Marriage Seduction Addiction

After descending the mountain, Tang Xu returned to her room at the guesthouse to rest and tidy up, while Lu Xingyan, after handling the follow-up matters, discovered that Jiang Muchen's car was still parked in front of the guesthouse.

The reason he came back was to prevent Jiang Muchen from seeing Tang Xu and to drag Tang Xu back into this matter.

But now, he had another guess in his mind. For him, no matter what the cause was, things were finally developing in a direction that was somewhat out of control.

After watching the rescue team leave, Lu Xingyan finally walked towards Jiang Muchen's car.

However, before he could even reach the car, Jiang Muchen had already pushed open the door and gotten out, facing him directly.

Lu Xingyan sneered and said, "So impatient? She just escaped danger and came down the mountain, and you're already so eager to drag her into another incident?"

Jiang Muchen met his gaze and slowly raised his phone. "I advise you to save your energy. This matter has nothing to do with you anymore."

Lu Xingyan stared intently at his phone screen, which clearly displayed the call history between Tang Xu and him.

In other words, it was Tang Xu who wanted to see him!

Lu Xingyan's gaze suddenly froze. She glanced at him again, then turned and walked into the guesthouse.

He went straight upstairs, arrived at Tang Xu's door, and knocked loudly on the door.

The door opened with a knock, and Tang Xu, whose face was still a little pale, stood behind the door looking at him. "Could you be a little gentler? Anyone with a slightly fragile nerve would have been knocked unconscious by you."

"I really want to knock you out with a stick." Lu Xingyan looked at her coldly. "Why did you want to see Jiang Muchen?"

“He’s already here. Do you think I can just say I won’t see him?” Tang Xu replied.

"Back when you were still in the Jiang family, you weren't controlled by him at all. Now that you've finally broken free from the Jiang family, you're suddenly thinking about his feelings? Do you think he hasn't hurt you enough?"

After a long while, Tang Xu slowly exhaled and said, "He can't hurt me anymore. But I haven't been able to get through to Mr. Jiang for several days, and that... I can't ignore it, you understand?"

Hearing her mention Jiang Beiheng, Lu Xingyan's heart skipped a beat. Before she could react, she heard Jiang Muchen's footsteps behind her.

Lu Xingyan glanced back at him, the warning in her eyes was self-evident.

Jiang Muchen seemed not to notice, his gaze falling on Tang Xu, then glancing at the room behind her, and asked, "Shall we talk outside?"

Tang Xu remained indifferent to him as always. She hadn't planned to see him in her room anyway, so upon hearing this, she walked straight out and headed to the sunroom on the third floor.

Jiang Muchen quickly followed.

Lu Xingyan watched helplessly as the two of them walked up to the third floor one after the other and sat in the sunroom. With nowhere to vent her anger, she went downstairs, found her phone, and made a call.

Yan Shiyu's phone was still unreachable.

Lu Xingyan immediately called Gao Yan. As soon as the call connected, she asked bluntly, "Where is Yan Shiyu?"

Gao Yan paused for a moment before answering truthfully, "I haven't met Mr. Yan yet today."

"And what about yesterday?" Lu Xingyan asked again.

Gao Yan paused for a moment before saying, "No, not either."

"With so many things going on in the Yan family right now, and you haven't seen your boss for so long, do you think that's appropriate?" Lu Xingyan said. "Has he come to Rong City?"

Upon hearing this question, Gao Yan was visibly taken aback. "What?"

He was shocked for two reasons: first, he hadn't expected Yan Shiyu to do such a thing; and second, Yan Shiyu was currently out on bail and, in principle, shouldn't be allowed to leave Huai City.

Therefore, Gao Yan subconsciously felt that it was impossible.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingyan knew that Gao Yan was completely unaware of the situation, so she didn't bother to say anything more and simply hung up the phone.

……

In the sunroom, Jiang Muchen didn't say anything immediately. But seeing that Tang Xu's face was still a little pale, the first thing he did was pick up the health pot in front of him and pour Tang Xu a cup of hot water.

Tang Xu did not reach out to take it, but just looked at him coldly.

"You're here because something happened to Mr. Jiang, right?"

It seemed that even Jiang Muchen hadn't expected the topic to come up so quickly, so when Tang Xu brought it up, he remained silent for a while before finally nodding in agreement.

Tang Xu's expression finally changed slightly. "What is it?"

"He has been kidnapped for five days now, and there is still no news."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu's face paled even more. It took her a while to process the news before she asked, "Then what's the point of coming to me instead of him?"

"Don't you think I should have told you this news?" Jiang Muchen said.

Tang Xu stared at him for a moment before saying, "I just don't understand why you came here specifically."

"I want to ask you for help," Jiang Muchen said.

After she finished speaking, Tang Xu didn't reply for a moment. After a long silence, she finally said, "How can I be of any help in this state?"

Jiang Muchen remained silent for a long time as well.

He looked at her, countless words welling up in his heart, but he was stuck there, unable to speak.

Of course she can help; in this situation, no one is better able to help than her.

He's already shamelessly come looking for me, so there's no reason for him to keep stammering.

But strangely enough, when faced with her calm and unwavering gaze, he simply couldn't answer.

Facing Tang Xu's consistently calm gaze, Jiang Muchen finally spoke: "I hope you can come back to Huai City with me."

"What's the reason?"

Jiang Muchen said slowly, "If I can't give you a reason, will you definitely not come back with me?"

Tang Xu fell silent again.

Jiang Muchen paused for a moment, then finally said, "I want to save him, and I must save him. I need your help. I won't make you do anything difficult, and I certainly won't force you to do anything you don't want to do. I just want you to cooperate with me for a while, even if it's just an act."

Faced with such a request, Tang Xu would have ridiculed it as utterly absurd in the past.

But at this moment, she sat opposite him, quietly lowering her eyes, and after a long while, she finally spoke again: "Do you think it will be useful?"

"I will do my best," Jiang Muchen said.

Tang Xu seemed to be pondering his words, and did not react for a long time.

Jiang Muchen looked at her, a whirlwind of emotions churning within him, ultimately leaving only a profound sense of desolation. "You're not helping me, you're helping him," Jiang Muchen said slowly. "You'll say yes, won't you?"

……

While Tang Xu and Jiang Muchen were talking, Lu Xingyan was sitting under the eaves of the first floor opposite. She could see the two figures in the sunroom as soon as she looked up.

But all that could be seen were two figures; the expressions on their faces were not visible.

However, he sat there for a long time, staring intently at the two people upstairs.

At this point, how things would develop was no longer under his control. Even now, as Jiang Muchen was recounting the past to Tang Xu, he was powerless to change it.

However, for some reason, I still harbored a sliver of hope that things wouldn't turn out that way.

Under his gaze, Tang Xu and Jiang Muchen did not make any major movements. From beginning to end, the two sat and talked calmly. Tang Xu sat motionless most of the time, as if he had not received any terrible information.

However, the more this was the case, the more uneasy Lu Xingyan felt.

When the two people upstairs finally stood up, Lu Xingyan immediately stood up as well, turned around and walked upstairs.

He encountered two people coming down from the third floor at the top of the stairs on the second floor. His gaze immediately locked onto Tang Xu's face, but Tang Xu's face remained calm, revealing nothing at all.

Lu Xingyan turned to look at Jiang Muchen, but Jiang Muchen only looked at Tang Xu and said, "I'll wait for you outside."

After saying that, he finally glanced at Lu Xingyan, then turned and went downstairs.

Lu Xingyan watched his figure disappear downstairs before asking Tang Xu, "What did he say to you?"

As Tang Xu walked toward her room, she replied, "He told me that Mr. Jiang had been kidnapped."

"and then?"

"He needs my help and wants me to go back to Huai City with him."

"How can I help?"

“I don’t know. But he said he wouldn’t force me to do anything, he just hoped I would cooperate with him to some extent.”

"And then you agreed?"

"How could I possibly refuse?"

Lu Xingyan was speechless for a moment.

Yes, ever since she married into the Jiang family, Jiang Beiheng has treated her like his own daughter. Even though she hates Jiang Muchen, she still maintains a very good relationship and interactions with Jiang Beiheng.

Knowing that Jiang Beiheng was in trouble, she couldn't possibly remain indifferent, much less do nothing.

To Lu Xingyan's surprise and helplessness, Jiang Muchen actually did not tell her any information about Yan Shiyu.

Tang Xu returned to her room and began packing her things, while Lu Xingyan couldn't help but turn to look outside.

At this moment, he knew that anything he said or did would be in vain. Even though he was still burning with anger, he had nowhere to vent it.

Tang Xu packed her luggage at lightning speed. She had brought a 20-inch suitcase, and she left with it as well.

It seemed as if it was time to leave that Tang Xu suddenly remembered something and asked Lu Xingyan before leaving, "Why did you suddenly come back again? How long have you been gone? Did your mother let you out?"

Lu Xingyan stood by the gate, arms crossed, looking at her. "If I hadn't come back, you might still be missing in the deep mountains and forests."

Tang Xu countered, "If I really froze to death deep in the mountains, would you feel relieved?"

Lu Xingyan said, "Of course. Without you, there would be far less trouble."

Tang Xu sighed softly, then said, "I'm really sorry to have disappointed you again."

After a couple of lighthearted banter, Lu Xingyan's expression turned serious. She glanced at Jiang Muchen's car outside the door and said, "Are you really going back with him? You finally forgot some things and cut off many troubles, but you're going to plunge headlong into it again."

Tang Xu met his gaze quietly for a moment, and when she spoke again, her tone remained calm: "I've said it before, I had no choice. Perhaps some things are just destined to be unavoidable."

After saying that, Tang Xucai added, "Now that I'm leaving, you can rest assured. I won't mess up the house for you. You should hurry back to California. Your mother called you so urgently; there must be a lot of things waiting for you to handle there. Don't waste your time out there."

After saying this, Tang Xu smiled slightly at him before turning and walking outside.

Jiang Muchen stood by the car and waited. When he saw her coming over, he took her suitcase without waiting for Tan Siyi and the driver to do anything, and put it in the trunk.

Tang Xu didn't stand on ceremony with him and got into the car directly, then waved to Lu Xingyan who was standing outside the car.

Lu Xingyan was staring at Jiang Muchen, her expression quite unpleasant.

Jiang Muchen didn't look at him much. After putting away his luggage, he got into the car and quickly told the driver to start the car.

As the car slowly drove away, Lu Xingyan remained standing motionless at the door until a figure suddenly appeared behind him on the mountain path, at which point he turned around to look.

The person who arrived was dressed in all black mountaineering attire, from hat to mask, completely obscuring their true identity.

However, Lu Xingyan immediately asked, "Did you appear in front of her like this last night?"

The person walked forward unhurriedly, and only when they were right in front of him did they finally reach out and take off their hat and mask.

Who else could it be but Yan Shiyu?
Lu Xingyan's anger flared up instantly, and she almost gritted her teeth as she asked, "Why did you come?"

Yan Shiyu stopped, glanced back at the mountain behind him, and answered with only three words: "I don't know."

"So you don't know?" Lu Xingyan looked at him coldly and said, "If you didn't know, why did you go to all that trouble to erase her memory and make her an incomplete person? Things have come to this point, with endless troubles outside. She finally managed to hide in these deep mountains and forests away from all the trouble, but you came here again... What about all those things you said and did before? What did you take her for?"

This time, Yan Shiyu did not answer.

Yes, it's absurd no matter how you look at it, it's incomprehensible no matter how you look at it.

But things just spiraled out of control.

“I won’t comment on what you did; those were your goals to begin with. No one could stop you from doing whatever you wanted. Tang Xu’s connection with Jiang Beiheng was just bad luck. But now, you’ve shown up here because she was in danger and even saved her—do you think Jiang Muchen is a fool? Do you think I’m the only one who could have guessed you were here? Now that he’s taken Tang Xu away, all your previous efforts have been wasted! You’ve dragged Tang Xu back into this mess; is this what you wanted to see?”

"She won't get involved."

Lu Xingyan couldn't help but sneer, saying, "Go tell Jiang Muchen those words and see if he admits it."

Yan Shiyu then looked up and gazed in the direction the car had driven away.

"Although he hasn't said anything to Tang Xu yet, once he takes Tang Xu back, he'll definitely find an opportunity to use her against you and rescue Jiang Beiheng. I don't care how you respond, but don't forget your promise to let Tang Xu live peacefully in this world. Ji Yan is still waiting for me in California; I can't stay here. You'd better take care of yourself." (End of Chapter)