Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 396 It's Destined to Be a Draw
The afternoon sun shone obliquely, covering the lake with a layer of broken gold.

By the lake there are large patches of reeds that have already turned yellow. When the wind blows, they crawl down in rows. In the sunlight, they look like silver waves, gently pushing the surface of the lake and creating ripples.

Han Zhou found a relatively flat place, cleaned up the fallen leaves on the ground, spread newspapers neatly, and motioned for others to come and sit.

"Thank you."

The girls didn't hesitate and sat down beside him one after another.

Due to the limited space of the newspaper, everyone could only sit as tightly as possible. Han Zhou was worried that everyone would feel embarrassed, so he was about to stand up, but was pulled back by Wang Lengqiu and Xiao Xiaoxiao beside him.

"This is the lakeside, don't run around." said Zhong Yin, who was a little further away.

Zhong Ling beside him nodded in agreement.

"Do you think I'm a child?" Han Zhou said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Ouyang Lianyu held down her hair that was messed up by the wind, turned her head to look at him, and said with a smile: "To me and your sister Yin, you are just a child."

"Yes, he is a child!" Xiao Xiaoxiao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and agreed seriously.

Now you say I am a child, but when I say you are older you won’t be happy…

Han Zhou complained in his mind, but did not refute and chatted with everyone.

The winter lake breeze was chilly, but it was not so harsh under the sunlight. Several people sitting together did not feel cold at all, but felt warm instead.

The sun was lazily dozing off behind the clouds. Suddenly, it yawned, and blew the thick clouds into loose fluff all over the sky.

"It looks like it won't rain again."

Ouyang Lianyu looked up at the blue sky and said with some regret, "School should be back to normal soon."

Xiao Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "Why do I feel like you look so regretful, teacher?"

"Because Teacher Ouyang, like us, also hopes to have two more days off." Han Zhou answered casually.

"really?"

Everyone looked at Ouyang Lianyu with some surprise. Like Han Zhou in the past, they all thought that Teacher Ouyang was a person who really liked going to work.

Ouyang Lianyu glanced at Han Zhou in a reproachful manner, nodded and smiled, "Yes, I've been too busy recently. I would like to rest for a while if I have the chance."

"Isn't there a sports meet these two days? We should have plenty of free time to rest, right?" Xiao Xiaoxiao asked.

"That's you, not me."

Ouyang Lianyu smiled bitterly, "It's because it's a sports meet, so there are a lot of things to do."

There was one thing she didn't say, which was that ever since the news that she had a boyfriend spread throughout the school, both teachers and students wanted to find out who her boyfriend was, and as soon as they saw her they would swarm around her and ask questions, just like they were holding a press conference.

However, what really worried her was not this matter, but the fact that her parents seemed to have the intention of coming to the city recently and planned to personally inspect her so-called boyfriend.

Rather than an inspection, it would be more accurate to say that they were here to expose this clumsy lie.

Of course, if parents who haven't contacted each other for a long time suddenly said they were coming to Lincheng, it might be because they missed their daughter. If they wanted to ease the relationship, this might be a great opportunity.

Therefore, Ouyang Lianyu has been hesitating whether she should tell her parents the truth or find someone to pretend to be her boyfriend.

If it is the former, given that the parents are eager to marry off their daughter, they may help find a partner for her directly within the school. Although the parents are very well-mannered, the same may not be true for the aunt, who may make the matter known to everyone.

If it is the latter, not to mention that finding a fake boyfriend to deceive her parents would make her feel guilty, it would be difficult to find someone who can satisfy her parents and who knows her well enough. Not to mention that once the fake becomes real, if her parents are so happy that they decide to directly call the boy's parents to decide on the marriage, then things will be difficult to end.

"Teacher Ouyang, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Ouyang Lianyu was absent-minded, Wang Lengqiu beside her rarely showed concern.

"nothing."

Ouyang Lianyu came back to her senses, smiled and shook her head.

"It's okay."

Wang Lengqiu nodded and said slowly, "If you feel cold, you can squeeze closer to me."

As he said that, he squeezed towards Han Zhou who was standing beside him.

Wang Lengqiu has always been a cold and indifferent person, so no one thought much about it. Only Han Zhou's heart trembled, feeling that the other party said these words just to get close to him.

Thinking back to when he took the opportunity to smell Wang Lengqiu's legs while picking up chopsticks at lunch, and the other party not only did not scold him as a pervert, but instead kept moving his legs towards him, he suddenly had a strange idea -

Could it be that Wang Lengqiu is planning to seduce me?
However, he quickly rejected this idea, because if one had to sort out the cause and effect, it was he who first behaved too pervertedly and "seductively" during the meal, not Wang Lengqiu who took the initiative to seduce her.

"I'm really getting more and more confused about this guy..."

Han Zhou sighed in his heart and wanted to get up, but was once again held down by Xiao Xiaoxiao and Wang Lengqiu. He had to sit down obediently. It was not good to let Wang Lengqiu stay away from him. He wanted to find someone to help, but suddenly remembered that his two most capable generals were fighting by the lake and had no time to pay attention to what was happening here.

"Han Zhou, what's wrong with you?"

When he was feeling melancholy, he heard Xiao Xiaoxiao beside him suddenly speak, as if she had noticed something was wrong with him.

Yes, I still have Xiao Xiao!
Han Zhou's eyes lit up. Although Guzheng and Yixia were not there, Xiaoxiao could still help him, so he said calmly, "Nothing, I just suddenly felt a little hot."

With so many people present, he couldn't wink at Xiao Xiaoxiao and could only pray silently that the other party would understand what he meant.

In his expectant eyes, Xiao Xiaoxiao suddenly realized something and said in surprise: "I heard that only people who are extremely cold will feel hot. It seems that you must have a brain problem because of the cold. I told you not to zip up your coat properly."

As she said that, she squeezed towards him.

Han Zhou: "?"

Are you playing me?

It would be fine if this guy didn't help put out the fire, but he was clearly deliberately adding fuel to the fire. I don't know what his intentions are.

However, except for Han Zhou, no one else seemed to think there was anything wrong with this and just thought that Xiao Xiaoxiao was joking.

At this moment, Zhong Yin asked, "Who do you think will win, Gu Zheng or Yi Xia?"

Although it wasn't stated explicitly, or even pointed out by anyone, that this was a competition, it was clear that whoever caught more fish this time would be the winner this afternoon.

I think Guzheng and Yixia will try their best to win.

"do not know."

Everyone shook their heads in unison. Even Han Zhou, who knew these two people best, couldn't predict the outcome of this competition, so they had no way of predicting it either.

"So far, it seems that neither of them has caught any fish?"

Ouyang Lianyu pushed up her glasses and said while gazing at the small basin beside the two of them.

"Maybe the bait isn't good enough." Zhong Yin explained with a wry smile, "I was already preparing to go out when I saw Gu Zheng coming over with the fishing rod. I didn't have time to buy bait. They are now using the minced meat left over from last night."

"So it's just unprofessional people using unprofessional bait?" Xiao Xiaoxiao summarized the situation of the competition succinctly.

"It's still a lake where we don't know if there are any fish." Wang Lengqiu added softly.

"Then it seems that Guzheng has a greater chance of winning." Ouyang Lianyu analyzed.

After all, if she can't catch fish with a fishing rod, then Gu Zheng's spearing tactics will obviously give her a huge advantage. "That's only if she can see the fish," Han Zhou reminded.

While everyone was analyzing the battle situation, Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia were also thinking about how to win.

Neither of them had any professional fishing skills. Although the fishing rods in their hands looked quite professional, they did not know how to use them, and the bait they used was even less commonly used. As a result, after half an hour, neither of them had any catch.

However, it is worth mentioning that both of them have enough patience. Even if the fishing rod does not move, they both sit on the fishing platform like Jiang Taigong and do not even look at each other.

After a while, Mo Yixia suddenly said, “It looks like today will be a draw.”

Her voice was not loud, just loud enough for the guzheng to hear not far away.

She wore a baseball cap today, mainly to protect herself from the strong wind outside. With the hat to hold her hair in place, she didn't have to fix her hair so frequently.

As a girl with short hair, Gu Zheng naturally didn't have such worries. Her shoulder-length hair swayed in the wind. Hearing that, she said calmly, "You are wrong. I will definitely win today."

Once entering the competitive state, Guzheng will become much calmer than usual. Even if she knows that she has already won, she will not let down her guard and ridicule the opponent in advance.

Only the one who wins in the end is called the winner.

"Just relying on that sharpened bamboo pole beside you?"

Just as Han Zhou guessed, Mo Yisha had already guessed what Gu Zheng wanted to do and slowly pointed out her intentions.

"Just because of it."

Guzheng was not afraid that her intentions would be seen through in advance. After all, what she was going to do was something that ordinary people could not learn.

Mo Yixia disagreed and said lightly: “It seems that you have listened to my advice and your skin is much thicker than yesterday.”

Gu Zheng ignored her sarcasm and held the fishing rod with a clear conscience: "We are competing to see who catches more fish, not who hooks more fish. No one stipulates that I can't use a bamboo pole to spear fish."

"you're right."

Mo Yixia neither rebuked Gu Zheng for being mean nor praised her for her resourcefulness. She changed the subject carelessly, "I heard that you have a strong desire to win in everything?"

“Most things,” Guzheng corrected.

"What's the reason?" Mo Yixia asked.

"Why should I tell you?"

"You don't have to tell me. I just think your desire to win seems to be misplaced."

"What do you mean?" Gu Zheng frowned slightly.

"I have no intention of correcting your outlook on life." Mo Yixia held her chin with one hand, letting the fishing rod swing back and forth in her hand, and said slowly, "It's just that in my opinion, there are only three things that people must win in this world."

"What three things?"

"The first thing is of course to form a fertilized egg earlier than other sperm. Otherwise, you are still called Gu Zheng and I am still called Mo Yixia, but we are obviously not ourselves."

Gu Zheng was stunned. Although she wanted to complain, she was powerless to refute it.

After a pause, Mo Yixia said in a melancholy tone: "Fortunately, this matter has been completed as early as the sperm period. Because of this, we only need to do our best to win two more things after we are born."

Gu Zheng didn't know why she showed such a lost emotion, so she asked patiently, "Which two things?"

"one."

Mo Yixia raised an index finger.

"To win someone's favor."

"two."

She raised a second finger.

"Keep him by your side at all costs."

The air was quiet for a long time. The fishing rod in the girl's hand kept shaking, driving the float and causing ripples on the lake.

Gu Zheng tightly grasped the fishing rod in her hand, making it motionless, and said hesitantly: "The things you know you must win are just like that, so..."

"So superficial huh?"

Mo Yixia tucked up the scattered hair around her ears and took over her words disapprovingly, “I said, this is just ‘in my opinion’, it may be superficial to you, but it is irreplaceable to me.”

"Han Zhou is irreplaceable to me!" Guzheng said angrily.

"I'm not referring to Han Zhou."

Mo Yixia shook her head. "It's not important. What's important is... do you know what you must win?"

She turned her head and looked at Guzheng.

"Of course I know!" Gu Zheng answered loudly.

"Yeah."

Mo Yixia didn't comment, and quietly looked at the end of the lake. After a while, she added, "It's good to know."

I don't know when the sunlight dimmed, and the sun was lazy and hid behind the clouds again.

"I'll beat you now!"

As if feeling that she was being looked down upon, Guzheng angrily opened the cup of bait, threw all the bait into the lake, then picked up the bamboo pole and stood up to wait.

Her job was simple: if a fish was attracted to the surface of the lake by the bait, she could spear it within her sight.

This is a skill that the guy next to him can never learn.

Soon, there seemed to be movement under the lake, and a black fish swam carefully to the surface of the lake.

Gu Zheng's eyes lit up, and she held up the fishing rod and stood still, patiently waiting for the fish to swim into her attack range. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a fishing rod suddenly swept towards her and immediately scared away the black fish.

Gu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and glared at Mo Yixia who was slowly retracting her fishing rod not far away: "What do you mean?"

"Fishing." Mo Yixia answered slowly.

"fishing?"

"If there are fish over there, I can naturally move my fishing rod over there to fish."

Gu Zheng cursed this guy inwardly for being shameless and said angrily, "How can you say you are fishing? You are clearly chasing the fish away!"

After a moment of silence, Mo Yixia did not deny it, and said calmly: "But this is also within the rules, isn't it?"

To be honest, she had no experience in fishing, so she didn't know how to win, but the only thing she could do was not to lose.

Just as she said at the beginning.

Today was destined to be a draw.

(End of this chapter)