Marriage Seduction Addiction

After delivering breakfast, Gao Yan waited for Yan Shiyu downstairs. When he estimated that it was about time, he looked up and saw the elevator coming down from the seventh floor.

However, when the elevator arrived at the second basement level where Gao Yan was, the elevator doors slowly opened, but no one came out.

Gao Yan couldn't help but be curious and stuck his head out to peek inside.

The elevator doors were slowly closing, and Yan Shiyu stood inside, motionless, his gaze seemingly fixed on nothing in particular, clearly not his usual self.

Gao Yan couldn't help but call out, "Mr. Yan?"

Yan Shiyu did not respond.

Just as the elevator doors were about to close again, Gao Yan quickly reached out and stopped them, then called out again, "Mr. Yan? What's wrong?"

After a long while, Yan Shiyu finally slowly raised his head. His gaze was clearly fixed on his face, but his pupils seemed unfocused, appearing only as deep black as a shadow.

Seeing his state, Gao Yan was taken aback for a moment, and quickly called out again, "Mr. Yan?"

On a day like today, Yan Shiyu should not have shown such an expression under any circumstances.

but……

Gao Yan felt a moment of panic. Could something have happened at such a critical juncture?
Just as he was about to speak again, Yan Shiyu seemed to finally come to his senses and stepped out of the elevator.

However, this otherwise ordinary action inexplicably carried a hint of stiffness, to the point that when he stepped out, he inexplicably tripped over the carpet at the elevator entrance.

Gao Yan quickly reached out to help him up, and at the same time, his anxiety reached its peak.

When he spoke again, Gao Yan almost instinctively mentioned Tang Xu: "Has something happened to Miss Tang?"

Upon hearing his question, Yan Shiyu slowly raised his eyes to look at him. At the same time, his gaze finally became clear and settled. "What did you say?"

Gao Yan was filled with doubt and uncertainty. Although he subconsciously felt that Yan Shiyu's condition must be related to Tang Xu, he had just come down from upstairs. What could possibly happen to Tang Xu?

Or--

"Are you feeling unwell?" Gao Yan hurriedly asked again, "Does Miss Tang know?"

Yan Shiyu stood there quietly for a long while before finally speaking, "It's nothing."

"Are you really alright?" Gao Yan asked anxiously. "If you feel unwell, you must tell me. Today is such an important day for you and Miss Tang. Miss Tang has been waiting for this day for so long, we can't let anything happen to her."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu looked at him again, "She told you?"

Gao Yan scratched the back of his head. "No, it's just something I sensed. Miss Tang really looked forward to this day... So, Mr. Yan, are you alright?"

Faced with Gao Yan's repeated confirmations, Yan Shiyu seemed to gradually recover and withdrew her gaze, "Let's go."

Seeing Yan Shiyu gradually return to normal, Gao Yan breathed a slight sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried. Even after the car drove out of the underground parking lot, he kept observing Yan Shiyu in the rearview mirror.

Yan Shiyu eventually noticed it—

"Don't forget how much work you have to do this morning, focus."

When Yan Shiyu spoke, Gao Yan's half-suspended man completely relaxed.

The fact that Yan Shiyu could still detect his peeping shows that he is still alert, which means that there is nothing wrong with his condition.

Moreover, it's normal for his emotions to fluctuate all along. Perhaps he had been waiting for a long time and finally today arrived, so it's not surprising that his emotions suddenly became unbalanced.

As Gao Yan thought this, he gradually relaxed. Even though he was thinking about the mountain of work that had piled up this morning, he no longer felt anxious. He only wanted to finish his work as soon as possible so that he could take Yan Shiyu to the Civil Affairs Bureau to meet up with Tang Xu.

It wasn't until 2 p.m. that Gao Yan realized something was wrong again.

Yan Shiyu's work arrangements for today were originally handled by him. He clearly remembered that after a video conference at noon, Yan Shiyu had no more plans for the afternoon.

But as the clock struck two and the five executives entered Yan Shiyu's office one by one, Gao Yan was stunned. He quickly went to the secretariat to check the schedule and, seeing this suddenly added arrangement, asked, "Mr. Yan, didn't you have no work scheduled for this afternoon? When was this decided?"

Gao Yan is young and lively, and has always gotten along well with the secretaries. He has never spoken in such an anxious and somewhat agitated tone.

The secretary paused for a moment before saying, "This was arranged by Mr. Yan this morning. Is there a problem?"

"This morning? Mr. Yan arranged it?" Gao Yan asked again, almost abruptly.

The secretary nodded blankly, then watched as Gao Yan turned and walked towards Yan Shiyu's office, ignoring the important agenda that was taking place inside, and knocked on the door directly.

When Gao Yan entered Yan Shiyu's office, all six people in the office had their eyes on him. Only Yan Shiyu was sitting behind his desk, looking down at the documents. He didn't even look up when he heard Gao Yan enter.

Ignoring the five senior executives present, Gao Yan went straight to Yan Shiyu's side and said in a low voice, "Mr. Yan, it's already two o'clock, it's about time."

"You can go out now." Yan Shiyu said only this, without saying anything more.

Gao Yan paused for a moment, but did not obey the order. Instead, he spoke again: "There is not much time this afternoon. They only allocated one hour. If we don't leave now, we may be late."

Yan Shiyu didn't even raise his head. When he spoke again, his voice was colder: "Get out."

Gao Yan paused, slowly straightened up, glanced at Yan Shiyu again, and then turned and walked out.

Back at his workstation, Gao Yan took out his phone and started contacting Tang Xu.

Unexpectedly, the call could not be connected.

He was stunned for a moment, then turned to look for other ways to contact Tang Xu, only to find that all the messages he sent had disappeared without a trace, and there was no response at all.

Gao Yan panicked a little. He turned his head and stared at the door of Yan Shiyu's office for a few seconds before decisively stepping forward again, pushing the door open and walking in.

An executive inside was reporting on some work when he was suddenly interrupted by Gao Yan's barging in. He frowned and looked at Gao Yan, clearly very displeased.

Gao Yan didn't even glance at him, and went straight to Yan Shiyu's side, bowing his head to Yan Shiyu and saying, "Mr. Yan, I have something very important to tell you. Could you ask Manager Shen and the others to leave for a moment?"

As a result, the eyes of several senior executives all focused on Gao Yan, and they all revealed their dissatisfaction.

After all, in their view, nothing in the entire Yan family was more important than what they were reporting, yet Gao Yan had to interrupt them time and time again, which was extremely rash and derelict in his duty. Originally, they thought that under such circumstances, Yan Shiyu would definitely make Gao Yan get out, but to everyone's surprise, when Yan Shiyu spoke again, he looked at them and said, "You all go out and wait for five minutes."

The group of people were all taken aback. After exchanging glances briefly, they finally got up and left.

Seeing the office door close again, Gao Yan finally spoke: "Mr. Yan, I can't get in touch with Miss Tang. I've tried everything, but I can't get through to her phone, and she's not replying to any other messages. Has something happened? Why don't you contact the people around Miss Tang and ask them if something has happened?"

In the past, hearing news related to Tang Xu would have surely caused Yan Shiyu to become emotionally icy. However, at this moment, Yan Shiyu simply listened to him calmly, and his expression remained unchanged until he finished speaking.

“Mr. Yan?” Gao Yan called out to Yan Shiyu again, his tone somewhat urgent, after a brief silence.

"She won't be showing up for a while, so don't look for her anymore."

Yan Shiyu finally spoke, but only threw out this sentence at him.

Gao Yan felt like he had misheard. He stared at Yan Shiyu for a long while before finally asking, "What did you say?"

"Isn't it clear enough?" Yan Shiyu said.

"Not enough!" Gao Yan's emotions became visibly agitated. "Today is the day you agreed upon. You've gone through so much and waited so long for this day, and now that it's here, you suddenly say such things—what does this mean? What are you trying to do? Where is Miss Tang?"

Facing Gao Yan, whose tone was clearly filled with anger, Yan Shiyu remained unusually calm.

However, he still didn't give Gao Yan the answer he wanted, only saying, "You'll know."

This answer clearly further enraged Gao Yan, but facing Yan Shiyu, he couldn't vent his anger without restraint. So after a moment of stunned silence, he nodded and said, "If you won't tell me, then I'll find her myself. Miss Tang isn't just important to you; she's also my friend. Now that my friend has mysteriously disappeared, I must find her!"

After saying this, Gao Yan turned around and strode out, even slamming the door shut.

Yan Shiyu stared at the tightly closed door, his gaze remaining calm and composed until several senior executives pushed the door open again. Only then did he turn his attention back to the documents in front of him and say, "Continue."

As soon as Gao Yan got his phone, he called Lu Xingyan.

"Mr. Lu, Miss Tang has gone missing. Can you contact her?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingyan on the other end of the phone didn't respond immediately. Instead, he remained silent for several seconds before asking, "Is there something urgent you need her for?"

Even though he was somewhat blinded by anger, Gao Yan still realized something from his brief silence and asked, "You know, right?"

His response was another period of silence from Lu Xingyan.

"Do you know where she went, or do you know what happened?" Gao Yan asked again.

“I think Mr. Yan will tell you about that,” Lu Xingyan said. “The only thing I can tell you is that you don’t need to worry about her. She will be fine.”

Hearing this answer, Gao Yan was not reassured, nor could he ignore the chill and lingering fear in his heart. "What exactly did you do?"

Lu Xingyan remained silent for a moment before saying, "We just hope she can have a better life."

Gao Yan couldn't understand what he was saying at all, but he also knew that he couldn't get any more information from Lu Xingyan.

All the information he was now receiving told him that something had indeed happened, and it was heading in a direction he didn't want to see—and that this was something that had been planned for a long time.

Yan Shiyu knew, Lu Xingyan knew...

anything else?
How many people still know this?
How many more people are participating?
And what about Tang Xu?

What is she going through right now? Does she already know? How will she react?
Will she be sad? upset? scared or desperate?
……

In the early hours of the morning, Yan Shiyu returned to Qiushuitai alone.

As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I saw someone sitting on a chair by the door, leaning back with their head tilted back, watching their smoke rings slowly rise into the air, looking utterly bored.

Hearing the elevator, Duan Siwei slowly turned his gaze to Yan Shiyu, who was walking out of the elevator.

Their eyes met, and Duan Siwei narrowed his gaze slightly before asking directly, "Do you know your assistant has gone mad?"

"You came here just to tell me this?"

Duan Siwei chuckled and said, "That's only one aspect, of course. The main thing is, I'm also very curious—where exactly did you take Tang Xu?"

Upon hearing this question, Yan Shiyu remained silent for a long while.

"Is this question difficult to answer?" Duan Siwei said. "Or are you not going to tell us? What's next? Are you going to make us pretend we don't know anything about this, or pretend that Tang Xu never existed?"

"Where is Gao Yan?" When he spoke again, Yan Shiyu only asked one question.

This afternoon and evening, Yan Shiyu was in various meetings and didn't have a single minute of free time.

After leaving his office for the second time, Gao Yan quickly left the Yan family business—in Duan Siwei's words, he frantically searched for Tang Xu everywhere, but did not try to contact the culprit again.

Duan Siwei raised an eyebrow slightly before saying, "Of course I couldn't just stand by and watch him act recklessly. I had to control him. He was very emotional and angry with you—although I can't fully empathize with him, I can understand his anger. What about you?"

Yan Shiyu walked straight into the house and said, "Tell him to come up so I can explain things to you."

……

About ten minutes later, Duan Siwei, with a look of utter detachment, and Gao Yan, with eyes blazing red, sat on the sofa, one calm and the other furious, staring at Yan Shiyu.

Yan Shiyu sat on the sofa opposite, his expression and tone extremely calm.

"It's time to give you an explanation about this matter. From now on, I want you all to forget her existence and pretend you never knew her."

Gao Yan jumped to his feet, his eyes blazing with fury, and he practically roared, "What did you do? What did you do to her? Where is she?"

"A place without pain."

Yan Shiyu said. (End of this chapter)