After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 319 - 231: No One Survived

Chapter 319: Chapter 231: No One Survived

The original twenty-minute journey took an hour and a half due to the traffic jam.

Tang Xi got off the car and looked at the high-end Chinese restaurant in front of her. It is the most famous and trendy member-only restaurant on North Island, ’Qing Shui Tang’, which has a limited daily customer quota. The first floor is a regular dining area, and the second floor contains luxury private rooms.

Each private room is quite spacious, approximately a hundred square meters, and all are designed in traditional Chinese style.

To dine here, one must not only make a reservation in advance but also recharge a membership. However, this membership isn’t for everyone; only those with personal assets over a hundred million can qualify.

Tang Xi had heard of this place before, but had never been here.

Fu Tingzhou parked the car and stood beside Tang Xi, slightly lifting his chin, signaling her with his eyes.

Tang Xi was momentarily stunned, then belatedly lifted her hand and slipped it into the man’s arm.

Is this what he meant?

She raised her eyes to glance at the man’s side profile and followed his steps into ’Qing Shui Tang’. Right upon entering, a waiter asked, "Mr. Fu, this way, please."

The waiters here, regardless of gender, were dressed in traditional Chinese attire. Tang Xi surveyed the first floor, approximately a dozen tables, but each table was separated by screens, offering considerable privacy to ensure conversations weren’t disturbed by noise from others.

At that moment, there were customers dining on the first floor.

Tang Xi followed Fu Tingzhou to the entrance of a private room. Fu Tingzhou opened the door and led Tang Xi inside.

The room was ample in size, about a hundred square meters, with a rest area, dining area, and recreational facilities including card tables.

Inside were two men, and when Tang Xi saw who they were, she visibly paused, her lips tightened. Fu Tingzhou walked forward, noticing Tang Xi had stopped, he looked down at her, "Tang Xi."

Tang Xi looked up at him, then gently lowered her gaze.

Fu Tingzhou quickly caught the emotions in her eyes, guessing that, indeed, Tang Xi had met his friends before.

If she had met them, then his relationship with Tang Xi in the past was not as she described—indifferent, calm, and hastily divorced.

Xu Rongchen is his elder brother, a sibling to him.

Ji Liangzhi is his good friend; both of them, judging from Tang Xi’s expression, must have met and recognized her.

Fu Tingzhou’s gaze swept across Tang Xi’s face and also Xu Rongchen’s and Ji Liangzhi’s faces.

Compared to Tang Xi’s moment of stupefaction, the expressions of Ji Liangzhi and Xu Rongchen also clearly displayed surprise, although they quickly covered it up.

But Fu Tingzhou was still keenly aware of it.

It seemed the situation was more interesting than he thought; his ex-wife really hid a lot from him.

It seems, to recover the memories of the past, he really had to start with Tang Xi.

At the very least, this woman definitely knew his past self.

Tang Xi never expected that when Fu Tingzhou said he was bringing her to meet a few friends, it would be Xu Rongchen and Ji Liangzhi.

How did these two come to North Island as well?

North Island, such a small island, yet it could accommodate so many significant figures.

Her four years of tranquil life were now thoroughly shattered.

Her fingers stiffly curled within the man’s arm.

She hardly knew how to look at Xu Rongchen, after all, she was personally coached by Xu Rongchen. If not for Xu Rongchen’s help back then, how could she have escaped Fu Tingzhou’s control?

And now...

Xu Rongchen and Ji Liangzhi exchanged glances, each seeing the astonishment in the other’s eyes.

Xu Rongchen, seasoned from years in the business world, had a smile curving at the corner of his lips, "Third Brother, you’ve finally arrived, over an hour late."

Ji Liangzhi also said, "Yes, you should drink a penalty cup."

Tang Xi’s fingers slowly slid out from the man’s arm, and the next second, they were grasped by Fu Tingzhou.

Her fingers were stiff and her fingertips were cold.

While the man’s palm was warm and dry, suddenly enveloping her fingers and gripping them tightly.

"This is Tang Xi; you should know her," Fu Tingzhou’s voice was slightly hoarse, a smile in his eyes, "You should know her." Speaking of which, his gaze landed on the two people in front of him and then on Tang Xi’s face.

At this moment, Tang Xi’s heart was pounding as if it was about to leap out of her chest.

She didn’t know what Fu Tingzhou was up to.

But, so what if they know each other?

Why did she feel so guilty and scared? After all, Fu Tingzhou had amnesia, and she was his wife before, so wasn’t it normal to know his friends?

Thinking this, Tang Xi looked at Xu Rongchen and Ji Liangzhi with a smile, "How could I not know your friends? We met a few times before, but it’s been a long time... just acquaintances... "

When Ji Liangzhi saw Tang Xi standing next to Fu Tingzhou, he felt so shocked that he almost blurted out ’holy shit.’ After all, Fu Tingzhou had been devastated by this woman’s death. He even had a car accident and lost his memory, and now, this woman was standing next to him again??

This??

Xu Rongchen’s emotions were very stable; even from the moment he saw Tang Xi until now, the dark turmoil in his eyes had just shown some small ripples. He reached out his hand, "Xu Rongchen, you can call me brother just like Tingzhou."

Ji Liangzhi truly admired Xu Rongchen’s composure.

He introduced himself to Tang Xi as "Ji Liangzhi."

Alright, it turned into self-introductions; Tang Xi reached out her hand, shook hands one by one, and also introduced herself, "Tang Xi."

What kind of scene was this? Tang Xi had really never experienced this before.

She didn’t know what Fu Tingzhou was scheming, but it definitely wasn’t just something simple like meeting friends.

Even if he didn’t want to bring Gao Youhan or Ning Daisu along, he could totally meet Xu Rongchen and Ji Liangzhi on his own, so why bring along his ex-wife?

Xu Rongchen said, "There is an electronic menu here; you can order whatever you want to eat."

This meal, initially, Tang Xi wasn’t in the mood to eat, but the cuisine here was indeed exquisite, and the chef was truly top-notch. Each dish, although expensive, was worth its high price, even the common fried rice was made extremely enticing.

Fu Tingzhou went out halfway through for a restroom break.

Only Tang Xi, Xu Rongchen, and Ji Liangzhi were left inside the private room.

Xu Rongchen slowly put down the silver chopsticks, "Miss Tang, it’s been a long time."

Tang Xi sighed slightly, "Yes, it’s been a long time. Seeing you guys again is really... quite surprising."

Ji Liangzhi frowned, "Tang Xi, why are you here? Weren’t you..." drowned in the sea...?

The name Tang Xi in North City had already been deregistered, nonexistent.

Tang Xi’s fingers tightly clenched the chopsticks, "I should be the one asking you guys this, why are you here?"

Xu Rongchen couldn’t help but notice the resentment in Tang Xi’s voice, "It seems our meeting this time isn’t pleasant." He also hadn’t expected that Tang Xi was still alive.

Back then, he had agreed to send Tang Xi away, letting his subordinate put her on the ship.

He never expected that in the end, the ship would sink.

He also thought that this woman had perished at sea.

After all, there were no survivors on that ship.