Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 260 Bar
Tang Xu sat quietly for a moment, staring at the small box with a blank expression, before finally reaching out and opening it.

Inside was a cloisonné enamel brooch that looked somewhat familiar, but Tang Xu couldn't quite place where she had seen it before.

“A Madam Sheng from Ancheng asked me to pass it on,” Jiang Muchen said. “It’s said that Madam Song lent it to her at a banquet two years ago. But she forgot about it afterwards and never returned it. She happened to be in Huai City this time and remembered this matter. She originally thought of returning the brooch, but found that… no one from the Song family is in Huai City anymore, so she asked me to pass it on.”

Only after he mentioned it did Tang Xu remember that Qin Yun seemed to have had such a brooch before.

Brooches are delicate and beautiful, something women like, but they are not particularly expensive.

A person like Jiang Muchen probably wouldn't bother to bend down and pick up a bank card if it fell on the ground.

But now he tells her that he made a special trip to Helsinki to deliver this brooch on behalf of someone else.
Tang Xu found it quite ironic and absurd.

However, in any case, this ultimately belongs to Qin Yun. If we can get it back, it will be something for Song Yuqiao and Song Luobai to remember them by in the future.

Therefore, after Tang Xu put away the brooch, she still said lightly, "Then I really thank Mr. Jiang."

As they were talking, the appetizers that Tang Xu had ordered were served.

She put the brooch into her backpack, said nothing more, wiped the cutlery, and then lowered her head to eat.

Jiang Muchen didn't react to her indifferent tone; he simply leaned back in his chair and quietly watched her.

Tang Xu kept her head down, focused on the food in front of her, without even lifting her eyelids.

Tan Siyi strode into the restaurant, approached Jiang Muchen, and softly called out, "Mr. Jiang."

Then, he looked at Tang Xu, hesitated for a moment, and then greeted her, "Miss Tang."

Out of politeness, Tang Xu still looked up and nodded at him.

Then Tan Siyi looked at Jiang Muchen again and whispered, "There's news."

"Really?" Jiang Muchen's gaze remained fixed on Tang Xu, but he spoke to Tan Siyi, "Where is she?"

Upon hearing this, Tan Siyi glanced at Tang Xu with a hint of hesitation.

Jiang Muchen tapped rhythmically on the table, breaking Tan Siyi's hesitation, "Speak."

Tan Siyi then spoke up: "It's in Helsinki."

"Oh?" Jiang Muchen, still looking at Tang Xu, said, "What a coincidence."

Tan Siyi paused for a moment, then placed a business card on the table and said, "It is indeed a coincidence. It was because I came here that I looked it up casually and found out that Gao Yan had been staying at this bar for a long time. So, Mr. Yan, who disappeared for more than three months, should also be here."

Jiang Muchen's gaze never left Tang Xu.

He was waiting, waiting for her reaction.

However, Tang Xu remained as quiet as before, eating with her head down, without even a tremor in her eyelashes, as if Jiang Muchen and Tan Siyi were invisible, as if the two were having a silent exchange.

Just then, the soup that Tang Xu ordered was served.

Tang Xu looked up, said "thank you" to the waiter, and then lowered her head again, eating as usual.

Jiang Muchen then spoke up: "Continue the investigation. Now that we know he's here, I'd like to know what Mr. Yan has been busy with these past few months."

"Yes." Tan Siyi responded, glanced at Tang Xu again, and then turned and left in a hurry. It wasn't until Jiang Muchen's meal was served that Tang Xu looked up again, reached for the pepper shaker on the table, and ground some black pepper into her soup.

As she continued, she spoke up: "I thought Mr. Jiang came here specifically to deliver this brooch, but it turns out he has something more important to do. But next time, could you please not discuss these things in front of the people sharing the table? It really affects people's appetite."

Jiang Muchen's gaze was almost fixed on her calm and expressionless face, and he did not respond for a moment.

The next moment, he suddenly saw a smile appear on Tang Xu's face, and at the same time, her eyes finally looked at him.

“Of course, I’m referring to the other people who share the table,” Tang Xu said. “After all, the two of us probably won’t have that opportunity.”

Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Jiang Muchen's expression finally changed.

He's someone who's used to being high and mighty; it's already an exception for him to come here, and his clumsy performance just now was an exception within an exception.

Jiang Muchen himself was probably a little disgusted. Hearing Tang Xu expose his true purpose in such a nonchalant way, he finally couldn't sit still anymore. He beckoned the waiter over, paid the bill, glanced at Tang Xu again, and then got up and left the restaurant.

Tang Xu didn't even raise his head.

Outside the restaurant, Tan Siyi watched the scene inside through the glass. Seeing that Jiang Muchen paid the bill and left immediately after Tang Xu said something, she secretly thought that something was wrong.

It's most likely that Tang Xu said something that angered Jiang Muchen.

Tan Siyi took a deep breath, preparing herself for the storm.

However, to everyone's surprise, when Jiang Muchen opened the car door and got in, the atmosphere inside the car wasn't as tense as he had imagined.

Tan Siyi secretly glanced at Jiang Muchen's expression in the rearview mirror.

Jiang Muchen's face remained as cold and stern as ever, yet within that coldness lay a calm.

Such calmness indicated that he was not upset by Tang Xu's words; on the contrary, he was in a good mood.

Tan Siyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief before starting the car and driving away.

In the restaurant, Tang Xu slowly finished eating everything by himself before reaching out to ask for the bill.

Jiang Muchen, who left early, probably left a generous tip. The waiter kindly paid for her meal and, just as Tang Xu was about to push open the door and leave the restaurant, he chased after her with something in his hand, "Miss, you left a business card. Do you still need it?"

Tang Xu turned around and saw the bar business card that Tan Siyi had left behind.

She quickly looked away, gently shook her head, and smiled, "It's not mine, I don't need it, thank you."

Tang Xu had several hours left before leaving the restaurant.

She stood on the street for a while, lost in thought, then silently recited a nursery rhyme in her mind, randomly chose a direction, and walked away as before.

Several more hours passed as they walked, just like yesterday, surrounded by unfamiliar streets and pedestrians. However, for Tang Xu, the aimless joy of yesterday was gone.

She had previously been indifferent to this place, but today, she suddenly began to dislike it.

Fortunately, it was almost time to go to the airport, so Tang Xu hailed a taxi and went straight to the airport.

She had booked a flight at 17:20 PM. After arriving at the airport, she passed through security smoothly and was waiting to board at the gate when an announcement suddenly came over the loudspeaker—

The flight was canceled.