Marriage Seduction Addiction

In any other place, Tang Xu could have simply picked up the bouquet of flowers and smashed it on Jiang Muchen, telling him to get lost.

But this was the place where Song Yuting and Qin Yun were buried, and she didn't want to make things too ugly. She tried her best to hold back and didn't touch the bouquet of flowers. She just looked at Jiang Muchen and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Jiang Muchen did not answer her question, but turned to look at Meng Liancheng again, "Who are you?"

He was always arrogant and disdainful of everyone, and he treated everyone with a haughty and scrutinizing attitude, and this moment was no exception.

Meng Liancheng remained humble and gentle, and after a slight smile, he extended his hand, saying, "Hello, I am Meng Liancheng."

In the entire Huai City, there are only so many families in the same social circle. Jiang Muchen and the Meng family must be familiar with each other, so when Meng Liancheng gave his name, there was no reason for him not to know who he was.

But Jiang Muchen not only didn't shake hands with Meng Liancheng, he glanced down at Meng's pale, bony right hand with a look of disdain, his face devoid of any smile. "Oh? Mr. Meng is also here to sweep the tombs? You know Mr. Song too?"

Meng Liancheng said, "I do not know Mr. Song. I only know... Tang Xu."

"Really?" Jiang Muchen interrogated, "How did you meet?"

Meng Liancheng seemed to pause for a moment, looking at him and then at Tang Xu, but still maintained a polite smile. "Excuse me, may I ask who you are?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu couldn't help but glance at Meng Liancheng.

Meng Liancheng recognized her the first time they met, explaining that he had read a lot of gossip magazines.

If he really knew her because of those gossip reports, then what reason would he have not to know Jiang Muchen?
So either the aftereffects of his eighteen years of bed rest have flared up again, or he's deliberately saying this to provoke Jiang Muchen.

As expected, upon hearing this question, Jiang Muchen sneered, "You know her, but you don't know me?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Liancheng remained calm and said, "I'm sorry, I've been seriously injured, and I don't remember many things or many people."

Seeing this, Tan Siyi quickly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Jiang Muchen is Miss Tang's legal husband."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. "Sorry, it won't be like that for long."

Jiang Muchen's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't turn around to look at her. Instead, he continued to stare intently at Meng Liancheng in front of him.

His posture was far too hostile, as if he had never met Meng Liancheng before, or as if he had come with a preconceived notion.

But where does his preconceived notion come from?

Tang Xu cannot be certain for the time being.

After learning his identity and hearing Tang Xu's words, Meng Liancheng seemed to understand something and quickly smiled again, saying, "I see, then I understand."

After saying that, he looked at Tang Xu again and said, "In that case, I won't bother you any longer. We can contact each other again when we have time."

Tang Xu nodded slightly.

Meng Liancheng quickly turned and left.

Jiang Muchen finally turned his head and looked at Tang Xu.

Tang Xu met his gaze calmly, seemingly trying to find the answer she was looking for in his expression.

"You really do have a wide circle of friends."

“Yes,” Tang Xu retorted directly, “because I’m polite, so everyone is willing to be my friend.”

Hearing her clearly sarcastic words, Jiang Muchen was not angry at all. He just sneered and said, "You'd better be able to discern the other party's true intentions. Tang Xu, can you tell who you can associate with and who you can't?"

Tang Xu's gaze swept over his face. "I see it very clearly, so I will definitely leave those who are meant to leave."

After saying this, Tang Xu turned and walked past him, heading straight for the door.

The next moment, Jiang Muchen suddenly grabbed her arm, forcing Tang Xu to turn around, and warned her, "Stay away from him."

Tang Xu forcefully shook off his hand, "What gives you the right to advise me?"

"I know him better than you do!" Jiang Muchen took a step closer to her. "Tang Xu, if you don't want to regret this, you'd better not have anything to do with this person again."

"Oh? Could you elaborate on what kind of person he is?" Tang Xu pressed.

Jiang Muchen simply looked at her, his eyes deep and unfathomable, as if he had no patience or intention to explain.

This attitude was exactly what Tang Xu had expected.

She smiled gently. "Can't say? That's okay. Do you even know what kind of person you are?"

Upon hearing this question, Jiang Muchen paused abruptly, a fleeting look of surprise clearly crossing his dark eyes.

Tang Xu, however, was too lazy to wait for him to come to his senses and turned to leave.

Jiang Muchen stood there, watching Tang Xu's departing figure without looking back, seemingly still unable to recover from her question.

"Mr. Jiang?" Tan Siyi called out softly and handed him his phone.

Jiang Muchen looked down and saw Tang Lan calling on his phone.

As he answered the phone, he finally slowly left the area.

Only after leaving the cemetery and getting into the car did Tan Siyi turn around from the passenger seat and report to Jiang Muchen: "After leaving the cemetery, Madam drove away directly, while Meng Liancheng left even earlier than her, and the two did not meet again."

Jiang Muchen frowned slightly and responded indifferently. After a moment, he asked, "How's the investigation into Meng Liancheng and Tang Lan's past relationship going?"

"There's no progress yet," Tan Siyi said in a low voice. "After all, it happened so many years ago, and Tang Lan was a married woman back then. Even if the two of them had some kind of relationship, it would probably be very secretive, and it might take some effort."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muchen simply said, "As soon as possible."

"Yes."

The car slowly started moving. Jiang Muchen looked at the scenery rushing past the window, but the question Tang Xu had asked earlier kept flashing through his mind—

Do you know what kind of person you are?
After a long while, Jiang Muchen finally spoke again: "If all else fails, we can try to break through from the person involved."

Tan Siyi was stunned for several seconds before he realized that he was referring to Meng Liancheng and Tang Lan.

Tanglan, however, lives far away in Southeast Asia.

So, what this person in question means is... Meng Liancheng?

……

That evening, when Meng Liancheng walked out of that familiar gallery, several men he had never met before suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Mr. Meng, our boss would like to meet with you."

His driver parked the car on the side of the road, and seeing this, hesitated before calling out "Mr. Meng," somewhat hesitant to approach.

Meng Liancheng gestured to indicate that he was alright, then looked at the group of people in front of him and asked, "May I ask what your boss's name is?"

"Come with us, and you'll see when you get there."

After saying that, the group pointed him towards another car. Meng Liancheng remained calm and composed, showing no panic or loss of composure. He quickly followed the group and got into the unfamiliar car.

The car turned two streets and stopped in front of an underground winery.

Meng Liancheng followed one of the people into the winery, opened the door to the VIP room, and met the person in charge sitting inside.

Jiang Muchen sat on the sofa with a cigarette between his fingers. Hearing the noise, he slowly raised his eyes to look at the person who had come in. Then he leaned back on the sofa and slightly raised his chin. "Sit."

Meng Liancheng didn't seem surprised. After nodding, he quickly sat down on the sofa next to him. "I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

“Since you dared to pester her, you should have expected this,” Jiang Muchen replied.

"You mean... Tang Xu?" Meng Liancheng smiled slightly. "I've only just met her. We've had some interaction because of her biological mother. Have you misunderstood something?"

Jiang Muchen flicked the ash from his cigarette before finally looking at him directly. "Misunderstanding? Don't you know what you're thinking and what your purpose is? How dare you use the word 'misunderstanding'?"

Meng Liancheng shook his head slightly and said, "I don't quite understand what you mean."

“Yes, lying in bed for eighteen years, your brain may have degenerated just like your limbs,” Jiang Muchen said bluntly. “But those things you claim to forget, many others do remember. And what you don’t understand, many others do understand, do you understand?”

Meng Liancheng shook his head with a smile.

Jiang Muchen's patience was clearly running out.

"Since you're going to keep up the act, then I'll be blunt with you: stay away from Tang Xu. If you dare to get close to her or pester her again, I can't guarantee where you'll spend the rest of your life."

"Heh." Meng Liancheng chuckled softly and slowly said, "Does Tang Xu know that you're standing up for her like this?"

Jiang Muchen's gaze instantly darkened. "It's none of your business."

Meng Liancheng nodded and said, "Then may I ask one more question? Who sent you?"

Hearing this question, Jiang Muchen looked at him with a slight cold smile, "Finally, you're not pretending anymore, are you? Don't you know who sent me?"

"I was just asking," Meng Liancheng said. "After all, we've only met for the first time today, and my relationship with Tang Xu is just ordinary. You shouldn't be so hostile towards me."

"Meng Liancheng," Jiang Muchen called him by his full name, "I'm not Tang Xu, this trick won't work on me. You'd better not forget a single word I said today, I'll be watching you closely."

Meng Liancheng slowly stood up. "So, I can leave now, right?"

Jiang Muchen just stared at him coldly, his gaze dark and chilling.

However, Meng Liancheng seemed to have no reaction to this. After getting up, he smiled and nodded at him before slowly walking towards the door.

Jiang Muchen stared intently at him until his figure disappeared outside the door.

Not long after Meng Liancheng left, Tan Siyi pushed open the door and entered. After reporting Meng Liancheng's whereabouts, he said, "This person is too composed; there is absolutely no flaw to be found."

“The absence of flaws is itself a flaw,” Jiang Muchen said slowly.

After a car accident, he was in a coma for eighteen years. When he woke up, everything had changed. Wouldn't he feel angry?
Yet he remained so calm and composed.

This level of meticulousness can only mean one thing—

This person is extremely skilled at disguise and concealment; his cunning is so profound that it is probably impossible for others to fathom his true nature.

No wonder Tang Lan kept calling him for help, insisting that Tang Xu stay away from this person.

Indeed, he had no specific knowledge of what Meng Liancheng had done or what kind of person he was.

However, Tang Lan's reaction, coupled with Meng Liancheng's reaction today, is already irrefutable evidence for Jiang Muchen.

And Tang Xu… this woman, actually met with this person again and again—

Jiang Muchen didn't think she would be that stupid or slow-witted.

After all, she had already pointed her suspicions at Tang Lan before this.

If that's the case, then she's very likely testing and investigating Meng Liancheng.

Even so, Jiang Muchen still thought she was foolish—

She thought she was so capable that she could outmaneuver an old fox like Meng Liancheng.
How stupid!
……

Because of Tang Xu's foolishness, Jiang Muchen sent people to keep an eye on Meng Liancheng while also sending people to keep an eye on Tang Xu.

For the next two days, Meng Liancheng indeed had no contact with Tang Xu, as if he had truly taken his words to heart.

However, on the third day, while Jiang Muchen was having a meeting with two department managers, Tan Siyi suddenly knocked on the door and hurriedly walked in.

Jiang Muchen was clearly dissatisfied with this, and his expression instantly turned rather unpleasant.

However, Tan Siyi walked straight to his side, leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Your wife was just taken away by the police."

Jiang Muchen's expression immediately darkened. After dismissing the two department managers, he turned to Tan Siyi and asked, "What's going on?"

“It’s related to Fengzheng,” Tan Siyi replied. “It seems that contraband was found in the goods they were transporting, and now they suspect that my wife has been involved in improper transactions with someone.”

Jiang Muchen's heart sank. "Who handled the case? Has the news been released to the public?"

"Not at the moment," Tan Siyi replied, stating the unit handling the case.

Jiang Muchen got up and walked out.

Tan Siyi quickly stepped in front of him, saying, "They've taken direct action against your wife this time; the situation is likely quite serious. If you show up and are photographed by the media, it could escalate and negatively impact both the company and your wife. Let's arrange for someone else to handle this. I've already contacted Attorney Liang—"

He talked at length, but Jiang Muchen seemed not to have heard a single word. He walked past him, opened the office door, and left.

At the same time, in Manhattan, New York late at night, Yan Shiyu also received the news.

He immediately dialed Duan Siwei's number and asked, "What happened?"

Duan Siwei clearly knew nothing about it. "What? What happened?"

Upon hearing his reaction, Yan Shiyu couldn't help but close his eyes and take a deep breath. When he opened them again, he saw his reflection in the window, a clear look of anxiety flashing in his eyes—

"I entrusted her to you, and you didn't even know that she was taken away by the police?" Yan Shiyu said. "Right now, take the people you can and go to the police station immediately. Find out what happened and get her out as soon as possible. I'm going to prepare to return immediately."

"Are you crazy?" Duan Siwei hurriedly said, "Your business trip isn't over yet, and you're coming back like this? How are you going to explain this to the old man? Besides, what planes are there in New York at this hour to let you come back?"

“New York doesn’t have it, but Los Angeles does,” Yan Shiyu said in a deep voice. “Do as I say!”

After hanging up the phone, Gao Yan came out from behind another door. He knew he couldn't stop Yan Shiyu, and he didn't intend to. He simply said, "The flight to Los Angeles has been arranged. The helicopter to the airport will land soon."

Yan Shiyu turned and walked outside.

Gao Yan picked up the box containing the documents and turned to follow Yan Shiyu. (End of Chapter)