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

Yan Zhen asked, "And then?"

If Shen Que had been bullied since childhood, he would likely have become timid and cowardly.

Judging from his behavior toward Jiang Yunong after their marriage, he doesn't seem like someone who would passively accept being bullied.

"Later... I took advantage of the fact that my neighbor was not home, and smeared lard on his stairs. He slipped and fell down, breaking his leg."

Recalling the past, Shen Que's eyes darkened: "That was the first time I fought back, and the effect was unexpectedly good. That old rogue never harassed my mother again. This incident gave me an insight: swallowing one's anger will not earn the abuser's pity, but will only embolden them."

"I learned to fight fire with fire. When I was young, I was not strong enough to beat the older kids, so I learned to use dirty tricks."

They put laxatives in their water bottles, locked them in the bathroom before important exams, and instigated them to fight with thugs from outside the school. The fight made the news; six high school sophomores were expelled, one lost an eye, and another died from his injuries.

"When I grew up, I had the means to fight back against bullies, so I started to fight violence with violence. Whoever hit me, I hit back. If someone slapped me once, I slapped them twice back. It was through violence that I was able to finish high school."

Shen Que glanced at Yan Zhen as he spoke.

Seeing that she had no expression on her face and could not tell whether she was happy or angry, he paused and lowered his voice.

“I’m not telling you this for any other reason than to let you know that I wasn’t born a violent person. I was forced into this state. You don’t understand how difficult my situation was during my youth. There was a time when I was even beaten so badly that I didn’t want to go out, and I even had nightmares at night…”

“I understand,” Yan Zhen suddenly interrupted him. “I understand everything.”

Shen Li immediately looked up at Yan Zhen, whose face was full of emotion and pity. He was taken aback at first, then secretly delighted.

This is a good opportunity to gain her sympathy and trust.

Once she lowers her guard, it will be easier for me to carry out my plan.

Thinking of this, his expression grew even more sorrowful: "You have a happy and fulfilling family background, and your parents are enlightened and love you dearly. How could you possibly understand..."

“I understand.” Yan Zhen’s expression was even more sorrowful than his. “When you beat me to the point of wishing I were dead and I couldn’t get rid of you, my despair was no less than yours back then. Shen Que, as the one who drove me to become a violent maniac, aren’t you the one who knows my mental journey best? Do you think you don’t know if I understand or not?”

Shen Que was stunned. When he saw the mocking tone beneath Yan Zhen's superficial sadness, he suddenly stood up: "Jiang Yunong, you're playing me!"

Yan Zhen scoffed lightly, the pity on his face vanishing completely: "I've seen plenty of people who play the victim, but I've never seen anyone as disgusting as you. Are you going to say that the violence you inflicted on me in the past was all the fault of your bullies when you were a teenager, and that if it weren't for them, you wouldn't be like this, and then beg me to forgive and understand you, and to reconcile with you?"

“You…” Shen Que’s expression turned ugly as his secret thoughts were exposed.

"Your childhood was indeed miserable, but what does that have to do with me? I wasn't the one who bullied you. Why should I bear the consequences of the seeds sown by others?"

Yan Zhen looked at him with disdain, "Don't tell me you were forced into it because you had no choice. I respect you for fighting back against bullies, but being addicted to violence, punching and kicking innocent people, and getting pleasure and psychological satisfaction from their screams, makes you a dirty, shameless, and despicable piece of trash!"

"..." Shen Que was speechless after being refuted by her, his hands clenched into fists, his face turning ashen.

Just then, the study door was flung open, and Huang Guilan rushed in, shoving Yan Zhen forcefully. She angrily said, "You're not allowed to talk about my son like that! He did nothing wrong! He's so young, yet he's already protecting me. He only fought those people to focus on his studies, he..."

"Shut up!" Yan Zhen glared at her. "He's a scumbag, and you're no better! What were you doing when he 'protected you at such a young age'? Why didn't you stand up and stop him when he was being bullied by those people?"

As a woman, if you can't protect yourself, and as a mother, if you can't educate your son properly, you're nothing but a cowardly, incompetent spineless coward! A traitor who aids and abets evil!

"You..." Huang Guilan's chest heaved with anger, and she raised her hand to slap Yan Zhen across the face. "Don't talk nonsense when you're not the one suffering the consequences!"

Yan Zhen grabbed her wrist quickly and slapped her across the face: "I originally thought you were just brainless and inactive, but now it seems you are not only stupid, but also evil! When Shen Que used violence to provoke his classmates into a group fight, you encouraged and praised him for doing a good job, didn't you?"

He became the way he is today not only because he's a bad seed at heart, but also because of your indulgence. If he dies one day, it will definitely be because you indirectly caused his death!

Huang Guilan was almost driven mad with rage, screaming, "My son won't die! If anyone's going to die, it'll be you, you slut, first! You wait, my son will definitely... ugh!"

Shen Que quickly covered Huang Guilan's mouth and shouted sternly, "Mom!"

Huang Guilan was jolted awake, realizing that she had almost let something slip. She immediately gritted her teeth and stopped talking.

Shen Que originally intended to use tonight's conversation to lower Yan Zhen's guard so that he could carry out his next plan.

But he didn't expect things to turn out this way. Seeing that continuing would only make their relationship more tense, he had no choice but to suppress his anger and end the conversation.

Yan Zhen walked out of the study and saw Shen An coming out of the bathroom.

He had just washed his hands and was wiping his wet little hands on the hem of his clothes.

Yan Zhen remembered the inexplicably broken light bulb, waved to Shen An, and called him over.

"The guest bathroom light is broken. From now on, you'll need to use the master bathroom in the bedroom to shower and use the toilet, understand?"

Shen An tilted his head, puzzled, and asked, "Didn't Dad fix it?"

"The light is fixed, but other things are still broken." Yan Zhen patted his head meaningfully. "Anyway, listen to me, don't go into the guest bathroom again."

Shen An nodded and obediently replied, "Okay."

-

Huang Guilan was slapped and scolded in the study, and remained as quiet as a chicken for the next few days.

To be fair, Yan Zhen's life became much more comfortable after Huang Guilan and Shen Que moved back home.

With someone to cook, clean, and take care of the children, Shen An no longer needs to be a mere accessory. Yan Zhen even takes him to the boxing gym, and every day after boxing practice, there's a hot meal waiting for him.

Yan Zhen has been in this world for about a month now, and he's gotten tired of eating takeout and dining out every day.

After Huang Guilan was exposed for poisoning the chicken soup last time, and her attempt backfired, she dared not have such thoughts again. She honestly cooked and diligently took care of her children.

That evening, Yan Zhen came out of the boxing gym, went to the parking lot to get her car, and was about to go home when a couple pulling and tugging at each other caught her attention.