Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 41 My Morning Temper Is So Severe

Tang Xu answered the phone quickly.

"Aren't you home yet?" Yan Shiyu asked her on the other end of the phone.

He wouldn't have gone to the Song family to look for her again, would he?
Thinking this through, Tang Xu answered truthfully, "Yes, I still have some things to do."

Upon hearing her answer, Yan Shiyu remained silent for a moment before asking, "When will you be finished?"

"What, Mr. Yan, do you need something from me?" Tang Xu asked deliberately. "Can't we talk about it over the phone?"

Yan Shiyu said in a deep, slow voice, "Let's talk about it after you're done with your work."

"Then Mr. Yan will probably have to wait a while."

After saying this, Tang Xu decisively hung up the phone, but stared at the screen for a while before remembering to call Lu Xingyan.

More than ten minutes later, Lu Xingyan's car arrived and picked her up.

"Why did he bring you here?" Lu Xingyan asked.

"He copied scriptures to pray for his mother's soul."

Lu Xingyan asked suspiciously, "He believes in this?"

“He doesn’t believe it, but there is one Mrs. Jiang who does. Help me find out who she is, that she’s worth Jiang Muchen going to such lengths to curry favor with.”

"He's using you to curry favor with that lady? But in doing so, you'll also have connections with Madame Chiang, which means you'll gain another connection."

Tang Xu responded, and then added, "Not only that, he also promised to let Wu Yu's project continue and to let He Yan give me a loan."

"So weird?"

Lu Xingyan believed it now.

Jiang Muchen is truly beyond the comprehension of a normal person.

What on earth does he want to do?
The two of them analyzed it the whole way, but couldn't figure it out.

Before she knew it, she had arrived at the entrance of the Song family villa. Suddenly, Tang Xu remembered something and glanced towards the garage.

It was completely empty; there wasn't a single car in sight.

Yan Shiyu did not come.

Tang Xu quickly looked away.

……

The next morning, Lu Xingyan sent Tang Xu information about Madam Jiang.

Her husband, Jiang Ming, is a politician in Hong Kong. He has just turned forty and already holds a high position. She herself is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Malaysia, Southeast Asia. Marrying Jiang Ming can be considered a powerful alliance.

It certainly has quite a background.

But this doesn't explain why Jiang Muchen used her to curry favor with the other party.

Unexpectedly, that afternoon, Tang Xu received an invitation from Mrs. Jiang to have afternoon tea together.

The place where they had afternoon tea was the hotel where Madame Chiang Kai-shek stayed, which had a distinctly Chinese aesthetic style, perfectly matching her own temperament.

When Tang Xu arrived, Madam Jiang was already sitting in a window seat. Upon seeing Tang Xu, she smiled and invited her to sit down.

"Madam Chiang, I'm sorry, there was a bit of traffic, I'm late."

Madame Chiang's smile remained gentle. "It's alright. I was the one who suddenly invited you. I don't have many friends here, so I'm very happy that you came."

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to sit down and enjoy afternoon tea so easily,” Tang Xu said. “Thanks to you.”

“Although we’ve only met once, I feel we get along quite well,” Mrs. Chiang said. “If I start looking for you often, please don’t find me annoying.”

Tang Xu smiled and said, "That's my honor."

As they were talking, the clear and melodious sound of a guzheng suddenly filled the hall.

Their eyes quickly turned to the direction from which the sound came.

A guzheng (Chinese zither) sits in the center of the hall, and a long-haired beauty in a white dress is bowing her head and playing it. Her skills are superb, and her playing is fluent and melodious.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek clearly appreciated it. When the piece ended, no one around paid attention except Madame Chiang, who clapped.

Tang Xu was momentarily distracted, but when she came to her senses, she also clapped softly.

The beautiful woman playing the instrument stood up, smiled and nodded at them, then walked to the window seat diagonally opposite and sat down.

"She's not a staff member who performs here specifically for this purpose, is she?" Tang Xu said.

“No, I saw that she had been sitting there for a long time. She must have been waiting for someone. She got really bored, so she played a piece,” said Madam Chiang. “She played it very well.”

"Yes, she has a very dignified demeanor," Tang Xu said.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek asked, "Judging from your comments, you can also play the guzheng?"

Tang Xu smiled faintly, "I can't. But I have a friend who can play, and she plays very well, no worse than this young lady."

Madame Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said, "I wonder if I will have the opportunity to appreciate your friend's guzheng music in the future."

Tang Xu gently shook her head. "She's gone."

Madam Jiang was slightly taken aback. After a moment, she reached out and gently shook Tang Xu's hand. "I'm sorry."

Tang Xu gently shook her head, smiled to indicate that she was alright, picked up her cup and took a sip of tea, then couldn't help but glance in that direction again.

In that instant, she saw the man who had kept the beauty waiting so long.

Of course, Tang Xu could only confirm that it was him after the person sat down.

However, she never expected it to be him.

Yan Shiyu.

Even when he is late, he remains calm and composed, and he is always gentle, humble, and polite to others.

Before Tang Xu could look away, she heard Madam Jiang say, "Oh, so it's a blind date."

Tang Xu turned around and asked, "How did you figure that out?"

"You can tell at a glance that you've never been on a blind date before," Mrs. Jiang said with a smile. "I've seen this situation many times. Just look at the way the two people sit and talk, and you can tell the atmosphere at a glance."

Tang Xu smiled.

She has never been on a blind date, so it's impossible to tell.

But after Madame Chiang said that, when she looked over again, she suddenly sensed the "atmosphere" she was talking about.

In fact, Yan Shiyu doesn't smile much in front of her.

However, when facing other people, he mostly smiles, especially when listening attentively to others. Coupled with his captivating face, it is indeed easy to be mesmerized.

"Do you think they'll get together?" Madame Chiang asked with great interest, gossiping. "They're a handsome man and a beautiful woman; I think they're quite a good match."

Tang Xu said, "Yes... I feel they are quite a good match. As for whether it will work out, we'll see what fate has in store."

After saying that, Tang Xu looked away and didn't glance in that direction again.

Because of the direction her seat was facing, Yan Shiyu happened to be facing away from her and never saw her.

Just as Tang Xu and Madam Jiang were about to leave, the two people on the other side were also about to get up.

Now, an encounter was inevitable.

The moment Yan Shiyu turned around, Tang Xu happened to pass in front of him. Their eyes met, but nothing happened.

Tang Xu felt that she would probably never be able to discern any emotional fluctuations from Yan Shiyu's face.

Tang Xu and Madam Jiang had originally planned to go shopping together, but Madam Jiang suddenly had other matters to attend to, so Tang Xu said goodbye to her in front of the elevator.

She stepped into the elevator, and just as the elevator doors were about to close, the staff unexpectedly pressed the button to open the elevator again.

Then, Yan Shiyu and the girl playing the guzheng walked in.

Yan Shiyu's gaze swept across Tang Xu's face, but he still couldn't discern any emotion.

Tang Xu took a small step back and watched as the two people stopped in front of her.

(End of this chapter)