Forced into a romantic relationship.

Standing next to him was a woman wearing high heels and with burgundy hair. She was well-maintained and looked to be under thirty. Her voice was soft, as if she had no temper. Although her tone was clearly one of dissatisfaction, it sounded like she was being coquettish.

"Ya Ya, I told you not to run around, why are you not listening again?"

Lin Youya secretly stuck out her tongue.

Lin Anyu put his phone in his pocket and introduced her with a grin: "This is my aunt, Ya Ya's mother."

At the same time, Chen Xinyou turned her gaze away from her daughter and smiled kindly: "Hello, my surname is Chen, you can just call me Aunt Chen."

Han Zhou greeted Gu Zheng.

"An Yu said that the three of you are classmates, and you are indeed all handsome men and beautiful women. There are more guests than expected today, so please don't mind if there is anything we haven't done well in our hospitality."

Chen Xinyou is a very easy-going person with a soft voice. She quickly became chatting and laughing with the two young people, showering them with compliments.

She looked at Han Zhou, then suddenly bowed slightly and said sincerely, "Han Zhou, I know that Ya Ya is safe and sound thanks to you. I am truly grateful."

Lin Youya is an only child. If something were to happen to her, it would be like the sky falling down for her family.

Lin Youya, who had been watching from the side, followed suit and bowed deeply to Han Zhou, her head almost touching the floor: "Thank you so much, Brother Han Zhou!"

Han Zhou had no idea why this girl's attitude changed so quickly. Was it just because she watched a video?

Before he could even speak, Lin Anyu earnestly coaxed Lin Youya, saying, "Brother Han Zhou is my friend. I went to great lengths to invite him here today, so you owe half the credit for being saved. You should thank me, understand?"

"Pah, shameless!"

Lin Youya glared at him sideways and said with dissatisfaction, "You still have the nerve to say I have a thick skin..."

Chen Xinyou patted her daughter's head and said softly, "Ya Ya, don't be rude."

She then looked at Han Zhou and said softly, "Ya Ya seems to like you a lot. This child is a bit mischievous sometimes, so if she offends you in any way..."

"I'm not naughty."

Lin Youya was afraid that these comments would damage her image, so she quickly interrupted her mother, but her voice sounded noticeably weak.

Han Zhou glanced at her and asked curiously, "Why does this child suddenly like me?"

Lin Anyu said sourly, "Isn't it because she watched the video and thought you were really amazing and handsome, just like the protagonist in an anime she watched?"

How could he not feel jealous? He, as Lin Youya's proper cousin, had never heard her call him "brother" before, and was always given unpleasant nicknames like "Big Head Lin." But Han Zhou had only known Ya Ya for one day and was already being called "brother." He was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, and almost to the point of tearing his heart apart.

"Yes, Brother Han Zhou is like the male lead, no, no, he is the male lead!"

Lin Youya's eyes lit up, and she was so excited that she danced around, seemingly having completely forgotten about her stolen "superpower".

Chen Xinyou looked at her daughter tenderly, then at the two girls playing the guzheng, and said, "In short, you two are welcome to visit our home and An Yu's home anytime in the future. Ya Ya loves playing with her older brother and sister, so please don't be shy today and have fun."

Gu Zheng nodded quickly and said with a smile, "I will definitely go if I have the chance."

She loves children, especially cute little girls like Lin Youya.

Just then, she saw Lin Youya looking around as if searching for something. Just as she was about to ask, the girl suddenly tilted her head up and looked at her, asking, "Second female lead, where did that sister who looks like the first female lead go?"

Upon hearing this, both Han Zhou and Lin Anyu's expressions changed.

The smile on Gu Zheng's face froze, and only one thought remained in her mind.

Forget it, I think I'll pass. This kid doesn't seem very welcoming...

Chapter 24 is also not impossible.

"What second female lead? She has a name, she's called Guzheng Sister."

Lin Anyu corrected her impatiently, while secretly observing Gu Zheng's expression.

"Oh."

Lin Youya readily agreed and blinked as she asked, "Then where did the guzheng sister and the lead actress go?"

"Are you doing this on purpose?" Lin Anyu exclaimed in shock, and quickly said, "That lady isn't called the female lead. Don't force the characteristics of characters in anime to correspond to reality. It's very impolite, you know?"

Without giving the other person a chance to speak again, he changed the subject, feigning surprise, and said, "Hey, Guzheng, that pendant around your neck looks familiar. Did Han Zhou give it to you?"

Gu Zheng snapped out of her daze, her face showing no trace of embarrassment: "Yes, it was a gift last year."

"I was right."

Lin Anyu seemed to be reminiscing, and said with emotion, "I remember he took an advance on his winter break salary and kept asking me for advice, saying it was the first time he had given a girl a gift and he didn't know what to choose. Tsk tsk tsk."

Actually, he didn't make things up, but what he said was somewhat different from the facts. It's true that Han Zhou received an advance on his salary, but it wasn't to buy gifts.

The guzheng pendant he gave wasn't actually worth much money. After all, he was just a high school student at the time, and he wasn't wealthy. He couldn't afford to give expensive gifts, nor did he ever think of giving them.

However, the fact that he gave the girl a gift for the first time and discussed it with Lin Anyu was true, so Han Zhou didn't say anything, but just glanced at the guy.

Guzheng also looked at him and asked somewhat casually, "Is this true?"

"it is true."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Guzheng's eyebrows instantly curved into a smile. She stroked the fish-shaped pendant around her neck, but said with dissatisfaction, "Then you almost didn't recognize this pendant?"

Han Zhou was a little embarrassed. The gift was chosen with Lin Anyu's advice. He only remembered that the pendant meant "walking with you". He didn't pay much attention to the rest, as he felt that many pendants looked similar.

Although she complained, Gu Zheng couldn't hide the smile on her face. Lin Anyu clicked his tongue in amazement, thinking to himself, "If this girl doesn't like Han Zhou, I'll eat my shoes on the spot."

Just then, Lin Youya suddenly spoke up.

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in Lin Anyu's heart, but it was too late when he tried to stop them.

"In the movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' the protagonist gave this pendant to his childhood sweetheart, the second female lead, but he ended up with the first female lead anyway."

The smile on Gu Zheng's face froze.

Lin Youya's face was full of melancholy as she continued, "The second female lead cherished this pendant. At the end, someone asked her, 'Why don't you confess your feelings? You two are clearly childhood sweethearts.'"

"The second female lead held the pendant tightly, shook her head and said, 'He and I can't be together. I'll just keep this feeling in my heart. They say fish only have a seven-second memory. Maybe our meeting was destined to be short from the beginning. But even so, I will live in those 'seven seconds' forever.'"

Seeing the girl sighing repeatedly, Lin Anyu said with great distress, "You can't even recite many ancient poems, so why do you remember this one so clearly!"

However, this "Agent Operation" sounds rather interesting; I might watch it as a documentary when I get back...

Lin Youya glanced smugly at the foolish Lin Datou and sneered, "How could an idiot like you understand love?"

"Ya Ya, don't talk nonsense."

Chen Xinyou was helplessly educating her daughter when she suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange. Wasn't that girl named Guzheng just now quite happy? Why is she so lost and dejected now?

Lin Anyu gestured to his aunt with his eyes to calm down, then glanced at Guzheng and saw that the latter looked dazed, as if her soul had been taken away.

He sighed inwardly, unsure of what to say. He wondered if Lin Youya had done it on purpose, given her clear and innocent eyes and her extreme admiration for Han Zhou. He doubted she would go so far as to try to trick him.

You could say she didn't mean it, but this guy's words were so sharp, almost every single one of them hit the guzheng right where it hurt.

Looking at Han Zhou, the kid was clearly stunned, with an expression of existential doubt on his face.

Lin Youya looked around in confusion. Could it be that my story was so touching that Brother Han Zhou and Sister Guzheng were both stunned?

"Han Zhou".

After a long while, Gu Zheng's eyes finally lit up. She stared fiercely at Han Zhou, like a wolf eyeing a lamb, "How long do you think a fish's memory lasts?"

Seeing the fist hidden behind her back, Han Zhou knew that a bad answer could mean lying in bed for a long time, so he gave his answer with a solemn expression.

"At least seven hundred years!"

"Seven hundred years..."

It's clear that Guzheng is quite satisfied with this answer, so she shouldn't get beaten up.

Lin Youya stared blankly at her mother: "Mom, do fish have such long memories?"

A fish that can live for seven hundred years must be even more powerful than a great white shark.

Chen Xinyou stared at Han Zhou and the other person, as if she understood something. She smiled gently and said, "That depends on how long Yu wants to remember."

……

After the birthday party started, Lin Youya was forcibly dragged to blow out the birthday candles.

She seemed very unwilling to do this, and soon ran away, slapping a piece of cake onto Lin Anyu's face before she left.

The latter was furious and tried to retaliate, but was easily suppressed by Lin Pingcheng.

Lin Youya, with a birthday hat on her round head, looked around and quickly found Han Zhou and Gu Zheng in the crowd, then ran over excitedly.

Seeing this guy approach, Han Zhou's face darkened, and he subconsciously wanted to slip away. However, when he noticed the other person's pure eyes, he felt that everything just now was just an unintentional act by a child, and there was no need to hide from him.

Lin Youya didn't come empty-handed; she brought two birthday cakes. With a fawning expression, she said in a cheerful voice, "Brother Han Zhou, Sister Guzheng, have some cake!"

Han Zhou accepted the cake and said, "Thank you."

Gu Zheng looked at the child with a strange expression, perhaps because she had developed some kind of psychological trauma, but she still accepted the cake and thanked her, saying, "It's delicious."

Lin Youya was delighted and said, "Right, right? It's delicious! I'll go get some more!"

With that, he ran off on his short legs.

Gu Zheng watched her retreating figure and chuckled softly, "This child really likes you; it's like she idolizes you."

Han Zhou said helplessly, "I don't want to be treated like an idol."

What he said was the truth.

Not long ago, Lin Youya began to fawn over him, showering him with compliments as if they were free, constantly saying how amazing Han Zhou was, how tall and handsome he was, and how he was more than a meter taller than her.

Gu Zheng was stunned at the time and explained that Han Zhou was not that tall. If he were a meter taller than her, he would be a little giant.

Unexpectedly, Lin Youya shook her head firmly and copied Lin Anyu's rounding method, indicating that Brother Han Zhou was indeed that tall.

Gu Zheng couldn't help but laugh out loud, saying that if that were the case, one meter and two meters could be rounded up further, and then everyone would be zero meters tall, and everyone would be the same height.

Lin Youya then realized she had been tricked and flew into a rage. She pointed at Lin Anyu's nose and yelled at him, "You little dwarf! You're such a big guy, yet you're only as tall as a little girl like me!"

Thus, "Little Dwarf" became the new nickname after "Big Head Lin".

Lin Anyu wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled and teased, "If I'm a shorty, then your brother Han Zhou is a shorty too."

Lin Youya got even angrier and yelled, "Don't talk nonsense! Brother Han Zhou is clearly two meters taller than me!"

The act of belittling oneself while praising others was such a double standard that it left everyone dumbfounded, and Lin Anyu was extremely jealous.

However, Lin Youya's behavior was clearly not entirely out of admiration. While pestering Han Zhou, she was subtly hinting to him to teach her how to become so strong.

Of course, the so-called composure was just what this guy thought he was doing; his true purpose was already written all over his face. However, Han Zhou was very accommodating and pretended to be stupid and not understand.