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

Chapter 184 Canglan Ferry (54)

Yan Zhen sat in the carriage and heard Jing Chen's conversation with his colleagues clearly.

She remained even more silent than her speechless colleagues.

A moment later, Jing Chen lifted the curtain and got into the carriage. He immediately said, "I was wrong!"

Yan Zhen: "...What did you do wrong?"

“I’m wrong in every way.” Jing Chen knelt down on one knee, adopting a subordinate’s posture in front of her, his expression sincere. “If I make you unhappy, then I’m wrong.”

Yan Zhen: "..."

Jing Chen carefully observed her expression and saw that she was not relieved by his apology; instead, her furrowed brows revealed a hint of anxiety.

He said uneasily, "Could you tell me what I did to upset you? I'll definitely change."

Yan Zhen was silent for a while, then reached out to help him up.

The mirror remained still.

Yan Zhen sighed: "You didn't do anything wrong. I was just upset and deliberately picking a fight."

Jing Chen blinked blankly: "Why do you feel unhappy?"

Yan Zhen: "..."

She was unwilling to talk about it, so Jing Chen put it another way: "Does picking fights make you feel better? If so, then feel free to hit me and scold me."

As he spoke, he pulled her hand over, opened it, placed his chin on it, closed his eyes, and said, "Come here."

Yan Zhen was both amused and exasperated by his provocative actions, and pushed him away, saying, "Alright, stop acting cute."

Jing Chen was not pushed away by her. Instead, he knelt down in front of her and snuggled into her arms, hugging her waist with both hands and pressing his cheek against her chest.

He's been sticking to me a lot lately. Yan Zhen had initially assumed this was part of his plan to get revenge on him, so he didn't take it to heart at all.

Now that her suspicions had been confirmed, and seeing his intimate gesture, she stiffened slightly and felt extremely uncomfortable.

Jing Chen didn't notice her subtle change and said in a low voice, "You seem very uneasy lately."

"Ok?"

"You can't sleep at night, and you're always frowning during the day," Jingchen asked. "Are you homesick?"

Yan Zhen: "...Hmm."

"Then I'll accompany you back to Canglan Valley."

Yan Zhen remained silent for a while, then made a decision in her heart—since her guess that Jing Chen had indeed fallen for her had been confirmed, she should cut the Gordian knot and end this fruitless relationship. Continuing to develop it would only make things awkward for both of them, and might even ruin her career.

After making up her mind, Yan Zhen pried open Jing Chen's hands that were wrapped around her waist and pushed him away.

Her movements were so firm that they brooked no refusal, and Jing Chen was taken aback for a moment.

“I’m homesick and I want to go back,” Yan Zhen said, looking into his eyes. “But I don’t plan to take you with me.”

Jing Chen's heart skipped a beat: "My wife..."

"Don't call me that," Yan Zhen interrupted him. "I don't want to stay in the Duke's mansion anymore."

Jing Chen felt a surge of anxiety and quickly said, "I can resign from my official post and return to Canglan Valley with you..."

"It's not a question of whether or not to go back to Canglan Valley, it's that I don't want to be with you anymore."

Jing Chen's breath caught in his throat, his voice trembling with shock: "Why?"

Yan Zhen did not answer immediately, his mind was in turmoil. Should he use the identities of Jiang Li and Pei Ji to separate from him, so that he could pretend to be confused and maintain his dignity when he returned to the Quick Transmigration Division, or should he expose Jing Chen's hidden identity as the main god and tear off the mask to prevent future troubles?

Before she could make a decision, the sound of rapid hoofbeats suddenly came from outside, approaching at an extremely fast speed.

Immediately afterward, the horse pulling the carriage was startled. With a shout from the coachman, the out-of-control horse pulled the carriage forward, and the wheels ran over something, causing the carriage to tilt sharply.

Yan Zhen was shocked and instinctively reached out to pull Jing Chen: "Jing Chen!"

But Jing Chen was faster than her. Before she could react, he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. In a dizzying moment, the two of them overturned with the carriage.

The overturned carriage was dragged along by the maddened horse, scraping against the ground as its parts disintegrated and scattered, until it finally came to a complete stop after crashing heavily into something.

The change happened so fast that it gave the two of them no time to react.

Once the surroundings quieted down, Yan Zhen looked up and realized that Jing Chen was holding her in his arms, using himself as a protective shell, hugging her tightly with both hands and feet, protecting her completely.

Thanks to him, Yan Zhen only suffered minor injuries, but Jing Chen's condition was not so good.

The violent collision and the debris from the disintegrating carriage left him covered in blood on his head and face, and he was not fully conscious. Even so, he still held her tightly with both hands.

Yan Zhen struggled to get out of his arms and patted his face: "Wake up! Wake up!"

Jing Chen struggled to open his eyes, his scattered consciousness regrouping. Only after confirming that she was not seriously injured did he breathe a sigh of relief. He opened his mouth, but asked, "When did you discover my true identity?"

Yan Zhen remained silent.

"Just now... were you doing that on purpose?"

She deliberately called his name, deliberately letting him know that she had discovered he was the supreme god.

Before Yan Zhen could figure out how to answer, people outside the carriage gathered around to help. They knocked on the carriage wall and asked, "Is anyone inside?"

Yan Zhen readily agreed, "Yes."

Not long after, the two were rescued by the local people and taken to a nearby clinic.

Jing Chen was seriously injured and lay on the couch, feeling dizzy and lightheaded. As the doctor bandaged his wounds, he stared intently at Yan Zhen, not even looking away, as if this would make her unable to avoid him and give him an answer.

Seeing this, the doctor joked, "Young man, your wife is fine, you don't need to keep such a close eye on her. Instead, you should close your eyes and rest for a bit."

Yan Zhen: "..."

After their wounds were bandaged, the butler, having received the news, hurriedly brought people over and took them back.

After settling Jingchen in the inner room of the Bamboo Garden, Yan Zhen went to the side room to wash his face. Before he could even change out of his tattered clothes, a maid's panicked and anxious voice came from next door: "Master, the doctor said you can't get up..."

Yan Zhen guessed what was going on and immediately pushed open the door to the side room and went out.

Just as darkness fell, the glazed lanterns under the eaves emitted a warm orange light. Jingchen, his head wrapped up like a rice dumpling, stumbled out of the inner room, ignoring the maid's advice.

When his eyes met Yan Zhen's, he had just stepped out of the inner room with one foot when the unease on his face seemed to be paused, followed by embarrassment.

"I thought……"

"I didn't leave." Yan Zhen interrupted him, realizing that even if Jing Chen was injured, those matters still needed to be answered clearly today.

Dragging it out will only give him more hope and fantasies, which is not good for either of them.

Thinking of this, she went over and, supported by the mirror, returned to the inner room, lay down on the couch, and sat on the edge of the bed, dismissing the maids.

Only the two of them remained in the inner room. Seeing Jing Chen's uneasy expression, Yan Zhen cut to the chase: "The day you said you wanted to marry me, I knew you were Jing Chen."

Jing Chen was taken aback.

"I'm sorry." Before he could speak, Yan Zhen continued, "I didn't know you were the main god when I was doing the mission. I took advantage of you and caused you harm. I'm very sorry."

Jing Chen's expression slowly darkened.

She was apologizing to him.

Under what circumstances is it necessary for a person to apologize?

If you feel sorry for the other party and cannot provide satisfactory compensation.

He sensed something ominous in that apology.

"I didn't point it out immediately after I found out you were the main god because I thought you wanted to take revenge on me, and I wanted to use this to my advantage to make amends to you." Yan Zhen looked directly into his eyes, his expression calm. "Jing Chen, I never thought of developing a relationship with you that went beyond work."