Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 398 Two Heavyweights

The withered yellow reeds swayed in the wind, creating dark golden waves and rippling layer upon layer of ripples on the surface of the lake. These ripples connected with the ripples coming from afar, forming a new circle of ripples.

The lake surface was like a constantly breaking mirror. The blurry surface was not enough to reflect the scene on the river bank. Only two slender outlines could be vaguely seen.

"I say, aren't they both tired?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao yawned and looked at Guzheng and Mo Yixia in the distance boredly.

The two people have been struggling with the bamboo poles and fishing rods for nearly half an hour, and there is still no winner. However, from the perspective of achieving the goal, Gu Zheng should be at a disadvantage now. After all, her goal is to collect bait, and with Mo Yixia's constant obstruction, her collection plan has had little effect, and she has only collected a little bit now.

But it seems that Guzheng is not in a hurry at all, and seems to have great patience.

"Yixia may be tired, but Guzheng definitely won't." Han Zhou shook his head.

Zhong Yin was a little worried: "They won't stay like this until the evening, right?"

“No, unless Yixia’s strength doesn’t run out.” Ouyang Lianyu said with a wry smile, “You see, Yixia’s movements have begun to slow down. If it’s a little longer, she may not be able to stop Guzheng from fishing for the bait in time.”

Zhong Yin nodded: "It seems that Gu Zheng is also very clear about this, so she allows Yixia to keep making trouble."

Han Zhou didn't say anything, but Zhong Yin was right. With Gu Zheng's ability, she could actually catch the bait with one hand and suppress Mo Yixia's fishing rod with the other hand. The reason why she didn't do this was to see the other party's embarrassed appearance when her physical strength was exhausted.

This was probably to avenge Mo Yixia for deliberately giving her an empty bottle and embarrassing her.

Just as everyone thought, Gu Zheng was well aware of her physical advantage, so she was not in a hurry at all. As long as she waited until that annoying guy was exhausted, even if she stayed there to catch fish, this guy would not be able to stop her.

Just when Gu Zheng thought that Mo Yixia had completely fallen into her trap, she heard Mo Yixia beside her suddenly say, "I thought you really didn't intend to restrict my actions, but it turns out you just changed your approach."

Her voice was still calm, but a little more tired than before. Obviously, swinging the fishing rod for half an hour was not easy for her.

"I just don't want to restrict your actions in such a boring way."

Gu Zheng snorted coldly and turned to look at her, "Why, you can't hold on any longer and want to say I broke the rules?"

Mo Yixia did not answer, but said lightly: "It seems that you do have an extraordinary desire for victory."

Gu Zheng curled her lips: "So you want to admit defeat?"

“I’m not very competitive, but I don’t like to admit defeat either.”

Mo Yixia tried to lift the hair that fell around her ears, but she no longer had the strength to raise her arms, so she raised her head and threw her hair behind her ears, "I still think today will be a draw."

"why?"

"Because your tools are broken."

Gu Zheng was stunned and quickly looked at the bamboo pole in her hand. Only then did she notice that the box connected to the pole had fallen off and into the lake at some point, and was floating away.

She put down the bamboo pole and tried to hook the box over with a longer fishing rod, but Mo Yixia had already taken the initiative and used her remaining strength to push the box to the center of the lake, beyond the reach of the fishing rod.

"You guy..."

Looking at the box floating farther and farther away, Guzheng gritted her teeth and thought that it was no wonder that this guy had been deliberately hitting her bamboo pole with the fishing rod. She thought she wanted to make it impossible for her to catch any bait, but it turned out that she wanted to loosen the box.

"You want to say I'm awful, right?"

Mo Yixia let go of the fishing rod as if exhausted, her chest rising and falling slightly, as if she had used up all her strength, but with a slight smile on her face, "I feel that way sometimes."

The cold wind blew along the lake, blowing up the girl's long hair.

"Instead of being ashamed, I am proud of it..." Guzheng muttered softly.

"I can hear you." Mo Yixia said lazily.

"I said this specifically for you!" Guzheng glared at her unhappily.

"That's why I said I heard it."

"you……"

Gu Zheng took a deep breath and thought to herself that she shouldn't have wasted her time talking to this guy. It was just making things difficult for herself.

However, she didn't want to say more, but Mo Yixia continued to talk to herself: "I have no strength left. If you still have energy, you can pick up the bottle over there and continue to catch the remaining bait."

"No need, I'm going to win anyway."

Gu Zheng was afraid that this guy had some other conspiracy, so she immediately rejected his suggestion, unzipped her jacket and started taking it off.

Seeing this, Mo Yixia was stunned for a rare moment: "What do you want to do?"

"What else can I do? Go down to the water and catch some fish. That way you won't be able to cause any trouble."

Gu Zheng snorted coldly, and continued to take off her sweater while speaking, leaving only a warm layer of clothes, not looking like she was joking at all.

Mo Yixia was stunned.

"Gu Zheng, what do you want to do!"

At this moment, an angry shout suddenly sounded behind the two of them, and Han Zhou ran towards them with a serious expression.

In such a cold day, Gu Zheng actually planned to jump into the water to catch fish. This development scared Han Zhou. Even if she wanted to win, there was no need to be so reckless about her own danger, right?

Before Gu Zheng was about to dive, he grabbed her arm and started to scold her: "It's winter now, tell me why you took off your clothes?"

Gu Zheng wanted to talk back, but it was the first time she saw Han Zhou so angry. She didn't dare to look him in the eye. After a long while, she lowered her head and whispered, "Catch... catch fish."

"Catch fish?" Han Zhou was so angry that he laughed, "Jump into the water to catch fish?"

"You know I can do it..." Gu Zheng said cautiously.

"Of course I know you can do it, but since you are going to jump into the water to catch fish, what is this fishing rod for?" Han Zhou picked up the fishing rod on the ground and said with a headache.

"It's because I couldn't catch anything that I wanted to go into the water to catch it..."

"Catch it for tonight's snack?"

"no……"

"So that means they are caught and released?"

"It's not..."

Han Zhou had a headache: "Then why do you have to catch the fish?"

"I want to win." Gu Zheng said unhappily, "It's not like you don't know me."

"Of course you can if you want to win."

Han Zhou took a deep breath, picked up the clothes on the ground and helped her put them on. While putting them on, he said helplessly, "But I don't want you to joke about your life. This is much more important than winning or losing."

Of course he knew what winning or losing meant to Gu Zheng, and his tone was no longer as angry as before, but rather gentle.

His movements were equally gentle. Guzheng was like a child who had just become sensible. She was uncomfortable but honestly waiting for him to help her put on her clothes.

"You...you better be careful, don't put it on backwards."

She looked down at her toes and said nonchalantly.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Han Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and soon he put the girl's clothes back on.

"It's really ugly."

Guzheng looked at herself in dishevel in the lake and muttered with a red face.

"How dare you say that? If you don't take off your clothes randomly, do you need me to help you put them on?"

Han Zhou glared at the girl unhappily, picked up the fishing rod on the ground and stuffed it into her hand, "Forget about what happened before, but from now on, you can only use the fishing rod to fish, and you can't use any other methods, understand?"

"oh oh."

Guzheng was a little unconvinced, but still nodded honestly.

"And you!"

Han Zhou turned his head to look at Mo Yixia, and said with dissatisfaction, “You too, you can only use a fishing rod to fish, and you are not allowed to harass others in any way. Do you understand?”

Mo Yixia looked at him with a half-smile, until he felt a little guilty, then she nodded slightly.

"Yes, but there is no bait left."

"Without bait, it's all up to luck."

Han Zhou coughed dryly and said calmly, "Only those who are willing to take the bait can show your ability."

He suddenly rushed over, not only because he was worried about Gu Zheng diving, but also to smooth things over. After all, if they let these two guys continue to mess around, who knows what accidents might happen. It would be better for him to come over and help them set the rules.

As for the lack of bait… isn’t that just perfect?

From a selfish point of view, he wanted to see Gu Zheng and Mo Yixia maintain a draw, and the fact that neither side had any bait would achieve this outcome.

After saying this, he was afraid that Mo Yixia would see what he was thinking, so he quickly covered his face and left.

"Why is he covering his face?" Guzheng looked puzzled.

"Who knows? Maybe she's shy." Mo Yixia said slowly.

Hearing that the person who answered was Mo Yixia, Gu Zheng snorted coldly, then sat back on the small stool, humming a light melody while fishing.

Mo Yixia also sat down with a fishing rod in hand and asked, "You seem very happy?"

"none of your business?"

"Is it because Han Zhou helped you put on your clothes?"

Guzheng didn't answer, but just raised her head slightly, her pride evident in her words.

Mo Yixia shook her head sadly and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing to ask the person you like to help you put on clothes. Asking him to help you take off clothes is the real fun."

The smile on Gu Zheng's face froze, as if she realized something, and asked quickly: "What do you mean..."

"Shhh."

Mo Yixia interrupted her question, "I'm going to start fishing, please don't make any noise to disturb me, this is a foul."

Guzheng was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she could only shut her mouth and stop talking.

At the same time, Han Zhou had returned to the girls. As soon as he sat down, he heard Xiao Xiaoxiao teasing him, "Han Zhou, you are so good. You acted so ambiguous with Gu Zheng in front of Mo Yixia. Aren't you worried that she will be angry?"

She must be angry...

Han Zhou sighed in his heart, but said calmly: "I don't know what you are talking about. They and I are just ordinary friends."

As soon as these words were spoken, except for Zhong Ling and Wang Lengqiu, everyone else showed disdain on their faces.

Damn it, I usually say it so smoothly that I blurt it out accidentally...

Although he realized that he had said the wrong thing, Han Zhou had no intention of re-explaining. Although everyone knew that he was a scumbag, he still had to save face and didn't need to emphasize it. So he coughed dryly and changed the subject, "I have already told them to only use fishing rods to fish, and they are not allowed to harass each other. There shouldn't be any more trouble next time."

"But they seem to have run out of bait." Zhong Ling thought for a moment and said softly, "How about I go back and get some?"

"no need."

Han Zhou quickly stopped her. What he wanted was a draw without bait. If there was bait, the outcome would be unpredictable.

"You want none of them to catch any fish?" Zhong Yin saw through his thoughts at a glance.

Han Zhou was very thick-skinned. Although he did think so, he was not willing to admit it. He shook his head mysteriously and said, "Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who are willing will take the bait."

"Who is Jiang Taigong?" Ouyang Lianyu was a little confused.

Han Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "It's my great grandfather."

Xiao Xiaoxiao punched him in anger: "Who are you trying to fool? Isn't your last name Han?"

Han Zhou casually replied, "My mother's surname is Jiang."

"Have you had enough of lying?" Xiao Xiaoxiao punched him again and said with a curled lip, "Your mother's last name is clearly Zhou."

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, and looked at the petite girl beside him in confusion: "How do you know my mother's last name is Zhou?"

His mother died when he was very young and hardly appeared in his memory, so he rarely mentioned his mother to others, let alone told others his mother's last name.

He and Xiao Xiaoxiao met in college. At that time, he had unlocked the ability of photographic memory, so he immediately closed his eyes and reviewed all the memories after meeting each other. He did not remember when he mentioned his mother's name to Xiao Xiaoxiao.

Thinking of this, Han Zhou's eyes became even more confused. He stared at Xiao Xiaoxiao's eyes, not giving her a chance to lie.

Seeing Han Zhou's expression suddenly become serious, Ouyang Lianyu asked in confusion: "What's wrong, Han Zhou, isn't your mother's last name Zhou?"

As a counselor, she naturally had access to students' files, and she had also paid special attention to Han Zhou's information before, so she knew his mother's name.

Han Zhou shook his head and continued to stare into Xiao Xiaoxiao's eyes: "It doesn't matter what my mother's last name is. What matters is that Xiaoxiao shouldn't know it."

Everyone was stunned, not quite understanding the meaning of this sentence. Ouyang Lianyu recalled for a moment, and suddenly a trace of apology appeared on her face: "Xiaoxiao must have known because she happened to be in the office the day I looked at your file. Sorry, I didn't know you minded so much."

This time it was Han Zhou's turn to be stunned. He looked at Ouyang Lianyu in surprise: "Xiaoxiao knew my mother's name from you?"

"What else do you think?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao pushed his head away with a look of dissatisfaction, "Isn't it just knowing your mother's last name? Is there any need to be so excited? I'm scared to death."

"Okay." Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and apologized, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

"It's okay, just don't be so startled next time." Xiao Xiaoxiao waved her hand and turned to look at the scenery in the distance.

Han Zhou smiled awkwardly, thinking that he was indeed too startled. He thought Xiaoxiao had recovered her memory. He didn't know why he thought so at the first moment.

However, at this moment, a sentence that he did not expect appeared -

"I remember Jiang Taigong is not Jiang Ziya?"

Beside him, Wang Lengqiu, who had been thinking hard for a long time, tilted his head in confusion.

(End of this chapter)