Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 430 Reality
Upon hearing Yan Shiyu's words, Song Luobai's breathing suddenly tightened.

In an instant, shock, disappointment, and anger flashed clearly in the boy's eyes, which were not yet good at pretending.

"You don't love her anymore, do you?"

Yan Shiyu paused slightly, but didn't react much. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Does this matter?"

"Important!" Song Luobai blurted out, "If that's really the reason, it means she's truly stupid, truly dumb, and truly blind to have fallen for someone like you—"

"If that's the case, then wouldn't it be better for me to give her a way out?"

"Fine?" Song Luobai almost gritted his teeth. "Do you know how heartbroken she was when we broke up? Do you know how much pain she was in? Now you just casually say you don't love me anymore, and we've broken up, leaving her to bear all the pain alone. Are you even a man?!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shiyu slowly raised her eyes, her gaze seemingly shifting, but ultimately returning to silence.

"Then don't worry, this time, she won't experience pain again. On the contrary, she will be completely free."

……

Tang Xu felt as if she had a very long dream.

The dream lingered for a long time. When she gradually regained consciousness and opened her eyes, she found herself lying in a hospital ward.

Beside her hospital bed, two men stood, one on each side, looking down at her.

It took Tang Xu's eyes a long time to adjust to the light before she could finally see the person in front of her clearly.

Lu Xingyan frowned slightly, his eyes filled with concern as well as curiosity.

On the other side, Song Luobai widened her eyes slightly to meet her gaze, her eyes filled with fear and unease.

After a moment of silent exchange between the three people and six eyes, Lu Xingyan finally spoke: "Are you alright?"

Tang Xu stared at him for a long while before finally uttering three words: "Lu Xingyan?"

Her voice was a little hoarse, but the moment she spoke, Lu Xingyan's eyes changed, and at the same time, his heart jumped. "You still recognize me?"

Tang Xu's expression remained calm. Upon hearing this, she retorted, "Otherwise? Why did you come back?"

Upon hearing the following sentence, Lu Xingyan opened her mouth, but only managed to utter a single word, "I..." before falling silent.

Tang Xu quickly turned to Song Luobai on the other side, a look of doubt gradually appearing on her face, "Song Luobai?"

Song Luobai stared at her with a still bewildered look in his eyes. He swallowed hard before answering, "It's me."

"How did you become like this?" Tang Xu asked. "What did you do?"

Upon hearing this question, Song Luobai suddenly looked up and met Lu Xingyan's gaze. Lu Xingyan immediately bent down and asked Tang Xu, "What do you mean by that?"

"What...what do you mean?" Tang Xu sat up abruptly, looking at the two people in front of her. "What's going on? Why am I in the hospital? Why are you here?"

Song Luobai looked at Tang Xu like this, but couldn't say another word.

Lu Xingyan continued to look at her intently, "Don't you remember anything at all?"

Tang Xu looked up at him and asked, "What should I remember?"

"At least you should remember why you came to the hospital, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu seemed to seriously lower her head and think for a moment, then raised her head, her eyes full of blankness, "I can't remember... what happened?"

After a moment, Lu Xingyan replied, "It was a car accident."

"A car accident?" Upon hearing this, Tang Xu seemed to remember something, and instantly threw off the blanket covering her to look at her feet.

The two men followed her gaze, and seeing that Tang Xu was stunned for a moment before slowly withdrawing her gaze, Lu Xingyan understood that she still remembered the car accident that injured her ankle.

“It wasn’t a serious car accident,” Lu Xingyan quickly said. “It was just a minor collision, but you injured your head and have been unconscious for almost half a month.”

"Me?" Tang Xu pointed to himself. "You've been unconscious for almost half a month?"

Lu Xingyan nodded slowly.

"So that's why you came back?" Tang Xu asked, then suddenly looked at Song Luobai, "And what about him? In just half a month, he's grown to 1.8 meters tall?"

Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Song Luobai seemed unable to bear the situation before her. She turned around, walked out, and slammed the door of the ward shut.

Tang Xu withdrew her gaze and met Lu Xingyan's concerned eyes again. "Now, tell me, what things do you still remember?"

After careful investigation and questioning, Lu Xingyan finally confirmed that Tang Xu's memories were still stuck three years ago.

In her memory, she was still Jiang Muchen's unloved wife, the Song family was still intact, the Song couple were still alive, and Song Luobai was still the fifteen-year-old boy, quite different from his current appearance.

Then, Lu Xingyan spoke gently and slowly, telling her the things she had forgotten over the past three years. She recounted the Song family's misfortune and bankruptcy, Song Yuting's unexpected death, Qin Yun's concealment of her illness before following Song Yuting in death, Tang Xu sending Song Yuqiao abroad and taking Song Luobai under his care, and of course, most importantly, her divorce from Jiang Muchen.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?"

After hearing all this, Tang Xu was completely shocked and silent, so much so that he couldn't utter a single question.

“I know it’s hard for you to accept so many things all at once,” Lu Xingyan said. “But knowing you as I do, I’m sure you can recover quickly and adapt to your new life.”

After a long while, Tang Xu, who had kept his face down, finally reacted.

“It’s not all bad news, is it?” she said. “At least, I successfully divorced Jiang Muchen, which is a good thing.”

After saying that, Tang Xu lay down, turned slightly to her side, and pulled the blanket over herself.

Seeing this, Lu Xingyan didn't say anything more. He gently patted her through the blanket, then stood up and walked out of the ward.

Outside the ward, Song Luobai leaned against the wall by the door, having probably heard everything Lu Xingyan had said.

Although Song Luobai seemed to have experienced a lot, he was still a young man, so it was normal that he couldn't handle such a scene.

Lu Xingyan reached out to pat his shoulder, but Lu Xingyan shrugged and brushed him off.

“I know you’re angry,” Lu Xingyan said, “but for Tang Xu, this is the best outcome. After she’s discharged from the hospital and returns to Yujing Bay, you’ll be in the same space for a long time. You won’t continue to treat her like this, will you?”

Song Luobai looked up at him, her tone undisguisedly sarcastic: "She's already like this, and you're really letting me watch over her alone? After something like this happened, shouldn't you, as her best friend, be with her every moment? Why didn't you take her to your place to observe her emotional changes? Oh, I almost forgot, Mr. Lu, you live in Qiushuitai... It's really inconvenient, isn't it?"

After saying this, Song Luobai didn't linger and turned to walk towards the elevator.

Lu Xingyan watched his back gradually disappear into the distance, but in the end, she didn't say anything more. She simply slowly withdrew her gaze and quietly leaned against the spot where the boy had just been.

……

The next day, Tang Xu was discharged from the hospital after undergoing a series of examinations.

Lu Xingyan drove her and Song Luobai back to Yujing Bay.

For Tang Xu, this house was also somewhat unfamiliar—although she remembered that she bought the house, she had no recollection of when she moved in.

Therefore, after entering the house, Tang Xu walked through every corner of the house, saw his bookshelves and photo albums, and saw the furnishings and clothes in his room. It was as if he could finally confirm that this was really where he was living now.

She sat on the edge of the bed, gazing quietly out the window, lost in thought.

It wasn't until Lu Xingyan walked in, sat down next to her, and asked, "Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"

Tang Xu remained silent for a while before slowly saying, "Let's go see Dad and Aunt first."

So the three of them, who had just arrived home, went to the cemetery together.

Tang Xu bought flowers, but when she saw the tombstone where Song Yuting and Qin Yun were buried together, she remained silent for a long time before finally putting the flowers down.

"If I could, I would wish that I were in a nightmare right now," Tang Xu said. "As long as I open my eyes and wake up, I could return to reality."

Lu Xingyan listened but did not reply.

Song Luobai silently wiped the tombstone, remaining completely silent.

By the time the three of them came out of the cemetery, it was almost dark.

As Lu Xingyan drove, he asked Tang Xu, "You've been lying in the hospital for so many days, is there anything you want to eat?"

Tang Xu stared blankly at the night view outside the car window for a long time before finally answering, "I want to eat 'Tsubakiyama's' Spring Rhapsody..."

After saying that, she turned to look at Lu Xingyan and asked, "Is 'Chūyama' still there?"

“Of course,” Lu Xingyan said. “If you want to go, then go and take a look.”

After a half-hour drive, the car arrived at the parking lot of "Chūyama".

The restaurant manager was already waiting in the parking lot. As soon as the car drove in, he politely stepped forward and opened the car door for Tang Xu. "Hello, Miss Tang."

"Chang Ming?" Tang Xu called out his name immediately, and after a moment of silence, said, "It's rare to see you still at 'Chunshan'."

Chang Ming didn't react too strongly to Tang Xu's comment, only asking, "Why did Miss Tang say that?"

Lu Xingyan stepped forward and explained, "Mr. Chang is now the restaurant manager, not the waiter you remember."

"Is that so?" Tang Xu lowered her eyes slightly before adding, "I'm sorry, I don't remember."

Chang Ming smiled as usual and said, "Miss Tang hasn't been here much lately, so I'm already very happy that you still remember me. Please come in."