Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 218 Heart Pattern
Unlike Mo Yixia, who basically only wears school uniforms on weekdays, and Gu Zheng, who changes clothes almost every day, Zhong Ling's clothes are neither monotonous nor fancy, and overall give people a sober feeling.

She is the same today, wearing an orange sweatshirt and apricot cropped trousers, with a small cloth bag hanging around her waist. She is dressed very simply, but she shows a gentle and tranquil temperament.

Her eyes are clear and her oval face is slightly childish, like a cute and shy little girl. She is clearly a 19-year-old girl, but if she is put together with the two girls in the room, I am afraid no one will think that she is. The oldest one.

Although he guessed that the girl outside the door was probably Zhong Ling, Han Zhou was still a little surprised after actually seeing her.

Seeing the senior student staring down at the floor with an embarrassed look, Han Zhou first changed "resign yourself to fate" to "resign yourself to fate", and after skillfully strengthening his hearing, he said, "Senior sister?"

"I'm sorry..."

Zhong Ling didn't dare to raise her head, but apologized cautiously.

Han Zhou was stunned: "Why do you say sorry?"

"I shouldn't have been hiding and eavesdropping..."

Discovering that Han Zhou could still hear her voice, Zhong Ling felt inexplicably relieved and a little bolder. She raised her head and glanced at him, then quickly lowered her head.

Han Zhou looked confused, which was exactly what he was wondering about: "It doesn't matter, I don't blame you, but why are you hiding?"

Although Zhong Ling is a bit shy, it has not reached the level of social fear. With their relationship, the other party can greet him directly. Is it necessary to hide?
He couldn't help but realized something quickly, swallowed quietly, and said tentatively: "Wait a minute...Senior, could it be that you just said hello to me and found that I still ignored you, so you hid?" ?”

Zhong Ling grabbed the small cloth bag and nodded weakly, looking a little aggrieved.

She had just mustered up the courage to say hello several times in the loudest voice. Her feet almost hurt when she stamped her feet, but her junior classmate never responded. This made her a little worried that the other party didn't want to pay attention to her, so she secretly hid in the ward. outside.

Han Zhou felt a toothache, and he knew it was like this. He couldn't maintain his hearing enhancement forever. Once Zhong Ling appeared out of sight, it would be difficult to detect it, and the other party was a sensitive girl. It was easy to have random thoughts at this time.

He smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, senior, I won't be able to hear your voice if you are too far away. It's not that I don't want to pay attention to you. In this case, you can just walk up to me, or pat me. Shoulders too.”

Only then did Zhong Ling dare to look up at him: "Like a friend?"

"Yeah, like friends."

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Shouldn't we be friends a long time ago?"

"It's a friend!" Zhong Ling nodded repeatedly, tugged on the small cloth bag nervously, and said distressedly, "But patting, patting on the shoulder, etc., I have never tried it before..."

"It's ok."

This pitiful look made Han Zhou amused. In order to ease the other person's mood, he joked, "Then you can hang a bell or something on your hand in the future. When you see me ignoring you, ring it. That way I'll definitely turn back soon."

Zhong Ling was stunned, her eyes gradually brightened: "Is it okay?"

"Of course, this also fits your name, senior sister."

Han Zhou was joking, but Zhong Ling seemed to take it seriously. However, he did not notice this and asked instead: "By the way, senior sister, why are you here? Is Sister Yin here too?"

Zhong Yin is a girl-controller through and through. As long as she has time, she probably won't let Zhong Ling come to the hospital alone.

"Sister is here too."

Zhong Ling nodded slightly and said softly, "We came to the hospital for a physical examination. When we went back, we saw Teacher Ouyang. My sister wanted to have a good relationship with her, so she went to buy fruit."

As she said that, she lowered her head and took out a palm-sized box from her small cloth bag, and carefully handed it over, "When I went out, I was thinking about the possibility of meeting you, so I brought this out specially. Unexpectedly, I really met you...do you want to try it?"

After learning that Han Zhou didn't want to care about her, her nervousness instantly dissipated a lot, but she was still a little cautious.

"What is this?" Han Zhou took the box curiously.

"I also helped with the mooncakes made by my sister. If you like them, I still have them here."

The sound of the bell is very sweet, soft and waxy, like freshly made marshmallows.

"……thanks."

The box is very new, looks small and exquisite, and has nice patterns. It must have been specially purchased.

For some reason, Han Zhou's mood suddenly became complicated the moment he met the girl's gaze.

Looking at the mooncake in his hand, he quickly realized the reason for his mood change——

Like Gu Zheng and Noila Mo, this senior seems to have no friends.

Not only that, except for a sister who depends on each other, she doesn't even have a family.

Among all the people he knew, this girl's fate should be the most tragic. Han Zhou suddenly remembered the side mission he had put aside for a long time.

"Don't want to eat?"

Seeing her junior looking at the mooncakes in a daze, Zhong Ling's clear eyes flashed nervously, thinking that her junior didn't like the mooncakes made by her and her sister.

"No, I just thought of something suddenly."

Han Zhou retracted his thoughts and opened the box with a smile. No matter how weird the shape of the mooncake was, he bit down half of it in one bite and praised: "It's delicious, but I prefer salty mooncakes."

This is not a perfunctory statement. Although the taste of the mooncakes is not particularly good, it is definitely made with care.

"There are also salty ones."

Zhong Ling showed a reassuring smile, spoke a little faster, then lowered her head and flipped through the small cloth bag.

Han Zhou was a little surprised. He finished the remaining mooncakes in one gulp and suddenly realized something, but then he felt that he might have been overthinking it.

At this moment, a cold voice sounded faintly behind him, accurately speaking his heart.

"Senior Sister and Sister Yin probably only like to eat sweet mooncakes. People who like sweet mooncakes don't need to make salty mooncakes. They even bought such a beautiful box... So are these salty mooncakes specially given to someone?" Did you do it?"

A chill ran down Han Zhou's spine, and he turned to look at Noila Mo, who had appeared at the door at some unknown time, and said nervously: "When did you run behind me?"

"Who knows."

Noila Mo smiled half-heartedly, and there was no hint of guilt in her expression for eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

Han Zhou had a headache, as if he saw the figure hiding by the door through the wall, and said angrily: "Stop hiding, I have already seen you."

Gu Zheng must be hiding by the door now, otherwise Noila Mo would not be able to sneak up behind him silently.

"She begged me to bring her here! I didn't eavesdrop!"

Gu Zheng didn't dare to show up, and hid by the wall and defended loudly.

In fact, she did not eavesdrop. To be precise, she wanted to listen but couldn't. She could only hear Han Zhou talking to himself.

As for Mo Yixia, because she knew some lip reading, she roughly judged the conversation between Han Zhou and Zhong Ling based on the situation.

Han Zhou could understand this, but what puzzled him was that the reason why he suspected that Zhong Ling made salty mooncakes for him was because he knew that the sisters liked sweets, but Noila Mo probably didn't. Know this.

Did this guy figure out this by analyzing Zhong Ling's expression, or did he figure out his thoughts from the back of his head?
Han Zhou looked at Zhong Ling in confusion and asked, "Senior sister, didn't you see this guy eavesdropping just now?"

"I see." Zhong Ling nodded lightly.

"Then why didn't you remind me?"

Zhong Ling tugged on the small cloth bag and said nervously: "Because Yixia shook her head and told me not to tell you, and I also eavesdropped on your conversation just now..."

She and Noila Mo had met each other and knew that the other party had a close relationship with Han Zhou. At that time, the two of them had pretended to be siblings to tease her and her sister, so they never thought of avoiding each other.

Han Zhou took a breath of cold air.

Have you carried your sister's concept of "no debt to each other" to this level?
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He turned back to look at Noila Mo angrily and said with a headache: "Why don't you hurry back to the hospital bed and stay there? You two don't look like patients." Noila Mo wanted to speak, but she couldn't speak before she could. Suddenly he stood taller and disappeared from the door in an instant, returning to the ward.

The corner of Han Zhou's mouth twitched. This guy was really carried by Gu Zheng...

He didn't know whether to say he was happy or unhappy.

But even though the Mo Yixia people disappeared, the sound still came from the ward.

"Stop chatting outside, let senior come in and sit down."

Han Zhou knew that this guy was doubting himself, but he still had a clear conscience towards Zhong Ling. However, before he could speak, Zhong Ling shook her head, looked at the phone screen and said, "No, sister is back. I I’m going to take her to find Teacher Ouyang.”

"Is that so..."

Han Zhou was actually a little afraid of seeing Zhong Yin, or he was afraid of seeing the wrench she carried with her, so he didn't plan to say anything like "How about I introduce it to you" and asked, "Then do you know where Teacher Ouyang is? ?”

Although it cannot be introduced, it is still possible to point out the direction.

"Yes, I saw it."

Zhong Ling nodded softly, lowered her head and took out all the mooncakes from the small cloth bag. She said with a slight smile, "Take these and eat them with Yixia Guzheng and the others."

Han Zhou only took three and said with a smile: "You don't need so many. You and Sister Yin can keep the rest for yourself. I'll thank you on behalf of those two guys."

"But……"

Zhong Ling was a little hesitant, but seeing Han Zhou insisting on taking more, she had no choice but to put away the other mooncakes.

"that is."

"Yes?" Han Zhou looked confused, "What is it?"

Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew through the corridor, picking up the hair on the girl's forehead.

Zhong Ling tightened her clothes, with a soft smile on her face. There was no shyness or shyness in her clear eyes, only calmness and sincerity.

"The salty mooncakes are indeed made for you."

Han Zhou was stunned for two seconds: "Why?"

"Because we are giving mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I want to give them to you, but I don't know whether you like sweet or salty ones. My sister said that I can make some of both, so the salty mooncakes are indeed made for you."

"No, that's not it. What I want to ask is...why do you want to give me mooncakes?"

Han Zhou felt a little nervous. Although he was not narcissistic enough to have one of the three major delusions in life, "she likes me," it was hard to say whether there was any special meaning to making mooncakes for others during holidays...

"Because you gave me a barbecue in school."

Zhong Ling tilted her head and looked at Han Zhou, as if wondering why he had a troubled expression.

I knew... it was indeed the principle of "no debt to each other".

Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and then heard the girl's soft voice continue: "And I feel happy when I think of you accepting the mooncakes. I am really happy now... What's wrong, aren't you happy?"

"No no."

Han Zhou glanced behind him reflexively, forced a smile and said, "I'm very happy too."

No, no, it’s impossible, it’s definitely one of the three major illusions in life…

After watching Zhong Ling leave, Han Zhou packed up his mood and returned to the ward.

The rain outside the window got heavier at some point.

Seeing the two girls lying on the bed pretending to sleep, he sighed and said with a sad face: "I think you need to apologize to me."

Gu Zheng was so thin-skinned that she couldn't pretend anymore and said in a low voice, "Why?"

"First, you shouldn't eavesdrop on my conversation with my senior. This is very disrespectful to me."

"You're talking nonsense!" Gu Zheng said confidently, "I obviously didn't hear anything!"

"Eavesdropping and attempted eavesdropping are two different things." Han Zhou glanced at her, "Do you dare to pat your chest and promise that you didn't think of eavesdropping at that time?"

"It was Noila Mo who begged me to carry her there..."

Gu Zheng answered the question incorrectly, and the momentum that was high just now disappeared in an instant.

Noila Mo opened her eyes, glanced lazily at her love rival's chest, and took out her phone without saying a word, as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

Han Zhou knew very well that such a thing as introspection would not happen to Noila Mo. This guy was extremely thick-skinned. It was difficult to see her shy in normal times. At this point, Gu Zheng was cuter.

"second."

He looked solemn, like the presiding judge in the court, "After the nurse said there was a beautiful girl outside, you obviously looked at me with a look like 'you must have an affair with her'. This is a reflection on my personality. insult."

"Insult?" Noila Mo stared at the screen of her phone and said "tsk" in a neutral tone, "Really?"

"I've never looked at you with that look." Gu Zheng curled his lips, glanced at Noila Mo uncontrollably, and said dissatisfied, "You are clearly guilty."

It's natural to be suspicious of you - both girls seemed to agree on that.

Han Zhou seemed to not understand the cynicism of the two men at all, and said without changing his expression: "Anyway, you need to apologize to me."

"I don't."

Gu Zheng reluctantly retracted her head into the quilt, "I'm sleepy, don't disturb me!"

Han Zhou was happy. He didn't expect these two people to apologize to him. He just wanted to dampen their spirit. It would be great if they could "get sleepy" like Gu Zheng.

"It's not impossible if you want me to apologize to you."

At this moment, Noila Mo suddenly spoke.

She looked at the screen of her phone with an interested look on her delicate face, "But you have to answer me a question first."

Gu Zheng quietly stretched his head out from the quilt.

Han Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and his intuition told him that this was by no means an easy question to answer. He turned around and ran away: "I suddenly remembered that I still have something to say to my senior sister, so I need to go out first."

"That's fine." Noila Mo didn't care, "It's just in time for you to help me ask where she bought her mobile phone."

Under Han Zhou's extremely nervous gaze, she reached out and turned the phone screen over. The screen stayed on a search page, which showed two mobile phones next to each other.

The two mobile phones have different colors, and each has a broken pattern on the back cover. However, if the mobile phones are placed close together, a complete tilted heart-shaped pattern will be formed. The colors are gorgeous. Viewed from different angles, the pattern will still appear in a certain shape. changes to a certain extent.

It's really fancy...

If it were at any other time, Han Zhou would definitely think so.

But he was not in the mood to complain now.

...Because the person using this phone is himself.

Mo Yixia seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and there was no emotion or anger in her voice, and she seemed to be simply interested.

"This pattern...you two should be able to piece it together with your mobile phones, right?"

　This chapter will also be polished and revised
　　
　
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