Marriage Seduction Addiction

When Jiang Beiheng arrived at the hospital, Ji Yan had just returned after completing two tests.

Seeing that she looked unwell, listless, and with swollen eyes, Jiang Beiheng couldn't help but ask, "Is something else bothering you? Why do you look so pale? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Ji Yan did not answer his question, but simply said, "I'm fine now, I want to be discharged."

Jiang Beiheng said, "You can't decide this. What about the doctor?"

The caregiver beside him quickly said, "The doctor is on the phone outside, he should be here soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the doctor entered the ward and briefly explained Ji Yan's condition to Jiang Beiheng: "Currently, most of her indicators have returned to normal, and there's nothing seriously wrong. However..."

Jiang Beiheng's expression immediately changed slightly, and he asked, "But what?"

The doctor smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang just called and specifically instructed that a few more tests be done to ensure you are completely safe before you can be discharged."

Upon hearing this, both Jiang Beiheng and Ji Yan paused for a moment.

Did Jiang Muchen specifically call to instruct the doctor?
For Jiang Beiheng, this news was truly unexpected. After all, Jiang Muchen's words when he left were still ringing in his ears. Even after experiencing so much, he couldn't come up with a reason for Jiang Muchen in a short time.

For Ji Yan, this news was nothing short of a ghost story.

She encountered Jiang Muchen, a ghost, while Jiang Muchen had somehow stumbled upon another ghost.

The doctor, unaware of the details, was only focused on Jiang Muchen's instructions over the phone and chuckled, "Young Master Jiang dotes on his sister; he's truly a brother. In that case, let's have a full check-up. That way, everyone can rest assured. I'll arrange it now."

After saying that, the doctor turned and walked out of the ward.

Ji Yan didn't understand what Jiang Muchen was up to, but she was too lazy to struggle. Despite being the person involved, she acted like a bystander, as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

After another series of tests, when she returned to the ward, the person waiting for her had changed to Jiang Muchen.

When their eyes met, Ji Yan's gaze lingered on Jiang Muchen's face for several seconds, as if trying to discern from his expression what he was planning.

Jiang Muchen remained calm and composed, letting her look at him, and asked, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"You're covered in filth," Ji Yan said sarcastically without any politeness.

Jiang Muchen seemed not to understand what she was saying, and remained seated on the sofa, saying, "I came to tell you that the one surnamed Chen has been caught. If you have any ideas on how to deal with him, feel free to tell me, and I will help you achieve them."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yan glanced at him again, still with a look of disbelief. "You came all this way just to tell me this?"

“Shouldn’t we?” Jiang Muchen said, “Now that you’ve returned to the Jiang family and acknowledged yourself as one of us, how could I, as your older brother, remain indifferent to something like this? Of course, I have to stand up for you.”

Ji Yan sat opposite him, and upon hearing this, she curled the corner of her mouth. "There are no outsiders here, so there's no need for you to put on that hypocritical act. We both know what you're up to, so save it. Who needs you to stand up for me?"

"Oh?" Jiang Muchen raised an eyebrow slightly. "You don't need me to stand up for you? Then who do you want to stand up for you, Yan Shiyu?"

Ji Yan's expression changed slightly.

Jiang Muchen slowly leaned forward and said, "You're from the Jiang family, and you have absolutely no connection with him. He has no right to stand up for you right now. Even if he wanted to, he'd have to see if I'd give him the chance, wouldn't he?"

Ji Yan looked at him coldly and finally gave only two words of evaluation: "You're sick."

Jiang Muchen did not refute, but slowly said, "I just want you to recognize the current situation as soon as possible. No one can live in a daze forever. Figure out what you want as soon as possible, get it sooner, and be satisfied sooner."

"I just want you all to stay away from me and give me some peace and quiet. Will you agree?" Ji Yan asked.

Surprisingly, Jiang Muchen replied, "I can agree."

Ji Yan suddenly stopped, then sneered, clearly not believing him.

Jiang Muchen sat there, looking at her, and calmly said, "The reason you were willing to come back to the Jiang family and to Huai City with me in the first place was to avoid those people you didn't want to see, wasn't it? Now that you've already avoided them, do you still want to stay in the Jiang family? I completely agree with and understand your thoughts, so if you want to leave the Jiang family, that's fine. If you want to go to another country or city, that's fine too. If you want no one to bother you from now on, including those who claim to know you from before, if you don't want to see them, I can keep them all out of your life. If you don't want to have anything to do with the past, you can completely let go of the past and become a completely new you... Don't you want that?"

Ji Yan was a little confused as to why Jiang Muchen would suddenly come and tell her all this.

It was as if, all of a sudden, he had seen through all her thoughts and understood all her ideas, and even offered her such temptation.

Ji Yan was still not entirely convinced. After a moment of silence, she slowly asked, "What are the conditions?"

"It's very simple. Just play the role of the Jiang family's daughter, my sister—it doesn't require much effort. An occasional photo, some social media posts, or even you don't have to show your face is enough to handle it. As long as you agree, you can do whatever you want."

Ji Yan suddenly understood.

She smirked, "In the end, you just want to take this opportunity to get revenge on him and torment him."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muchen leaned forward slightly, staring intently at her. "What, you care? Are you heartbroken?"

Ji Yan suddenly pursed her lips.

Jiang Muchen chuckled and leaned back into the sofa. "I think you probably wouldn't, would you?"

"To be honest, given his current state, what impact can these things have on him? Even after what happened to you, he remained so calm. Do you really think you can have much influence on him? With Tang Xu by his side, isn't that enough for him? What more could he want? I don't think other people and things are that important to him anymore."

Ji Yan remained silent.

Jiang Muchen stood up, straightened his clothes, and then looked at her again, saying, "Think it over carefully. Once you've made up your mind, come find me again. I'll be home all day and waiting for your answer."

After saying that, Jiang Muchen left the ward.

Not long after he left, Jiang Beiheng returned to the ward.

"Finished your checkup? I just learned that an elder of mine is also at this hospital, so I went to see him and chatted for a bit," Jiang Beiheng said. "I heard Mu Chen came by?"

Ji Yan sat on the sofa with her eyes downcast, as if she hadn't heard him and didn't answer.

She always had this attitude towards questions she didn't want to answer. Jiang Beiheng was neither surprised nor did he delve into it. He simply said, "That's just his personality. He treats everyone the same way. Although he won't admit it, the fact that he came all this way shows that he cares about you."

Ji Yan finally seemed to come to her senses, but she still didn't answer his question. Instead, she asked, "Can we go now?"

"Let's go home," Jiang Beiheng said immediately. "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

Ji Yan fell silent again, and Jiang Beiheng didn't say anything more, accompanying her as she left the hospital.

Although Ji Yan had always treated him this way, Jiang Beiheng still vaguely sensed the difference in her demeanor today.

It seemed like he had something on his mind.

Of course, she always had something on her mind, but today it seemed particularly heavy.

The car drove into the Jiang family's gate and quickly parked in front of the building.

Jiang Beiheng, however, seemed to have no intention of getting out of the car. He said to Ji Yan, "You go up and rest first. I have something to do and need to go out for a while."

Ji Yan didn't ask any questions and simply pushed open the door and got out of the car.

Jiang Beiheng watched her retreating figure as she entered the house before instructing the driver, "Go to Old Zhang's place."

The driver understood immediately and said, "You want Mr. Zhang to make something for Miss? I'll go, there's no need for you to make the trip yourself."

"Don't you know Old Zhang's temper?" Jiang Beiheng chuckled lightly. "If I don't personally intervene, he's unlikely to put in his best effort. He might just come up with something to appease you. Let's go, it won't take much time."

The driver sighed helplessly upon hearing this, but still restarted the car and drove out of the Jiang family's gate once again.

Inside the house, when Sister Ying saw Ji Yan return, she immediately greeted her with a smile and asked, "You're back? Are you alright? You still look a little pale. What did the doctor say?"

Yingjie was always so caring towards the Jiang family that she was sometimes a bit long-winded. Ji Yan frowned slightly, but still replied, "It's nothing."

After saying that, she went straight upstairs.

As she reached the top of the stairs, she seemed to suddenly remember something, stopped, and turned to look at Sister Ying.

Just as Yingjie was about to return to the kitchen, she sensed her gaze and quickly turned back to ask, "What's wrong? What do you want? What would you like to drink or eat? I'll prepare it right away."

Ji Yan quickly looked away, simply replying "It's nothing," before heading straight upstairs.

As soon as I reached the second floor, I ran into Tan Siyi, who had just come out of Jiang Muchen's study.

"Miss." Tan Siyi stopped and called out.

Ji Yan looked towards the study behind him.

His presence here proves that Jiang Muchen is indeed at home.

He's certain she'll give him an answer, and will give it to him soon, so he's waiting for her with smug satisfaction, isn't he?

Ji Yan withdrew her gaze and turned back to her room.

After returning to the Jiang family home, she would always spend a long time in this room, but this room was merely a place to stay. She never added anything or decorated anything to the room, and the sofa chair by the window was already there.

Ji Yan walked over, lifted her legs, hugged her knees, and sat down on the sofa, some voices echoing repeatedly in her mind—

Yan Shiyu said, "Your life is your own to decide."

Jiang Muchen said, "If you don't want to have anything to do with the past, you can completely let go of it and become a brand new you." It seems that's what she wanted.

There is no Yan family, no Jiang family, no blood father, and no more brothers.

It seems that her body and her soul can now be freed.

And right now, this kind of life is right in front of her, within easy reach.

She can get it as long as she agrees to Jiang Muchen's request.

But she sat there without moving for a very long time.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a gentle knock on the door. The knocking sound was unmistakably Yingjie's. Ji Yan finally snapped out of her daze and said, "Come in."

Yingjie carried a tray with hot drinks and some snacks, which she brought to Ji Yan. "You must not be eating or sleeping well in the hospital, right? Eating something sweet will make you feel better."

Ji Yan didn't want to eat it, but she didn't refuse either.

Yingjie smiled, turned around and placed the things on the small table next to her. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something, turned back to Ji Yan and said, "By the way, did you see the letter this morning?"

Ji Yan suddenly paused.

In fact, she had suddenly thought of this on the stairs, but then she felt that if it had happened, Sister Ying would have brought it up. Since she hadn't mentioned it then, it probably didn't.

So she didn't ask.

Anyway, she hadn't read any of those letters, so what was the point of asking?

But now, Sister Ying suddenly mentioned the letter.

She suddenly looked up. "Where?"

"Mu Chen brought it up for you. I thought he left it in your room. Didn't he? Did the wind blow it to the ground?"

After saying that, Sister Ying started searching everywhere.

Ji Yan remained seated, not moving.

The room was small and completely open; if anything were added, she could see it at a glance, even in the smallest corner.

But now, that's not the case.

After searching around and finding nothing, Yingjie said, "Then it's probably still with him. He's in a meeting in his study right now. Let's ask him again after he's done. Don't worry, it's at home anyway, it's not like it'll get lost."

After saying that, Sister Ying turned and left her room.

Ji Yan sat stiffly in the sofa chair for a moment, then suddenly stood up, walked to the bedside, and opened the drawer where the letters were kept.

The drawer opened, revealing daily letters that she had never opened or read.

But just one glance was enough for Ji Yan to sense that something was wrong.

She then pulled out the entire drawer, dumped all the letters onto the bed, and carefully counted them.

There are 47 envelopes in total.

But that's not right.

Even without including the one that arrived today, there should be 48 letters in total.

Ji Yan's breathing tightened little by little, and she lowered her head to count again.

There are still only 47 letters.

One letter is missing.
At that moment, her mind went blank. Before she could even sort out her thoughts and emotions, she stood up, rushed out of the room, and went to Jiang Muchen's study door, pushing it open.

In the study, Jiang Muchen was sitting in a chair listening to someone report something on the other end of the video. When he heard the noise and looked up at her, his displeasure and gloom were almost overflowing.

Then, he gestured to interrupt the person on the other end of the video call, looked up at Ji Yan and said only two words: "Get out. We can talk about it later."

But Ji Yan neither went out nor said she would say anything more later.

"Where is my letter?" she asked bluntly.

Jiang Muchen seemed surprised by her words, his expression darkened, and he simply repeated, "I told you to leave."

"Where are my letters?" Ji Yan persisted, "Where is the letter I wrote this morning? And where is the letter that's missing from my drawer?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muchen's face darkened completely.

He stared at Ji Yan for two seconds, then directly announced to the person on the other end of the video call that the meeting was suspended. After ending the video call, he looked at Ji Yan again and said, "I just offered you such a generous option, and now, just because of two letters, you're questioning me like this? Have you thought it through?"

"I want my letter back now." Ji Yan didn't answer his question. "Give me back my letter."

Jiang Muchen stood up, walked up to her, sneered, and said, "You didn't read a single one of those letters, did you? Why are you so nervous? You don't read them anyway, so what's the big deal if one or two are missing? Is it that important?"

Ji Yan looked up at him and said, "If you won't give it to me, then I'll have to find it myself."

After saying that, she walked to her desk and began rummaging through it without any hesitation.

Jiang Muchen stood behind her, watching her movements coldly, his eyes growing increasingly dark.

After searching the desktop to no avail, Ji Yan turned and glanced at Jiang Muchen.

Jiang Muchen just stared at her intently, still without responding.

So Ji Yan stopped being polite and went straight to the spot where he had been sitting, starting to search for more secluded places.

Jiang Muchen stared at him coldly for a moment before finally speaking slowly, "It seems you're not planning to accept my proposal."

Ji Yan remained silent. Jiang Muchen sneered, then suddenly turned and walked out of the study.

Ji Yan completely ignored his reaction and actions, and only buried herself in searching for her lost letter with an almost obsessive look.

After searching the entire study, she still couldn't find the familiar envelope. Ji Yan then turned around and rushed to Jiang Muchen's bedroom.

Even though she knew the chances of Jiang Muchen leaving the letter in his own bedroom were extremely slim, she couldn't think of anything else at the moment, only wanting to find the lost letter as soon as possible.

Until she found a crumpled piece of paper in the trash can in Jiang Muchen's bathroom.

Those were two opened letters—

Two envelopes and two sheets of paper were crumpled into a ball and tossed lightly into the trash can.

Ji Yan unfolded the crumpled paper, then gently unfolded the two sheets of paper, finally seeing the contents of the letter for the first time.

There were only a few words on it, forming extremely simple sentences, but she seemed to have suddenly developed a reading disorder, reading it over and over again, trying hard to understand the meaning of the words on the paper.

But she didn't understand.

No matter how hard she tried to read, she still didn't understand.

How could Yan Shiyu's letter to her contain such content? How could it contain such difficult-to-understand sentences?
A clear liquid dripped onto the letter paper with a soft splat, spreading along the paper's texture. The ink, which had long since dried, was finally moistened and began to smudge little by little.

Ji Yan quickly stuck the letter to her clothes, as if trying to wipe away the tear.

Just then, a startled cry came from downstairs: "My young master, what are you doing? These aren't..."

The voice wasn't very clear, and Ji Yan didn't hear what came after.

But as if realizing something, she suddenly woke up and stood up abruptly.

She had been squatting for too long and stood up too quickly. Her feet were numb and painful. She took a step and lost her footing, then fell heavily to the ground.

However, Ji Yan seemed to feel no pain. She quickly stood up, rushed out of Jiang Muchen's room, and went straight downstairs.

When she followed the sound to the backyard, she saw a large cluster of flames leaping up from the sink, and Jiang Muchen was standing behind the flames, holding the letters from her bedroom in his hand!
Seeing Ji Yan appear, Jiang Muchen seemed to have finally waited for this moment. He raised the letters in his hand, sneered, and said with utter contempt, "You care that much?"

Ji Yan's expression suddenly changed.

To her astonishment, Jiang Muchen flicked his wrist and tossed the letters into the fire.

"Ah!" Sister Ying suddenly exclaimed.

It wasn't because Jiang Muchen threw those letters into the fire.

Rather, it's because—

Ji Yan rushed towards the fire! (End of Chapter)