Forced into a romantic relationship

It was still raining when we left the high-speed rail station.

There was a large flow of people outside the high-speed railway station. Umbrellas of various colors formed a torrent in the rain, flowing in all directions. Cold raindrops continued to fall on the colorful umbrellas, forming a layer of misty water mist on the street.

"The rain is getting heavier."

Han Zhou looked up at the dim sky and said, "Let's just take a taxi to town. It will take too much time to go to the bus station. It will be troublesome if it rains heavily."

It was such a cold day, and if the rain got heavier, it would be very easy to catch a cold outdoors, not to mention that there was also Wang Lengqiu, who had a weaker constitution, and Zhong Ling, who was afraid of heavy rain, in the team.

Seeing that no one had any objections, he walked to a taxi holding an umbrella and asked, "Uncle, how much does it cost to go to Songshan Town?"

The man rolled down the window and said with a simple smile, "Young man, you've asked the right person. I'm from Songshan Town and I'm planning to go back. I'll leave at 60."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a man in another car shouting, "Young man, don't listen to him. I only want fifty, and I'll take you to Songshan Town for fifty!"

The drivers who often hang around outside the station seem to have two skills. One is excellent hearing. Even from a long distance, they always seem to be able to accurately hear the information they want and quickly use their second skill - using their super loud voices to cover up all kinds of noise, selling themselves as "good quality and low price", thus winning over hesitant customers.

Han Zhou had checked the price to Songshan Town on the taxi app before asking the price. Fifty yuan was a normal price, so he asked Gu Zheng and others to get on the second car.

Songshan Town is not remote, but it is nearly 20 kilometers away from the county seat, about half an hour's drive.

Han Zhou naturally sat in the passenger seat again. Unlike in the morning, there was a strange driver beside him. He couldn't chat with Gu Zheng and others. He simply checked the props updated in the monthly mall at the end of last month.

[Item 200: Memory-freezing pill, a one-time item. Within ten natural days before and after taking it, you will retain/obtain a memory that should not exist. Please note that it must be used in conjunction with related items. The specific effect will be affected by the description of the item. The effect of taking it alone is unknown. Please take it with caution. The price is points]

[Product 1000: Anchor point freeze device, a one-time item, the specific effect will be displayed after purchase, the price is points]

[Product 200: Painting Detection Recorder, a one-time item. After the detection function is activated, the recorder will actively search for objects full of obsessions within a radius of meters. You can choose one of the objects to detect and record the relevant obsessions. If you need to keep the record, please take the memory freeze pill before the end of the record. The record will be implanted in the mind in the form of memory. The price is points]

[Product 100: One Line, a one-time item that can be used twice in total. After pressing the dial-to-listen button, the individuals at both ends of the One Line can communicate briefly for one minute through the megaphone. For the specific effect, please check the detailed instructions after purchase. The price is points.]

Han Zhou was speechless when he saw the items starting at a minimum of one hundred points. When shopping online, big data could always accurately lock in his price range and recommend a bunch of things he could afford. He didn't expect the status bar to be the same. As soon as he saw that he had points, a bunch of expensive items would be refreshed, and there were even anchor point devices that cost up to one thousand points.

For some reason, he always felt that the name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

He thought that he now had more than 800 points and could afford any item he wanted, but who knew that the items refreshed at the end of last month were so expensive, and there were two items he had to buy.

The first one is naturally the "Painting Detection Recorder". It is too subtle to say that it can search for objects full of obsession. It is obviously a prop prepared for the photo of Wang Lengqiu. The status bar is just short of having the words "You Need Me" written on his face. How can he not buy it?
The second thing was the "Memory Freeze Pill". This thing was used in conjunction with the "Painting Detection Recorder". It was necessary to buy it. Moreover, Han Zhou remembered clearly that an item in his inventory also required the use of the "Memory Freeze Pill" -

[51% Future Simulator (temporary): a one-time item. Choose a human other than you as the binding target. When you and the target fall asleep at the same time, you will travel to an unknown future in your dream. There is a 51% chance that the future will become a reality in the future and it will not be affected by the simulation process (note that the target is in a semi-conscious state during the dream simulation. The simulation time is fixed for one week. The simulation will end automatically after the dream ends. The related memories cannot be retained. If you need to retain them, please purchase the memory freeze pills in advance and take them before the simulation begins)]

This was one of the rewards Han Zhou received after completing the hand-holding mission last time. The other reward was the [Custom Status Generator]. Since the effects of these two items were too exaggerated and looked very precious, and he couldn't find the right time to use them, these two heavyweight items had been covered in dust in the status bar for a long time. If he hadn't seen the "Memory Freeze Pill", he might not have remembered them.

As for why Han Zhou had so many points, the main reason was that he completed Ouyang Lianyu's activity task last month and earned a total of 500 points. He thought he had already achieved a "well-off" life, but who knew that he had spent almost all of it on buying two items.

In addition to the points, he also gained the authority to actively issue strategy tasks once, but this reward was not as practical to him as one point, unless he took it from others and used it on Ouyang Lianyu.

But he would never do anything so boring.

Han Zhou has read the product description of the "Painting Detection Recorder" many times, because he realized one thing - this product might not only be used on the photo of Wang Lengqiu, but also in his home.

He naturally couldn't forget that there was a very important item hidden in his home. That item might be related to his memory with Xiao Xiaoxiao. If he couldn't find it, would the "In-Painting Detection Recorder" be able to find it? This idea has been lingering in his mind since the monthly mall update last month. Unfortunately, he really couldn't find time to go home these days, so he had no way to verify his guess. He could only wait until he returned from Wang Lengqiu's house to verify it.

The taxi drove along the highway. The tall buildings on both sides of the road gradually disappeared, replaced by low houses and fields. In the distance, continuous mountains could be seen.

Songshan Town is located near mountains and rivers. Most of the ancient residents made a living by farming. Even today, many people still run the old business, but more people cannot accept a life of working in the fields all day long and choose to work outside, and may not go home once a year.

Similar situations are not uncommon across the country, which has also led to the emergence of a large number of left-behind children in many small towns and rural areas.

These children have lacked parental companionship since childhood and have lived with their grandparents most of the time. Perhaps they have no idea what fatherly and motherly love are. They can only make up essays on related topics. They only see their parents once a year, but they still have to force themselves to put on a friendly smile every time.

But in fact, the lack of companionship from family members since childhood means that they are nothing more than strangers with blood ties.

Gu Zheng and Wang Lengqiu were both left-behind children, but Gu Zheng was relatively lucky and was soon taken back to her parents. Uncle Gu and Sister Miao were also trying their best to make up for the lack of companionship and not leave her with a traumatic childhood.

But Wang Lengqiu was different. She only had her grandfather during her childhood. Every time she was hurt, she didn't get comfort from her parents over the phone, but blame. They blamed her for not being obedient and instead provoking others.

But she obviously didn't do anything wrong.

Before returning to Songshan Town, Han Zhou asked Wang Lengqiu why she didn't dare to go back to her hometown. She replied that it was because her parents gave birth to a younger sister while they were working outside and raised her with them since she was a child. She didn't dare to see that younger sister.

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That’s right, it’s not that I don’t want to see it, but that I dare not see it.

Han Zhou actually didn’t quite understand what “dare not” meant, but he suddenly thought of Ouyang Lianyu’s father—the old-fashioned “future father-in-law” who started quitting smoking and drinking just to live two more days, fearing that when he was gone one day in the future, no one would be able to support his daughter.

However, he did not think that Wang Lengqiu's "fear" was because she had no one to support her. This girl was more independent and opinionated than most people imagined, even though her behavior was sometimes difficult to understand.

In the description of the status bar, the girl seems to be trapped, trapped in the past, trapped in a certain memory.

In fact, Han Zhou has never been sure whether it was himself or that bad childhood memory that trapped the other person.

He hoped it was the former.

It’s not because it’s an honorable thing to be remembered by a girl for such a long time, but compared to the bad childhood memories, the memories about myself should be relatively better.

Even just a little bit.

I don't know when the rain outside the window stopped, and in the mist not far away, a town gradually became clear.

Through the rearview mirror of the car, he looked at the thin Wang Lengqiu in the back seat. Wrapped in a thick down jacket, the girl looked incredibly frail, so much so that Guzheng and Zhongling had to carefully maintain their original positions, not wanting to disturb her from her deep sleep.

Han Zhou retracted his gaze and looked at the "Painting Detection Recorder" in the monthly mall. He suddenly felt that the significance of this thing might be even greater than he imagined.

He bought one without hesitation and also bought a "memory freeze pill".

If it was really him who trapped her, then he would set her free.

(End of this chapter)