Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 175 Two Leakers

Xiao Yuyan's two roommates are Liang Qian and Lin Xiaoyou. The former is tall and thin and is a very cheerful girl. Her boyfriend is Chen Xiang, who is tall and strong and carries all of his and his girlfriend's belongings on his back.

Lin Xiaoyou is petite and gives off a shy vibe at first glance, but she is actually warm and cheerful. She is very curious about the two friends Xiao Yuyan brought. Her boyfriend's name is Lin Ming. The two not only share the same surname, but also the same birthday. It is said that their relationship was arranged by God. They seem to be quite affectionate.

The boy who had a crush on Xiao Yuyan... no, an open crush on her was named Liao Xinyu. He was a tall, thin boy with long hair, giving off an artistic vibe. He had a slight stutter when he spoke, and while he wasn't particularly talkative, he wasn't introverted either.

After everyone got to know each other, they chatted casually. During this time, Liao Xinyu offered to help Xiao Yuyan carry her bag more than once, but she refused each time.

Xiao Yuyan was not interested in Liao Xinyu and had rejected his advances more than once, even making it clear that she didn't like him. However, he did not give up and persisted until now with the encouragement and support of his friends.

Xiao Yuyan was very troubled by this. As a CP leader, she was not actually averse to this kind of devoted guy. His personality was also quite good. However, she just couldn't feel any attraction to him. After failing to dispel his feelings after several rejections, she could only choose to keep her distance as much as possible.

If it weren't for her roommate's repeated and sincere invitations, saying that university was coming to an end and they should leave some precious memories, she would never have come along knowing that Liao Xinyu was going to be with her.

Perhaps she wasn't interested in real-life romance and valued friendship highly, so she didn't want to disappoint her roommates. She patiently endured Liao Xinyu's attentiveness the whole way. But now that Han Zhou was with her, she could chat with them to get rid of them.

This is why she was so excited after seeing Han Zhou.

As their guide, Brother Wang naturally stayed close to Han Zhou and Mo Yixia. He had kept a slight distance from them earlier because he was worried about disturbing their time together. But when he learned that Han Zhou and Mo Yixia wanted to travel with Xiao Yuyan and the others, he naturally had to come along.

He considered carefully and said, "Normally, you shouldn't leave your original team, but I'm a senior guide and I'm qualified to take the two of you up the mountain alone. It's okay to switch teams... I'll talk to the guides of this team. As long as they don't mind, it's fine."

He paused, then suddenly looked saddened. "But I never expected you to run into acquaintances here. It's great. Unlike my son, who stays home all day and doesn't even have many friends. He's about to enter society, and I don't know if he'll be able to handle interpersonal relationships..."

I'm curious if you can name even one good thing about your son, even just half of it...

Han Zhou thought to himself, then chuckled dryly, "Then I'll leave it to you, Brother Wang. Please communicate with the guide for this team."

"No problem, I happen to know someone here, it's just a matter of a word."

Brother Wang displayed the composure of a seasoned guide, thought for a moment, and reminded you, "However, the gentlest section of the road will be over in a little while. If you want to chat, you'd better make the most of the time. You'll need to conserve your energy as much as possible. I'll let you know when it's time to rest."

"understood."

Seeing Brother Wang walk forward, Chen Xiang exclaimed in surprise, "I heard that guides who can take people alone are very expensive. I didn't expect your friend to be so rich, Xiaoyu."

Upon hearing this, everyone glanced at Han Zhou and Mo Yixia in surprise. In fact, they could all tell that the two of them were wearing brand new mountaineering equipment, and all of them were brand name products. They were obviously not cheap rental items. To be able to go to such lengths to climb a snow mountain, and even hire the most expensive guide, it was clear that their families were not short of money.

Xiao Yuyan remained silent. She only knew that Han Zhou's family situation seemed to be not very good, but she didn't know whether Mo Yixia had money or not, and she didn't care about such issues.

Lin Xiaoyou asked curiously, "You guys must all be in university, right? Is it a university in Yecheng?"

They attended a university in Yecheng, and had already visited almost all the city's famous attractions, which is why they decided to climb the snow mountain together, since they had never experienced it before.

It has to be said that this world really values ​​academic qualifications. As long as someone looks like they are of college age, the most important question when meeting them for the first time is often, "What university did you go to?"

Prior to this, the most common concern was "How are this child's grades?"

When people reach working age, the most common questions they ask during their first meeting become, "Where do you work?", "How much do you earn?", and "Are you married?"

It's not that the issues are no longer unified, but rather that there are more unified issues.

From caring about grades to caring about university, and then to caring about salary, these are three fairly straightforward life milestones...

Han Zhou sighed inwardly, then smiled and replied, "I'm from Lincheng University."

In fact, these three questions carry a somewhat scrutinizing tone, much like asking "How are you doing at different stages?", especially when asked to a stranger you've just met. Even if the question doesn't mean anything by it, it often gives off a scrutinizing feeling.

However, as a prestigious university, Linyi University can always be proud of itself and belongs to the category of "I'm doing really well," so he answered without any pressure.

"Holy crap, a top student! Awesome!"

Lin Ming was filled with respect and immediately gave a thumbs up, looking genuinely admiring.

In Xiao Yuyan's words, Lin Xiaoyou's boyfriend often gives the impression of being uncultured, and he likes to use words like "Holy crap," "Awesome," "666," and "Fuck you so cool" all the time. It seems that he can't find any other words of praise besides these.

Upon hearing this, Han Zhou immediately reflected on his own education and realized that he was quite well-educated, which made him secretly relieved.

Lin Xiaoyou stared blankly: "Then your college entrance exam scores must have been very high, right?"

She uttered a pointless statement.

"It's alright." Han Zhou smiled.

"A top student from Linda University, saying he's just okay seems a bit too insecure. Could it be that he got in through connections by paying money? Hahaha." Chen Xiang laughed and joked.

However, the joke was clearly not funny, and could even be described as offensive, to the point that his girlfriend, Liang Qian, couldn't stand it anymore. She pushed him and said with dissatisfaction, "Can't you talk properly?"

Feeling a little embarrassed, she immediately apologized to Han Zhou, "I'm sorry, my boyfriend always likes to make me laugh with all sorts of jokes, but his jokes are really... Anyway, he didn't mean any harm!"

Xiao Yuyan nodded in agreement and helped explain, "Chen Xiang's jokes are really not very good."

“This probably has little to do with the level of joking.” Before Han Zhou could speak, Mo Yixia, who had been silent all along, spoke first, saying in a light tone, “At least a lame joke can make people feel cold, but this sentence cannot. If you don’t not understand the difference between ‘humility’ and ‘guilt,’ then I suggest you study ‘Emotional Intelligence’.”

She hadn't spoken before, but when she did, she was ruthless, describing Chen Xiang as having "low emotional intelligence."

This instantly turned the previously harmonious atmosphere into an awkward one.

Han Zhou glanced at Mo Yixia with surprise, but didn't find anything wrong with what she had said.

Mo Yixia wouldn't provoke unnecessary disputes. Considering that this guy could see through people's hearts, he was more inclined to believe that the other party had seen through some of Chen Xiang's underlying thoughts, which was why his answer seemed so sharp.

But what did she see?

Without giving it much thought, he smiled and explained, "I'm sorry, Yixia is a bit blunt, I hope everyone won't mind."

Everyone was silent.

You said you don't know how to joke, so I said I'm just straightforward. That was clearly a form of retaliation.

But isn't that a bit too stingy? Chen Xiang isn't very good at joking, and sometimes his words can be offensive, but he doesn't have any bad intentions, and they all know that.

"6."

Lin Ming gave a concise evaluation, and as soon as he finished speaking, his girlfriend Lin Xiaoyou pinched his lower back hard and exclaimed, "Holy crap!"

The latter shook his head, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

Xiao Yuyan certainly didn't want the two sides to have an unpleasant argument over such a small matter, so she quickly changed the subject, saying, "I just heard the guide say that there will probably be fewer people who can reach the summit this time because the temperature on the mountain is lower than usual. I don't know if we will be able to reach the summit."

"Of course I can! I've heard the snow scenery at the top of Green Mountain is beautiful. It would be a shame not to see it. I'm definitely going to climb up and take pictures!"

Lin Xiaoyou quickly chimed in, glancing up at her boyfriend, "What do you think?"

Lin Ming immediately understood and patted his chest to show his determination: "I'll carry you up even if I have to!"

Upon hearing this, Liao Xinyu, who hadn't said much, brightened up and said to Xiao Yuyan, "Xiao Yu, don't worry, I will do my best to get you up there. You can walk behind me and I can shield you from the wind."

Xiao Yuyan leaned closer to Mo Yixia and said with a wry smile, "Thank you, but I know my limits. If I can't climb up, so be it. You don't really need to worry about me."

"It's okay. I heard the snow on the mountain is very deep. When you get there, remember to follow my footprints as much as possible. That will save you a lot of energy. Also, do you really not need me to carry your backpack?"

Liao Xinyu spoke gently, seemingly already imagining the scene of him sheltering Xiao Yuyan from the wind and rain and paving the way for her on the mountain climbing journey.

"No need, my bag is light, I can carry it myself."

"Okay, then..."

Liao Xinyu was about to continue speaking when Mo Yixia reminded him as if no one else was around, "Han Zhou, your senior is here."

Han Zhou turned around and saw Zhang Tao, who was all muscle, appear behind them at some point. Unlike when they were in the car, he was now fully armed with a helmet on his head.

Such helmets are not entirely for safety reasons; the main purpose is to mount an action camera on the front of the helmet.

Yes, he's live streaming right now.

Han Zhou secretly rejoiced that he and Mo Yixia were both "fully armed" with masks and snow goggles, so it didn't matter if people in the live stream saw them, since they couldn't see their faces anyway.

"Junior brothers, I've finally found you."

Zhang Tao had clearly jogged over, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to catch up with them in time. His breathing was slightly heavy as he smiled and said, "I'm live streaming right now, so it shouldn't bother you, right?"

Since neither Han Zhou nor the other person showed their faces, he did not turn off the live stream for the time being. However, he was still careful to protect their privacy, which is why he referred to Han Zhou as "junior" just now.

"It doesn't affect it."

Han Zhou shook his head. As long as Gu Zheng didn't see it, it was fine. As for Mo Yixia, she naturally wouldn't mind.

"That's good."

Zhang Tao glanced at his phone, temporarily ignoring the comments like "Where is that guy who's more handsome than Zhang Ziwen?" He turned to the people around Han Zhou and asked, "Who are these people?"

"They're kind of new friends I just met."

Han Zhou gave a brief introduction, then suddenly felt a little worried—

Now that Zhang Tao and Xiao Yuyan are both here, the two clueless "leakers" have arrived. Hopefully, they won't leak any more information next.
Probably not. After all, these two don't really know him. Even if Mo Yixia is good at reading minds, she can't possibly read things that aren't in other people's minds... right?

He wasn't sure.

(End of this chapter)