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

Chapter 635 Dawn (41)

hospital.

Yan Zhen and Jing Chen sat on chairs in the corridor. The former was playing a game on his phone, while the latter watched him play.

Before the game was even over, the clatter of high heels grew louder as Yan Zhen looked up. Chu Huian, with a sullen face, walked out of the clinic accompanied by Aunt Zhang.

Chu Huian was clearly furious. She walked up to Yan Zhen and said in a furious tone, "Xi Xi has three broken ribs and a concussion. She needs to rest for at least two months. Are you trying to kill her?"

Yan Zhen said calmly, "If you really wanted to kill her, you wouldn't have laid out fire mats downstairs."

"You think you're right after doing something like this?! Xixi lives under the same roof as you, how could you be so vicious! You..."

"Before you blame me, why don't you ask what Yan Yuxi did?" Yan Zhen interrupted Chu Huian. She handed the mobile game she hadn't finished to Jing Chen, signaling him to continue playing, and then stood up to look directly at Chu Huian.

Chu Hui'an paused slightly, then asked in return, "What did she do?"

"She lives on the fourth floor, but she fell from the third floor, which was my brother's room. She was up in the middle of the night and I threw her down from my brother's room. What do you think she did?"

Chu Huian was stunned.

She turned to Aunt Zhang for confirmation: "Did Xixi fall from the third floor?"

Aunt Zhang hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes..."

Chu Huian's expression slowly turned grim, as if she had thought of something: "I will ask Xixi clearly when she wakes up."

"And then what?"

Chu Huian frowned: "What do you want?"

"That's what I should be asking. What does Yan Yuxi want?" The mocking smile on Yan Zhen's face disappeared, and her gaze towards Chu Huian sharpened.

“She has provoked me subtly time and time again. I can let it go for your and Dad’s sake, but now she’s set her sights on my brother and crossed my line. Ms. Chu, if we are irreconcilable enemies and cannot coexist under the same roof, who would you choose between us?”

Chu Huian was silent for a while, then said, "Things haven't gotten to that serious. You don't need to make such an extreme assumption."

"If you can't choose in front of me, then I'll assume you've chosen her."

“You…” Chu Huian was a little annoyed, “I didn’t choose her.”

"Then you choose me?"

"..."

“One is an adopted daughter you’ve raised for over a decade with no blood relation, and the other is your biological daughter whose future success in securing your husband’s assets is at stake. I know it’s a difficult choice for you, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” Yan Zhen crossed his arms and took two steps toward Chu Huian, lowering his voice to say, “If you really can’t choose, you might as well give the choice to Yan Yuxi.”

Chu Huian asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Yan Zhen glanced meaningfully at Aunt Zhang, who was listening intently beside him, and said, "Let's wait and see."

Yan Yuxi woke up at noon the next day.

The broken ribs made her so painful that she didn't even have the strength to sit up. When she saw Chu Huian, tears streamed down her face.

Chu Huian fed her something, and seeing that her face wasn't so pale anymore, she asked her about the cause and effect of being pushed downstairs by Yan Zhen.

"Zhenzhen said you went to Jingchen's room. What were you doing in Jingchen's room in the middle of the night, a girl like you?"

Yan Yuxi had obviously already thought about how to answer. Her eyes flickered, and after a while, she said shyly in a low voice, "I just want to go see Brother Jingchen."

Chu Huian sensed something from her shy expression: "You're looking at Jing Chen..."

Yan Yuxi bit her lower lip: "I like him."

Chu Huian: "..."

“But Brother Jingchen’s heart is only on Zhenzhen. He doesn’t even bother to look at me. Last night he drank too much, and Zhenzhen and I took him back to his room. I couldn’t sleep, so I thought… I thought I’d sneak into his room to take a look at him.” Yan Yuxi nervously clutched the blanket. “But I didn’t expect Zhenzhen to be lying on Brother Jingchen’s bed. I was startled as soon as I went in. She wouldn’t listen to my explanation and started hitting me like a madwoman. She even pushed me down the stairs…”

At this point, Yan Yuxi's tears welled up again. She grabbed Chu Huian's hand and said, "Mom, I thought I would never see you again."

Chu Huian: "..."

Seeing Yan Yuxi with tears streaming down her face, she should have felt sorry for her, but instead, she inappropriately recalled Yan Zhen's meaningful words, "Let's wait and see."

-

Yan Yuxi stayed in the hospital for a week. When she returned to the Yan family home, Jing Chen had already gone back to school in Haicheng.

Chu Huian requested a two-month leave of absence from school for Yan Yuxi, as her injuries required her to stay at home to recuperate.

Compared to Yan Yuxi, who spends all day lying in her room and only goes downstairs to eat, Yan Zhen's study life is much more exciting.

She refused to be driven to school by the driver, and every day she either got up early to take the bus or rode her bicycle to school.

With her cheerful and easy-going personality, coupled with her excellent academic performance, Yan Zhen quickly thrived at her new school.

In the first diagnostic test after the start of the semester, Yan Zhen achieved a perfect score.

Chu Huian looked at her report card for a long time, her eyes and brows showing joy.

She took a picture of her report card, intending to post it on her WeChat Moments, but then felt that doing so would be too deliberate.

So she called Yan Yi's driver over and subtly offered a few words of advice.

The driver was perceptive and subtly relayed the news to Yan Yi. That evening, Yan Yi went home.

Yan Yi, who usually doesn't care about anything at home, surprisingly asked Yan Zhen about her grades during dinner.

Before Yan Zhen could answer, Chu Huian spoke first, and after telling him about his grades, she showed Yan Zhen's report card to Yan Yi.

"Good, what kind of reward do you want?" Yan Yi handed the report card back to Chu Huian, and looked at Yan Zhen with a smile. "A bag, clothes, shoes, or maybe I'll buy you a new bicycle?"

Yan Zhen's reaction was calm to the point of being indifferent: "I don't lack these things."

Yan Yi looked at her, who was clearly so young, yet put on such a mature and composed demeanor, creating a strange and endearing contrast. He couldn't help but laugh: "So you don't want anything?"

Yan Zhen glanced at him: "If you insist on giving it to her, that's fine too. Give it to Ms. Chu."

Chu Huian was taken aback.

Even Yan Yi's eyes showed a hint of surprise.

He looked up at Chu Huian, who was also looking at him. The couple stared at each other for a brief second before Chu Huian looked away first.

“Okay,” Yan Yi said, then told Chu Huian, “When you have time, go pick out a gift and send me the bill later.”

The couple, who used to argue like fighting cocks whenever they met, were unusually calm. Chu Huian did not refuse Yan Zhen's good intentions: "Okay."

This scene, witnessed by Yan Yuxi standing nearby, instantly heightened her sense of crisis.

Yan Yuxi knew very well that Chu Huian had gone to so much trouble to bring Yan Zhen back, not only because Yan Zhen was her biological daughter and because she wanted Yan Zhen to be Yan Yi's only legal heir, but also because she harbored a bit of wishful thinking that "the child is back, maybe she can win back her husband."