Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 227 The Guzheng's Attack

[Keyword triggered, target character Wang Lengqiu has been unlocked, 10 points gained]

【Daily Task 1 (Wang Lengqiu): Capture ten facial expressions of the target to earn 1 point】

[Daily Task 2 (Wang Lengqiu): Earn 1 point for each of the ten 'It's okay' phrases received]

[Side quest unlocked: Target character Wang Lengqiu is trapped in the past and has isolated himself in a unique way. Please help him break free from any state. Completing the quest will earn you 80 points and allow you to extract one enhancement skill from the target.]

Looking at the large amount of information that suddenly appeared in front of him, Han Zhou understood two things.

First, it turns out that getting the target to say "I want to be in a relationship" is not the only way to unlock characters. The real key is to get the target to actively express their desire to be in a relationship, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Secondly, this girl named Wang Lengqiu is indeed not quite normal.

Who wants to start a relationship with someone on the first date?

But that's a whopping eighty points...

He looked at the quest prompts in the side quest and felt a bit complicated. He knew that the number of points was directly proportional to the difficulty of the side quest. Mo Yixia's quest only required fifty points, but this guy's quest had a reward of eighty points and even had two quest routes, which showed how difficult it was.

This guy's psychological problems are indeed quite serious...

"I hope you can date me."

Seeing that Han Zhou remained silent, Wang Lengqiu repeated what she had just said.

The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough not to be drowned out by the rain.

The two stared at each other for a moment through the rain curtain, then Han Zhou's tone turned cold: "Are you joking?"

“I’m not joking,” Wang Lengqiu said seriously.

"Then let's just consider this your first joke."

"But I'm not joking."

"I told you, just take this as a joke."

After a pause, Han Zhou added, "I already have someone I like."

Whether it was a joke or not, whatever the reason, he had to eliminate the girl's desire to be in a relationship with him, otherwise it would also be a harm to Wang Lengqiu in the future.

"I know, but you're not dating yet, so you can still date me."

Did you hear that from Teacher Ouyang...?

Han Zhou frowned slightly. It seemed that this guy hadn't just had a sudden idea, but had learned about his situation beforehand before wanting to date him.

Curious as he was, he didn't intend to ask the reason behind it, saying, "That's not how it works. There are many people in this world who are still single, but I can't ask them to date me."

“I have no demands, only hopes,” Wang Lengqiu said, her tone still very serious.

"Then you can give up hope now, I don't like you."

Wang Lengqiu was silent for a moment: "Then I will pursue you."

Han Zhou was stunned. A scene flashed into his mind: he was having dinner with Gu Zheng at school when this guy suddenly appeared and confessed his feelings to him.

The scene is terrifying just to think about.

He took a deep breath: "Are you serious?"

“I’m not joking,” Wang Lengqiu emphasized again.

Han Zhou remained silent for a long while, then sighed deeply: "Alright."

"You agree to date me?" The girl tilted her head.

Han Zhou shook his head: "You can pursue me, but there's a prerequisite that needs to be met before that."

"What premise?"

"You just said I'm a stick figure, and you're a normal person, right?"

"Ah."

"You're not kidding?"

"No."

"Alright then." Han Zhou nodded. "Although I've always supported free love, I personally don't approve of interracial relationships, so if you really want to date me..."

"Then let's turn ourselves into stick figures first."

After saying that, he held up his umbrella and walked into the rain, leaving without looking back.

This time, Wang Lengqiu did not follow, but stood quietly in place.

The heavy rain blocked her way like a barrier. She instinctively wrapped her arms around herself, but found nothing. So she slowly hugged her shoulders and stared blankly at the heavy rain outside the hospital.

They looked rather pitiful.

Will I become a stick figure...?

As she turned her gaze away, just as she was about to return to her ward, a blurry figure holding an umbrella suddenly appeared in the rain.

Her eyes lit up, but she only realized it was a strange woman when the figure got closer, not the person she was expecting.

Sure enough, mushrooms are everywhere when it rains.

She wasn't disappointed and turned to leave, but then the strange woman quickened her pace and ran over, asking, "Excuse me, are you Wang Lengqiu?"

Wang Lengqiu turned around, looked at her expressionlessly for a while, nodded slightly, and her delicate appearance was endearing.

Seemingly seeing such a beautiful girl for the first time, the woman looked surprised, then handed over a brand-new umbrella, saying kindly, "A boy just asked me to give this umbrella to you, saying that the rain might continue until tomorrow. Also, he said to consider this mushroom a gift to you, so please don't return it to him."

Wang Lengqiu paused for a moment, then carefully took the umbrella and hugged it to her chest.

"Thank you," she said.

"You're welcome."

The woman smiled, shook the rain off her umbrella, folded it, and walked into the hospital. Just then, the girl behind her suddenly asked, "Excuse me, is that boy's head on fire?"

"Fire? No, not at all..."

The woman looked bewildered and smiled wryly, "Is this a new code among you young people?"

"Thank you."

Wang Lengqiu did not answer, but simply thanked him softly, looking at the streets flooded by the heavy rain, feeling slightly relieved.

It's raining so hard.

There's really no need to worry about getting your head on fire.

……

Han Zhou didn't know whether his decision to ask someone to send Wang Lengqiu an umbrella was the right or wrong one.

The weather forecast said the heavy rain might last until tomorrow. Thinking of Wang Lengqiu still wearing wet clothes and the psychological problem corresponding to eighty points in the mission prompt, he suddenly felt a little sorry for her, which is why he had the idea of ​​asking someone to bring her an umbrella.

Hopefully, this guy won't repay kindness with enmity...

Putting aside his complicated thoughts, he took the subway back to the neighborhood where his new home was located.

This time, the weather forecast was surprisingly accurate, and the heavy rain actually continued into the second night. However, it didn't reach the level that Mo Yixia had hoped would be enough to flood the hospital, and it stopped around 10 p.m.

The temperature has dropped.

Because of the heavy rain and the fact that they had already been delayed the previous day, Gu Zheng's family gave up their plan to return to the countryside. Han Zhou had nothing to do, so he stayed at home all day, continuing his research on "Mastering Culinary Skills." The last few days of the National Day holiday passed peacefully. Due to various unexpected events, his task of spending three days with Gu Zheng naturally failed before it even began, leaving Han Zhou somewhat disappointed.

October 6th, sunny.

Today is the last day of the National Day holiday. School starts tomorrow, so today is the day to return to school.

Just like at the beginning of the school year, Lin Anyu drove them to school again. Han Zhou sat in the passenger seat, while Gu Zheng and Zhong Ling sat in the back seat.

The bright sunlight shone through the car window onto their faces, making them feel warm and cozy.

Han Zhou fastened his seatbelt with a serious expression and said solemnly, "I hope your driving skills live up to my trust."

Last time, the driver was the experienced Uncle Zhang, but this time it was the new driver Lin Anyu. He couldn't help but be a little worried about driving such a long distance.

"Don't worry," Lin Anyu said confidently. "Do you think I've been playing around these past few days? I've even been practicing driving in the game."

Han Zhou was silent for a moment: "Isn't this still just playing around?"

Thinking about how this guy has been spending most of his time in internet cafes lately, and sometimes even staying up all night, he suddenly felt an urge to get off the bus.

"That's not the point. What I wanted to express was my passion for driving and my confidence in my driving skills." Lin Anyu retorted, "Can't you trust me a little more?"

Han Zhou glanced at him: "The fact that I was able to get into your car with Guzheng and my senior sister without hesitation is already the greatest trust I can give you."

"I know he's a talker."

Gu Zheng, sitting in the back seat, pouted and spoke up for Lin Anyu, "Don't pay attention to Han Zhou, that guy has been talking nonsense more and more lately."

"Our class monitor is truly wise and understanding."

Lin Anyu pretended to wipe the corner of his eye, as if his efforts had finally been seen.

It wasn't for nothing that I've been only buying your stocks...

"What stock?" Gu Zheng looked bewildered.

Hmm? I've spoken my true feelings aloud?

Lin Anyu was startled and quickly explained with a smile, "It's nothing. I've recently become obsessed with stock trading. Whenever I don't know what to do, I ask Han Zhou for advice. He told me not to worry about anything and just to pray to you, since you're number one in everything you do."

Han Zhou turned his head and glanced at him.

Gu Zheng seemed quite pleased with these words, her eyes immediately curving into crescents: "How could you be so exaggerated? What good is praying to me... But when did Han Zhou learn to trade stocks? You still want to ask him for advice?"

She looked at Han Zhou with suspicion.

Han Zhou said without changing his expression, "I don't need to know, because I can ask you for advice."

"But I don't know how either..."

"It's better if you don't know how. If you did, the title of stock market guru would definitely fall on your head. We'd all make money by following you, how would others survive?" Han Zhou said seriously.

"You're just spouting nonsense."

Although Gu Zheng's tone was dissatisfied, the curve of her eyes clearly betrayed her true feelings.

Lin Anyu was greatly shocked, and only then did he understand what Gu Zheng meant when she said that Han Zhou had recently become more and more fond of talking nonsense.

When did this guy become so good at flattery?
Zhong Ling had a faint smile on her face. She enjoyed watching her juniors chat with others because it looked very interesting.

Lin Anyu's driving skills did not disappoint Han Zhou and the other two. He drove very steadily all the way. He didn't have anything urgent to do this time and was not in a hurry to return to school. So after dropping the three off at the gate of Linda University, he didn't leave. He got out of the car himself and planned to go inside the school for a visit.

"As expected of a key university, it's really impressive."

With his hands in his pockets, his roguish charm, coupled with his expensive clothes, immediately attracted a lot of attention. Not long after he entered the school, a girl ran over and shyly asked him for his contact information.

Lin Anyu's expression brightened. He thought to himself that the students of Linda University were indeed all bright and outstanding students. They had a keen eye and could spot the shining gold in the crowd at a glance, unlike the girls in his school, who all had no taste.

Seeing the girl leave shyly, he patted Han Zhou on the shoulder encouragingly, indicating that he should work hard and that as long as he could shine as brightly as him, there would definitely be no shortage of girls asking for his contact information in the future.

Just as he was feeling triumphant, a notification sounded from Fetion, and a new verification message appeared in his contacts. He calmly accepted it.

"Hello, I'm the girl who just asked you for your contact information."

The girl quickly sent a greeting message, and Lin Anyu replied reservedly with "Hello".

True masters never reveal their skills.

About half a minute later, the girl sent another message.

"I'd like to ask if the guy next to you has a girlfriend? The two girls next to him are both very pretty, and I'm too shy to ask for his contact information directly."

Lin Anyu stood there for a few seconds, silently put away his phone, and after thinking for a while, he couldn't help but send a message to the other party in grief and indignation.

"Sorry is the right thing to do!"

Ha, so what kind of top student is he? His vision is nothing special.

Han Zhou had no idea that Lin Anyu had put on so many internal monologues in such a short time. He said, "Wait for me here. I'll go back to my dorm and put my things away before I come out and show you around."

"it is good."

Lin Anyu couldn't be happier. Once Han Zhou left, no one would be able to hide his charm. He didn't believe he wouldn't find girls in this school asking for his contact information.

After saying goodbye to Lin Anyu, Han Zhou and Guzheng Zhongling walked towards the dormitory area together. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and looked at the girl beside him who seemed to be in a good mood: "Um... I'm sorry, Guzheng, I forgot to bring your house key."

"It's alright," Guzheng said nonchalantly. "I've already made a new one, so you can keep the original one for yourself."

"Keep it for yourself?" Han Zhou was taken aback.

"What else? I already have a key, so there's no point in taking another one. It's perfect for you to keep it, so you won't have to knock on my door later, which is so annoying."

Gu Zheng pretended to be indifferent, not giving Han Zhou a chance to speak, and quickly walked towards the girls' dormitory with her suitcase, saying, "I'm leaving, I still have things to do in the dormitory."

Zhong Ling blinked, looked at Guzheng, then at Han Zhou, left a small bag of pastries for Han Zhou, whispered "Goodbye," and then dragged her suitcase and jogged after Guzheng.

No, that reason is far too far-fetched...

Watching Gu Zheng's departing figure, Han Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

In fact, this reason is quite far-fetched.

Because this was originally a last-minute plan by Guzheng, the simple-minded girl couldn't concoct a self-consistent lie.

Han Zhou guessed correctly. Gu Zheng did indeed deliberately leave the key on the hospital bed, but it wasn't, as he had previously thought, an attempt to get him to come over for trial the next day. Rather, she had planned to leave the key with him from the beginning.

She's even given away her house key; surely that means she's "indispensable" now?
You see, the bunch of keys that Gu Zheng "lost" included a key to her bedroom; unless Han Zhou is completely oblivious, he'll definitely understand what she means—

Let's go to her bedroom and study together!
This is the guzheng's attack.

At that moment, Han Zhou didn't think too much about it, because he was surrounded by his three roommates.

There were four people in the dormitory. The other three arrived in the morning, and he was the last one to return to school. When he entered, the others were discussing where to have dinner together that night. They were so excited when they saw him that they almost did a somersault.

Han Zhou chuckled, putting down his luggage as he asked, "What's going on with you all? Why are you all so excited?"

"Don't you know yet?"

Chen Zheng pushed up his glasses, and it was clear that he was trying very hard to maintain a calm expression, but the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than an AK, and the smile on his face could not be hidden.

He said mysteriously, "You can take a look at the class group now."

Han Zhou took out his phone. The class group chat messages had reached 99+ at some point. When he opened it, they were mostly excited shouts like "Awesome!" and "666!" He was too lazy to scroll up and turned his attention to his roommate.

"what happened?"

(End of this chapter)