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Really? Then you must not find out that I am this kind of person...
Han Zhou laughed dryly and said guiltily: "It's okay, my friend is used to being scolded, he doesn't mind."
The girl was stunned. She didn't quite understand whether this remark was a sarcasm towards her. She stared at the screen with her head lowered, not knowing what to type in reply.
At this moment, Han Zhou's cell phone rang. He knew it was Lin Anyu calling without even looking. As expected, he didn't know where that guy was hiding and watching, but he started swearing after the call was connected.
"Fuck, how did you do that? This girl told me to get lost before I even finished talking, and you sent her a message in just a few words?"
He saw the girl taking out her cell phone and mistakenly thought that she was going to add Han Zhou's Fetion message, and for a moment he began to doubt himself deeply.
Is this what it means to teach a disciple to starve himself to death?
Han Zhou ignored him and started talking to the phone: "What, you're home? Really? I'm glad you're fine. By the way, a girl just said that she scolded you accidentally due to a misunderstanding and she felt very guilty. She said she must apologize to you... Oh, I thought you wouldn't mind. Okay, I'll tell her."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Lin Anyu looked strange. "Forget it. Let me tell you, chatting up someone is not that simple. It's not enough to just use Fetion. You have to be thick-skinned and chat for a few more sentences. It takes real skill to get to know them quickly..."
Han Zhou ignored his friend who was chattering on the other end of the phone, decisively hung up the phone, and said to the girl: "It's okay, my friend said that there is no need to apologize for such a small matter, he doesn't mind, you don't have to take it to heart."
He really didn't have the courage to tell the other party that Lin Anyu was indeed here to chat him up, and he was even more embarrassed to say that the guy was blazing the trail for him, otherwise he would probably have to leave here too.
In order to gain points, there is no choice but to lie temporarily.
Zhong Ling had just been guessing whether he was talking to his blind friend on the phone, and she heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that, but she soon realized a problem - that's not right, this person has poor hearing, so how could he hear clearly what his friend was saying?
But she didn't think too much about it and temporarily suppressed her doubts in her heart. Her attention quickly focused on Han Zhou's broken screen mobile phone. She thought that this person was really pitiful. He still wanted to use his mobile phone even though it was so broken.
But perhaps it was because both of them were using broken-screen phones that she felt a sense of sympathy for the person in front of her.
Of course Han Zhou didn't know that using a broken screen phone would have such benefits, otherwise he might have smashed the phone when he got home. He kept thinking in his mind how to make the girl say the words "I want to fall in love".
Now that I'm here, I have to get the unlocking key to justify my hard work today, so I pretended to be hesitant to speak and tried to probe: "Are you going to the supermarket to buy a wrench? Can you take me with you? I don't know where the supermarket is."
The girl hesitated for a while, then nodded in agreement. She was going to buy a wrench at the hardware store, but she also had to go to the supermarket, so she just wanted to lead the way. Besides, it wouldn't be dangerous in broad daylight, and her sister wouldn't be angry if she knew...
Right?
In this way, the two of them went to a nearby supermarket, one after the other, with a distance of more than two meters between them.
The two of them didn't communicate along the way. Zhong Ling didn't seem to like talking to people. Of course, it might also be because she didn't want to type on the way.
Han Zhou didn't speak rashly, his mind was full of messy thoughts.
Later, I must find a way to make this girl named Zhong Ling say the words "I want to fall in love" in person, and it can't be a typed text message, otherwise it will be ineffective...
But her voice was so soft, I don’t know if it would affect the unlocking conditions if I didn’t hear it.
I hope it won't affect me. I don't want Jiang Baiqian to teach me how to read lips...
Zhong Ling was also absent-minded. Just like that, the two of them gradually disappeared at the intersection, each with their own thoughts.
Seeing this scene, Lin Anyu, who was hiding somewhere watching, suddenly took off his sunglasses silently, put his hands behind his back, and sighed dejectedly.
"Han Zhou, I have nothing left to teach you."
He shamelessly took all the credit for himself, thinking that Han Zhou was a quick learner and had become a qualified pick-up artist. Maybe he would see his teacher's back soon.
This pickup attempt was quite successful!
There's another chapter tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 38 Zhong Yin
After following the girl named Zhong Ling for a while, Han Zhou realized how remote the place where she lived was.
Hutongs and alleys can be seen everywhere, surrounded by mostly low-rise houses that have been in disrepair for many years. There are basically no iconic buildings to be seen along the way. Perhaps because the weather is too hot, there are hardly any people to be seen.
I don’t know why Mo Yixia’s friend came to this kind of place to sing last time... Han Zhou suddenly felt a little confused.
Zhong Ling was very familiar with the area. Not only could she easily tell the direction, she even found a shortcut to the supermarket by turning left and right.
Her stride was small but her steps were fast, her small steps gave people a feeling of being in a hurry. She kept holding the small cloth bag around her waist while walking, and took out a towel from time to time to wipe the sweat off her face.
Han Zhou followed her quickly, trying to talk to her from time to time, but Zhong Ling responded with silence most of the time, only nodding or shaking her head occasionally.
The supermarket was quite far away, but since they both walked very fast, they arrived there in no time.
This supermarket is not big, with only one floor. It doesn't seem to have much business at this time. As soon as you enter the door, you can see the only clerk in the supermarket dozing off.
Zhong Ling found a small cart, carefully took out the broken phone from the small cloth bag, and began to select items on the shelf according to the shopping list in Fetion.
Han Zhou observed for a moment and found that most of the things she bought were daily necessities and condiments such as salt and pepper oil. Combined with the Fetion message he had seen before, he guessed that the girl should have been sent by her sister to do the shopping.
Zhong Ling's family conditions didn't seem to be very good, otherwise she wouldn't still be using a mobile phone with a broken screen. The things she bought were very cheap, and she seemed to have a clear goal in mind. She took the goods very quickly and threw them into the cart without any delay.
However, when passing by the shelf where shampoo was placed, her movements suddenly slowed down. She looked around for a while, clenched her fists uneasily, and squatted down to stare at the shampoo in a daze.
Han Zhou had been pretending to select goods not far away. Seeing this, he picked up a tube of toothpaste and walked over to ask, "What's wrong?"
When Zhong Ling saw Han Zhou, she was stunned for a moment, wondering why this person was still here. She moved her lips to speak, but suddenly remembered that the other party had poor hearing, so she used her white fingers to type a line of words in the Fetion input box.
"The shampoo I always buy is sold out and these two are cheaper, but they are exactly the same price and I don't know which one to choose."
What the hell?
Han Zhou thought, is there any need to worry about this? Anyway, the two shampoos look similar, so he said, "Why not just pick one?"
Zhong Ling shook her head slightly, then hugged her knees and continued to stare at the shampoo in a daze.
Han Zhou hesitated for a moment, remembering that girls seemed to be more serious when choosing these things, so they couldn't be too casual, so he suggested: "Why don't you just choose the one you like."
Zhong Ling was confused for a moment, then shook her head - she didn't know which one she liked better.
The shampoo I bought before was chosen by my sister, and she has always bought according to that brand since then. Now that she can’t see the same shampoo, she doesn’t know how to choose.
She wanted to send a message to her sister, but she was worried that her sister was at work at the moment, and she didn't want to disturb her because of such a small matter.
Han Zhou looked a little anxious. It was just a matter of choosing a shampoo. Could this guy have difficulty making a decision? After hesitating for a moment, he sent a message to Gu Zheng.
Guzheng replied almost immediately, but was obviously very unhappy, and even sent several kitchen knife emojis.
"It was fine when you asked me to borrow my notes last time, but this time you came to ask me how a girl should choose shampoo? What do you think I am? Can't you search online?"
Han Zhou typed a line of words without hesitation.
"Look at what you said. It's not as reliable to search online as to ask the monitor."
Gu Zheng was silent for about thirty seconds. She did not respond, but replied with a long text.
"When choosing a shampoo, you need to consider the hair quality. For dry hair, choose a shampoo with weaker moisturizing ability. For oily hair, choose a shampoo with stronger cleansing ability. For neutral hair, you don't need to be so particular..."
The densely packed text was divided into several messages, all of which were Gu Zheng's experience in choosing shampoo.
So professional...
Han Zhou praised sincerely, "As expected of you, class monitor. It's more reliable than searching online!"
Guzheng replied with an emoticon of a little person with his hands crossed on his chest, followed by a sentence.
"So, who are you going to buy shampoo for?"
"I'm not buying it for anyone, I'm just asking casually, that's all, see you later."
Han Zhou put away his phone and saw Zhong Ling still squatting in front of the shelf in a daze, as if she was going to struggle until the evening, so he said helplessly: "How about I help you choose, I think the bottle of shampoo on your left hand is more suitable for you..."
He organized his words silently, but before he could finish his words, Zhong Ling picked up the shampoo on his left hand and put it into the cart, then stood up and walked quickly to the next shelf.
Han Zhou was dumbfounded. Did this guy not intend to choose for himself at all?
Seeing the other party gradually walking away, he hesitated. He was wondering whether he should follow her shamelessly, but he found that the girl suddenly came back pushing the cart and walked straight towards him, as if she was looking for him.
He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Anything else?"
Zhong Ling pinched the corner of her clothes, a trace of panic flashed in her clear eyes, and she seemed a little embarrassed, but she still raised her mobile phone and pointed to a line of text on the screen.
Han Zhou took a closer look and thought that this long list was indeed a shopping list. Then he read out the line of words the other party pointed to with a strange look on his face.
"Rewrite two, three, four, and the total will read nine... What does this mean?"
He was suspicious and wondered if this line of words was written together with the shopping list and was referring to some kind of product.
Zhong Ling quickly wrote in the input box: "This is a riddle from my sister. The answer is what she wants me to buy, but I can't guess it."
Han Zhou laughed and thought to himself that it was just as he expected. However, this sister was really interesting. She even made a fuss about buying things.
He thought for a moment, then quickly guessed the answer and said, "Wine?"
Zhong Ling's eyes lit up when she heard that. She was not curious about how the answer came about and nodded in agreement - her sister did ask her to buy wine often in the past, and wine happened not to be listed in the shopping list this time, so the answer must be wine!
She turned around to leave, but then remembered that she hadn't said thank you yet, so she typed "thank you" in the input box, and then took small steps and pushed the cart towards the beverage area.
Han Zhou was secretly amazed. He didn't expect that this girl who seemed to have a fear of making choices could be surprisingly efficient. She quickly bought a lot of items on the shopping list and pushed the bill to the checkout counter to pay.
The movements were so fast that he didn't even have the chance to say anything.
The salesperson was a middle-aged woman. She yawned and casually scanned the merchandise. Suddenly she noticed that the young customer was staring at her. She couldn't help but ask in confusion, "How can I help you?"
Zhong Ling held the banknote in her hand, looking stunned. She had just made a request clearly, didn't this person hear it?
Just as she was about to speak again, Han Zhou suddenly walked over quickly and said to the salesperson with a smile, "She plans to pay in cash. Please give her as much small change as possible when you give her the change."
The salesperson didn't feel anything when he saw a pretty girl like Zhong Ling, but when he saw a handsome guy like Han Zhou, he became more enthusiastic and smiled politely: "No problem."
She looked at the merchandise in Han Zhou's hand and asked, "Are we paying together?"
"No, we'll pay separately."
After hearing this answer, for some reason, the salesperson suddenly smiled even more happily and started to give change to Zhong Ling with a smile on his face.
Soon, Zhong Ling put the change into a small cloth bag, picked up the large plastic bag with some difficulty, walked out of the supermarket and headed home.
Soon Han Zhou also came out of the supermarket. Seeing this, he wanted to step forward to help share some of the burden, but Zhong Ling firmly refused.
After a long silence, she suddenly put down the bag, typed a few words on her phone and held it up to Han Zhou: "Why do you know?"
Han Zhou knew she was asking about what happened at the cashier counter, so he answered honestly, "I saw it when you showed me the riddle just now. It said 'Remember to bring back more change' under the shopping list... Sorry, I didn't mean to see it."
He has mastered the skill of "speed reading" and can complete text reading in a very short time. This is a skill formed through long-term study and has wide practical application.
Zhong Ling shook her head, her mood somehow becoming a little depressed. She stopped typing, picked up the bag and continued walking forward.
The bag was heavy, so she couldn't walk as fast as before. She remained silent on the way and didn't even ask why Han Zhou wanted to walk with her.