Marriage Seduction Addiction

Upon hearing Yan Shiyu's response, Yan Fengqi seemed slightly surprised, then laughed.

“Since you’ve made that statement, then I won’t call a halt,” Yan Fengqi said. “If anything happens to Tang Xu, you can’t blame me.”

Yan Shiyu slowly closed her eyes, too lazy to say another word to him.

Yan Fengqi's deep brown eyes gradually darkened.

……

Tang Xu was taking a shower in the bathroom when the fire alarm went off in the hotel.

Upon hearing the alarm, her first thought was that it was a false alarm, but she still dared not let her guard down. She quickly turned off the shower, wrapped herself in a bathrobe, and came out of the bathroom.

Before she could change her clothes, she heard a commotion in the hallway.

Tang Xu quickly opened the door and glanced outside, only to see thick smoke filling the corridor and guests frantically running downstairs.

Tang Xu didn't even bother to change her clothes. She quickly returned to the bathroom, turned on the tap, wet two towels, covered her mouth and nose, and then left the room, heading towards the stairwell.

Some older buildings have narrow stairwells, and even though Tang Xu was almost the last to leave the room, when she reached the stairwell, quite a few people still hurriedly followed her down.

In the moment of fleeing for one's life, there are always some who are rational and some who are panicked. Even if Tang Xu is the rational one, she cannot prevent many panicked people around her from making noise, pushing and shoving.

Tang Xu was caught up in it, with nowhere to retreat, and could only drift downstream.

Just as they reached the second floor, someone behind them gave Tang Xu a heavy shove. The force landed squarely on Tang Xu, who was at the corner. The shove sent Tang Xu crashing into the wall in front of him, and at the same time, a sharp pain shot through his ankle.

She was momentarily unable to move, and the people behind her were rushing downstairs to escape, so no one paid any attention to her.

Only after the noise behind him gradually subsided and all the hotel guests had left did Tang Xu finally stand up straight again. Dragging his sprained ankle, he limped down the last floor, through the lobby, and out of the hotel.

Besides the hotel guests who had just been evacuated, there were also many pedestrians standing on the street.

At times like these, some people focus on their own survival, while others are simply enjoying the spectacle.

After all, among those who have just escaped from the hotel, there are all sorts of people—some are shirtless, some are only wearing underwear, and some are wrapped in bath towels; their appearances are varied and fascinating.

In comparison, Tang Xu, wrapped in a bathrobe, with wet hair, a bruise on her forehead, and a limp, was rather pathetic.

She walked alone through the chaotic crowd and stood next to a large tree across the street before looking up at the hotel in front of her.

Thick smoke billowed through the corridor just now, as if the fire had spread extensively, but from the exterior, there is no trace of fire at all.

Many others clearly had the same question, but no one dared to go inside to check.

Fortunately, the fire department and ambulance arrived almost simultaneously about ten minutes later.

As the fire brigade arrived, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and awaited the final result.

Tang Xu was equally curious.

While waiting, the paramedics were checking on each patient's injuries. When they finally reached Tang Xu, they saw the wound on her forehead and couldn't help but ask, "Are you alright? Do you need to go to the hospital for a checkup?"

Tang Xu gently shook her head, then pointed to her ankle and asked if they could provide some ice. The paramedic nodded and quickly walked towards the ambulance.

Tang Xu's gaze unconsciously followed the ambulance, noticing the flashing red and blue lights on its roof, then inadvertently glancing past the lights at the signs on the street behind.

With just that one glance, Tang Xu's gaze froze slightly.

She saw a bar.

A bar with a very familiar name.

Tang Xu quickly retrieved her memories of that name—

It's the bar that Tan Siyi mentioned to Jiang Muchen, the bar where Gao Yan supposedly spent a long time.

And at that very moment, this bar suddenly appeared before her eyes.

Was it an accident?

Tang Xu only looked away when the paramedic returned.

The paramedics helped her sit down on the side of the street, applied an ice pack to her sprained area, gave her a few more instructions, and then turned to look after the others.

Tang Xu sat there alone, feeling the cool night breeze and the chill on her ankles, her thoughts once again becoming stagnant.

……

Inside the villa, from the moment the news of the fire arrived to the appearance of photos of Tang Xu's injuries in the scene photos, Yan Fengqi waited for Yan Shiyu's reaction.

After all, even Gao Yan next to him looked very unwell, with obvious worry in his eyes.

It seemed like he was worried about Tang Xu, but it was more like he was worried about Yan Shiyu.

If he had known that Yan Shiyu would find out Tang Xu's whereabouts in this way, would it have been better if he had just told Yan Shiyu directly when he saw Tang Xu at the dock last night?
Gao Yan was filled with regret at that moment.

After all, Yan Shiyu knew all too well what Tang Xu meant to him, and now he saw Tang Xu just a few hundred meters away, injured...

Gao Yan simply couldn't imagine what Yan Shiyu's reaction would be.
But unexpectedly, Yan Shiyu remained calm throughout.

He seemed so calm, as if... he had really let go.

He raised his eyes, looked at Yan Fengqi, and slowly said, "Is that all?"

Yan Fengqi met his gaze and said, "It's just an appetizer. I'm sure you're not satisfied. In any case, the choice is yours. Hand over Qiao Ling, and Tang Xu will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu countered with a question: "How can you be so sure that the same thing won't happen to Qiao Ling?"

Yan Fengqi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him, and did not answer for a moment.

“You see, it seems I’m not the only one with a weakness.” Yan Shiyu said calmly, “It seems I underestimated Qiao Ling’s importance to you before this.”

Finally, Yan Fengqi chuckled and replied, "No, I overestimated Tang Xu's importance in your heart. It seems that in your heart, the power and status held by the old man are ultimately more important... Indeed, compared to the Yan family's wealth, a woman is just a nobody. No matter how important she is, how important can she be?" (End of Chapter)