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

Chapter 590 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (69)

The boy paused, then nodded again: "I know."

"You knew and you still flirted with him?" Yan Zhen's tone wasn't stern, but rather gentle with a hidden edge. "You're colleagues from the same company. What you did wasn't very ethical."

The boy stared at Yan Zhen for a few seconds, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Sister, thank you."

Yan Zhen looked completely bewildered: "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for defending Yan Heng... that is, Zhou Yanqing." The boy said with a smile, "I am Zhou Yanqing's boyfriend."

Yan Zhen: "..."

A rare hint of confusion appeared on her usually calm expression.

According to the gossip Xiaoqi brought back, Zhou Yanqing is not gay.

Based on the ironclad rule she summarized from completing so many missions, unless under special circumstances, mission takers will not enter the body of the opposite sex while performing a mission.

and so……

Yan Zhen looked the "boy" in front of her up and down.

The "boy" noticed her confusion and took the initiative to say, "I am a woman, just like you."

As she spoke, she extended her hand to Yan Zhen: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Li Luo."

Yan Zhen remained silent for a few seconds before shaking hands with her.

After letting go, Yan Zhen pinched Li Luo's chest again, still feeling a little uneasy.

Fortunately, although it's small, it is indeed soft to the touch.

Li Luo was taken aback by Yan Zhen's sudden action.

Before she could react, the ward door suddenly opened, and Yan's mother appeared in the doorway, witnessing Yan Zhen pinching Li Luo's chest.

Startled, Yan's mother looked at the two of them with anger.

"What are you doing!"

Yan Zhen immediately withdrew his hand: "Mom, we..."

Before she could finish her explanation, Li Luo gently tugged at her sleeve and gave her a wink: "Sister."

Yan Zhen instantly understood what she meant—Li Luo's job was different from hers. After completing her task, she would return her body to the client and wouldn't stay in this world for long.

Considering the original owner's life after returning to take over this body, the tasker should try to cause as little trouble as possible for the original owner while completing the task. Therefore, Li Luo does not want her true identity, or rather, her true gender, to be revealed.

Yan Zhen quickly returned her gaze, indicating that she understood.

This scene, as seen by Yan's mother, was tantamount to the two of them exchanging glances right under her nose.

She got even angrier and pointed at Yan Zhen, saying, "Yan Zhen, come out here!"

Upon hearing his mother call him by his full name, Yan Zhen felt a slight chill run down his spine.

As soon as she walked over, Yan's mother grabbed her ear and dragged her outside, yelling, "What are you doing! Ah! What are you trying to do? Isn't Xiao Yun enough for you to mess with? Now you're even going after this blond-haired brat..."

After Yan Zhen finally managed to persuade his mother to calm down, and returned to Gao Shenghan's ward, Li Luo had already left.

Only Gao Shenghan, who had taken sleeping pills, remained in the ward, fast asleep.

Just then, a commotion came from downstairs in the inpatient building. Yan Zhen went to the window and looked down.

In the darkness, Yan Heng and the big guy walked ahead arm in arm, while Li Luo lagged a short distance behind them.

The two people in front chatted and laughed for a while, then Yan Heng seemed to remember that he had neglected Li Luo, so he turned around and pulled her under his other arm.

After taking a few steps, Yan Heng suddenly bent his legs, suspending his body in the air, and put all his weight on Li Luo and the big guy.

"Hurry up, hurry up, carry me out!"

Li Luo wasn't going to tolerate him. She exchanged a glance with the big guy, then grabbed Yan Heng from both sides and threw him to the ground. The two of them took off running.

Yan Heng fell flat on his back, and after getting up, he chased after him while rubbing his bottom, calling out, "Ninth Brother, wait for me!"

Watching their figures disappear through the doorway, Yan Zhen snapped out of his reverie and gently patted his forehead.

Worrying unnecessarily.

How could someone of Zhou Yanqing's skill level make such a basic mistake during a mission?

-

During Yan's father's hospitalization, Yan Zhen was given full authority over the company's affairs.

For a week straight, Yan Zhen went to work during the day, went to the hospital to visit her parents after get off work in the evening, and then went home to spend time with her child at night.

Xiao Yun's recent filming schedule has been quite relaxed, usually finishing in half a day. With nothing else to do, he became Yan Zhen's driver.

In the evening, he would pick her up from get off work and take her to the hospital. During the two hours Yan Zhen spent with his parents, he would either read scripts and memorize lines or watch movies to pass the time in the parking lot.

After Yan Zhen was discharged from the hospital, he took him back to the Yan family home and then went back to his own residence.

That evening, Yan Zhen went to the hospital as usual. Although she was in charge of most of the company's affairs and could handle them, she still reported her work to her father to put his mind at ease.

Halfway through the work report, Yan's father suddenly said, "Did we have old duck soup today?"

Yan Zhen was taken aback by his seemingly random remark, but then realized that her father was referring to the soup she had drunk in Xiao Yun's car.

Due to the effects of medication and illness, the original owner's body is still in the process of regulating her appetite and sleep. Recently, with the cold weather, Yan Zhen has lost her appetite and often experiences acid reflux.

While Xiao Yun worked diligently as a driver, he would bring her a bowl of soup he had cooked himself every day.

Today I brought tea tree mushroom, pork bone, and old duck soup.

"How do you know?"

"I can smell it, there's a strong smell of duck soup on my clothes," said Yan's father. "Did that kid surnamed Xiao make it?"

"Ah."

Yan's father said, "He drives you to the hospital every day, but I've never seen him fawn over me. Doesn't he know that I'm the one in charge of the household?"

Yan Zhen was both amused and exasperated: "He can't pull this off."

Yan's father sighed softly: "You like him a lot?"

“Dad, you’ve been through this, so you should know better than me that when people reach around forty years old, their hormone secretion isn’t as active anymore. When interacting with people, they only care about comfort and pleasing appearance, and they don’t care about liking or disliking them anymore.”

"Are you comfortable around him? Do you find him pleasing to the eye?"

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have kept him by my side for so long."

After thinking for a while, Yan's father said, "So when do you plan to formally bring him to me?"

Yan Zhen frowned slightly: "Why did you bring him before you?"

“I’m getting old and won’t be able to stay in that position for long. If you can get along with him, settle things as soon as possible. I’ll mentor him for a few years, and once he’s ready to take over the company, I’ll…”

"Dad," Yan Zhen said seriously, "you're going to hand the company over to Xiao Yun?"

“Yes, we can’t count on Xiao Heng, that scoundrel. The family needs an heir,” said Yan’s father. “I’ve been observing Xiao Yun for a while now. From what I’ve seen, he seems honest and decent, and not brainless. If we train him well, and hand the company over to him, after your mother and I are gone, he can protect you and Xiao Yu for us…”

“I don’t need anyone’s protection.” Yan Zhen closed the tablet in his hand. “If you want Xiaoyu and me to have a good life in the future, you should hand over the means to make a living to us, instead of sharpening a sword and handing it over to an outsider who has no blood relation to us and is only acting on his own conscience.”

This sword can protect us, but if the wielder harbors malicious intent, it can also become a weapon used to stab me and Xiaoyu. Isn't Gao Shenghan's example enough to teach you a lesson?