen is an adult. He can take responsibility for his actions. Besides, he may only be temporarily caught up in things. Once he comes to his senses, the Jiang family will definitely get back on track... Didn't he do very well in the past year or so? Why do you have to worry so much about him, Dad?"

"Raising a child means worrying for ninety-nine years." Jiang Beiheng looked at her. "You don't have children yet. Perhaps you'll understand when you become a mother one day."

Tang Xu truly doesn't understand.

Jiang Muchen's relationship with him has been severed to this point, and he still refuses to call him "Dad" even now, but he is still this father's only pillar and hope.

Isn't this ironic?
Tang Xu couldn't help but grasp his hand, lowering her head to say, "Dad, don't give up, you can't just give up like this..."

Jiang Beiheng smiled gently and said, "If I could, of course I would also like to live to be a hundred years old, but how many things in life go as planned? Isn't it true that we should leave without regrets if we can do our best to accomplish what we want to do before leaving this world?"

Tang Xu lowered his eyes and just shook his head, shaking his head uncontrollably, but he had no idea what else he could say.

Jiang Beiheng looked at her quietly for a moment, then suddenly asked, "If I said that I still hope you can join Jiang's Group, even as my representative, and enter the board of directors to help me supervise and manage Mu Chen, would you still refuse me?"

Tang Xu slowly raised her eyes to look at him, and almost without thinking, she opened her mouth and answered with a single word: "Yes".

In any case, it was impossible for her to enter the Jiang family and participate in or interfere in the struggle between Yan Shiyu and Jiang Muchen.

Even though she had drastically different feelings for these two people, and even though she desperately wanted Yan Shiyu to get what he wanted, she still had no way and no right to get involved.

As Jiang Beiheng said, the Jiang family does not belong to Jiang Muchen alone; it is also the culmination of his life's work.

She has no right to ruin someone else's life's work.

But she couldn't offer any help whatsoever.

She could only stand outside the struggle, as a bystander. (End of Chapter)