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

Chapter 177 Canglan Ferry (47)

Jing Chen's expression changed drastically. He let go of her hand, bent over, and covered his groin. His kneeling motion was smooth and twisted.

Taking the opportunity, Yan Zhen pushed him away, took a few steps back, looked at him warily, and cursed, "What's wrong with you?"

He inexplicably ran back and grabbed her by the neck, with a fierce expression on his face as if he wanted to kill her as soon as possible.

She didn't offend him!

Jing Chen knelt on the ground, unable to speak, his face turning blue with pain.

Seeing this, the coachman quickly stepped forward to help him up: "Your Highness, you..."

Jing Chen couldn't stand up at all, and after a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth: "...call a doctor."

The coachman hurriedly went to find the steward to fetch a doctor. Jing Chen, with one hand covering his groin and the other supporting himself on the ground, raised his head, drenched in cold sweat, after the excruciating pain, which felt like his nerves were being torn apart, subsided.

Seeing Yan Zhen standing a few meters away as if avoiding a plague, her face full of vigilance, he became even more annoyed, pointing at her with a trembling finger: "...Come here!"

Yan Zhen was both annoyed and annoyed by Pei Ji's shout.

You bastard, who are you yelling at here to!

She stood there with an aloof expression: "Speak your mind."

"Hel me up!"

Seeing that his discomfort didn't seem fake, Yan Zhen knew how much force she had used when she thrust into his groin. After all, their previous cooperation had been quite pleasant, so she hadn't really intended to cripple him.

So Yan Zhen went over, took his arm, and helped him up.

Seeing that he was in so much pain that his legs could no longer support him, she put his arm over her shoulder, half-supporting and half-carrying him, preparing to take him back to the Bamboo Garden.

Jing Chen leaned half his body against Yan Zhen, each step feeling like he was walking on knives. He was furious and stared intently at Yan Zhen's profile. Suddenly, he asked, "Have you ever loved me?"

Yan Zhen's heart skipped a beat.

So that's why this kid went crazy.

Although she had vaguely sensed his affection for her before, she made her attitude very clear from beginning to end, giving him no room for imagination or ambiguity.

That's really clueless; there's no point in asking.

"no!"

Jingchen paused, a surge of inexplicable grievance and anger welling up inside her.

She didn't love him, yet she still flirted with him, kissing and hugging him!

She didn't love him, yet she took advantage of him, cheating him out of both money and feelings!

This woman is a complete liar; to her, I'm just a tool to complete her tasks!

Use it and then throw it away!

Jing Chen trembled with rage. He tightened his grip on Yan Zhen's neck, locking her in a chokehold from behind, and gritted his teeth, saying, "You heartless woman! I'm going to kill you!!!"

If we kill her, we can bring her back to the Quick Transmigration Division!

He's going to settle this score with her!

His breathing was suddenly cut off, and Yan Zhen quickly tried to pry his arm off.

I tried to pry it open, but I couldn't.

Fuck!

Sensing the intense killing intent emanating from him, Yan Zhen gritted his teeth and slammed his elbow heavily into Yan Zhen's lower abdomen.

Jing Chen was jolted by the blow, but he endured the excruciating pain and did not let go.

Yan Zhen became fierce and pounded him more than a dozen times with quick and heavy movements. Jing Chen finally couldn't help but let go. His stomach churned and he bent over, almost vomiting.

Once Yan Zhen was free, he turned around and kicked Jing Chen into the haystack in the stable. He pounced on him, pinning him down and slapping him repeatedly across the face.

"You think you can take advantage of me?!"

"You fucking dare hit me!!!"

"If I don't cripple you today, I'll change my surname to yours!!!"

When the groom, steward, and Madam Feng arrived at the stable, they found Aunt Jiang straddling the young master and beating him mercilessly. The young master was clutching his head, powerless to fight back, his handsome face almost swollen from being slapped.

The housekeeper and Madam Feng rushed over and pulled Yan Zhen away.

"Miss Jiang, what happened? Why did you start fighting all of a sudden?"

Yan Zhen's hair was disheveled. Even after being pulled away, he was still not satisfied and kicked Jing Chen's leg: "Go ask him. As soon as he came back, he choked me and put his throat on me. He even said he was going to kill me. Pei, did you take the wrong medicine and poison your brain?"

Jing Chen: "..."

Yan Zhen vented his anger by hitting and scolding Jing Chen, then ignored the nearly crippled Jing Chen and stormed back to the Bamboo Garden.

As soon as she returned to the Bamboo Garden, she locked the door from the inside, then took out a silver note and instructed Jianxue: "Go to the horse market in the west of the city immediately and buy me a horse. Bring it to the Yuelai Inn and wait for me. I will come later."

Jianxue was taken aback: "Miss Jiang, are you leaving now?"

"Correct."

Although she didn't know why Pei Ji suddenly went crazy, asking her if she had ever loved him and saying he wanted to kill her, she knew it was not a good place to stay.

It felt good to beat him up just now, but Yan Zhen didn't forget that apart from their alliance, Pei Ji was the new Duke of Dingguo who was about to inherit the Duke's mansion, while she was just a concubine who hadn't even been included in the family register yet.

If he gets angry and tries to pull a "If I can't have her, I'll destroy her" act, the disparity in their social status would leave her with no chance of winning and she would be at his mercy.

After much thought, I decided that running away was the best course of action.

Jianxue left through the back door. Yan Zhen quickly packed up her valuables and glanced at the gifts she had bought yesterday and piled up in the corner, intending to take them back to Canglan Valley to give to her sect. She felt heartbroken.

These things can't be taken with us.

Forget it, they're all external things, nothing is as important as life itself.

Yan Zhen sent a servant, slung his bundle over his shoulder, and planned to leave quietly through the back door.

But when the back door was opened, several guards stood outside, blocking the door completely with sticks in their hands.

The two sides met briefly, and the guard's attitude was polite yet forceful: "Miss Jiang, the young master has ordered that from now on, you are not allowed to step out of the Bamboo Garden."

Yan Zhen's face darkened.

really--

What exactly did Pei Ji do wrong?

Why has her attitude changed so drastically? Why won't she leave now?

Yan Zhen's mind raced, his gaze sweeping over the guards as he considered the likelihood of forcing his way out.

The guard seemed to see through her thoughts and smiled slightly: "Miss Jiang, please think it over. Even if you force your way out of the Duke's mansion, as long as the young master reports it to the authorities, you will become a wanted criminal and will not be able to leave the capital."

"..."

These words successfully dissuaded Yan Zhen.

She knows how to use poison, so dealing with the guards and escaping the Duke's mansion wouldn't be difficult for her, but she can't hurt or kill people under the emperor's nose.

If things escalate, even if she escapes the capital, she will never be able to return to Canglan Valley.

Pei Ji knew the location of Canglan Valley, and if he led his men to search there, it would also implicate his sect.

Yan Zhen slammed the door shut, cursing Pei Ji in his heart.

Yan Zhen waited in the bamboo garden all day. In the evening, Pei Ji arrived, supported by the steward and servants.

He walked strangely, his face was bruised and swollen, and when he sat down in front of Yan Zhen, his expression was so gloomy that it looked like he wanted to devour her alive.

Yan Zhen sat on the couch, unmoved by any wind, and calmly stared at him for a while before saying to the steward, "You may all leave now. I have something to say to the young master."

The butler was clearly uneasy, worried that the two would start fighting again: "This..."

Jing Chen said, "Get out."

The steward then said, "Young Master, Miss Jiang, let's talk this out. Fighting will hurt our feelings."