Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 314 Escape
Upon hearing these words, the once-hot kiss on my shoulder instantly turned as cold as if it had lost its warmth.

Although Yan Shiyu remained in the same spot, something seemed different.

Just as Tang Xu was about to continue speaking, Yan Shiyu raised his hand and gently stroked her hair, then said, "Are you hungry? I'll go make something to eat. Is there anything you particularly want to eat? Although there isn't much, I'll try my best to think of a way, and maybe I can satisfy you."

When faced with a question he was unwilling to answer, Yan Shiyu could always easily change the subject.

But Tang Xu had finally spoken up, so there was no reason to let the topic pass with just a few words.

She took the man's arm, looked at him, and said, "This place is too remote. It's inconvenient to get anything, and what if something happens—"

"What's going on?" Yan Shiyu slowly raised his eyes to look at her. "What do you think might happen?"

His eyes remained dark, yet from certain angles, they subtly carried an aura of danger.

Tang Xu knew exactly what kind of dangerous situation she was referring to, but at this moment, facing Yan Shiyu like this, she felt she couldn't bring herself to say it.

This afternoon was already out of control; if she brings it up again, I'm afraid... an even bigger situation will arise.

After a long eye contact, Tang Xu simply said softly, "I'm just worried... I don't know what's going on outside now."

Yan Shiyu looked at her for a long time before reaching out and gently stroking her face. Then he lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips.

"I told you, you don't need to worry about anything..."

“But there should be a time limit, right?” Tang Xu looked at him. “We can’t stay here forever… You have so many things to do, can you really just give them all up?”

Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Yan Shiyu paused slightly once again.

Then, he reached out and touched Tang Xu's lips. "Take your time washing, I'll go get something to eat."

After saying that, Yan Shiyu didn't linger and turned to leave the bathroom.

Tang Xu certainly knew what kind of person Yan Shiyu was.

He was unwilling to talk about things, and he would rather break up with her than say a word.

Now, with everyone else acting strangely, such a reaction is perfectly normal for him.

Tang Xu stood in the empty, cold bathroom for a long time, and finally could only turn on the shower again and silently wash herself.

But as the water fell on her skin, she suddenly seemed to remember something, staring at the stream of water for a long time before reaching out and adjusting the direction of the switch.

The warm water was gradually replaced by cool water, slowly covering her body.

……

That evening, Tang Xu did not press Yan Shiyu about when he left.

The night passed, and Yan Shiyu woke up to the sound of Tang Xu's rapid breathing.

The moment I opened my eyes, I realized that the person in my arms was burning hot and had an unnaturally flushed face. Even in his sleep, he was frowning and his short breaths were filled with pain that was about to burst out.

"Yaoyao? Yaoyao?"

Yan Shiyu stroked her face and called her name twice. Seeing that Tang Xu did not respond, he quickly got up and got out of bed.

Tang Xu finally regained some feeling when the cool fever-reducing patch was applied to her forehead.

When she opened her eyes, Yan Shiyu was looking down, gently wiping her burning skin with a warm, damp towel.

Looking up and seeing that Tang Xu had finally regained consciousness, Yan Shiyu quickly put down the towel in her hand, stepped forward to help Tang Xu sit up, then reached for the fever reducer and water cup that had been prepared on the bedside table, and brought them to Tang Xu's lips, "You have a fever, take the medicine and then go to sleep."

In her dazed state, Tang Xu felt him put the pills into her mouth, then feed her a sip of water, and whisper, "Swallow the pills..."

In a daze, Tang Xu suddenly slumped to the side of the bed, vomiting up the water and pills, and dry heaving incessantly.

Yan Shiyu supported her with one hand and gently patted her back with the other.

Tang Xu didn't know if she had vomited anything or not, but she quickly lost consciousness again.

……

When Tang Xu woke up again, she opened her eyes and saw the IV drip above her head.

Looking down from the IV drip bag, I saw the IV needle inserted into my arm.

The distribution and shape of this IV needle are familiar to Tang Xu.

On the first day she woke up in this room, Yan Shiyu used the same method to deliver nutrient solution to her.

So, it was Yan Shiyu who gave her the fever reducer...

Tang Xu couldn't help but close her eyes.

She made this decision because she hoped to find an opportunity to leave the house.

Even going to a clinic in a remote village might offer a chance to leave and return to reality.

But now, it's clear that they've failed.

Yan Shiyu would not give her that opportunity.

Tang Xu couldn't help but gently close her eyes.

Just then, Yan Shiyu pushed open the door and walked in, just in time to see Tang Xu with her eyes closed.

He walked slowly forward, sat down by the bed, and reached out to touch her forehead. "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"

Tang Xu didn't want to admit it, but the feeling in her body couldn't lie.

She is indeed much better now.

She opened her eyes again, looked at the man beside the bed, and remained silent for a moment.

Yan Shiyu helped her up and brought the water glass to her lips again, saying, "Drink more water; it's good for cooling down."

Tang Xu couldn't help but close her eyes again, and at the same time, she tightly closed her lips.

When Yan Shiyu realized that the water wouldn't go down, she didn't continue in vain. She put down the water glass, placed Tang Xu back on the pillow, and said softly, "It's okay, if you don't want to drink, then don't... If you don't want to drink water, we have saline solution ready. If you don't want to eat, we have nutritional fluids ready... Yao Yao, you'll get better eventually."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu's heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, he knew everything.

Indeed, how could someone as shrewd as him not see through her little tricks?
Everything she did, right under his nose, was nothing but a gamble...

He can make her win if he wants her to, and he can make her lose if he wants her to.

Tang Xu lay there with her eyes closed, and finally couldn't help but smile softly.

"But..." she finally spoke, her voice hoarse, "What's the point of all this? All you want is a living body, isn't that right?"

"You know what I want," Yan Shiyu said calmly, "but you're unwilling to give it to me."

Tang Xu's laughter suddenly became more pronounced, and she gradually laughed out loud, "Didn't I give it to you? You gave up on it yourself... You didn't want it... So why do all this now?"

Yan Shiyu remained silent for a long time, and in the end did not answer her question, but only said, "It's okay, there's plenty of time in the future."

After saying that, he stood up, but Tang Xu asked, "What do you mean by 'a long future'? Do you plan to keep me in this house for the rest of my life, forever isolated from the world? And what about you? Will you go back to Huai City? Will you still seek revenge? Will you still seek revenge for the Yan family and the Jiang family? If you don't, haven't you lived in vain all these years? If you still want revenge, aren't you worried about leaving me here alone? Aren't you afraid that something might happen to me? Have you thought about what you want and what you will ultimately get?"

At this moment, Tang Xu knew that she had finally said the cruelest words to him. He had hidden his true self, stayed with her in this place, and tried his best to suppress and restrain himself, all for the sake of these few days of almost stolen pleasure.

So he pretended to have forgotten everything outside.

They forgot everything he carried, forgot the hatred and pain, forgot the risks and crises, and even forgot why he lived...

But this is not the real world.

Even though he forced himself to do it again and again, clues eventually emerged.

To stay in this illusory "Shangri-La" any longer is nothing more than torturing oneself repeatedly.

It would be better to just puncture all the smoke and get it over with once and for all.

Tang Xu remained calm, but unbeknownst to her, tears were already streaming down her face.

She turned to look at him as if she hadn't noticed.

Yan Shiyu stood there with his back to her the whole time.

Faced with Tang Xu's series of questions, he remained silent and did not even move.

However, Tang Xu could still clearly see that his hand, hanging down at the cuff, trembled uncontrollably once again.

She quickly looked away and didn't look again.

A short while later, the sound of the door opening and closing came from inside the room.

Yan Shiyu left.

Tang Xu stared quietly at the IV drip above her head, drop by drop…

Time flowed before her eyes, as if indicating that she would eventually return to the normal world.

……

After the last of the medication in the IV drip was finished, Tang Xu quickly pulled out the needle from her hand, pressed it against the incision for a moment, then found her coat, wrapped it around herself, and quietly opened the door to the room.

She couldn't see Yan Shiyu anywhere, upstairs or downstairs.

Only a strange, heavy sound echoed in the room: thud, thud, thud...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when the sky was bright, the sound seemed to come from the darkest depths of the earth, making people feel cold all over and shudder.

Tang Xu stood at the stairwell for a long time.

She was listening to that voice, and she was also looking at... the car keys on the coffee table.

The sound continued, one after another, relentlessly, as if urging something on.

Finally, Tang Xu strode forward, grabbed the key, and rushed out the door.

The car was parked under the tree outside the door. Tang Xu started the car quickly while keeping a close eye on the movements at the door of the house.

Because she was so nervous, her hands were trembling slightly, and she accidentally shifted into the wrong gear.

boom!
With a loud crash, the car slammed into the steps in front of the door.

Tang Xu slammed her body heavily against the steering wheel. She gritted her teeth, staring at the still empty doorway as she readjusted the gear.

This time, she finally made no mistakes. She quickly adjusted the car, glanced at the empty doorway again, and drove the car straight out of the courtyard.

She had walked along both sides of the road in front of the courtyard.

She knew there were no roads leading to the other side of the river, so the direction leading to the village was the direction she should go.

Tang Xu drove the car and soon saw the village he had seen before.

Driving along this road, as we approached the village, we finally saw a wider road.

Tang Xu drove a few more kilometers on that wider road and finally saw the road sign.

She then pulled over and started fiddling with the car's infotainment system.

She quickly found the navigation, pulled up the map, entered the name of Huai City, and saw the route back to Huai City.

300 kilometers.

Not too far.

If we drive fast, we might be able to get there in three hours.

As Tang Xu calculated, she drove the car in the indicated direction following the navigation.

She arrived at the highway entrance in less than twenty minutes. Although the front of her car was damaged, it wasn't serious. However, the tollbooth staff still looked at her with surprise, handed her two tissues, and asked, "Ma'am, are you alright?"

Tang Xu took the tissue and realized that she had been crying again.

But why is she still crying?

She's already a soulless walking corpse, so why is she still crying?

……

The sky darkened.

The secluded building lost the light of the previous two nights and was plunged back into darkness.

Just like countless days and nights before.

It was as if no one had ever been here.

It was as if no one was inside anymore.

Nobody pays attention to a place like this.

Nobody will care...

As night deepened, the sky was covered with layers of clouds, and the stars and moon were nowhere to be seen, so dark that there wasn't even a ray of light.

But at that moment, a beam of bright light pierced through the darkness and shone towards the small building.

At the same time, a black car sped into the courtyard and stopped at the bottom of the steps.

Tang Xu pushed open the door, got out of the car, and rushed into the house.

The dark windows were illuminated by car headlights, the light filtering through barely lighting up a corner of the living room.

Yan Shiyu sat quietly on the sofa, her bloodied arm hanging limply at her side.

He had no expression, nor a trace of anger.

until……

Tang Xufei threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.

She buried her face in his chest, finally unable to hold back her sobs, "Let's go back... let's go back together, okay? I'll go back with you, okay?"