Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 162 Awakening Method
Despite going to bed late last night, Han Zhou still got up quite early today. He got up to wash and brush his teeth before seven o'clock. After taking a powerful pill, the lingering drowsiness vanished instantly, and he felt refreshed.

I drew back the curtains. The sky was just beginning to lighten, the night was still dark, and the city was quiet and still. But I could already see people hurrying about on the streets, their figures disappearing into the night in a flash.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even the most miserable high school students don't have to go to school, so these people are probably even more miserable corporate slaves who don't have time to rest even on the Mid-Autumn Festival and need to get up early to work.

Han Zhou sighed inwardly. If he hadn't transmigrated, following the trajectory of his previous life, he would probably have ended up with a fate similar to these people.

Studying, taking exams, going to university... Whether or not you choose to pursue postgraduate studies or a doctorate, you will eventually enter the workforce and become a corporate slave trapped in a corner, toiling year-round for a salary that may be high or low.

This is the fate that most people will face.

They might change jobs along the way, or they might start their own families and have children. Then, they unconsciously instill the advice to "study hard" in their children's hearts. In order to give their children a better future, they work even harder and are willing to struggle until their old age.

The children will grow up in their parents' love and expectations, repeating the process of studying, taking exams, going to university, and finding a job as time goes by. Along with other children, they will walk the same path that their parents once walked, over and over again.

From the very beginning, the fate of most people is already predetermined.

Han Zhou often had such feelings, but they were just feelings. The trajectory of fate is just the trajectory of fate. Let alone whether it is really fixed, even if it is fixed, it cannot fix the more subtle things.

The joys of life lie in those little things.

For example, he was about to wake up a young rich woman at 7:30 sharp, which was a rare kind of fun.

That's right, the reason he got up so early was because he received Mo Yixia's "order" last night to wake her up at 7:30.

The latter's original words were very simple—

"This holiday is too short to waste time, at least not on sleeping, unless we sleep together, then it won't be a waste."

Ignoring the last sentence, it's not hard to see what Mo Yixia is thinking. She clearly values ​​these two days and doesn't want to waste a single moment.

Thinking of this, Han Zhou couldn't help but smile. There were still about twenty minutes until 7:30, so there was no need to rush to wake that guy. He simply took out his phone and sent holiday greetings to his close friends one by one.

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Let's have fun together."

To his surprise, Lin Anyu was the first to reply. Shouldn't this guy still be sleeping at this hour?

In response to his question, Lin Anyu replied, "I just came out of an internet cafe after staying up all night and I'm going home right away. I heard you went to Yecheng? I was planning to invite you to my house for mooncakes."

"I'll be going back in a couple of days, but don't you have a computer at home? Why did you go to an internet cafe and stay up all night?"

"I had no choice. Ye Lei and those guys insisted that I help them rank up. Playing online games is definitely the best experience at an internet cafe, so I went. Just consider it a get-together. I'll save the mooncakes for you. Remember to come to my house to pick them up when you come back."

Ye Lei was their high school classmate and had a good relationship with Lin Anyu. They often got together to play games.

Han Zhou replied, "Okay, then I'll bring you some Yecheng specialties back. Please ask Ya Ya if there's anything she wants."

"Okay, I'm getting on the bus. I'm so sleepy, I'm going to take a nap first. I'm taking that girl out to play this afternoon."

"Okay, go to sleep."

Han Zhou originally wanted to ask Lin Anyu about the progress between him and Bai Tongtong. After all, this guy was unusually attentive this time and seemed serious. He was willing to lend a hand if needed. However, since the other party wanted to catch up on sleep, there was no need to rush. He could ask again next time.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to you too.

My phone rang, and someone replied to my message again. This time it was my roommate, Huo Zhencheng.

Han Zhou wasn't surprised. In his memory, Huo Zhencheng always got up very early and went to the playground for morning exercise at seven o'clock almost every day. His roommates rarely saw him after they got up. If he didn't have class in the morning, he would bring them breakfast every time he came back.

In short, he had a very good impression of his down-to-earth roommate and immediately asked, "Hey Lao Huo, do you get up this early at home too?"

Huo Zhencheng replied after a while: "I'm used to it. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I want to help my family make mooncakes, but I'm not very good at it, so I don't know if I can be of any help."

Han Zhou suddenly remembered the scene when the other person called home every day at the beginning of the semester, and thought that their family must have a good relationship. He asked curiously, "Does your family still make mooncakes?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you before, my family is in the pastry business, so of course we can make mooncakes too."

"You must be quite busy today, right? After all, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Fortunately, many people bought mooncakes before today, so there are fewer people buying them on the day itself, so it shouldn't be too busy."

"That's true, then you go ahead and get busy."

Han Zhou originally wanted to tell Huo Zhencheng that he was in Yecheng, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea. After all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion. Huo Zhencheng missed his family so much before, and today he probably just wanted his family to have a good holiday.

Given the other party's honest and sincere nature, knowing that he was in Yecheng, he might warmly invite him to visit, but he didn't want to bother them.

Besides, Mo Yixia had a very tight schedule for the next two days, and he couldn't find the time to see her, so he simply didn't mention it.

After ending her chat with Huo Zhencheng, no one sent any more messages for a short period of time, which was normal. Everyone else was probably asleep at this time. Even Juan Wang Guzheng would sleep in during her holiday. When she replied to the message, it meant that she had gotten up.

As it was almost 7:30, Han Zhou thought it was about time, opened his door and walked towards Mo Yixia's room next door. She had given him her room key before going to bed the night before, so he was able to open the door and go in.

To be honest, it's easy to get nervous about waking a girl up early in the morning, especially when the other person is a seasoned pro like Mo Yixia.

However, after witnessing her blush last night, Han Zhou realized that although this girl was thick-skinned, she was actually just like any other girl, blushing and feeling shy. Although she was sharp-tongued, she would never do something like sleeping naked and waiting for someone to wake her up. He could go into the house with peace of mind.

Open the door, insert the room card and turn on the light. You can immediately see a figure curled up on the large bed in the room, covered by a quilt, with only the head showing. Long hair is casually scattered on the bed, and a baseball cap lies quietly on the pillow.

Despite having prepared himself mentally, Han Zhou still felt his heart race at this moment. It wasn't because of any distracting thoughts or romantic notions; on the contrary, he felt a sense of peace, or rather, a strange warmth.

He didn't know how to describe this feeling.

However, he was very clear about one thing: the girl was in the most natural sleeping position at this moment, waiting to be woken up in the most unguarded state, which was undoubtedly an indication of her absolute trust in him.

He tiptoed to the bedside.

Although he didn't have any other thoughts, the opportunity was rare, and he still wanted to take a good look at the guy's sleeping face.

Unlike her usual unserious demeanor, Mo Yixia was quite proper when she was asleep. She was lying on her side on the bed, breathing evenly, with half of her face buried in the pillow, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, and her right cheek with a beauty mark on her cheek exposed. Perhaps even the Creator would often marvel at how a casual touch could achieve such an effect, creating such a perfect work of art.

Just as the beauty of the Venus de Milo is made all the more captivating by her missing arms, this beauty mark further enhances the girl's beauty. Han Zhou rarely had the opportunity to observe Mo Yixia like this. After all, if she were sober, he would definitely utter at least ten nonsensical sentences if he looked at her for even a little while. And although she usually maintained a calm and collected demeanor, it was nothing compared to how natural and genuine she appeared now.

He didn't look at her for long before calling her name: "Yixia, Yixia, wake up."

Mo Yixia remained completely still.

"Yixia, Yixia?"

Mo Yixia still didn't wake up. Perhaps because of the noise, she frowned slightly and buried her head in the blanket, only revealing half of her smooth forehead.

"Yixia, wake up! It's already 7:30, time to get up, Yixia? Yixia!"

Han Zhou called her name several times, but Mo Yixia did not wake up. Her biggest movement was turning over and changing to a face-up position. Her long, smooth hair was spread out on both sides, and her expression was serene. She looked like a princess sleeping peacefully.

Han Zhou observed for a while, then asked with a suspicious look, "You're actually already awake, aren't you?"

Based on her past behavior, she's absolutely capable of faking being asleep.

"Stop pretending, I can tell you're faking being asleep."

"Get up now, or I won't wake you up tomorrow."

"You're not acting convincingly at all. I'm going to hit you on the head, and I really am."

"Aren't you afraid? Then I'll lift the blanket. I won't be responsible if you're exposed."

"..."

Han Zhou tried everything he could, but he couldn't wake the guy who was pretending to be asleep. He could only sigh and say helplessly, "Fine, if you want to sleep, then sleep. I'm a little sleepy too. I'll go back to my room and sleep for a while."

He turned to leave, but the next second he heard a lazy voice behind him.

"No need to go back to your room, just sleep here."

Looking back, I saw that Mo Yixia had opened her eyes at some point. She was wrapped in the blanket and crawled towards the edge of the bed like a caterpillar. She stretched out a hand and gently patted the empty space next to her, then withdrew her hand.

"I don't mind if you sleep here."

"I mind."

Han Zhou said irritably, "I knew you were pretending to be asleep. You're not a child anymore, why are you still playing this trick?"

“I wasn’t pretending to be asleep.” Mo Yixia turned her back to him, her tone sounding somewhat aggrieved. “It was clearly the wrong way you woke me up.”

"Hehe, what method should we use? Do we have to hold a megaphone and blow it in your ear?"

Mo Yixia asked, "Did you just think I looked like a sleeping princess?"

Han Zhou was taken aback, and asked with surprise and doubt, "Has your mind-reading ability developed to the point where you can activate it with your eyes closed?"

He did have a similar thought, but the problem is that this guy didn't even open his eyes. Isn't mind reading based on micro-expressions? This guy can activate his skill without even looking at expressions now!
Could it be that leveling up proficiency led to skill upgrades?

Pulling himself back to reality, he sighed and said, "So what if it is? Does a princess have the privilege of pretending to be asleep?"

"of course not."

Mo Yixia said quietly, "But the most common way to wake up a princess is to give her a loving kiss. You don't even know that?"

To be precise, I don't want to know.

Han Zhou remained expressionless. "Who knows if you have bad breath first thing in the morning?"

Other girls might have been angry, but Mo Yixia remained unmoved and said lazily, "Then you can kiss my face, once on each side and I'll wake up. You can also lift the covers, but you don't have the guts."

Han Zhou gasped. He was now somewhat hoping that the guy was really still asleep, at least the other guy was much more well-behaved when he was asleep: "Stop talking nonsense and get up to wash up. Didn't you say you were in a rush today?"

Mo Yixia turned over and looked at him lazily: "I want to sleep a little longer, can you help me wash up?"

Han Zhou laughed in exasperation: "I can wash your face for you, but I can't exactly brush your teeth for you, can I?"

"Why not? You put the toothbrush in my mouth, and it will move by itself."

Han Zhou: "..."

He shouldn't have answered that guy's question.

After fussing for a while, Mo Yixia finally got out of bed reluctantly. Seeing that she was wrapped up in her pajamas, Han Zhou felt relieved and said irritably, "If you want to sleep in, there's no need for me to wake you up so early. It's okay to go play those entertainment activities you arranged later."

Mo Yixia went to the bathroom to wash her face and immediately felt much more awake. While stretching, she said, "The process of you waking me up is one of the entertainment programs I arranged."

She quickly finished washing up, walked into the room and said, "Okay, you can go out for a bit, I need to start changing into the clothes you specified last night."

"You forced me to choose that one, okay?"

Han Zhou turned and walked towards the door. He had successfully opened the backpack zipper last night, and Mo Yixia had indeed brought clothes other than her school uniform. Although he didn't seem to care on the surface, he was actually quite looking forward to it.

Of course, this is something that absolutely cannot be discovered by this guy... although he may have already figured it out.

However, he suddenly felt puzzled. Given Mo Yixia's personality, she should have said something like, "Do you want to see me change clothes? Then keep your eyes peeled and stay here." It wasn't like her to be so blunt in telling him to leave...

Recalling how the other person blushed last night, Han Zhou's heart skipped a beat. Could this guy be shy?
Thinking of this, he decided to tease the other person as well, stopping in his tracks and saying, "I suddenly don't want to walk anymore. Didn't you say I could sleep here? Well, I might as well just sleep here. As for you changing your clothes..."

Mo Yixia glanced back at him and said, "Do as you please."

After saying that, she was about to pull down her pajamas.

The moment her pajamas slipped down to her shoulders, she unsurprisingly heard the door suddenly open and close. She sighed, shook her head, and slowly began to change her clothes.

"coward."

(End of this chapter)