Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 241 On the Edge of Losing Control

Yan Shiyu did not give her any response.

Such a situation is extremely rare, no matter the circumstances.

If she had been somewhat skeptical before, Tang Xu was now finally certain—

He definitely did it on purpose.

What else could be the reason he treats her this way besides jealousy?
Thinking of this, Tang Xu didn't stop. After kissing the corner of his lips, she followed the trail of kisses up his chin, then his Adam's apple, and finally his heart...

It was a long time before the man finally responded.

When Yan Shiyu reached out and pulled Tang Xu out of the quilt, Tang Xu was already sweating, and his lips and tongue were almost numb.

The blanket covering her was removed, and Tang Xu greedily inhaled the air while looking at the man beneath her.

Yan Shiyu was also looking at her without saying a word.

They looked into each other's eyes, though neither could clearly see the other's face, yet they gazed at each other for a long time in the darkness.

Until Tang Xu couldn't help but mutter, "Stingy."

Yan Shiyu did not respond to this, and simply continued to look at her.

Tang Xu had no choice but to soften once again, clinging to him and kissing his lips once more.

This time, Yan Shiyu finally reached out and hugged her waist, then turned her over and their bodies flipped over.

Perhaps they were both too focused on their own thoughts, because neither of them mentioned turning on the lights.

This is also the first time the two have returned to darkness since they reconciled.

In an instant, it felt as if I had returned to the past, which was quite interesting.

In the darkness, apart from the silence, everything else proceeded as usual, naturally and harmoniously.

Tang Xu kissed him tenderly, sensing everything about him, blooming silently in the darkness...

……

Perhaps because they stayed up too late, Tang Xu slept quite soundly.

When she opened her eyes the next morning, she was alone in bed.

Tang Xu was momentarily dazed. After a while, she finally wrapped herself in her clothes, got up, opened the door, and glanced outside.

There was no one in the room, inside or out.

It was already past eight o'clock, so it was normal that Yan Shiyu wasn't home at this time.

But Tang Xu always felt that something was wrong.

She stood in front of the mirror, brushing her teeth while reflecting on what had happened from last night to this morning—

He didn't say a single word to her!
Is he still angry with her?
Tang Xu was a little confused, so she quickly rinsed her mouth, turned around and went out to pick up her phone and dialed Yan Shiyu's number.

It was almost an unconscious action for her to call him. When she realized it was daytime and she shouldn't be calling him so openly, she was about to hang up when she heard the notification tone on the phone—

"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable."

Tang Xu froze again, staring at her phone repeatedly, trying to guess what it meant.

Did you block her, or something else?
After a moment of hesitation, Tang Xu switched to WeChat and tried sending him a message—

"Did you go to the company?"

The message was sent successfully without any red error messages, which made Tang Xu breathe a slight sigh of relief.

But what about the phone call?

After thinking for a moment, Tang Xu quickly dialed Gao Yan's number again.

The next moment, a notification tone sounded on the phone as well—

"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable."

Neither of their phones can be reached?
What's going on?
Did you go somewhere with no signal?

Or... are there two people on the plane?

Unable to get an answer and with no other options at the moment, Tang Xu could only put down her phone and turn to tidy herself up.

Not long after, she left Qiushuitai and went to work at the company.

There were still some things to finish dealing with after what happened last night. Tang Xu was focused on her work when her phone suddenly rang.

She glanced at the incoming call, quickly stepped outside the crowd, and answered the phone.

"Miss Tang, did you call me?" Gao Yan asked her on the other end of the phone.

"Yes," Tang Xu replied, "Where are you? Why can't we get through on the phone?"

Gao Yan hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "We were in Haicheng. When we couldn't get through on the phone, we were probably on a plane."

Sure enough, it was on an airplane.

But last night and this morning, Yan Shiyu didn't tell her a single word about flying; he just left.
Just then, Gao Yan asked meaningfully on the other end of the phone, "You don't know?"

"What do you think?" Tang Xu asked in a low voice.

Gao Yan seemed speechless for a moment before finally speaking, "I reminded you yesterday..."

Tang Xu couldn't help but reach out and press her temples. "Who knew he was so stingy? I have something to do, so I'll talk to you later."

After saying this, Tang Xu hung up the phone.

Gao Yan knew she had called him and that he had time to call her back.

But what about that person? They didn't react at all.

Tang Xu had never thought he was such a petty person before, and she was a little angry for a moment, too lazy to say anything more.

The day was still very busy. Tang Xu devoted herself to work almost all day and had no time to think about anything else.

But on my way home from get off work, I couldn't help but think about it again.

After the car had driven smoothly for a while, Tang Xu finally dialed Gao Yan's number again.

At this time, if he were out of town, he would be having a meal or social engagement, so Gao Yan should be able to answer the phone.

Sure enough, Gao Yan answered the phone shortly afterward, "Miss Tang?"

Tang Xu paused, then asked, without saying anything else, "How long will you be staying in Haicheng?"

Gao Yan replied, "I'll stay until tomorrow, but tomorrow night I'll fly to Nancheng, where I'll stay for about two more days."

He was going to be gone for four whole days, but last night, even though it lasted so long, he didn't even think to mention it to her?
Tang Xu was also a little frustrated for a moment. She replied with "I know" and quickly hung up the phone.

Since he's going to be gone for four days, she can go back to Royal Bay with peace of mind.

If I had known, I should have gone straight back to Royal Bay last night.

Tang Xu grew angrier the more she thought about it and decided to stop thinking about it. As the car passed the nearest overpass, she remembered that she hadn't gone to see Jiang Beiheng yesterday, so she quickly turned around and headed towards the Jiang family mansion.

When I entered the Jiang family mansion, Jiang Beiheng was sitting at the dining table having dinner, and Yingjie was placing a bowl of soup in front of him.

Jiang Beiheng smiled slightly when he saw Tang Xu walk in, but Yingjie's gaze towards her revealed a hint of complexity.

Tang Xu knew what it was without even thinking. Just as she was about to speak, Sister Ying quickly avoided her gaze, turned around, and went back to the kitchen. A short while later, she brought out another set of bowls and chopsticks and placed them in front of Tang Xu. Tang Xu looked up and smiled at her, "Thank you, Sister Ying."

Yingjie looked a little embarrassed, as if she didn't know how to respond.

Jiang Beiheng finally spoke up, directly asking Tang Xu, "How did those photos get taken?"

"The reporters will find the right angle," Tang Xu replied. "I really admire how they can take such great photos of ordinary friends meeting each other."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Beiheng couldn't help but smile slightly.

Tang Xu glanced at Ying Jie and saw that she visibly relaxed, then returned to normal and went back to the kitchen to bring her a bowl of soup.

Jiang Beiheng then asked her, "How did you come to have contact with Meng Tianyou?"

“He’s my sister’s senior in college,” Tang Xu replied. “We met when I went to Boston.”

Jiang Beiheng said, "Who would have thought that he and Meng Liancheng would be uncle and nephew?"

Tang Xu knew what he was worried about, and after a pause, he said, "Don't worry, I didn't do anything stupid. I just heard that it was his grandmother's birthday, so I went to pay my respects. I didn't do anything else... Of course, there's nothing I can do."

Jiang Beiheng sensed a hint of self-deprecation and melancholy in her tone. He paused for a moment before saying, "Don't be too hasty about everything. When the time is right, there will be a response."

Tang Xu nodded and smiled, then lowered her head to drink her soup.

Just then, a commotion came from outside. The group looked up at the same time and saw Tan Siyi cautiously entering the room.

Tan Siyi stopped at the door, looked in this direction, and respectfully greeted, "President Jiang."

Jiang Beiheng nodded and asked, "Why did you come here?"

"Mr. Jiang has a suit here and sent me to pick it up."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Beiheng calmly said, "Go."

Tan Siyi quickly went upstairs, while Tang Xu acted completely indifferent, silently eating with her head down.

A short while later, Tan Siyi came downstairs again, carrying a dress that had been hanging there for who knows how long, and also a huge jewelry box in her hand.

Jiang Beiheng saw it at a glance, but didn't ask anything.

It wasn't until Tan Siyi stepped forward and placed the jewelry box in front of Tang Xu that the situation changed.

Tang Xu was taken aback, but quickly recognized it as the sapphire jewelry set that had originally been given to her, which she had decided to return to its rightful owner.

Tan Siyi said to her in a low voice, "Madam, I just happened to see this box in the dressing room when I went upstairs, so I just brought it down. Since you don't live here either, would you like to take it back?"

Tang Xu looked up at him with a look of utter disbelief and asked, "What are you doing?"

Tan Siyi's expression visibly paused for a moment, then she quickly replied truthfully, "I'm here to pick up Mr. Jiang's formal attire. I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, he nodded to Jiang Beiheng and quickly turned and left.

Tang Xu genuinely didn't understand the meaning of this section and looked at Jiang Beiheng with a blank expression, "Do you understand?"

Jiang Beiheng paused for a moment before saying, "It's probably a statement."

"What statement?"

Jiang Beiheng's gaze fell on the jewelry box, and he slowly said, "He's afraid that you're too eager for revenge and will go down the wrong path. This is to tell you that he supports you, that you have many paths to choose from, and that you shouldn't make any rash decisions."

After hearing this, Tang Xu blinked quietly for a moment, then burst into uncontrollable laughter.

After laughing, she looked at Jiang Beiheng again and said, "Dad, you really know how to tell jokes with a straight face. It's a miracle that Jiang Muchen didn't rush over to mock and humiliate me after seeing that photo, let alone support me? Hahahaha—"

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Beiheng paused for a moment before slowly saying, "But that's what he did, wasn't it?"

With that one sentence, Tang Xu's smile vanished instantly. She stared at him and said very seriously, "It's not funny at all."

Jiang Muchen knew Tang Xu's mindset, and he also knew what kind of emotional state Tang Xu was in.

His position was different, so he couldn't say anything more—even though the person standing on that side was his own son.

"Eat your food properly. Aren't you afraid of getting a stitch from laughing like that?" Jiang Beiheng said.

Tang Xu selectively ignored the jewelry box and continued eating with her head down.

After dinner, she watched Jiang Beiheng take his medicine as usual, chatted with him for a while about random things, and then left.

The jewelry box that Tan Siyi had brought down from upstairs earlier was still sitting quietly on the dining table, unmoved, as if it had been forgotten.

After leaving the Jiang family mansion, Tang Xu returned directly to Yujing Bay without any delay.

She parked her car at the supermarket outside, went inside and bought a lot of daily necessities before driving her car back into the parking lot.

She knew what she should do.

So much has happened lately, and there are so many situations that she needs to analyze and sort out, but for the moment, she doesn't want to think about anything more.

Those things that cannot be thought through are bound together in a haphazard way. They could have existed quietly, but something seems to be subtly disrupting the balance.

Tang Xu knew what it was.

In her life, it seems that many things are gradually spiraling out of control—

That sense of loss of control felt foreign and frightening to her, and she didn't really want to face it.

But it's hard to stay home alone without thinking about anything, so Tang Xu started cleaning as soon as she got home, cleaning everything from the inside out and from top to bottom.

I finally focused on cleaning everything I could, and when I checked the time, it wasn't even midnight yet.

Tang Xu took a shower and sat alone on the sofa, where she lost herself in thought for a moment.

But when I lose focus, some things just pop up uncontrollably.

When Tang Xu finally came to her senses, she realized that what she thought about most was still that man.

In the midst of her racing thoughts, she had already replayed the events of last night and today in her mind.

And even now, that person still hasn't conveyed a single word to her!

Tang Xu was feeling really unwell, so she collapsed onto the sofa, unwilling to think or move.

She fell asleep on the sofa in that position without realizing it, and when she was woken up by the rising sun in the morning, she was sore all over.

Tang Xu forced herself to sit up despite the pain, picked up her phone and looked at it, but there were still no messages from that person.

She stood barefoot on the floor, turning her head to look at the sun outside the window.

It's another new day, but nothing has changed in the way of her; things are still on the verge of spiraling out of control.

Tang Xu sat there in a daze for a long time before finally getting up and going into the bathroom to wash up.

……

As usual, the Jiang family was busy in the morning. Today was the day of the shareholders' meeting, which Jiang Muchen always disliked. He was dragged into a meeting until 10 o'clock, and then another international video conference, which lasted for two hours.

After two consecutive meetings, Jiang Muchen's patience had been almost completely worn down.

A palpable tension hung in the air inside and outside the CEO's office, with everyone quietly going about their business.

Just then, Tan Siyi received a message on her phone.

He glanced at it, and then everything went black.

He couldn't hide it any longer. After a long pause, he finally resigned himself to his fate, got up, and knocked on the door of Jiang Muchen's office.

"Madam... booked a flight to Nancheng in two hours."