Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 148 Madam, Please Behave Yourself

The door to the private room was left a crack, and it could be pushed open with a little force.

Han Zhou casually stirred the coffee on the table, silently watching the swirl in the cup.

He doesn't like drinking this stuff, whether in his past life or this one. He can't taste anything special; all he can taste is bitterness. Adding sugar is useless; it's better to just throw the sugar in his mouth directly.

It was Saturday noon, a nice overcast day, and he arrived alone at Chengyu University, where Lin Anyu was studying.

Guzheng was originally supposed to come with him, but that was clearly not what Lin Anyu wanted. He somehow managed to convince Guzheng, so she didn't come with Han Zhou and would arrive in the afternoon.

As for why Lin Anyu didn't want Gu Zheng to come in the morning, that's related to what Han Zhou is doing now.

Han Zhou felt a headache coming on. He knew that Lin Anyu's tireless efforts to help him catch the food delivery thief back then were not just out of kindness, but probably because he had already planned to use that favor to get Han Zhou's help today.

However, putting aside the fact that the other party helped him earn thirty points this time, just considering how well this guy usually takes care of him, he should help him with this favor.

Anyway, things aren't too complicated, and we can retreat at any time.

He took a sip of coffee; it was still very bitter. It seemed he would need to add more sugar.

Just then, the door to the private room was pushed open slightly, and a head poked in, asking with a smile, "Excuse me, are you 'the hunky guy who's as strong as the wind'?"

Han Zhou's hand froze. The voice sounded like that of a mature woman. Wasn't Lin Anyu supposed to be having an online romance with a college student?
The woman didn't deliberately lower her voice; her tone was calm and confident, and she didn't feel embarrassed even saying such an embarrassing online name.

"it's me."

Han Zhou straightened up and forced a smile, saying, "Is it 'I'm a heartthrob'?"

Fortunately, the other person's online name wasn't much better.

"Yes."

The woman walked slowly into the private room, took a seat in front of Han Zhou, placed her elegant white handbag aside, took out a small mirror, tidied her appearance slightly in the mirror, and then put the mirror away.

The whole process was quite elegant.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

After doing all this, she finally had time to look at Han Zhou across from her and smiled, "You're even more handsome than you look in the photos. To be honest, when I first saw the photos, I thought they were just random pictures I found online."

While the woman was observing Han Zhou, Han Zhou was also observing her.

The woman was probably in her early thirties, exuding an elegant and noble air. She wore a dark green long dress that perfectly accentuated her curvaceous figure.

The woman had a great figure, but her looks were another story. She wore heavy makeup and thick powder, making her face appear excessively white. Han Zhou wouldn't comment on such makeup, but if he had to offer praise, he could only reluctantly utter one sentence—

The sisters have a very good foundation.

Thanks to the status bar, her name appeared above the woman's head—Yan Chujing.

As for other information, we know nothing.

Staring at someone you've just met is very impolite, especially when the other person is a woman. So Han Zhou quickly looked away and said politely, "It's nothing. Actually, I just arrived too. You're even more... more distinctive than in the photos."

This was a compliment he had racked his brains to come up with.

But judging from what this woman said, Lin Anyu most likely used his photo to start an online romance. That unreliable guy…

"is it?"

Yan Chujing covered her mouth and chuckled, "Then it seems my photo editing skills aren't up to par yet, otherwise the photo would definitely be prettier than the real person."

This seemed like a joke meant to lighten the mood, but Han Zhou didn't respond. He was trying to figure out what excuse to use to leave. Lin Anyu had asked him to just meet his online girlfriend, and he could improvise the rest.

It's worth mentioning that he turned this into a temporary mission using the mission detector, worth twenty points, so it wasn't a wasted trip.

Han Zhou was quite experienced in meeting online dating partners on behalf of others, after all, he had helped Lin Anyu meet them in person twice before.

However, the previous two times he was dealing with people his own age, and one girl even ran away after seeing him. But this time it was a woman in her thirties who was obviously not easy to deal with, so he felt it was necessary to finish the job quickly.

This woman was elegant, but she had no sense of restraint whatsoever. She stared straight at him with a clear aggressive look in her eyes.

Her breathing was slightly rapid, and a few beads of sweat clung to her collarbone. If she leaned forward even slightly, the sweat would roll into the deep cleavage.

Han Zhou felt uncomfortable being stared at and asked, "Um... Ms. Charming, did you rush over here? You look very tired."

He handed the other person a tissue and said, "Wipe your sweat."

"Thank you. There was a bit of traffic on the way, and I was worried about being late, so I jogged here. Luckily, I work out regularly, otherwise I probably would have appeared in front of you looking even more disheveled."

Yan Chujing took the tissue and slowly wiped the sweat from her neck, laughing, "I'm actually not tired right now, it's just that my breathing quickens uncontrollably whenever I see something that interests me. It's a bad habit, I hope I didn't scare you?"

"That's not true..."

"That's good."

Yan Chujing's smile widened, and then she pretended to be aggrieved, saying, "But your way of addressing me is too formal. You actually called me 'Ms. Charming,' should I call you 'Mr. Macho'? We're here to meet in real life, so I think it's better to use our online nicknames."

She looked at Han Zhou with anticipation.

Han Zhou felt a sharp pain in his teeth. A normal way of addressing someone would have been fine, but the nickname Lin Anyu came up with was so offensive that even a dog would shake its head at it. He simply didn't have the courage to say it out loud.

Moreover, he didn't intend to waste time with this woman. He had just told Lin Anyu that she was at least thirty years old. Although the latter had doubts, he had agreed that he could withdraw in any way he wanted.

Under the woman's eager gaze, he gathered his thoughts and said, "I'm sorry, our ages might not be suitable, so..."

Unexpectedly, the woman seemed not to hear him at all, and laughed while resting her chin on her hands: "Fine, if you don't want to use a pet name, but my hunky darling, you kept saying you couldn't do it online, but now you can satisfy me, right... Can I see your abs?"

What the hell?
Han Zhou's expression froze, wondering if he had misheard.

"She's so innocent..."

Yan Chujing found the blank expression even more intriguing and repeated, word by word, "I said... can I see your abs?"

As she spoke, she beckoned to Han Zhou with her finger.

Seeing the other person's deathly pale face, Han Zhou shuddered and quickly said seriously, "Of course not, I told you, we don't get along..."

"May I touch your Adam's apple?"

The woman interrupted him again, her tone hesitant, a blush creeping onto her face.

"Wake up..."

"Don't worry, I'll be very gentle, and it'll just be a touch. Don't be scared, I'm just a little curious."

As she spoke, Yan Chujing stood up, leaned forward, and impatiently reached out her hand to Han Zhou.

Han Zhou quickly stood up and stepped back, then suddenly noticed the ring on the other person's left ring finger. A series of question marks immediately popped into his head, and he blurted out:
"Madam, please respect yourself!"

The air was quiet for a few seconds.

The next moment, the woman trembled, silently withdrew the hand wearing the ring, and sat back down in the chair with a slumped expression, as if all her strength had been drained.

A self-deprecating smile tugged at the corners of her lips as she said sadly, "You figured it out?"

You're practically poking the ring in my face, do you think I wouldn't notice?

Han Zhou's lips twitched. His feelings were incredibly complicated. He thought to himself that Lin Anyu was really something else when it came to online dating; he always managed to find someone unique. Perhaps this could be considered a special talent...

He tried his best to keep his expression under control, and said with a straight face, "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now. Don't worry, I've already paid for the coffee..."

"Are you leaving already?" Yan Chujing called out to him, her voice trembling with emotion. "Do you think a slight age difference is an obstacle between us?"

Don't you have any idea what the biggest obstacle is...?

Han Zhou chuckled dryly, "It's not just because of age..."

"Why is that?" Yan Chujing gave a bitter laugh. "Is it because I've been married, or because my husband is a decrepit old man?"

hiss--

Han Zhou was completely stunned.

To be honest, if this woman hadn't said the second half of her sentence, he might have stopped out of curiosity to listen to her story...

He fled for his life towards the door of the private room. "Wait, don't go!" the woman shouted, "Didn't you say we were true love before? So what if I'm married? It's not like we can't be together. After we outlive that old geezer..."

Han Zhou couldn't hear what was said after that. He fled the private room as quickly as possible and then made a phone call to Lin Anyu with a dark expression.

"Where did you add this thing from?!"

"What the hell?"

"Your online love interest!"

"ZhuanZhuan APP, they offer high prices for buying back old phones..."

"Get lost, block her right now!"

Lin Anyu objected: "No, I did say you could escape the battlefield in any way you wanted, but what's with the blocking? You shouldn't..."

Han Zhou was too lazy to explain and said, "If you want to be blocked at the door by an old geezer one day, then keep keeping her contact information."

"Okay, okay, I'll block you now, even though I have no idea what you're talking about... Just come to the west gate of Chengda University, I'll wait for you at the school gate."

……

[Temporary task completed, 20 points earned]

After getting completely away from the coffee shop, Han Zhou's mood finally calmed down.

He vaguely sensed something was wrong. The woman was a bit too abstract, but it didn't matter. She was Lin Anyu's online girlfriend, and it had nothing to do with him. Besides, the way she was acting didn't seem like she was seriously planning to meet him in real life.

He asked around and soon found the West Gate that Lin Anyu had mentioned. From afar, he saw Lin Anyu standing at the school gate with his hands in his pockets, looking up at the sky, with a cigarette in his mouth. He looked incredibly irritating.

He quickened his pace and walked over, barely suppressing the urge to kick the guy, and said irritably, "Stop showing off, I'm right here."

"You've come?" Lin Anyu's expression brightened, and he immediately looked down at him.

"Why did you start smoking?"

"I didn't smoke. This stuff is candy, and it's pretty tasty."

Seeing Han Zhou, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a month, Lin Anyu was in a great mood. He crushed the tobacco candy in his mouth in one bite. He originally wanted to give Han Zhou a fist bump, but when he remembered that the other party's arm was injured, he changed the fist bump to a light punch to the other party's chest.

"You're still so childish."

Han Zhou smiled helplessly, took the so-called "cigarette candy" from Lin Anyu, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then gasped.

Mint-flavored candy is indeed quite delicious.

"Shaha...Shaha..."

The two stood at the school gate chewing candy, inhaling deeply as they chewed. Passing students were shocked by their novel way of smoking, and after glancing at them a few times, they quickened their pace and left.

"Come on, I'll show you around our school."

A short while later, Lin Anyu led Han Zhou through the school gate and suddenly asked, "By the way, how's your hand healing?"

"I'm almost fully recovered." Han Zhou's mouth was now cold.

He had previously told Lin Anyu about his injury via Fetion, and Lin Anyu was eager to drive over immediately, but he stopped him.

Even now, Lin Anyu is still unhappy about Han Zhou's situation, saying, "If you ask me, you should have told me about this sooner. I could have definitely made those idiots into the news."

"There's no need." Han Zhou shook his head. "If they're on the news, I have to be on it too."

"Isn't that just right?"

"It's not good for me at all."

At this point, Han Zhou paused, then looked at him suspiciously, "Didn't you say on the phone that you had something to do and couldn't get away, so you asked me to meet your online friend in your place? You seem pretty relaxed, what could possibly be keeping you from getting away?"

Lin Anyu's expression changed slightly. He hunched his neck and looked around for a while, looking just like a spy about to make a rendezvous. After a long while, he lowered his voice and said, "Actually, this is the main reason why I called you here."

"what reason?"

Han Zhou raised an eyebrow, deciding to listen first and leave immediately if the guy was talking nonsense.

"Didn't I tell you before that I'd have a lot of romantic opportunities right after the start of the semester? Guess what happened?"

"What else can happen? The peach blossoms have ended."

"Holy crap, you figured it out so easily?" Lin Anyu exclaimed in shock.

"Nonsense, if you had so many admirers, you wouldn't have called me." Han Zhou said irritably. "But I don't find it strange at all. You drive around all day, so even if you meet girls, it doesn't count as having many admirers. It's normal for your luck to run out."

"You do not understand."

Lin Anyu said with a devout expression, "How we meet is not important. What matters is the process of getting along. For me, every encounter with a beautiful girl is a stroke of good luck in love."

"I remember you valued inner qualities the most, didn't you?"

"Okay, then for me, every encounter with a girl with inner beauty..."

"Stop talking nonsense, and then what?"

"What then?"

"You didn't come here with the intention of helping me as a matchmaker, did you?"

"oh oh."

Lin Anyu then realized what was happening and said indignantly, "There wasn't anything particularly interesting after that, but I suspect it wasn't that my romantic prospects ended, but rather that someone was hindering them, like spreading rumors that I'm a scumbag or something..."

Han Zhou looked at him strangely, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"what happened?"

Are you sure this is a rumor?

Lin Anyu glared at him: "I'm warning you, even if we're brothers, you can't just slander my innocence like that. I've never even had a girlfriend, so how am I a scumbag?"

He thought to himself, "If we're talking about scumbags, you're the one with more potential."

Han Zhou said, "You've been sending mass messages and trying to start an online romance, and this time you even chatted with a married woman. What else can you call this but a scumbag?"

"What's the big deal? Online relationships are just for show, and you don't have to pay or lose anything. My online partners and I are all well aware of this. Compared to those virtual things, I still crave a pure love in real life."

Lin Anyu spoke eloquently, then suddenly realized something and asked, puzzled, "But what do you mean by 'married young woman'?"

Han Zhou told him what had happened in the coffee shop earlier.

"No way." Lin Anyu looked incredulous after hearing this. "Zun Du, my charming little darling, could never have been married. You must be mistaken."

"How can you even bring up such a cheesy name..."

Han Zhou said helplessly, "I did everything you said, and that woman did confirm my identity as a 'wind-like tough guy' from the beginning. Even if there was a mistake, it was you who made a mistake."

"No, I couldn't be mistaken, but if that's really the case, then there's only one explanation left—"

Lin Anyu pondered for a long time, his brows furrowing slightly. "The young woman you mentioned is very likely also someone else trying to meet someone online. And judging from her behavior, her goal is probably to instill a fear of online dating in me, thus completely cutting off my path to online romance... Ha, what a cruel heart..."

Han Zhou listened, completely stunned.

"Is it true..."

Lin Anyu stared at the gloomy sky above, his expression growing increasingly grave. "This time it's not just in reality, even my online romantic prospects have been cut off. There's no mistake, someone is definitely targeting me..."

Han Zhou was amazed that he could come up with so much, and said with a wry smile, "Stop talking nonsense. You've only been in college for less than a month. You don't know anyone, and you haven't had any conflicts with anyone. Who would be so bored as to target your love life?"

"No, you seem to have forgotten something."

Lin Anyu turned to look at him, his eyes gleaming with intelligence. "Although I'm unfamiliar with this place, I've known someone at school for more than a month... The most important thing is... I have a grudge against her."

Han Zhou was stunned for a long time, and his expression gradually became strange.

"You're talking about Bai Tongtong, right?"

(End of this chapter)