Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 485 Broken Window
Yan Shiyu returned to the house just as it was getting dark.

He rushed back almost at the last minute, knowing that even with the long flight and time difference, Tang Xu wouldn't sleep soundly, and it was very likely that Tang Xu would wake up shortly after he left.

He couldn't guarantee anything, so he could only try to minimize the time he spent out so that she wouldn't worry too much about him.

As soon as he stepped into the front yard, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong—in the current weather, although the lawn in the front yard had not yet grown and was still withered and yellow, it showed a messy appearance, as if many people had walked and trampled on it.

Yan Shiyu glanced at it only once before quickly walking towards the front door.

He froze the moment he opened the door.

What came into view was a house that was almost completely unfamiliar to him.

The once dark and gloomy house now exuded an unprecedented brightness and warmth.

The old, dark-colored furniture was replaced with bright, light-colored furniture, the dark wallpaper was replaced with a cozy country-style floral pattern, the heavy curtains were replaced with light, sheer white gauze curtains, and the heavy carpets that covered the entire house were all removed and replaced with the wooden floor he was standing on.

More importantly, the room was filled with many more things—lots and lots of different kinds of lamps, big and small, illuminating every corner of the room; cushions, vases, cups, and all sorts of small accessories in various colors and shapes also filled every corner...

At first glance, this is a house full of warmth, loveliness and a lively atmosphere, a stark contrast to the hellish house of the past.

At the same time, a rhythmic and slightly heavy "thump-thump" sound came from upstairs.

Yan Shiyu slowly walked up the stairs, and following the direction from which the sound came, he pushed open the door to his original "bedroom".

At this point, it could no longer be considered a bedroom, because the only bed in the bedroom was gone, and there was no window either.

The small window, which had originally functioned like an exhaust fan, was now a large hole. Tang Xu stood before that hole, wielding a large sledgehammer, repeatedly striking its edge, steadily widening the opening.

Gao Yan was right behind her, nervously watching Tang Xu's movements, as if afraid that she might accidentally hurt herself. He wished he could snatch the hammer from her hand, but he had to restrain himself and let her do as she pleased.

Yan Shiyu originally thought that Tang Xu was just joking, after all, with her strength, the damage she could cause to such a wall would probably be negligible.

But just as this thought flashed through his mind, the sound coming from under the sledgehammer suddenly changed—

Yan Shiyu looked up and saw Tang Xu deftly knock off a brick, then a second, then a third...

She could have been a dancer; her slender, graceful figure should have blossomed on stage. But now, she's wielding a sledgehammer, personally breaking open the window of his youth for him...

Yan Shiyu could not describe the shock she felt at that moment.

Even though she had already shocked him so many times.

But there will always be a next time.

At the same time, Gao Yan turned his head and saw him, and was surprised. He called out, "Mr. Yan."

The sound seemed to startle Tang Xu. Yan Shiyu watched as the movement of her hand slightly changed, and the hammer was about to go out of control with the change in movement. Yan Shiyu quickly stepped forward, grabbed her wrist, and helped her control the hammer. Then he gently put the heavy hammer back on the ground.

Tang Xu then turned to look at him. There was a noticeable sheen of sweat on her forehead, and her breathing was slightly rapid. It was clear that she wasn't entirely at ease with such strenuous work.

But the moment she saw Yan Shiyu, she smiled, her eyes bright and without a trace of fatigue, "You're back!"

Yan Shiyu looked at her quietly for a moment, then reached out and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead before asking, "Do you really need to do this kind of strenuous work yourself?"

“The workers had already finished it,” Tang Xu said. “But I was busy with other things and only glanced at it before going downstairs. After they left, I came back up and looked at it more and more and felt that the window was still too small. I wanted to ask them to come back and redo it, but the people here really don’t want to work overtime. They won’t come back even if you pay them. Gao Yan said we should just do it ourselves, so let’s do it ourselves… Look, all we need to do is remove this row of bricks… Everything else is available ready-made, except for the window, so we’ll probably have to sleep on the floor in the living room tonight…”

As Tang Xu was speaking, Yan Shiyu suddenly turned her hand over and looked at her palm.

Tang Xu tried to clench her hands to hide something, but Yan Shiyu stopped her.

He lifted her hand, looked at the blisters on her palm, and sighed softly, "They're all rubbed like this, don't you feel anything?"

Tang Xu glanced at it and pulled her hand back. "It doesn't hurt. This kind of work is so addictive that you don't care about anything else."

Yan Shiyu looked at Tang Xu again, sighed once more, turned around, took off his coat, and then reached for the sledgehammer he had just put down.

"Then you rest now, I'll take over the knocking." Tang Xu watched his movements, pursed her lips, and smiled gently, "Okay."

Seeing this, Gao Yan didn't linger any longer and turned to leave the room.

Yan Shiyu swung the sledgehammer and, following Tang Xu's instructions, struck the bricks on the wall again and again, continuing to break down the cage that had imprisoned her for more than ten years, building upon what she had already accomplished.

Finally, Yan Shiyu stopped when the window size finally met her desired standard.

Facing the large, open window without any obstruction or protection, neither of them felt any fear. They simply stood there, on a spot where they could almost step into the void, looking out at the world.

It was completely dark, and apart from the backyard in front of me and the dark sky in the distance, there was almost nothing to see.

But the two of them stood there for a long time.

Tang Xu reached out and hugged Yan Shiyu. "What do you think of this size?"

Yan Shiyu turned to look at her, and after a long while, he whispered, "Of course it's good."

And there's nothing better than this.

……

Late at night, the two people, now without a bedroom, huddled together on the sofa downstairs.

Seeing this, Gao Yan could no longer stay upstairs and immediately went out, determined not to return that night.

Yan Shiyu carefully treated the blisters on Tang Xu's hands and solemnly instructed her to be careful in the next few days.

"Okay, okay," Tang Xu said repeatedly. "You've said it so many times already, aren't you tired? I want some water, go get me a glass of water."

Yan Shiyu glanced at her helplessly, then got up and walked to the dining table.

However, faced with the dozen or so cups displayed there, he seemed somewhat conflicted. After a moment of deliberation, he finally turned to Tang Xu and asked, "Which one do you want to use?"

Tang Xu pondered for a moment and pointed to a cream-colored one.

Yan Shiyu poured water and walked over, bending down to pick up the reddish-brown woven cushion that had fallen to the ground. She placed it behind Tang Xu for support before handing the water glass to her lips.

While drinking water, Tang Xu looked at the various colorful decorations in the room and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you think they're too flashy?"

"Ok?"

"I didn't mean to buy so many things. I just thought this was cute and that was cute, and I got carried away and ended up buying so many without realizing it... Don't you get a headache? Are your eyes hurt by all the noise?"

Yan Shiyu listened quietly until she finished speaking before finally replying, "I like it."

"Really?"

"real."

How much do you like it?

Yan Shiyu took her hand and gently kissed her reddened palm. "I like it as much as I like Yujing Bay, as much as I like Guiyu... I will like any place you have decorated by your own hands... I like it very much, very much."

He solemnly said "I like it very much" twice. Tang Xu looked at his serious expression and inexplicably, her eyes welled up with tears.

Then she reached out and hugged him, and said very solemnly, "From now on, I will decorate all the places where you live. No matter how they are decorated, you are not allowed to complain."

"Okay," Yan Shiyu said, "You keep your word."

Tang Xu raised her face in response to him—

"Keep your word."