Marriage Seduction Addiction

Soon, Gao Yan was led by a waiter to a seat behind Tang Xu.

He and Tang Xu sat back to back, their chairs about half a meter apart—a distance that seemed far removed from social interaction, yet he could still hear the sounds coming from behind them.

"Ms. Tang, I'm sorry to speak to you in this way, because I'm afraid it might affect you, and I'm also afraid it might affect Mr. Yan."

Gao Yan lowered his voice and finished speaking with his eyes down, but there was no response.

This was, of course, expected.

Fortunately, no one heard Tang Xu push back his chair, get up, or walk away.

Gao Yan paused for a moment before continuing to speak softly—

“I know you must have had a very difficult time these past few months… I can’t say how Mr. Yan has fared, but I can say that I truly have no idea what I’ve been going through…”

“Mr. Yan used to be a man of few words in private, but at least he would let me know what he was thinking. But now… it seems that even I have been excluded from his world…”

“He’s the kind of person who has endured so much since childhood, and seems to be able to get through anything… but only this time has I been scared… Miss Tang, I’m really afraid something will happen to him.”

"It seems strange, even unreasonable, that I'm suddenly coming to tell you all this... but I really have no other choice... I don't know how to help him, and in my knowledge, the only one who can help him is you..."

Even though Yan Shiyu never said anything.

Yes, he has never mentioned Tang Xu's name again since breaking up with her.

Duan Siwei had tried various methods to find out the reason for the two's breakup, but he never received any response from Yan Shiyu.

Yes, even Duan Siwei, who was acting as a messenger between the two, didn't know what had happened.

All that is known is that this time, Yan Shiyu took the initiative to give up on this relationship.

Given his past attitude towards Tang Xu, only something truly extraordinary could have led him to make such a decision.

Therefore, his complete silence afterward was all the more unusual.

This is so unlike Yan Shiyu's usual way of doing things.

He would never, and should never, be like this with Tang Xu.

Even these few encounters seem so strange.

He completely ignored Tang Xu.

This made Gao Yan even more uneasy.

He was filled with anxiety and finally could not bear it any longer, so he could only use this method to confide in Tang Xu. But after he talked for a long time, he did not receive a single word of reply.

Tang Xu was right half a meter behind him, but he seemed not to hear anything, remaining unmoved and quietly eating his food.

Gao Yan was completely lost in thought as he faced the food in front of him.

Until I looked up and saw a waiter pouring water coming from the front.

As Gao Yan passed by him, he suddenly stood up and accidentally bumped into him.

The waiter lost his balance, spilling some water from the kettle in his hand, which dripped onto Tang Xu.

What followed was a series of apologies from the waiter and Gao Yan.

Tang Xu lowered her eyes, looked at her wet sleeves, and finally stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

When she had dried her wet sleeves in the bathroom and opened the door to come out, she unsurprisingly saw Gao Yan standing outside.

Gao Yan looked at her and apologized sincerely and guiltily: "Miss Tang, I'm sorry—"

Tang Xu looked at him and said slowly, "I've already said it's okay."

Gao Yan said in a low voice, "You know what I'm talking about..."

Tang Xu let out a soft breath, and in this deserted corner, finally spoke the words she wanted to say—

“You’re right, those past few months were really tough. I even…didn’t know where I was at one point. I was in a daze every day. But do you know when I started to wake up?”

Gao Yan paused, then shook his head.

Helsinki.

Gao Yan's breath suddenly caught in his throat.

“I knew something had happened there. Although I didn’t know the details, I knew it wasn’t a good thing, and I knew that as long as I stayed away from that man, those things wouldn’t follow me. So, I fled Helsinki without hesitation.”

"From that day on, I understood that as long as I completely removed him from my life, he would no longer have any influence. I would no longer be sad or upset, nor would I lose myself again."

"So from now on, whatever he does has nothing to do with me. I don't care, I don't mind, and I will never have anything to do with him again."

"Everyone has their own world. Some worlds are destined to belong to only one person, while others are destined never to intersect."

After Tang Xu calmly finished her statement, she looked up at him again and smiled slightly, "Thank you for still having trust and expectations of me, but I'm sorry, from now on, please treat me as a stranger." (End of Chapter)