Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 217 I Have No Friends

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the weather suddenly turned cloudy.

The sky has darkened visibly to the naked eye, and the blue sky has been painted with a layer of gray. The wind that was originally gentle has become manic, blowing down large tracts of withered yellow leaves.

"Autumn is indeed the season when everything dies."

Noila Mo leaned on the bedside. After eating and drinking, she did not put on the mask again. She just looked out the window quietly and sighed without much emotion.

With her deep eyes, lazy tone, and slightly sentimental lines, if she were holding a book in her hand, she would definitely be a standard literary girl, no one would doubt her.

"That's because you only see decay."

Han Zhou smiled. At this time, he was standing by the window. In addition to the old tree with few leaves left in front of him, he could also see the woman who was collecting quilts downstairs, and the woman who was completely unconcerned about the woman's upcoming meeting. As a reminder of the rain, a group of children were still playing hide and seek outside the house.

At the most lively age, even rain is not a problem to these carefree children, and it may even become a part of the fun.

Han Zhou watched the children hiding around with great interest, and even witnessed a girl climbing up the tree with extremely flexible posture, hiding her small body behind the thick trunk.

It was just like the guzheng from childhood, he thought.

"Han Zhou, what are you looking at?"

Seeing the corner of Han Zhou's mouth raised, Gu Zheng was a little curious. He lifted the quilt and stood up. He picked up the bottle with one hand and prepared to go to the window to take a look.

At the same time, she saw Noila Mo in the next bed also lifting the quilt, getting up and picking up the bottle, and seemed to be planning to get out of bed to check.

Their eyes met in the air and then separated.

Gu Zheng let out a "hum" in her heart. She could now conclude that this girl was her love rival. She didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but she soon noticed the other person's careful movements to get out of bed, and she hesitated for a moment.

She seemed to have said that her foot was injured...

After hesitating for a while, Gu Zheng reluctantly walked to Noila Mo, gritted his teeth and said, "Let me help you over."

The tone was full of awkwardness.

Noila Mo was slightly dazed and raised her eyes to look at the other party. She did not see any small thoughts on the girl's face such as "As long as I take the initiative to help her, she can't ask Han Zhou to help."

She seemed to simply want to help herself.

"Thank you."

After a moment of silence, Noila Mo stretched out an arm and gently pressed on Gu Zheng's shoulder, and the latter supported her.

"I've heard of you before." Noila Mo suddenly said, "You are more interesting than I thought."

"Really? I'll just assume you're complimenting me."

Gu Zheng originally didn't want to talk to her, but he raised his head when he heard this, "I have almost never been injured since I was a child. Even if my foot is injured, I can still walk on one foot."

A strange desire to win...

Noila Mo thought thoughtfully: "It's really amazing, you should exercise more often."

This girl's body is not as soft as ordinary girls, but rather firm and her skin is elastic, which is obviously the result of exercise.

Gu Zheng did not answer, but raised the corners of her mouth and proudly raised her chest.

Mo Yixia glanced casually: "I heard that excessive exercise will consume some useful fat."

"There is no use for fat..."

Gu Zheng murmured, and suddenly noticed the other person's sizing gaze. His face turned red and he asked in embarrassment, "What do you mean?"

She stared at the other person's chest for two seconds like a revenge, and then became even more embarrassed.

But even if she became angry, she did not choose to throw this hateful guy back on the bed.

"You really are funny."

Noila Mo retracted her gaze, "Just like the apple on the table."

"You are like a gorilla!"

"I don't mean the shape, but the specificity of this apple, the 'falling star'... I like that title very much."

Gu Zheng snorted coldly and ignored her.

"Let me come."

Han Zhou had actually seen Gu Zheng supporting Noila Mo through the reflection of the window, so he kept watching what happened, thinking that the relationship between the two might get closer because of this incident. However, it backfired when he saw that they were about to As if they were quarreling, they quickly turned around and pretended to run over to help.

"no need."

Noila Mo gave him a meaningful look and said calmly, "I want to go to the toilet."

Gu Zheng belatedly realized that she had invisibly avoided the close contact between Han Zhou and the girl. She couldn't help but feel happy and quickly echoed: "Me too, I want to go to the toilet too!"

Han Zhou shrugged and said nothing.

There is a separate bathroom in the ward. Both of them are currently receiving intravenous injections. They need one hand to hold the intravenous bottle. It is not convenient to go to the toilet, so another person has to help carry the intravenous bottle. However, the girl cannot go to the toilet. He, the boy, was asked to follow him into the bathroom, so they needed to help each other.

Of course, this is when Gu Zheng is there. If Gu Zheng is not there, it is difficult to guarantee whether Noila Mo will say something like "come with me to the toilet" or something like that.

Han Zhou was a little surprised. After drinking the porridge, Noila Mo seemed to be in a good mood. Although Gu Zheng was wary of Mo Yixia, she didn't seem to regard him as a scumbag for the time being. Although the two of them would quarrel, since they could go to the toilet together , that should mean there is no problem.

Well, at least there is no problem today...

Isn’t friendship between people started by going to the toilet together?
He was in a good mood and tentatively said: "I just want to go out and use the toilet. I'll be back soon. You guys... should be fine, right?"

Although there was no problem for the time being, he was still worried that the two of them would quarrel again while he was gone.

"No problem, you go."

Noila Mo glanced at Han Zhou, and she knew that these words were mainly meant for her.

"It's fine."

Han Zhou was completely relieved, walked out of the ward quickly, and closed the door.

"Let's go."

Seeing the door closed, Gu Zheng helped Noila Mo towards the bathroom and asked, "What's wrong with your feet?"

Han Zhou never asked about this guy's foot injury after entering the ward. He seemed to have known about it for a long time, which made her a little concerned.

"It's sprained."

"I know, what I asked was how did you get the sprain?"

"Accidentally."

"When are you not careful?"

"When I'm not careful."

"..."

Gu Zheng knew that this guy didn't want to answer, so he curled his lips and stopped talking.

At this moment, I heard the other party suddenly say: "Can you help me go to the window to take a look first?"

"can."

Gu Zheng was not a vengeful person, and she didn't care what the other party had just done to her. She just happened to want to see what Han Zhou was watching before.

The two came to the window and seemed to have read her thoughts. Noila Mo turned her gaze out the window, looked at the gloomy sky, and asked, "What do you think Han Zhou was looking at just now?"

Gu Zheng was stunned, looked downstairs for a while, and said hesitantly: "It must be those children, they look very interesting... When I was a child, I also liked to hide in the trees like that girl, so no one could find me. "

At this point, she bent her eyes and smiled, as if she was nostalgic for her childhood, but soon she remembered that the person next to her was her love rival, and her face became serious again.

"A child? It can indeed be used as the opposite symbol of withering..." Noila Mo thoughtfully asked, "But why can't it be that woman?"

Gu Zheng moved her gaze to look at the woman downstairs who had just put away her clothes, with a helpless and loving smile on her face, and suddenly felt sad: "Do you mean Han Zhou misses his mother?"

She knew that Han Zhou's mother passed away not long after he was born. She had never experienced maternal love since she was a child. She just moved out of her former residence yesterday. Maybe such a scene could easily touch him.

"You are really sentimental."

Noila Mo glanced at her, there was no derogatory meaning in her tone, she just said calmly, "If according to your logic, that woman is thinking about her mother, then doesn't it mean that those children are thinking about having many children in the future? Already?"

"What's the matter...then why do you think Han Zhou is looking at that woman?" Gu Zheng's face was slightly red, and the word "birth" was still a bit embarrassing for her.

After all, if Han Zhou wanted to have many children, wouldn't it mean that he...

Noila Mo didn't notice her expression, looked at the woman downstairs for a while, and said seriously: "Do you think it's possible that Han Zhou has fallen in love with her?"

"?" Gu Zheng looked dull: "Are you kidding? That woman must be at least in her 40s, right?"

Noila Mo said calmly: "As long as you like it, age doesn't matter."

"But it's impossible for Han Zhou to like her."

"Who knows."

"Don't make fun of Han Zhou casually." Gu Zheng said dissatisfied, "It's not just a matter of liking who you like."

"Yeah, it's not like playing house."

Noila Mo nodded in agreement, then looked away, "Let's go to the bathroom."

"You're such a strange person." Gu Zheng curled his lips.

"You're weird too."

Noila Mo glanced at the side face of the girl next to her, and then looked at the arm supporting her. There was no emotion in her voice.

"But sometimes being weird is not a bad thing. There are too many people in the world who are not weird, and if there are too many of anything, it means 'ordinary', and vice versa, so compared to being weird, I hope you can use another word to describe me..."

"Like special."

A drop of water suddenly appeared on the window.

Immediately afterwards, dense knocking sounds were heard, and there was a moist smell in the air. Along with the women and children, the scenery outside the window began to become blurry.

It's raining.

……

By the time Han Zhou came back from using the bathroom, Gu Zheng and Noila Mo had returned to their respective beds. It seemed that there was no conflict between the two of them, and they were both quietly watching the raindrops falling outside the window.

The two of them were sick after all, and looked a little tired.

"I checked the weather forecast. This rain won't last long. It should stop before you finish the infusion."

Han Zhou looked out the window, and as he spoke, he consciously sat on the chair between the two hospital beds.

"I've never seen Lincheng's weather forecast be accurate."

As if remembering some unhappy past, Gu Zheng said resentfully, "Obviously the forecast said it would be sunny for several days, but it rained heavily just a few minutes after I went out."

She covered her mouth and yawned, feeling suddenly sleepy.

"I wish the rain would last longer."

Noila Mo spoke lazily, her tone also a bit sleepy.

Rainy days are a good time to sleep, and since both of them are sick and taking medicine, it's normal for them to feel sleepy. Han Zhou hopes that the two of them can sleep a little longer to avoid another trouble.

So he cautiously said, "I think you all seem a little tired, why don't you take a nap first?"

"No, I want to go home and sleep." Gu Zheng was wary and quickly cheered up, "If you sleep too much during the day, you won't be able to sleep at night."

She actually wanted to keep an eye on Noila Mo to prevent her from making any small moves while she was asleep.

Mo Yixia had no intention of staring at her. This opponent might have a very important position in Han Zhou's heart, but he was probably not an active person, otherwise she might not even have a chance to meet him here.

She looked at Han Zhou: "I told you, it's hard for me to fall asleep in a strange environment, unless you are willing to tell me a story."

Seeing that Han Zhou's expression became unnatural, she reluctantly added, "Any story will do."

"Any story will work?" Han Zhou confirmed carefully.

"Anything will do, but at least it has to be a complete story."

"I want to hear it too." Gu Zheng agreed.

Seeing that both of them were interested, Han Zhou thought carefully for a while, and suddenly remembered that Mo Yixia said before that autumn is a season when everything dies. He looked at the old trees swaying in the rain outside the window, and couldn't help but think of a story that was suitable for the situation and rich in philosophy.

"I thought about it."

He smiled, organized his words slightly, and said, "This story happened to happen in the ward, and it happened to be autumn."

Gu Zheng and Noila Mo listened silently.

Han Zhou told a story that was very famous in his previous life.

The content is roughly that there is a dying patient living in the ward. He is lying on the hospital bed and can see the leaves of a tree outside the window falling one by one in the autumn wind every day.

These fallen leaves are like the patient's body, which is deteriorating day by day. The patient feels sad and tells people: "When all the leaves fall off one day, I will probably die."

After an old painter learned about this incident, he secretly drew a green leaf with a colored pen and hung it on a branch. This leaf never fell off, and the patient ignited the hope of living, and miraculously survived in the end. down.

Maybe I should try to be a copywriter... Han Zhou thought silently.

Of course, simply telling the original story is too short and can be told in less than a minute. In order to extend the story, he used the patient as the protagonist and pieced together a legendary past.

After hearing this, Gu Zheng expressed emotion: "This patient's willpower is so tenacious that he was able to live on an isolated island for 28 years. In the end, he was able to use his willpower to fight against the disease and solve so many complex cases with his assistant Peanut."

The little nurse who came in twice to change the sling bottle and listened to some snippets looked interested and asked curiously: "I just didn't hear the ending of Jack the Ripper. He killed so many people. Was he finally caught?"

Han Zhou was stunned: "Did I mention Jack the Ripper?"

"Have."

Mo Yixia had a superb memory and said calmly, "You said he is one of the eight demons. Each of the eight demons is an extremely evil person with a meticulous mind. He almost never leaves evidence for his crimes. He must rely on the gods' tokens to find the corresponding files. It is possible to catch them by following the clues, and by the way, you also said that there is a demon codenamed Bo Gang who is afraid of drums..."

Speaking of this, she looked thoughtful, "I always feel that these stories are made up by you, but normally it is impossible for you to make up so many bizarre stories in a short period of time without losing the sense of integrity. A detailed story, but the important thing is that it can’t be found online..."

It's over, I said hi in a moment of excitement...

Han Zhou was shocked. As a time traveler, he mentioned these stories of past lives just like ordinary people recalling their childhood. He couldn't stop talking when he was talking about it. The key was that these stories didn't seem to have any hypnotic effect at all. On the contrary, Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia became more energetic.

He was upset in his heart and said that he shouldn't have added so many dramas and just told a few fables honestly. Hearing this, he could only bite the bullet and said: "I can also write some novels in my spare time."

"How come I don't know?" Gu Zheng looked confused.

If you knew it, there would be a ghost...

Han Zhou wrote a novel in junior high school in his previous life. Before he could show off his talents, the class teacher confiscated it and made him read it passionately for 10 minutes in front of the whole class.

Like most people, he had a lot of embarrassing things when he was young. If I remember correctly, he seemed to have written the class teacher as a cunning and cunning villain in the novel, and he was quite excited when he read about it.

Hey, were you called your parents afterwards?

After withdrawing his thoughts, Han Zhou smiled and said: "This happened when I was a child. Of course you don't know. I will tell you slowly in the future."

"it is good."

Gu Zheng rolled his eyes, obviously quite satisfied with this answer, and glanced at Noila Mo with a satisfied look.

The latter didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "Such an interesting story, I would also like to hear it again."

Sensing the dangerous aura, Han Zhou hurriedly shouted: "Let's talk about it when we have a chance. You guys should rest first."

"I hate perfunctory answers."

"Um, what do you mean by a perfunctory answer?"

"Come here, come here and I'll tell you."

The nurse covered her mouth and snickered, holding the treatment tray and was about to leave. Suddenly she seemed to remember something and whispered: "By the way, the last time I came here, I saw a very beautiful girl standing outside the door, and she hasn't left yet. , is she your friend?"

"pretty girl?"

Han Zhou showed doubts on his face, and then he noticed two suspicious eyes on him. He couldn't help but froze, and said angrily, "No, why do you think of me when you mention beautiful girls? Is it just that? Can’t he be your friend?”

"I have no friends." Gu Zheng curled his lips.

"Me neither." Noila Mo nodded slightly.

No, what's with the proud tone of both of you?

Han Zhou almost spit out a mouthful of blood, and then felt sad.

Not having friends is not something to be happy about. Although he knew that the two of them were referring to the kind of friends who have a relatively good relationship, he could not hide his complicated feelings at this moment.

He sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go out and take a look, but I think you should know everyone outside."

Thinking about it carefully, among all the girls I know, Zhong Ling should be the only one who meets the three conditions of being beautiful, not daring to come in to say hello when seeing her with other people, and being likely to appear in the hospital. .

Sure enough, he saw Zhong Ling's figure outside the ward.

　An elder in the family has passed away and is not in a good condition.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)