Chapter 649 Dawn (55)
Chapter 649 Dawn (55)
“Really,” Jing Chen said with a smile. “It’s not like we can’t afford it.”
Yan Zhen rubbed his hands together, both excited and worried: "But we have nowhere to keep it."
“It’s kept at the equestrian club, where there are people to feed it, and you just need to pay the fees on time every month,” Jing Chen said. “The professional keepers will take good care of it.”
“But I spend most of my time at school and don’t have time to spend with it.” Yan Zhen frowned. “Won’t it be unfamiliar with me?”
“Then let’s choose a younger horse. Even if you don’t have much time to spend with it, the more often you visit, the more it will know that you are its owner.”
"But……"
“There aren’t that many ‘buts’,” Jing Chen said. “There’s only one prerequisite for buying a horse: you have to like it.”
These words gave Yan Zhen confidence, and she immediately made up her mind: "Okay, then I'll buy it."
Upon arriving at the equestrian club, Jingchen explained his purpose, and a horse trainer led Yanzhen to the stables to choose a horse.
Yan Zhen walked around the stable and immediately took a liking to a Swiss Warmblood horse that was entirely black.
After learning about the horse's basic information, Yan Zhen made a decisive decision: "This is it."
The purchase contract was signed, the money was paid, and in less than two hours, the three-and-a-half-year-old horse became Yan Zhen's property.
Under the guidance of the horse trainer, Yan Zhen began to have close contact with the horses.
Warmbloods are gentle in nature and are especially obedient, readily following the commands given by their trainers.
Yan Zhen felt as if he had received a big toy and couldn't put it down.
She stayed at the club for most of the day, only leaving after sunset.
The two went to the hospital.
Chu Huian is still hospitalized. Yan Yuxi used to be with her, but after Yan Yuxi was driven away, only Aunt Zhang was left.
Aunt Zhang has to do housework, cook soup for Chu Huian, and water the flowers and plants in the Yan family's house, so she doesn't have much time to spend with Chu Huian at the hospital.
Chu Huian sent Yan Zhen more than a dozen messages today, urging her to go to the hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Jingchen waited in the corridor, while Yanzhen went into the ward alone.
When Chu Huian saw her arrive, she immediately frowned: "I sent you a message this morning, why are you only coming now? What have you been doing?"
Yan Zhen ignored her reproachful question: "What is it?"
Chu Huian: "..."
Although she knew that Yan Zhen had this kind of temper, Chu Huian still got angry every time she saw Yan Zhen's indifferent expression, showing no concern for her own emotions or her feelings.
But thinking about the purpose of calling Yan Zhen over, she could only suppress her irritation and say, "Someone is watching me. They've come twice today."
"Who?"
"If I knew who it was, I wouldn't have called you," Chu Huian said impatiently.
"Where's your bodyguard? Why don't you just ask him to investigate?"
"...The bodyguard is your father's man."
Yan Zhen understood her meaning: "You suspect that the person watching you is related to Yan Yi?"
“It’s a woman, either his mistress or his fourth mistress,” Chu Huian sneered. “She probably found out I was in the hospital and came to see if I was dead.”
Yan Zhen understood: "What's your purpose in telling me this?"
“Find out who this woman is and what her purpose is in approaching me.” Chu Huian pressed her hand to her chest. “I just can’t shake this feeling.”
Yan Zhen thought for a moment and agreed: "Okay."
As she spoke, she reached out her hand to Chu Huian.
Chu Huian looked at her upward-facing palm and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"Labor fees? You can't pay people for doing work?"
Chu Huian: "..."
She looked like she wanted to yell at Yan Zhen, but she held back. She pulled out her phone from under her pillow and gritted her teeth, asking, "How much?"
"Four hundred and seventy thousand."
Chu Huian paused as she opened the transfer page, her voice rising slightly: "How much?"
If you can't give it to me, you can find someone else.
Chu Huian: "..."
She chuckled coldly as she entered the transfer amount.
Once Yan Zhen confirmed that he had received the money, he waved his phone at Chu Huian and said, "I'll give you an answer within three days."
As soon as Yan Zhen left the ward, he immediately shared with Jing Chen: "Someone reimbursed us for the money we spent on the horse racing today."
She then opened her phone and happily showed him the deposit information.
Jing Chen pulled her outside and asked in a low voice, "Why did Chu Huian give you money?"
After Yan Zhen explained the whole story to him, Jing Chen frowned slightly: "Do you know who that woman is?"
Based on his understanding of Yan Zhen, she wouldn't have agreed so readily unless she was absolutely certain.
"Yes, I know. I saw it when we came to the hospital."
Jing Chen: "...Who is it?"
"Cheng Xue is Yan Yi's mistress, and she's carrying Yan Yi's 'future hope' in her belly."
Yan Zhen not only knew that the person secretly coming to the hospital to keep an eye on Chu Huian was Cheng Xue, but also knew Cheng Xue's purpose in keeping an eye on Chu Huian.
Yan Yi has asthenospermia. Yan Zhen is a child he had by chance when he was young. Before Yan Zhen was born, Chu Huian had two miscarriages because of Yan Yi's poor sperm quality.
Now that Yan Yi is older, his health is not as good as before, and Cheng Xue was able to conceive this child with the help of medical intervention.
However, due to the poor foundation, despite countless injections to prevent miscarriage, Cheng Xue still couldn't save the child in her previous life.
Cheng Xue is a bit smart, but not very smart. In her previous life, she knew she couldn't keep the child and that Yan Yi would despise her if the child died. She went to the beauty salon run by Chu Huian and "accidentally" tripped and fell.
She had a well-thought-out plan. When a pregnant customer fell in the beauty salon, she would wait for the staff to call Chu Huian, the person in charge, over. Then, she would stage a scene where the argument escalated into a physical altercation, and she ended up having a miscarriage because of the stress. She would then pin the blame on Chu Huian.
In this way, not only can they sow discord between Yan Yi and Chu Huian, but even if they fail to do so, they can still extort money from Chu Huian by portraying themselves as the victim.
But on the day Cheng Xue had the accident, Chu Huian and Mrs. Chen went on a trip abroad. The fall she pretended to take was more serious than she had imagined. The shop assistant called 120, and she started bleeding in the ambulance.
Yan Yi wasn't stupid. His son, on whom he had placed high hopes, died in the womb before he was even born. He checked Cheng Xue's medical records at the small clinic, guessed her intentions, and dumped her before she could even recover.
Judging from the timing, Cheng Xue in her previous life did indeed miscarry around this time. Her current focus on Chu Huian is probably an attempt to extort money from her.
Jing pondered for a while, recalling that he had seen information about the grudges between Cheng Xue, Chu Huian, and Yan Yi on the timeline, and vaguely guessed Cheng Xue's intentions.
"Cheng Xue and Ms. Chu don't get along, so coming to see Ms. Chu probably doesn't mean anything good. This is a feud between the three of them. You took Ms. Chu's money, are you planning to help her resolve this trouble?"
Yan Zhen waved his hand: "I'm not that free. I'll investigate Cheng Xue's background and tell Chu Huian later. As for how to resolve it, that's her business."
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