Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 374 A Surprise Attack by the Guzheng!

Han Zhou agreed to let Mo Yixia stay in the room for a while, but he never expected that "staying for a while" meant staying on his bed.

But he just couldn't refuse.

Just as the other party just said so confidently, on such a cold day, you can't expect me to stand there in my pajamas and talk to you, can you?
Fortunately, this guy was relatively well-behaved. He just went to bed, covered himself with the blanket, and didn't do anything else. He even kept a certain distance from him.

Mo Yixia leaned against the headboard, pulling the blanket up to about her chest, burying her arms under the blanket, only revealing half of her palm. She breathed on her palm and sighed, "It's really cold today."

She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and the light from the desk lamp kissed the girl's face through her fingers, making her dark hair shimmer.

Han Zhou looked away, no longer watching the girl's clumsy acting, and said irritably, "I've already turned up the air conditioning temperature, you're practically sweating, so stop pretending. I'm not going to make you get out of bed. Tell me, what did you find out?"

Mo Yixia pretended not to hear, still breathing on her palms to make herself look cold, and said slowly, "The premise for me to answer this question is that I have to stay in your room for a while. There is not enough time for 'a while' now, so it is not time for me to answer yet."

"Okay, let's talk about something else first."

Han Zhou shrugged, picked up the remote and turned the air conditioner temperature down a bit to avoid making the two of them sweat profusely, which would be difficult to explain if others saw them. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Teacher Ouyang has already told me that they asked Wang Lengqiu about her childhood. Were you there at the time?"

"Yeah, but they left quickly," Mo Yixia replied lazily.

Why didn't you tell me about this?

"Are you referring to Wang Lengqiu's claim that he doesn't know you? I didn't hear the whole thing at the time, so I can't give you the details. Anyway, someone will tell you later, and now you know, don't you?"

Seeing her listless expression, Han Zhou was puzzled and asked, "Aren't you interested in this?"

"No, I'm very interested."

"Then why didn't you listen to the rest of what he said?"

"Because there's no need to listen any further," Mo Yixia said calmly.

"As expected, you saw through Wang Lengqiu's lie from the very beginning."

Han Zhou sighed; Mo Yixia's current reaction was enough to prove that his guess was correct.

“I never said she was lying.”

To his surprise, Mo Yixia's answer was completely unexpected.

"What?" Han Zhou was stunned.

Mo Yixia gave him a strange look: "When did I say she was lying?"

He was stunned for a moment, and it took him a while to react. He looked astonished and said, "You mean Wang Lengqiu didn't lie?"

His first reaction was that Mo Yixia was playing a trick on him, but he quickly realized that she wouldn't joke about something like this.

Mo Yixia didn't answer, but just sighed softly and said to herself, "It's really cold today."

She breathed on her palms and asked worriedly, "Han Zhou, before air conditioning existed, what methods did people use to combat the cold weather?"

Han Zhou's eyelids twitched, and he hesitated before answering, "Use an electric heater..."

"What about before there were heaters? Or rather, before there was electricity?"

"Of course, with fire."

"What about before people learned to use fire?"

“That was an era even more primitive than that of primitive humans,” Han Zhou sighed, then patiently continued, “They probably relied on body hair.”

"That's it..."

Mo Yixia, seemingly annoyed, asked with a hint of worry, "Now that humans have lost their body hair, what will they use to withstand the extreme cold if they lose electricity and fire?"

Han Zhou remained silent for a moment, then finally lost his temper: "If you want me to hug you, just say so. Why beat around the bush!"

"I didn't force you."

Mo Yixia looked completely innocent, calmly throwing off the blanket, then closed her eyes contentedly, seemingly certain that the other person would come and hug her. And indeed, it turned out just as she had predicted.

Unlike a meaningful kiss, Han Zhou didn't intend to dwell too much on hugging. After all, he had hugged Mo Yixia before. He took a deep breath and wrapped his arms tightly around her slender waist, but quickly let go.

It takes about three seconds.

Mo Yixia opened her eyes, sighed with lingering satisfaction, and said with slight disappointment, "I didn't even feel anything, and you're already done?"

Han Zhou's lips twitched: "Stop talking nonsense, just tell me, did Wang Lengqiu lie or not?"

He cares a lot about this issue.

"Only a scumbag like you could repeatedly mention other girls while sharing a bed with one girl."

Mo Yixia sighed softly and said, "That senior Wang Lengqiu's thoughts are not as easy for you to guess, but in my opinion, at least she didn't lie when she answered that question."

I wasn't lying...

Although Mo Yixia was quite modest, Han Zhou still believed her judgment and frowned, saying incredulously, "So... Wang Lengqiu really didn't know me before?"

"That's not necessarily true." Mo Yixia yawned.

"What do you mean?"

Han Zhou quickly looked at her, realizing that she still had something to say.

Mo Yixia didn't answer, but just gave him a half-smile, then lifted the blanket again and gently closed her eyes.

Han Zhou had anticipated this outcome. He sighed and gave the girl another three-second hug.

Mo Yixia pulled the covers up contentedly, straightened her pajamas slightly, and then said unhurriedly, "I think you probably don't know what exactly Teacher Ouyang and the others asked Wang Lengqiu."

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it about whether Wang Lengqiu knew me when we were kids?"

"That's roughly the question, but even the same question can change its nature if it's phrased differently."

Mo Yixia didn't keep them in suspense. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Their question at the time was, 'Did you know Han Zhou when you were very young?' Wang Lengqiu denied it."

Did you know Han Zhou from when you were very young...?

Han Zhou silently repeated the question, frowned slightly, and pressed on, "And then?"

"There is no more."

Mo Yixia glanced at him and said lazily, "I told you, I only stayed for a short while before leaving. That's all I know."

"Can……"

Just as Han Zhou was about to continue asking questions, he suddenly heard a light footstep outside the door. He subconsciously thought that someone was going to the toilet, but the footsteps suddenly stopped, as if they had just stopped at the door of his room.

who is it?

His heart skipped a beat. Mo Yixia was in his bed, and it would be terrifying for anyone to be standing outside the door at this moment. He composed himself, quickly looked at Mo Yixia, and asked in a low voice, "You must have locked the door when you came in, right?"

"What do you think?"

Mo Yixia's ambiguous smile dampened his expectations. The other party had obviously heard the footsteps outside the door, but showed no panic. Instead, she seemed quite interested. "I just plan to stay in your room for a while. There's no need to lock the door."

This guy definitely did it on purpose...

Han Zhou broke out in a cold sweat because there were no more footsteps outside the door, which meant that the person at the door had not left and might even enter the room at any moment!
No, I have a bad feeling...

He was about to tell Mo Yixia to find a place to hide, but before he could speak, the doorknob suddenly started turning, and the door was pushed open forcefully.

The next second, the guzheng stormed into the room.

(End of this chapter)