Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 31: A Difficult Mission
How dare you laugh? I tell you so many funny jokes and you don't laugh, but you laugh at a time like this. How can you laugh?

Han Zhou's face darkened.

It's bad enough that you're making me take the blame, but now you're dumping such a troublesome task on me, and it's 80% complete! Don't you even know your own limitations in math and physics?
It makes me furious just thinking about it. How is this any different from repaying kindness with enmity?

He said irritably, "What do you mean by 'using any means necessary'? Do you mean helping you cheat by any means necessary?"

"of course not."

Mo Yixia shook her head seriously, "I will not cheat unless it is absolutely necessary."

Hmm, it seems they have a flexible bottom line.

Han Zhou's eyes lit up, and he tentatively asked, "If your level still doesn't improve after seven days, wouldn't that become a 'necessary situation'?"

"Stop telling lame jokes. Failing the test won't affect me at all, so why would I cheat for you? Besides, do you think my mom would give me the chance to cheat?"

Han Zhou's face fell: "How can someone with a body temperature of thirty-seven degrees say such cold things..."

Mo Yixia glanced at him and said disdainfully, "I've never heard of a teacher encouraging students to cheat. If I remember correctly, you just seriously taught me how to lie... Shouldn't you be trying your best to teach me what I don't understand at a time like this?"

"I've never heard of anyone being so at ease letting someone else take the blame..." Han Zhou pursed his lips, then smiled bitterly, "I would like to teach you, but seven days is just too short."

He then pushed the fish in front of him back to the other person and said sincerely, "I think you should eat more of this. Maybe there's still hope."

Mo Yixia paused, her chopsticks stilled, and her tone turned cold: "Are you implying that I'm hopeless?"

"No, it's just that you study very hard, and eating more meat can replenish your energy."

"..."

……

After lunch, the two quickly got into teaching mode.

Looking at Mo Yixia's slender figure bent over her desk, Han Zhou felt a headache coming on.

It wasn't that he didn't want to create a miracle, but given the girl's current talent in mathematics and physics, it was clearly impossible to raise her grades to a good level in just seven days.

Although the other person's basic knowledge is not lacking, it is obviously impossible to get a high score based on basic knowledge alone, not to mention that the test paper used is quite difficult and there may not be many basic questions.

In just seven days, let alone whether they can catch up with the learning schedule, the other party's ability to comprehend these two subjects is a major problem.

Mo Yixia is a student with a serious imbalance in her academic performance. Apart from physics and math, which are terrible, her grades in other subjects are quite good. It's not that she lacks ability, especially since she is forced to study every day. She should also be quite hardworking. Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.

The most likely explanation is that she simply doesn't have the talent for math and physics; she's just not naturally inclined to do them. This is a common situation among high school students.

Of course, Han Zhou did not forget his initial guess, which was that Mo Yixia was actually pretending to be stupid and pretending that she couldn't learn it, and that her true level might not be like that.

But he didn't say it out loud, lest the other party get angry again after a short while, and he didn't intend to place his hopes on such unfounded speculation, so he racked his brains to think of feasible solutions.

He definitely couldn't be fired like this, otherwise Jiang Baiqian would definitely settle all old scores and give him no kind looks. Losing his part-time job was a small matter; the real fear was that he would never have the chance to come to her again, and would be completely cut off from Mo Yixia from then on.

To be precise... it's because they have no chance of getting any points from Mo Yixia.

"After thinking it over, cheating is still the most reliable option..."

Han Zhou felt frustrated. He had noticed something: Mo Yixia was talking more than usual today. He didn't know if it was because she was in a better mood or because their relationship had grown closer.

However, there is only one name above the other person's head, and no information has been added since the beginning, which means that the relationship between the two is still stagnant and has not made any progress.

"Is it so hard to just not dislike me...? Come to think of it, this guy first made me take the blame while he reaped the benefits, and now he's come up with a pledge that could very well get me fired. It all looks like he's using me and then discarding me..."

"But she just asked me to teach her ventriloquism, she probably doesn't want me to get rid of her so soon..."

I just don't understand, I really don't understand, what is this guy thinking?
While lamenting the long and arduous road to fifty points, Han Zhou also sighed inwardly at how complicated women's minds were.

He had considered trying to find a solution through the status bar, but no matter how he looked at it, "on the verge of death" couldn't be related to studying, let alone affect Mo Yixia.

Even if he could change his "on the verge of death" state into something like a teaching halo, he probably wouldn't have time to teach Mo Yixia, because he would immediately revert to his weak state and could die at any moment.

One point needs to be clarified—the status displayed in the status bar is merely a data-driven representation of a certain trait and does not directly represent the status itself. In other words, while being on the verge of death is a status resulting from a terminal illness, it does not mean that the illness itself is terminal.

If "on the verge of death" is replaced with another term, it will not make Han Zhou's condition disappear. On the contrary, it will temporarily remove the condition from data and make it impossible to observe accurately, thus making it more uncontrollable.

Han Zhou has never truly escaped his illness. The twenty-four hours of life force he gained through "being on the verge of death" was merely used to suppress the "being on the verge of death" brought about by the terminal illness.

Being on the verge of death doesn't mean it's gone; it means it's been suppressed.

Without permanently fixing the condition, this will not make the symptoms disappear; it will only temporarily suppress the negative effects of the symptoms.

The same applies to “dying on the verge of death”.

These states derived from "being on the verge of death" all represent extremely powerful vitality, which is the key to Han Zhou's survival to this day.

However, if Han Zhou were to try to change "on the verge of death" into a term unrelated to vitality, regardless of whether he could succeed, it would mean that the state reflecting vitality would disappear.

The phrase "on the verge of death" no longer exists, but the terminal illness will not disappear. Instead, it will spiral out of control and could lead to Han Zhou's death at any moment.

In short, the status in the status bar is just a word that reflects the status, not the status itself. For example, the "full of energy" status that you often see on the guzheng cannot completely deny the fact that it is energetic even if you remove those four words. You can only make certain adjustments based on that.

In Han Zhou's judgment, modifications to a certain state cannot deviate too much from the original state—if it involves vitality, it can only affect vitality; if it involves speed, it can only affect speed; the result of the modification cannot deviate significantly from the category to which the original state belongs.

This is a fixed area.

A simple example: you can transform an ordinary car into a completely different supercar, but you can never transform it into a building because the difference is simply too great.

Of course, this may also be related to the current low level of the status bar. In the future, when the level is higher, it may be able to get rid of this restriction. Han Zhou is not yet luxurious enough to use a large number of points to verify, so many guesses can only be guesses.

If he really had that many points to verify, he probably wouldn't be having a headache right now because he's worried about not being able to stay by Mo Yixia's side.

By then, let alone "on the verge of death," "on the verge of death" or "on the verge of death" will be on everyone's mind every day. I wonder what that will feel like.

The problem is that he doesn't have any points right now.

There are only four regular sources of points each day, and sometimes you may not be able to collect them all, so you definitely can't waste points, and you should try to preserve the sources of points as much as possible.

"The points I can get this way are still too few. It seems that once I complete the task of making Mo Yixia not dislike me, I need to find a way to get close to that girl named Zhong Ling. Not to mention the ten points for unlocking the character, she must also have a side quest with a lot of points..."

"But it's a bit strange, why have there only been side quests all this time? I wonder when the main quests will start, and what they'll be like..."

Han Zhou's thoughts drifted further and further away, but were suddenly pulled back by a clear, cold voice.

"You think you've gotten dementia just because you haven't eaten fish for a day? Let me show you how well I can do it."

Mo Yixia stretched out her fair hand and handed over the exercise book.

Han Zhou snapped out of his daze and shook his head inwardly. Why think about all this nonsense? He should focus on getting through this hurdle first. However, when he took the exercise and looked at it, his vision went black and despair filled his eyes. He thought to himself, "It's better not to get through this hurdle."

Mo Yixia, no longer acting like a psychologist, seemed oblivious to the distress in his eyes and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Think about how to get you through the test."

Han Zhou said with a frustrated look, "It's not that I look down on you, but judging from your current state, you definitely won't be able to fulfill the promise you made."

Mo Yixia corrected, "It has nothing to do with me; this is the pledge you made."

"Okay, then at this rate, I definitely won't be able to fulfill my pledge." Han Zhou was even more frustrated.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, I can only say I'll do my best." Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and reminded him, "I've taken the blame for you, so don't try to sabotage me on purpose. Cheer up."

He sighed resignedly, stood up, and said, "Alright, let me explain it to you again. Didn't we do a similar problem yesterday? Let's draw a diagram first..."

Mo Yixia didn't speak, but simply sat back down at her desk and listened quietly.

(End of this chapter)