Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 72 In this life, you can only be entangled with me to the very end.

Yan Shiyu slowly stood up and walked to her.

Tang Xu wanted to avoid it, but her body wouldn't obey her.

She seems unable to move.

Half of my body was stiff and numb.

"How can I pretend that something that happened never happened? Teach me."

Yan Shiyu stood in front of her and asked, word by word.

“That’s fine.” Tang Xu met his gaze and said slowly, “Just like in public, we’re not close, we’re just ordinary friends… As long as we don’t meet in private anymore from now on, that’s fine.”

Yan Shiyu looked down at her for a long time, "What if I don't agree?"

Tang Xu slowly shook his head. "You wouldn't bear to hurt Miss Qi."

"In your eyes, am I such a morally upright person?" Yan Shiyu said. "If I were so morally upright, then what were we to each other in the first place?"

Tang Xu paused, then said in a low voice, "You knew from the beginning what my marriage was full of. You knew that even if we were together, it wouldn't hurt anyone. You helped me and saved me because I was pitiful, and also because you were noble. You are a good person, from beginning to end, you have always been a good person."

Yan Shiyu slowly lifted her chin, his eyes as deep as ever.

“I never considered myself a good person,” he said.

Tang Xu repeated stubbornly and confidently: "You are."

Yan Shiyu gently stroked her chin with his fingertips. "If I'm a good person, then what about you?"

Tang Xu opened her mouth, but after a long while, she only slowly uttered three words: "I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Yan Shiyu continued to press.

He knew the answer perfectly well.

Tang Xu knew that he knew the answer.

But he insisted on asking.

“It was me who deliberately approached you, it was me who deliberately created opportunities to be alone with you time and time again, it was me who deliberately showed weakness in front of you…” She finally gave up resisting and resignedly spoke, “I knew that we shouldn’t have a relationship, but I had no choice. At that time, I could only turn to you for help… I’m sorry for dragging you into this.”

Yan Shiyu looked at her, as if for the first time, he saw the most genuine expression on her face.

It turns out that when she's not forcing a smile or trying to please, her eyes and brows are so aloof.

"You've been preparing these words for a long time, haven't you?" Yan Shiyu asked. "Was it something you wanted to say to me when your father passed away?"

Tang Xu looked at him and did not deny it.

She approached him with the intention of helping Song Yuting save the Song family and putting Song Yuting at ease.

But when Song Yuting died, she suddenly lost all her goals.

But at that time, for her sake, he helped Song's family raise a large sum of money and also put in manpower and effort to fight against Jiang Muchen, pulling Song's family out of the vortex of investigation.

She owed him too much, and she felt like she could never repay him, so she could only accept that their relationship would continue.

But now, things are different.

He has another woman by his side, a woman who is his equal in social standing, a woman with whom he can openly be seen together.

An innocent woman.

In this relationship, Tang Xu didn't know how to conduct herself.

She finally found an opportunity to speak to him.

"I'm sorry," Tang Xu said softly. "I know Mr. Yan has given me a lot, and I will repay you and the Yan family little by little when I have the chance. Let's not have any more entanglements, okay?"

Yan Shiyu stared at her quietly for a long time.

He shook his head slightly.

“You once had a chance to back out.” Yan Shiyu gently stroked her pale lips. “But from the moment you knocked on my door in Nancheng, you lost that chance.”

Tang Xu's gaze suddenly froze.

This seemed to be the first time Yan Shiyu had said "no" to her. He was just like that; even when he refused, he did so with such nonchalance.

But Tang Xu sensed something else amidst this calm and tranquility—

It is his unfathomable depth.

It was a fleeting fear that crossed her mind.

Lu Xingyan had once warned her that no one knew Yan Shiyu's past, and it was impossible to easily find out what kind of person he was.

But at that time, she only had one path in front of her, she had no choice, so she couldn't care less.

And now, it seems that there is still only one path in front of her.

“In my world, there’s no turning back,” he continued in a low voice. “So, for the rest of your life, you can only be entangled with me to the very end, understand?”

His tone remained calm and gentle.

Tang Xu's entire body instantly froze and turned cold.

That night, Yan Shiyu neither stayed nor touched her.

After saying those words, he left.

Tang Xu was ice-cold all over. She stood motionless against the wall for a long time until she finally couldn't support herself and slowly slid down to the ground.

……

Gao Yan felt that Yan Shiyu's aura had been very strange lately.

Although his emotions seemed unchanged and he treated people the same as before, he remained the same gentle, upright, and magnanimous gentleman praised by everyone.

But I just feel like something's not right.

After pondering it over and over, Gao Yan concluded that the problem could only lie with Tang Xu.

If I do the math, it seems like Yan Shiyu hasn't seen Tang Xu for quite some time.

This wasn't unusual. Ever since Tang Xu took over the freight company, he'd been incredibly busy all the time, and the two hadn't seen each other for quite some time.

At that time, Yan Shiyu would still occasionally go to Yujing Bay, and would only leave when Tang Xu was not there.

But this time, a week has passed, and Yan Shiyu has not visited Yujing Bay even once.

After finishing his social engagements that evening, it was already quite late. The venue happened to be not far from Yujing Bay, so Gao Yan seized the opportunity to ask, "It seems like it's been a while since I've seen Miss Tang. Has she been very busy lately? Would you like to go to Yujing Bay to visit her?"

Yan Shiyu sat in the back seat and did not respond to a single word.

This means not going.

Gao Yan felt a vague unease. After a pause, he said, "Could it be that Miss Tang is jealous because of what the media reported about Miss Qi? Did she cause a scene with you?"

Yan Shiyu still did not answer, but the air pressure inside the car seemed to drop a few degrees.

Gao Yan immediately stopped saying anything more, silently looking at the road ahead, his eyes full of confusion.

After escorting Yan Shiyu back to Qiushuitai, Gao Yan followed him upstairs to retrieve a document.

The elevator doors opened, and Gao Yan stepped out first. He immediately saw Tang Xu sitting by the door and exclaimed with delight, "Miss Tang! Long time no see!"

Tang Xu slowly raised her head, but her gaze first fell on the man behind her, who was slowly walking out of the elevator.

Yan Shiyu's gaze was deep and dark, revealing no emotion whatsoever.

Tang Xu smiled gently at him, then looked at Gao Yan and said, "Long time no see."

"Is the freight company busy lately?" Gao Yan asked while explaining, "Don't worry, I'm just here to pick up a document. I'll leave as soon as I get it and won't bother you."

After saying that, he quickly went into the house.

Yan Shiyu brushed past Tang Xu and entered the house as well.

Tang Xu stood still for two seconds, then turned around and followed in his footsteps.

(End of this chapter)