Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 246 I Will

As the music ended, the guzheng's movements also stopped.

Dancing is a very physically demanding thing, and she couldn't bear it even if she practiced continuously for so long. Her face was a little red due to the intense physical exertion, and her chest with few curves rose slightly. She took out a towel from her backpack and wiped the hair on her forehead. Sweat.

Even during the rest, she still did not relax completely. Instead, she was thinking about how to optimize her movements. It was not until she heard the whispers of other people in the dance studio that she raised her head as if feeling something. , noticed the figure outside the glass door.

Seeing Han Zhou, Gu Zheng was startled for a moment, and then his eyes showed surprise. He wiped his sweat and trotted to the door with a cheerful tone.

"How did you come?"

"Come here and see you." Han Zhou smiled and joked, "It's quite rare for you to be out of breath."

The two of them were relatively close, and he could feel the heat coming from Gu Zheng's body. The red cheeks made this girl full of youthful energy even more adorable.

"I'm not out of breath, I'm just breathing a little heavier." Gu Zheng defended habitually, and then asked strangely, "Didn't you say you made an appointment to have dinner with Teacher Ouyang, and you finished eating so quickly?"

She knew that Han Zhou was going to have dinner with Ouyang Lianyu, and the appointment time was almost now, so she was curious about why the other party appeared here.

Han Zhou sighed helplessly: "I didn't eat. Teacher Ouyang's old habit happened again. He accidentally hurt his hand and went to the hospital to see an old friend."

He sighed in his heart. Normally, no matter how careless a person is, he would not get injured every now and then. He suspected that Ouyang Lianyu might be unlucky, but to say that she was unlucky, she never got hurt every time. It's between serious and not serious. If you get into a car accident, you'll only injure your leg at most, but it won't be life-threatening.

From a certain perspective, this can be regarded as a special function...

"What?" Gu Zheng was slightly startled and paused while wiping sweat on his hands. "Is it serious? How about we take some time to see her."

She never paid much attention to the rumors in the school, but she also knew something about the six major celebrities. Although she knew some weird nicknames, she didn't expect them to be so exaggerated. Teacher Ouyang's legs weren't even good yet, and now He actually hurt his hand again.

"No, I heard that the injury is not serious, and Teacher Ouyang doesn't want us to see her in such a mess. She repeatedly emphasized on the phone that we must not go see her."

"I don't want you to see her, right?" Gu Zheng rolled her eyes at him.

"It's about the same."

Han Zhou naturally ignored the topic, then looked at the girl in front of him suspiciously, and asked curiously, "You sweat so much, how long have you been practicing?"

"It didn't take long." Gu Zheng said nonchalantly, "I only come here three times a week, so I have to practice a little longer, right?"

Han Zhou would not believe this sentence: "It didn't take long." To be able to tire this guy with eight points of physical strength to this point, he didn't even have to think about how long he had been practicing.

However, the guzheng is not being arrogant. She probably really feels that she hasn’t practiced it for long.

Han Zhou didn't say much. He handed the water he bought when he came and asked, "How long will you continue to practice?"

"Usually I practice until about seven o'clock, and then go to the cafeteria to eat." Gu Zheng took the water, said "thank you", and then asked, "What's wrong?"

Looking at those bright eyes, Han Zhou hesitated for a while: "I have something to discuss with you..."

"Is it important?"

"Not really important."

"Then just wait for me. I'll practice it two more times and then I'll be out."

"it is good."

Han Zhou was not in a hurry. Watching guzheng dance was quite interesting. He might not have a lot of time to come over and watch the other party practice in the future, but now that he had the chance, he would naturally watch for a while.

As soon as she returned to the dance studio, Gu Zheng heard a girl whispering: "Guzheng, is that boy outside your friend?"

"Yes."

She hung up the towel while moving her body.

"Boy friend?"

Gu Zheng paused for a moment, glanced at Han Zhou outside the door, coughed and said, "Not yet."

If it were before, she would definitely answer "no" without hesitation, but now she can no longer be so duplicitous. Although she just added the word "also" in front of it, the meaning has obviously changed——

Although it is not yet the case, it will be sooner or later.

"All right……"

This kind of answer was equivalent to a declaration of sovereignty. The girl who just asked was a little disappointed and had to give up the idea of ​​asking the boy's contact information from Gu Zheng.

Gu Zheng looked normal, but in fact his heart was pounding. He turned around in a panic and looked at Han Zhou outside the door through the indoor mirror, trying to judge from the other person's expression whether he heard what he just said.

Because she was so nervous, she even forgot about the "reversible light path" - since she could observe Han Zhou through the mirror, Han Zhou could also use it to see her expression at the moment.

Is this guy's face even redder...

Han Zhou outside the door muttered in his heart.

At this moment, someone tapped him on the shoulder. When he looked back, a tall figure appeared behind him. It was Zhang Tao, who was strong and handsome.

In the cool autumn, most people put on coats, but this extreme sports enthusiast only wore a sleeveless short-sleeved shirt, showing his strong and thick arms, and said with a kind smile: "Long time no see."

Han Zhou also smiled: "It doesn't take long, it seems."

This was the first time the two met in school since they separated from Xueshan, but even though there were a few days apart, it couldn't be called "long time no see".

Zhang Tao was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "You are right, but unless I am calling people by name, this is the only way I greet people... By the way, what are you doing here?"

"Waiting for a friend."

"friend?"

Zhang Tao looked surprised. As a frequent visitor between the gymnasium and the playground, he naturally knew that this classroom was a dance studio. It was usually used as an activity room for dance clubs. The people who stayed in it were basically girls who like to dance. After thinking of the "friend" named Mo Yixia whom he had met on the snow mountain, his expression couldn't help but look a little weird.

Looking around the dance room through the glass door, he quickly recognized the beautiful girl who had participated in the club recruitment with Han Zhou. He was immediately more convinced of his suspicions and his tone became a little unnatural.

"I see... I just came back from the playground. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

He originally wanted to take advantage of this chance encounter to discuss extreme sports with Han Zhou, but the current situation was obviously inconvenient, so he turned around and left without any delay.

However, Han Zhou quickly stopped him: "Senior Zhang Tao, do you have something to tell me?"

Han Zhou still remembers Zhang Tao and others' kindness when he and Mo Yixia fell off the cliff. Moreover, when he asked everyone to help find Mo Yixia, he promised that he would repay them well afterwards, but everyone said they didn't. Need to take it to heart.

However, although no one cared about it, he still had to keep it in mind, so when he noticed that Zhang Tao seemed to want to tell him something, he planned to listen carefully.

Although he had roughly guessed what the other party wanted to say.

Zhang Tao stopped and turned around hesitantly: "I do have something to discuss with you."

……

By the time Gu Zheng finished changing her clothes in the locker room and left the dance studio, Han Zhou was standing outside the door looking in the direction of the basketball court.

"What are you looking at?"

She curiously walked to Han Zhou and followed his line of sight. She saw many people gathered on the basketball court in the distance, which looked quite lively.

Han Zhou had been observing for a while and said with interest: "It seems that the 'court overlord' has appeared. How about it? Are you interested in taking a look?"

Now that he has met four of the six major celebrities, he has only two that he has not seen yet. He wants to take a look when he has time and achieve the goal of collecting them all.

However, Gu Zheng was completely uninterested: "I'm not interested, what's so interesting about basketball."

"I heard that this 'court dominator' became famous not because he was good at basketball..."

"That would be even more boring."

Gu Zheng was a little unhappy. She gave up the rest of her training time to stay with Han Zhou for a while, not to see the dominator on the court.

"Okay, then I won't go and see it."

Seeing that Guzheng was really not interested, Han Zhou stopped talking and walked into the sunny campus with him and asked, "You have been practicing dancing for several weeks, how are you doing now?"

"It's a bit difficult. My body flexibility is not very good, and many movements are not very standard."

It was rare to hear the word "difficult" from Gu Zheng's mouth. Han Zhou was a little surprised and pretended to look at the direction where the sun was setting: "Today's sun probably doesn't come from the west, right? You actually admit that dancing is difficult?"

"What's weird about this? I'm not an arrogant person." Gu Zheng rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "But this is mainly because I have no dance foundation. It won't be difficult after I practice for a while."

Speaking of this, she showed a confident expression, "I am now reading a book while stretching my ligaments in the dormitory, and I will soon be able to catch up with the others."

Han Zhou laughed and said, "Then you have to be careful. You are so strong, so don't accidentally break the ligament."

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

Han Zhou didn't care after being punched, and wondered: "Speaking of how hard you have practiced dancing, are you planning to perform on stage?" "Of course, performing on stage is like an exam, it is a time to test your results. Since I have participated in the training, I will definitely perform on stage, and I will definitely be the one who will be eligible."

"Perform on stage..." Looking at the girl with her head held high, Han Zhou suddenly felt a little expectant and smiled, "Then you must be very majestic when you go on stage."

"I dance classical dance, where does the prestige come from?"

Gu Zheng glared at him angrily. This guy couldn't speak a word. If she could make the classical dance look majestic, it meant that she was not a good dancer.

"Slip of the tongue." Han Zhou corrected his words with a smile, "I mean you must have been the center of attention at that time, shining brightly."

"That's pretty much it." Gu Zheng rolled his eyes and his steps seemed a little brisker.

"By the way, that was Senior Zhang Tao just outside the door. What were you talking about?"

Since knowing that Han Zhou was watching her outside the door, Gu Zheng, although she still maintained enough concentration, still focused some of her thoughts on Han Zhou, so she saw the other party and Zhang Tao chatting outside the door.

"He wanted to invite me to join him in some extreme sports challenge."

"Extreme sports? Ask you to go? Why?" Gu Zheng frowned slightly.

Han Zhou smiled and said, "Maybe it's because he thinks I'm more powerful."

Seeing that this guy was still smiling, Gu Zheng was furious and said with a straight face: "No, extreme sports are too dangerous, you are not allowed to go."

She still can't forget the scene when Han Zhou rushed to catch the child who fell from upstairs on the first day of school. She was almost frightened to death at that time. Although Han Zhou only injured his arm in the end, every time she thought of I still feel scared.

"But he has helped me before, and I can't say no easily."

Han Zhou could see that Zhang Tao was hesitant when he said this, probably because he was worried that he would think that the other party was trying to repay a favor. This time, it was mainly about discussion and request. He probably just wanted to give it a try, otherwise he would use Don't mention it in person, just mention it directly on Fetion.

Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment and said with confusion: "Have I helped you? Have you had any interactions before? Why didn't I know?"

Han Zhou's heart suddenly trembled, but his face remained calm: "He helped me when I was injured before."

This answer is quite flattering. The injury he mentioned refers to the minor injury he suffered on the snowy mountain. Gu Zheng will understand that it was when he injured his hands when he first started school. It is not a lie. Even if he continues to ask questions, he can answer calmly.

The reason why he didn't directly tell Gu Zheng that he and Zhang Tao had met on the snowy mountain was because with Gu Zheng's keenness, once he focused on this matter and thought about it carefully, he might notice something was wrong. There was no way he could guarantee that he could fabricate a seamless story. Lies to cover up Mo Yixia’s existence during the trip to the snowy mountains.

Gu Zheng didn't think much about it. He curled his lips and said, "I helped you back then. Extreme sports are too dangerous and you have never been exposed to them. Isn't it hurting you if he asks you to go? Anyway, I don't allow you to go. If you insist, If you go, I'll take your place, I'm much better than you."

Han Zhou was stunned: "Are you taking my place?"

"Can't you?"

"Not sure, but I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Are you so powerful that you still end up in the hospital because of a cold?"

"I told you not to mention this matter again!" Gu Zheng punched him.

Han Zhou laughed and said, "Well, there's no need to worry so much. He just came to discuss it with me, and I haven't agreed yet."

"Then you didn't refuse either?" Gu Zheng said warily.

No, this guy is not only much sharper, but he has also learned to bite the bullet. It always feels like he has activated some bad passive skills...

Han Zhou was worried and said with a smile: "What I answered at the time was 'I'll think about it again'. The meaning of this sentence is similar to 'next time', which is a tactful rejection."

"Really? It's up to you."

Gu Zheng didn't quite believe it, but she didn't force Han Zhou to make a decision. She asked somewhat glumly, "So what do you want to say to me?"

Han Zhou looked like he was hesitating to speak.

"What's wrong? Is it difficult to say it?"

After not hearing anything from Han Zhou for a long time, Gu Zheng looked confused. He thought the other person was worried that he would be angry, so he said, "I promise not to be angry, just tell me."

"Promise you won't be angry?"

"not angry."

For a moment, Han Zhou really wanted to take this opportunity to tell Noila Mo about it, but he also knew that the lack of anger in Gu Zheng's words was "Schrödinger's lack of anger", and the power of interpretation was in her hands, so he did not dare to die.

After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked: "Besides classical dance, have you practiced other dances?"

"No, practicing one dance already takes a lot of time. How can I have time to practice other dances?" Gu Zheng shook his head.

"Then if I want you to find time to practice another dance, but I also ask you not to spend too much time on it and just practice casually, will you agree?"

Gu Zheng rolled his eyes: "You want me to practice but you are not allowed to practice well. What kind of inexplicable request is this?"

Han Zhou truthfully stated his concerns: "Because this is not something that must be completed. Just treat it as entertainment, but I'm afraid you want to compete with others for first place."

He said it briefly, but Gu Zheng understood what he meant. The other party was worried that he would subconsciously want to do his best and not be able to stop once he practices a new dance, thus wasting too much time and energy.

She thought about it, but still didn't know what Han Zhou wanted to do, so she pretended not to care and asked, "Do you want to see me dance?"

"It's relatively close." Han Zhou did not deny it.

Seeing the other party's hesitant look, Gu Zheng blushed slightly and said warily: "Could it be those messy ones..."

She had recently heard about a lot of strange dances from club members, some of which were quite obscene. However, before she could finish her words, she saw Han Zhou touching his nose with an unnatural expression.

"To be precise, I want to dance with you."

Guzheng was stunned, frozen in place like a fossil. After a while, he asked uncertainly: "What do you mean if you want to dance with me..."

"literal meaning."

Han Zhou took a deep breath and said, "There is a dance on the day of the reunion, and I want to dance with you."

The air was quiet for two seconds.

He thought he could easily say this to Gu Zheng. After all, it was just a simple dance invitation. However, when the girl actually stood in front of him, he realized that he had overestimated himself. It actually took him to say this. Great courage.

Even he, who has an extremely thick skin, is like this, let alone Gu Zheng, whose skin is thinner than paper.

After confirming that she was not hallucinating, Gu Zheng's face turned red instantly, and the blush spread to her ears, and her heartbeat also accelerated. She was both looking forward to it and afraid. She tried her best to pretend not to care, but she couldn't control her trembling voice.

She didn't know why this happened. It was obviously just a dance, but she felt an urge to cry in her heart.

"You...you're not teasing me, are you?"

Her expression was unprecedentedly complex, mixed with too many emotions other than joy, and she couldn't even look fierce.

Han Zhou was startled.

This girl, who had always been fearless except for ghosts, actually had a hint of caution in her voice at this moment.

His heart seemed to have been squeezed hard, and sadness and guilt surged out of it. He suddenly realized that this invitation might have extraordinary significance to Gu Zheng.

What he has to do now is to give a firm enough answer.

So he smiled: "Of course not, I made up my mind to invite you several days in advance, for fear that you would be invited away by someone else."

A gust of autumn wind blew by, the leaves made a rustling sound, and melodious music sounded from an unknown building on the campus where the sun was shining.

It’s a song I’ve never heard before, but it somehow fits the occasion.

Han Zhou bent over slightly, put his left hand on his waist, and stretched out a hand like a gentleman.

"So Miss Guzheng, would you like to dance with me?"

He was a little ashamed, but he didn't feel much embarrassment at the moment.

Gu Zheng's face turned even redder, she didn't dare to meet his gaze, turned her head nervously, and then explained subconsciously.

"I...I won't be invited away by others. I don't like dancing..."

She was obviously very excited and happy, and wanted to agree immediately, but she also felt that she should be more reserved and planned to apply the "I'll think about it" she just learned.

However, I don’t know whether it was because my mouth was disobedient or my brain was disobedient. When the words came to my lips, the five words turned into three words.

The withered yellow leaves fell in the wind, and even the hands became disobedient and rested on the outstretched hand uncontrollably.

"I am willing."

(End of this chapter)