Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 40 What exactly is Yan Shiyu restraining?

That afternoon, Tang Xu received a call from Jiang Beiheng, asking her to come home for dinner.

When Tang Xu arrived at the Jiang family mansion, she discovered that today was the anniversary of Jiang Muchen's mother's death, and Jiang Beiheng, who rarely goes out, went to the cemetery.

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu couldn't help but say, "Then you should have told me earlier, so I could have accompanied you to the cemetery."

Jiang Beiheng smiled slightly and said, "I know you mean well. Although you've never met her... He's not coming back. The fact that you're back for dinner makes both of us happy."

Tang Xu knew that the "he" he was referring to was Jiang Muchen.

Although Jiang Muchen was hateful, Jiang Beiheng was ultimately a respected elder to Tang Xu, so she did not express any opinion.

"You seem to have lost weight again?" Jiang Beiheng asked her. "Are you still so busy with work?"

"Thankfully, things are much better after my friend came back to help—"

Before Tang Xu could finish speaking, a loud "bang" suddenly came from the other side of the door, and someone kicked the door open.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Muchen slowly walked into the door that had been kicked open.

He held a bouquet of flowers in his hand, his gaze sinister. He glanced at the two people sitting at the table, his eyes finally settling on Jiang Beiheng. "Your flowers?"

Before Jiang Beiheng could reply, Jiang Muchen slammed the flowers heavily onto the dining table.

On the dining table, a piece of a cup, plate, or bowl was broken.

Those dozens of delicate champagne roses, mixed with the soup and vegetable juices, lay quietly on the dining table.

Jiang Muchen sneered, "Don't defile my mother's grave."

After saying that, he coldly swept his gaze over Tang Xu, then turned and left without lingering.

No one expected a meal to turn out like this.

Jiang Beiheng didn't want to put Tang Xu in a difficult position, so he made an excuse that he needed to go upstairs to change his clothes and asked Tang Xu to leave first.

Their relationship had been strained for years, and they both knew the truth. Tang Xu couldn't offer any comfort, so he obediently left.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped outside, I saw Jiang Muchen's car still parked in the yard.

He sat in the back seat, the cigarette between his fingers slowly burning. Seeing Tang Xu emerge, he uttered only two words—

"boarding."

Tang Xu thought she was hallucinating.

Since Song Yuting suffered a heart attack in his office and was hospitalized, she used Jiang Wanning to provoke him, and the two have almost completely broken off relations.

At this moment, Jiang Muchen actually asked her to get in the car?
The way he acted made it seem like he was waiting for her on purpose.
Tang Xu couldn't believe that what she was seeing was real, so she just stood there without moving.

Jiang Muchen impatiently stubbed out his cigarette and looked at her again, saying, "I told you to get in the car."

Tang Xu seemed to have finally made up his mind.

She stared at Jiang Muchen for a moment before slowly walking forward, opening the car door, and getting in.

Jiang Muchen instructed the driver to start the car.

"Where are you taking me?" Tang Xu asked, her body tense as she leaned back in the seat, staring at the road ahead.

Jiang Muchen didn't even look at her, his expression cold and arrogant. "Go see someone. Make a good impression and don't be rude."

Tang Xu found it utterly unbelievable.

Such instructions were actually meant for her to meet people as Mrs. Jiang?
“Mr. Jiang,” Tang Xu turned to look at him, “Are you misunderstanding something about our relationship? Is it appropriate for us to go out together in this state?”

It's simply a human comedy.

“I know you’re not happy about it.” Jiang Muchen didn’t even look at her. “Don’t worry, I’m not really happy about it either. So you can name your conditions.”

Tang Xu listened but did not reply immediately.

Conditions? What conditions could she possibly ask him for? What could she possibly ask that he would agree to?
Before she could speak, Jiang Muchen smoothed things over for her, "Didn't you want the project between the Song family and the Wu family to continue?"

Tang Xu turned to look at him, "This is giving the Song family a way out, will Mr. Jiang allow it?"

Jiang Muchen said, "It depends on your performance."

After a moment of silence, Tang Xu suddenly said, "What if I said it wasn't enough?"

"What did you say?" Jiang Muchen finally turned to look at her.

“One Wu Yu isn’t enough,” Tang Xu said. “After all, playing the role of Mrs. Jiang well is too difficult for me right now… If I mess it up, wouldn’t Mr. Jiang take his anger out on me again? Wouldn’t the Song family suffer even more then?” Jiang Muchen probably never expected that Tang Xu would actually negotiate with him. After a cold laugh, he said, “Tang Xu, are you sure you want to go against me like this?”

“This path was never one I chose myself.” Tang Xu met his gaze frankly. “Isn’t that right, Mr. Jiang?”

She originally thought that Jiang Muchen would be furious upon hearing this and would immediately stop the car and kick her out.

But the car continued to drive smoothly.

Jiang Muchen stared at her coldly for a long time before finally speaking: "Fine, one Wu Yu isn't enough, let's add He Yan. Don't you really need a loan?"

Tang Xu remained silent, her hands still clenched into fists. After a long while, she finally spoke: "Okay."

……

The person Jiang Muchen brought Tang Xu to meet was a Mrs. Jiang.

The meeting took place at the private residence of a Master Zeng.

Tang Xu didn't know who Madame Chiang was, but this Master Zeng was really famous. He had dealings with countless high-ranking officials and dignitaries and was practically a socialite.

Jiang Muchen has never believed in these things.

He was extremely arrogant and conceited; he couldn't possibly have any other faith besides himself.

But how many of the people who have interacted with this Master Zeng truly believe in him?

The powerful network of connections behind them is probably the real reason why countless people flock to them.

Just like the Mrs. Jiang that Tang Xu saw at this moment.

Madame Chiang was in her thirties, dressed in a modern Chinese-style dress that made her look slender and graceful. She wore no expensive jewelry and had a gentle smile. "This must be Mrs. Chiang?"

"Mrs. Jiang, you can just call me Tang Xu."

"Tang Xu, the surname Tang, sounds really nice."

Tang Xu never expected that Jiang Muchen's purpose in bringing her here was to accompany this Madam Jiang in copying scriptures.

"I heard today is your mother-in-law's birthday." Madam Jiang said to Tang Xu while tidying up the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone in front of her. "Master Zeng said that it would be best if you and your husband copied the Ksitigarbha Sutra together to pray for blessings."

Tang Xu didn't actually have any faith, but since she was already there, she did as she was told and started copying.

Madame Chiang glanced at her copying the sutra and smiled, "Your calligraphy is quite beautiful."

"I learned some when I was a child," Tang Xu said. "It's been many years since I last wrote anything, so please excuse me, Madam Jiang."

The two didn't talk much after that. Madame Chiang was very focused and devout while copying, as if she truly believed.

Tang Xu wasn't actually as focused as her; her mind was too cluttered with thoughts, and she couldn't calm down no matter what.

The full text of the Ksitigarbha Sutra is too long, but fortunately she only needed to copy a portion of it. However, after copying more than a thousand characters, her hands and feet were still numb.

Fortunately, she finished copying it before midnight. After delivering it to Master Zeng, she saw Master Zeng muttering incantations before burning her part and Jiang Muchen's part together.

Jiang Muchen stood to the side, staring at the flickering flames, his expression remaining dark and unreadable.

Madame Chiang seemed to have a good impression of Tang Xu. When she left, she held Tang Xu's hand and praised her for her composure, and invited her to come again next time to copy scriptures together.

After seeing Madam Jiang off, Jiang Muchen got into the car and glanced at Tang Xu, who was still standing there, and said, "Get in the car."

“This Mrs. Jiang must be someone special,” Tang Xu said. “Otherwise, why would you be willing to give the Song family a chance to survive over something so trivial?”

Jiang Muchen merely glanced at her with a cold gaze, "Do you know what it means to keep things separate?"

"Oh." Tang Xu nodded, turning her head to look at him. "So, those who are destined to die will still die, right?"

"Tang Xu, don't try to provoke me."

"How could I dare?" Tang Xu smiled lightly, then took a step back. "Mr. Jiang, you can go ahead first. I'll take a taxi back by myself, so I won't take up any more of your time."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muchen's eyes instantly turned gloomy and dark. He quickly looked away, rolled up the car window, and instructed the driver to start the car.

After watching the car leave, Tang Xu took out her phone, ready to call Lu Xingyan.

However, as soon as the phone was unlocked, a call came in.

The name displayed on the screen—

Yan Shiyu.

(End of this chapter)