Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 294 No Need to Force It
Although Meng Tianyou sent an invitation, Tang Xu did not accept it.

Because shortly after Meng Tianyou's message arrived, she received another call from Yu Tianxia—

"My brother went to Huai City!"

Tang Xu was surprised that Yu Muyao had arrived in Huai City so quickly, and couldn't help but ask, "Today?"

“No, he arrived yesterday!” Yu Tianxia said. “This trip was kept secret. It took me a lot of effort to find out his whereabouts!”

Confidential?
Tang Xu asked again, "Is it related to the Meng family?"

“It shouldn’t be,” Yu Tianxia replied. “That guy isn’t worth my brother going to such lengths for. He ordered him to be punished, and the Meng family sent people to make peace, so that’s it. I don’t know exactly what he was doing in Huai City. Whether we can take any action depends on you.”

After Yu Tianxia finished speaking, she hung up the phone immediately and then sent Tang Xu a hotel address.

Tang Xu stared at the address, pondering what Yu Tianxia had said on the phone earlier.

Yu Muyao secretly came to Huai City, and it had nothing to do with the Meng family—so what important matter did he come to Huai City for?

After a moment of contemplation, Tang Xu finally went out.

It was already autumn, the sky was high and the air was clear. Tang Xu went to her usual coffee shop on the way. After buying a cup of coffee, her eyes fell on the dessert counter. She then asked the staff to pack a cheesecake for her.

She then took the cheesecake to the hotel where Yu Muyao was staying.

She shouldn't have known about the confidential trip in the first place, and even if she did know now, she wouldn't know where to find Yu Muyao, so she simply waited in the hotel lobby.

We waited until evening.

Tang Xu was originally very patient, and he didn't feel anything as an afternoon passed. However, he found the method of waiting for someone to come to him to be clumsy and expected that he would not see anyone.

Tang Xu stood up from the sofa, rubbed her stiff waist, and was about to give up and leave when she suddenly saw a strange man walk out of the elevator and walk straight towards her.

"Miss Tang?" the other person called out tentatively.

Tang Xu nodded and quietly watched the person who had arrived.

The other person quickly replied, "I am Yan Jun, Mr. Yu Muyao's assistant. I noticed you've been sitting here all afternoon. Are you waiting for someone?"

"Yes," Tang Xu smiled gently, "Isn't it just waiting for Mr. Yu?"

Yan Jun had obviously anticipated this, which was why he came straight to her. Therefore, he didn't say much, only asking, "Mr. Yu is in his room upstairs. Would you like to go up?"

Tang Xu nodded again, then said, "Thank you."

She quickly followed Yan Jun into the elevator. Watching the numbers on the screen rise rapidly, Tang Xu's gaze remained calm, but her thoughts were racing once again.

Although she had waited all afternoon, at this moment, she still had to admit—

It went so well.

Someone like Yu Muyao is incredibly difficult for many people to even meet, let alone with his itinerary kept secret.

And when she came to see him so abruptly, Yu Muyao not only gave her a chance, but also took the initiative to have someone remind her.
To some extent, this was not just smooth sailing, it was... too smooth.

But...why?
Based solely on her profile, which bears a striking resemblance to his deceased wife.
In this way, doesn't this deep affection seem a bit too cheap?
As Tang Xu was thinking this, she was led to Yu Muyao's door.

Yan Jun swiped his card to open the door and invited Tang Xu inside.

Yu Muyao was sitting in the office area of ​​the living room, with an open laptop in front of him. He was staring intently at the computer screen, but when he heard the noise, he turned his head and looked at Tang Xu with a calm expression.

"Mr. Yu." Tang Xu stood at the door and nodded gently in greeting.

"Sit down." Yu Muyao casually pointed to the sofa, then closed his laptop and sat down opposite Tang Xu. "I heard Miss Tang waited in the lobby all afternoon. Were you waiting for me?"

Tang Xu paused for a moment, then asked instead of answering, "Who told Mr. Yu that?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Muyao glanced at her with slightly lowered eyes, but did not answer. He simply asked, "Is there something you need?"

Tang Xu didn't press the matter further and quickly said, "Mr. Yu helped me in Haicheng. I heard that Mr. Yu came to Huai City, so I should do my best to be a good host to express my gratitude. However, Mr. Yu is a very busy man, and I don't know if I will have the opportunity. I can only try my luck."

After saying that, she placed the cake box she was carrying in front of Yu Muyao and said, "The cheesecake here is delicious. I brought one for Mr. Yu."

Yu Muyao glanced at the box and looked at Tang Xu again, "A frozen cake from a chain coffee shop, Miss Tang, you're quite generous."

Tang Xu listened, but neither argued nor explained.

Because she brought this cake, it showed a lack of sincerity—

Even with her lack of sincerity, the fact that Yu Muyao could still speak to her so calmly was, in Tang Xu's eyes, almost a miracle.

In Yu Muyao, she always seemed to witness this almost eerie miracle.

If that's the case, why not go a step further?

"Could you ask Mr. Yu how things are going with Meng Liancheng's matter?"

Yu Muyao said calmly, "I thought that since Miss Tang hated him so much, she should have received the news immediately."

Tang Xu shrugged lightly and said, "I know he won't have an easy time, but the difference between how other people say those trivial details and how Mr. Yu says them is huge."

"Oh?" Yu Muyao raised an eyebrow and looked at her.

Tang Xu explained, "What others convey is just a message, but what comes out of Mr. Yu's mouth is an expression of his opinion."

Yu Muyao waited quietly for her to continue.

“I know that things have developed to this point, and Mr. Yu has probably done all he can, but I still want to ask Mr. Yu—please don’t give him any more chances.”

"What makes you think I would still give him a chance?"

Tang Xu shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know Mr. Yu, but I know that person—he has endless tricks up his sleeve. He will spare no effort to save himself. He will do many, many things—maybe one or two of them might move Mr. Yu. But please remember, this person is not worthy of any chance to turn things around."

While Tang Xu was speaking, Yu Muyao took out a cigarette case, gestured to ask Tang Xu if she minded, and then took out a cigarette, bent down and lit one for himself.

After Tang Xu finished speaking, he simply lowered his eyes and smoked quietly, remaining silent for a long while.

Only when the cigarette in his hand had burned down to nearly half its original length did Yu Muyao finally raise his eyes and calmly respond—

"it is good."

The word "good" made Tang Xu pause for a moment. There was no way around it; it was just too simple, too smooth—

Yu Muyao didn't ask her what grudges or entanglements she had with Meng Liancheng, nor did he ask what her ultimate goal was. In short, she made a request, and he agreed—no looking back, no looking forward, no questions, and no wishes.

Interpersonal communication should not be like this.

This feeling made Tang Xu feel unreal.

It's as if she lives in a void world, and Yu Muyao exists in this world just to help her.

Tang Xu lowered her eyes slightly, and the next moment, she couldn't help but chuckle softly. Then she said, "Mr. Yu, you've agreed to this so easily? Aren't you going to mention any conditions?"

"What do you think you can offer me in exchange?" Yu Muyao asked her casually, still smoking.

"I don't know. I'm not afraid Mr. Yu will laugh at me, but I have nothing—really, nothing at all." Tang Xu looked at him. "Originally, I was thinking that if Mr. Yu needed anything, I would try my best to earn it, and maybe I could catch his eye..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Muyao stubbed out his cigarette and said bluntly, "I don't need anything."

After he finished speaking, a slightly suffocating silence fell over the room.

However, in such a suffocating atmosphere, Yu Muyao didn't care at all, and Tang Xu was equally relaxed.

“In that case, I’m afraid I should be alarmed.” Tang Xu looked at him with a smile. “Mr. Yu, may I ask why? Do you agree so readily to any request from someone you don’t know well, no matter how abrupt it may be?”

"Since you came to me, didn't you hope I would agree?" Yu Muyao said. "Why does Miss Tang seem uneasy now that I've agreed?"

Hearing Yu Muyao's slightly cold tone, Tang Xu knew she had asked too many questions.

She hadn't expected any answers, so even though Yu Muyao didn't reply, she wasn't upset and just smiled. "How could that be? It's getting late. I'm so glad to see Mr. Yu today. I won't disturb your rest any longer."

After Tang Xu finished speaking, she stood up. Yu Muyao didn't seem to want her to stay, so Tang Xu obediently turned around.

Just as he was about to walk out, he seemed to remember something and turned back.

Yu Muyao's gaze fell on her profile as she turned away, but the moment Tang Xu turned back, he quickly transformed the dazed look in his eyes back into normal.

Tang Xu noticed, but pretended not to see it, and simply said, "Since Mr. Yu has come to Huai City, I should do something to show my appreciation—that cake doesn't count. If Mr. Yu has time, I'd like to treat you to a meal?"

Yu Muyao said calmly, "Since it's not something you do willingly, there's no need to force yourself."

Tang Xu paused for a moment, as if she had truly listened, nodded, and left without saying anything more.

Just as she stepped out of the room, a furtive figure flashed past at the end of the corridor and disappeared from her sight.

Tang Xu immediately guessed the other party's identity—most likely sent by Yu Tianxia to collect materials.

Therefore, she obediently turned around, stood in front of the closed door for more than ten seconds, and then walked through the long corridor and into the elevator.

As soon as the elevator arrived in the lobby, she received a message from Yu Tianxia on her phone—

An "OK" gesture.

Tang Xu looked at the gesture, as if it had accomplished something, yet it also felt as if something heavier was pressing down on him.

She put away her phone and stepped out of the elevator, but as she was about to leave the elevator lobby, someone grabbed her arm.

Tang Xu turned around and saw Tang Lan with reddened eyes.

She had been hiding from Tang Lan for three days, and Tang Xu had never imagined that they would meet here.

However, this accident had no impact on her; in fact, it was even more beneficial.

Tang Xu quickly withdrew her hand, looked at Tang Lan in front of her, and said calmly, "What a coincidence? Is Mrs. Shao also staying at this hotel?"

"Yaoyao!" Tang Lan reached out again to try to grab her, but Tang Xu dodged her once more.

Tang Lan choked back tears, her voice trembling with emotion as she looked at Tang Xu with a mixture of sadness and pain. "I've been looking for you for three days, why won't you see me?"

Compared to her agitated emotions, Tang Xu was cruelly calm. "Why did we have to meet? What's the point of us meeting? The person you want to see isn't me, and the person I want to see isn't you. In that case, let's just pretend we never met. What do you say?"

After saying that, Tang Xu was about to leave when Tang Lan blocked her way again, looking at her with red eyes, "Why did you come here?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xu paused for a moment before smiling at her and replying, "Don't you know that the famous Yu Muyao lives upstairs? It was Meng Liancheng who introduced us... Ah, didn't he tell you when you two met?"

Upon hearing Tang Xu's words, Tang Lan suddenly stopped, and when she spoke again, her voice was hoarse.

"Yaoyao, you...you shouldn't do this, you can't do this..."

"Although I'm reluctant to admit it, there's a saying that goes, 'Like mother, like daughter,'" Tang Xu said slowly. "If you can do this, why can't I?"

In an instant, Tang Lan's face turned completely pale, and even her body trembled slightly. She looked at Tang Xu, and her painful gaze gradually turned into despair.

If she had previously doubted whether Tang Xu was merely testing her after receiving Tang Xu's text message, and still refused to believe it even after Meng Liancheng told her personally—but now, seeing Tang Xu's expression and hearing her tone with her own ears, Tang Lan could finally be certain—

She got it.

She really did know.

Tang Xu finally learned about those unbearable, unspeakable, yet unavoidable past experiences.

Tang Xu simply looked at her, calmly.

She didn't see any of the disdain, hatred, or disgust that Tang Lan had expected.

But why isn't it there?

Why is she so calm?

Why doesn't she show any emotion?

Was it because she was utterly disgusted, or did she have other plans, or...revenge?
A thousand emotions flashed through Tang Lan's mind, overwhelming her to the point that she could barely stand.

After saying those words, Tang Xu was already preparing to leave.

However, after taking only two steps, a "thump" suddenly came from behind, followed by curious glances from other hotel guests and the anxious rush of hotel staff.

Tang Xu stopped and slowly turned around, seeing Tang Lan lying unconscious on the ground.