Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 461 Because of Love

The moment the words "It hurts so much I feel like I'm going to die" were uttered, the figure in the sofa chair visibly froze for a moment.

However, Tang Xu remained lying there quietly, so naturally he couldn't see anything, and she didn't try to look at him.

He didn't seem to be looking at her either.

The small room was quiet and private, yet the two people, separated for so long, seemed to be separated by a galaxy, never touching or seeing each other.

Even their speech has become so unfamiliar.

After a moment of silence, not receiving a response from him, Tang Xu spoke again: "And you, are you in pain?"

Yan Shiyu's silence was her only response.

"It must have hurt a lot," she said, almost as if answering her own question. "At that speed, it's a miracle I only suffered minor injuries... The moment I woke up, I didn't even dare to think about what was happening to you... Then, in a daze, I remembered that I seemed to have briefly regained consciousness, and at that time, you seemed to be beside me, calling my name..."

She said so much, but all she got in return was Yan Shiyu's silence.

But Tang Xu continued to search for something to say—

"But I can't be sure if it's real. I don't even know if it's just my imagination, so I can only ask Song Luobai... You know Song Luobai's personality. He was already angry with me, and when I asked him, his attitude was terrible—"

When did you find out?

Yan Shiyu finally spoke again, interrupting her running out of things to say.

Tang Xu paused.

Since waking up, she has been avoiding the topic, knowing how painful it would be to talk about what happened between them. She didn't want to bring it up directly, hoping to slow things down, just a little bit more...

However, Yan Shiyu cut straight to the point.

Such an abrupt question would likely leave others completely bewildered, but Tang Xu knew exactly what he meant.

In such a small room, she finally had nowhere to hide.

“When two people are together, they will naturally have their own secrets, but it would be a lie to say that they are completely unaware of each other’s thoughts and feelings,” Tang Xu said softly. “I know you must be hiding something from me, but if you don’t want to tell me, no amount of pressure will change anything. But you’re keeping it from Duan Siwei and Gao Yan, so I have no way of knowing where to start… The only person I can think of is Miss Hua. Actually, I had a vague feeling that something was wrong from the moment she appeared, and later I realized that she seemed to be the only loophole, the only loophole that could let me know what you’re thinking… So I asked Duan Siwei to help investigate Miss Hua’s identity…”

"Then you'll find out." Yan Shiyu stated calmly, as if recounting someone else's story, without a trace of emotion escaping her notice, except for her hoarse voice.

A tear rolled down Tang Xu's cheek and disappeared into the pillow behind her head.

“I know you have your reasons for doing this, but I also have things I don’t want to forget, so I made it clear to Miss Hua and hoped she could help me… She agreed, and I promised her that I would not let myself give myself away and would not damage her reputation… But in the end, I still broke my promise.”

“Actually, when I saw you on the mountain that day, I almost gave myself away… I originally thought that you had changed your mind and made a decision, which is why you came to find me… But you said you were a mountaineer, and I knew that you didn’t have that intention… So I had to keep pretending…”

"I'm sorry, I never thought you'd be in this situation... I really didn't expect things to turn out this way. I didn't want to come back originally, but Jiang Muchen is here, and he told me about that, so I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. If I didn't come back, you'd probably get suspicious too... so I had no choice but to come back."

“If I had known things would turn out this way, I would have stayed there. You could have become suspicious, whatever you wanted…” Her voice carried a hint of helpless bitterness. “It would have been better than this.”

After she finished speaking, the room fell silent once again.

Tang Xu knew it would turn out this way.

Before she arrived, she had already prepared herself mentally for all his reactions.

She would accept whatever he wanted.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Tang Xu asked again. After a long while, Yan Shiyu's voice finally rang out again: "Do you know that I'm the one who arrested Jiang Beiheng?"

Tang Xu slowly closed her eyes.

"I don't know, but I guessed it."

Do you want me to let him go?

"That's your business. I have no right to stop you from doing what you want to do, nor can I do anything to stop you. So, I've never thought of getting involved."

"He loves you so much; to you, he's like a father figure."

"Yes."

"You know, if you just say one word, I can release him and guarantee his safety."

Tang Xu opened her eyes again.

She could tell.

He was putting himself in opposition to her, and he was gradually widening the distance between them.

“I know,” she said frankly again, paused for a moment, and continued, “but I won’t tell.”

"why?"

Yan Shiyu's voice remained hoarse, but beneath the calm surface, undercurrents were surging.

"Because loving someone means wanting them to be happy," she said.

Yan Shiyu's figure froze once again, but he still kept his eyes down, not glancing in her direction.

Tang Xu continued slowly, "Even if what he wants to do is cause the heavens and the earth to collapse, as long as he can be freed, that is enough for me."

Tang Xu had barely finished speaking when Yan Shiyu's voice rang out again—

"Yan Linzhou told you long ago that I was the one who caused the car accident you were in back then, didn't I?"

"……Yes."

"It was my fault that you injured your ankle, it was my fault that you lost your dream of dancing forever."

"Ok, I know."

“I knew about this a long time ago, but I lied to you for so long. I knew how much you cared about your dance dream, but I chose to hide it and forced you to stay by my side.”

Tang Xu pursed her lips.

"You should also know that in order to return to the Yan family, I killed my own mother with my own hands."

The room fell into a deathly silence.

Yan Shiyu's voice suddenly took on an extremely frivolous chuckle—

Are you sure you know what love is?

"What do you love about a person who is rotten to the core, someone who ruined your life?"