Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 129 What's going on?
The torrential rain lasted all night, and only subsided slightly the next day. But judging from the current situation, it seems unlikely to stop anytime soon. I heard that some low-lying areas of the school were flooded, with water reaching ankle-deep, which shows how heavy the rain was.

Chen Long, wearing shorts, stood on the dormitory balcony, looking at the raindrops flying outside the window, and said with a melancholy expression, "I didn't expect that today's military training would be suspended. I don't know what the school is doing. Can't we train in the gymnasium?"

Chen Zheng sat in his seat looking at his phone and said, "Wouldn't it be better to rest for two days? My feet are still hurting. I guess you're the only freshman who wants to go to military training as much as I do."

"So what if I am?" Chen Long walked lazily into the dormitory, yawning as he said, "I've been waiting for a chance to show off my Taekwondo skills. If I'm lucky, I might be able to make a little splash in the limelight."

"Then you don't need to worry about it anymore. You're already a fairly well-known celebrity at school, and someone even gave you a catchy nickname."

Chen Long's eyes lit up: "Really? Where did you hear that from?"

"The school's confession wall." Chen Zheng pushed up his glasses.

"You added a confession wall so quickly?"

Chen Zheng remained calm and said slowly, "My cousin recommended it to me. We live in the information age, and information gathering is crucial wherever you go. How can we do without a confession wall?"

In Chen Long's words, Chen Zheng is a bit of a repressed flirt. He's incredibly timid around strangers, but acts like a cool and aloof guy around acquaintances. He can chime in whenever there's a topic about girls, as if he knows a lot about it. However, if you actually ask him to talk to a few girls, he can't utter a single word for a long time.

Chen Long thought this should be considered a kind of "talking nonsense," so he gave Chen Zheng a nickname these past few days—"Talking Nonsense Bro."

And he was really good at bluffing, explaining that it was a dialect from his hometown, specifically used to address knowledgeable people. As a result, Chen Zheng didn't feel disgusted by being called "Hey Bro" for several days. On the contrary, he felt it was quite classy, ​​since he had never been called "Brother So-and-So" before.

"As expected of Hai Ge, he's truly extraordinary."

Chen Long didn't hold back in flattering him, excitedly sidling up to Chen Zheng and saying, "Tell me quickly, what's on the confession wall saying about me? Could it be that someone secretly took a picture to get me out of trouble?"

Chen Zheng glanced at him: "You're overthinking it. You became famous entirely because of the time you single-handedly confronted a group of boys yesterday without falling behind. Many people were intimidated by your loud voice. The two tumbles you did before you started the argument left a deep impression on everyone. There were many messages on the confession wall, giving you the nickname 'Encouragement Emperor'."

"Encourage the Emperor..."

Chen Long silently pondered for a moment, thinking that it wasn't such a bad nickname. After all, being able to become an emperor right at the start of the semester was a kind of luck. He looked expectant and asked, "Anyone in the comments wanting my contact information?"

"Yes, a debate team said they need a fierce general like you. You don't have to be eloquent, but you must have a strong sense of conviction. You fit their requirements perfectly."

Chen Long's eyes lit up: "Are there any girls on this debate team?"

Chen Zheng shook his head: "I don't know. I'll give you the confession wall account. Go check it out yourself."

Chen Long quickly added the school's confession wall and happily browsed through the recent posts on his social media profile. Suddenly, he remembered something and said to Han Zhou, who was lying on the bed, "By the way, Han Zhou, did you set up verification questions on your Fetion account? A lot of people are asking me what the answers are."

His plan yesterday was successful. In order to get Han Zhou's Fetion, quite a few girls added him yesterday afternoon. He took the opportunity to chat with them for a few minutes and then gave them Han Zhou's Fetion information. Last night was fine, but starting today, some people have been asking him what the answer to the verification question is.

Han Zhou had just woken up and mumbled, "There's nothing I can do. Too many people are adding me, and I don't want to reject their applications one by one. Just tell them you don't know the answer either."

Chen Long was quite surprised: "There's no need to reject the application, right? At worst, you can just add it and leave it there. I've seen some girls' WeChat Moments, and they're pretty good-looking. Aren't you interested at all?"

"Are you still half asleep?" Chen Zheng sighed, put down his phone, and said, "Didn't you see what the girl next to Han Zhou looked like yesterday? Judging from appearance alone, is the 'pretty good-looking' you mentioned even as good-looking as her?"

Chen Long was taken aback. He had a deep impression of the guzheng, and nodded in agreement: "You're right, she is indeed a rare beauty... but something's not right..."

He looked suspicious, then suddenly looked at Chen Zheng with a strange expression, "So you were there yesterday too? Why didn't you come and help?"

Chen Zheng's expression changed slightly as he explained, "Of course I wanted to help. I saw it from afar and rushed over, but the instructor came back at that time, so I missed him."

"I see. That's a real pity. You missed the moment when I encouraged the Emperor."

Chen Long, being straightforward, didn't suspect anything. He got up and helped Han Zhou, who was about to get out of bed, down from the bed, and teased, "You got up so late the first time you didn't have to get up early. It's almost ten o'clock. So you're someone who likes to sleep in."

Han Zhou smiled but did not explain. He always went to bed early and got up early, and his schedule was quite regular. The reason he got up so late was because he took a powerful pill yesterday afternoon.

He was pushing himself too hard; forcing himself to exert force was a burden on his injured right arm, and he felt a slight pain afterward. That's why he took a powerful pill to promote the recovery of his injury.

The powerful pill has many effects. In addition to promoting the recovery of injuries, it also has the effect of boosting energy, which can last for up to twelve hours. This caused him to be unable to fall asleep all night and to fall asleep very late. Since he went to bed late, he naturally woke up late as well, which is why he is only getting up now.

Han Zhou's original plan was to take one Power Pill every day, but considering that he needed to accumulate points, he changed it to taking one every two days. After all, taking Power Pills for a long time is to improve health attributes, which is a rather long process. There is not much difference between taking one every two days and one every day. The key to getting rid of the terminal illness is to focus on the status bar.

He quickly washed up. It was raining heavily outside, and the wind was blowing fiercely. He even felt a bit cold in his short-sleeved shirt. Judging from the situation, he would probably have to stay in his dormitory today. He wondered if the rain would let up in the afternoon.

I heard that if the rain were to lessen, the school might organize class meetings for each class tonight so that the new students could get to know each other. Chen Long was really looking forward to it and had been studying his hairstyle in front of the mirror since he got up this morning.

I wonder what kind of tricks he can come up with with that buzz cut.

After washing up, Han Zhou first replied to Gu Zheng's message, then looked around the dormitory and asked curiously, "By the way, where's Lao Huo? Why haven't I seen him this morning?"

"Oh, he went to the cafeteria. He'll bring us food back later," Chen Long replied.

Han Zhou was taken aback: "Why are you going out in such heavy rain?"

"It's not like we'll just skip meals because of the heavy rain."

Chen Long said with a smile, "You know what, Lao Huo is really good at getting along with people. He said it's better for one person to get wet in the rain than for several people to get wet in the rain. He just wouldn't let us go out, and insisted on going out alone to bring us food. Yesterday was the same. He came over to support us without saying a word, and didn't even ask about it afterwards. He's definitely a man of action."

Chen Zheng looked a little awkward. If you really had to nitpick, he should be considered the only "deserter" in the dormitory yesterday. He smiled and chimed in, "Old Huo is really a good guy. I heard that people in Yecheng are easy to get along with. He's just giving me a personal account."

Speak of the devil, and he appears. As soon as the words fell, a figure suddenly appeared outside the dormitory door. He was about 1.8 meters tall, about the same height as Han Zhou, but much more robust. He had a square face and looked quite mature. If you didn't know him, you would think that a teacher had come to check the dorms.

Huo Zhencheng shook the water off the umbrella, opened it outside the door, and then carried three plastic bags into the house, placing them one by one on the table for Han Zhou and the other two.

He laughed and said, "I bought it according to my own taste: soy milk, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns. I don't know if you guys will like it."

"I like it, I'm never a picky eater."

Chen Long picked up a steamed bun and started eating it, mumbling, "How much are these? I'll transfer the money to you later."

Huo Zhencheng walked to the balcony, drying his hair with a towel as he smiled and said, "It's not much money, no need to pay, consider it my treat for everyone."

His smile was honest and his tone was very sincere.

"How can that be?" Chen Long's face hardened. "Even close brothers keep clear accounts. Otherwise, how can I have the nerve to ask you to bring me food again next time?"

Han Zhou agreed, saying, "Chen Long is right. Who brings their own food and doesn't pay for it?"

In college, there are many enthusiastic roommates who are willing to bring meals for everyone from the beginning, but gradually they stop bringing meals. This is mainly because the behavior of some roommates is too disgusting. They only eat without paying. It's okay if they forget once or twice, but it's hard not to feel disheartened when it happens repeatedly.

Bringing your own food is different from treating someone to a meal. Although it's just a small amount of money, Han Zhou thinks it's best to keep track of it carefully to avoid affecting the relationship between roommates in the future.

Huo Zhencheng couldn't refuse the two men, so he had no choice but to accept the money they transferred for the meal.

The morning passed quickly. The four of them were bored, so they chatted while playing on their phones. Chen Long even gossiped about Han Zhou and Gu Zheng, and was envious when he learned that they were actually close high school classmates. He also had a close female friend in high school, but they didn't get into the same university and were even far apart from each other, which made him feel sad for a long time.

It wasn't that he liked the girl; it was just that he was experiencing for the first time the feeling of being unable to control his own destiny. According to the original plan, if he had successfully become a sports student, he would be in the same city as that girl now.

Unfortunately, fate is fickle, and it's unknown whether their relationship will gradually fade away.

Han Zhou sent a message to Gu Zheng. As he expected, she had indeed started her internal competition and was already studying freshman knowledge in the dormitory. She felt that the dormitory was a bit noisy, and she would have gone to the library if it weren't for the heavy rain.

Han Zhou smiled wryly to himself, and instead of disturbing Guzheng's learning any further, he sent a message to Lin Anyu.

They have been in constant contact these past few days. Lin Anyu claims that he has been very lucky in love lately, attracting many girls with his inner beauty right after the start of the semester. To date, more than ten girls have asked him for his contact information.

Han Zhou replied expressionlessly, "If you're so capable, then don't drive around the school aimlessly." Lin Anyu immediately fell silent and changed the subject, saying, "By the way, I actually ran into someone I know at school today. Do you know who it was?"

It's raining heavily there today too, so they don't need to do military training and are staying in their dorms playing on their phones.

"You know too many people, how would I know?"

"No, you've seen it. Not only have you seen it, but the guzheng has seen it too. Can you guess?"

Han Zhou hesitated for a moment: "Bai Tongtong's father?"

Lin Anyu felt a headache coming on: "Can you please stop mentioning him? That guy has made me allergic to bald heads. The worst part is, I heard that our counselor is bald. My God, do you know how much psychological trauma I have?"

"Is it that serious? My advice is to drop out of school immediately."

"Can't you comfort me?"

Han Zhou replied, "Sure, I can even give you an idea. You can buy dozens of wigs right now as gifts for your counselor, so he can wear a different one every day. This will not only please the counselor, but also greatly reduce the risk of you seeing a bald head."

Lin Anyu: "..."

"Stop keeping me in suspense, tell me, who was that familiar person you saw?"

"Although you guessed wrong, you were actually half right. What I saw was not Bai Tongtong's father, but Bai Tongtong herself."

Han Zhou was taken aback; this was beyond his expectations. He immediately typed out, "Bai Tongtong has fallen so low as to attend the same school as you?"

Lin Anyu said seriously, "You underestimate the heroes of the world. Although Chengda University is not very good, some of its majors are still very strong, and the admission scores are even higher than the first-tier university admission scores."

"So, do these majors have anything to do with you?" Han Zhou asked, posing a probing question.

Lin Anyu was struck dumb and changed the subject, saying, "Anyway, I'm very curious about what Bai Tongtong is studying, but you know my situation, I definitely can't message her to ask, so can you ask her for me?"

Han Zhou asked, puzzled, "It's possible, but since you've already seen her, why don't you ask her directly?"

“I only caught a glimpse of her from afar, and she disappeared as soon as I walked over. I didn’t even have time to ask her anything, otherwise I wouldn’t have needed you.”

Han Zhou thought for a moment: "I can ask for you right now, but are you sure you're not trying to trick me?"

Lin Anyu is an excellent friend, always taking good care of him, but he can also be a real troublemaker, playing pranks on him from time to time. He suspects this might be part of Lin Anyu's scheme.

After all, Lin Anyu's allergy to bald men is directly related to him, and it's hard to say whether this guy is planning to find an opportunity to retaliate in kind.

"Why would I want to trick you? Go ask around for me." Lin Anyu urged.

"Okay, you wait."

Han Zhou didn't hesitate for long and sent Bai Tongtong a message via Feixin.

They weren't very familiar with each other, so he cautiously sent a message saying "Are you there?".

"Yes, is there something you need?"

Bai Tongtong replied not long after, which means she is not currently in military training and may indeed be in the same school as Lin Anyu.

Han Zhou cut to the chase: "Can you tell me where you're studying now?"

Chengyu University.

Bai Tongtong answered decisively, and this was indeed the school Lin Anyu attended.

"So what is your major?"

Bai Tongtong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Did Lin Anyu ask you to inquire about it?"

The message was followed by a smiley face emoji.

In Han Zhou's memory, Bai Tongtong was a gentle girl, so this question wasn't an interrogation, but rather a expression of curiosity. He asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"Because I saw him today. Although he ran away when he saw me, I still recognized him at a glance."

Han Zhou was taken aback. This was different from what Lin Anyu had said. He tentatively asked, "You ran away as soon as you saw me? Were you with your dad at the time?"

"Of course not. I came alone the day I registered; my dad wasn't there." As if realizing something, Bai Tongtong asked, "So you think Lin Anyu ran away when he saw me because he was afraid of my dad?"

"I can't say for sure."

Han Zhou wasn't quite sure what Lin Anyu was thinking either, and the guy wasn't replying to messages, so he didn't know if he was playing dead or if he was busy with something.

"I see, thank you."

Just then, Bai Tongtong suddenly sent a nonsensical message, and then fell silent.

"Huh? What do you understand?"

"Thank me for what?"

"Please speak?"

"..."

Han Zhou was stunned and sent several messages to inquire, but Bai Tongtong did not reply.

No, what is going on?
I wasn't entirely satisfied with the previous chapter, so I'll make some more adjustments. That's why I didn't remove the words "update first, revise later".

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