Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 71 Perhaps they are just NPCs to you
On the subway to Gu Zheng's house, Han Zhou received a call from Lin Anyu.

"What, go to your house now? That's probably not possible. I made an appointment with Guzheng yesterday to have dinner at her house today."

"Should we call Guzheng over too? I'll have to ask her about that. But are you sure things are really as urgent as you say?"

Lin Anyu pleaded desperately on the other end of the phone, almost bursting into tears. Han Zhou couldn't bear to listen, so he sent a message to Gu Zheng via Fetion.

"Lin Anyu said he has something extremely urgent to discuss with me. Apparently, it's that girl named Lin Youya who wants to see me. He wants us to go together. What do you think?"

"Okay," Guzheng replied quickly.

"Is it okay? Didn't you say you were having dinner at your house today?" Han Zhou was a little worried about disrupting the other party's plans.

"It's okay, it's the same wherever we are. Anyway, I haven't cooked yet. Where are you? Let's go together."

"Then get ready, I'll be at the subway station near your house soon."

"I'll wait for you at the entrance of the residential area."

"it is good."

Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. It was best if Gu Zheng had no objections, so he said to Lin Anyu on the other end of the phone, "Gu Zheng agreed. You don't need to pick us up. Just send me the address, and we'll go there ourselves."

"Han Zhou, my good buddy!"

……

A few minutes later, Lin Anyu walked out of the room with his hands behind his back, his face full of arrogance. Unexpectedly, his foolish cousin didn't even glance at him, which annoyed him. He could only pretend to cough twice.

Lin Youya then noticed that he had come out, and quickly jumped off the sofa, excitedly asking, "How is it?"

"It's easy to catch."

Lin Anyu glanced at her sideways and sneered, "I asked Han Zhou to come over, but he didn't dare to utter a word. He was so apprehensive that he didn't even dare to ask me to pick him up, afraid that I would be troubled."

Lin Youya curled her lip in disdain. This arrogant guy was definitely bragging again, but she was more excited than anything else. Her eyes lit up as she said, "Brother Han Zhou, are you really coming? You promise you're not lying to me!"

Lin Anyu looked helpless: "I'm not lying to you, not only will Han Zhou come, but he will also bring Sister Guzheng with him."

At this point, he seemed to remember something and solemnly reminded her, "By the way, Sister Guzheng is the short-haired sister from last time. Just use that title. Please don't call her 'Second Female Lead Sister' anymore. That's impolite, you know?"

Lin Youya now finds him pleasing to the eye and doesn't argue with him, obediently nodding.

Lin Anyu was very satisfied and continued, "There's one more very important thing: you absolutely mustn't mention anything about being number one in front of Sister Guzheng..."

He fell silent as he spoke, as if there was no need to bring it up. Lin Youya glanced at him in confusion, but seeing that he didn't speak, she continued to feel secretly pleased.

Lin Anyu looked at her giggling sister with pity for a while, then affectionately patted her head and said gently, "Never mind, there's nothing to hide. Just boldly show your strengths to your older sister."

Honestly, what am I worried about?
This girl has no grades, no athletic ability, is clumsy, and a bit silly. What can she compare to the guzheng? Are they competing to see who is more childish?

Aside from this point, which guaranteed victory, he couldn't think of any other way this girl could threaten Guzheng.

Not a concern at all.

Lin Youya didn't see the pity in Lin Anyu's eyes, and even if she did, she probably wouldn't know what it meant. Hearing this, she nodded seriously, feeling a little conflicted. She had so many strengths, so which ones should she show?
How about standing on one leg like a rooster? I'm particularly good at that...

Lin Anyu took the food out of the refrigerator, heated it up in the microwave, and started eating. Suddenly, he remembered something and reminded her while eating, "By the way, what I said before was a lie. Brother Han Zhou is not a special agent. Please don't take it seriously."

"I know."

Lin Youya was playing a game on Lin Anyu's phone, her short fingers tapping randomly on the screen with a focused expression. She said nonchalantly, "I'm not stupid."

Although her uncle's family dotes on their daughter and indulges her quite a bit, they are very strict about controlling her mobile phone. They haven't bought her a smartphone yet, only a smartwatch with phone calls, to prevent her from becoming addicted to her phone at such a young age. The same goes for computers.

Therefore, Lin Youya rarely had the opportunity to play games. She usually had to beg Lin Anyu to let her play for a while when her parents were not around.

Of course, she didn't see herself as asking for a favor; she was merely giving the foolish owl a chance to curry favor with her.

When Lin Youya actually said that she wasn't stupid, Lin Anyu almost burst out laughing. He thought to himself, "If you're not stupid, then who is? Would anyone else believe my previous nonsense?"

However, he didn't show it on his face, and asked in puzzlement, "If you know that Han Zhou isn't a special agent, why are you still so interested in him?"

"It's not entirely because of interest. Brother Han Zhou saved me, and I wasn't very nice to him last time, so I wanted to thank him properly this time."

This was Lin Youya's true thought, but it wasn't the whole reason; she also harbored some selfish motives.

At first, she was just shocked by the scene in the video when Han Zhou came to her rescue that day. It wasn't until later that she realized how exaggerated it was to throw a toy gun and knock away such a heavy lantern. She even went to brag to her friends about it, claiming that she knew a very powerful person. But no one believed her and instead laughed at her for bragging.

She was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She couldn't stand it anymore and was determined to teach these guys a lesson. That's why she was in such a hurry to find Han Zhou to help her clear her name.

Besides that, she still harbored a tiny, sliver of hope—what if, I mean, what if, Brother Han Zhou really was a secret agent? If I learned his skills, wouldn't I have a chance to become a little secret agent myself?

Lin Anyu was unaware of the many thoughts swirling in Lin Youya's mind. Hearing that she planned to properly thank Han Zhou, he felt somewhat gratified and asked, his words muffled, "It's good that you know how to be grateful. I support you. So, how do you plan to thank Brother Han Zhou?"

"This one……"

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Youya suddenly gritted her teeth and said with a pained expression, "I want to give him my treasured figurine!"

Lin Anyu was shocked. He never expected that his eccentric younger sister would make such a decision. It was a very painful thing for her, and its significance was no less than that of an alcoholic giving away his treasured wine.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to tell Lin Youya the truth: "Yaya, I can feel your determination, but Brother Han Zhou probably doesn't like figurines."

Realizing that she didn't have to give away her beloved figurine, Lin Youya first breathed a sigh of relief, then asked curiously, "What does he like?"

"You'll have to ask him about that yourself."

Lin Anyu put down his chopsticks and pondered, "He doesn't seem to have any particular favorite things..."

In his mind, Han Zhou was a very self-disciplined person who had almost no hobbies, and he didn't really know what the other person liked.

Lin Anyu ate very quickly, like a starving ghost, devouring his food in a flash. He then went to the bathroom to wash up and leisurely walked to the sofa to watch Lin Youya play games.

"Don't look at me!"

Lin Youya glared at him fiercely, then turned her phone away, looking somewhat guilty, not wanting Lin Anyu to see her struggling to fight the monsters.

She admitted that her skills were a bit lacking, but that was definitely not her fault; it was just that she hadn't practiced enough. Otherwise, with her talent, she would have been more than capable of becoming a professional player, and taking down two mere monsters would have been a piece of cake.

The screen suddenly went black, and the game character on the phone died.

She furtively peeked at Lin Anyu's location, then quietly chose to revive on the spot.

Lin Anyu was very tall, so even though the little boy had his back to him, he could still see the picture on the phone screen and naturally see that she had secretly come back to life.

But he didn't point it out, he just shook his head and commented, "Tsk, you're really bad."

Realizing she had been exposed, Lin Youya quickly hid her phone and stubbornly insisted, "I just don't play much, I'm not bad at it!"

"is it?"

Lin Anyu scoffed, "I downloaded this game specifically for you. I've never played it before, but do you believe I can play it better than you?"

Lin Youya looked suspicious and shook her head vigorously, saying, "I don't believe it!"

"Give me your phone." Lin Anyu held out his hand, looking quite arrogant. "Open your eyes and watch how I operate it."

Lin Youya suspected that this guy was trying to trick her into giving the phone back, but she was also really curious about whether the other party was really that capable. After hesitating for a long time, she reluctantly handed the phone back to him.

Lin Anyu took the phone and plopped down on it. Lin Youya took off her shoes and stood on the sofa watching him play. She quickly realized that he wasn't even familiar with the skill keys and was just running around by pressing the direction keys. He was obviously worse than her, so she didn't hold back in mocking him and said, "Your skills are not even as good as mine."

As she spoke, she generously began explaining game techniques to him.

Lin Anyu remained silent, simply maneuvering his character around until he quickly stormed into a soldier's camp, where he was beaten and forced to flee in terror.

How could you be so stupid?

Lin Youya couldn't stand it anymore. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, as if she were the one being beaten on the screen. She stretched out her little hand and commanded, "Hit them! Press the attack button, use your skills! If this keeps up, you'll get beaten to death!"

"I won't lay a hand on them."

Lin Anyu shook his head firmly, "Didn't you notice? These soldiers are all the same people as my game character."

So what? Does that mean you can't hit someone?

Lin Youya was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said, "But they are just NPCs. You are the protagonist of this game."

She knows some gaming terminology and knows how to use NPC to describe these game characters.

"Perhaps they are just NPCs in your eyes."

Lin Anyu made no resistance, just watched the game screen go black, turned to look at his sister, sighed softly, and a trace of sorrow flashed in his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about something.

"But have you ever considered that, for some people, these people are also the protagonists of their own stories?"

Lin Youya stared wide-eyed, seemingly lost in a daze.

(End of this chapter)