Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 199: Why didn't you say so earlier that guests were coming?
Upon hearing Jiang Muchen's words, Tang Xu's face drained of color for a moment.

It wasn't because of panic or fear, but because a long-buried secret was suddenly unearthed, catching people off guard and making it difficult to face.

After all, it had always been her deepest secret, a secret that had never been known to anyone.

Song Yuting and Qin Yun have kept this secret all along and never intended for her to know.

But she still found out everything by accident when she was seventeen.

This matter became a secret shared by her and Song Yuting.

Even though they never mentioned it, everything gradually became clearer in her mind.

From then on, everything was different.

Jiang Muchen knew this secret because Song Yuting, who had witnessed her transformation, hoped to use the same secret to move Jiang Muchen.

Song Yuting believed that all the barriers between Jiang Muchen and her stemmed from his misunderstanding of her initial purpose. She thought that as long as this misunderstanding was cleared up, they would have a chance to start over, and she could still find happiness with him.

Little did Tang Xu know that she had never placed her hopes for happiness on Jiang Muchen.

At this moment, she was even more grateful that she had never had that kind of emotional attachment.

She knew that Jiang Muchen knew this secret, but the reason he had never mentioned or expressed his opinion was simply because the time was not right.

At a certain point, this secret will be transformed into a deadly weapon.

He would personally shoot this arrow at her, straight into her heart—

Just like now.

Seeing the color drain from Tang Xu's face instantly, Jiang Muchen seemed pleased. A satisfied look flashed across his eyes, as if he had finally found a way to torment her.

He's in pain, so he'll make her feel even more pain!

But the next moment, he saw that Tang Xu's expression quickly returned to normal, and his heart, which had just calmed down a little, suddenly surged with anger and resentment again.

"How my father views me is none of your business," Tang Xu said, a mocking smile playing on her lips. Jiang Muchen grabbed her arm. "You're not a daughter of the Song family at all. Aren't you afraid I'll expose this secret?"

Tang Xu couldn't help but chuckle, looked up at him, and said, "I don't even have the surname Song, so why would I care whether I'm a daughter of the Song family or not?"

"Is that so?" Jiang Muchen's cold gaze was on the verge of cracking. "You may not care, but many people are probably curious: if you're not Song Yuting's daughter, then whose daughter are you? And you? Aren't you curious yourself? Or did you already know all along?"

Jiang Muchen's words were initially tinged with obvious anger, but by the time he finished speaking, his tone had become nonchalant.

It was as if he had regained his leverage.

It's a bargaining chip that allows us to continue tormenting her.

Tang Xu looked at him quietly, without saying anything for a moment.

That's right. Given Jiang Muchen's personality, how could he possibly keep such a secret to himself?

How could he be satisfied without digging deep and finding out the causes and consequences of all the secrets?

Did he really know something, or was he just saying that on purpose to provoke her?
Tang Xu has no way of judging.

Jiang Muchen was also observing and judging her reaction.

Unfortunately, neither of them could read any answer from the other's face.

Just as the two were locked in a stalemate, the lock on the front door suddenly beeped.

Someone unlocked the door from the outside and opened it.

Tang Xu didn't even need to look to know who the person was.

Jiang Muchen stiffly turned his head and saw Yan Shiyu who had just entered the room.

He leaned against the entryway, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the scene inside the house with a calm and relaxed expression. He only said one sentence: "You didn't even tell me you had guests coming?"