Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 237 Insomnia

"Let's begin taking attendance."

Old Yan adjusted his glasses, his sharp eyes scanning the classroom to roughly determine the number of students before he began taking attendance.

"Deng Xue".

"arrive."

"Zhou Ting".

"To!"

"Tang Wenshuang".

"arrive."

"Lu Hu".

"exist."

"..."

"Han Zhou".

"arrive."

After finishing his roll call, Han Zhou secretly imitated the tone of Chen Long and Chen Zheng's voices in his mind, waiting for Lao Yan to call out their names.

"Chen Long".

The moment Chen Long's name was called, he immediately lowered his head and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey!"

To be honest, apart from the significant difference in their voices, their tone and mannerisms are quite similar.

The other students didn't pay much attention, but Zhou Ting, who was sitting next to him, clearly saw Han Zhou's little actions. Seeing how seriously he was even helping people sign in, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Soon, Chen Zheng's name was called again. This time, Han Zhou deliberately paused for two seconds before saying in a slightly nervous tone, "Here..."

Zhou Ting covered her mouth and laughed again. She had originally thought Han Zhou was a very serious and handsome guy, but she didn't expect him to have such an interesting side.

"You imitated it so well," she said softly.

Han Zhou was taken aback, turned to look at her, and said modestly, "It's alright."

However, despite saying that, he was quite satisfied with his performance.

The reason he was able to imitate the essence was because he clearly remembered the tone of Chen Long and the other person when they answered in class. As long as he went through it in his mind a few times, he could learn most of it and it would be no problem to deal with roll call.

"Xiao Xiaoxiao".

After Chen Zheng, it was Xiao Xiaoxiao's turn. Zhou Ting immediately realized what was happening, but unlike Han Zhou, she didn't seem to be on high alert. She simply replied, "Here."

Old Yan didn't even look at it before calling out the next name.

Zhou Ting smiled and whispered a reminder: "You see, you don't actually need to imitate it so closely."

Han Zhou nodded, slightly embarrassed.

Isn't it a little too late for you to remind me now?
After taking attendance one by one and seeing that everyone had arrived at the classroom on time, Mr. Yan seemed very satisfied and picked up his textbook to begin the lesson.

Although he had the textbook with him, he didn't look at it much. Instead, he liked to talk about things outside the book, from world history to changes in the domestic and international situation, adding his own insights, before he started explaining the key points in the book.

Some people found it boring, while others found it interesting. Han Zhou was quite interested in this topic and listened attentively, occasionally glancing at Xiao Xiaoxiao.

Seeing that this guy was sleeping like a log, and that he hadn't even changed his sleeping position, he couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.

Perhaps sensing his confusion, Zhou Ting lowered her voice and explained, "Xiao Xiao has insomnia and can't sleep well at night. Sleeping pills don't work, which is why she's so sleepy during the day."

Insomnia?

Han Zhou was slightly taken aback. He had previously thought that Xiao Xiaoxiao was doing some side business at night, which was why she was always busy until late and it was not surprising that she didn't get enough sleep. He did not expect that she actually had insomnia.

Although he and Xiao Xiaoxiao bickered every time they met, they actually had a pretty good relationship. However, she never told him about this, probably because they never had the chance to talk about it.

"Has it always been like this?" he asked.

"It's been like this since the start of the school year."

At this point, Zhou Ting shared some funny stories from the dormitory in a low voice, "You may not know, but Xiao Xiao is very quiet after she falls asleep. She doesn't snore or grind her teeth, and she hardly moves at all. She also sleeps very soundly. When we tried to wake her up on the first morning, we called her many times but couldn't wake her up. Liu Yue even thought Xiao Xiao had died and was so scared that she was about to call an ambulance."

"Another time, I got up at around 4 a.m. and saw a figure sitting straight across from me. It almost scared me to death. But when I looked closely, I realized it was Xiaoxiao."

University is different from elementary to high school. Apart from class time, you can hardly sit together. It's not easy to have a chance to sit together. Zhou Ting wanted to seize the opportunity to talk to Han Zhou more and get to know him. That way, Han Zhou might sit next to her in the future, and it would be more convenient for her to see handsome guys.

Thank goodness Guzheng didn't share a dorm room with you guys. If she had seen someone across from her bed in the middle of the night, you probably would have called an ambulance...

Han Zhou glanced at Xiao Xiaoxiao again, puzzled, and said, "Can't sleep even at four o'clock? Is this guy's insomnia that serious?"

“It’s quite serious… but it’s not always that I can’t sleep until four or five in the morning. Sometimes I fall asleep at two or three in the morning. I’ve already increased the dosage of sleeping pills to the maximum.” Zhou Ting looked distressed. As Xiao Xiaoxiao’s college roommate and best friend, although they had only known each other for a little over a month, their relationship was already quite good. She couldn’t bear to see her friend tormented by insomnia, but there was nothing she could do about it.

This was the first time Han Zhou had heard of this. He never expected that Xiao Xiaoxiao, who usually seemed so energetic, would have such a problem. However, there was nothing he could do to help her.

Just then, Xiao Xiaoxiao, who had been lying on the table, suddenly changed her sleeping position, turned her head towards his direction, and let her hair fall down, covering half of her ear, making the rose earring on her earlobe stand out.

Looking at that unusually calm face, Han Zhou's heart softened. He thought to himself, "No wonder this guy has such a bad temper every day. It turns out he's accumulated too much morning grumpiness."

He quickly looked away.

Xiao Xiaoxiao slept soundly and didn't wake up until the first class ended. A deep red mark was imprinted on her cheek by her sleeve. Someone tried to come over and look at her sleeping posture, but was chased away by Zhou Ting as soon as they got close. Zhou Ting looked fierce, like a little hen protecting her chicks.

It was break time, and Han Zhou was reading the message Gu Zheng had sent him. Seeing this, he joked, "You're helping her sign in and not letting anyone see it. You're acting as her nanny and bodyguard at the same time."

Zhou Ting realized that Han Zhou was talking to her, so she immediately dropped her fierce expression and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's not that exaggerated. It's just that some of them are quite unreasonable. Once they even tried to take a picture of Xiaoxiao sleeping with their phone, so I had to be a little fierce..."

"Is that so?" Han Zhou was taken aback.

"Of course there are. Some people have no sense of propriety at all. They say it's a joke, but it doesn't look like a joke at all."

Zhou Ting looked indignant, but she mostly just complained and didn't mention those people's names, since they might not have meant any harm.

Of course, these people may have meant it as a joke, but taking pictures of a girl sleeping doesn't sound like a funny joke at all, so she was very disgusted.

"This is the first time I've heard of this..." Han Zhou frowned slightly.

He usually sat with his roommates during class and had only seen Xiao Xiaoxiao sleeping soundly from afar. Today was the first time he had sat down with her and the first time he had spoken to Zhou Ting.

"It just goes to show that some people are still not mature enough even after going to college," Zhou Ting scoffed. "They're not children anymore, yet they treat this kind of thing as a joke. How childish."

She looked deeply resentful, as if she had recalled some unpleasant past events.

Han Zhou comforted him, "It's alright. Since I'm sitting here today, I'll help keep an eye on Xiao Xiao's sleeping posture. But it's amazing that this guy can sleep so soundly."

He shook his head and smiled, thinking to himself that Xiao Xiaoxiao was sleeping really soundly. Zhou Ting seemed to be used to it, and when she said these words, she didn't seem worried at all about being overheard by her.

He guessed that Xiao Xiaoxiao probably didn't know someone was taking pictures, otherwise, given her temper, she would have already made a scene during the previous classes.

As they were talking, the bell rang for the second class. Old Yan cleared his throat and continued lecturing in his strong voice.

Xiao Xiaoxiao was sleeping soundly, still in the same sleeping position, her breathing very light, almost imperceptible if you didn't listen carefully. Noticing this, Han Zhou suddenly understood the girl named Liu Yue a little.

But such weak breathing, doesn't that mean there's something wrong with my body...?

He was puzzled, when he saw Xiao Xiaoxiao's long eyelashes tremble and then she opened her eyes.

Seeing Han Zhou, Xiao Xiaoxiao didn't seem surprised at all. She rubbed her eyes wearily, then struggled to lift her head, looking like she hadn't had enough sleep.

"morning."

This seemingly gentle greeting made Han Zhou, who was about to look away, pause for two seconds, and he asked hesitantly, "Are you talking to me?"

"if not?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao stared at Lao Yan on the stage, and when he wasn't paying attention, she shrank behind the classmate in front of her and secretly stretched.

Han Zhou was taken aback. Normally, shouldn't this guy be frowning and questioning him with displeasure about why he was there? How could he possibly greet him politely?
He was really not used to it, and said in a low voice, "It's getting late, the second class is almost over."

“I usually get up around this time,” Xiao Xiaoxiao said, raising her chin. “It’s not even 10 o’clock yet.”

"You've gotten all arrogant," Han Zhou said irritably. "If I hadn't covered for you several times just now, you would have been discovered long ago."

"Coverage? What coverage?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao looked puzzled. Seeing that Han Zhou did not answer, she turned to look at Zhou Ting on the other side.

Zhou Ting said with a wry smile, "Old Yan looked this way several times just now, so Han Zhou put the book on your head..."

"Humph."

Xiao Xiaoxiao snorted coldly, glared at Han Zhou, and then reluctantly said "thank you".

Han Zhou was completely shocked and asked in astonishment, "You're not angry?"

Something is wrong, so wrong.

Why should I be angry if you helped me?

Xiao Xiaoxiao gave him a look that said, "You're really weird," then craned her neck to look at his book pages, opened it, and asked, "Where are we?"

"here."

Han Zhou pointed to a spot in the book, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Xiao Xiaoxiao was acting strangely today.

Could it be that this guy's temper actually improves after waking up, instead of being grumpy?
(End of this chapter)