Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 351 She Doesn't Hate You
On the other end of the phone, Lu Xingyan fell silent for a long while before finally speaking: "Tang Xu, this isn't funny."

"Just pretend I'm crazy," Tang Xu said. "Anyway, I'm telling you I saw Xu Xingyang. Are you coming back?"

"Have you been under too much stress lately?" Lu Xingyan asked. "Has Yan Shiyu been torturing you in some way?"

“Lu Xingyan,” Tang Xu said again, enunciating each word clearly, “I saw Xu Xingyang alive, the living Xu Xingyang! If you think I’m going crazy, then come back and save me, tell me I really am crazy.”

After ending the call with Lu Xingyan, Tang Xu was still in a daze.

Even though she told Lu Xingyan about this with absolute certainty on the phone, in fact, when she hung up, she couldn't help but wonder if the world had gone mad, or if she had gone mad.
How did her best friend, Xu Xingyang, who left this world before she was an adult, become Yan Shiyu's sister, Ji Yan?
The only way to find this answer is to seek it from another party involved.

Tang Xu quickly dialed Gao Yan's number.

"Gao Yan, does Mr. Yan have time today?" Tang Xu said. "I'd like to see him. Tell him I'll be waiting for him at Yujing Bay, anytime is fine."

Perhaps it was a long-standing habit, but no matter how big the matter was, she would always avoid contacting Yan Shiyu directly and instead ask Gao Yan to relay the message.

Fortunately, Gao Yan has almost never let her down.

Tang Xu returned to Yujing Bay and had just gone into the bathroom to wash her face. Before she could calm herself down, she opened the door and saw Yan Shiyu walking in.

He arrived less than five minutes after she entered the house, which shows how timely Gao Yan's message was.

At the same time, his slightly tense and cold expression seemed to indicate something.

Upon noticing Tang Xu's slightly reddened eyes, Yan Shiyu's expression hardened further. He stepped forward and tightly grasped Tang Xu's hand. "What happened?"

Tang Xu never expected him to return so quickly. Her emotions, which had not yet calmed down, had nowhere to go, so she could only lean into his arms and hug him tightly.

Yan Shiyu's heart skipped a beat, and she was about to ask something when she heard Tang Xu's slightly trembling voice—

"I've seen your sister."

Yan Shiyu's eyes froze for a moment before she asked, "What did she say to you?"

Tang Xu shook her head, then looked up at him again, "I know her."

Yan Shiyu was taken aback. "What?"

Tang Xu tugged at the corners of her lips, "Do you remember when I told you that I had a very, very good friend who stayed by my side and supported me through the most chaotic period of my life..."

Yan Shiyu didn't know why she suddenly brought this up. She frowned slightly and nodded. "You mean, she's gone."

Tang Xu nodded, suppressing the surging emotions in her heart, and said, "But what I didn't tell you is that she also studied the guzheng and was extremely talented. If it weren't for the accident, she would be a professional guzheng player now."

Upon hearing the word "guzheng," Yan Shiyu's expression changed drastically.

“She clearly died in an accident, I’ve always known that… but now, I’m confused…” Tang Xu’s eyes unconsciously filled with tears again. “I don’t know what happened to her… why, after so many years, would she reappear, and become… your sister…”

Tang Xu's eyes were blurry with tears, but for the first time, she clearly saw a look of shock in Yan Shiyu's eyes.

“Yan Shiyu…” she choked out as she told him, “My best friend is actually your sister… but she doesn’t remember you, and she doesn’t remember me either… can you tell me why?”

Yan Shiyu suddenly pulled her into a tight embrace, and in that instant, he was overwhelmed with shock and realization.

"Are you sure she's your good friend, and not just someone who looks alike? Are you sure you haven't mistaken her for someone else?" Yan Shiyu said.

“I could mistake anyone else, but I would never mistake her,” Tang Xu said. “Even if she doesn’t remember who she is, I can be sure that she is her.”

Yan Shiyu slowly closed his eyes, remained silent for a long time, and then sighed as he spoke: "What was her name back then?" "Xu Xingyang."

“Xu Xingyang…” Yan Shiyu murmured the name, and finally whispered, “No wonder…”

No wonder he couldn't find any information after searching for so long. It turns out that after he was sent abroad, Old Master Yan changed Ji Yan's name and identity.

It's quite obvious that when creating her so-called "death," Old Master Yan could have used the same method to change her identity, and even erased her memories...

So he investigated openly and secretly for so long, but still found nothing.

Even though she was so close to him, right next to the person closest to him, he couldn't even tell...

“You said she was the best girl you’d ever met,” Yan Shiyu said.

Tang Xu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle softly, tears streaming down her face. She said, "You actually still remember."

"What was she like back then?" Yan Shiyu's voice carried a hint of dazedness.

Tang Xu looked up at him and said, "When I first met her, she seemed a bit aloof, but after getting to know her, I realized she was warm-hearted beneath her cold exterior... She's the most stable, determined, and proactive person I've ever met... She wanted to become a guzheng player, so she practiced day and night without ever complaining... She wanted to pull me out of my predicament, and no matter what I said or did, she wouldn't give up... She..."

As Tang Xu spoke, tears streamed down her face, and she was momentarily speechless.

Yan Shiyu stared at her, somewhat bewildered.

Because the person Tang Xu was talking about was completely unfamiliar to him.

She was only 10 years old when he left her.

When he saw her again, she was 26 years old.

A full sixteen years passed in between.

During the years she was still "alive," all he knew was that she had studied the guzheng, received a few photos of her profile, and that she had grown up safely and healthily to the age of seventeen.

He didn't know what name she used, what kind of life she led, what kind of friends she made, or what her character was like during the seven years she lived in Huai City...

For the next nine years, he knew nothing at all.

It turns out that she used to live a good life; she had dreams, close friends, and a kind nature...

"Did she... mention me at all?"

Tang Xu was dazed for a moment, thought carefully for a moment, but still shook her head, "No, she didn't..."

Yan Shiyu seemed to pause for a moment at such a response, but then remained unusually calm.

"She hates me."

"No!" Tang Xu categorically denied his conclusion.

Yan Shiyu looked at her again.

“She couldn’t possibly hate you,” Tang Xu said. “She didn’t hate you…at least not at that time. I know, I know…if she had even a little bit of hatred in her heart, she wouldn’t have acted that way…She doesn’t hate you, it’s impossible for her to hate you!”

At this point, Tang Xu suddenly seemed to remember something and looked up at him sharply. "She never mentioned you, but I once saw a photograph... a photograph of her tucked inside a book..."