Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 35 Is this considered an invitation?

"Thank you."

Tang Xu straightened up slightly and said, "No need, someone is coming to pick me up."

Gao Yan nodded, glancing at the silent Yan Shiyu out of the corner of his eye, and could only continue the conversation: "I heard that the Song family has a new manager, and the situation is improving. Congratulations."

He was referring to Lu Xingyan.

"It's just a painkiller, it won't cure the root cause." Tang Xu exhaled and smiled. "But I haven't given up yet, so hope lies in tomorrow."

"Things will get better," Gao Yan said.

"Lend your auspicious words."

The elevator quickly arrived at the first floor. Tang Xu waited for them to get off first, but Gao Yan stepped aside, saying, "Let's go underground."

"Then I'll go first."

Tang Xu turned to exit the elevator, but suddenly tripped over the carpet.

A hand quickly reached out from the side, long, strong fingers gripping her arm tightly, supporting her as she stood up.

Tang Xu hurriedly withdrew her arm, as if not daring to make any further contact, and quickly said "thank you" without even glancing at him before turning around and leaving the elevator.

The elevator doors slowly closed and continued descending.

Gao Yan stood to the side, glanced at the expressionless man, and secretly rolled her eyes.

As soon as Yan Shiyu stepped out of the elevator, his phone rang. He answered the call and got into his car.

As the car slowly drove out of the underground parking lot, Gao Yan, sitting in the passenger seat, immediately saw Lu Xingyan waiting at the entrance of the club, leaning against the car door, looking bored.

"So it was him who came to pick me up..." Gao Yan muttered.

Yan Shiyu was on the phone, seemingly oblivious to what was happening.

The car had driven a short distance when Yan Shiyu's conversation about cooperation suddenly stopped.

Gao Yan glanced back with some confusion, only to see a fleeting, unreadable emotion flash across Yan Shiyu's deep eyes—

"go back."

Yan Shiyu said.

Upon hearing Yan Shiyu say "Go back," the driver instinctively stepped on the brakes.

Gao Yan turned around in confusion: "What?"

Yan Shiyu looked at him intently, "Call her."

Gao Yan still didn't react, "Who?"

"Tang Xu".

Gao Yan was clearly taken aback, but still took out his phone as instructed, found Tang Xu's number, and dialed it.

The phone is not connected.

Gao Yan dialed a second time, but still couldn't get through.

He suddenly realized something and looked up at Yan Shiyu.

Tang Xu got off the elevator on the first floor and said someone was coming to pick her up.

When they went down to the underground and the car drove out, they saw the person who was supposed to pick her up was right at the door.

Logically speaking, Tang Xu should have already gotten on the bus and left by then.

But she didn't show up.

And right now, I can't get through to her on the phone either.

The driver hurriedly turned the car around and drove back towards the clubhouse.

Just as the car picked up speed again, a car suddenly sped past them from the opposite direction.

The driver saw it clearly and said, "Mr. Yan, that's Liao Zhongyi's car!"

Liao Zhongyi had knocked on Tang Xu's car window in the parking lot a dozen days ago, saying he was willing to give Tang Xu some money in exchange for her spending one night with him.

The clubhouse wasn't far from here, and Tang Xu had vanished without a trace; his car sped past again—

"Stop the car." Yan Shiyu's seated figure was enveloped in the flickering light and shadow. "Gao Yan is going to the clubhouse. Let's follow that car."

The car came to an abrupt stop, and Gao Yan braved the rain to get out. Seeing the car turn around and speed away again, he hurriedly hailed a taxi and rushed to the club.

The road was slippery due to the rain, and most cars were moving slowly. Only two black cars, one in front of the other, were speeding through the traffic.

Yan Shiyu's driver, Wen Qing, was very experienced. Although the car was going fast, he still tried his best to maintain stability and safety, and kept close to the car in front.

Just then, Yan Shiyu spoke again—"Quick!"

Suppressing his worries, Wen Qing steeled his resolve and almost gritted his teeth as he slammed on the gas pedal!
Two minutes later, Liao Zhongyi's car was successfully forced to stop in a secluded square.

Almost the instant the car stopped, Liao Zhongyi pushed open the door, got out, and fled in a panic.

Yan Shiyu got out of the car at the same time, walked quickly to the other car, opened the car door, and saw Tang Xu in the back seat.

Her coat was gone, leaving her in only a thin long dress. Her eyes were covered with a black cloth, and her hands were handcuffed to the car's roof handle. Due to the car's speed, there were obvious red marks on her slender wrists.

She couldn't see or move anything. She felt the car stop and someone open the door. She asked in a hoarse, slightly panicked voice, "Who is it?"

Yan Shiyu paused for a moment, then leaned forward and raised his hand to remove the blindfold from her eyes.

However, as soon as she touched her, Tang Xu cried out in surprise and hurriedly dodged away.

Yan Shiyu's hand froze in mid-air.

Her skin was burning hot and her breath was scalding; this was not a normal state.

Yan Shiyu's fingers clenched into fists uncontrollably.

Tang Xu felt as if she could smell a familiar scent.

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Yan Shiyu withdrew his hand and went to the front seat of the car to search for something.

"Mr. Yan..."

The driver rushed over with an umbrella, and upon seeing Tang Xu's appearance inside the car, quickly looked away.

"Move the car over here," Yan Shiyu ordered in a deep voice.

The driver quickly turned and left, and Yan Shiyu soon found what she wanted and returned to the back seat.

When his hand touched Tang Xu again, Tang Xu couldn't help but tremble. "Don't touch me!"

Yan Shiyu held the unlock key in his hand, his eyes slightly lowered, noticing her flushed nose and rosy lips—

“Mr. Yan…” She tried to curl herself into a ball, forcing herself to speak, word by word, “We shouldn’t be connected… What happens to me is none of your business. You don’t need to worry about me…”

The next moment, the handcuffs on her hands came off.

Tang Xu fell uncontrollably.

But it was caught steadily by a pair of arms.

She heard Yan Shiyu's deep voice above her head—

"So, who do you expect to take care of you by acting like this?"

She was still trembling uncontrollably, her voice growing softer and softer, "Anyone will do, as long as it's not you..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was wrapped in a coat that was warm from her body and then carried to another car.

The car was warm and clean, with a familiar and comforting scent.

She was still trembling.

He didn't even have the strength to remove the blindfold from his eyes.

Yan Shiyu did not help her take it down.

It appeared that there were only the two of them in the car; the driver was not in the car.

Tang Xu tried to curl herself up into a ball, but she couldn't muster the strength.

She could only feel Yan Shiyu gently lift her arm.

Then, a familiar, burning heat was applied to the injured area on her wrist.

She shuddered violently, and when she spoke again, her voice carried a faint hint of a sob.

“Yan Shiyu…”

She called him by his full name, but couldn't finish her sentence.

Yan Shiyu remained silent, but lingered on her wound for a very long time...

After a long while, he looked up at her again.

An unnatural flush rose on her fair face, and her breathing became rapid. Against the backdrop of the black cloth strip, she presented a breathtaking beauty.

Yan Shiyu ran her fingers over the strip of cloth, but ultimately didn't touch it...

(End of this chapter)