Marriage Seduction Addiction

Hearing Shao Qingyun's words, Tang Xu lowered her eyes and sat quietly for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly.

"First of all, I haven't accepted this as a fact because I know that everything requires evidence, so even now, I'm still verifying it. Secondly, even if I were to accept that it's true, I don't think she's involved, because from beginning to end, I've only suspected one person, and that's you, Mr. Shao. So, even if I resent her and torment her, it won't be because of this, do you understand?"

Shao Qingyun's expression didn't change much, but his gaze lingered on Tang Xu's face for a long time.

Throughout the entire process, Tang Xu never lowered his stance in the slightest.

Even though she knew that the man opposite her was not someone to be trifled with, and that if they were to become enemies, he could crush her with a single finger.

But she had nothing to be afraid of.

In moments like these, she is less likely to be afraid.

However, unexpectedly, when Shao Qingyun spoke again, his focus was on—

"So, you really do hate your mother."

Tang Xu didn't know whether she should laugh or not.

She looked at Shao Qingyun and asked very seriously, "So, you think I shouldn't resent her, right?"

“Yes.” Shao Qingyun answered calmly and frankly, “You shouldn’t resent her.”

Tang Xu struggled to control the corners of her mouth, "What makes you draw that conclusion?"

“I know her as I do,” Shao Qingyun said slowly. “She’s just a woman. She left you behind and went far away from her homeland because she had no choice. No mother doesn’t love her child. If she didn’t love you, she wouldn’t be suffering so much because of you. As children, we should always understand our parents’ good intentions, not act like you are now…”

Tang Xu continued to smile, and after a long while, she finally spoke: "You are so considerate of her, no wonder she married you."

Shao Qingyun showed no discomfort at all, saying, "She is the woman I love most, and I can't just stand by and watch her suffer like this."

"What about the suffering others have endured because of her?"

“The development of events is not subject to her will. We will always inadvertently hurt some people, but we are powerless to do anything about it,” Shao Qingyun said. “To be honest, the reason she has not cared about you all these years is because of my request.”

Tang Xu's gaze sharpened slightly.

“Since she married me, I need her to be my wife wholeheartedly and the mother of my children. I don’t want her to be thinking about anyone else, and she agreed.” Shao Qingyun’s tone was gentle. “But in the end, when your father got sick, she still came back to see him. This time, because of you, she missed her original return date and stayed in Huai City, unwilling to leave. Do you think I should be angry?”

Tang Xu felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't answer a single word.

Shao Qingyun quickly gave his answer—

“I would never criticize a woman like that.”

Seeing that Tang Xu had not answered, Shao Qingyun slowly stood up and said, "According to the information I have collected, you are a very smart child. I hope you can think carefully about what I said today."

After saying that, Shao Qingyun got up and left the office without lingering.

……

As night fell, Tang Xu lay motionless on his desk.

Until an employee gently knocked on the office door and called her softly, "Ms. Tang?"

Tang Xu seemed to wake up suddenly from a dream, raising her head with a slightly pale face. "What?"

"It's almost nine o'clock." The other person pointed to their watch. "Aren't you going to leave work?"

Tang Xu looked at the time displayed on the computer screen in front of her in a daze, finally realizing the passage of time. "I'll be leaving right away, thank you."

After she finished putting on her clothes and went downstairs, she had just walked to her car when she saw Jiang Chao walking quickly towards her.

"Miss Tang, you don't look well. Let me drive for you."

Tang Xu thought for a moment, nodded in agreement, and then sat in the back seat.

The car quickly drove out of the parking lot, and looking at the familiar scenery along the way, Tang Xu slowly closed her eyes once again.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in the parking lot of Qiushuitai.

Tang Xu was momentarily stunned. "What happened?"

Jiang Chao parked the car, turned to look at her, and said, "We noticed someone following this car on the way. You were asleep, so I consulted Mr. Yan, who instructed us to come to Qiushuitai first. After all, it's much more private here. Even if those people see you come in, they won't know which building you went to."

Tang Xu took a moment to react before smiling slightly, "That's true."

Compared to that, returning to Yujing Bay and having Yan Shiyu discovered there again might be more alarming.

Soon Tang Xu got out of the car and went upstairs.

When Yan Shiyu returned to Qiushuitai, Tang Xu was already asleep in bed, though her hairline was damp and her face was flushed.

Yan Shiyu reached out and touched her, and found that she did indeed have a fever, and it was quite high.

Yan Shiyu frowned slightly, and just as he moved his hand away, Tang Xu suddenly opened his eyes.

Perhaps due to the fever, her eyes were brighter than usual, and her clear black and white pupils were filled with a certain emotion—

She suddenly grabbed Yan Shiyu's hand and blurted out, "He said she came back to see him! He said she came back to see him!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu held the back of her head with one hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the other. "Did you have a nightmare?"

"No, no!" Tang Xu was very agitated. After repeatedly denying it, she finally managed to organize her thoughts. "Shao Qingyun said that Tang Lan came back to see my father... but Tang Lan said that she came back to deal with other matters and just happened to run into my father at that hospital..."

Yan Shiyu reacted quickly, "You think someone between them lied?"

“Yes!” Tang Xu said, “If Tang Lan came back specifically to see Dad, she wouldn’t need to make up any other excuses. There’s only one possibility—she lied to Shao Qingyun! She came back for something else, and meeting Dad was just a coincidence… So her real purpose for coming back can’t be known by Shao Qingyun! That hospital! It’s that hospital! We need to find out who was admitted to that hospital during that period; that’s Tang Lan’s real purpose for coming back! If that person happens to be in the same hospital as my father, then—”

Tang Xu did not continue speaking.

Because of that possibility or fact, she didn't have the courage to repeat it.

She just needs to verify it, she desperately needs to verify it!
She grabbed Yan Shiyu's sleeve and said urgently, "Can you ask Duan Siwei for help? He has connections at that hospital; he can definitely get the relevant information. Can you ask him?"

"Okay." Yan Shiyu replied while reassuring her, "But you have a fever right now. Let's discuss it more carefully after your fever breaks, okay?" "I'm fine." Tang Xu grabbed his hand and pressed it against her face, "Look, I'm perfectly fine, I'm perfectly clear-headed, I'm perfectly alright. Can you call him now?"

Seeing her earnestness, Yan Shiyu ultimately didn't say anything more, only replying, "Okay."

Hearing his agreement, Tang Xu quickly threw off the covers and got out of bed. "I'll take a shower and change my clothes. Please ask him to hurry up, okay?"

After saying that, she hurriedly went into the bathroom. Yan Shiyu watched her figure disappear through the door and heard the sound of running water coming from inside. In the end, he could only leave the bedroom and dial Duan Siwei's number.

About an hour later, Duan Siwei and another man were led upstairs by the housekeeper.

As soon as Duan Siwei entered the room, he saw Tang Xu sitting alone on the sofa.

Tang Xu heard the noise and had already stood up, but when she saw the strange man following Duan Siwei, she suddenly stopped and froze, seemingly unsure of how to react.

Duan Siwei met her gaze, cleared his throat, and turned to the silent, aloof man behind him, saying, "She is the patient."

Tang Xu then noticed the suitcase the man was carrying and realized who he was.

The man quickly stepped forward, gestured for Tang Xu to sit down, and then began to perform a simple examination on her.

At this moment, Tang Xu's unstable emotions were forced to stabilize.

She knew this must have been Yan Shiyu's idea; otherwise, how could Duan Siwei have known she was sick?

Although she was preoccupied with other things at the moment, she couldn't help but be moved by this arrangement.

Look, in this world, some people discard her like trash, while others care about her all the time.

While cooperating with the doctor's examination, she couldn't help but ask Duan Siwei, "Did you bring what I wanted?"

"Just focus on finishing your checkup first," Duan Siwei glanced at her. "We'll talk about other things later."

Tang Xu glanced at him after hearing this, but said nothing more.

After the man in front of me completed a series of simple examinations, he only said, "It's just a common cold, nothing serious. Some fever reducers will bring it down. No need for injections."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu asked, "Did you bring any acupuncture or medicine?"

The man glanced at her upon hearing this.

Tang Xu said, "If acupuncture and medicine are effective quickly, I'll get an injection."

After receiving the injection, the man quickly packed his things and turned to look at Duan Siwei, who had just come out of the study. "How do I get downstairs?"

Duan Siwei let out a slight breath and said, "The butler will be here soon."

The man listened without saying anything more, then turned and walked out.

Tang Xu watched the person walk out before turning to Duan Siwei, "Is everything alright?"

"What?" Duan Siwei asked.

"Is it okay for him to know I'm here?"

Duan Siwei shrugged. "Look at him, does he seem like the type to gossip? Besides, Yan Shiyu hasn't even shown up yet."

Hearing this, Tang Xu felt relieved and then asked Duan Siwei for things again.

Duan Siwei sat down on the sofa and said, "I've sent it to your email, but if you don't want to go blind from looking at it, I suggest you wait for Yan Shiyu's printed version."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu immediately got up and ran towards the study. A short while later, he came out with a thick stack of documents.

Yan Shiyu then came out, holding the remaining small portion in his hand, and sat down next to Tang Xu.

“I’m assuming we’re looking for a man, so I’ve temporarily removed all the women’s information. These are about two hundred left,” Yan Shiyu said.

Duan Siwei said, "That's right. I always thought that hospital would be sparsely populated, but I didn't expect so many people to have been there during Song Yuting's hospitalization. Just in case, I also included the information of people from the two weeks before and after. Isn't that thorough enough?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu raised her eyes and glanced at him.

Yan Shiyu quickly replied, "So I took them all out too."

Tang Xu turned to look at him and smiled gently.

Duan Siwei was expecting praise, but instead, the two people opposite him rolled their eyes at him. He was extremely annoyed, but he still forced himself to endure it and asked gossipily, "So can you tell me what you're investigating?"

Tang Xu had already hurriedly flipped through the documents in her hands, not bothering to answer him at all.

Meanwhile, Yan Shiyu's attention was also focused on the documents in Tang Xu's hands. He would take one document after Tang Xu finished it and put it away in the correct categories.

Seeing that he was being ignored like this, Duan Siwei felt extremely humiliated and got up to leave in anger.

Hearing him leave, Tang Xu looked up at Yan Shiyu again, "Is it alright to treat him like this?"

“He won’t mind,” Yan Shiyu replied.

Tang Xu couldn't help but ask again, "So, when exactly did you and he meet?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu paused for a moment before replying, "When I was fifteen."

"After you returned to the Yan family?" Tang Xu asked.

"Before."

His answer was brief, and Tang Xu vaguely felt that it was inappropriate to ask these questions at this time, so she did not continue to ask. Instead, she looked at the classified information in his hand and asked, "How did you categorize these?"

"Those from Huai City, and those from outside Huai City."

Tang Xu couldn't help but smile again.

This classification is correct.

Even after dividing it up this way, we still have over a hundred documents. (End of Chapter)