Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 216 Frankness
Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Tang Lan's expression was initially blank and puzzled, but the next moment, her expression turned to shock and urgency.

"What do you mean by asking this question?" Tang Lan asked. "Could it be that you suspect... your Uncle Shao might do something to your father?"

Her reaction was very genuine; at least from Tang Xu's perspective, she couldn't see any flaws in it.

Admittedly, she didn't understand Tang Lan, but judging from Song Yuting's attitude towards her, Tang Lan didn't seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing.

Then Tang Xu could only suspect the people around her.

It was such a coincidence.

The person who once told Song Yuting that she would never return to Huai City suddenly came back and coincidentally met Song Yuting. However, not long after she met Song Yuting, Song Yuting passed away.

What's more, her current husband, Shao Qingyun, is a formidable figure.

Yes, even though they lived in Nanyang, far from Huai City, Tang Xu still knew who Shao Qingyun was.

After all, Tang Lan was the one who gave birth to her. Even though she abandoned her, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't curious. So Tang Xu had someone investigate her whereabouts and activities a long time ago.

There are no secrets in this world, especially since the Shao family is a prominent family in Southeast Asia.

She knew that Tang Lan had married Shao Qingyun, the current head of the Shao family, and she also knew that the two had a daughter after their marriage.

She also knew how the Shao family had made their fortune in their early years, and she knew even more about Shao Qingyun's style of doing things, which earned him the title of "tyrant".

She couldn't help but have doubts.

It was precisely because of this suspicion that she never intended for anyone to get involved in this matter from the very beginning.

She can certainly seek help.

But dragging anyone else into this is unfair to them.

This is her own business; there's no reason for her to cause trouble for others.

Therefore, she has to face and deal with it herself.

Whatever the final outcome may be.

Before Tang Xu could answer, Tang Lan grabbed her hand and said anxiously, "No, your Uncle Shao wouldn't do that... Why do you have this suspicion? Why do you think your father's death is suspicious?"

This was almost exactly the answer Tang Xu had expected.

Fortunately, she didn't have high expectations, so she wasn't disappointed.

"I didn't really want to ask that question, since there are some things I can investigate myself. He's your husband, so of course you'd side with him, which is perfectly understandable. If that's your answer, then I have nothing more to say. Mrs. Shao, thank you, goodbye."

Tang Xu forcefully pulled her hand back, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

Tang Lan, standing behind, was both shocked and saddened. She tried several times to call out to Tang Xu again, but in the end, she could not make a sound.

Watching Tang Xu get into the car and drive away without looking back, she gently covered her lips and closed her eyes in pain.

……

Tang Xu was straightforward and didn't actually spend much time. When she returned to Yujing Bay, Yan Shiyu was still sitting on the sofa with a tablet on her lap and wearing headphones, seemingly in a meeting.

The two exchanged a glance, and Tang Xu gestured to him, indicating that she would go take a shower first.

Yan Shiyu kept his gaze fixed on her, watching her walk into the room, and then come out with her pajamas a short while later and went into the bathroom.

Then the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Yan Shiyu's attention was never able to return to the meeting.

After meeting her biological mother whom she hadn't seen for eighteen years, the two only spent a little over half an hour together, excluding travel time. And after returning home, she acted as if nothing had happened.

How many people can do that?

Not long after, Yan Shiyu ended the meeting early.

However, after waiting for a long time, Tang Xu finally came out of the bathroom, her hair still wet and carrying a hairdryer with a broken plug. "What happened?" Yan Shiyu asked.

Tang Xu casually placed the hair dryer on the dining table and said, "I accidentally used too much force when I plugged it in and bent the plug. I'll order another one."

After saying that, she picked up her phone and sat down on the sofa.

However, she sat there, staring at her phone and scrolling through it for a long time, but didn't place any order, as if she had long forgotten why she had opened her phone in the first place.

Yan Shiyu didn't ask any further questions. She simply picked up the hair dryer whose plug she had deformed, straightened it a bit, and restored the plug to its original shape.

He walked over to the sofa, plugged in the hairdryer, and tried it out.

The sound of the hairdryer starting up finally alerted Tang Xu. She looked up and tried to look surprised, "Oh, you fixed it?"

Yan Shiyu reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Tang Xu sat facing him on his lap, and when she heard Yan Shiyu say "lower down," she obediently leaned against his shoulder.

And Yan Shiyu, in that position, used a hairdryer to blow-dry her hair.

Tang Xu remained quiet and did not move at all from beginning to end.

When Yan Shiyu dried her hair and put down the hairdryer, he realized that she was leaning on his shoulder and seemed to have fallen asleep.

The fatigue that had accumulated over this period of time seemed to still linger in her body.

but……

Is it really that easy to fall asleep?
Yan Shiyu held her and sat quietly for a long time before finally picking her up and carrying her back to the bedroom, where he gently placed her on the bed.

Tang Xu seemed to be sleeping soundly. After lying down, she quickly turned over and returned to her familiar sleeping position.

Yan Shiyu sat on the edge of the bed and quietly watched her for a long time before finally reaching out to turn off the bedside lamp.

……

The next morning.

When Tang Xu slowly opened her eyes from her sleep, Yan Shiyu had been awake for quite some time and was just quietly watching her.

As her thoughts gradually returned, she gently smiled and said to him, "Good morning."

Yan Shiyu slowly leaned forward and gently touched her forehead. "I thought you would sleep a little longer."

Tang Xu chuckled softly and said, "I was thinking, it's Monday today, don't we need to make a living?"

As she spoke, she sat up, stretched, and then lifted the covers to get out of bed.

Her feet had barely touched the ground when her body suddenly swayed and she fell back onto the bed.

Yan Shiyu quickly reached out to support her and went around to check on her.

"It's nothing," Tang Xu said, frowning as she took a breath. "My leg went numb for some reason, I didn't notice..."

Yan Shiyu reached out and touched her numb right foot. Tang Xu quickly grabbed his hand tightly and looked at him as if begging for mercy.

At that moment, Yan Shiyu seemed completely oblivious to her pleas and reached out again to rub her hard.

"Ah—" Tang Xu screamed in agony and collapsed onto the bed, writhing in agony.

After she finally recovered, she scrambled to her feet, grabbed the man's collar tightly, and glared at him with wide eyes, "Yan Shiyu, are you deliberately torturing me?"

Yan Shiyu simply looked at her, at her vibrant and real self in this moment, and for a moment, he felt as if he had been transported to another world.

"Speak!" Tang Xu said angrily.

Yan Shiyu slowly lowered his head to meet her angry glare and said in a low voice, "Is it because I wasn't honest enough that you're unwilling to be honest with me either?"