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

Chapter 209 Killing the Cuckoo (24)

As Yan Zhen looked around, Qi Zhaoyi, who had taken off his gloves, took a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to her.

"I was going to invite you in for a bit, but I forgot that my house hasn't been cleaned for over a month," Qi Zhaoyi smiled, her expression frank. "I can only offer you a bottle of water instead."

"It's alright." Yan Zhen took the bottled water. "Thank you."

She took a sip of water and asked Qi Zhaoyi, seemingly casually, "Is your allergy any better?"

"It's much better. I've been paying extra attention to my diet lately, and it hasn't recurred."

Yan Zhen asked curiously, "Is your allergy condition something you were born with?"

"Well, there are innate reasons, and it is also related to a decline in immunity after birth."

Yan Zhen's curiosity was put to rest: "I wish you a speedy recovery."

"Thank you."

The two maintained a polite yet natural social distance, like adults. Yan Zhen didn't stay long; after chatting with Qi Zhaoyi for a few minutes, he prepared to leave.

Qi Zhaoyi escorted her to the garden gate and suddenly said, "Thank you."

Yan Zhen feigned ignorance: "What are you thanking me for?"

“I guess you’ve already figured it out. On the day I was discharged from the hospital, I was planning to commit suicide in this house.”

When Qi Zhaoyi talked about this, her tone was as calm as if she were chatting with Yan Zhen about what to eat for dinner that night. "The second cake you sent made me feel that the world wasn't as bad as I thought, so I tried to hold on and have now given up the idea of ​​dying."

Yan Zhen paused for a moment. There was no need to act when talking to smart people. She smiled and said, "I hope what I did was a good thing."

For people who have physical or mental health issues, being prevented from dying is not necessarily a good thing.

No one can guarantee that if they survive, they won't face even more intense and overwhelming pain.

It would be a good thing to be able to overcome this hurdle and rekindle hope for life.

Conversely, it will push that person into an even darker abyss.

Qi Zhaoyi understood the encouragement in her words: "I will try my best not to disappoint you."

“Okay,” Yan Zhen said. “If you want cake, just come to me. Regular customers get a discount.”

Leaving the villa complex, Yan Zhen felt a slight brightening of her mood.

Having completed so many missions and witnessed countless deaths and the cruelty of humanity, she still feels a sense of accomplishment when she saves someone with a simple act of kindness.

She still possesses the most basic human nature at her core.

This cheerful mood lasted until midnight, when Fang Yi, who was sleeping next to her, received a phone call.

The ringing woke them both up. Fang Yi answered the phone, and after hearing what the person on the other end said, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately threw off the covers and got out of bed.

After confirming the address with the person on the other end of the phone, he hung up and quickly changed his clothes from the closet while saying to Yan Zhen, "Wife, I have to go out for a bit."

Yan Zhen asked, "What happened?"

Fang Yi hesitated for a moment, then confessed, "Ting... Xiao Li got into a fight at a bar, and both of them were detained. I have to go and bail him out."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhen got up from the bed, took the car keys, and handed them to Fang Yi: "Then drive carefully."

Perhaps feeling guilty, Fang Yihe didn't suspect her at all. On the contrary, she seemed somewhat grateful for his support in rescuing Li Tingyi: "I will come back as soon as possible."

After Fang Yihe left, Yan Zhen opened a location app to monitor his route in real time.

Forty minutes later, the car stopped in another district of the city, at a police station.

Yan Zhen checked and found that the police station was not far from the gay bar where she had last followed Li Tingyi and Fang Yihe.

So Li Tingyi had a conflict with someone in a gay bar?

Yan Zhen remembered Yang Qingchuan, the gay bar owner in her WeChat contact list, and immediately opened his chat window to ask him about it.

Yang Qingchuan seemed very busy, and only replied with a voice message half an hour later. The background noise was messy, and his tone carried a hint of dislike.

"Don't even mention it, your husband's boyfriend almost wrecked my bar tonight."

Yan Zhen became interested: "Tell me in detail."

From Yang Qingchuan, Yan Zhen learned that Li Tingyi was drowning his sorrows at a bar that night and had caught the eye of a rich second-generation guy who frequented gay bars.

The rich second-generation heir was powerful and wealthy in the area, and was known in the circle for his womanizing ways. He publicly proposed to keep Li Tingyi as his mistress, and offered a price that was hard to refuse.

But Li Tingyi refused.

The rich kid had a few drinks and took advantage of Li Tingyi's inattention to touch his butt, which angered him. The two got into a fight in the bar, smashing half of the bar and alerting the police.

"This guy surnamed Li is really tough. Everyone knows that rich second-generation playboys are playboys. No one he sets his sights on has ever stayed by his side for more than three months. As long as you lie under his lap for three months, you can live a life of ease and comfort. No matter how you look at it, it's a win-win situation. Yet he's not tempted at all."

After Yang Qingchuan finished his sigh, he complained, "He has ambition, but he's really messed me up. The bar was smashed up like that, and it won't be able to operate for at least a week. I just finished giving my statement and came out of the police station at this hour. I have to settle this score with them... By the way, I just saw your husband rushing into the police station. He must have gone to bail out Li Tingyi."

At this point, Yang Qingchuan seemed to remember something and laughed again: "Didn't you say you were going to kill them both? How come they're not only fine, but their relationship seems to be getting better? Didn't you see how anxious and worried your husband was just now? He acted like the person inside was his wife..."

Yan Zhen wasn't surprised at all: "Is Li Tingyi injured?"

"injured."

"Is the injury serious?"

"It's alright, nothing serious was injured." Yang Qingchuan asked, puzzled. "At a time like this, how can you still be concerned about Li Tingyi's injuries?"

Yan Zhen calmly said, "Because it concerns whether my husband will come home in the next few days. If he doesn't come back, I won't cook for him."

Yang Qingchuan: "...6!"

After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhen sat on the bed, resting his chin on his hand in thought.

Li Tingyi and Fang Yihe had been in a cold war for some time, but after tonight's incident, they will most likely reconcile.

After all, true friendship is revealed in times of adversity. Fang Yihe will surely be deeply moved when she learns that Li Tingyi fought because he firmly rejected the rich second-generation.

Li Tingyi had no intention of breaking up with him. Taking this opportunity, she tried to gain emotional support from Fang Yi by playing the victim, and then made up with him...

Just like in a script, Yan Zhen could imagine the melodramatic plot that was about to unfold.

Should she intervene to sabotage their reconciliation?

If we were to take action, what method should we use?

Li Tingyi is not someone to be trifled with. He already had suspicions about me, and his arguments with Fang Yihe in a short period of time were all related to me. It's hard to guarantee that he won't push me too far and take action against me.

Yan Zhen was weighing whether or not to make a move when his phone rang.

She picked up her phone and saw that it was a call from Qi Zhaoyi.