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

Chapter 616 Dawn (22)

Yan Zhen raised her chin: "Of course! After a day of fun, I'll come back and have my favorite hot pot."

"Just because of this?"

"Otherwise what?" Yan Zhen retorted.

Jing Chen was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "What did that kiwi at the bus stop say to you?"

Yan Zhen was taken aback: "Kiwi?"

"...Ahem, it's that male classmate who went to the aquarium with you."

Following Jing Chen's words, Yan Zhen recalled Zhou Bingchuan's appearance.

Boys generally develop puberty later. Twelve-year-old Zhou Bingchuan had not yet reached his second growth spurt. He was not tall, slightly chubby, and had a pleasing round face and short, chestnut-like hair... He really did look like a kiwi.

Yan Zhen couldn't help but laugh.

When Jing Chen saw how happy she was when she talked about Zhou Bingchuan, the forced smile on her face immediately disappeared.

"He confessed to you?"

"Yes." Yan Zhen didn't deny it, and even shook the keychain on his hand, "He bought this too."

Jing Chen's face darkened, and he was about to say something when Yan Zhen spoke first: "But I rejected him."

Jing Chen: "...Why?"

"I do not like him."

Jing Chen: "...Oh."

He was silent for a moment, then tentatively asked, "So, who do you like?"

"How old am I!" Yan Zhen said emphatically. "My main task right now is to study hard! Dating is a waste of time. I'll think about it when I'm older."

Jing Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without making a sound, he pushed the suitcase towards Yan Zhen and said imperiously, "Help me drag it back."

Yan Zhen refused: "On what grounds?"

"Because I just treated you and your girlfriends to hot pot," Jing Chen said, pulling Yan Zhen's hand and draping it over the suitcase handle, while simultaneously "stealing" the keychain hanging from her index finger. "Let's go!"

Yan Zhen gave a light snort and dragged his suitcase away.

Jing Chen followed, and with a flick of his wrist, tossed the keychain into a nearby trash can.

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More than a month later, the college entrance examination arrived, and Jing Chen performed as expected.

He usually has a relaxed attitude towards studying, and after the college entrance examination, he did not sleep for several days or plan to go on a trip.

He took on even more work, sometimes spending a whole week away from home and unable to return.

Two days before Yan Zhen's entrance exam for junior high school, Jing Chen finished work and went home.

As soon as Yan Zhen left the school gate after school, she saw Jing Chen waiting for her outside the school on his bicycle.

Yan Zhen jogged over: "Brother! You're back!"

Jing Chen took her schoolbag and put it in the bicycle basket. After Yan Zhen climbed onto the back seat, he stepped on the pedal and drove off: "Let's have something nice to eat tonight. Do you want to eat pickled fish at home, or go out for hot pot?"

"Let's have sauerkraut fish at home, it's been so long since I've had it," Yan Zhen said. "I'll wash the pot after we eat."

"Okay, let's go buy fish."

The two went to the market first, and after returning home, Jingchen went into the kitchen to work.

Yan Zhen rolled up her sleeves, intending to help out, but Jing Chen shooed her away, saying, "Go study."

Yan Zhen had no choice but to go back to her room to do her homework.

Dinner included not only sauerkraut fish, but Jingchen also made brown sugar glutinous rice cakes and fruit jelly, which Yanzhen really liked.

The sun had just set, but the heat hadn't dissipated. Jingchen turned on the air conditioner, and the two of them ate sauerkraut fish while watching SpongeBob SquarePants on TV.

Halfway through the meal, Jingchen suddenly said, "I've taken on a job, and I'll be very busy during the summer vacation."

Yan Zhen was used to his busy schedule: "I know."

Jing paused for a moment, then said, "He might not be back for two months."

Yan Zhen was taken aback: "What kind of work will take two months?"

This is too long; she can't even imagine what it would be like to eat takeout and instant noodles for two months.

"My agent got me a script and asked me to act in it."

Yan Zhen realized: "Become an actor?"

"Correct."

Yan Zhen feigned excitement: "So you're going to become a big star?"

Jing Chen: "...It's hard to say, but I earn more money than as a model."

Yan Zhen knew that Jing Chen was aware of the situation, so he didn't ask any more questions: "Okay, I understand."

Jing Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't you come with me to the film set during the summer vacation? I'm worried about leaving you at home alone."

Yan Zhen thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay."

Jingchen stayed at home for a few days, accompanied Yanzhen to finish her final exams, and then immediately packed Yanzhen and her luggage to take her to the film set.

When Yan Zhen arrived in Jincheng, the city where the film crew was shooting, he learned that Jing Chen had already taken care of everything.

He rented a three-bedroom apartment with a kitchen nearby, where he, Yan Zhen, and their agent, Sister Feng, each had their own room.

Jingchen has to go to the film set at six o'clock every morning to get her makeup done, and she doesn't return until evening to cook for Yanzhen.

Yan Zhen had nothing to do all day. He either stayed in his house enjoying the air conditioning and watching TV, or he would wander around the film set and eat the crew's boxed lunches.

Sometimes, seeing that Jingchen was too busy, Yanzhen suggested that he could order takeout, but Jingchen sternly refused: "Takeout is mostly pre-cooked food with a lot of additives. Eating too much of it will stunt your growth. Do you want to be a short, stout person for the rest of your life?"

Yan Zhen: "..."

Jing Chen is filming a historical drama about political intrigue, in which he plays the young emperor.

The regent had controlled the government for many years, while the young emperor, though ambitious, had no real power and hated the regent who controlled everything he did.

After years of planning, the young emperor poisoned the regent with a cup of poisoned wine. Only after the regent's death did he realize that his uncle had been painstakingly rebuilding the fragmented empire for him, bearing countless insults and pressures.

This character has villainous qualities; he is humble and gentle in public, but gloomy and crazy in private. He is both pitiful and hateful. Jing Chen did a lot of research for this role.

As Yan Zhen visited the film set more often, everyone in the crew, from the director and lead actors to the extras and staff, knew that the newcomer playing the fourth male lead was an orphan who brought his younger sister to the filming and had to go home to cook for her after get off work.

One male actor teased Jing Chen, saying, "You spoil your sister too much. If she looks for a boyfriend according to your standards in the future, she may end up alone."

Jing Chen wasn't angry: "It's okay, her brother can earn money, and I can support her even if she grows old alone."

Yan Zhen was sweet-talking and had a likable personality. Several actresses in the crew liked her very much. Every time they drank milk tea or ate dessert, they would bring her a share. Yan Zhen ate and drank for more than a month. By the time Jing Chen's scenes were finished, she had gained six pounds.

With only one week left in summer vacation, Jingchen and Yanzhen returned to Haicheng.

That afternoon, the two arranged to see the house with a real estate agent.

After running around for two days and looking at several properties, Jingchen chose a fully furnished four-bedroom apartment of over 150 square meters, and the apartment was paid for in full and registered under Yanzhen's name.

Over the next few days, Jingchen went to furniture markets and contacted workers to move the house, managing to create a new home in just five or six days.

On the day she officially moved in, Yan Zhen arrived at her new home with large bags and small packages, only to find that she had taken up three of the four rooms.

The master bedroom, which includes a bathroom and a walk-in closet, is her room. The small south-facing room next door is her study, and the second bedroom to the right has become her private storage room, with solid wood storage cabinets occupying two walls.

All the peripheral items that were piled up in the old house were moved here, and now they only take up one-fifth of the storage cabinet space.

Jingchen drew back the grass-green curtains, letting sunlight stream into the storage room: "From now on, you can buy all the merchandise you like without worrying about where to put it."

Yan Zhen stood in the storage room, looking at the cleaned and neatly arranged items, and a corner of his heart was gradually filled.

She said half-jokingly, "What if this place is full too?"

“By the time you fill this place up, I’ll have earned enough to buy a new house,” Jingchen said. “Then I’ll buy the house next door and put all the things you like there.”