Marriage Seduction Addiction

Upon hearing this answer, Yan Shiyu couldn't help but glance at Tang Xu.

He had always felt that he knew Tang Xu quite well, at least he knew a lot about the people and things around her.

Compared to other people's lives, Tang Xu has experienced and endured a lot at a young age, but overall, she still tries to live a more normal life.

Except when it comes to making friends.

For so long, Tang Xu's world of friendships has been extremely scarce. For so long, the only person she could call a good friend was Lu Xingyan.

Lu Xingyan was also extremely far away from her.

She often carried a deep sense of loneliness.

But perhaps because she was so good at hiding it, few people noticed.

If her best friend is no longer alive, then all of this seems to make sense.

Yan Shiyu reached out and gently stroked the back of Tang Xu's head.

Tang Xu continued, "I was very rebellious when I was in school. I did all sorts of reckless things. She was the one who kept pulling me back and trying to get me back on track... Without her, I can hardly imagine what I would be like today. Sometimes I think, if she were still here, what would she be like now, and what would I be like... But no matter how much I think about it, she can never come back."

Yan Shiyu listened quietly to her, and only spoke when she fell silent: "Is today a special day?"

"No." Tang Xu smiled gently, "It's just... I suddenly missed her."

As Tang Xu was speaking, she suddenly leaned against the car window and pointed in a certain direction, "Look, there's an ice cream shop over there. It wasn't like this before. It used to be a run-down shop. We always went to that shop to eat ice cream. Lu Xingyan always said that it wasn't good for girls to eat too much ice cream, but he always insisted on paying the bill every time we bought ice cream..."

At this point, she turned back to look at him, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Lu Xingyan was also dragged back by her... Back then, Lu Xingyan and I were both bad kids. If it weren't for her never looking down on us and being willing to continue being friends with us, Lu Xingyan and I might be finished by now... So, Lu Xingyan really, really liked her, so much so that even after all these years since she left, he still can't let go..."

As she was speaking, Yan Shiyu suddenly called out to her, "Yaoyao."

Tang Xu leaned against the car window, glancing back at him slightly. Her eyes, faintly moist, revealed an undisguised sadness.

Yan Shiyu leaned slightly towards her, his warm gaze falling on her face. "Tell me, what happened?"

Tang Xu remained silent for a long time before turning her gaze back to the quiet street outside. She then whispered, "I was just thinking, if she were still here... then perhaps I wouldn't have been so foolish as to choose to marry into the Jiang family... If I hadn't married Jiang Muchen, then today, perhaps everything would be different..."

She had never done this before.

No matter how much she experienced or endured, she always blamed herself.

But today, she suddenly began to pin her hopes on her deceased friend, fantasizing that she was still alive and could lend her a hand.

This is not normal.

Very unusual.

Yan Shiyu looked at her quietly, without asking any further questions.

The matter must be related to Jiang Muchen, and in fact, he knew that Jiang Muchen had gone to see her again today—

As for what happened between the two, Yan Shiyu originally thought that Tang Xu had nothing he couldn't tell him.

But at this moment, she seems to be hesitating.

Her mind was in complete turmoil, but she still couldn't decide whether to tell him or not.

Yan Shiyu couldn't ask another question. He had too much of a past, too many secrets he wanted to hide, and she had already been so frank; he had no right to ask for more.

Silence fell over the car.

It felt like the dead of night when I drove here; it was truly just a simple act of remembrance.

Much later, Tang Xu seemed to finally emerge from that period of remembrance.

She let out a soft breath, as if saying goodbye to the past once again. Then she sat up straight and turned to look at him, her usual calm and composed demeanor restored. "Alright, I feel much better after being in the breeze for a while. Let's go back."

"Okay." Yan Shiyu answered with only one word, then turned the car around and drove back towards Yujing Bay.

……

In the days that followed, Tang Xu suddenly became very busy.

Her normal workdays seemed to have suddenly ended. She started leaving early and returning late, sometimes leaving early in the morning and not returning until the early hours of the morning. But it didn't seem like she was socializing, because she never smelled of alcohol on her.

After returning home, she would often fall asleep immediately, having no energy left for anything else.

Yan Shiyu knew her whereabouts perfectly well.

Actually, there was nothing unusual about her. After leaving home, she would go to the company, and sometimes she would go to the transportation base. In the evening, she would go to the Jiang family mansion. After leaving the Jiang family mansion, she would return to the company and stay there until around midnight.

She could have told him about it under the pretext of company business, but Yan Shiyu still visited Fengzheng on Saturday night a week later.

Tang Xu was indeed busy.

She was staring intently at the computer screen, seemingly absorbed in something, so focused that she didn't even notice him appear.

Until Yan Shiyu pulled out a chair and sat down opposite her.

Tang Xu looked up abruptly as if startled. Perhaps it was the reflection of the computer screen, but her noticeably thin face appeared shockingly pale.

When she saw that the person who came was Yan Shiyu, she seemed to breathe a slight sigh of relief. However, the next moment, she moved the mouse with obvious stiffness.

Yan Shiyu clearly saw the sudden change in the computer screen reflected in her eyes, but pretended not to notice. He simply placed the food box on the desk and said, "Did I scare you by coming uninvited?"

"Yeah, you scared me," Tang Xu replied. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"I just got off work and was about to go get something to eat when I suddenly remembered that you might not have eaten yet, so I bought some on my way here," Yan Shiyu replied. "I wonder if Miss Tang would do me the honor of having a meal with me?"

This solemn invitation made Tang Xu purse her lips slightly, and in the end, she simply responded softly, "Okay."

For the past week, she has been focused on her own affairs. Even though Yan Shiyu still appears at Yujing Bay every day as usual, she can only see him briefly before going to bed and when she wakes up. Occasionally, she can exchange a few words with him before going to bed, but she often falls asleep while talking.

"Has the company been this busy lately?" Yan Shiyu asked while opening the food box. "How could it be so busy?"

"Yeah, there's a lot going on," Tang Xu replied softly, then suddenly looked up at him. "I'm sorry..."

"Why are you apologizing?" Yan Shiyu looked up at her.

"I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time for you. It must be hard for you to wait for me every day, so you might as well go back to Qiushuitai and rest."

"I don't mind." (End of Chapter)