Marriage Seduction Addiction

However, knowing how heartbroken Tang Xu was, Yan Shiyu also knew that such sadness could not be comforted. Therefore, he did not say much, but simply held her, stayed with her, and let her vent her emotions.

In a daze, he remembered the past when she would always smile and say "it's okay" to him. Now, this outward expression of emotion is not necessarily a bad thing.

Yan Shiyu lowered his head and kissed Tang Xu's forehead.

Tang Xu looked up at him at this moment, her eyes red, and said, "Let's go back, let's not worry about this anymore... What she does is up to her, it has nothing to do with us. I don't want you to get involved in this..."

She cried bitterly, and Yan Shiyu gently stroked her reddened eyes. He didn't rush to answer, but simply hugged her in his arms once again.

After a long time, Tang Xu finally calmed down, but remained motionless in his arms, as if she was thinking or lost in thought.

Yan Shiyu waited a moment, then gently lifted her face.

The moment their eyes met, Tang Xu's eyes were still glistening with tears as she softly said, "I actually got angry with you, I even ignored you... Don't you blame me at all?"

"It was I who broke my promise first," Yan Shiyu said.

Tang Xu felt guilty and moved, fearing that she would cry again, so she could only bite her lip hard.

Seeing her action, Yan Shiyu sighed softly, then slowly leaned forward and kissed her to stop her from biting her lip.

As their breaths mingled, Tang Xu's heart seemed to calm down little by little along with his steady breathing.

Suddenly she realized that nothing is more important than two people being together.

No matter what happens, just being by each other's side is better than anything else.

After a long while, Tang Xu once again held his chest, straightened up slightly, and looked at him, "Let's go back."

Yan Shiyu's gaze was gentle and calm. "Not yet."

“Okay,” Tang Xu said.

Yan Shiyu said, "I made a promise."

“That was without my knowledge,” Tang Xu said. “Now that I know, the promises you made are no longer valid.”

“Then I won’t gamble,” Yan Shiyu said.

Tang Xu knew what he was talking about.

Once he stopped helping Tang Lan, she returned to that desperate situation once again, where she still only had the same path to take.

Yan Shiyu will not allow such a thing to happen.

Tang Xu stared at him for a moment before speaking again: "I heard from Duan Siwei that this matter is not easy to resolve. If you want to help him, how many connections you will need to use, how many resources you will need to consume... I simply cannot imagine. It's not worth it, it's really not worth it."

Yan Shiyu held her hand tightly and said only two words: "It's worth it."

"It's not worth it!" Tang Xu frowned. "At worst, let her use my background to her advantage. Let her do whatever she wants; it won't affect me anyway—"

"No," Yan Shiyu said firmly. "Absolutely not."

Tang Xu paused for a moment, then said, "I don't care. I really don't care."

“Yes, I don’t care, so there’s even less need for people to dig it up,” Yan Shiyu said.

She clearly had a "what's the use" attitude and deliberately said those words out of spite. Yan Shiyu couldn't possibly not see it, yet he still responded earnestly, word by word.

Tang Xu pouted, finally unable to speak, and leaned back into his arms, hugging him tightly.

That night, Tang Xu did not return to the room next door.

Despite the long flight of more than ten hours and with Yan Shiyu by her side, she was filled with countless emotions and still couldn't fall asleep.

At three in the morning, just as Yan Shiyu was about to get up, she suddenly opened her eyes.

He knew her habits too well and naturally knew she wasn't asleep. After a soft sigh, he leaned down and kissed her, then said, "Go back to rest."

At this time, it's still daytime in Southeast Asia, so there should be a lot of news coming in.

I have to deal with news from Southeast Asia in the early morning, and then deal with capital alliances in New York during the day.

He couldn't sleep at all.

Tang Xu lay quietly on the pillow looking at him and said, "You got involved in this because of me. You're working so hard outside, and I'm just lying here sleeping. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Yan Shiyu took her hand and kissed it. "This is my own choice. The reason I chose this is because I didn't want you to get involved in this, so there's nothing wrong with it."

"So I'm really just going to ignore everything?" Tang Xu said.

"it is good."

Tang Xu said no more, turned over and closed his eyes.

After changing his clothes, Yan Shiyu walked to the bedside again, lowered his head and kissed her again, whispering, "After this matter is resolved, I will not allow her to disturb your life again."

Tang Xu then opened her eyes again and looked at him for a moment before closing them again.

After Yan Shiyu had been gone for a long time, she finally felt sleepy, but she didn't sleep well. Just as dawn broke, she heard voices at the door of her room. Although the voices were very soft, Tang Xu still woke up.

She sat on the bed in a daze for a while, then finally got out of bed, went outside, and opened the door.

Gao Yan was standing at the door.

Their eyes met suddenly, and Tang Xu was stunned for a moment before asking, "What are you doing here?"

"I'll stay here and keep watch so no one will disturb you."

The only one who would bother her here is Tang Lan.

Tang Xu recalled the voices she had just heard. "She was here earlier?"

"Hmm," Gao Yan responded. "She said she wanted to see you and talk to you. Mr. Yan said you definitely wouldn't want to see her, so I sent her away."

Tang Xu had absolutely no interest in seeing Tang Lan, nor did she want to hear another word from her.

Actually, she could just pack her hands and go back to China now, since she was really worried about leaving Ji Yan there alone.

She was just as worried about Yan Shiyu being alone here.

Even though she knew nothing about what he was going to do next and didn't intend to care about the progress, she still wanted to stay here with him.

“You don’t need to stay here and guard this place,” Tang Xu said to Gao Yan. “You’d be better off using this time to help him.”

“I will go,” Gao Yan replied. “It just so happens that Miss Yan and the Second Young Master will be coming this morning, so I can stay here to meet them.”

Will Yan Yi and Yan Fengqi both come?

Although Tang Xu anticipated that handling this matter would require the use of many connections, the need to contact these two people, especially Yan Fengqi, still made Tang Xu realize the thorny nature of the situation.

After all, the last time the three of them joined forces was to deal with Old Master Yan, who was a common enemy on their path to growth. That's why Yan Fengqi was willing to join forces with Yan Shiyu.

The reason Yan Fengqi came this time was definitely because Yan Shiyu took the initiative to contact him.

Tang Xu simply couldn't imagine what kind of conditions he would have to offer to persuade Yan Fengqi. After all, there were countless conflicts and calculations between the two of them, and they never held back.

However, the fact that Yan Shiyu would actually take the initiative to ask Yan Fengqi for help shows that he really spared no effort in this matter.

In the end, it was all for her.

Even after experiencing so much, Tang Xu still couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion at this moment, and let out a long breath.

……

More than an hour later, Tang Xu went to the hotel restaurant alone for breakfast.

She didn't actually have much of an appetite; she was just forcing herself to eat something.

As she was chewing her food without really tasting it, someone came up to the table, pulled out the chair opposite her, and ordered the waiter next to her, "Give me one of the same dishes."

Tang Xu looked up and saw Yan Fengqi, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Yan Fengqi still looked the same as before, with gold-rimmed glasses on his nose giving him a refined and elegant appearance. However, as soon as he opened his mouth and spoke, one could immediately sense that this man was not easy to get along with.

"Long time no see, Miss Tang," Yan Fengqi said with a smile.

At this moment, he and Yan Shiyu should have reached a temporary cooperative relationship, so Tang Xu's mood was not too turbulent when facing him. "Good morning, Mr. Yan."

"Is it okay? It probably isn't very good." Yan Fengqi leaned back lazily in his chair and looked at Tang Xu. "Your biological mother's current husband is practically on the verge of death after what happened to him. It's amazing that you can still eat."

Upon hearing his words, Tang Xu's food inexplicably gained a taste.

She smiled and said, "As you can see, this has nothing to do with me, so of course I can eat it."

"What if this matter can't be resolved?" Yan Fengqi smiled and said, "Will you still be able to eat?"

Tang Xu exchanged a glance with him. "No matter what happens, we still have to eat."

Yan Fengqi clicked his tongue and sighed, then said, "In that case, we should tell Yan Shiyu why he has to go to such lengths? It won't affect you anyway."

After a moment of silence, Tang Xu surprisingly nodded in agreement, saying, "If Mr. Yan could help me persuade him, that would be great. I can't persuade him at all; I don't know why he insists on getting involved in this mess. I wish I could take him back to China immediately and ignore everything." Upon hearing this, Yan Fengqi stared at her for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and sighed softly, "Women, being too smart isn't always a good thing."

“Me?” Tang Xu pointed to himself. “Then I really have to thank Mr. Yan for the compliment. I’ve never been praised for being smart before.”

"Why be modest?" Yan Fengqi chuckled and said, "If you weren't smart, how could you have come up with the idea of ​​targeting Qiao Ling? You're really too clever."

Tang Xu gently bit her lip.

Sure enough, after all that talk, I still couldn't get around Qiao Ling.

It seems that the conditions he and Yan Shiyu reached were related to Qiao Ling.

In order to fight against him, Yan Shiyu sent Qiao Ling to an unknown place, which was probably the most important part of the entanglement between the two.

Otherwise, Yan Shiyu might not have been able to persuade him so easily.

“A smart woman knows not to cause trouble for a man,” Yan Fengqi said. “Your words are indeed very considerate of him. You're saying this on purpose because you're afraid I'll cause him trouble, aren't you?”

Tang Xu sighed softly and gave him a very serious and honest answer: "That's really what I think."

“Then I know what to do,” Yan Fengqi said.

“That’s your freedom,” Tang Xu replied.

Before Yan Fengqi could say anything, a soft, charming voice suddenly came from behind him: "Yan Fengqi, what are you doing?"

Tang Xu looked behind him and saw Yan Yi, who was smiling brightly and waving to her, and Feng Yan, who was behind her with a calm expression as usual.

Tang Xu was incredibly grateful that she had learned from Gao Yan that the two were coming; otherwise, she might not have been able to handle this "surprise."

"Miss Tang, we meet again." Yan Yi stepped forward, sat down as well, greeted Tang Xu, and then glanced at Yan Fengqi, saying, "The person you can't stand is Yan Shiyu. If you have something to say, go talk to Yan Shiyu. Why are you causing trouble for Miss Tang here? A grown man, how can you be so shameless!"

After saying that, she peeked at the food on Tang Xu's plate again, "What did you order? Is it good?"

"It's nothing special." Tang Xu said, glancing at Yan Fengqi, then said to Yan Yi, "Don't call them those."

As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter brought over the exact same food that Yan Fengqi had ordered as Tang Xu.

Yan Yi laughed so hard she almost fell over. "Luckily I asked first, otherwise we would have eaten the same thing."

Yan Fengqi ignored her and turned to glance at Feng Yan, who was sitting at the table next to him. "You really can't be without him no matter where you go."

Yan Yi glanced at him. "What kind of tone is that? Are you jealous that I have someone to keep me company?"

With just a simple sentence, the gloom in Yan Fengqi's eyes became more apparent.

“That’s true.” Yan Yi seemed oblivious. “Do you think everyone is like you, trusting no one and daring not to get close to anyone? In the end, you’ll only end up alone.”

Tang Xu couldn't help but admire him.

It has to be Yan Yi; even though her words sound full of sarcasm, she says them so naturally.

"Hmm." Yan Fengqi chuckled and said, "It's not easy for someone like you to have so many people coming and going around you."

Yan Yi didn't take it to heart at all, and touched her earlobe as she answered sincerely, "It's not easy, sometimes it's really tiring. So being alone has its advantages, at least it's easier."

Tang Xu clearly saw that the gloom in Yan Fengqi's eyes became obvious once again.

So even Yan Fengqi can be manipulated sometimes. Perhaps this is due to...bloodline suppression to some extent?
However, the three siblings of the Yan family each have special circumstances, and the relationship between them is so complicated that it is not something outsiders can easily see through.

Listening to the conversation between the two people, Tang Xu already felt that it was inappropriate for her to be sitting there.

Just as the atmosphere between the two was about to freeze, Gao Yan strode in from outside, came to the dining table, and greeted them: "Miss, Second Young Master, Mr. Yan is waiting for you in the conference room."

"What's the rush?" Yan Yi said. "Food is the foundation of life; we need to fill our stomachs first. I rushed here overnight; can't I even have breakfast?"

Yan Fengqi seemed to have lost patience and, ignoring the food that had just been served, stood up, turned around, and left with Gao Yan.

Yan Yi, with her bright and charming eyes, raised an eyebrow and smiled at Tang Xu.

Tang Xu returned the smile.

With a free and easy personality like Yan Yi, she can easily find topics to talk about even when she's with strangers. Moreover, Tang Xu had already met her before, so sitting together wouldn't be awkward. At least it was much more comfortable than sitting with Yan Fengqi.

After having breakfast together and chatting for a while, Yan Yi suggested that she go to her room to catch up on her sleep and asked Tang Xu what he was planning to do. Tang Xu, not wanting to run into Tang Lan at the hotel, said that he planned to go out for a walk.

After saying goodbye to Tang Lan, Tang Xu left the hotel by car.

With nowhere else to go in New York, she decided to take a train to Boston to see Song Yuqiao.

He didn't return that day, and Tang Xu even planned to stay there for a couple more days, when he suddenly heard the news that Yan Shiyu was injured.

She was immediately terrified and dared not linger any longer, rushing back to New York.

When they entered Yan Shiyu's room, besides Yan Shiyu and Gao Yan, there were also Yan Fengqi and two foreigners. It seemed that the group was discussing something.

Tang Xu didn't know who they were, nor did she care about them. She went straight to Yan Shiyu and looked at his arm with his sleeves rolled up.

His arm was wrapped in gauze, and it didn't look like he was seriously injured, but Tang Xu's heart was still pounding, because she had already learned from Gao Yan that under the gauze was a bullet wound!

In other words, if that bullet had deviated even slightly, it might have passed through his entire arm, or even deviated even slightly further, and might have hit more than just his arm!

She had always thought that Yan Shiyu's involvement in this matter was merely about handling some economic matters, but she never imagined that it would actually put his life in danger!
Tang Xu's mind was blank at that moment. She sat in front of him, looked up at him, and said, "Let's go back, let's go back today, let's go back now!"

The two foreign men naturally couldn't understand what she was saying, but Yan Fengqi watched the scene with great interest, waiting to see what would happen next.

Yan Shiyu, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, reached out and touched the back of her head, whispering, "I'm fine, it was just an accident."

"An accident? What accident? How could such a coincidence happen? It's clearly because of the Shao family! Don't worry about it, really don't worry about it!" Tang Xu looked up at him, her eyes slightly red. "Let's go back. I'm terrified. Do you want me to live in fear and anxiety every day? Go tell her now that we can't handle this, and we can't help with it—"

She rushed back with a pounding heart, and when she finally saw him, she was overwhelmed with emotion and her mind was filled with thoughts of his safety. She just wanted to get away from this place of trouble as quickly as possible.

They had finally achieved their current peaceful life, and Ji Yan was still waiting for him to return to Huai City. What would she do if something really happened to him? How could she explain it to Ji Yan?

Tang Xu simply couldn't imagine the consequences.

Yan Shiyu remained calm and composed. He looked up at the people in the room, said "Excuse me, please wait a moment," then took Tang Xu's hand, got up, and led her into the bedroom.

Yan Fengqi leaned back on the sofa, glancing at the two figures disappearing through the door before turning his gaze away and reverting to his lazy and aloof demeanor.

Yan Shiyu probably knew that he wouldn't be able to persuade Tang Xu so easily this time, so as soon as he entered the door, he said directly, "Three days, at most three more days, then we'll go back, okay?"

"No!" Tang Xu answered without hesitation, "I want to go back now!"

“Going back now isn’t impossible,” Yan Shiyu said. “But if we do, it won’t just be you who suffers, it will be me too. We don’t know how long this pain will last, or even how far it will spread.”

"So, if something happens to you, will I not feel pain? How long do you think I'll feel pain if something happens to you? How deep do you think the pain will be?"

Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Yan Shiyu fell silent for a long time before finally reaching out to embrace Tang Xu.

Tang Xu initially wanted to struggle, but when he thought about the injury on his hand, he immediately stopped moving.

Leaning quietly against his chest, she gradually calmed down, realizing that once she was involved, there was no way she could persuade him to extricate himself.

Tang Xu struggled internally for a long time before finally looking up at him. "You can stay if you want, but from now on, I'll go wherever you go, and I'll be with you anytime, anywhere. If something happens, we'll both be in trouble, so the one who stays behind won't suffer for the rest of their life!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed clearly in Yan Shiyu's eyes.

Tang Xu was still waiting for his answer.

After a moment, Yan Shiyu finally nodded: "Okay."

Seeing how readily he agreed, Tang Xu grabbed his uninjured hand and said, "Don't think you can fool me this time. Don't make decisions on your own like you always have. Yan Shiyu, if you dare to act on your own again this time, I will disappear from your world immediately! You know my temper, and you know that I mean what I say!"

Yan Shiyu once again brought her hand to his lips, kissing it gently as he met her gaze, his expression both devout and open: "How could I bear to?"

After saying that, he took Tang Xu's hand and led her back to the living room.

The group continued their previous conversation. Tang Xu sat to the side, feeling a buzzing in her head. She hadn't actually heard a single word, and her gaze was mostly fixed on Yan Shiyu's injured arm.

In the following two days, Tang Xu realized that there was a reason why Yan Shiyu dared to agree to take her with him anytime, anywhere.

Since agreeing to her request, he had never left the hotel, and most of the time he hadn't even left this floor—this ensured his personal safety to the greatest extent possible, and of course, more importantly, hers.

Even so, Tang Xu's heart was still not completely at ease, and every time she was by his side, she could hardly relax.

However, the more she struggled to relax, the more composed and relaxed Yan Shiyu appeared. Once, while they were discussing something, he even turned to her and told her a joke.

Tang Xu never expected that a joke would suddenly appear in front of her. After a moment of stunned silence, she finally burst out laughing.

Yan Shiyu took her hand and then returned to the discussion.

Tang Xu knew he was trying to comfort her, and thinking that her tense nerves these past few days might also have a negative impact on him, she finally calmed down a bit and secretly held his hand in return.

This action was extremely subtle, yet it was still noticed by Yan Fengqi, who was sitting opposite him.

He pushed up his glasses, averted his gaze, and his expression and eyes sharpened. (End of Chapter)