Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 277 The crystal ball is indeed broken!
The crystal ball on the table sparkled in the sunlight, its surface shimmering with an ethereal glow that added a touch of magic.

As the gaze passed through the crystalline sphere, the figures of a man and a woman in front of it blurred, transforming into constantly shifting images, eventually settling into a strange yet familiar pattern.

Wang Runxue sighed and raised her head. Her gaze passed over the crystal ball, and the strange pattern disappeared, turning back into two figures, a man and a woman.

"Could this be the 'new romance' mentioned in the crystal ball's revelation?"

Wang Runxue, a core member of the divination club and hailed by the club president as a "future great prophet" and "the divination star of Linda University," was now having some doubts about life.

As a freshman who loves socializing, nearly two months was enough for her to gain a fairly comprehensive understanding of the school, including the six famous figures of the university.

Therefore, it is obvious that she knows Zhong Ling.

According to the club president, this sophomore, known as the "mute bride," is known for her taciturnity. This taciturnity refers not only to her silence but also to her infrequent conversations with others, especially boys.

However, at this moment, the president's information seemed like a joke. Although he couldn't hear what Zhong Ling was saying, both her constantly opening and closing red lips and her expressions that were sometimes confused and sometimes shy all pointed to one thing—

She's talking to that scumbag!
And it was proactive communication! A long-term communication!
Damn it! What's so charming about this jerk? How come so many pretty girls are chasing after him?!

Wang Runxue's face was ashen. She thought to herself that this guy must be a master of sweet talk, otherwise he couldn't have deceived so many girls.

She was so angry that she forgot about another piece of information the club president had mentioned—that no one had been able to communicate with Zhong Ling normally until now. She mentally labeled Han Zhou a scumbag and took out her phone to tell Gu Zheng what she had discovered.

However, just then, perhaps having discovered her intentions, that scumbag suddenly turned around and glanced at her, then walked over with Zhong Ling.

What are these two trying to do?
Wang Runxue's heart skipped a beat, thinking she had been exposed. She quickly turned off her phone screen and forced a smile as she looked at the two people walking towards her.

"May I ask what brings you here?"

"It's like this," Han Zhou said with a smile, "I'd like to trouble you to do another divination for us."

"No problem... but you've used up your divination attempts. If you need a divination, you'll need to select a new order."

Wang Runxue sneered inwardly. She didn't know what this scumbag was up to, but he had just finished a divination with one girl and then brought another girl over. He was definitely a scumbag.

Han Zhou shrugged, took out his phone to scan the code: "Then I'll choose the cheapest package."

The cheapest package was a poker card reading, which he remembered costing only five dollars.

"I'm sorry, the cheapest package is already sold out. We only have one premium package left." Wang Runxue gave an apologetic smile.

"This thing can still sell out?" Han Zhou glanced at her.

"That's right, there are some unwritten rules about divination, such as not being able to perform more than..."

"Then let's have the premium set meal," Han Zhou interrupted her, looking indifferent.

Hmph, you scumbag! You deserve to be the sucker for deceiving Guzheng's feelings!

Wang Runxue sneered inwardly, feeling no guilt about swindling the scumbag. Come to think of it, the money for the previous fortune telling was paid by another girl, so she had to make him bleed a lot this time!

Ninety-odd yuan should make this guy feel the pinch for a long time, right?
Feeling a small victory in her ego, she was in high spirits and said with a smile, "Thank you for understanding. May I ask what you two would like to have divined this time?"

"Can we really be together?" Han Zhou asked seriously.

"Okay, please wait..."

Wang Runxue nodded, about to stroke the crystal ball, when suddenly her expression froze, and she hesitated, asking, "Are you sure you want to divine this?"

"determine."

"But didn't you just...didn't you just have this question read with another girl?"

Wang Runxue glanced at Zhong Ling, who had remained silent, hoping that she would immediately turn against this scumbag.

Han Zhou, sitting opposite him, paused, then asked blankly, "What are you talking about?"

"What do you mean, what are you saying?" Wang Runxue was stunned.

"Where did this other girl come from?"

Wang Runxue was shocked. How could this guy be so shameless as to lie so blatantly? Did he think she was blind?
She took a deep breath, her tone becoming less polite: "Young man, I clearly saw you come for a fortune telling session with a girl wearing a mask and a baseball cap. Are you trying to deny it now?"

Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "So that's what you mean. You misunderstood. The girl who came with me just now is the one next to me. She's just taken off her mask and baseball cap."

Wang Runxue opened her mouth, and after a long while, she finally spoke through gritted teeth: "...Do you think I look like a fool or a blind person?"

These two people have obviously different body types!

Besides, that girl did speak earlier, so it couldn't be Senior Zhong Ling!
"None of them seem right. You look like a smart person," Han Zhou said softly, trying to reassure him.

Wang Runxue ignored him, turned to the honest and unassuming Zhong Ling, and said seriously, "Senior Zhong Ling, I know you. I just want to tell you one thing: you've been deceived by this scumbag. This guy is no good. He just..."

Han Zhou interrupted her: "Hey classmate, since you know the senior, you should know that she doesn't talk much, so you can just ask her if the girl you just saw was her."

Wang Runxue glared at him, then turned to Zhong Ling and asked, "Senior Zhong Ling, tell me, was it you who was with this stinky...this guy just now?"

Zhong Ling nervously tugged at her small cloth bag, then nodded weakly.

Wang Runxue: "?"

Senior, blink twice if you're being kidnapped!

She simply couldn't believe that a girl who had been deceived by a scumbag would actually help him blatantly deceive a stranger. What was wrong with this world?
At that moment, she suddenly felt very disappointed in this famous senior who was talked about by many people in the class.

"Senior, I'll ask you one more time, was the girl who came to have her fortune told with this guy really you?" Wang Runxue asked with a sigh.

Zhong Ling nodded gently.

Wang Runxue had completely lost hope and glared angrily at Han Zhou: "Do you think you can fool me like this?"

She suspected that this scumbag might know that she and Guzheng were classmates, and that he was trying to cover it up in such a clumsy way to avoid telling Guzheng what she had seen and heard today.

But isn't this guy being a bit too unreasonable? I'm not stupid, and neither is Guzheng. We can't just believe whatever he says. What's the point of doing this?

"I didn't lie to you," Han Zhou said with a puzzled look.

Seeing that the other person was about to angrily pick up their phone, he raised an eyebrow, decided to drop the pretense, quietly leaned closer, and said in a low voice, "Hey kid, I just said you're obviously a smart person, so..."

"You don't want to be found out that you secretly filmed your club president, do you?"

Wang Runxue was furious and was about to tell Gu Zheng everything without hesitation when the other party suddenly revealed her secret, causing her heart to tremble.

"you you you……"

"How do I know?"

"I I I..."

"You didn't do it on purpose, it was just an accident?" "He...he...he..."

"He won't mind?"

Han Zhou looked at the guilty girl in front of him with a warm smile, but because he was wearing a mask, Wang Runxue couldn't see any "warmth" at all. Instead, she felt that the smile in his eyes was malicious.

impossible!
Her heart felt like it was being trembled. There was no way her secret filming of the club president could have been exposed. How did this guy know?
What's even more terrifying is that this guy not only knows her secret, but he can also read her mind with perfect accuracy...

Isn't this too outrageous?
Han Zhou certainly couldn't explain to her. The most important thing right now was to stop this guy from tipping off Gu Zheng, otherwise a major crisis would definitely occur today!
He had been pondering for a while now, wondering where the crisis mentioned in the "interesting fortune-telling" would occur and in what form. He had even planned to attend the event with Zhong Ling, but then she glanced at the girl doing the fortune-telling and, in the next second, told him a terrifying truth—

"I think I've seen this person in PE class before; he's Guzheng's classmate."

Upon hearing those words, Han Zhou finally understood where today's crisis came from.

At the same time, he finally understood why the girl's eyes had been looking strange. He had thought she was just concerned about his and Mo Yixia's disguise, but now it seemed she had clearly recognized him.

He and Guzheng were often seen together, never trying to hide it. It wasn't surprising that their classmates saw them and speculated about their relationship, and it wasn't impossible that they thought they were a couple. Therefore, once they saw him walking with another girl...

Realizing this, Han Zhou decided to immediately "control" the girl to prevent the other party from tipping off Gu Zheng.

He thought it would take some effort, but to his surprise, he found a new skill in his status bar.

Although he was reluctant to accept the "new certification" in the status bar, fortunately this skill could help him temporarily get out of the crisis.

And so the current situation has arisen.

After a moment of silence, seeing the girl's increasingly flustered expression, Han Zhou continued in a low voice, "I know you have many suspicions about me. Some of these suspicions are true, while others are unfounded guesses. If possible, I hope you will not make any unfounded assumptions about me, and even less about my relationships with others... especially in front of Guzheng."

"Of course, I won't speak ill of you behind your back without cause."

Han Zhou's tone was low, and although he didn't say it explicitly, his meaning was clear—

We both misunderstand each other, so let's not make unfounded assumptions based on a small discovery, and let's not spread rumors. Of course, it's okay if you want to talk about it; at worst, we'll just hurt each other.

To be honest, Han Zhou felt a little ashamed. Ever since he started trying to "inspire" both things, he not only told more lies, but now he was even threatening a complete stranger in order to continue deceiving Gu Zheng.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

"Wanting both" is just a nicer way of putting it. To put it bluntly, he wants to be a scumbag, and he's taking the most difficult route. Not only is it difficult to win over his target, but he also wants to enjoy the bliss of having two women in the end, instead of running away with his pants down.

In any case, he was already morally corrupt from the moment he decided to become a scumbag. Now he's not even more corrupt, he's just accepted his identity.

Deceiving people is necessary. If he could win over Guzheng and Mo Yixia with reason and emotion alone, he wouldn't be having such a headache now.

"I, Han Zhou, am a morally corrupt scumbag."

Han Zhou silently repeated it to himself a few times, and sure enough, it worked quite well, reducing his mental burden considerably.

He suddenly realized that if things went completely wrong and Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia both left him, then he would have no way to gain points. Without points, he would no longer be able to suppress his terminal illness through the status bar, and he would die soon, which would be a punishment from heaven.

It really is a do-or-die situation... Han Zhou smiled bitterly to himself.

He often reflected on himself, thinking that both Guzheng and Mo Yixia were good girls, and he only needed one. Why did he have to be so greedy and try to win them both over?
The moment he realized he would die if he left these girls, he suddenly understood something.

Perhaps it is because he had nothing for the previous eighteen years and even his life was once in danger that he now wants to grasp everything he can.

To lose nothing more and have no regrets—that's what he wants.

Even if morally corrupt.

Moreover, he was forced into this situation. If he hadn't inexplicably contracted a terminal illness and then inexplicably encountered a status bar that required him to be linked to a girl, he wouldn't have faced such a choice.

So he was forced into a relationship, and also forced into becoming a scumbag.

Han Zhou quietly exhaled a breath of stale air, glanced at the new skill in the status bar, and thought to himself that his skin was indeed thick enough; this way, the appearance of this skill wouldn't be considered an insult to him...

While Han Zhou went through a series of complex psychological activities, Wang Runxue also went through a long internal struggle before finally reluctantly saying "Oh".

She agreed to Han Zhou's terms of exchange, but still wanted to know how he knew about it.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you that."

Faced with her question, Han Zhou had no intention of answering. "I've always kept my mouth shut, even when it comes to you personally. This should be a good thing for you, right?"

"Humph."

Wang Runxue snorted coldly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and said fiercely, "I'll be keeping an eye on you."

"Whatever, goodbye then."

Han Zhou smiled and was about to leave with Zhong Ling when Wang Runxue stopped him.

"Wait a moment."

"Any thing else?"

"Didn't you want a fortune telling? Taking the money and not doing anything would make me look like a shameless person." Wang Runxue's words were full of barbs, and she said sarcastically, "You two should hold hands."

Zhong Ling paused, then turned to look at Han Zhou with a puzzled expression: "Want to hold hands?"

Han Zhou shook his head, about to say he didn't want to do the divination anymore, when he heard the other person carefully extend their hand.

"We'll hold hands later too, right?"

Zhong Ling unconsciously clutched the small cloth bag, her clear eyes filled with nervousness. "Just consider it preparation in advance..."

She had already heard about the matter, and although she didn't quite understand it, she had always believed in fate, so she was eager to see what the divination would reveal.

Han Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."

It was rare for the senior to make a request, and he didn't want to disappoint her. Besides, he could tell that she didn't have any romantic feelings for him.

Without any hesitation, he took the other person's hand directly.

It has a delicate feel and is quite different from Mo Yixia.

"He just grabbed my hand like that, what a jerk..."

Wang Runxue inwardly scoffed. If this guy didn't have something on him, she would definitely expose him.

Gathering her thoughts, she looked at the crystal ball.

After more than ten seconds, her expression became blank—

The crystal ball... it must be broken after all.
(End of this chapter)