Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 263 Get Away As Soon as Possible
Hearing Yan Fengqi's mocking tone, Yan Shiyu remained calm and composed, seemingly oblivious to whether he had completely ignored Yan Fengqi's words or... acquiesced.

Seeing this, Yan Fengqi's mockery deepened. He leaned forward slightly, staring intently at him, and said, "So, even if I do something to Tang Xu again, you are powerless to retaliate right now... Is that what you mean?"

After a long while, Yan Shiyu finally responded, with those same two calm words: "Whatever you want."

Then, he added casually—

"As long as you dare."

Yan Fengqi continued to look at him mockingly, but all he met was Yan Shiyu's deep and indifferent gaze.

The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally, only silence filled the room.

……

Tang Xu knew nothing about anything beyond the street.

She sat quietly by the roadside until her wet hair was half-dry before the firefighters finally came out of the hotel.

After checking the entire building, the fire department concluded that a guest in one of the rooms was smoking in bed and accidentally set the sheets on fire while asleep. The fire is now extinguished.

This conclusion... did not seem too credible to Tang Xu.

After all, the thick smoke billowing in the corridor just now couldn't have been created by a bed sheet.

Other guests were also clearly unconvinced by this conclusion. Some kept arguing with the hotel manager, while others contacted the airline to demand that they take responsibility.

There's so much commotion, and it's hard to say whether we'll ever reach a conclusion.

Amidst the noise, Tang Xu walked alone through the crowd and limped into the hotel.

Back in her room, she had just changed her clothes when someone suddenly knocked on her door.

Upon opening the door, she found it was an elderly couple living next door, who were also passengers on the same flight as her. They had briefly interacted with Tang Xu when she checked in.

“Tang, we can’t get in touch with the airline, so we’re planning to change hotels and stay at one near the airport for the night. Would you like to come with us?” the old lady asked.

Tang Xu thought for a moment and quickly nodded.

So the two agreed to meet downstairs after packing their luggage. Tang Xu didn't have much luggage to begin with, so she quickly went downstairs and sat alone in the lobby to wait.

There was a large floor-to-ceiling window in the lobby, and from where she was sitting, she could see the street across the street.

At the end of the street within her sight was the bar that had caught her eye several times before.

Unconsciously, Tang Xu felt as if she were being controlled by someone or something again—

This series of events, from seeing Gao Yan at the dock last night, to Jiang Muchen deliberately mentioning Yan Shiyu in front of her during the day, to the flight cancellation this evening, and the hotel fire earlier...

Tang Xu is unwilling to use his brain now, but he can't deny the coincidence of this series of events.

I always feel like there's an invisible hand pushing something from behind.

Tang Xu hated this feeling.

I hate this feeling of being kept in the dark, of knowing nothing, yet being used.

She didn't know what the people behind this were ultimately trying to achieve, but as long as she could leave and return to the environment where she felt comfortable and free, what could they do to her?
Thinking of this, Tang Xu decided not to wait any longer. She got up and told the front desk to pass on a message to the couple for her. Then she went out and hailed a taxi, asking him to take her to the car rental place.

At this time, the car rental shops had long since closed, but Tang Xu stood in front of the rental company and made one call after another, finally managing to rent a car during his break.

After completing the formalities, Tang Xu drove directly away from the bar.

Tang Xu's sprained ankle was still throbbing, but that pain was nothing to her anymore.

At this moment, all she wanted was to leave, as quickly as possible, as far away as possible.

Even if it's just one kilometer away, it's extremely important to her as long as she's on a long, long road.

Tang Xu made a resolute decision and drove all night without sleep, finally entering Sweden at dawn.

After returning the car in another country, Tang Xu quickly bought a ticket for the next available flight to London and then headed to the airport.

To outsiders, her actions seemed almost insane.

She could have simply stayed overnight in Helsinki and taken a daytime flight to London at that time, but instead she went and did something completely unnecessary, spending the entire night speeding along unfamiliar foreign roads.

Only she knew that this was something she had to do.

Only she herself understood how important it was to get away from that city as soon as possible.

……

Just as Tang Xu was boarding the plane, Gao Yan arrived at Yan Shiyu's room.

The nurse who was delivering medicine to Yan Shiyu happened to come out of the door, met Gao Yan, and nodded slightly as a greeting.

Gao Yan entered the room and saw Yan Shiyu throwing a handful of pills into the trash can one by one.

Gao Yan quickly closed the door and stood at the door staring at him for a long time. Only when Yan Shiyu's last pill fell into the trash can did he finally speak in a low voice: "Miss Tang has already boarded the plane to London."

Yan Shiyu listened, but remained sitting there quietly without responding.

"She boarded the plane in Sweden."

Gao Yan originally didn't want to talk about it, but now that things have come to this, it seems there's not much difference between saying it and not saying it.

Whether Yan Shiyu heard it or not, he kept looking out the window and didn't react for a long time.

Seeing this, Gao Yan said nothing more, silently went forward to collect the trash can from which he had poured the medicine, and turned to leave.

Only after the door closed again did Yan Shiyu, sitting in the sofa chair, suddenly chuckle softly.

Have you noticed something?
That's why they were so reckless, even traveling to Sweden overnight to leave.

That's her style of doing things.

That's... pretty good.

Even though she was so close, she couldn't see him.

That's... fine too.