Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 144 is actually quite a good story.

The view outside the corridor wall is exceptionally wide.

Han Zhou caught the paper airplane folded from a flyer and gently tossed it out.

The paper airplane spun in the air, slowly flew towards the ground, was swept away by a sudden gust of wind, and soon disappeared, its destination unknown.

The paper airplane just flew over from afar.

Han Zhou was puzzled. This was the third floor of the office building, and he didn't know why there would be paper airplanes here, just as he didn't know why Mo Yixia would suddenly ask such a strange question.

But then again, the timing of this guy's calls is getting weirder and weirder...

"If I remember correctly, today isn't the weekend, and it's not even time for school to let out yet, right? YaYa might get out of school a little earlier in junior high... You didn't skip class, did you?"

A few seconds of silence followed. Mo Yixia remained silent, but Lin Youya's guilty voice came from the other end of the phone: "Um... Brother Han Zhou, it was actually me who skipped class..."

"You?" Han Zhou was taken aback and asked, puzzled, "Why are you skipping class for no reason?"

"Mom and Dad aren't home today, I'm worried that General Mighty won't have anything to eat at home... Don't worry, the last period this morning is PE, it should be fine..."

"Even PE class is out of the question. Whether it's related or not isn't up to you. Does the teacher know you're leaving?"

"No...don't know..."

"then you……"

"Han Zhou".

On the other end of the phone, Mo Yixia's calm voice interrupted Han Zhou, "You should know that it's not easy for me to call you, so shouldn't you be more concerned about my affairs now?"

She seemed a little unhappy. "Also, aren't you too fond of changing the subject? When are you planning to answer my question?"

She looked at Lin Youya beside her, blinked, and gestured for her not to be afraid.

The latter immediately gave her a grateful look, quickly took off her watch and handed it to her like a treasure, then covered her ears and ran to the other side, as if to indicate that she couldn't hear anything.

Lin Youya is now basically certain of one thing—the relationship between Brother Han Zhou and Sister Yi Xia is indeed very complicated, and it may have already involved a love triangle. Sister Yi Xia is probably questioning her now, and it's best for her not to listen to any more of this.

The adult world is too complicated...

In fact, Mo Yixia wasn't confronting Han Zhou right now; she was actually quite calm, as she had already anticipated some of these things.

This world is clearly not a fairy tale with exceptionally simple relationships between the characters.

Moreover, from her standpoint, she had no reason to hold Han Zhou accountable.

The three questions she just asked were more for fun; she didn't really want to force Han Zhou to give a definite answer.

Since it was a rare opportunity to talk to this guy, she didn't want the conversation to be too dull.

Many questions don't actually need answers. The moment a question is asked, you already know to some extent what you want to know. Similarly, the process of answering is itself a form of answer.

Nevertheless, she still wanted to hear his answer, whether it was perfunctory or serious, she wanted to hear a response.

"I didn't mean to change the subject, it's just that your question is a bit difficult to answer."

After a moment of silence, Han Zhou sighed, "Putting everything else aside, if every woman in the world fell into the river... isn't that a bit too broad a scope?"

"This is necessary."

"What's the necessity?"

"If we broaden the scope to the whole world... then at least I won't be the last person you want to save, right?"

Mo Yixia spoke calmly, but the faint sadness hidden in her seemingly self-comforting words made Han Zhou's heart tighten, and he felt inexplicably guilty.

He knew very well how superb Mo Yixia's acting skills were, and that this emotion was most likely acted out, but what if it wasn't?
He coughed twice, feigning composure, and said, "Look at what you're saying, you can't possibly be the last one in line..."

"Really?" Mo Yixia said with a resentful tone, "Even the dormitory supervisor can squeeze into the top three of your closest female friends, so what am I, who has only known you for less than two months, compared to her?"

She began to sob softly.

Okay, this guy is definitely faking it...

Han Zhou, with a toothache, said, "You clearly know I'm talking nonsense. If you insist on saying something, I've only known the dorm supervisor for half a month..."

"Yes, it's only been half a month. That just shows how deep your feelings are, and that time can't measure them," Mo Yixia said sourly.

Han Zhou was speechless for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Are you angry?"

"That depends on your next answer."

The girl's voice seemed to carry a hint of emotion, "I hope this answer is as clear and concise as possible. After all, I only have a maximum of ten minutes to chat with you, and I don't want to waste time on meaningless things."

So you know these questions are pointless...

Han Zhou sighed inwardly and thought, "If that really happens, I will try to build a ship and rescue all the people I want to save."

Without giving the other person a chance to speak, he continued, "I'm serious."

Mo Yixia was silent for a moment: "Although it is just a hypothetical question, the answer should still be in line with basic logic. This is about rescuing people in the water. How could you have the opportunity to build a boat?"

"Does it make sense if every woman in the world fell into the water at the same time?" Han Zhou retorted irritably.

In fact, he still did not give a clear answer to Mo Yixia's question, but this was indeed his answer at that moment.

He also discovered something from this—he hated having to choose one option from multiple choices.

"Let me rephrase the question..."

"No need to organize it anymore."

Han Zhou could roughly guess what Mo Yixia wanted to say. He wasn't completely clueless. He took a deep breath and said, "You're definitely among the people I want to save, and you're a very high priority. As for how high, you don't need to ask; I'm not entirely sure..."

"I'm fairly satisfied with this answer; at least it wasn't a lie."

After a long silence, Mo Yixia said, "But I think I said this a long time ago, you are a very greedy person."

"I don't deny that," Han Zhou smiled. "But greed shouldn't be considered a bad thing, right?"

Of course not.

If all the greed is satisfied by one person... then it's not a bad thing.

Mo Yixia thought to herself.

For some reason, she suddenly wanted to see Han Zhou's expression at that moment, but unfortunately, the watch in her hand didn't seem to have a video call function.

"Alright, that concludes my questions. Now it's time to address yours."

Although the answer was ambiguous, it made one thing clearer to her—things like dragging this guy along to climb snow-capped mountains were indeed very necessary.

If it's a long novel, then the plot will always need to be added.

Whether it's driven by nature, created by human intervention, or even an added plot, it doesn't matter.

Otherwise, how could she be the female lead?
"My question?" Han Zhou was taken aback.

"Didn't you say you were about to face disciplinary action? Unlike some heartless person, I still care about your affairs."

Mo Yixia snapped out of her thoughts, rested her chin on her hand, and said, "Tell me about it."

She held the watch to her ear, as if the guy were sitting right next to her.

The sounds of people and cars were still loud, but they didn't seem as jarring anymore.

Han Zhou chuckled dryly, "Actually, I exaggerated a bit just now. Although I'm in the office, I'm not here to receive a punishment..."

In fact, the reason he appeared in Ouyang Lianyu's office was because of the theft of his takeout the night before.

He never imagined that Lin Anyu's "delivery thief elimination plan" would actually work, identifying the delivery thief in just one night. Just yesterday morning, Chen Zheng suddenly told Han Zhou that a guy had indeed been admitted to the school hospital after being burned. This happened the night before last, and it was said that the guy was later quickly transferred to the city hospital, causing quite a stir, which is why the news spread so fast.

Judging from the timing, this guy is very likely the delivery thief who stole the super spicy chicken wings.

Upon receiving this news, Han Zhou's first reaction was shock, followed by worry. He wondered if this guy couldn't handle spicy food at all, otherwise why would he have been transferred to the city hospital?

Although he wouldn't mind making the delivery thief suffer a bit, it would be troublesome if the guy actually developed serious health problems because of a super spicy chicken wing.

Fortunately, that wasn't the case. According to Chen Zheng, although the guy was terribly burned by the spiciness, he didn't have any serious health problems. The reason he was sent to the city hospital was because his already precarious hemorrhoids were severely aggravated, so he had to go to a large hospital for hemorrhoid removal surgery...

The expressions on the faces of the people in the dormitory after hearing this were absolutely priceless.

“We found that guy’s roommate and asked him. We learned that he did indeed get sick after eating takeout barbecue, so we were completely certain that he was a takeout thief. That guy probably guessed that he had been tricked, but he probably knew that he had brought it on himself and could only swallow his anger. So he didn’t dare to pursue the matter of the insanely spicy chicken wings.”

Thinking that Mo Yixia's senior year of high school must be very boring, and that she might not have the chance to hear such interesting things, Han Zhou shared with great interest, "However, he didn't dare to pursue the matter, but his parents couldn't stand it. After all, getting hemorrhoid surgery would require staying in the hospital for several days, which would be a waste of several days of study time. His parents were also busy with work and didn't have time to take care of him. The two of them were extremely annoyed. After arguing at the hospital, they started to ask about the specifics."

"Of course, that guy didn't dare to admit that he stole the takeout, so he just said that he got food poisoning outside of school. His parents were furious and insisted on demanding an explanation from the restaurant. The guy was afraid that things would get out of hand, and he knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he finally confessed that he had stolen the takeout."

Mo Yixia had been listening quietly, but then suddenly asked, "Let's leave aside what happened before, but how do you know so much about what happened at the hospital?"

"Of course, I heard it from someone else."

"No, there's something else you're hiding from me, isn't there?" Mo Yixia pondered for a moment, "Like, you've also developed a health problem, so you had to go to the hospital or something..."

Han Zhou was startled and looked down at his left arm. "No way, they could have guessed that?"

He met Zhong Ling yesterday, and then went to the hospital to remove the cast from his left hand. On the way, he passed by a ward and, with his enhanced hearing, overheard the conversation of the family who were thieves who stole takeout food. He was quite lucky.

"you……"

Mo Yixia remained silent for a long time before speaking again.

"Could it be that she also has hemorrhoids?"

"roll!"

Han Zhou's lips twitched. He thought this guy was really so incredibly knowledgeable that he could even guess that Han Zhou's arm was injured. Turns out he was just talking nonsense.

"You laughed, you just laughed, didn't you?"

Mo Yixia pretended not to hear and continued, "No matter what, it's true that you went to the hospital, so you were indeed injured... Never mind, I'm short on time, let's continue."

Han Zhou continued, "Actually, nothing happened after that. After all, that family knew very well that making a big fuss might have helped them find the culprit and get some revenge, but their son's reputation as a food delivery thief would follow him throughout his university years, which would be a losing proposition. So they didn't want to find me, even though I had prepared so many contingency plans..."

"If nothing's wrong, then why were you in the counselor's office?"

"They contacted the school, and maybe because they have some connections, the school took this matter quite seriously. They checked the surveillance footage and found that the stolen takeout was mine, so they called me in for questioning. However, they didn't pursue anything else; they just hoped that I could give my classmate a chance and not publicize that he stole the takeout."

Han Zhou shook his head inwardly. When Xiao Xiaoxiao's takeout was stolen before, he wanted to check the surveillance footage but there was nothing he could do. Now that the person who stole the takeout is in trouble, the school is taking it seriously. It's really disheartening.

"and then?"

"I didn't actually plan to publicize this. Consider this incident a lesson for that guy. However, I asked the school to retrieve the surveillance footage from a while ago, and it turned out that Xiao Xiaoxiao's takeout was indeed stolen by that guy. So the only condition is that he apologizes to Xiao Xiaoxiao in person, since the original purpose of this plan was to help her get revenge."

Han Zhou continued, mentioning that he had just told Mo Yixia about Xiao Xiaoxiao, including that he thought she looked familiar. Mo Yixia didn't say much, but she was also puzzled by it.

She knew that Han Zhou had a very good memory.

"However, the other party did not accept this condition, saying that this matter should end here and they did not want to apologize to anyone or amplify the impact. So what I just saw was actually the counselor representing the school to do ideological work on me."

I told you to eat more fish.

After listening, Mo Yixia said helplessly, "Stealing more than a thousand yuan is a crime. You should have asked me for help sooner."

"How can you help me?"

“I can also order takeout for you. As long as I put a token of love worth more than a thousand yuan in each takeout, then anyone who dares to steal it will be committing a crime. In that case, you can threaten them with the police and they will definitely give in to your small apology request.”

"Hiss—you always have so many tricks up your sleeve..."

Han Zhou automatically filtered out the words "token of love" and asked in surprise, "It does sound feasible, but do you have that much money?"

Mo Yixia sighed softly, "It seems you've forgotten who's been supporting you."

She wanted to say something more, but time was running out. "Alright, time's almost up. Since you have no problem, let's end this call here."

Han Zhou was taken aback: "So fast?"

“I told you, I only have ten minutes.”

"Okay, my counselor was just calling me too."

"Oh right, you haven't forgotten about the parent-teacher conference, have you?"

Mo Yixia didn't hang up immediately, but reminded her, "I've already taken care of things with my mom. You absolutely have to come. I need to see you, otherwise..."

"otherwise?"

"Otherwise, I'll call the police and say I lost a piece of underwear worth several thousand yuan, and that it had already been worn..."

"Alright, alright, I would have gone even if you hadn't said anything."

Han Zhou was greatly troubled; this guy just wouldn't let go of this matter...

"Remember to bring your ID card."

Mo Yixia pursed her lips. "This will be a long journey."

She unusually refrained from talking nonsense during this segment.

"I see."

After the phone call ended, Lin Youya, who had been watching from a distance for a long time, cautiously walked over and asked, "Sister Yixia, have you finished talking?"

"Yes, thank you. I rarely have the opportunity to contact him."

Mo Yixia returned the watch to her.

"You're welcome."

Lin Youya carefully observed her for a while, and sensing that the other person seemed to be in a good mood, she tentatively asked, "Um... Sister Yixia, you two didn't have a fight, did you?"

"Why are you arguing?" Mo Yixia looked at her with a half-smile.

"because……"

Lin Youya opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything coherent for a long time.

"Don't worry, we won't fight."

A hint of a smile flashed in Mo Yixia's eyes. Suddenly, she thought of something and asked, "But there's something I've been thinking about. What was the final ending of the story you mentioned about the female lead and the second female lead?"

Lin Youya was taken aback, then forced a smile and said, "A...happy ending..."

"A happy ending..."

Mo Yixia doesn't usually watch anime or TV series, but she knows that a happy ending usually refers to a story where the male and female protagonists live happily ever after.

She looked up at the sky, subconsciously raised her hand, caught a paper airplane that seemed to have flown in from nowhere, and gently sent it flying.

A gust of wind blew by, and the paper airplane made from the flyer flew further and further away, disappearing into the distance.

She pressed down on the brim of her hat, and her voice drifted further and further away on the wind.

"That's quite a story."

(End of this chapter)