Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 57 Yan Shiyu said, Yao Yao, be a good girl.

Two weeks later, Gao Yan came to Yujing Bay to deliver some documents to Tang Xu.

Those were all contents related to the investigation team's case. Tang Xu knew that these things were hard to come by, so he looked at them very carefully.

Gao Yan sat beside her, waiting for her to finish reading before they could talk, when his phone suddenly rang.

Gao Yan glanced at the incoming call and quickly answered it, but unconsciously lowered his voice: "You've arrived?"

After hearing what was said on the other end, Gao Yan replied, "I'll be there soon."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, stood up and said to Tang Xu, "I have something to do, I'm leaving now. You can call me back after you've finished reading about these things."

Tang Xu responded and watched him walk to the door, but suddenly asked, "Is it him who's back?"

Gao Yan paused, then turned to look at her. "You mean Mr. Yan? Oh, not yet, it's something else... I'll be going now."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Tang Xu withdrew her gaze and continued reading all the documents in her hand. When her eyes fell on the date on the last page, she suddenly realized that Yan Shiyu had been gone for more than twenty days.

More than twenty days have passed without any news.

Tang Xu rarely thinks about whether he is there or not.

Perhaps it was because she thought about too many things every day, or perhaps it was because the people he arranged were always helping her—

Although Duan Siwei was always grumbling, he would help her whenever he could. Gao Yan would sometimes come to see her even when he was working overtime at the company late at night, and his attitude was very good.

Except for today.

His attitude when he left was really strange.

Tang Xu couldn't help but pick up her phone and try to call Yan Shiyu again.

The phone still wouldn't go through, but it wasn't like it had been disconnected the other day.

A cold, mechanical female voice told her on the phone—

"The number you dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

Tang Xu put down her phone, somewhat dazed.

That evening, Tang Xu couldn't resist going to Qiushui Terrace.

Stepping out of the elevator and through the main gate, the house, which had been uninhabited for over twenty days, remained luxurious and clean, but devoid of any human presence.

There was no trace of his return, inside or out.

Tang Xu didn't stay long and left again soon.

……

At the same time, at the Yan Family Holiday Villa at the foot of Songshan Mountain.

Duan Siwei sat on the sofa, smoking and playing on his phone, while Gao Yan was still working on his computer.

They both looked up at the same time when they heard footsteps on the stairs.

Having just finished showering, Yan Shiyu slowly walked downstairs. She glanced at the two of them, then went to the liquor cabinet and poured herself a glass of whiskey.

When he turned and walked to the sofa, Gao Yan had already looked away, leaving only Duan Siwei staring intently at him.

Yan Shiyu sat down on the sofa. "Don't you recognize me?"

Duan Siwei mouthed a curse word silently before saying, "If you disappear for a few more days, you'll probably change shape."

It's rare for an adult man's appearance to change much in just over twenty days, but Yan Shiyu had clearly lost weight and his skin had darkened, making him completely different from how he looked twenty days ago.

Knowing he wouldn't get anything out of him, Duan Siwei turned to look at Gao Yan, "Is it always like this?"

Gao Yan's gaze swept quickly across Yan Shiyu's face. He lowered his head and remained silent for a moment before saying, "She'll recover in a few days."

This answer made Duan Siwei sneer, "Yes, even if you smash a clay figure, you can still restore it to its original shape by reshaping it."

Gao Yan didn't say anything more, and Yan Shiyu, equally unconcerned about his question, only asked, "How is she?"

Duan Siwei glanced at him, exhaled, and said, "Tang Xu? This girl is really too emotionally stable. So many things have happened, but she doesn't cry, make a fuss, or admit defeat. She just quietly does what she needs to do... In my opinion, you don't need to worry about her."

Yan Shiyu quietly took a sip of wine without answering. Seeing this, Gao Yan took over the conversation, saying, "This time Jiang Muchen has gone all out, probably because he realized that Mr. Duan is opposing him, so he is sparing no effort. In my opinion, if the Song family can't be saved this time, so be it. Even if they are barely saved, who knows what other bombshells might be dug up later."

"Song Yuting must be protected," Yan Shiyu said. "The Song family must also be protected."

"Song Yuting is one thing, but do you know how much effort it will take to protect the Song family?" Duan Siwei said. "Once someone finds even the slightest clue, you won't be able to hide anymore! Do you want to be exposed like this?"

Gao Yan also said, "The risk is indeed too great. We can't go to such lengths."

"The Song family must be preserved," Yan Shiyu repeated. "That's the bare minimum."

"Damn it, have you been blinded by beauty?!" Duan Siwei roared. "A woman, someone else's wife, you've only slept with her a few times, is it worth taking such a risk?"

Gao Yan also frowned, his eyes filled with worry.

Yan Shiyu finished the rest of the wine in his glass, his increasingly defined knuckles placed the glass upside down on the table, and slowly closed his eyes as he leaned back into the sofa.

“Do as I say,” he said.

……

Over the next few days, Tang Xu would make time to visit Qiushuitai once a day.

She always felt that Yan Shiyu should have returned, but every time she went there, Qiushuitai was empty.

Until the seventh day.

Actually, Qiushuitai was no different from before that day, but as soon as Tang Xu entered, she felt that something was different.

She walked quickly to the study door, gently pushed it open, and found it empty.

She went into the bedroom again, but there was still no one inside.

Tang Xu then stepped into the bathroom.

The room was filled with steam, and she saw the man who had just finished showering, putting on a black bathrobe and wrapping it around a body she had seen many times before.

Tang Xu paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, hooked her arms around his neck, and buried herself in his embrace.

Yan Shiyu's body stiffened slightly, and after a while, he reached out and supported her waist.

"Am I dreaming?" Tang Xu asked softly.

Yan Shiyu reached out and patted the back of her head.

Tang Xu then let go of his hand and looked up at him.

At a glance, she could tell that he seemed to have lost some weight, which was reflected in his facial features, making them more defined and prominent.

She gently bit her lip and looked at him. "Is the food bad abroad?"

Yan Shiyu said, "It's alright."

“That’s true,” she said. “Anyway, you don’t like eating out, so it doesn’t really matter to you what you eat.”

After a moment of silence, Tang Xu asked again, "When did you get back? Did you just arrive today?"

"Mm," Yan Shiyu responded.

Tang Xu tilted her head to look at him, "Really?"

"Ok?"

A short, one-syllable phrase indicating a rhetorical question.

Tang Xu gazed at him quietly for a long time, and finally threw herself into his arms once again.

“You were gone for 32 days,” she said. “I missed you.”

Yan Shiyu remained motionless for quite some time.

Until, without her noticing, she gently kissed his Adam's apple.

His Adam's apple bobbed rapidly, but the next moment, he reached out and gently pressed his hand against the corner of her lips.

(End of this chapter)