Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 452: So You Like This
The sun sets at dusk, and the afterglow is still warm.

At 5:30 in the afternoon, with the sound of joyful music, the fun sports meeting came to a successful conclusion.

Although there were some twists and turns, Han Zhou and his team still won first place as they wished. Xiao Xiaoxiao went on stage to receive the award as a representative and gave a short speech. His proud look made many people in the audience smile knowingly.

This is somewhat related to her petite and cute appearance. If it was someone who was not so cute and dared to speak on the stage with such a high nose, the people in the audience would not smile knowingly, but would secretly curse her as "pretentious".

Under the burning red sky, Zhong Yin pushed his wheelchair on the road leading out of the school. About ten meters behind him were Guzheng Mo Yixia and others who were discussing where to go for dinner. Ouyang Lianyu had left early because she had something else to do.

Compared to his activeness in the past few days, Han Zhou was quite quiet today. After all, he and Zhong Yin had few common topics, and the other party didn't seem to have any desire to talk.

But everyone else went to the back to "care" about Wang Lengqiu. Even the senior schoolmate who usually didn't care much about gossip ran over to join in the fun, leaving only the two of them in the front.

Han Zhou had reason to suspect that this was a "defeat them one by one" tactic that Mo Yixia had come up with to prevent him and Wang Lengqiu from colluding with each other. After "caring" about Wang Lengqiu, everyone would come to "care" about him later.

Overall, today's competition was smooth sailing. He and Wang Lengqiu gained a huge advantage in the second stage, so that even though there were subsequent mistakes such as Sister Yin's hearing aid falling and Teacher Ouyang slipping, they still won the final victory.

Unfortunately, perhaps because Guzheng and Mo Yixia went from being opponents to teammates, the progress of the activity task did not increase, and the inference about the draw can only be verified next time.

Han Zhou was silently thinking about the activity mission, but just when he thought Zhong Yin would not take the initiative to talk to him, the other party suddenly spoke.

"You performed very well today. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have gotten first place."

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is everyone's credit."

In fact, everyone worked very hard today. If they hadn't tried too hard, Sister Yin wouldn't have lost her hearing aid, Teacher Ouyang wouldn't have slipped repeatedly, and everyone wouldn't have looked exhausted after the game.

It was precisely because of this that when Xiao Xiaoxiao proudly said on the stage, "This first place belonged to us from the very beginning," no one in the audience thought she was being arrogant.

Because that's the truth.

This is the result of everyone's hard work.

Zhong Yin did not respond. After a while, he said, "Looking at your performance in the game today, you shouldn't need my help pushing your wheelchair, right?"

Her voice already gave people a stiff and cold feeling, and now her tone suddenly dropped, becoming even colder, which sounded a little bad.

Han Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately wondered if he had done something to displease Sister Yin recently. However, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember what it was, so he could only smile awkwardly: "Of course, I can do it myself..."

"I'm just kidding."

Before he could finish, Zhong Yin's voice sounded again behind him.

joke?

Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zhong Yin. Across the mountains, he saw a smile on the other's face - although it was a little stiff, it was indeed a smile.

...to his smile.

Does the sun come out in the west today?

He was suspicious. Although Sister Yin had smiled at him before, this was the first time she smiled at him without doing anything.

Zhong Yin didn't know that her smile scared Han Zhou, otherwise she would have instantly returned to her usual cold face. Seeing Han Zhou staring at her with complicated eyes, she exhaled slightly and softened her tone, "How is it, is it funny?"

Han Zhou hesitated for a moment and said tactfully: "It doesn't sound like a joke..."

"I understand."

Zhong Yin was not angry. He nodded to show that he understood, stopped talking, and continued pushing the wheelchair forward.

Walking through the tree-lined avenue, the winter wind makes the leaves rustle. It seems that these leaves will never fall off. Even though winter has been going on for a while, there are still leaves that have not turned yellow hanging on the trees, stubbornly waiting for next spring.

After a while, Zhong Yin retracted his gaze and spoke again: "Han Zhou, from today on, I will try to treat you like my sister. In fact, I don't hate you in my heart, but I had a very bad impression of you at the beginning. Even if the impression changed later, it would be difficult to change my attitude."

Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction: "This is more like a joke."

Zhong Yin: “…”

“I’m serious,” she said.

"Serious?" Han Zhou was stunned.

"Seriously," she emphasized again.

"…Then I'd rather you were joking."

"why?"

Han Zhou had a complicated expression and said helplessly: "Because I'm a man, it sounds too weird to treat me as a sister..."

Zhong Yin: “…”

She patiently explained: "What I mean is that I will try to be nicer to you. After all, compared to girls, my attitude towards men is much worse."

So you know what's going on...

Han Zhou smiled and said, "I know, I was just joking."

Zhong Yin frowned slightly: "Were you kidding just now?"

"Otherwise, am I really stupid..."

Han Zhou's mouth twitched, and he asked, "But Sister Yin, why did you suddenly say this?"

Zhong Yin hesitated for a while and explained: "You saved me not long ago, so it's only right that I treat you better."

It can be seen that what she said just now was indeed not a joke. Compared with her coldness in the past, her tone today was indeed much gentler, although it was a little stiff.

"anything else?"

Han Zhou felt that there must be other reasons, otherwise why didn't the other party change his attitude earlier? "Xiao Ling hopes that I can get along with you in a friendly way."

"Senior should have told you this wish many times before. Why are you just realizing it now? There must be other reasons." Han Zhou shook his head.

Zhong Yin was silent for a moment: "My bakery is open thanks to you..."

"This is all old news and is not the main reason."

"That's because the store's sales have been increasing recently..."

"Didn't you just say this last night? I didn't see your attitude change at that time."

"...Are you done yet?"

Faced with Han Zhou's questioning, Zhong Yin could no longer bear it, and his tone returned to its usual coldness, "Don't you want me to be nicer to you? Is the reason so important?"
Han Zhou laughed awkwardly and said, "It is indeed very important..."

He didn't necessarily want to find fault, but mainly wanted to confirm the reason why the strategy mission appeared. Perhaps this was related to the reason why Zhong Yin changed his attitude.

Zhong Yin looked behind him and saw that the others were far away and would not come over for a while, so he said coldly: "Think it over. If you must know the reason, I will still treat you the same as before. If you don't ask, I will treat you as gently as possible in the future - think it over first."

No, it’s just one reason. Is it that hard to say?
Han Zhou was suspicious, thinking that Sister Yin's reaction was too big, as if it was some unspeakable secret. Didn't she know that the more she did this, the more curious people would be?

and many more……

Could it be that Sister Yin is shy?

The real reason is hard to talk about, so she hopes to use this method to make me give up and not ask any more questions?
Han Zhou was not making random guesses. The sudden appearance of the strategy task could not have been a sudden impulse from the status bar. He had always suspected that Sister Yin might have fallen in love with him, and the status bar had issued such a task with an attitude of accepting anyone who came, hoping that he could pursue her.

In fact, the reason why he changed from an innocent boy at the beginning to the shameful scumbag today is closely related to the guidance of the status bar, so this is not impossible.

and so……

The real reason why Sister Yin changed her attitude towards me is because she fell in love with me?

Since this love cannot exist, she plans to bury it silently in her heart and is determined to treat me gently in the future. But once she expresses this love, she will have to return to her initial indifference and keep a distance from me?

Is that why she didn't dare to tell the real reason?
Such a speculation suddenly emerged in Han Zhou's mind.

What should I do? It seems quite reasonable...

He had a headache and hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to face it calmly - he and Sister Yin had neither a deep affection nor a complicated relationship. If the other party really liked him, what he had to do was to dissuade her from thinking so as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and said firmly: "Sister Yin, tell me, I want to know the reason."

"Are you sure?" Zhong Yin frowned, a strange look on his face, "Do you really want me to treat you coldly?"

She had heard that there was a type of people who seemed to like this, and the more indifferent and disgusted they were, the more they enjoyed it.

And Han Zhou's next answer seemed to confirm her guess -

"Just be cool, I quite like this feeling. Everyone is so tolerant of me. Sometimes being scolded a few times can make me feel more relaxed."

Han Zhou smiled bitterly in his heart. If Sister Yin really liked him, then it was indeed necessary to keep a distance from each other, and it was reasonable to be a little cold to her.

He didn't notice the increasingly strange expression on Zhong Yin's face, and continued, "And didn't you say you don't like men very much? It's too unfair for you to treat me with a gentle attitude. You should think more about yourself."

Zhong Yin was stunned.

Suddenly, melodious music was heard in the distance. It was the performance club practicing ensemble - New Year's Day was only a month away, and they were preparing for the upcoming New Year's Eve party.

It seemed as if someone got the beat wrong. The originally melodious music gradually became a little unharmonious, just like a heartbeat that changed speed due to disordered breathing.

Amid the discordant music, she looked up at the green leaves firmly fixed on the branches and said without any emotion, "You are still a student, but you always like to preach."

Han Zhou smiled and shrugged, "I'm just expressing my opinion."

"Are you sure you want me to treat you coldly from now on?"

"Don't be too cold..."

Han Zhou thought for a moment and said, "If possible, I hope the weather will be like it is now."

"weather?"

Zhong Yin looked up at the sky. The sun was gradually setting in the west, leading the red clouds to slowly sink. The afterglow of the sunset was not warm, but it still retained some temperature, kissing the skin along with the occasional breeze.

"Yes, early winter with sunshine."

Han Zhou smiled and said, "Just like now, although it's a little cold, it's still warm, so I'm satisfied."

Zhong Yin wanted to say something but stopped himself. His brows frowned and relaxed, and the expression on his face became more and more complicated, and finally turned into helplessness.

"So you like this."

"what?"

"Nothing. It would have a bad impact if this kind of thing got out. It's okay for Yixia and Guzheng, but I hope you don't tell Xiaoling and the others."

Han Zhou thought she was referring to the fact that she liked him, so he nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret."

He looked slightly serious, as if he had made some preparations.

Zhong Yin hesitated for a moment, lifted the hair by his ear a little embarrassedly, looked back at Gu Zheng and others behind him again, and then spoke slowly.

"Since you want to know so much, I will tell you the real reason."

(End of this chapter)