Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 279 That damned aunt!
【Name: Han Zhou】

【Intelligence: 7】

【Charm: 8】

Stamina: 8 (Temporary)

[Skills: Efficient learning, Culinary proficiency, Speed ​​reading, Experienced medical knowledge (enhanced), Powerful throwing, Photographic memory, Adrenaline, Inference, Animal affinity, Guilt-free]

[Occupations: College Student, Master Chef, Skilled but Incompetent Doctor, Passionate Youth, Mission Master, Fearless Warrior]

[Inventory: 21 Power Pills, 1 Mission Detector, 10 Sleeping Pills, 1 Interesting Fortune Telling Card, 1 Mysterious Brocade Pouch]

[Current Status: On the Verge of Death (Temporarily Fixed): Your breathing is long and powerful, your heartbeat is active and strong, your vitality is as vigorous as fire, your overall physical fitness has been greatly enhanced, and your physical functions far exceed those of ordinary people.]

[Random Status: Resigned to Fate (Modified) → Resigned to Man's Fate: Your body is in your own hands. You can choose any part of your body to strengthen your physique. The function of that part will be greatly enhanced. Cooldown time: 3 hours]

[Profession Status: Passionate Youth: You are a passionate youth who dares to do good. When this status is activated, all your attributes will receive a slight boost. Good deeds will be rewarded more easily, and this status can be activated or deactivated at any time.]

[Status bar level: 3, current points remaining: 321]

Recently, Han Zhou has been spending most of his time accumulating points. There's no other way; upgrading the status bar or buying items both require a lot of points. The points given by daily tasks are barely enough, and relying on the status bar to issue temporary tasks is too slow. Therefore, the fastest way for him to obtain points is to use the task detector to farm tasks.

Although it was tiring, the results were quite gratifying. At the current pace, the status bar could be upgraded to level four by the end of the month at the latest, and Han Zhou was full of expectations for it.

It's worth mentioning that the targets he chose for completing tasks were mostly people he was close to, such as Ouyang Lianyu, Xiao Xiaoxiao, and Chen Long. He would also occasionally help other classmates, so he became more and more popular in the class and got closer and closer to everyone.

Perhaps it is because he has been intensively completing tasks recently that he now has a new profession: "Task Master". This profession can increase the task trigger rate and appropriately reduce the difficulty of task settlement, which has a considerable bonus to subsequent points accumulation and is quite practical.

In addition, a new profession called "Fearless Warrior" has been added to the profession list. Han Zhou was initially puzzled about where this profession came from, until he found that the "Elite Simp" profession had disappeared. He then realized that this "warrior" must mean that he was not afraid of the hatchet, which is to say, it is a certification of his scumbag status.

This profession is not very useful. Although it can slightly improve all attributes, the overall effect is far inferior to the "Hot-blooded Youth" of the same type. However, it is better than the previous "Elite Simp" and can be considered better than nothing.

If the change in his profession was only somewhat unexpected for Han Zhou, then the increase in his physical strength was a real surprise.

He remembered clearly that his previous temporary stamina was seven points, but recently it had suddenly increased to eight points. Keep in mind that his current body was only barely hanging on; regular exercise couldn't change his stamina. Therefore, there was only one reason for this change—

The health-enhancing effects of the Power Pill!
That's right, it must be because of the long-term use of the Power Pill that his health attributes improved, and his body got rid of its weak state to a certain extent, which is why his physical strength increased.

This means that persisting in taking the "power pill" was indeed the right choice. As long as it is taken for a long time, even if a way to directly erase the terminal illness from the status bar cannot be found, one will eventually get rid of the terminal illness!

This discovery was like a reassurance to Han Zhou, finally giving him a sense of relaxation.

Finally, there's the recently emerged phrase, "feeling guilty."

He never expected that feeling guilty could become a skill, but it was fortunate that he was able to stop the girl from tipping off Guzheng. Otherwise, if Guzheng returned, he would be met with a bloodbath.

[Feeling Guilty: Consumes 30 points. Stare at the target for more than 10 seconds. You will have a certain probability of seeing any event information that makes the target feel guilty. The probability will depend on the target's current mood. Cooldown time: 24 hours]

Both men and women who are determined to be scumbags gain something from having a guilty conscience, but the effect of "feeling guilty" is far greater than that of "fearless warrior." The fact that he can see through other people's guilty consciences means he's a decent person; otherwise, there would probably be a few more pitiful wives in this world...

Putting aside his chaotic thoughts, Han Zhou immediately thought of his voyeuristic thoughts about Mo Yixia. Ever since they met, this girl had always acted like she was sitting on the sidelines, so if he could catch her red-handed... wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wanted to her?

Well, it seems pointless... This guy is probably just hoping I'll do whatever I want, and besides, using this skill on her would easily violate a well-known taboo—

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

Seeing that Han Zhou seemed distracted from the beginning, Zhong Ling became a little nervous and asked cautiously, "Junior, are you unhappy? Was my joke just now too much?"

Her previous answer, "Then let's be together," was actually a joke she made with all her courage. I've heard that close friends joke around with each other, but I don't know if this joke went too far, because the junior has ignored her ever since.

This made her somewhat worried.

Han Zhou sighed deeply: "Yeah, senior, you really went too far. I always thought you wouldn't lie, and I almost believed what you said."

"I...I'm sorry," Zhong Ling apologized with a look of shame. "I won't say anything carelessly next time."

Han Zhou was startled and quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I was just joking. I didn't take it seriously."

"Really?" The girl looked up at him.

"Of course, but I did take it seriously for a few seconds."

"Sorry……"

"I didn't mean to blame you," Han Zhou chuckled.

"That's good."

Zhong Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, tugged at her small cloth bag, and after a few seconds continued, "Junior, can I ask you a question?"

"You ask."

"If...the divination results are true, would you want to be with me?"

Han Zhou was taken aback, not expecting the other party to care about this matter. He smiled and said, "Since the divination result is true, then our being together is already destined. Whether I want to or not, it can't be changed, right?"

"But I don't think you're someone who believes in fate..."

"I don't really believe in fate, or more accurately, I don't believe in fate that is unfavorable to me and the people around me."

Han Zhou didn't deny it, and said with a smile, "If it's a good thing, I'm willing to believe it."

"So...so you think being with me is a good thing?" Zhong Ling asked cautiously.

"Of course," Han Zhou laughed. "I've heard that there are a lot of guys who want to date you. If they heard the results of the divination just now, they might come knocking on my dorm room door as a group tonight."

"No way?" Zhong Ling was a little nervous, covering her mouth and looking around, afraid that she had accidentally let the news slip.

Well... she was really overthinking it.

"Don't worry, my roommates are all reliable, they will protect me." Han Zhou put on a fearless look.

"That's good."

Zhong Ling smiled faintly and didn't ask any more questions, as if getting this answer was enough.

"Um... junior..."

"Hmm?" "I don't actually lie much. You just asked me to try to pretend to be Yixia to get away with it..." Zhong Ling said weakly.

"Really? Why don't I remember?"

"some."

"no?"

"Have."

"Not really."

"really have."

"Okay... I'm sorry."

"It's ok."

"..."

The two chatted as they walked to the center of the playground. According to Zhong Ling, she was participating in a quiz competition, but the final round was quite different, requiring physical strength and teamwork. Generally, all participants who made it to the final round would be paired up, but participants were not prevented from finding other partners.

Only the final winners will receive prizes. If both winners were originally participants in the final round, they will receive three prizes; otherwise, they will only receive one prize. Clearly, this event encourages on-site pairing to achieve the goal of socializing.

Isn't this just a typical dating show?

Han Zhou thought to himself, he had heard that this event was quite large-scale, and the student council had specially sought out many sponsors outside the school. The prizes for this event were provided by a home appliance store outside the school, and as long as you participated in the event, you could get a great value coupon.

Upon arriving at the event venue, he quickly looked around to make sure he didn't recognize anyone before feeling a little relieved. After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message to Guzheng, telling her that he planned to help Zhong Ling win the event.

Mo Yixia's matter must be kept from Gu Zheng, but there is no need to deliberately hide other things. Only Gu Zheng, who doesn't overthink things, is relatively safe. Once she becomes vigilant, her future situation will become quite bad.

"What activity?" Gu Zheng replied quickly, "I'm still at Teacher Ouyang's house. Some bastard has tampered with her wheelchair, so I'm helping to keep an eye on it."

I'm that bastard...

Han Zhou felt a pang of guilt: "What's going on? Why does it have to be that someone tampered with it? Couldn't it just be that it's been neglected for years?"

"Several screws were unscrewed and placed on the chair. Isn't this tampering with something? I strongly suspect it's that Ms. Ouyang's aunt you mentioned. Humph, she'd do something so vicious just to force someone into a blind date. If I saw it, I would never forgive her!"

Oh no, this means she wants to hit someone... As if he could see Guzheng's angry face on the other side of the screen, Han Zhou hesitated for two seconds before replying, "I think it's best not to jump to conclusions about these things..."

Gu Zheng said with dissatisfaction, "Teacher Ouyang was still in a wheelchair until this afternoon. At noon, there were only three people in the room: you, Teacher Ouyang, and her aunt. If it wasn't her aunt, did Teacher Ouyang take the screws off herself?"

Even at this moment, she had no doubt that this was a conspiracy by Han Zhou to stall her.

Han Zhou felt increasingly ashamed. He had taken advantage of Gu Zheng's trust in this way, and he would have no complaints even if he were beaten half to death in the future.

"Anyway, I'll probably stay here this afternoon to take care of Teacher Ouyang. I'll come find you again when it's time to eat. Oh, by the way, you haven't told me what the activity is yet."

Han Zhou wasn't entirely sure either, and replied, "The rules seem to be that you need to hold hands to win the game..."

The guzheng player on the other end of the screen froze, not replying to the message for a long time.

Winning the competition hand in hand with Han Zhou... It has to be said that this event was almost tailor-made for her. Both the victory and Han Zhou were things she had always dreamed of. She couldn't wait to drop the screwdriver and run to the playground.

However, seeing Teacher Ouyang's sad and ashamed face, she realized that she couldn't leave now and had to stay to take care of him. So she immediately made up her mind and gritted her teeth to reply to a message.

"Go ask if there's still this event tonight. You don't even need the prize."

"I asked, and there was no answer."

"...I understand. Good luck, you must help your senior win the competition!"

"I try my best..."

"It's not just about trying our best, it's about absolutely winning!"

Including my share... she silently added in her mind.

"it is good."

With great difficulty, Gu Zheng put down her phone, took a deep breath, and sneered inwardly, her teeth almost grinding to powder. She added another insult to Teacher Ouyang's aunt.

If it weren't for this woman interfering, she would be the one participating in the competition with Han Zhou right now!
Damn auntie, I'll never forgive you!
My aunt, who was far away in the car, suddenly sneezed, completely unaware that she had been inexplicably resented.

……

Han Zhou had just put away his phone with a wry smile when Zhong Ling beside him asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know why, but Guzheng suddenly got really excited and told me that I had to help you win."

"She's such a good person," Zhong Ling said sincerely.

"He's an idiot too."

A cool voice suddenly rang out, and Mo Yixia appeared behind the two of them at some point, arms crossed, looking utterly bored.

"Yixia, you've arrived."

Zhong Ling looked pleasantly surprised, a gentle smile spreading from the corners of her mouth. She bent down and took out some pastries from her small cloth bag for her.

"Thank you."

Mo Yixia took the pastry, her gaze sweeping over the other person's face, but she didn't see any unusual expression.

Han Zhou looked at her with a puzzled expression: "How did you find us?"

The playground is quite large, and there are so many people around. He didn't know where the activity area was before, so he didn't tell Mo Yixia the exact location. How did this guy find it so quickly?
"Your senior is so beautiful and a celebrity at school, so many people pay attention to her. And yet you dress so avant-garde. All you have to do is ask anyone if they've seen 'Beauty and Bandit' to find out your location," Mo Yixia said calmly.

Han Zhou's lips twitched: "Do I look like a bandit?"

Mo Yixia nodded matter-of-factly: "A bandit who indulges in excessive pleasure."

Zhong Ling covered her mouth and chuckled softly, looking at the two of them with gentle eyes.

When will I be able to joke around with my junior as naturally as Yixia?
(End of this chapter)