Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 478 Kissing the Bright Moon
Tang Xu said she was going out to buy something, but she didn't actually leave the hotel.

The lobby bar closes at 10 p.m., and it's still quite noisy at that time. Tang Xu didn't want to go, so she asked the waiter to hold her seat and drink, and thankfully the waiter readily agreed.

Tang Xu sat there alone, barely taking a few sips of her drink, her entire attention focused on her phone.

None of the messages sent to Ji Yan received a reply. She was probably still in Jiang Muchen's apartment, and it was unknown when a solution would be found.

Given Yan Shiyu's personality, it's hard to say whether he'd have a proper conversation with Hua Fanxing. With him so defensive, even if they did talk, how effective would it be?

Jiang Beiheng is still in the hospital, and she hasn't even visited him once. She's utterly heartless. Knowing Jiang Muchen's personality, he definitely won't let this go easily, and Yan Shiyu might not be able to completely let it go either. Who knows what she'll face when she returns to Huai City…

Tang Xu had many things on her mind and couldn't find a way to relieve them, so she could only let those thoughts ferment in her mind.

She didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly a coat was draped over her shoulders. Tang Xu turned around in surprise and saw Yan Shiyu.

"Why did you come down?" Tang Xu was momentarily at a loss for how to react, and subconsciously looked behind him. "Where is Miss Hua?"

"gone."

"She's gone? Where did she go? Are you finished talking? Does she have other things to do so late? Isn't she staying at a hotel?"

Perhaps her worries made her too nervous, so much so that even something as small and unexpected as Hua Fanxing leaving caused her to anxiously ask a whole bunch of questions.

Yan Shiyu reached out and shook her hand, answering her questions one by one: "We've finished talking. She has friends here, so she's not staying at the hotel. Her friend just came to pick her up and they left."

"Oh." Tang Xu breathed a slight sigh of relief, her gaze lingering on his face for a moment with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation. In the end, she didn't ask anything immediately, but simply stood up and said, "Then let's go back."

Yan Shiyu then reached out and took her hand, and together they walked toward the elevator.

Back in his room, Yan Shiyu's phone, which was on the sofa, rang. He picked it up, glanced at it, and went to the balcony to answer the call.

Tang Xu followed him in the room for a moment before looking away absentmindedly. She then looked around and began tidying up the already tidy room aimlessly.

When Yan Shiyu came back in, she had already moved the cushions on the sofa several times.

"Whose call was that?" Tang Xu asked after hearing him come in. "Is it something important?"

“It’s Gao Yan,” Yan Shiyu replied. “It’s nothing important, just that there are some things I need his help with.”

"Oh," Tang Xu responded, sitting down on the sofa. She glanced at him again before finally asking, "So, how did your chat with Miss Hua go?"

Yan Shiyu exchanged a glance with her before slowly saying, "Does such a question really require so much thought before you cautiously ask it?"

Tang Xu paused, then said, "What do you mean by 'thought it all through'? I didn't feel comfortable asking in the public area downstairs, and you were on the phone after we got back, so I didn't have a chance to ask. What's so special about such a question that it warrants such careful consideration?"

Her earnest response only seemed to confirm something.

When Tang Xu finally realized what was happening, she seemed deflated and couldn't help but glare at him before saying, "Then there's no need to say anything else now. Just answer my questions honestly." As soon as she finished speaking, her gaze remained fixed on Yan Shiyu, lingering there for a long time.

“We didn’t talk much,” Yan Shiyu said.

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to say something, Yan Shiyu continued, "However, thanks to her reminder, I have indeed come to understand some things."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu raised her eyes in slight surprise.

Yan Shiyu walked slowly to her, bent his knees slightly, and knelt down in front of her.

Tang Xu's whole body stiffened, unable to move, and she could only remain in her original position and look at him.

Yan Shiyu lowered his eyes, lifted her feet, and then helped her take off her high heels. After putting one down, he took off the other.

This solemn gesture made Tang Xu's heart leap into her throat, and she finally couldn't help but break the silence: "What did she remind you of?"

Yan Shiyu didn't answer her question. He kept his eyes down, gently rubbing her feet, which were bound by high heels. After a while, he slowly said, "You always felt that you couldn't get close to the real me, but that wasn't your problem. I have so many unsightly, festering, and decaying things about me that I can't even face myself, let alone you. So in front of you, I always wanted to hide myself, preferably completely... But in the end, I still couldn't hide anything."

“You should never have had anything to do with someone like me in the first place. All the things that happened between us were just my one-sided coercion. You were just passively dragged into this. If you had a choice, you definitely shouldn’t have chosen me.”

"People are so contradictory sometimes. I crave you so much, I crave everything about you, yet I'm afraid that I'll drag you down, afraid that I'll cause you pain. On one hand, I want to push you away, and on the other hand, I'm even more greedy in wanting to take from you."

"Therefore, I never dared to hope for your 'willingness.' I would rather all your gentleness and thoughtfulness were forced out by me. You shouldn't have the slightest 'willingness' towards someone like me. This is your way out, and it's also my final way out."

"But you..."

At this point, Yan Shiyu paused, a faint sigh of helplessness and a silent sob escaping his throat.

He slowly raised his head to look at Tang Xu and said softly, "You've left me with nowhere to retreat."

“You’ve seen me at my most vulnerable, darkest, and most wretched, yet you still didn’t leave, and you’re even willing to…love me—” His throat bobbed, “I’ve already received the things I never dared to hope for in this life, so what’s there to hesitate about, what’s there to be conflicted about…”

His usually deep and calm eyes now clearly showed tenderness and determination. "I will slowly solve those unresolved problems. I will slowly let go of those people and things that I can't let go of... Although I know your answer, I still need your formal consent: Yao Yao, please give me time, please stay with me, always stay with me, okay?"

Tang Xu's eyes were filled with tears, but they never fell.

She simply reached out and gently touched the corner of his eye, smiling as she softly replied, "Okay."

Compassionate and gentle.

Yan Shiyu was captivated by her eyes and brows, and only after a long while did he lean forward.

With the most despicable and wretched body.

Kiss the bright moon.