Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 632 Dawn (38)

Yan Yuxi brought the lotus seed soup to Yan Zhen's room again. Through the open door, she saw Yan Zhen sinking into a soft beanbag chair, playing games on her iPad, while Jing Chen sat on a small stool next to her like a servant, feeding her the lotus seed soup.

She lowered her eyes and casually carried the lotus seed soup inside: "Zhenzhen, Brother Jingchen, the sweet soup is here."

"Just put it there," Jing Chen said, urging Yan Zhen to finish the last sip of sweet soup before getting up and walking out of the room with Yan Yuxi.

In the hallway, Jing Chen handed the empty bowl to Yan Yuxi: "Thank you for your help."

Yan Yuxi smiled and said, "It's no trouble at all, Brother Jingchen, you don't need to be so polite with me."

Jing Chen said in a calm tone, "I'm not your brother, so you don't need to call me that anymore."

Yan Yuxi was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Does Zhenzhen mind me calling you that?"

“Not only does she mind, but I do too,” Jingchen said. “Brother is not just a title. If you call me brother, I have to take on the corresponding responsibilities. But I’m very busy and don’t have the time or energy to care about other sisters. Besides, I only have Zhenzhen as my sister.”

Yan Yuxi: "..."

After Jing Chen finished speaking, he smiled slightly at her, then turned and went back to his room.

Yan Yuxi immediately stopped him: "Then... what should I call you from now on?"

Jing Chen thought for a moment and said seriously, "You don't need to call me anything. If the way you address me makes you feel uncomfortable, just ignore me from now on and don't talk to me. Then you won't have to worry about what to call me."

Yan Yuxi: "..."

Jing Chen returned to Yan Zhen's room and took away the second bowl of sweet soup that Yan Yuxi had brought up. Seeing Yan Zhen lying on the sofa engrossed in playing games, he took a blanket and covered her with it, saying, "I'm going back to take a shower and go to bed."

Yan Zhen was busy clearing the level and didn't even look up: "OK."

"Don't stay up too late, go to bed early, you need to get up early tomorrow."

"I know, I know."

Jing Chen then left.

The door opened and closed, and Yan Zhen, who had been engrossed in playing the game just moments before, immediately stopped, letting his game character on the tablet be blasted to death by his opponent.

She stared at the door for a long time, then irritably tossed the tablet aside and pinched her brow.

Yan Yuxi's actions of flirting with Jing Chen tonight stirred up some unpleasant memories for her.

In his previous life, Yan Zhen had a girlfriend named Qi Yu during his university years.

Qi Yu comes from a small town and is a down-to-earth and considerate person.

Yan Zhen and he had a very good relationship. After graduation, they started a small business together and planned to work hard to build a career before considering marriage.

In an attempt to sabotage their relationship, Yan Yuxi frequently orchestrated chance encounters to seduce Qi Yu.

Qi Yu knew that Yan Yuxi and Yan Zhen had a past conflict, so she remained unmoved by Yan Yuxi's attempts to seduce her.

Even when Yan Yuxi drugged him at his friend's birthday party, Qi Yu was willing to risk his life by jumping from the third floor of his friend's villa into the swimming pool below rather than compromise.

Because of this incident, Yan Zhen beat Yan Yuxi severely, fracturing one of her arms.

Later, Yan Zhen was framed by Yan Yuxi and Chu Huian. He killed Xu Yingxia's son while being raped and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

During the lawsuit, Qi Yu used all of their joint savings to hire the best lawyer for her, ran around collecting evidence to reduce her sentence, and comforted Yan Zhen not to be afraid, saying that even if she was given a heavy sentence, he would wait for her to be released from prison.

For Yan Zhen at that time, Qi Yu was her only hope.

But when the final verdict came down, Qi Yu went to see Yan Zhen, and through the transparent glass window, he cried his heart out.

Yan Yuxi sent the surveillance footage of Yan Zhen being raped and murdered to Qi Yu's parents' phones. The two elderly people of the Qi family, who had been down-to-earth all their lives, could not accept that their only son's girlfriend was a woman who had been raped, murdered someone, and was going to serve seven years in prison.

The two elders threatened to commit suicide to force Qi Yu to break off her relationship with Yan Zhen, abandon her career, and immediately return home for arranged marriages.

Torn between his beloved girlfriend and his parents who raised him, Qi Yu reluctantly chose the latter.

“Zhenzhen, I’m sorry, I may not be able to see you again in the future. Take care of yourself. Seven years is only seven years, it will pass quickly. You have always been a very strong person. You will be a hero again when you get out.”

Yan Zhen still remembers the panicked and helpless feeling she had when she looked at Qi Yu; her hand holding the receiver was trembling.

She selfishly wanted to ask Qi Yu if he was still around seven years later when she was released.

She even darkly considered imitating the Qi family elders and threatening Qi Yu with suicide so that he wouldn't abandon her.

But in the end, she didn't do it.

She said goodbye to Qi Yu with composure, and as she watched him leave the visiting room, she felt a sense of despair, as if she had severed her only connection with the world.

……

Yan Zhen thought that being carefully protected by Jing Chen for six years, her stable life and powerful core were enough to offset the harm from her past life, making her no longer care about those who had hurt her.

But after being provoked by Yan Yuxi tonight, she realized that she had been deceiving herself all along.

How could she not care? The excruciating pain of the knife cutting into her skin would stay with her forever, even after the wounds healed.

She wanted to kill Yan Yuxi, Chu Huian, Xu Yingxia, the rapist, and Yan Yi.

These people all deserve to die.

Yan Zhen stared blankly at the ceiling for a long time, then suddenly let out a cold laugh.

For the past six years, because of her young age, there were limited things she could do. In addition, neither she nor Jingchen were strong enough in terms of economic situation or social status. So she thought that as long as she didn't run into those scumbags from the Yan family, she would not care about what happened in her previous life and just live with Jingchen like this.

Now she realizes that what is meant to come cannot be avoided, and what is meant to happen will not change its course because of her "indifference".

If that's the case, why doesn't she take the initiative?

Thinking of Yan Yuxi's face, Yan Zhen took several deep breaths and quickly started making plans in his mind.

The next day, at seven o'clock in the morning, Jing Chen knocked on Yan Zhen's door.

"Zhenzhen, are you awake?"

Yan Zhen responded.

Jing Chen opened the door and went in. Yan Zhen had already changed into his school uniform and was putting on his socks.

Jing Chen noticed the bloodshot in her eyes, squatted down in front of her, and asked with concern, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Yan Zhen didn't hide anything and simply hummed in agreement.

"what happened?"

"It was a nightmare."

"What nightmare?"

Yan Zhen sighed: "I dreamt that Yan Yuxi took you away, that you were going to be her brother and not mine anymore. I called you back, but you ignored me."

Jing Chen was taken aback at first, then realized that it was Yan Yuxi's actions last night that made Yan Zhen anxious.

“I assure you, this will never happen.” Jing Chen said seriously. He stood up and picked up Yan Zhen’s schoolbag. “I will take you to school first, then find a house near the school to rent, hire a nanny to take care of your daily life, and you can live near the school from now on. You don’t need to go back to the Yan family unless necessary.”