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

Chapter 551 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (30)

"You..." Yan's mother was quite angry, but when she saw that Gao Shenghan next to her was even angrier than her, she quickly told Gao Shenghan to go back to the room first, and she would talk to her daughter.

Gao Shenghan had achieved his goal of bringing this matter to light. Seeing that Yan's mother was on his side and willing to "stand up" for him, he turned around and went back upstairs.

Downstairs, Yan's mother frowned as she looked at Yan Zhen, who seemed completely unfazed, and asked, "When did you get together with that man?"

"It'll probably only take a month or so," Yan Zhen said.

"What does he do?"

"actor."

Yan's mother frowned even more deeply.

People who can make a living as actors must be good-looking and have good figures. In addition, everyone in the entertainment industry is shrewd. She immediately imagined a young and handsome man who was climbing the social ladder and full of scheming.

"What are you thinking? You're almost forty years old. Why would you give up a good life with obedient children and a worry-free husband to hang out with those shady people outside?" Yan's mother said earnestly. "How could you become like this!"

Yan Zhen silently complained in his heart, if life were really "good", who would want to go through all this trouble?

"Do you think I want this?" Yan Zhen sighed, looking at his mother with the same helpless expression. "I've been annoyed by Gao Shenghan for a long time. In the past, I was bound by morality, feeling that I couldn't let him down, so I kept enduring it. I've made myself sick from it."

I can't sleep when he lies next to me, and I get irritated just hearing him talk. This only gets better when I'm with Xiao Yun… well, that little duck I keep outside. Only when I'm with him can I get a good night's sleep.

Yan's mother was stunned.

It was only then that she noticed Yan Zhen's energy and spirit had improved a lot, a stark contrast to the manic state he had been in a few days ago when he was at home, his face full of irritability and looking like he wanted to pick a fight.

"Did that guy surnamed Xiao put sleeping pills in your water?" Yan's mother suspected that Xiao Yun had tampered with her daughter's body. "Otherwise, why would you be able to sleep when you're with him?"

"Do I look like someone who's been drugged with sleeping pills and doesn't even realize it?" Yan Zhen said this with a lack of confidence, after all, the original owner had been drugged with sleeping pills by Gao Shenghan for so many years and was completely unaware that she had become addicted to them.

She spoke nonsense with a straight face, "I consulted a psychologist, who said it's because being with Xiao Xiao makes me feel relaxed and safe. Xiao Xiao is my mental medicine, the kind without any side effects."

"What do you mean there are no side effects?!" Yan's mother roared. "Your family is almost falling apart, isn't that a side effect?"

Yan Zhen shrugged: "Compared to my insomnia, headaches, and loss of appetite, gradually wearing my body down to its last drop, leaving you to bury your child, do you think a mere divorce is a side effect?"

"..." Yan's mother was speechless.

She had witnessed firsthand how hard her daughter had struggled with mental health issues over the past few years.

The mental torment of not being able to sleep night after night and the guilt of losing control of her temper with her family left her and the Yan family exhausted, both physically and mentally.

Adding to the lingering fear caused by her daughter's near suicide attempt at a hotel some time ago, Yan's mother couldn't help but think, "If that man can really make her better, it wouldn't be a bad idea to divorce him and find another son-in-law."

Although doing this would be unfair to Gao Shenghan, my daughter is still more important than my son-in-law.

"So what do you plan to do now?" Yan's mother's tone suddenly softened. "Are you really going to divorce your son-in-law?"

"That's my plan, but whether Gao Shenghan agrees or not is another matter." Yan Zhen said, pretending to be worried as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

When Yan's mother saw the troubled look on her face, she immediately felt sorry for her: "If you really want a divorce, we can give our son-in-law some compensation..."

"Compensation? What compensation?" Yan Zhen asked in surprise.

"It's things like cars, houses, cash, funds, and stocks..."

Yan Zhen sneered upon hearing this: "Why should we compensate him? Haven't he already taken enough money and benefits from our family over the years?"

Yan's mother was taken aback: "What?"

"Before he was with me, he was just a nobody who couldn't even get a leading role. After we got married, everything he ate and lived in was provided by our family. After marriage, he quit his job and indulged in pleasure. He took so much money to start a business but didn't make any waves. If it weren't for our family, I don't know where he would be making a living now!"

Yan Zhen's tone was full of disgust, "He's enjoyed so much wealth and luxury in our family for so many years, why should we have to compensate him after the divorce?"

Yan's mother was stunned by the ruthlessness implied in Yan Zhen's words: "But he is, after all, your legal husband, and he has spent so many years in our family. We can't just kick him aside when he gets old and no longer handsome and not give him anything in return..."

"He talks like he won't grow old if he doesn't marry me." Yan Zhen sneered. "Don't tell me how hard he works or how difficult it is. His father pays for his food, drink and entertainment. I gave birth to the child. Xiao Yu was raised with our family's money and effort. His only contribution to this family is a sperm. If he insists on compensation for that sperm, then let him take Xiao Yu away."

Yan's mother: "..."

"Let me make this clear today. If Gao Shenghan pretends not to know about my relationship with Xiao Xiao, then we can all live in peace. For Xiao Yu's sake, I'm willing to continue living with him. But if he insists on making a scene that the whole world knows about, don't blame me for making him leave with nothing."

Yan's mother was dumbfounded.

Yan Zhen met her incredulous gaze, then glanced meaningfully at the spiral staircase and softened his tone, saying, "Mom, you know that the company's annual dividends and my investments combined only amount to a little over a billion yuan in my hands. Xiao Xiao is young and still in the prime of her career."

You know his profession; a simple investment in him would cost hundreds of millions. There are countless places where he needs to spend money. I can't possibly give up half my fortune to compensate Gao Shenghan, only to end up making Xiao Xiao feel wronged, can I?

Yan's mother: "..."

"Mom~" Yan Zhen shook her mother's arm and said coquettishly, "You will support me, right? I'll bring Xiao Xiao back for you to see another day. He's very handsome, thoughtful, and obedient. You'll definitely like him."

Yan's mother's face turned cold, and she pushed Yan Zhen's hand away: "No! I can't stop you from keeping someone outside, or from getting a divorce and having your son-in-law leave with nothing, but if you bring that vixen back, I won't let you off the hook!"

Yan Zhen pouted: "Do you really dislike him that much?"

"Yes! I hate people who deliberately break up other people's families, regardless of gender!"

Yan Zhen said, "Then why do you still eat the food he makes?"

Yan's mother retorted, "When have I ever eaten anything he made?"

Yan Zhen pointed to the tea egg in her hand: "Look, isn't that it?"

Yan's mother: "..."