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

Chapter 183 Canglan Ferry (53)

Jing Chen's focus suddenly shifted: "A lot of people are showing her favor? Who else?"

Xiao Lan listed several names in a row: "After all, they are the top performers in our Quick Transmigration Division, so it's normal for them to be popular."

A sense of crisis arose in Jing Chen's heart. He wrote down those names and said with a solemn expression, "Okay, I understand."

"So you really want to date Miss Yan?" Xiao Lan, completely oblivious to Chu Jingchen's displeasure, continued babbling, "I advise you not to, you'll be..."

"Noisy!"

Press the block button directly.

Xiao Lan was forcibly logged off, and her chattering voice instantly disappeared.

—Don't want to develop an office romance?

Jingchen fell into deep thought.

He had secretly inquired about Yan Zhen's past. Her exes were mostly people from various small worlds. She didn't value character or personality; her only two requirements were obedience and good looks.

Even so, once she detaches herself from that small world, the relationship is over for her.

Many mission takers in the Quick Transmigration Division encounter someone they love in a small world and choose to use mission points to exchange for a "family member" status for that person.

After their natural death, their consciousness can enter the Quick Transmigration Division and stay there as a family member, living together with the mission takers.

With Yan Zhen's massive amount of points, he could easily exchange them for a family member's identity, or even an entire harem.

But all these years have passed, and she hasn't brought anyone back with her.

Is it that she treats relationships as a short-term game and is unwilling to bring them back to the "reality" of the Quick Transmigration Division, or is it true, as rumored, that she is promiscuous and fickle and does not want to pour all her feelings into the same man?

Jing Chen wondered if she could become the "exception" if she put in the effort.

After all, she was interested in his body and had experienced two worlds together, so there must have been some emotional connection between them, right?

After pondering for a while, Jingchen decided to give it a try.

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Yan Zhen noticed that Jing Chen was becoming increasingly abnormal.

The Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with the Imperial Household Agency, solved a long-standing major case, greatly pleasing the Emperor, and Jing Chen was promoted again.

With a rapid rise of two ranks and the new title of Duke, Jing Chen has become a rising star in the court, and the previously quiet Duke's mansion has recently seen a surge in visitors.

With a bright future ahead of him, Jingchen should logically focus on his work, but he does the opposite. He dawdles during his shifts and leaves as soon as it's time to leave, spending the rest of his time in the Bamboo Garden—learning to cook.

He clearly has a talent for cooking; it only took him seven days to go from almost burning the kitchen down to making something that tasted pretty good.

Yan Zhen looked at the eight dishes and one soup laid out on the table, and Jing Chen, who was diligently serving her food, and her expression became increasingly strange: "Have you been very free lately?"

Jing Chen said, "It's alright, not busy."

Yan Zhen looked at the Five Flavor Almond Cheese Goose that had been placed in his bowl and couldn't help but wonder, could this also be part of Jing Chen's plan?

If Jingchen learning to cook made Yan Zhen feel something was off, then his clinging to her like a leech for the next two weeks, spending almost every minute of his time with her except when he was on duty, and his obedient behavior made Yan Zhen feel a sense of crisis.

After returning from his shift each day, he would personally cook for her, preparing a variety of dinners for her.

After dinner, without fail, he knelt on the couch and massaged her back and waist for half an hour.

When she was reading or studying chess scores, he would lean against her affectionately, repeatedly twirling his fingers with her sash. He would entertain himself with this boring game for an hour without getting tired of it.

He would refuse invitations from colleagues on his days off and never attend any banquets, just to make time to take her out for fun.

Because she casually remarked that "Liu Ji's candied chestnuts in the east of the city are quite good," he traveled across half of the capital in the rain to buy them.

Seeing that she usually dressed simply, he even began to study the attire of noble ladies in the capital, filling her wardrobe and dressing room with expensive and fashionable clothes and jewelry as if they were free...

It is said that the most direct expression of liking someone is feeling sorry for them, wanting to give them more love and care, and worrying that you are not giving them enough and that they will suffer.

It has both the characteristics of a mirror and a sunken mirror.

Yan Zhen wasn't unaccustomed to being treated this way. Once, while on a mission, she happened to save a wealthy man with a mental illness, who became infatuated with her and launched a fierce pursuit.

At the height of his passion, he relinquished his business empire worth hundreds of billions, retiring at the peak of his career to willingly become the "man behind her."

It was because he had witnessed such intense love that Yan Zhen began to feel psychological pressure.

Could it be that Jing Chen has actually fallen for her?

Her relationship with this boss is definitely not one for pure romance.

Yan Zhen hesitated for a long time, intending to test Jing Chen's bottom line.

Late at night, Yan Zhen pretended to be hungry and couldn't sleep, so she woke up Jing Chen, who was sleeping soundly, to cook her a midnight snack.

Without saying a word, Jingchen got up, lit a fire, and cooked noodles. When he brought the noodles to her, he gave her a mysterious, fatherly smile that seemed to say, "Eat more so you can gain weight and be healthy."

Yan Zhen got goosebumps watching this.

Yan Zhen's acting skills were good and she was patient once or twice, but she disturbed his sleep for more than ten days in a row. He not only did not get impatient at all, but also felt that eating noodles every night was too much and planned to make her something else to change things up.

Yan Zhen had no choice but to try another method.

It's said that men care about their image. If you embarrass him in public, will he get angry?

Yan Zhen calculated the time it would take for Jing Chen to finish his shift, then took a carriage to the Ministry of Justice, where a waiting place awaited him on the route he would inevitably take after finishing his shift.

After waiting for half an hour, Jing Chen, dressed in official robes, came out with his colleagues. The two colleagues said something to him and grabbed his arms, not letting him leave.

Yan Zhen seized the opportunity and coughed loudly.

Upon hearing the noise, Jing Chen immediately looked up.

Upon seeing Yan Zhen, his eyes lit up, and he immediately broke free from his colleagues and ran to her side: "Wife, what brings you here?"

Yan Zhen deliberately gave a cold look: "Can't I come?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Jing Chen quickly replied, then noticed that her mood was off, and he asked somewhat anxiously, "What's wrong? Who made you unhappy?"

Yan Zhen sneered and reached out to pinch his ear: "Don't you know what you've done?"

Jing Chen was in pain from being pinched. He grimaced and looked bewildered, trying to recall what he had done to make her so angry that she came to the yamen to beat him up.

"Think it over carefully, or you're not going home tonight!"

After saying this, Yan Zhen turned and got into the carriage.

Upon seeing this, Jing Chen immediately tried to follow.

His colleagues behind him called out, "Brother Pei, didn't we agree to have a drink together?"

Jing Chen paused, took out a silver ingot from his purse and tossed it to him: "This meal is on me, you guys go ahead, I'm not available today."

His colleagues couldn't stand seeing him, the dignified Duke of Dingguo, being publicly humiliated by his own wife and not daring to utter a harsh word. They couldn't help but mock him, saying, "This must be the Duchess, with such a temper and airs."

Jing Chen's lips curled into a smile, his tone full of helplessness, but his expression was the complete opposite—pleasant.

"There's nothing I can do. My wife is exceptionally capable. I got promoted because of her. Not to mention me, even my grandmother in the Duke's mansion has to show her respect."

Colleague: "..."

Why are you so self-righteous about living off a woman?