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

Chapter 566 Keeping a Canary in Captivity (45)

Xiao Yun thought for a while and said, "When Xiao Qing was in the second grade of elementary school, the school organized a spring outing. The location of their spring outing happened to be the filming location of my movie. Xiao Qing brought her classmates to watch me film. That time, I was filming a male-oriented urban drama. I played a villain who made things difficult for the protagonist and was slapped in the face by the protagonist."

When Xiaoqing and her classmates came to watch, it happened to be the scene where I was being stepped on by the main character and I was begging for mercy while clinging to the main character's leg... After that, Xiaoqing didn't pay much attention to me.

Years later, she let it slip when she was angry with me, and I learned that after that incident, she was ridiculed at school for a long time, told that her brother wasn't a big star at all, but a scoundrel who only knew how to beg for mercy.

Yan Zhen: "..."

“Living in such a family is too bitter, both physically and mentally. When people suffer for a long time, they either become timid and lack confidence, or they become irritable and aggressive. No matter what they become, subconsciously they are trying to protect themselves.”

Xiao Yun smiled helplessly, "My mother has been sick for more than ten years and can't work. She gets dizzy if she walks too fast. My father is a gambler. At first, he gambled with his own salary. After losing, he stole the money my mother had for chemotherapy to gamble. After accumulating debts, he borrowed money everywhere. Even our relatives avoided our family. Then he sold our family's belongings."

He sold the electric car, the TV, the rice cooker, and the sofa in the house for eighty yuan. If houses weren't prohibited from being bought and sold, our family wouldn't even have a place to stay.

After selling his house until he was penniless, he fled to another city to avoid his debts. The debt collectors would come to his door every few days to vandalize it. Once, when I was filming in another city, I received a call from my mother in the middle of the night, saying that the debt collectors wanted to take my younger brother and sister away to pay off their debts.

I rushed back that night, only to find the house covered in excrement. There were posters in the hallway with our family's names written in red paint. My younger brother, sister, and mother were hiding under the table, too afraid to even cry out...

Growing up in such an environment, it's hard not to have a distorted mentality. I don't blame them for wanting to escape this home and live a better life. Perhaps in her heart, I, like her parents, represent a part of her painful childhood.

After listening for a while, Yan Zhen said, "They are suffering, but you, who are supporting them, are suffering even more. To put it bluntly, they are two ungrateful wretches."

“I see things clearly,” Xiao Yun said. “But I can’t completely ignore them. I’ve been taking care of them for over ten years, so what’s another three or five? Let them go their separate ways after they graduate from university.”

Yan Zhen scoffed: "Washing underwear with a cold face."

Xiao Yun smiled and said nothing more.

“I don’t care if you continue to be a sucker, that’s your business. But I have to remind you, your sister is just ungrateful, your brother is the real troublemaker.”

Xiao Yun was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"She's cunning and calculating. She never takes the lead herself, but pushes your sister out as a pawn. It's your sister who throws tantrums, but you split all the benefits she gets. This kind of person loves to stab you in the back," Yan Zhen said. "You'd better be careful."

Xiao Yun frowned slightly, his expression becoming serious.

"Okay, I will."

As soon as Xiao Yun finished speaking, the operating room door opened, and a nurse hurried out, her gaze falling on Xiao Yun and Yan Zhen: "Zhao Shuhua's family?"

Xiao Yun quickly replied, taking a few steps forward: "That's me."

The nurse explained the current emergency situation and subsequent treatment plan: "The patient is bleeding heavily and in critical condition. The family needs to sign a critical condition notice."

Xiao Yun's expression changed drastically after hearing this, and he subconsciously grabbed Yan Zhen's hand.

He gripped it tightly, like a drowning person clinging to the last piece of driftwood in a storm.

Yan Zhen noticed his helplessness and nervousness. She freed one hand, took the critical condition notice from the nurse, and placed it in front of Xiao Yun.

"Don't be afraid," Yan Zhen said gently. "The doctors transferred from the Yan family hospital are all highly skilled, so everything will be alright."

Xiao Yun seemed to have slowly found his backbone, calmed himself down, picked up a pen and signed his name on the critical illness notice.

The nurse returned to the ward, leaving only the two of them in the hospital corridor late at night.

This wait lasted for another two hours, during which Xiao Yun held Yan Zhen's hand tightly without letting go.

The operating room lights didn't go out until it was almost dawn outside.

The doctor opened the operating room door and came out. Xiao Yun rushed forward: "Doctor, how is my mother?"

The doctor took off his mask, his face showing exhaustion, but his expression was relaxed: "The surgery was a success."

Xiao Yun's heart, which had been hanging in suspense all night, finally settled back into his chest. Yan Zhen, who was next to him, could even feel his back straighten up a bit in an instant.

"Thank you, doctors, you've worked so hard!"

Although the surgery was successful, Xiao's mother's injuries were too severe, and she needed to stay in the intensive care unit.

Watching Xiao's mother being sent to the intensive care unit, Xiao Yun's tense nerves finally seemed to relax. He belatedly realized what was happening, took out his phone and said, "I need to ask the director for leave."

The production crew is unaware that he rushed back overnight.

Yan Zhen stopped his hand from making a phone call: "I've already spoken to the director, and he said he'll give you a week off."

Xiao Yun was taken aback.

At this moment, Yan Zhen's assistant came in from outside, holding a report in his hand: "Miss, Ms. Zhao's car accident report has been released. The party at fault was driving under the influence of alcohol and ran a red light. The traffic police have initially determined that the other party is fully responsible. I will be responsible for following up on the compensation matter - I will contact you as soon as there is progress."

The last sentence was addressed to Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun: "...Thank you."

Yan Zhen instructed his assistant: "Ms. Zhao is currently in the ICU and does not need anyone to take care of her at the moment, but we cannot do without people here. Please arrange for a caregiver to stay with her 24 hours a day. If the hospital has any new arrangements, please contact Xiao Yun."

"Ok."

Xiao Yun stared blankly at Yan Zhen.

He was mentally prepared to humbly ask the director for leave, and he might get a severe scolding from the director, or even be replaced in the role.

He has to deal with the party responsible for the accident, and he has to stay with his mother in the hospital. For a long time to come, he will have to work hard and run around.

But Yan Zhen's few words resolved all his worries and anxieties.

With nothing to do, he was momentarily at a loss.

For more than 20 years, he has been used to humbly watching other people's faces, used to living under high pressure, and used to finding his own solutions when he encounters problems, and even if he can't solve them, he has to grit his teeth and bear it.

Now, Yan Zhen appears, and she easily lifts him up from the heavy, cold, and damp environment, letting him know that he too can be relaxed and even has the right to speak and act with his head held high.

This feeling of having someone to rely on and have a safety net for him was both pleasant and dangerous to him.

He stared intently at Yan Zhen. The man standing there gave him a sense of security that even if the sky were to fall, he wouldn't be afraid.