Marriage Seduction Addiction

Chapter 98 Tang Xu asked: Are you asleep?

After Tang Xu gave this answer, Jiang Beiheng was speechless.

He couldn't bring himself to stay there any longer, so he left with Sister Ying after a short while.

Watching the two leave, Tang Xu buried her face in her arms and stared blankly for a long time.

Tang Xu was jolted back to reality when her phone rang.

Looking down, she saw a completely unfamiliar number.

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Xu answered the phone.

Gao Yan's voice, tinged with relief, came from the other end of the phone: "Miss Tang, you're awake?"

Tang Xu responded softly.

"That's good," Gao Yan said. "I was thinking it would be inconvenient to call you if you weren't awake, so I changed my number. How are you? Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, thank you for your concern." Tang Xu paused before asking again, "Has Mr. Yan returned?"

“I’m back. I got back late last night.” Gao Yan paused for a moment before continuing, “I didn’t expect something like this to happen. Mr. Yan was very worried about you, but given the current situation, it’s not convenient for him to come and visit you. Plus, I just got back from a business trip and I have a lot of things to do at the company, so I probably won’t be able to come see you for the next couple of days.”

"I understand," Tang Xu replied. "Tell him not to worry. I'm not seriously injured anyway; I'll be fine after a couple of days of rest."

Gao Yan hesitated for a moment, and finally said only, "Then you should rest well and take care."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Xu sat there in a daze for a long time until the caregiver knocked on the door of the ward and brought her some liquid food.

Tang Xu felt no hunger and had no appetite. She drank two mouthfuls of plain porridge and returned to her hospital bed.

She didn't fall asleep after lying down; no matter how hard she tried to close her eyes, she remained awake.

After some time, the caregiver pushed open the door and gently patted her.

Tang Xu slowly opened her eyes.

The caregiver said, "Ms. Tang, the police are here and they want to know if you can give a statement now."

Tang Xu responded and quickly sat up.

The caregiver then went up to open the door, and two police officers walked in.

After the two men briefly introduced themselves, just as they were about to begin taking their statements, there was another knock on the door.

The door opened again, and the person who walked in was none other than Jiang Muchen.

He walked in slowly, his cold gaze falling on Tang Xu's face, his eyes filled with a cold and weary expression.

"Mr. Jiang." Upon seeing him, the two officers immediately greeted him before turning to Tang Xu and saying, "Because Mr. Jiang is busy with official business, we will combine your statements and record them together. Ms. Tang, is that alright?"

Before Tang Xu could respond, Jiang Muchen had already sat down on a chair nearby, casually dusted off his trouser leg, and said somewhat impatiently, "Let's begin."

Tang Xu didn't look at Jiang Muchen for long and quickly told the police the whole story.

The facts of the matter are clear from beginning to end, and she had nothing to hide, so she quickly recounted what she had experienced.

Afterwards, Jiang Muchen added details about what happened last night, filling in the gaps in Tang Xu's knowledge.

It turned out that when he arrived yesterday, Tang Xu had already fainted in the room full of snakes, and Miao Qin was instructing people to take her out of the room, to splash water on her to force her to wake up, and to prepare for a new round of torture.

Jiang Muchen kicked Miao Qin and broke three of her ribs on the spot.

Tang Xu sat quietly on the hospital bed, her eyes vacant, seemingly lost in thought.

"Qin Jian and Miao Qin are currently under our control. Whether other members of the Qin family are involved in this matter is still under investigation. Rest assured, the investigation results will be available soon."

After the police left, only Tang Xu and Jiang Muchen remained in the ward.

Tang Xu could hardly remember the last time she had spent time alone with him like this.

After a suffocating silence, Jiang Muchen finally asked, "Where's Sister Ying?"

“Sister Ying is a member of the Jiang family, so naturally she should stay at the Jiang family’s place.” Tang Xu finally turned to look at him. “Just like Mr. Jiang, who is a busy man, he shouldn’t waste his time here.”

Jiang Muchen sneered and looked at her, "Tang Xu, do you feel aggrieved and uncomfortable because I saved you?" Tang Xu twitched the corner of her mouth and said frankly, "I should thank you. How can I not feel aggrieved and uncomfortable?"

Jiang Muchen suddenly stood up, his gaze somber.

Tang Xu remained calm, showing no sadness, joy, fear, or anger.

Jiang Muchen's face was stiff and cold. "Don't worry, it won't happen again."

After saying this, Jiang Muchen left without looking back.

Tang Xu then lay back down on the bed.

……

As night deepened, the entire city gradually quieted down.

The hospital, which had been bustling all day, was no exception.

The lights in each room were off, and from the outside, the black windows looked like little boxes, dark and quiet.

Tang Xu was suddenly awakened in this small box, and sat up abruptly in bed, turning on the bedside lamp with a "snap".

The caregiver, who had been fast asleep by the bedside, was startled awake and quickly sat up to check on her. "Miss Tang, are you alright?"

Tang Xu's face was pale, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat, clearly indicating that he was extremely uncomfortable.

"Should we call a doctor?" The caregiver quickly got up.

Tang Xu shook her head and called out to her, "It was just a dream, it's nothing..."

The caregiver was relieved. "Oh, it was just a nightmare..."

Tang Xu slowly closed her eyes.

Yes, it's just a nightmare.

She sat stiffly on the bed, and soon heard the caregiver's long, steady breathing.

Tang Xu turned her head and saw that she had fallen asleep again.

After a long while, Tang Xu lifted the covers, got out of bed, put on a coat, opened the door of the ward, and went out.

Although it was late at night, the public space outside was still brightly lit, but it was too quiet and spacious, giving off a chilling atmosphere.

Tang Xu seemed completely oblivious, sitting down on a public bench, hugging her knees, and trying her best to calm herself down.

It was extremely quiet all around; she couldn't hear a sound. Suddenly, it seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.

Tang Xu couldn't help but turn her head to look around. When she looked back, her fingers suddenly touched the phone in her pocket.

She took out her phone, opened her contacts, and after scrolling through them, her finger stopped at Lu Xingyan's name.

Just as Tang Xu was about to call out that name, she paused.

Lu Xingyan isn't in Huai City, so what good would calling him do?

Didn't that just make him worry for nothing?
She continued scrolling down somewhat unconsciously until Yan Shiyu's name appeared, at which point her finger stopped again.

After staring blankly for a while, Tang Xu finally clicked on those three words.

She rarely contacted him first.

When I occasionally try to contact him directly, I always subconsciously avoid calling during the day, so almost every call is made at night.

Just like now.

Tang Xu stared at the old call records for a long time.

In the end, she gave up on making the call.

She sent him a message—

"Are you asleep?"