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

Chapter 201 Killing the Cuckoo (16)

The two arrived at the Gao family home carrying gifts. When they entered, Gao's mother was in the kitchen preparing dinner.

Mr. Gao sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, watching the news and smoking. The living room was filled with a strong smell of smoke.

Gao Heng was nowhere to be found.

"Dad," Fang Yihe greeted with a smile.

"You're here." Gao's father smiled at Fang Yihe, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

But his smile faded when his gaze shifted to Yan Zhen.

He still harbors resentment over the incident where his daughter brandished a knife at him in the hospital, causing him to be kicked out by security guards.

The father and daughter hadn't been in contact for a while. Tonight, it was Gao's mother who made the call to invite Yan Zhen back for dinner, seemingly trying to get the father and daughter to reconcile.

But Yan Zhen was too lazy to fawn over Gao's father's cold shoulder. Pretending not to see his cold face, she put the gift on the coffee table and said perfunctorily and indifferently, "Dad, happy birthday."

Seeing that she had no intention of backing down, Gao's father became annoyed and said, "You still know how to come back! If your mother hadn't called you, would you have thought we two old folks were dead?"

"If you say so, then so be it," Yan Zhen said calmly.

Mr. Gao's temper flared instantly, and he angrily said, "I think you didn't come back today to celebrate my birthday, but to make me miserable."

"You brought this on yourself," Yan Zhen said. "If you find seeing me annoying, well, that's just how I am. Shall I leave now?"

Gao's father: "..."

He recalled the cake shop account he had seen on a short video platform; its business was booming, earning at least tens of thousands of yuan every month.

That brat can make money now, no wonder she dares to give me attitude.

But in order to get her to help his son, he can't afford to offend her too much right now.

Thinking of this, although Gao's father was so angry that he wanted to kick her, he had to suppress his temper and said sarcastically, "Your temper is getting worse and worse. If I, as your father, say one thing, you will say ten."

"If you don't want to be talked back to, then speak properly."

Gao's father: "..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense again, Gao's mother lifted the kitchen curtain and came out: "Ali, we're out of vinegar at home. Go to the convenience store and buy me a bottle of vinegar."

Yan Zhen knew that Gao's mother was giving Gao's father a way out. She was just going through the motions tonight and didn't want to make things too awkward, so she simply turned around and left.

After buying a bottle of vinegar at the convenience store, Yan Zhen wasn't in a hurry to go back. She sat down on the edge of the flower bed downstairs in the community and casually replied to a few messages from customers who had ordered cakes after the New Year.

After replying, Yan Zhen put away his phone and was about to go upstairs when he suddenly heard a rustling sound from the other side of the flower bed, as if something had bumped into the green belt.

Yan Zhen quickly turned his head.

The Gao family lives in an old neighborhood with only a few streetlights downstairs, two of which are broken. The greenery in the neighborhood is also sparse due to lack of maintenance.

In the deep darkness of the night, through the sparsely foliaged flowerbed, which resembled Gao's bald head, Yan Zhen could vaguely see two people embracing and kissing under a tree opposite the flowerbed.

Which young person comes here to date?

Yan Zhen didn't have a habit of peeping at strangers being intimate. He got up to leave, but then he heard a low voice: "Um... I have to go back. It's my dad's birthday tonight, and my sister and brother-in-law are coming back for dinner. If I don't go back soon, they'll be looking for me."

It was Gao Heng's voice.

Yan Zhen, who was halfway up his chair, paused and sat back down.

Is this guy dating?

Gao Heng is 22 years old and just graduated from university this year. He is currently unemployed at home. He spends his time playing games and chatting online with people on his phone. He relies on asking his parents for money.

He's average-looking, unemployed, irresponsible, and unambitious. At 22, he's still sponging off his parents. How can someone with these qualities even find a partner? I don't know what his girlfriend's taste is in; she actually fell for someone like him.

Yan Zhen clicked his tongue inwardly, lamenting that the girl had poor eyesight, when another male voice suddenly came from behind the green belt: "Wait five more minutes... Don't move, let me kiss you."

Yan Zhen: "..."

She paused for three seconds, and to prevent herself from hallucinating, she leaned out quietly and stared intently at the green belt.

This time she saw clearly that the two people embracing and kissing passionately were indeed two men.

Is Gao Heng gay?

Realizing this, Yan Zhen suddenly understood why Gao's parents in her previous life opposed her divorce as their first reaction after learning that their daughter had been tricked into marriage.

Because they also have a son who is sexually male, they subconsciously put themselves in Fang Yi's shoes and that role—how could they let a daughter-in-law who was supposed to carry on the family line run away so easily after finally tricking her into doing so?

Furthermore, they were also worried that if they supported Gao Li's divorce, and Gao Heng's sexual orientation were to be exposed in the future, would the Gao family become the next target of attack and ridicule?

Thinking of this, Yan Zhen couldn't help but sneer.

In the original owner's memory, Gao Heng later got married to a girl with a nice personality, and the two had a child.

Another gay man who committed marriage fraud.

Looking at the two people so inseparable, Yan Zhen felt disgusted, but his mind was racing.

Judging from what Gao Heng just said, his parents may not yet know his sexual orientation.

Gao Heng is not very bright and is easily influenced. He is very likely to believe what others say. In his previous life, he was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of yuan by a telecommunications fraud.

If she encouraged him to come out as gay and publicly reveal his sexual orientation, she could not only thoroughly humiliate Gao's parents and make them lose face, but also prevent Gao Heng from deceiving another girl into becoming a gay wife in the future.

Although the original owner's dying wish included taking revenge on his family, in a society governed by the rule of law, the original owner and the Gao family were blood relatives. Yan Zhen could neither kill them nor cause them to become paralyzed and live a miserable life.

After much thought, the only option left was to win people's hearts and minds.

The essence of winning hearts and minds lies in targeting the people or things they care about most, specifically striking at their weaknesses.

In their past life, they tried their best to cover up Gao Heng's sexual orientation, so in this life, Yan Zhen is determined to do the opposite.

Having made up his mind, Yan Zhen patiently waited in place for about ten minutes until the two of them finally separated. Gao Heng watched the man leave with reluctance before turning around and going upstairs.

But as soon as he rounded the flowerbed, he met Yan Zhen's gaze.

"Sister?" Gao Heng's expression changed drastically. He quickly glanced around to make sure no one else was nearby, and asked fearfully, "What...what are you doing here? How long have you been here?"

"Mom told me to come down and buy vinegar." Yan Zhen waved the plastic bag in front of him, then answered his next question, "I've been here for quite a while, and I've seen everything I should and shouldn't have seen."

Gao Heng panicked instantly, took a few quick steps to her, grabbed her arm, and pleaded in a low voice, "Sister, please don't tell Mom and Dad, I beg you."

Yan Zhen raised an eyebrow: "If you want me to stop telling on you, then you'd better tell the truth."

"Explain what?"

"When did you meet that person? How long have you been together? How far has your relationship progressed? I want to know all of this."