Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 266 Maybe I was born a scumbag.

The sound of water flowing intermittently could be heard from the kitchen. Ouyang Lianyu kept her voice low and glanced towards the kitchen every now and then, clearly not intending for Mo Yixia in the kitchen to hear their conversation.

She had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but she had never found the opportunity. Although Han Zhou had hinted at it to her more than once, she still wanted to hear the answer from him in person.

Faced with Ouyang Lianyu's serious gaze, Han Zhou felt a little embarrassed. Although he had prepared himself, it was not a respectable thing to admit to a woman in front of him that he was a scumbag who wanted to have it all, especially since she was his teacher.

He organized his thoughts and cautiously replied, "It's... kind of relationship, I guess..."

"What do you mean by the kind of relationship I'm thinking of? Answer me clearly, don't be vague."

"To put it simply, I'm a shameful scumbag who wants to be with both of them."

Ouyang Lianyu was taken aback, then shook her head and said, "You don't seem like that kind of person. Be clear, do they want to be with you, or do you want to be with them?"

The two are different in nature.

Han Zhou smiled wryly and said, "Thank you for trusting me so much, teacher. But that's the truth. It's not wrong for them to want to be with me, but I'm too greedy. One isn't enough. I want to be with both of them. As for our relationship... you can think of it as a couple who aren't together."

Ouyang Lianyu fell silent.

Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Han Zhou felt a little guilty and tentatively asked, "Teacher Ouyang, don't you have anything to say? Why don't you scold me a couple of times?"

"What else can I say? You shameless scumbag, greedy bastard, didn't you say that yourself?" Ouyang Lianyu rolled her eyes at him.

“Um… I don’t think I ever said I was a bastard…” Han Zhou explained.

"Is not it?"

"……Yes."

Ouyang Lianyu had a headache. She was also troubled by love, but she didn't know who to date. This student was actually thinking about dating two girls at the same time. She sighed and said helplessly, "Both of them are good girls. What you're doing is hurting them."

“I know, so I’m looking for a way to have the best of both worlds.”

"How could there be such a way? I don't know Yixia, but I know a little about Guzheng. When she was taking me upstairs, she talked about you the whole time. There's no way she could accept that you like someone else."

Ouyang Lianyu pressed her temples and gave the student in front of her annoyed look. "Guzheng probably doesn't know about this yet, does she?"

"I don't know. You said it yourself, she would never accept it, so I dare not tell her," Han Zhou said with a wry smile.

"So you plan to keep it from him forever?"

"Until we find a solution that satisfies both sides..."

"You're lying to her!" Ouyang Lianyu interrupted him, seemingly a little angry.

"I know."

After a moment of silence, Han Zhou spoke calmly: he had indeed deceived Gu Zheng, and he would deceive Gu Zheng many more times in the future; there was no point in denying it.

Seemingly realizing that her tone had been too harsh, and seeing Han Zhou's downcast expression, Ouyang Lianyu suddenly felt a pang of pity and hesitated before asking, "Is there something you're having trouble saying?"

"No." Han Zhou shook his head. "Maybe it's because I had nothing before, so now I want everything... Anyway, Teacher Ouyang, I need your help."

Ouyang Lianyu was taken aback, but quickly guessed his thoughts. She frowned and said, "You don't mean to ask me to help you cheat Guzheng, do you? I can't do something like that."

Although she felt a pang of sympathy for Han Zhou's first statement, she would not help him deceive Gu Zheng, as it would hurt the girl if it were discovered in the future.

She hoped Han Zhou would understand this as well.

How could Han Zhou not know that this would hurt Gu Zheng? However, even if he confessed now, Gu Zheng would still be heartbroken and would most likely fight Mo Yixia to the death. What he needed to do was tell her about it at the right time, and at the same time, search for the possibility Mo Yixia had mentioned—

That tiny possibility that could make the other party accept him having affairs with ten people at the same time.

“Teacher Ouyang, I never intended for you to help me deceive Guzheng. I just hoped you could help me keep her in check for a while. I also didn’t expect Yixia to come today. If she and Guzheng run into each other at the social event, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Ouyang Lianyu was taken aback, and hesitated before asking, "What will happen?"

Han Zhou thought for a moment, his expression bitter: "I guess I'll have to borrow your wheelchair for a while."

"That serious?" Ouyang Lianyu's face paled. "Is Gu Zheng such a violent person?"

She clearly didn't doubt that Guzheng had the ability to break Han Zhou's legs, but she just didn't believe that Guzheng would be so violent.

"Guzheng is not violent, but her parents are another story."

Ouyang Lianyu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "So that's why you asked me to help you get rid of them last time..." "That's right, Teacher Ouyang, you're the only one I can rely on now."

Ouyang Lianyu hesitated. As a teacher, her job was to guide students who had gone astray back to the right path, not to help them go further astray. But the current situation was indeed troublesome. Moreover, if she hadn't forced Han Zhou to participate in the social event, this wouldn't have happened today.

After thinking for a long time, she hesitated and said, "Then how about I tell Guzheng that I don't want you to participate in the social event?"

Han Zhou shook his head and said, "No, it's no longer up to me whether I go to the social event or not. I'm definitely going, so I can only try to get Gu Zheng away so that she can't participate in the afternoon's event."

“You mean…” Ouyang Lianyu looked bewildered.

Han Zhou nodded encouragingly, as if to say, "That's right, I'll leave this to you."

"How about... I talk to their counselor and ask them to let Guzheng not participate in the social event either?"

Han Zhou shook his head solemnly, took out his phone and held it in front of her: "If you had said it before, it might have been okay, but it's too late now."

Ouyang Lianyu looked at her phone screen. The screen displayed her chat history with Guzheng, and the latest message was from Guzheng.

"My roommate insisted on putting on makeup for me today, and it looks terrible. You're not allowed to laugh at me later."

“What does this mean?” she asked.

"It means Guzheng is very satisfied with her makeup today. I'll be in big trouble if I don't praise her properly when I see her later. But none of that matters. What matters is that she has decided to come to the social event this afternoon."

Ouyang Lianyu was taken aback. Didn't Guzheng say that the makeup wasn't good? How come she was satisfied with today's makeup?

She hesitated and asked, "Then what reason should I use to get her away?"

"Didn't you plan to practice walking? When you get to the playground and see the guzheng, just say you're not used to it yet, and she'll volunteer to carry you home."

"you sure?"

"I'm sure, Guzheng is a very warm-hearted girl," Han Zhou said with certainty.

"I know that, but even if I ask her to take me home, I can't let her leave for too long, can I?"

Han Zhou gave an awkward smile: "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, teacher."

……

Today is Sunday, and there are many students outside the school gate. Ouyang Lianyu walked into the school gate shakily with Han Zhou's help, her face burning.

She thought she could accept Han Zhou's help without hesitation, but when she actually leaned against him and breathed in the fresh scent of laundry detergent mixed with the boy's body, she inexplicably felt her heart race.

Although the other party was her student, and she had always treated Han Zhou as a child, he was, after all, an eighteen-year-old adult male. His seemingly thin body was quite sturdy, giving people a very reliable feeling.

Even worse, she seemed to have overestimated her recovery ability. Although she could walk now, she felt weaker and weaker as she walked, to the point that she was leaning almost half her body on Han Zhou. This was really embarrassing. To avoid too much physical contact, she had to support herself on his shoulders with her hands. However, walking like this was really strenuous, and she didn't know how long she could keep it up.

"Teacher Ouyang, what's wrong?" Lost in thought, she suddenly heard Han Zhou's voice in her ear, "Isn't it too much to push yourself?"

"Yes... a little." She tried to sound natural, and said apologetically, "I feel like my legs are getting weaker and weaker as I walk... I shouldn't be that heavy, right?"

"Of course not, I didn't feel any weight at all." Han Zhou smiled, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If it's really too much, why don't you go back? Forcing yourself to walk when your leg isn't fully healed might leave lasting effects."

"Then aren't you worried that no one will help you get rid of the guzheng?"

"It's alright, I have other ideas."

Ouyang Lianyu chuckled and said, "It's alright. I saw a doctor a few days ago, and the doctor said I've almost recovered. It's just that I haven't been walking for a long time, so I might not be used to it. There won't be any aftereffects, so don't worry. This way, it'll be convenient for Guzheng to take me back."

Han Zhou looked deeply moved: "Teacher Ouyang, you are such a good person."

"What kind of good person is this? He's more like an accomplice to evil."

Ouyang Lianyu gave him a disgruntled look. "I helped you this time mainly because I didn't want to see Guzheng sad, not because I support your fickle behavior. You'd better seriously reflect on this and choose a girl to treat well. I won't help you next time."

Han Zhou was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Teacher Ouyang, you may not have experienced the feeling of being moved yet. If you really like someone, you will never be willing to give up, even if you know it is wrong, you will still want to persist."

Ouyang Lianyu was lost in thought for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and said helplessly, "If you truly like someone, how could you possibly like someone else?"

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"That's true...maybe I'm just a born scumbag."

(End of this chapter)