Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 458 Junior's Elder

Liang Hongfei wasn't sure if Yu'er's change was related to the child named Han Zhou, nor was she sure what the true relationship between the two was, but at least one thing was certain—

Now is the best time to make Yu'er fall in love!

Since Yu'er wants to arrange a fake boyfriend to deal with them, then they will play along and make the fake relationship real, so that Yu'er can have a genuine romance!

If Yu'er wasn't lying and the two were indeed in a real boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, that would be perfect. What they needed to do was solidify their relationship and finalize the marriage as soon as possible! It would be best to arrange an engagement ceremony first!
What? They're teacher and student? That's inappropriate?
So what? Once Xiao Han graduates, won't the two of them be a perfectly normal couple?

If all else fails, Xiao Han can also take the teacher's exam. If both husband and wife are teachers, then no one will gossip, right?

As for age... Yu'er is a bit older compared to others, but a woman three years older is considered auspicious, and their family can simply not ask for a dowry and will cover the wedding expenses!
In short, Liang Hongfei believed that as long as Yu'er could experience the beauty of love and no longer resist marriage, anything she did would be worthwhile.

Of course, this doesn't mean she won't ask any questions. She still needs to do the necessary checks on the man, otherwise what if she encounters a jerk?
This is precisely why she and her husband arrived at Linda University ahead of schedule.

Han Zhou and Ouyang Lianyu miscalculated two things—

First, Ouyang Lianyu's parents came to the city not to test the relationship between the two, nor did they intend to expose them. Rather, they wanted to solidify their relationship. Whether they were a real couple or not, they would treat it as a real one.

This was naturally Liang Hongfei's idea. As an old-fashioned man, Ouyang Wenhao initially refused to agree, shouting "utterly absurd" at home. However, his wife was seriously ill, and he dared not ignore her wishes at this critical juncture, though he was certainly a hundred percent unwilling in his heart.

Secondly, while Ouyang Lianyu's father was indeed conservative and rarely came into contact with new things, Liang Hongfei was not like that. She had downloaded the most popular short video app a long time ago and kept abreast of information related to Lincheng University.

Just a few days ago, she saw Han Zhou on a short video platform.

It was a video with extremely high viewership. In the video, Han Zhou pushed his wheelchair at an extremely fast speed and performed amazing maneuvers such as instant acceleration, wheelchair drifting, and high-speed overtaking of people. There were thousands of comments below.

The video was short, and the final shot focused on a thin girl who looked like Han Zhou's teammate. Judging from her last action, she seemed to be about to sit on his lap.

Liang Hongfei searched for a long time but couldn't find a more complete video, so she decided to come to the school to ask for clarification.

Ouyang Wenhao hadn't watched the video; he assumed his wife was verifying whether their daughter's boyfriend was real or not, and whether he was someone she could entrust her life to. Otherwise, she would only be more dissatisfied.

If it weren't for his wife's serious illness, he would never have allowed his daughter to date one of his students. Therefore, he always hoped to hear bad things about that boy named Han Zhou from the school, so as to dissuade his wife from supporting their relationship.

Who would have thought that after wandering around Linda for more than 20 minutes, he not only failed to get any information, but also accidentally let slip some things, forcing him to remain silent from then on and hand over the right to speak to his wife.

And his wife did indeed find out some things.

Whenever the students heard the name Han Zhou, their answers were almost identical.

"That guy you're talking about, he's awesome! He's really awesome! He's just awesome, that's all!"

Ouyang Wenhao couldn't understand why these students, who were all from prestigious universities, would use such vulgar words. If the meaning of the words was equally vulgar, that would be one thing, but this particular word was used to praise someone.

In other words, the kid named Han Zhou seems to have a pretty good reputation at school; at least I haven't heard any blemishes about him along the way.

This made him feel frustrated, but also inexplicably relieved.

Seeing that Zhong Ling seemed a little lost in thought, Liang Hongfei smiled and said, "What's wrong, little girl? If you have something on your mind, you must talk to someone. Don't keep it to yourself. If you don't mind, you can talk to Auntie about it."

Seeing that Zhong Ling remained silent, Ouyang Wenhao snorted coldly and frowned, saying, "She doesn't want to talk to you, why are you meddling in her business?" "What do you know?"

Liang Hongfei glared at her husband and explained in a low voice, "This child seems to have some psychological problems; she can't speak."

Ouyang Wenhao's expression froze, and he immediately turned to look at Zhong Ling. The latter had an apologetic smile on her face, and her lips moved as if she was saying something. Finally, she took out her phone from the small cloth bag at her waist, typed a line of text in the input box, and then held the phone up in front of the two of them.

"I'm sorry, I'm not troubled by anything."

Ouyang Wenhao fell silent, turning his head away with a complicated expression. But his wife immediately nudged him with her elbow and questioned him in a low voice, "Ouyang Wenhao, are you so obsessed with saving face? You're used to being the head of the family, and now you can't even bow your head and apologize?"

He trembled, and after a while, he stiffly turned his head and said in a very awkward tone, "Um... I'm sorry, young lady, I misunderstood you."

After saying that, he turned his head away again.

Liang Hongfei stared at her husband with a helpless expression, then turned to Zhong Ling with a gentle smile: "I'm sorry, young lady, he's just concerned about his image, he didn't mean any harm. I apologize on his behalf."

Zhong Ling shook her head, perhaps feeling that this wasn't clear enough, so she typed again on her phone: "It's okay, I don't mind, thank you for your concern."

What a good kid...

Liang Hongfei sighed inwardly, then her gaze suddenly sharpened—

Because Zhong Ling was using Fetion's chat input box to type, and her phone screen was currently on a chat with a contact, she immediately noticed that contact's name—

Han Zhou.

Is it a coincidence that Han Zhou shares the same name as Yu'er's student?

Liang Hongfei was a little curious. Although it was impolite, she subconsciously glanced at the chat history between the two and found that it was just a very ordinary exchange. The two even simply addressed each other as senior and junior, and their relationship seemed to be just average. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, I thought this girl had a close relationship with the boy Yu'er liked... She chuckled to herself that she was overthinking things. What a coincidence that she would run into her daughter's love rival as soon as she arrived at school.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If it really was some kind of unusual relationship, the chat history should have been quite ambiguous. How could this girl easily expose it to outsiders?

Liang Hongfei gradually calmed down, but soon remembered the thin girl she had seen in the video and felt it was still necessary to test her.

If Yu'er truly loves him, she can accept many of her future son-in-law's shortcomings, but she absolutely cannot allow Yu'er to marry a fickle person. He must be devoted to his feelings, and she cannot tolerate even the slightest hint of infidelity, otherwise Yu'er will never be happy in the future.

So she pretended to be surprised and said, "Little girl, do you also have a friend named Han Zhou? What a coincidence! We also know a boy with the same name. He's a student at this school. We heard he's had some trouble lately and has been in a wheelchair, so we came here specifically to see him."

Ouyang Wenhao immediately turned his head and looked at her sternly, as if warning her not to talk nonsense, but Liang Hongfei didn't care. She hadn't lied. One of the purposes of coming to Lincheng this time was to see what kind of person Han Zhou was.

Zhong Ling paused, unconsciously tugged at her small cloth bag, and became more reserved. She typed, "Are you my junior's elders?"

"I guess so. It seems the Han Zhou we know is the same person," Liang Hongfei said with a smile.

This is not a lie either. Han Zhou is Yu'er's "boyfriend," which means he is their junior.
She gave her husband a warning look, signaling him not to interrupt.

(End of this chapter)