Forced into a romantic relationship.

After washing up, she returned to her bedroom. Because she was afraid that Han Zhou had sent a scary video, she didn't dare to watch it. But she was also worried that he would laugh at her for being a coward tomorrow. She took several deep breaths before finally mustering up the courage to click on the video.

As she looked at it, she suddenly froze.

Isn't that me?

The video shows a short-haired girl with a flushed face who has just returned to her seat, seemingly suffering from the spiciness. She quickly grabs two bottles of mineral water and gulps them down, her eyes fixed on one direction as if afraid of being seen by someone.

Gu Zheng quickly remembered when this had happened, raised an eyebrow, and was so angry that she almost crushed her phone.

Just then, his phone rang, and Han Zhou sent two more messages.

The first comment was: "A fool wouldn't laugh if he had the chance. I think this is funny too."

The second item is voice.

The voice message was short, consisting of Han Zhou's undisguised maniacal laughter.

Chapter 35 A Piece of Cake

Around 1 p.m., a black sedan stopped at Linshui Bridge.

Han Zhou and Lin Anyu got out of the car one after the other from the back seat. Seeing that the sun was a bit strong, the latter took a pair of sunglasses from the car and put them on. He was chewing gum and had two buttons undone on his white shirt, looking incredibly flashy.

He knocked on the car window and said, "Uncle Zhang, you can go back now. I'll call you if I need your help."

Uncle Zhang, with a stern expression, silently rolled down the car window, pulled two long umbrellas from the passenger seat and handed them to him, then drove off without saying a word.

As the car drove away, Lin Anyu yawned and looked at the river under the bridge where the water level was very low. He laughed and said, "I'll get my driver's license soon. It won't be long before I can drive myself, so Uncle Zhang won't keep tattling to my parents."

Seeing that Han Zhou didn't speak, he tossed the umbrella into the other's hand and asked, "So, where is the beautiful woman you were talking about?"

Han Zhou then came to his senses, thought for a moment, and said, "Oh, it's not far from here, but the conditions there might be a bit harsh..."

"Just spit it out. I know you didn't call me here just to show me pretty girls."

Upon hearing Han Zhou's words, Lin Anyu knew he was up to no good. He'd even come with such harsh conditions. He immediately cried out in anguish, "Han Zhou, we're brothers! I've been completely open with you, but you've been hiding your true intentions from me..."

Han Zhou quickly interrupted him: "Although it's not for seeing beautiful women, it's still somewhat related to them, and I'll need your help later."

Lin Anyu smirked. It was rare for Han Zhou to ask him for help. He thought to himself, "What goes around comes around. This time, I've finally got my way with you." So he crossed his arms and said slowly, "Oh, you're not going to explain yourself, are you? Well, I'm leaving then."

"Okay, call Uncle Zhang and ask him to come back. He shouldn't have gone far."

To everyone's surprise, Han Zhou didn't care at all. He just walked silently in one direction, muttering to himself, "I've been really busy lately. I guess I'll have to postpone going to that uncle's house. Oh right, it seems like I'll be pretty busy after school starts. How about winter break? No, no, I have to prepare for the New Year during winter break..."

Recalling the terrible experience of last night and the order from his uncle's family, Lin Anyu's expression immediately changed. He quickly chased after them, smiling obsequiously, "Don't be like that, Brother Han. Just tell me what you need. I'll do whatever you say. Everything is negotiable, everything is negotiable."

Han Zhou glanced at him.

Avoiding the scorching sun, the two walked towards the small square where Han Zhou and Mo Yixia had gone last time.

Lin Anyu didn't open the umbrella, but just held onto the handle, walking as far as possible towards the shade. Suddenly remembering something, he asked, "By the way, Han Zhou, shouldn't you be teaching that girl named Mo Yixia at this time? How come you suddenly have time to come here?"

Han Zhou felt depressed when he thought about this and said, "She's sick."

Now is a critical moment of life and death, with only two days left until the test. He wished he could stretch every minute into two. But Mo Yixia suddenly developed a fever today and had to stay in bed to rest.

This is equivalent to wasting a whole day, so it's no wonder he was upset.

But speaking of Mo Yixia, she's really good at holding back. She wore a mask and hat all morning and didn't look suspicious until noon when they noticed something was wrong and took her temperature and found out she had a fever.

He immediately lost his appetite and notified Jiang Baiqian.

When he said, "If you're sick, just rest well. You don't need to study today," Mo Yixia seemed quite surprised and asked him if it was today's lame joke. He was so angry that he almost couldn't help but shove the fish on the table into the guy's mouth.

What's even more infuriating is that...

He told Mo Yixia to go to bed and rest. Just as he was about to hand her a wet towel from the bathroom after she obediently took the fever reducer, he wrapped himself tightly in the blanket and asked her what she wanted to do.

He replied, "Are you delirious from the fever? Of course, I'll give you a towel to cool you down."

Unexpectedly, Mo Yixia said in a serious tone, "No need. My mom is definitely on her way back. Now that we're alone in a room, I'm a pure high school girl in a vulnerable state. If I'm not careful, I'll be a lamb to the slaughter. So stay away from me."

Han Zhou was furious, so he threw down the towel and left quickly after Jiang Baiqian rushed home.

I really don't understand that guy.

Seeing Han Zhou's gloomy expression, Lin Anyu assumed he was worried about Mo Yixia's health and winked, saying, "Looks like you two have a pretty good relationship."

"Which eye of yours saw that we have a good relationship?"

Han Zhou gave him an annoyed look. If they were really that close, they wouldn't still be working on the side quest... He didn't want to continue the topic and asked, "I heard you're really good at flirting, is that true?"

"Of course."

Seeing an opportunity to highlight his strengths, Lin Anyu adjusted his sunglasses and said with an arrogant expression, "Whether it's a man or a woman, from fifteen to thirty, I can get their name and WeChat contact within two minutes! I haven't suffered a single defeat since I came out of seclusion."

Han Zhou's gaze narrowed slightly, and he feigned admiration, offering a perfunctory reply: "I admire you, but is it really that amazing?"

"I, Lin, never boast. It's just a casual flirtation, nothing more."

"Relying on your status as a rich second-generation?"

"Bullshit! It's all thanks to my unwavering sincerity!"

Han Zhou looked suspicious and said, "I still don't quite believe it. Why don't you set an example and ask that girl for her Fetion number?"

He pointed to a young girl standing under the shade of a tree in front of him, looking down at her phone. She had permed hair and was dressed quite fashionably.

"A piece of cake."

Lin Anyu stared at the girl for a moment, smiled confidently, and walked straight toward her, leaving only one sentence echoing in the wind.

"Go to the shop on your left and buy two popsicles while you wait for me. I'll be back in triumph soon, and the popsicles won't even be melted by then... But remember one thing: I only eat popsicles that cost more than five yuan."

Han Zhou was somewhat surprised and suspicious. This guy seemed very confident, so there might actually be something going on behind his back.

But Lin Anyu, looking calm and composed, slowly walked towards the girl with his unopened umbrella. Just as he was about to reach her, a bright smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he greeted her, "Hi, beautiful..."

He couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence. He seemed to see something, and almost instantly he planted his long umbrella on the ground, tapping it rhythmically like a guide cane. His other hand kept reaching forward to feel for something, his face blank, his eyes obscured by sunglasses, as he staggered past the girl.

The girl sensed something and turned to look at him strangely. Then she heard a deep voice say, "Xiao Zhi, what's wrong? Is that your friend?"

A burly young man appeared beside the girl at some point, staring intently at Lin Anyu's back.

Seeing that her boyfriend wasn't late today, the girl beamed with joy and shook her head, explaining, "I don't know that person, but he looks like he's blind. He's quite pitiful."

Lin Anyu's acting is superb. He walks with a stumbling and unsteady gait, and when he touches a wall, he looks lost and changes direction. If you have a soft heart, you might feel sorry for him.

The tall, burly young man looked suspicious, sensing that things weren't so simple: "But I think he said something to you..."

"How is that possible!"

The girl's face darkened, as if she was getting angry. She abruptly turned her head away, thought for a moment, and said angrily, "He did mention something about not having eaten yet, but he definitely wasn't talking to me. Don't overthink it!"

The young man quickly chuckled and said, "I wasn't thinking anything, I was just worried about you. Come on, come on, you can decide where you want to go today."

He spent a lot of time coaxing his girlfriend back to peace, and didn't notice Lin Anyu slipping away.

Seeing Lin Anyu, who had left so confidently, actually return in a sorry state pretending to be blind, Han Zhou couldn't hold back any longer. He handed Lin Anyu a two-yuan popsicle, shrugged, and asked, "Is this what you called 'a piece of cake'?"

"What are you laughing at? The popsicle hasn't melted yet!"

Lin Anyu stuffed the popsicle into his mouth with a look of indignation, trying to save face by mumbling, "And it's not that I'm blaming you for picking the wrong target, you actually chose a girl who already has a boyfriend. I, Lin, don't do things like poaching other people's partners."

"Okay, okay, I was wrong."

Han Zhou laughed and said, "Let's go eat first. I didn't eat much at noon. After we eat, come with me somewhere. I might need your help later, so don't let me down again."

"no problem!"

Lin Anyu patted his chest, making a confident guarantee.

Chapter 36 Lobster Combo

Han Zhou barely ate anything at noon, and Lin Anyu didn't have time to eat either. After a quick lunch, the two went to the small square to wait.

Despite the parasols, Lin Anyu was quickly drenched in sweat and said with a pained expression, "There are no milk tea shops or shopping malls here, not even a place with air conditioning. Are you sure you can see any pretty girls? Or do you want me to personally go and find them?"

Han Zhou was also sweltering in the heat, wiping his sweat as he said, "I told you the conditions are rather tough, just bear with it, if you can't take it, you can go back first."

He remembered that the girl named Zhong Ling had gone into a distant alley last time. That place looked cooler, but it wasn't a good place to stake out.

After all, any girl walking down an alley and suddenly seeing two big men would probably be startled, especially if one of them was eyeing her with a green gleam and trying to strike up a conversation. It wouldn't be good if she were scared away.

Lin Anyu looked at Han Zhou for a while, then suddenly became wary and asked suspiciously, "Wait a minute, you didn't deliberately trick me into coming here to sunbathe, did you, just to get revenge for what I did to you at your birthday party? Let me make this clear, Gu Zheng forced me to do this!"

"So you know you've tricked me."

Han Zhou ignored the second half of his sentence and said, "We're going to wait for a girl here. As soon as she appears, you'll be responsible for going over and striking up a conversation with her, understand?"

Lin Anyu seemed to realize something, and his expression gradually became strange. He carefully asked, "Are you also interested in that girl?"

Han Zhou stared in the direction of the alley, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, saying, "There is a point, so you mustn't mess it up, it's very important."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Lin Anyu's strange laughter soon reached his ears. Turning his head, he saw the guy with an inscrutable smile on his face, chuckling, "Don't worry, I support you!"

Han Zhou's lips twitched; this was the third time he had received support from Lin Anyu.

Are you a stock trader? You seem to support everyone.

The two of them squatted under the blazing sun for more than two hours, drenched in sweat and drinking several bottles of water, but they barely saw any passersby, let alone the girl named Zhong Ling.

Han Zhou wasn't too disappointed. He had only seen Zhong Ling here once before, and he couldn't be sure if her home was nearby. The probability of seeing her in the same place a second time was already low, even very low.

If it weren't for the fact that this square is located in a relatively remote area with few surrounding buildings, normally no one from other places would come here to play. Zhong Ling is more likely to live nearby, so he wouldn't have thought of coming here to try his luck.

However, he was right about some things: the third target indicated by the status bar was indeed a girl, and judging from her silhouette that day, she seemed to be a young and beautiful girl...

Han Zhou suddenly felt a toothache.

"Han Zhou, how long are we going to have to wait? I can't keep going like this."

Hearing Lin Anyu's complaints, Han Zhou felt ashamed. He didn't want the other person to suffer with him. In fact, he had asked him to leave several times, but the guy always refused.

He said, "You go first. I have some free time today, so I'll wait a little longer."

Lin Anyu took a big gulp of water and sighed, "I'm not blaming you, but if you had told me earlier that the conditions were so difficult, I would have had Uncle Zhang drive the car in and wait inside."

He was about to make a call when Han Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Here it comes!"

Lin Anyu immediately became interested, curious about what charm the girl had that made Han Zhou wait so long under the scorching sun. He quickly followed the gaze and looked over.