Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 79 My name is Han Zhou
If I had to name one, cooking could actually be considered one of Han Zhou's hobbies. He spends time on it whenever he has free time, otherwise he wouldn't have mastered the skill of "culinary proficiency".

Most of Han Zhou's skills are very practical, including "Master of Cooking," which makes it easier for him to make delicious food. However, even without the skill, the food he makes is quite tasty.

Speaking of skills, he didn't forget that he had a rather useless skill: "Experience makes one a doctor."

Although this skill can give him a certain resistance to germs, and he has indeed rarely caught a cold or fever in the past two years, the thought that this immunity comes from a body suffering from a terminal illness makes him feel heartbroken.

If he could, he would rather give up this skill and regain a healthy body.

"Experience makes one a doctor" has another effect: it allows him to tell if others are sick. This is quite useful, but unfortunately, the probability of triggering it is too low. It has only been triggered once in the past two years, to the point that he had almost forgotten that "experience makes one a doctor" had this effect.

However, Han Zhou still remembers very clearly the one and only time that this effect was triggered.

He was with Guzheng at the time, and they saw a child on the road. His "long-term illness has made him a doctor" mentality was triggered for the first time. He realized that although the child seemed normal, his actual physical condition was not very good.

After hesitating for a long time, he kindly reminded the child's parents, but they didn't take it seriously at all and even got angry and told him to get out.

Han Zhou could understand this. After all, any parent would feel uncomfortable and would inevitably get angry if they suddenly heard someone say that their child was sick.

He didn't care; all he could do was offer a reminder. Whether or not they wanted to believe it was their business. But Guzheng felt that the parents' reaction was too intense, giving off a guilty feeling.

The two men became suspicious of the middle-aged couple as they observed them more closely. After discussing it, they decided to call the police.

And indeed, these two people were involved in something wrong; they turned out to be despicable human traffickers. They were arrested on the spot by the police. It is said that the police followed this lead and arrested a large number of people, rescuing many abducted children.

Han Zhou and his companion were naturally not involved in what happened afterward. They left after giving their statements, but they were both very happy when they saw the news later.

At the time, Gu Zheng thought that Han Zhou had already noticed that there was something wrong with the two people, which was why he said those things to test them. She kept asking him how he found out. But only Han Zhou knew that this was a result of his "long-term illness becoming a doctor".

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that Mo Yixia had an event quest. After completing the quest, he could randomly upgrade a skill. It would be even better if he could upgrade "Long-term illness makes one a doctor".

This skill has great potential. It's only considered useless because of its low level. Once upgraded, it will definitely have a bright future. Just being able to tell if someone has a disease is impressive enough. Putting aside everything else, it would definitely be useful as a charlatan at a street stall...

"Han Zhou, what are you thinking about?"

At the dining table, the sound of the guzheng pulled Han Zhou back to his senses. He said, "I admit that your cooking is indeed a little better than mine, but that's only because I don't cook much. Don't be too proud of yourself."

She had just witnessed Han Zhou's skillful cooking in the kitchen and had now tasted the food. She knew that the only thing she could do to beat him in cooking was her knife skills, but she still refused to admit defeat. She just hadn't been focusing on cooking.

However, Han Zhou's cooking was indeed delicious, but the bowls at Lin Anyu's house were too small and not as convenient as her own large bowl. Thinking of this, she got up and added another bowl of rice.

Seeing this, Lin Youya, who was holding a small bowl across the table, was greatly shocked and asked Lin Anyu in a low voice, "Little servant, did you count just now? Did Sister Guzheng eat her fifth bowl of rice?"

Lin Anyu was also somewhat surprised by this. He wasn't familiar with Gu Zheng, or rather, apart from Han Zhou, no one in the class was familiar with Gu Zheng. He had never eaten with her before, and he didn't expect her to have such a large appetite. However, compared to her monstrous strength, her appetite didn't seem exaggerated.

"Although she eats a lot, Sister Guzheng is very strong." He lowered his voice and took the opportunity to advise her, "You need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so you should eat well too."

Lin Youya held the small bowl and nodded earnestly.

She had originally planned to have Han Zhou help her prove to her friends that she wasn't bragging, but now she no longer had that idea. She felt that she was no longer a naive child.

But Han Zhou's cooking is really delicious, even better than Mom's and the nanny's. I should invite him over to play more often.

I still can't think of a way to repay his life-saving grace. This is such a difficult question...

The little girl was very distressed.

Everyone ate their meal in silence. Suddenly, Han Zhou seemed to remember something, looked at Lin Anyu, and asked, "By the way, Gu Zheng and I were busy in the kitchen and didn't have time to check our phones. You must have seen them, right? What happened in the group chat after you confessed?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zheng, who had been focused on eating with her head down, became interested and said excitedly, "I almost forgot about this if you hadn't mentioned it. I also want to know what happened next."

Seeing the eager gazes from the two, Lin Anyu's expression became somewhat unnatural. However, he knew that there was no point in saying anything, since they could check the group messages themselves later. So he could only pretend to be calm and said, "Nothing special. Bai Tongtong hasn't replied yet. Maybe she's shy."

Han Zhou observed his expression and asked suspiciously, "You didn't harass Bai Tongtong before, and she blocked you because she was angry, did you?"

He remembered that this guy had told him a way to test affection levels before, and he had probably already used it on Bai Tongtong.

If Bai Tongtong already harbored resentment towards Lin Anyu at that time, then it wouldn't be surprising if she didn't reply to his messages.

Lin Anyu's expression changed slightly, but he didn't deny the harassment. He said nervously, "It shouldn't be that they blocked me, maybe they're just shy..."

"I think it's just that I don't want to talk to you," Guzheng added vaguely.

"It's also possible that they dislike you and have no desire to reply," Han Zhou added.

Lin Youya glanced at the two of them and felt she should say something, so she added, "Also, maybe that older sister's phone is broken."

Lin Anyu was overjoyed. He never expected that this girl would actually help him save face. It was worth spending so much time playing with her. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Lin Youya continue, "Because she didn't want to see your messages, she was so angry that she smashed her phone." Lin Anyu's face darkened.

Gu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you ask Bai Tongtong privately again? There are usually two reasons why a girl doesn't reply to messages: she's angry and doesn't want to reply, or she hates you and is too lazy to reply. If she really has feelings for you, even if she feels shy after being confessed to, she won't take so long to reply."

Lin Anyu nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with Gu Zheng's point, but it felt as if these words were specifically addressed to Han Zhou...

He hesitated for a moment, then slammed his hand on the table and said, "Fine, I'll ask her now. But if Bai Tongtong is angry because of my confession, you'll have to be my witnesses."

Han Zhou and Gu Zheng exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Okay."

Lin Anyu put down his chopsticks, found Bai Tongtong in his Fetion contacts, and sent her a message.

"Are you there?"

Several minutes passed, but Bai Tongtong still didn't reply. Lin Anyu felt helpless and shrugged at the two of them to indicate that he had no luck. Just as he was about to put down his phone and continue eating, Bai Tongtong suddenly sent him a video call.

He was startled by the ringing and asked, puzzled, "Bai Tongtong didn't reply to my message, but she called me, and it was a video call. What does that mean?"

"video call?"

Han Zhou raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but act as a strategist, "Could it be that she's interested in you? The reason she didn't reply to your messages before was because she was thinking about how to accept your confession. After all, just text messages aren't serious enough, and there's not enough time to meet in person, so face-to-face meetings like this would be more ceremonial?"

Gu Zheng glared at the two boys, annoyed. Han Zhou was despicable; he was clearly instigating them on purpose. But she didn't expose him and said, "Why think so much? Just answer the phone and ask him directly, won't you?"

Lin Anyu thought so too, and quickly found a mirror to look at himself. He even tidied his hair, and his smug look made Lin Youya roll her eyes.

Seeing that his handsome face was flawless, Lin Anyu sat up straight, forced a polite smile, and answered the video call.

I thought I would see Bai Tongtong's gentle face first, but instead, the video showed a bald man with a face full of scars and a noticeable scar. He had a nearly burned-out cigarette in his mouth and was staring fiercely at Lin Anyu on the other side of the screen.

Lin Anyu was dumbfounded. What was going on? Who was this man who looked like a ruthless bandit?

After repeatedly confirming that it was indeed Bai Tongtong's teleportation signal, he was struck dumb, his expression suddenly changing, and he asked in surprise and doubt, "Who are you? Baldy, what do you want to do to Bai Tongtong?"

It's no wonder he overthinks things. The guy in the video doesn't look like a good person at all; he's a complete thug. And considering that Bai Tongtong hasn't replied to his messages for the past few days, she's practically out of contact. What else could this be but being kidnapped?
Seeing Lin Anyu's look of fear and apprehension, Gu Zheng thought something had happened. She put down her chopsticks and was about to go to check on him when Han Zhou reached out and stopped her, shaking his head slightly as if he was trying to suppress a laugh.

She was puzzled when she heard a deafening roar suddenly erupt from Lin Anyu's phone, startling Lin Youya so much that she dropped her chopsticks.

"Who am I? What do I want to do? I'd like to ask you what you want to do!"

The bald man on the screen, his face contorted with rage, spat as he shouted, "I'm Tongtong's father! You brat, why do you send Tongtong all this junk every now and then? I wanted to yell at you when I saw it before, and today you even dared to confess your feelings in the class group chat! What do you mean by that? Do you want to die?!"

"Let me tell you, I made this video today just to remember your face. You better never let me see you again, and especially never let me see you with Tongtong, or I'll beat you to death!"

Lin Anyu was completely stunned, his mind went blank.

What the hell?
Is this hippo-like guy Bai Tongtong's dad? Did they get switched at birth?

He had a toothache.

If it were just the girl's parents seeing his confession, that would be one thing, but he still remembers the stupid thing he just did...

He actually called Bai Tongtong's father "bald dead head"!

it's over...

Lin Anyu was utterly despondent and quickly looked to Han Zhou for help, only to see the latter patting Lin Youya's head and whispering, "Youya, it looks like it's about to rain outside, so we'll have to go now. We'll come back to play next time, okay?"

Lin Youya nodded obediently.

Gu Zheng was still eating her meal, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, as if she planned to eat a few more bites before leaving.

Damn it, Han Zhou is clearly trying to escape!
Lin Anyu's heart skipped a beat. Seeing Han Zhou cast a look at him as if he wished for his own good fortune, he was utterly desperate.

Seeing that Lin Anyu remained silent, the bald man on the screen roared angrily, "Stop playing dead, you brat! Tell me your name if you dare!"

Don't you know my name? Didn't Bai Tongtong save my contact information?

Lin Anyu's eyes lit up, as if he had suddenly seen a glimmer of hope in endless darkness. He took a deep breath and looked into the eyes of the bald man on the screen.

"Hello, Uncle, my name is Han Zhou."

(End of this chapter)