Forced into a romantic relationship.

what's the situation?

In Mo Yixia's code, the comma signifies that she is under surveillance. At this time, she needs to speak carefully. In her words, "There's a mole, stop the affair." In short, she needs to act like a normal teacher and student and must not let this "illicit relationship" be discovered.

The problem is, this guy didn't seem to be speaking properly either...

The question mark also has a meaning, representing that Mo Yixia has something she wants to ask him, but for various reasons she can't ask it. Therefore, Han Zhou has to figure out what the question is and give the corresponding answer, which is quite a strange request.

However, what Han Zhou cared about most was the quotation marks around the book title, because in the code set by Mo Yixia, the quotation marks around the book title had an extremely important meaning—

"If it starts with quotation marks, it means your princess is in danger. At that time, you must do everything you can to save me."

Han Zhou was filled with doubt and surprise. The two of them had just practiced using punctuation and codes yesterday, so the possibility of a coincidence was unlikely. Moreover, it was unlikely that Mo Yixia would joke about this so carelessly...

So the other party is in danger now?

But where does the danger come from?

Han Zhou glanced at Mo Yixia without showing any emotion, hoping that she would give him a look, but unfortunately she didn't look at him at all. She just listened attentively as he explained the exercises, seemingly completely immersed in the ocean of knowledge.

Meanwhile, Mo Yixia's father watched coldly from the sidelines, seemingly intending to stay in the study and not leave.

"I can't tell at all if this guy is nervous or not..."

Han Zhou was somewhat troubled. He felt that Mo Yixia wouldn't play tricks on him, but he wasn't sure what kind of danger she meant. Did it involve personal safety or the situation of being taken away?

After much thought, he still felt the former was more likely, since if it were the latter, the other party wouldn't need to use such a subtle way to remind him...

However, if we combine the meanings of commas, question marks, and book titles simultaneously, it becomes quite alarming. It implies that the other party is currently in a dangerous situation, being monitored and restricted, unable to speak out, and forced to use coded signals to call for help...

hiss--

Imprisoning a girl?

Is it really that outrageous?

Han Zhou became increasingly alarmed, regretting that he didn't have Mo Yixia's "mind-reading" ability and couldn't guess what the other person was trying to express.

He snapped out of his reverie, pointed to the draft paper, and said, "That's exactly how it's solved. The process isn't complicated, but there are a few minor pitfalls to watch out for. Do you understand?"

He secretly winked at the other person.

"understood."

Mo Yixia nodded slightly, then asked in confusion, "What's wrong with your eyes? You keep blinking. Are you uncomfortable?"

Han Zhou almost had a heart attack: "Nothing, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm a little sleepy..."

"I have coffee at home, would you like some?"

"no need……"

"Is this guy pretending to be stupid?" Han Zhou suddenly felt a toothache. Just as he was about to speak, his cell phone rang. It was Jiang Baiqian calling.

He answered the phone.

"Hello, is this Xiao Han?"

"it's me."

"I just heard from my husband that you were in my house, right?"

"Correct."

"Well... it's like this."

Jiang Baiqian's voice was a little nervous, "I'm so sorry, my husband has a bad temper and isn't very good at talking, but he's right, Xiaxia really doesn't need a tutor anymore, so could you please leave first? We have guests at home today, and I'll explain the specific reason to you later. Don't worry, your salary will continue to be settled until the end of the month."

Han Zhou glanced at Mo Yixia, who was engrossed in her work, and frowned, saying, "Can I see you before I leave? There are some things I want to confirm."

Jiang Baiqian said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I won't be home until the afternoon, and my husband really hates it when strange men come into contact with Xiaxia... so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you."

"I understand," Han Zhou sighed.

Seeing him hang up the phone, the man beside him finally made a move, saying impatiently, "That call was from my wife, right? She must be your employer. Now she doesn't agree to let you stay in my house anymore, so please leave immediately, or I'll call the police!"

Han Zhou gave him a strange look: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

The man snorted coldly and remained silent.

Han Zhou looked at Mo Yixia beside him, as if asking for her opinion.

"Was that my mom calling?" Mo Yixia asked.

"Ah."

"She told you to leave my house?"

"Yes, the kind of departure where I never want to come back again."

“And we’re leaving now!” the man added from the side.

"Is that so?" Mo Yixia said calmly. "Then you should leave. The notes you gave me before are in this box."

She pulled a box out from under the desk, seemingly unconcerned about Han Zhou's departure.

Han Zhou gave her a deep look, rummaged through the box for a while, found all of Guzheng's notes, packed them up, and put them aside.

"Can I use the restroom before I leave?"

"Go."

Mo Yixia thought for a moment, then suddenly handed him two apples from the fruit plate on the table. "You can have these, I don't like them."

"Thank you."

Han Zhou stuffed the apples into his pockets, one in each hand, and walked straight into the bathroom.

The man looked at the closed bathroom door with a puzzled expression, wondering why this kid was bringing an apple to the toilet. Did it taste better to eat it there?

About five minutes later, the sound of flushing water came from the bathroom. At the same time, the air conditioner in the room suddenly stopped working, and the light in the study suddenly went out.

Mo Yixia remained calm, while the man frowned.

"Is there a power outage?"

He stared at the extinguished light above him, lost in thought, completely unaware that a figure had quietly crept to the study doorway and, taking him by surprise, forcefully tossed the apple in his hand at the back of his head.

As the man was wondering why the power had gone out, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground, falling into a deep coma.

Clearly, the person who threw the apple was Han Zhou. He tiptoed into the house, and after confirming that the man was indeed unconscious, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. He then approached Mo Yixia and asked with a serious expression, "What exactly happened?"

"what do you mean?"

Mo Yixia also lowered her voice and pulled her hat brim down, looking at the man lying on the ground with some surprise, "And why did you kill him?"

"Don't worry, I didn't kill him, I just knocked him unconscious," Han Zhou said, indicating that he knew what he was doing.

Mo Yixia was even more confused: "Is there a difference? So why did you knock my dad unconscious?"

"Of course it's because..."

Han Zhou was about to answer when he suddenly froze, seemingly unable to believe his ears, and asked incredulously, "What the hell?"

Mo Yixia sighed and repeated, "I asked you why you knocked my dad unconscious."

"Is this guy really your dad?!"

Han Zhou was dumbfounded; this was completely different from what he had imagined!

"if not?"

Mo Yixia's tone was somewhat helpless.

"In short, the problem is very serious... You knocked out your future father-in-law."

Chapter 103 A Bizarre Family

"Weren't those punctuation marks you wrote on the draft paper a code for help?"

"Punctuation marks? Are there any? I probably just wrote them down casually when we were setting up the code. Today I just happened to use that page of draft paper again."

"You agreed to let me leave your house so easily, which doesn't match your true intentions at all. Aren't you just saying this on purpose to make me realize that you had no other choice?"

"My parents have already told you to leave, what reason do I have to keep you? Am I pregnant with your child?"

"The box you showed me for the notebook is the same one you used to store the grappling hook. Doesn't this imply that someone else in the room is monitoring us through surveillance cameras, and at the same time remind me to secretly take the grappling hook and disable the surveillance by turning off the power?"

"So it was you who caused the power outage. But unfortunately, I just happened to put the notes you gave me into that box."

"When I said I needed to go to the bathroom to prepare for action, you specifically gave me two apples. Didn't you want me to use them as weapons for retaliation?"

"What gave you the illusion that an apple could be used as a weapon? To be honest, I was always curious why you brought an apple into the bathroom..."

"..."

Seeing that all his guesses were dismissed so easily by Mo Yixia, Han Zhou was completely stunned, feeling like a delusional fool.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked in a tone that was a mixture of despair and expectation, "So... this man on the ground is really your biological father, and not some burglar?"

Mo Yixia looked at him as if he were an idiot: "What kind of thug do you think would break into someone's house in broad daylight without any cover?"

Han Zhou was speechless for a moment, but his expression quickly turned resentful.

"Wait, there's still something suspicious!"

He struggled desperately, saying, "Why is your mother pretending to be not home when she's clearly in the bedroom across the street?"

Han Zhou still didn't think his judgment was wrong; this guy could never be Mo Yixia's father.

If everything he had just said was merely the cause of his suspicions about the man who claimed to be Mo Yixia's father, then Jiang Baiqian calling him from her bedroom and claiming that she was outside was the key to connecting all his suspicions.

He had sensed something was wrong as early as when he made that phone call.

Jiang Baiqian's tone was quite tense at the time. Compared to other emotions, this tension seemed to stem from fear, which immediately aroused Han Zhou's suspicion.

He had actually been suspicious for a while, but he hadn't thought of it in such a bizarre way.

The shoes by the door were the same pair Jiang Baiqian often wore when she went out, but today she left them at home. So he inexplicably guessed that she might be at home right now, so he changed his status without hesitation and used "fate to listen" to enhance his hearing, listening to the sounds in the whole room immediately.

To his surprise, Jiang Baiqian's voice did indeed come from a closed bedroom, but she fell silent after making the call, as if she was deliberately keeping quiet, or perhaps she was forced to remain silent for some reason.

Not only that, Han Zhou heard other noises coming from the bedroom. Although he couldn't be sure, he still suspected that there might be another person in the room.

At the same time, he naturally thought of the women's slippers worn by the man who claimed to be Mo Yixia's father, which was also a strange point of suspicion.

How could a grown man not have his own men's slippers at home? Even if he liked women's slippers, he should at least choose a pair that fit. Combined with this guy's rude attitude of trying to kick him out the moment they met, a very bold conjecture instantly formed in Han Zhou's mind—