Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 55: There really was an unexpected event.

Zhong Yin put down the wrench and went to check the truck tires.

Han Zhou and the short man stood silently not far away. The latter took out a pack of cigarettes and was about to put one in his mouth, but when he noticed Han Zhou beside him, he hesitated for a moment and put the cigarette away.

He wasn't tall, but he was quite muscular with a broad back. His face wasn't exactly ugly, but it was definitely fierce enough. His skin was rough, and his palms were covered in thick calluses, making him look like someone who had been doing manual labor for a long time.

Han Zhou didn't want to have much interaction with this guy and was thinking about how to improve his relationship with Zhong Yin when the short man suddenly spoke up, saying, "Um... thank you for last night, for not telling my wife about my situation."

"nothing."

Han Zhou shook his head. Telling this guy's wife wouldn't do him any good, and he might even get retaliated against. He just didn't want to cause trouble.

"I heard that your dad... Han Long owes a lot of money to others, and there are many debt collectors. No one has been able to find him yet. Who knows, someone might come to your house again in the future. Be careful."

Is this for real? Han Long really is incorrigible...

Han Zhou frowned slightly, somewhat surprised that the other party would specifically remind him of this. He said "thank you" and then fell silent.

Seeing that the man didn't want to talk to him anymore, the short man didn't want to make a fool of himself and decided to go ask about the tires.

Just then, Zhong Yin walked over expressionlessly and said, "The left rear tire does have a problem and needs to be replaced. This is a truck that is used for delivering goods all year round, and the wear on the right rear tire is also quite serious, so I suggest you replace both tires."

"How much does it cost?"

The shorter man wasn't concerned about how many tires he needed to change, but rather about the price, adding, "I want to get the more expensive ones."

"The most expensive tires I have here are 1,600 yuan, so a pair would be 3,200 yuan."

Without a second thought, the short man quickly replied, "Okay, then give me the most expensive one. Can you give me an invoice?"

"..."

Han Zhou understood immediately. He had been wondering why this guy was so rich and powerful, even choosing the most expensive tires. Now it seemed that the other party probably wanted to find someone to reimburse the cost of the tire replacement, and with some maneuvering, he might even make a small profit.

The short man clearly thought so, and without trying to hide it, he leaned close to Zhong Yin and whispered something to her. The latter listened silently and nodded indifferently.

To be honest, someone like Zhong Yin isn't really suited for business because she has absolutely no enthusiasm for customers and even seems a bit indifferent. A repair shop is essentially a service industry, and it needs to meet customers' repair requests based on the situation. Friendly conversation is essential, and such a curt attitude is not very appealing.

Of course, Zhong Yin is a beautiful woman, which is enough to increase her appeal. Moreover, the repair shop run by a beautiful woman is quite eye-catching. If a video is filmed and posted online with a title like "Most Beautiful Repairwoman," this guy might become an internet celebrity for a while.

In Han Zhou's memory, there were many similar people every few days in his past life, such as the most beautiful milk tea girl, the most beautiful deliveryman, the most beautiful porter... In short, today this most beautiful so-and-so becomes popular, tomorrow that most beautiful so-and-so becomes popular, just like an assembly line. However, such people can only appear for a very short time and will soon be forgotten by the public.

Unless one is truly beautiful enough to bring ruin to a country, like Daji and Baosi.

Han Zhou was lost in thought for a moment, and when he came to his senses, Shi Yin was already changing the tire. He hadn't paid much attention just now and didn't know how the woman had managed to move such a heavy tire to the side of the car.

The short man stood to the side and watched for a while, then sighed, "I thought auto repair shops were full of rough old men, but I didn't expect to find a beautiful woman like your master..."

At this point, he looked at Han Zhou with a puzzled expression, "But aren't you going to help?"

Master? What master?
Han Zhou was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized, "That's right, helping might help me get closer to Zhong Yin, I can give it a try."

So he quickly walked over to the woman and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with? This tire looks quite heavy, how about I help you carry it?"

Zhong Yin didn't even look up: "You're probably not as strong as me."

Han Zhou instinctively wanted to refute, but with only three points of physical strength, he didn't have much confidence to speak, so he could only vaguely say, "That's not necessarily true."

That's not necessarily true. If he changes his state, his strength could definitely be so great that it would surprise this guy.

In just over two hours, three temporary statuses will be refreshed in the status bar. I wonder if any of them will be useful. Thinking about this, Han Zhou is somewhat looking forward to it.

"If you really want to help, just stay away from me. That would be the biggest help you can give me."

Zhong Yin's cold voice pulled him back to reality. "I didn't say anything before because your sister was here, but now I'm telling you, I hate men like you who fawn over everyone. You're obviously up to no good."

"To curry favor?" Han Zhou frowned slightly.

"Is not it?"

Is this how you usually describe people who are willing to help you?

"Aside from family, I don't believe anyone would help a complete stranger for no reason," Zhong Yin said coldly.

Han Zhou was a little annoyed. Although his motives were not entirely pure and his main purpose was to gain points, he did genuinely want to help the other party just now. To say that he had ulterior motives was going too far.

Recalling the woman's hostile attitude from the very beginning, he couldn't help but wonder if she had been hurt by some man in the past, which was why she harbored such malice towards men and even forbade others from talking to her sister.

However, Han Zhou's real target was Zhong Ling, so he didn't need to spoil her too much, nor did he need to fawn over her. So he walked away without saying a word, too lazy to talk to her anymore.

Seemingly sensing his dissatisfaction, Zhong Yin said, "It's not too late to regret it now. Return the punch I gave you, or I'll deny it once we're inside."

Han Zhou got angry and sneered, "There are people watching. What if I punch you in front of them, and you lie on the ground and try to blackmail me?"

Zhong Yin's hands didn't stop moving, but her voice turned colder: "I'm not that shameless."

"is it?"

Han Zhou chuckled and said, enunciating each word clearly, "You're not that shameless, and I'm not as ill-intentioned as you think."

Zhong Yin remained silent with a cold expression.

Han Zhou didn't bother to pay her any attention.

However, he gradually began to feel a headache coming on. After all, this woman was Zhong Ling's older sister, and it seemed that Zhong Ling listened to her a lot. It would definitely not do him any good to make things too tense with her.

But since this guy wasn't willing to speak properly, he naturally couldn't lower himself to beg her to improve her attitude, otherwise he would have truly become the kind of fawning she disliked.

What a hassle. Zhong Ling seems quite approachable, and it shouldn't be difficult to get in touch with her, but who knew this woman would become an obstacle.

If possible, Han Zhou would certainly like to build a good relationship with Zhong Ling now. He doesn't want to keep trying to win her favor after school starts, otherwise he might be labeled a simp by busybodies. It would be best if they could establish a certain relationship before school starts.

He was a little worried, but if he did that, he would have to deal with Zhong Yin first. Should he ask Mo Yixia to help again?
While it's not impossible, and Mo Yixia might even help, something just feels off...

In TV dramas, when the relationship between a male and female character is strained, a sudden event usually occurs to help their relationship develop...

The next second, perhaps heaven heard Han Zhou's thoughts, a certain unexpected event actually happened.

Suddenly, a series of ear-piercing roars rang out from the road outside the repair shop. Immediately afterwards, seven or eight motorcycles roared into the repair shop at high speed, and only stopped when they were almost close to Zhong Yin. The rear wheels tried to draw an arc on the ground, but failed.

The leader, with one foot on the ground, whistled as he took off his helmet, casually smoothed his long blond hair back, and said with a grin, "Beautiful lady, did you get your motorcycle fixed yesterday?"

As they spoke, the others also took off their helmets. They looked young, with brightly dyed hair and mostly frivolous and playful expressions on their faces. Han Zhou looked at them strangely, thinking to himself, "Aren't these just a bunch of young punks?"

Zhong Yin focused on changing the tire and replied calmly, "No, we'll have to wait a little longer."

Huang Mao was very dissatisfied upon hearing this, and frowned, saying, "It's been so long and it's still not fixed. This is too slow."

"The appointment time is before 5 p.m. today. It's still early, please wait a little longer."

"Waiting isn't out of the question..."

After thinking for a moment, Huang Mao seemed to feel a bit hot. He unbuttoned one button on his shirt with one hand and said with feigned difficulty, "But it's so hot, we can't just wait outside like this. How about we go inside and sit down?" "Yeah, let us go inside and sit down."

"It's so hot outside, at least give me a drink of water."

"..."

The others quickly chimed in with grins, chattering away and raising their voices as if this would better demonstrate their extraordinary status.

Zhong Yin naturally couldn't agree to this request, and coldly replied, "You can come back in a while."

The blond-haired man was still not giving up and asked, "Can't I even come in and sit down for a bit?"

"No."

Behind the blond-haired man, a guy wiped sweat from his brow with his collar and said with dissatisfaction, "Beautiful lady, you don't know anything about doing business."

Another person chimed in, "Look at what you're saying, what kind of business requires bringing customers to your home?"

The man raised an eyebrow, a lewd smile spreading across his face: "Of course there are. Isn't this how some prostitutes do business?"

Everyone burst out laughing.

Someone even whistled and winked at Zhong Yin, saying, "Beautiful lady, if you won't let us go to your house, you can at least come to ours!"

Everyone laughed even more.

These guys started telling vulgar jokes and spewing profanities, making Han Zhou frown. It seemed like they were there to cause trouble...

Zhong Yin was already short-tempered, and hearing this, he couldn't hold back any longer. However, he managed to restrain himself, took a deep breath, and said coldly, "If you think it's too slow, go somewhere else to fix it."

The blond-haired man chuckled and said, "It's not impossible, but we've already paid. If you want us to leave, you'll have to give us our money back."

Zhong Yin certainly wouldn't agree to a refund. The car was almost repaired, and all that was left was the finishing touches. She didn't want to work for nothing.

Seeing that she remained silent, the blond-haired man grinned, got out of the car and said, "Forget it, I won't waste my time with you. Chen Zixiao is your boyfriend, right? He owes us some money, and we can't find him now, so we have no choice but to come to you."

Zhong Yin paused, turned to look at the blond-haired man, a hint of disgust on her face, and said coldly, "That guy has never been my boyfriend. If he owes you money, go find him. It has nothing to do with me."

How can you say it's not a problem?

Huang Mao said seriously, "When Chen Zixiao borrowed money, he said you were his guarantor and left your address and phone number. Now that he has disappeared, we can only come to you, his guarantor."

Zhong Yin was taken aback at first, then said with an icy expression, "I am not a guarantor, and Chen Zixiao has nothing to do with me. Go find whoever owes you money, don't come to me."

"Don't be so heartless. This is such a big repair shop. What's wrong with helping your boyfriend pay off some money? Don't make things difficult for us. If you insist on not paying... then we'll have no choice but to go to your house to take a look."

The blond-haired man's face showed a threatening expression.

Zhong Yin suddenly stood up, picked up her phone, and said coldly, "Leave now, or I'll call the police!"

Han Zhou's expression suddenly turned strange, and he felt inexplicably that this scene was somewhat familiar.

He glanced at the short man who had been silent not far away. The latter also looked over, his expression somewhat unnatural, clearly finding the scene familiar.

Damn it, isn't this exactly the scenario we went through when we were trying to collect a debt from this kid?
Despite the warning to call the police, the blond-haired man showed no fear and said shamelessly, "Then go ahead and call the police. I'm just here to pick up my car. I'm not breaking the law. Besides, the police are busy and can't keep watch over you all the time. But we're quite free, so we can come and patronize your business every day."

Han Zhou's expression became even stranger. Why did this sentence sound so familiar? Was this a classic line used by thugs?
The shorter man turned his head away, too embarrassed to look at him anymore.

Zhong Yin entered the number on her phone and warned again, "If you don't leave, I'm really going to call the police!"

"Go ahead and report it. I didn't stop you, but don't try to renege on your debt."

Huang Mao sized up Zhong Yin for a while, then suddenly reached out and snatched the two hearing aids from her ears when she wasn't paying attention, saying with a grin, "Use these as collateral until you pay me back."

Zhong Yin's expression changed drastically. Suddenly losing her voice was an incredibly terrifying thing for her. She instinctively wanted to snatch her hearing aid back, but someone was faster than her. It was Han Zhou who had somehow gotten close and grabbed the blond-haired man's wrist.

Zhong Yin was slightly taken aback, while the blond-haired man frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

He had noticed the person wearing sunglasses earlier, but hadn't paid much attention to it.

I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by...

Han Zhou wanted to answer that way, but he just said coldly, "You know what you have in your hand, right? Give it back to her."

He originally planned to observe for a while, since these thugs were like leeches, and getting involved with them rashly would be troublesome. Who knew this guy was so disgusting that he even tried to steal his hearing aid, which made him unable to stand it anymore.

"This has nothing to do with you, right?"

Huang Mao sneered, and the crowd behind him got off their motorcycles and slowly approached, quickly surrounding the two men.

"Let go," he said coldly.

Han Zhou remained unmoved.

"I told you to let go!"

Han Zhou still didn't react.

"I'll count to three, one... two... three!"

Seeing that Han Zhou still wouldn't let go after counting to three, the blond-haired guy got a little embarrassed and shoved him.

The next moment, something unexpected happened. Han Zhou, who had been so tough just moments before, collapsed to the ground like a weakling, his face contorted in pain, clearly having taken a bad fall.

The blond guy was dumbfounded. Was this guy really that weak? I didn't even use much force. No, with this kind of strength, what kind of hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act are you going to perform?

Zhong Yin was stunned; this guy seemed even weaker than she had imagined…

She hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to help Han Zhou up, trying to pull him to the back, but she couldn't move him.

The short man not far away was also somewhat taken aback.

It wasn't that he was surprised by Han Zhou's weakness, after all, the kid was a terminally ill patient. What surprised him was that this blond-haired guy could actually do something to a terminally ill patient. Putting aside whether his conscience hurt him or not, wasn't he afraid of taking responsibility?

Everyone had their own thoughts, but Han Zhou was satisfied. He had deliberately fallen down to make it appear as if the other party had made the first move, so that he could take the initiative no matter what he did next.

This was taught to him by Guzheng, who in turn learned Guzheng from Miao Yan'er. As for where Miao Yan'er learned it from, that remains unknown...

Although he didn't want to get involved with these thugs, seeing that unexpected events had occurred that could improve their relationship, he felt it was necessary to seize this opportunity.

The fact that Zhong Yin helped him up shows that she was willing to accept his help.

To be fair, if it were someone else, Han Zhou might still be willing to help, but he might not be willing to face so many people. Thinking about it this way, Zhong Yin's words earlier actually made some sense.

Han Zhou was filled with emotion and was about to speak when the short man suddenly rushed over, looking fierce and menacing.

"You little bastards, what are you trying to do!"

(End of this chapter)