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

Chapter 621 Dawn (27)

Chu Huian arranged to meet Yan Zhen at a high-end teahouse.

The teahouse was built by the water, and the antique-style pavilion was surrounded by white gauze. When the waiter led Yan Zhen and Jing Chen into the pavilion, Chu Huian was sitting at the tea table, where incense was burning and several plates of exquisite Chinese pastries were placed.

Yan Zhen didn't like the smell of the incense and waved his hand in front of his nose.

Chu Huian, who was making tea, paused slightly, a flash of annoyance crossing her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it and said, "Sit."

Yan Zhen and Jing Chen sat down opposite her.

“I’ve seen the paternity test results,” Yan Zhen said bluntly. “But what I’m more curious about is how you obtained my sample.”

Chu Huian smiled slightly and placed a cup of orange-red tea in front of her: "There are always times when you're not home."

Yan Zhen understood—Chu Huian was taking advantage of her and Jing Chen's absence to send someone directly into their house to "take" her fallen hair.

"It seems you're quite adept at this kind of petty theft."

Chu Huian frowned: "Now that you know I'm your mother, why are you still talking to me like this?"

"My attitude towards you depends on your attitude towards me." Yan Zhen retorted calmly. "Before accusing me of being impolite, you should ask yourself if you have respected me. Besides, for the past thirteen years, you have fed me every meal and never spent a penny on me. Now, with just a paternity test, you're putting on airs like a mother. Aren't you taking yourself too seriously?"

Chu Huian: "..."

She stared intently at Yan Zhen, this prickly child who made her feel intensely uncomfortable.

Yan Zhen met her gaze without flinching or dodging, even crossing his arms with a defiant expression that seemed to say, "What can you do to me?"

After a long, silent standoff, Chu Huian remembered the purpose of her visit and realized that it was not the right time to antagonize Yan Zhen.

She was the first to look away, lowering her eyes to conceal the emotions within.

When she looked up again, her expression had calmed down.

“It’s not my fault that I haven’t been able to feed you or spend money on you for the past thirteen years. It was only last year that I discovered that the daughter I had raised for more than ten years was not my biological daughter. When your father and I found Xiangjia Village based on the clues, we were told that you injured your adoptive mother when you were seven years old and ran away to the mountains and then disappeared. Your adoptive mother said that you may have frozen to death or fallen to your death on the mountain.”

Chu Huian's voice was devoid of emotion. When recounting her daughter's past, it was as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her. "If I hadn't happened to see your photo online half a month ago and learned that you were also thirteen years old, my daughter and I might never have had the chance to recognize each other in this lifetime."

Yan Zhen shrugged, looking indifferent: "It's fine if we never acknowledge each other for life. I've been doing very well since leaving Xiangjia Village. I'm past the age where I need my parents' care and love. Besides, if you hadn't shown up, I wouldn't have known that my biological mother was so annoying."

"..." Chu Huian choked, her chest heaving more violently.

But after taking a few deep breaths, she quickly composed herself: "I admit I was a little impolite when we first met, but..."

"Since you know you're being impolite, then apologize to me first," Yan Zhen said.

Chu Huian: "..."

She's considering whether or not to give up.

Bringing such a rebellious child back to the Yan family might not be helpful to her; it seems more likely she'll be driven crazy.

"No apology? Then let's not talk." Yan Zhen said, getting up.

"Wait!" Chu Huian called out to her. She closed her eyes, took a few seconds to mentally prepare herself, and then said reluctantly, "I'm sorry, okay?"

Having successfully disgusted her, Yan Zhen was satisfied. He sat back down in the tea chair and crossed his legs: "Although it doesn't sound very sincere, I'm magnanimous and won't make things difficult for you."

Chu Huian: "..."

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Yan Zhen said, picking and choosing among several plates of pastries, and finally took a piece of Dingsheng cake to taste.

After realizing the taste wasn't to her liking, she casually handed the half-eaten pastry to Jingchen next to her.

Jingchen naturally took it and ate it.

Chu Huian, who witnessed this scene, was speechless.

She pretended not to see it, coughed lightly, and said, "Your father and I have been married for so many years and only had one child, which is you. Ever since we found out last year that the daughter we raised at home was not our biological child, your father has been thinking about finding you."

He values ​​blood ties and inheritance highly. If you can go back, he will be very happy and will cherish you. Although our family isn't extremely wealthy, we have assets worth several billion. As long as you behave well, you can inherit all of that money in the future.”

Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow slightly.

Chu Huian was skilled at speaking; everything she said was true, but not a single word of it was true.

In her previous life, Yan Zhen was found and returned to the Yan family when she was twelve years old. Her biological father, Yan Yi, was not very happy.

Like most parents who favor sons over daughters, Yan Yi always wanted a son and believed from the bottom of his heart that women were inferior to men and only boys could inherit the empire he had built.

The reason why Chu Huian is tolerating Yan Zhen's provocations and rudeness again and again is because she really has no other choice.

During this time, Yan Yi kept four young and beautiful mistresses at the same time. He didn't care about feelings or women; he just wanted to have a son.

Not long ago, the pregnant mistress, four months along, taunted Chu Huian, claiming she was carrying a son.

Chu Huian and her husband already had a strained relationship, and the daughter they raised was not related to her husband by blood. When the two went to Xiangjia Village to look for their daughter but to no avail, Yan Yi even suspected that Chu Huian had carried a stillborn child and had just brought back a baby girl from outside to deceive him...

In order to prove to her husband that her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter were real, Chu Huian tried so hard to find Yan Zhen and even hoped that she and her husband could reconcile after her biological daughter returned home.

"Since your husband is so eager to bring me back, why doesn't he come to pick me up himself?" Yan Zhen asked deliberately.

Chu Huian's expression stiffened slightly, then she said, "I haven't told your dad about this yet. I wanted to bring you back and give him a surprise."

"Is this a gift to please your husband?" Yan Zhen said critically. "I don't like it when people objectify me like this."

Chu Huian tried to hold back, but her tone still betrayed a hint of impatience: "What do you want from me to come back with me?"

Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow; he had finally heard those words.

"Give my brother some money, cash out all the material support and care he's given me over the years."

Chu Huian asked, "How many do you want?"

Yan Zhen held up three fingers: "Three hundred million."