Marriage Seduction Addiction

The next day was Sunday, the day we had arranged to have dinner with Song Luobai and Ji Shiqing.

Tang Xu originally didn't want to make arrangements so hastily, but the two senior high school students were going back to school this afternoon, and they would be flying to Helsinki tomorrow, so today was the only option.

After getting up early, Yan Shiyu had some other things to take care of, so Tang Xu went to the nearby market to buy some vegetables and then returned to Yujing Bay.

It was 9:30 when Tang Xu got home. Usually at this time on Sundays, Song Luobai would still be in his room, but today when Tang Xu opened the door, he was already sitting on the sofa.

Tang Xu asked subconsciously, "Why are you up so early today?"

Song Luobai glanced at her, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally drifting behind her.

Tang Xu realized something and said, "He has other things to take care of. He'll pick up Ji Shiqing and come back together later."

Song Luobai rolled her eyes and looked away. "Who asked you?"

“Okay.” Tang Xu’s tone remained relaxed and cheerful. “Then consider this my own question and answer.”

Song Luobai glanced at the things she was carrying and said, "So you bought these groceries to cook them yourself?"

"I don't know how to cook," Tang Xu said. "I just bought the things I wanted to eat; cooking isn't my responsibility."

If it's not under her jurisdiction, then it naturally falls under someone else's jurisdiction.

Song Luobai was too lazy to ask any more questions and sat on the sofa, scrolling through her phone again and again.

Turning her head, she found that Tang Xu had already placed the groceries she bought on the dining table, and she herself pulled out a chair and sat down, starting the food preparation process.

While Song Luobai was still in a daze, Tang Xu had already turned to look at him and said, "If you want to eat early, come and help. You know there's no such rule in this house if you want to eat without doing anything."

“I can choose not to eat,” Song Luobai said.

"It's up to you," Tang Xu said. "Think it over and make your decision."

After saying that, Tang Xu ignored him. Song Luobai sat stiffly for a moment, then finally got up and walked over, sitting in the chair opposite Tang Xu, and reached out to take a piece of cabbage.

When I looked up again, I saw Tang Xu quietly picking vegetables, her peacefulness and gentleness almost overflowing from her eyes.

In retrospect, he had witnessed Tang Xu's emotional ups and downs several times.

Every time Tang Xu's emotions plummeted, it was related to that man.

And every time she recovered, it was also related to that man.

Song Luobai's expression stiffened even more, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "How long do you plan to last this time?"

Tang Xu slowly raised her eyes to look at him, as if she hadn't quite reacted yet, "What?"

Song Luobai maintained a cold expression. "This isn't the first time. It's happened over and over again. Don't you get tired of it?"

Tang Xu then understood what he meant, and after a pause, she said, "This is what life is really like. How can there be so many smooth sailing moments?"

Song Luobai said, "No one has ever said that life must be smooth sailing, but there should be a definite answer, right?"

Just as Tang Xu was about to say something, her phone suddenly rang. She was looking down at the lit screen when Song Luobai's phone also suddenly rang.

Both of their attention was drawn to the phone screen at the same time. After a moment, Song Luobai suddenly looked up at Tang Xu.

Tang Xu's gaze remained fixed on the push notification she had just received—

Yan Shiyu's relationship exposed! What's the reason for this twisted romance?
Beneath the glaring headline was a photo of her and Yan Shiyu walking out of the elevator together, kissing goodbye in the parking lot, and then getting into their respective cars.

Tang Xu stared at the photos in a daze, confirming that they were taken earlier that day when the two of them left the apartment together.

It took Tang Xu a while to come to her senses.

She had always been used to their relationship being kept secret from the public eye, so when this happened suddenly, she didn't even have any emotional fluctuations; her mind was completely blank.

Song Luobai was the first to react. Before she could even read the article carefully, she snatched Tang Xu's phone, turned it off, and then slammed it in front of her with a "smack." "What's going on? Why would he let photos like this be released? Isn't he supposed to be very capable? Doesn't he even have the basic skills to deal with the media?"

With his stern questioning, Tang Xu finally regained her breath and gradually calmed down.

But the moment she came to her senses, her face began to turn slightly pale.

At that moment, she wasn't thinking about anything complicated. She was just thinking about what impact it would have on him if their relationship were exposed at this time.
He was already caught in a media storm, so when she saw him at the airport yesterday, she deliberately went home alone, not wanting to cause him any negative impact due to any accident.

But now, their relationship has been exposed—

He was originally going to the police station with his lawyer today to handle a case that had been under investigation, and Tang Xu couldn't even imagine what would happen if these two things were combined.

She instinctively picked up her phone to turn it on and call Yan Shiyu, but Song Luobai grabbed her hand and said, "Are you crazy? Turning your phone on now will only get you a lot of calls, a lot of people will curse you! Do you think those people know how much pain and suffering you've endured? They won't care about anything, they'll just attack you like headless flies—after going through so much, you should be able to see things more clearly than me, right?"

Tang Xu once again recovered from her emotions, looked at Song Luobai for a moment, and finally smiled with her eyes lowered, "I understand."

Song Luobai didn't expect her to react so calmly. "Are you sure?"

“What’s done is done, and no matter how upset or distressed we are, there’s no way to change the established facts,” Tang Xu said. “In that case, let’s just wait and see how things develop.”

After Tang Xu finished speaking, she reached out and placed her phone on the table, then continued processing the various vegetables beside her.

After Song Luobai persuaded her, he found it harder to calm down. He made an excuse to go back to his room and turned on his phone again.

I had only glanced at it casually before, guessing what would happen next, but now that I've carefully read the comments under the news, it's exactly as I expected.

Tang Xu already had a bad reputation online, and now she's disregarded her former status as a daughter-in-law of the Jiang family and gotten involved with Yan Shiyu, who is an "elder." The scope of what's going on here is self-evident.

Song Luobai quickly skimmed through the various comments inside, becoming increasingly angry as he read. Just as he was about to exit, he suddenly noticed that a media outlet had started a live broadcast. He casually clicked on it and discovered that it was a live feed of a group of media outlets staking out and waiting for Yan Shiyu outside the police station.

"...As you can see, we are currently at the police station entrance. It is understood that Yan Shiyu arrived at the police station early this morning, presumably because of the previous 'matricide' case. The nature of this case is still unknown, but the relationship between Yan Shiyu and Tang Xu is obviously a topic of greater interest to everyone. We will be keeping watch and will provide you with firsthand information when Yan Shiyu appears. Please tune in to our live stream..."

Yan Shiyu went to the police station early this morning. Does he know about the news of their relationship being exposed? Will he choose to speak out? Will he respond to such a scandal at this critical juncture?

Just as Song Luobai was thinking this, the already crowded crowd in the shot suddenly became chaotic, and then Yan Shiyu's figure appeared in the shot.

He had just walked out of the police station accompanied by a group of people when the media who had been waiting outside instantly erupted into chaos. Some people were desperately pushing forward for their cameras, some were shouting their questions at the top of their lungs, and some were so jostled that their cameras were shaky.

Yes, any rumor that Yan Shiyu is currently embroiled in is worthy of such great attention and sensation.

Song Luobai heard the live reporter's hoarse shout—

"Mr. Yan, please respond to the matter concerning Tang Xu! Please respond to the matter concerning Tang Xu—"

The scene was too chaotic, and asking any other questions would be futile, so the reporter seized on this question and shouted at the top of his lungs from beginning to end.

In the shaky camera footage, Song Luobai caught a fleeting glimpse of Yan Shiyu's calm expression.

He looked quietly at the almost frenzied media in front of him, his face calm and expressionless.

Fortunately, this was in front of a police station, and almost all the police officers were quickly mobilized, barely managing to maintain order and stop the frantic pushing and shoving. Even so, with everyone eager for firsthand information, the crowd was still chattering away, and not a single clear sentence could be heard.

Yan Shiyu turned to look at the lawyer beside her, who quickly stepped forward and gestured for everyone to be quiet.

"I know everyone has a lot of questions for Mr. Yan, but he can't give them all right now. If you have any questions, please raise your hand. Mr. Yan will answer them if he can."

After a chaotic twenty minutes, the scene finally returned to calm, and the media present all eagerly raised their hands.

The lawyer then raised his hand and pointed to the person in front of him.

The man immediately seized the opportunity to speak: "Mr. Yan, did you come to the police station this time because of your mother's case? Has there been a conclusion to that case? Mr. Yan, do you have any response?"

A chorus of boos suddenly erupted from the surrounding area.

In fact, although there is clear video evidence in the so-called "matricide" case, the fact that the prosecution and police have not taken any clear action against Yan Shiyu throughout this long period of time already speaks volumes.

After all, at that time, Yan Shiyu's biological mother had indeed been bedridden for a long time and her illness was difficult to cure, so it was understandable that she gave up treatment.

What the public finds unacceptable is simply that Yan Shiyu, as the biological son, personally removed the oxygen tube.

Therefore, compared to the case itself, people are more focused on his emotional entanglement with Tang Xu.

Although everyone was angry that their hard-won opportunity to ask questions had been wasted, they still craned their necks to look at Yan Shiyu, waiting for his answer.

Yan Shiyu stepped forward slowly.

He had not appeared in public for a long time. At this moment, facing a sea of ​​cameras, the man remained as composed as ever. His gaze swept over the cameras before him, and he slowly said, "The police will issue a clear statement on this matter later. I cannot say anything more here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene erupted again, with everyone asking questions at once. In the end, the lawyer had to step in to maintain order and call on someone else to ask a question.

Unfortunately, the person he selected happened to be the streamer in the same live stream room where Song Luobai was.

Therefore, everyone heard the sentence that had been repeated countless times in Song Luobai's ears: "Mr. Yan, please respond to Tang Xu! Are you really related to her? She used to be a daughter-in-law of the Jiang family. Given the relationship between the Yan family and the Jiang family, she should even address you—"

Before the reporter could finish asking his question, Yan Shiyu suddenly took two steps forward.

The crowd stirred again, instantly interrupting the reporter's question. Yan Shiyu, meanwhile, calmly stood in the spot closest to all the cameras.

Everyone fell silent instantly, holding their breath and waiting for Yan Shiyu's response.

"It was my initiative."

The scene instantly erupted into chaos once again—

"Mr. Yan has acknowledged this relationship, hasn't he?"

Don't you think this is a mistake?

"How will you explain your relationship with her to the elders of the Yan and Jiang families?"

Now that your relationship has been exposed, will you choose to break up?

"Mr. Yan, can you predict how this relationship will go?"

Yan Shiyu waited until the excited crowd quieted down once more before finally looking up at the camera again and giving her final response.

"I have always considered this relationship as a lifelong commitment. I will continue to walk with her."

……

With Yan Shiyu's departure, the live broadcast on the phone came to a temporary end, but the uproar in the city continued to rise.

Song Luobai put away her phone and walked out of the bathroom.

Tang Xu remained seated at the dining table, selecting vegetables, but her gaze frequently drifted to the electronic clock on the sideboard.

Clearly, even though she tried to convince herself to calm down and wait for the outcome, it wasn't really that easy to calm down.

With no phone to look at, I could only watch the clock, counting down the seconds as I waited for Yan Shiyu to arrive.

Song Luobai sat down again in the chair opposite her, watching her pick vegetables. After a long while, he slowly said, "If you keep picking them like this, these vegetables will be inedible."

Tang Xu looked down and saw the cabbage hearts that she had picked in a mess.

She chuckled awkwardly twice and said, "It's okay, luckily I bought other groceries too."

After saying that, she took out the other dishes from the eco-friendly bag, unpacked them one by one, and started tidying them up little by little.

This time, Tang Xu organized everything very carefully, putting almost all her energy into it to prevent herself from having any other wild thoughts.

Song Luobai could naturally tell just how much effort she had put into arranging those dishes.

He neither said anything more nor offered any help to disrupt her rhythm; he simply sat there quietly, keeping her company.

until……

The doorbell rang.

Tang Xu suddenly looked up, her face tense, and stared toward the doorway.

Song Luobai, who was sitting on the outside, quickly stood up, walked to the door, and opened it.

The door had barely opened a crack when Ji Shiqing slipped in like an eel, not even glancing at Song Luobai, and rushed towards Tang Xu, yelling, "Sister, you're finally back! I've missed you so much! Do you know what I've been through while you were gone? It was absolutely miserable, I didn't even have a decent place to eat!"

As Ji Shiqing spoke, he had already arrived in front of Tang Xu, only to find that Tang Xu seemed not to have heard him. His gaze swept smoothly over Ji Shiqing's face and finally stopped in the direction of the door.

Ji Shiqing followed her gaze and saw Yan Shiyu entering the room, meeting Song Luobai's gaze.

The moment Tang Xu met Yan Shiyu's gaze, she was somewhat stunned.

God knows how many accidents they've had before, and before this, she had already prepared herself for another accident to happen—

However, surprisingly, nothing unexpected happened.

he came.

He kept his promise and returned.

Tang Xu slowly lowered her eyes.

"What's wrong, sister?" Ji Shiqing asked hurriedly. "Did my uncle's public confession today disappoint you? I knew it! Who confesses their love with those bland, meaningless words? It's so boring—"

As Ji Shiqing spoke, he glanced at Yan Shiyu who was gradually approaching, and then quietly hid behind Tang Xu.

Tang Xu then raised her head again and looked at Yan Shiyu, who had walked up to her.

Then, she stood up to meet his gaze and reached out to hug him.

Ji Shiqing: "!"

Song Luobai: "..."

Yan Shiyu was clearly not expecting Tang Xu's actions, but the next moment, as if he had sensed something, he reached out and wrapped his arms around her waist, whispering, "I'm back."

After a long while, Tang Xu's voice was finally heard: "Mm."

The two embraced for a long time without moving, so long that Ji Shiqing began to question the meaning of life.

He looked at Song Luobai, who had coldly closed the door and walked over, and pointed at his own nose, asking, "We're alive, aren't we? We can see each other, right? Why do they seem unable to see us?"

Song Luobai seemed too lazy to look at her again and went straight to her room.

Ji Shiqing scratched his head in bewilderment, and finally resigned himself to his fate, turning and walking towards Song Luobai's room.

As I entered, I was about to say something to Song Luobai when I saw her sitting at her desk with a complicated expression. Her face wasn't exactly ugly, but it certainly wasn't pleasant either.

Ji Shiqing immediately saw through it, couldn't help but roll her eyes, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?"

Song Luobai's expression turned really ugly.

Ji Shiqing had almost become accustomed to provoking him, so he wasn't afraid at all. He crossed his arms and said, "We've finally made it to today, and the whole world knows about their relationship. My uncle is happy, and my sister is happy too. What are you still being so stubborn about?"

Song Luobai stared at him for a while, then suddenly said, "I can tell you're quite happy."

"Of course," Ji Shiqing said. "After all, I'm a broad-minded and upright person. I just pray that my uncle and sister can get along well for the rest of their lives. So what? Will you be furious?"

Song Luobai crossed her arms and looked at him, speaking slowly and deliberately, "It's not appropriate to still call me 'sister' at this point, is it? Shouldn't you use a different form of address?"

Ji Shiqing scoffed and said, "Even my uncle doesn't worry about this, why are you so concerned?"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember something, his smile froze slightly, and he glanced at Song Luobai.

Song Luobai sneered, then said, "Anyway, you'll have to change how you address me sooner or later, so you should get used to it beforehand. Tang Xu is my sister, your aunt. You'd better be clear about this relationship... But I'm not very knowledgeable in this area, so what should you call me again?"

Ji Shiqing turned around and rushed out of the room, arriving in front of Yan Shiyu and Tang Xu.

Tang Xu was about to say something to Yan Shiyu when she caught sight of him out of the corner of her eye. She immediately composed herself, released her hand from Yan Shiyu, turned to look at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sister, will you take me as your godson?" Ji Shiqing said. "I want to call you sister for the rest of my life! Calling you 'aunt' is so old-fashioned, and you're so young and beautiful, I just can't bring myself to say it—"

Before he could finish speaking, Yan Shiyu's emotionless voice rang out: "Get inside."

Ji Shiqing originally wanted to act cute and charming towards Tang Xu, but as soon as Yan Shiyu's voice came out, he immediately became intimidated. Even though he felt he could be fearless with Tang Xu in front of him, Yan Shiyu had already spoken, so he really didn't dare to act rashly and could only slink back to Song Luobai's room.

Only when there were only two people left outside did Yan Shiyu speak again: "What were you trying to say just now?"

Compared to his tone when speaking to Ji Shiqing, his tone at this moment was extremely gentle, so gentle that Tang Xu couldn't help but smile.

Then, Tang Xu reached out and hugged him again, whispering, "Were you deliberately not stopping those photos from being published?"

"Mm," Yan Shiyu responded.

"You're incredibly bold," Tang Xu said. "How could you let this kind of news leak out at a time like this?"

"I'm sorry," Yan Shiyu said softly, "I should have told you beforehand."

“It doesn’t matter to me,” Tang Xu said. “I’m someone who can say whatever they want without any problem, but you! Have you ever thought about how much public criticism you’ll have to endure because of this? Given the current situation—”

Seeing that she was really anxious, Yan Shiyu reached out and took her hand, then gently kissed her lips.

“It’s alright, Yaoyao,” he said. “Nothing will happen.”

In fact, Tang Xu has been unaware of what happened since he turned off his phone, but the moment she met his gaze, her heart suddenly calmed down.

She looked up and met his gaze for a moment, then nodded gently before hugging him again.

They embraced tightly. (End of Chapter)