Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 20 She's so well-behaved like this.

Much later, Tang Xu on horseback slowly opened his eyes.

Wrapped in a beige men's cashmere coat, with a man's warm, heaving chest behind her, a slight shiver ran through her long-stiff and cold skin, and the temperature she had lost was slowly returning to normal.

That was... his temperature.

Tang Xu leaned against it obediently, remaining silent throughout.

The horse's hooves gradually slowed down, and it finally stopped in front of a villa that it had never seen before.

Yan Shiyu dismounted and, after landing, turned around and handed her his hand.

Tang Xu sensed her still somewhat numb legs and hesitated for a moment before not moving.

"Can't get down?" Yan Shiyu asked.

Tang Xu lowered her eyes and said, "Mm."

The one hand in front of her changed to two hands. Tang Xu leaned forward slightly and was lifted off the horse by the man, who carried her all the way into the villa.

The villa's furnishings weren't new, but they were very clean, indicating that it had been regularly cleaned and maintained.

"here it is……"

"The Yan family's vacation villa." Yan Shiyu helped her into the sofa. "It's inconvenient for you to go back to the resort like this."

Tang Xu nodded in agreement.

Indeed, what would people think if they saw him bringing her back from outside, frozen stiff, in the dead of night?
Just like Yan Shiyu, who is innocent and upright, he should not be disturbed by such rumors.

She rubbed her leg and said softly, "I have to thank Mr. Yan again. It's all thanks to your habit of going out riding a horse in the middle of the night..."

Yan Shiyu sat on the sofa opposite her. Upon hearing this, he gently raised his eyes, his deep pupils gazing intently at her.

It was as if one could read something from her face.

Tang Xu had been frozen for a long time, and her pale face was flushed with an unnatural redness, but her expression was surprisingly calm, showing no signs of the lingering fear of surviving a disaster.

"What if I don't go out tonight?" Yan Shiyu asked.

"Then I'm probably destined to freeze to death in the wilderness." She seemed fearless, tilting her head and laughing. "When you come up the mountain again tomorrow, you can help me collect my body."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes and brows seemed to grow colder.

The change was extremely subtle, yet Tang Xu still sensed it.

Indeed, what she said was truly unlucky; who would want to hear it?
"Sorry, I was rambling," Tang Xu said.

Yan Shiyu's silent gaze fell on her. "There's nothing to be afraid of in your nonsense. What's scary is that your words might come true and you'll regret it later."

This sentence contained a lot of information, but Tang Xu pretended not to understand it.

After a moment of silence, Tang Xu changed the subject: "I'd like to take a hot shower. Is it convenient for you here, Mr. Yan?"

He seemed genuinely unwilling to engage with her, and after a long pause, he finally replied, "There are bathrooms in all the rooms on the second floor; feel free to use them."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu struggled to stand up.

Her movements were stiff and slow, but Yan Shiyu eventually got up and came over to help her.

"It's okay, I'll move around a bit and I can walk up by myself." Tang Xu smiled at him.

Yan Shiyu glanced at her and withdrew his hand.

Tang Xu dragged her still somewhat numb legs upstairs.

Tang Xu randomly picked a room, turned on the shower, and let the hot water pour over her body.

The steam rose and quickly filled the entire bathroom.

Tang Xu slowly closed her eyes and looked up to let the warm water wash over her face.

Yan Shiyu saved her, but didn't ask her anything.

Why didn't she go back to the resort? Why was she alone in the snow? Why didn't she call for help?

If it were someone else, they would probably have a barrage of questions.

But he didn't have a single one.

He didn't care, or... did he already have the answer in his heart?
As sensation gradually returned to my skin, the phrase "escaping death" finally became tangible. Hope, most of the time, is elusive; even with all our might, we can't grasp it at all.

But sometimes, even just a tiny bit, just that tiny bit, is enough to pull someone out of a desperate situation...

Tang Xu felt that she had come back to life.

……

After taking a shower, it was already very late at night. Tang Xu didn't have her phone and couldn't even tell the time.

There was nothing in the room to pass the time, so she sat on the bed with her knees drawn up to her chest and counted her toes.

After counting it over and over again countless times, Tang Xu finally got up and left the room.

In the small hall on the second floor, the wall clock showed that it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Tang Xu recalled that at this time yesterday, Yan Shiyu should still be riding a horse outdoors.

And now?

Has he gone out for another night ride, or has he already rested?

She glanced back at the other three rooms on the second floor, then turned and went downstairs.

However, Tang Xu stopped halfway down the stairs.

Yan Shiyu was not on the second floor, nor did she go out; instead, she remained sitting downstairs.

He sat on the sofa with his eyes closed, his black cashmere shirt perfectly outlining his broad shoulders and narrow waist. Even in his sleep, his posture remained upright and restrained, and his expression still held the indifference she was used to seeing.

Tang Xu stood on the stairs and watched him quietly for a moment, then turned around and went back to her room, took the cashmere coat she had wrapped upstairs earlier, and went back downstairs.

She tiptoed up to Yan Shiyu and carefully draped her coat over his shoulders when Yan Shiyu suddenly realized what was happening. Before he even opened his eyes, he had already grabbed her hand.

Tang Xu was startled.

Because his palms were very hot, an abnormally hot kind of hot.

Tang Xu reached out her other hand and touched his forehead directly. "You have a fever."

She had just finished showering, her body still smelling of shower gel and shampoo, but her clean and smooth face was clearly etched with worry.

Yan Shiyu's gaze was deep and unwavering. Only now did he slowly release her hand. "Weren't you afraid that getting close to me would have a bad influence?"

Tang Xu paused slightly.

Yan Shiyu looked away, pulled her hand away, stood up, took the coat from her hand, and put it on.

"You can rest here. I'll have someone come pick you up tomorrow."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Tang Xu asked, "Where are you going?"

"Back to the mountain villa."

As they were talking, Yan Shiyu prepared to go out.

Tang Xu snapped out of her daze, quickly stepped forward, turned around and blocked his way, looking at him very seriously, "You need to bring down your fever."

Yan Shiyu calmly met her gaze.

Tang Xu gripped his hand tightly. "You have a fever, and you still have to ride back to the manor. It's so cold outside. If Mr. Yan faints on the way, whose fault will it be?"

Yan Shiyu did not answer.

Tang Xu released him and stepped back to the front door, locking it directly. "Last time I had a fever and fainted, you didn't just leave me on the side of the road. This time, I can't let you leave either."

When she mentioned "last time," Yan Shiyu's eyes flickered slightly.

"It's just the two of us here, so it doesn't matter whether it makes a difference or not," Tang Xu said. "Consider it my way of repaying a debt of gratitude."

Yan Shiyu's brow twitched slightly, as if she didn't like this reason.

Tang Xu pulled him back to sit on the sofa, then turned to look around, "Since this is a vacation villa, there should be commonly used medicines here—"

"What if I say no?" Yan Shiyu asked slowly, "How do you plan to bring down my fever?"

(End of this chapter)