Forced into a romantic relationship.

The only person who might complain is not here right now—Zhong Yin has gone off somewhere to do something.

Han Zhou roused himself and silently began playing chess with Zhong Ling.

In fact, as things stand, although Zhong Yin's attitude remains tough, the plan to contact Zhong Ling is progressing steadily, and Mo Yixia has played a crucial role in this.

Recalling the other person's usual personality, Han Zhou was somewhat moved. Although this guy had been making sarcastic remarks to him all day, everything he did was to help him. As long as he didn't resort to any kind of conditional exchange in the end, he would definitely praise this guy properly afterward.

"elder brother."

Seemingly having heard Han Zhou's thoughts, Mo Yixia, who was standing aside watching the battle, suddenly spoke up the next second.

"I suddenly remembered there's something I haven't told you yet. I hope you won't be angry when you hear it."

Han Zhou's lips twitched, and he suddenly withdrew his hand, feeling that the chess pieces were a bit too hot to handle.

Chapter 58 Nicknames and Notes

Upon hearing that Mo Yixia had something to tell him that could anger him, Han Zhou immediately forgot how to play chess and asked warily, "What is it?"

"I'll tell you if you win."

Mo Yixia smiled slightly and handed him the water, appearing quite attentive.

"is it?"

Han Zhou was suspicious, wondering if this guy was deliberately trying to disrupt his chess game, so he dared not be careless and focused all his attention on the game.

Zhong Ling plays chess very quickly, rarely having to think too much. Each move takes no more than three seconds, making a crisp sound on the chessboard. In contrast, Han Zhou's speed seems a bit slow, after all, he hasn't played chess for a while and needs to get back into the swing of things.

Zhong Ling didn't urge him, keeping her head down and focused on the game. She didn't look up at Han Zhou even once, and her two small hands were folded on her round thighs. She occasionally tidied her hair, which was messed up by the fan, and looked quite serene.

Her eyes were large, bright, and remarkably clear, like the clear blue sky outside, pure and simple, without a trace of impurity. Her oval face had a slightly youthful appearance, and her full red lips gave people an irresistible urge to protect her. If you only looked at her appearance, Han Zhou would find it hard to imagine that she was actually a senior a year ahead of him.

Thinking of this, and taking advantage of Zhong Yin's absence, Han Zhou tried to strike up a conversation: "Senior, what's your major in university? How's the cafeteria at Lincheng University? How's the dormitory?"

He wasn't entirely trying to strike up a conversation; these were indeed issues he cared about. Although he had chosen Lincheng University, he had never learned anything about the school, only remembering that Guzheng had said it was pretty good.

Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment. Perhaps because it was the first time she had heard the title "senior sister," a sense of ceremony appeared on her face. She straightened her back considerably and opened her mouth as if to speak, but in the end, she did not speak. Instead, she carefully took out her phone and quickly typed a line of text.

Han Zhou's phone rang. He took it out to check and, sure enough, it was a Fetion message that the other party had just sent.

"Finance Department".

"It's delicious, but a bit pricey."

"The girls' dorms are great, but the boys don't know. I heard they're four-person rooms."

Three very simple messages, answering Han Zhou's three questions in turn.

I didn't expect her to be from the finance department...

Han Zhou moved the car forward one space and asked, "I heard there's a large lake on campus?"

This time it was just a simple conversation starter, the kind where you just make conversation out of nothing.

Zhong Ling wasn't impatient. She first moved a chess piece, then typed on her phone, "Yes, it's called Angel Lake, it's very beautiful."

How beautiful?

"very beautiful."

"Is that so? Then I'd like to see for myself..."

Han Zhou wanted to say more, but a fragrance suddenly wafted to his nose. He turned his head and saw that Mo Yixia had come over at some point, and the brim of her hat almost poked his face.

Perhaps because of his current status as the younger sister, this guy had no sense of being a snoop on other people's phones. He first read the message Zhong Ling sent, and then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, so you saved Ling-jie's contact as Big-Eyed Girl? That's so rude of you."

Han Zhou glanced at her and said irritably, "This isn't a note."

"what is that?"

"That's my senior's online name."

Did you choose it yourself?

Mo Yixia raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Zhong Ling. The latter seemed a little embarrassed, but a warm smile appeared on her lips as she typed, "These are the names Dad gave us. He said they were based on my sister's and my features."

After reading her reply together, Han Zhou was quite intrigued. His first thought was what Zhong Yin's online name might be. Although she was pretty, her appearance didn't seem to have any particularly striking features. Could it be based on her personality? Could she be called "Hot-Blooded Sister"? Or "Stoic Sister"? "Cold-Faced Sister"? "One-Punch Man Sister"?

To be fair, Zhong Yin does have a rather obvious characteristic, but this characteristic is not suitable as a screen name. After all, "Big-breasted Sister" is a bit... well, you know...

Just then, Mo Yixia suddenly asked curiously, "Sister Ling, did you give my brother a nickname in your contacts?"

This was just a casual question, but Zhong Ling hesitated noticeably, looking as if she wanted to say something but couldn't, and the meaning was self-evident—she had not only given Han Zhou a nickname, but it probably wasn't a nice one either.

"Can't I say?"

Mo Yixia pressed for details, but since she wasn't familiar with Zhong Ling, she couldn't just look at her phone like she would at Han Zhou's. So she could only stare at her longingly.

Han Zhou, however, seemed completely unconcerned, waving his hand and laughing, "Little sister, it's just a nickname, there's nothing to ask."

He tried his best to make his expression and tone seem natural, but his heart was pounding. He thought to himself that he absolutely couldn't let this guy see the nickname he had given her.

Mo Yixia glanced at him, then continued to stare longingly at Zhong Ling.

Zhong Ling hesitated for a moment, then typed a few words, but didn't send them immediately. Instead, she waited several seconds before sending them to Han Zhou.

The Fetion notification sound rang out, and Han Zhou picked up his phone to take a look. His expression suddenly turned strange because the three words that popped up were really too strong.

"Shrimp-headed man".

The phone rang again, followed by four words.

"This is a note."

What kind of note is this?

Han Zhou knew without a doubt that this nickname was definitely something Zhong Yin had encouraged Zhong Ling to change at the beginning. That woman had a lot of prejudice against him, and his first impression of him was very bad. His current cold attitude was probably related to that bad first impression.

However, as a genuine hearing-impaired person, it's understandable that she would be so angry upon learning that her sister, with whom she depended for survival, was being deceived using her hearing impairment as an excuse to get close to him.

However, this was clearly a misunderstanding. Even if such a note was used at the beginning, it could have been changed later. Thinking of this, even Han Zhou couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as he had guessed.

Zhong Yin was indeed quite angry that day, and she didn't ask immediately if it was a misunderstanding. She was afraid that her naive younger sister would be deceived by this liar. So, after racking her brains, she finally chose this seemingly profound but actually mysterious word online as a note to constantly remind Zhong Ling not to be deceived by the other party's sweet talk.

She thought Han Zhou would send her a lot of harassing messages after adding her sister on Fetion, but he never contacted her again, which made her feel a little relieved. She gradually forgot about the nickname and hasn't remembered it since.

Mo Yixia naturally saw the message on Han Zhou's phone as well. She immediately flew into a rage, raised her eyebrows, slammed her hand heavily on the chessboard, scattering chess pieces everywhere, and shouted, "This is too much! How could you give my brother such a nickname!"

Han Zhou was slightly taken aback, unable to tell whether Mo Yixia was genuinely angry or just pretending. However, one thing he was certain of was that this girl's sudden disruption of the chess pieces was definitely intentional!

I have a huge advantage right now, and this guy is clearly not trying to let me win!

Zhong Ling was startled. Before she could even type "I'm sorry" into the input box, she instinctively stood up and apologized: "I'm sorry!"

Her voice was still very soft, but this time Han Zhou and the other man could hear it clearly. It was a very scared and flustered tone, her voice soft and sweet, and with the uneasy expression on her face, she looked just like a primary school student who had made a mistake.

Zhong Yin had obviously heard the commotion in the living room. He rushed out with a gleaming kitchen knife in his hand and asked coldly, "What's wrong!"

His fierce gaze locked onto Han Zhou.

Han Zhou was dumbfounded. This guy always came out with a wrench or a kitchen knife. It felt like he was ready to fight at any moment. And what's with looking at me like that?

Knowing that Zhong Ling couldn't explain it in a short time, Mo Yixia immediately launched an attack, saying in a tearful tone, "Why do you call my brother a shrimp-headed man!"

She looked so wronged that Han Zhou wondered if he had suffered a terrible injustice. And when you say "shrimp head man," can you please not be so loud?

Zhong Yin initially thought that his younger sister had been wronged, but upon hearing this, he immediately realized that the problem lay with him. His imposing manner vanished instantly, and he immediately admitted his mistake, saying, "I'm sorry, I asked Xiaoling to change the note. Blame me, please don't blame her. I'll have her change it right away."

Zhong Ling, head bowed, bracing herself for the wrath, was taken aback by her sister's words. Wasn't she supposed to block this person after this was over? Why change the nickname? Was she not going to block them anymore?

Before anyone could speak, Zhong Yin looked at Han Zhou and said, "Your name."

"What?" Han Zhou was stunned.

"I asked you what your name is, but you've never told me."

"Oh, my name is Han Zhou."

Zhong Yin nodded slightly, took out her phone and handed it to Han Zhou: "This is my Fetion account, you can add me. After you add me, just change the nickname to Shrimp Head Girl. I won't mind."

Could you please put down the cleaver before you say that...?

Han Zhou was surprised and uncertain. In fact, he wasn't that angry. Even if he felt uncomfortable, it had almost disappeared when Zhong Ling apologized.

But this woman's logic is really simple: if I punch you, you punch me back, and that's it; neither of us owes the other anything.

Of course, this is when she feels she's wrong; this seems to be her way of apologizing, making the other person retaliate, even with things like adding nicknames to her contacts...

Han Zhou glanced at Zhong Yin's phone. Although the screen wasn't cracked, it was clearly an old phone. There was a large Fetion QR code on the screen, which he scanned and added as a friend.

He glanced at the other person's username casually and suddenly froze.

This guy's online name wasn't one of those fiery names he was thinking of; in fact, it was quite different—just two simple characters.

Eldest sister.

Chapter 59 Call Me Yixia

Seeing that things had calmed down, Zhong Yin left with the kitchen knife.

She appeared with a kitchen knife not to intimidate anyone, but because she had been chopping vegetables in the kitchen and rushed out without having time to put the knife down after hearing the noise.

In the time that followed, she seemed quite busy and hardly ever appeared in the living room. She would occasionally go to the repair shop at the back of the house to see if anyone had come to fix their car.

Perhaps this is what an eldest sister is like.

Han Zhou sighed inwardly, thinking to himself that he was also a person with a hard life, without a father to love him or a mother to care for him, and still struggling to survive, yet he still had the heart to feel sorry for other people's difficult lives.

Mo Yixia was helping Zhong Ling pick up the chess pieces on the ground when she apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Ling. I was too impulsive just now. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you like that."

Zhong Ling smiled and shook her head, indicating that she didn't mind.

"However, the pieces are all scattered, so we can't continue. Why don't you start over?"

Han Zhou knew that Mo Yixia was up to this trick, and immediately sneered, "No need, I remember the whole picture of the game at that time, and I can reconstruct it right away."

He has a photographic memory, making it easy for him to remember chess games. This ability would actually be perfect for playing mahjong and poker, but he hates gambling and won't touch those things. If it's just for entertainment, he doesn't need to use this ability.

Mo Yixia clearly didn't believe him; her eyes were practically overflowing with suspicion.

Han Zhou didn't say anything, and quickly reviewed the chess pieces, saying, "That's how it was back then, and now it's senior's turn to move."