Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 442 Why is there still one guy who hasn’t come?
Unfortunately, Han Zhou was unable to obtain any useful information from Xiao Xiaoxiao.

According to Xiao Xiaoxiao, there is not even a decent holiday in December, so naturally there are no special days. If we have to say which day is more special, it would probably be Christmas.

Although there is no holiday, this day can indeed be regarded as the only day with special significance in December.

"Is it Christmas?"

Han Zhou was thoughtful, recalling the longing on the girl's face when she mentioned Santa Claus just now. He laughed in his heart and thought that he would try to use the mysterious bag once on Christmas Day, and prepare a Christmas gift for this guy. Whether he succeeds or not, he will be Santa Claus for once.

But speaking of Christmas gifts, he suddenly remembered the "wish list" that Xiao Xiaoxiao had hung on the tree when he went to Bay City not long ago. It was filled with her wishes -

"One, grow up quickly. Every year you grow, you will grow ten centimeters taller."

"Two, study hard and make a lot of money in the future."

"Three, buy a house of your own, with three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom."

"Four, have a different birthday. Buy a three-layer cake. Each layer has a different taste and double the candles."

"Five, don't be alone during the Chinese New Year. Find at least ten friends to come and play at home."

"Sixth, your body will become healthier and healthier, and you will become a promising person in the future."

"Seven, confess your feelings to the person you like, and the two of you will become very happy together."

"..."

With his photographic memory, Han Zhou quickly remembered all the items on the "wish list". These wishes were big and small. Some of them he would never be able to help realize, such as helping the other party find someone they like to confess their love to, but some of them could be realized.

Thinking of this, he suddenly asked, "By the way, Xiaoxiao, when is your birthday?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao, who was about to enter the house, was stunned for a moment, turned back to look at him, and a vigilant expression appeared on his face: "Anyway, it's not in December, what do you want to do?"

"I'm just asking casually." Han Zhou smiled, "Besides, we all have such a good relationship, it's only natural for you to tell me your birthday."

Xiao Xiaoxiao looked unconvinced, but still answered, "The day before the Chinese New Year," and then went into the house.

She didn't seem curious at all as to why Han Zhou would specifically ask her such a strange question as which day in December was special.

Han Zhou stayed at the door for a while, and soon he saw Zhong Ling, Wang Lengqiu and others walking towards him from a distance carrying bags. He thought they must have finished buying vegetables.

Seeing him alone outside, Zhong Ling quickened her pace and trotted over, pushing the wheelchair while asking with concern: "Why are you staying outside alone? It's cold outside, come inside quickly."

Her voice was soft, like marshmallow that melts in one bite.

Han Zhou was about to explain when Wang Runxue's tired voice rang out from behind him: "I don't want to go out with these two seniors anymore. One doesn't talk, and the other doesn't like to talk. They bored me all the way. I picked most of these dishes by myself."

Wang Runxue had no intention of complaining, she just felt bored. She thought she could find out some embarrassing stories about that bastard Han Zhou along the way, in order to uncover the true face of this scumbag in the future. However, these two senior students either said nothing or just said "thank you" from time to time, so she didn't find out anything.

Seeing Zhong Ling's apologetic expression, Han Zhou turned back to look at Wang Runxue and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work."

"That's a human thing to say..."

Wang Runxue snorted and asked, "Where's Guzheng? Is she okay?"

"never mind."

"Where is she? Isn't she with you?"

"She's helping Sister Yin in the kitchen."

Wang Runxue said "Oh". Although she didn't want to admit it, this scumbag did have some abilities. He was probably the only one who could comfort Guzheng quickly.

Several people entered the house. Lin Anyu sat alone at the counter, temporarily acting as a waiter in the store, while the others returned to their rooms.

Zhong Yin's pastry shop is doing very good business, with customers coming from time to time, so it is impossible to close the shop too early, so everyone decided to take turns watching the shop and wait until around 8 o'clock when it's time for dinner before closing.

Normally, when Zhong Yin stays in the store alone, the business hours will be even later, usually closing at 10:30, and sometimes even open until 11:00. Fortunately, her residence and the store are connected, so she doesn't have to worry about her safety when returning home late at night.

"You guys go in first, I'll help look after the store." Lin Anyu greeted.

"Okay, we'll change you later."

Han Zhou nodded and entered the room with Zhong Ling and others.

Zhong Yin's residence is not big, and a group of people squeezed in it seems a bit crowded, but it is also very lively. Looking at Lin Youya who was dancing and talking about interesting things in school, smiles appeared on everyone's face.

Han Zhou also had a smile on his face. He was used to being alone, but that didn't mean he liked it. He had dreamed of such a lively scene many times, and now that he was in it, he felt particularly warm.

For some reason, he thought of Xiao Xiaoxiao's "wish list" again -

"Five, don't be alone during the Chinese New Year. Find at least ten friends to come and play at home."

To be able to record such a thing as a wish on a wooden sign, it seems that this guy must have lived a very lonely life in the past.

Rather...

For most of the people in this room, the past few days have been filled with loneliness to one degree or another.

Fortunately, it won’t happen in the future.

He looked around the room and his eyes finally fell on Xiao Xiaoxiao's face.

Under the soft warm light, the girl sat on the sofa with her hands on her knees, smiling, so quiet that she seemed like a different person.

The peach blossom earrings on his earlobes shone slightly, as if they wanted to record this moment. When the Chinese New Year comes, let's get together like this... he thought.

At this moment, Gu Zheng walked out of the kitchen while wiping her hands and asked with squinting eyes: "What are you talking about?"

"Yaya said she ranked 15th in the midterm exam, an improvement of 20 places." Wang Runxue replied with a smile.

Although it was the first time they met, everyone liked this cute little girl.

"really?"

Gu Zheng's eyes lit up, and she bent down and touched Lin Youya's head, "Very impressive."

"Sister Guzheng is even more amazing!" Lin Youya said with admiration.

Gu Zheng was overjoyed. She didn't respond, but looked around and asked, "Why is there still one guy who hasn't come?"

"You mean Lin Anyu? He's outside watching over the store." Wang Runxue replied.

"not him."

Gu Zheng shook her head, turned to look at Han Zhou, and said unhappily, "Where's Mo Yixia? Isn't she still here? Why don't you call her over for dinner?"

After saying that, he turned and went back to the kitchen.

Everyone was stunned.

Lin Youya's eyes sparkled, and she asked in surprise, "Is Sister Yixia here too?"

No one had told her this before.

Wang Runxue looked puzzled: "Mo Yixia... I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before... Hiss! She's not from Guzheng—"

Before she could utter the word "rival in love", her mouth was tightly covered by Xiao Xiaoxiao, who had come behind her at some point, and she could only make a "wuwu" sound.

Zhong Ling stole a glance at Han Zhou, then looked towards the kitchen, an apologetic smile appeared on her face, and she quietly made a "hush" gesture to her.

Wang Runxue's eyes widened in horror. What was going on? Were these people helping to protect that stinky scumbag?

Han Zhou pretended not to notice what was happening here and sent a message to Mo Yixia, asking her to come to Zhong Yin's house for dinner.

In fact, he had sent many messages to Mo Yixia, but she had never replied. If the messages had not shown as read, he would have suspected that the other party was in danger.

Fortunately, perhaps because she understood his worries from a distance, Mo Yixia finally replied with a message this time.

"I see."

"...Don't you want to say anything more?"

Han Zhou felt a little guilty. He knew that Mo Yixia must have gone to the playground to watch the guzheng competition this afternoon. The reason why she didn't show up was probably to avoid causing him unnecessary trouble. This move touched and shamed him.

It would be fine if the matter ended like this, and he could find a way to compensate Yixia, but he didn't know which bastard helped Yixia sign up for tomorrow's fun activities. Isn't it obvious that Yixia and Guzheng are going to compete, and he still has to answer the multiple-choice question?
A competition is a competition, but he doesn't have the option of having it all. No matter who he chooses, it will inevitably cause harm to the other person.

The most hateful thing is that the bastard used an open conspiracy! With Yixia's mentality, even if she knew that someone had signed up for the competition that Guzheng participated in without her knowledge, she would never choose to ignore it, but would compete with Guzheng.

So even if he persuaded Yixia to give up the competition, it would be useless because the other party would definitely compete with Guzheng tomorrow.

What a vicious thought.

Just when Han Zhou was wondering which bastard was so vicious and wanted to harm him, Mo Yixia replied.

"I signed up myself."

"?"

Han Zhou was dumbfounded. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He tapped the screen in confusion.

"It's fine if you sign up yourself, but why don't you let Teacher Ouyang and the others go?"

The reason why he never suspected that it was Mo Yixia who did it was because he felt that Mo Yixia would not deliberately drag Teacher Ouyang and Sister Yin into the water. This would be meaningless and the other party had no reason to do so.

Fortunately, Mo Yixia quickly answered his questions.

"I wasn't the one who signed them up."

With Mo Yixia's explanation, Han Zhou finally figured out the cause and effect of the whole incident, and knew that it was Chen Fei who wanted to harm him. But since Yixia hoped that he would not seek revenge on the other party, he could only give up.

It's not entirely because of Mo Yixia's face.

In fact, since Guzheng's friend wanted to apologize to Guzheng, Guzheng would most likely choose to forgive him. To put it bluntly, there was no major conflict between the two of them. It would be best if they could reconcile. Even if they can't reconcile, at least they can resolve a knot in their hearts, which is actually a good thing.

And given Gu Zheng's personality, she probably wouldn't want him to embarrass her former friend, including her friend's current boyfriend, afterwards.

And if even Guzheng herself didn't mind, then he had no reason to say anything more. After all, the most outrageous thing the two had done so far was to cause Guzheng to lose the game. Apart from that, they didn't cause Guzheng to suffer any substantial harm.

Mo Yixia had obviously anticipated this, so she casually agreed to help Chen Fei solve his problems, because she knew very well that even without her, someone would give up "revenge" for Gu Zheng's sake.

In other words, she didn't have to pay anything, and she could get Chen Fei to help her fill out a registration form as she wished, and by the way, she could also teach a greedy guy a lesson.

After explaining the whole cause and effect of the incident, the girl sent a final message.

“I’m looking forward to the game tomorrow.”

(End of this chapter)