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This is incredible.
No one knows her sister better than Zhong Yin. Maybe it was better before, but now Zhong Ling is like a mute. When there are outsiders around, she just opens her mouth and speaks but no sound comes out. She was so close to him but couldn't hear what he said. She could only hear the whirring sound of the fan. How did this guy hear it?
Hit by accident?
Zhong Yin couldn't figure it out, so he threw the half-eaten spareribs into the bowl. He didn't plan to pursue Han Zhou's ridicule for the time being, and asked anxiously, "Can you hear what my sister is saying?"
Zhong Ling was also a little dazed, with confusion in her clear eyes.
Han Zhou smiled without saying anything, wanting to keep him in suspense, but unexpectedly, Zhong Yin not only tightened his grip on the soup spoon again, but also pressed down his chopsticks with his chopsticks, as if to say that if he didn't answer, he wouldn't be able to eat. This was simply unreasonable.
He could only say in frustration: "No wonder you don't like this online name. You don't look pretty or dignified at all."
Zhong Yin frowned slightly, ignored his complaints, and said, "Answer my question."
Han Zhou pretended to ponder for a while, as if he was not sure, and said hesitantly: "If I concentrate all my attention... I can barely hear some of it."
Of course Zhong Yin didn't believe it. If this guy's hearing was really that good, he wouldn't have been mistaken for a deaf person by his sister that day. So he narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you think I believe it?"
"If you don't believe me after I tell you, why are you asking me?"
Han Zhou sighed, then his face straightened and he said seriously, "You have to know that people's physiques cannot be generalized. It's not surprising that my hearing improves when I'm extremely angry... Wait, where are you going?"
Zhong Yin sneered, “Go to the kitchen and get a kitchen knife. I want to see how much your hearing can improve when you get even angrier.”
Han Zhou's heart tightened. Seeing that the woman didn't seem to be joking, he quickly laughed twice and said, "No, no, no, I'm just joking. I'm not angry at all. I'm not even happy enough."
Zhong Yin stopped and looked back at him: "Don't change the subject. How did you know what my sister said just now? Did you guess it?"
"I heard it with my ears."
"to be honest."
Han Zhou said helplessly: "I really heard it. If you don't believe me, you can try. Let the senior sister say another word, and I might still hear it."
Zhong Yin stared at him for a while, sat back in his seat, nodded and said, "This method is indeed the simplest."
She gave Zhong Ling a look and reminded him, "Just say something, and say it longer this time."
Zhong Ling was also very curious whether Han Zhou could really hear her talking, so she moved her lips quickly. Zhong Yin leaned in and listened carefully, but could only hear a tiny bit of sound at most, and could not make out what was being said.
She observed Han Zhou's expression, but found that this guy's expression suddenly became a little strange, as if he was trying to hold back his laughter. He glanced at her from time to time, as if he was making some kind of comparison.
This sneaky look, coupled with the panda eyes on his face, makes him seem particularly annoying.
She frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Han Zhou said with a straight face: "I heard from my senior sister that 'Beautiful and Elegant Sister' was the second online name your uncle gave you. The first one was 'Big Face Sister', which is in the same series as 'Big Eyed Sister', but you hated this name, so I changed it to 'Beautiful and Elegant Sister', but you still don't like it."
After the words fell, the room fell into a brief silence, with only the whirring sound of the fan.
Zhong Yin quickly looked at her sister. The dull look on the latter's face was exactly the same as hers. It was obvious that what Han Zhou said was still correct this time. He could actually hear what his sister was saying!
In fact, even without looking at his sister's reaction, Zhong Yin knew that Han Zhou was not talking nonsense, because only her family knew about her two online names. Even if this guy wanted to inquire in advance, he couldn't find anyone to ask, so it was only possible that the other party had just heard it with his own ears.
But how is this possible?
When the two were stunned, Han Zhou asked in confusion: "But Sister Yin, why did uncle say you are the big-faced sister? Your face is not big at all."
Zhong Yin and Zhong Yin are 30% similar. They both have oval faces, and neither of them has a big face.
Before Zhong Yin could say anything, Zhong Ling, who had come to her senses, subconsciously opened her mouth to explain. Han Zhou immediately realized what was going on and couldn't help laughing at Zhong Yin: "I never knew you were a fat guy before."
Zhong Ling opened her mouth slightly and stared at Han Zhou blankly.
This time she completely believed it. It was not a coincidence. This person... no, this junior student could really hear her speak.
Zhong Yin looked at Han Zhou with scrutiny and frowned, "How did you do that?"
Han Zhou coughed and said, "I said, in a state of extreme anger..."
Zhong Yin sneered, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
"and many more!"
Han Zhou quickly stopped her, pretending to be confused and thinking for a long time, and explained, "If you insist on asking me how I did it, I don't know. Maybe it's because of my natural talent..."
"Gifted?"
Zhong Yin frowned, not believing it at all. However, apart from this explanation, she couldn't seem to think of any other possibility.
Han Zhou nodded and continued, "And I didn't hear it very clearly. I had to concentrate fully to barely hear part of it. I guess I was half listening and half guessing."
His face showed a mixture of surprise and confusion, as well as a hint of joy and complacency of "I'm so awesome", as if he had discovered for the first time today that he had such a talent.
However, this is of course an exaggerated acting, and the truth of the matter has nothing to do with the so-called talent.
The reason why Han Zhou could hear the sound of the bell was entirely due to his current state—
"Leave it to fate."
The reason why he chose "leave it to fate" from the three random states was not only because he thought this state could increase the probability of triggering the task, but also because he immediately noticed the potential of this state.
"Leave it to fate" means to let the arrangements of God and destiny determine the future, and destiny is not determined by oneself.
So if we delete the two strokes and change "resign to fate" to "resign to fate", can its meaning be translated by analogy, and understood as destiny is subject to one's own arrangements?
This was Han Zhou’s first thought when he saw this situation.
Thinking that this status might even interfere with his destiny, he immediately added it to the status bar without hesitation.
Unfortunately, although he gave such a definition to "leave everything to fate" according to his original idea, the status bar did not pass the judgment.
Han Zhou's judgment on this is that this definition may be a bit too extreme. Allowing people to interfere with fate, such power has probably exceeded the limit of the status bar, or exceeded the limit of the current three-level status bar.
Regarding this point, the description of the temporary state solidifier clearly mentions that the states that this thing can solidify are limited. Similarly, the status bar itself is also likely to have limitations, and it is impossible to give an extraordinary definition to a certain state indefinitely.
Interfering with fate is something that is considered to be quite outrageous even in fantasy novels. It might not be impossible to do it if you really want to, but you probably have to upgrade the status bar to a higher level, at least not the current one.
After Han Zhou's analysis, the scope of influence of the third-level status bar seems to be still limited to himself. He can make adjustments and modifications to himself, but this power cannot affect others for the time being, let alone their fate.
So he failed.
It is worth mentioning that in the process of modifying the status, once the definition of a modified status fails, the status bar will give a certain adjustment direction. So Han Zhou adjusted it again and again, and the strength of his ability to "let others do what they want" was lowered. Finally, he finally determined a new definition -
"Submit your fate: Your body is your own. You can choose any part of your body to strengthen. The function of that part will be greatly increased. The cooling time is 3 hours."
There is actually a big gap between deciding one's own fate and deciding one's own body, but Han Zhou is still satisfied.
Both consuming four points, the ability of "leaving everything to fate" is actually somewhat redundant with "dying", but the emphasis is different, so it can be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
"On the verge of death" is an improvement in the overall quality of the body, and the effect it shows is very obvious and intuitive, but there is one thing that makes it inferior to "leaving everything to fate", that is, this improvement cannot affect the five senses. After all, no matter how strong a person's physical fitness is, his hearing and vision will not be significantly improved.
But "leave it to fate" is different. Although the strengthening can only be limited to a certain part of the body, its application is obviously wider.
Vision, hearing, smell, taste... the strengthening of the senses is exactly what "Dying" cannot do. It can truly make Han Zhou a "superman" to a certain extent.
Not only that, this kind of enhancement can even act on organs such as the heart, stomach, etc., thus bringing different effects, which is also something that "dying" cannot do.
Moreover, each enhancement has a cooldown time of only three hours, which means that up to eight different body parts can be enhanced with one modification, which will undoubtedly bring many new experiences.
Hmm... a whole new experience.
What's more, Han Zhou's plan is very clear. In order to save points and maintain his body, the "dying" state will soon be solidified, and the solidified state cannot be modified within a month, which is equivalent to entering a long-term cooling state.
Therefore, this new state of "leaving everything to fate" can be said to have come at a very timely moment, or even to be crucial, because Han Zhou now needs strong hearing to hear the sound of the bell.
What's more, there are other ways to modify "leave it to fate".
Han Zhou was very sure that once he showed that he could hear Zhong Ling's voice, the sisters' attitude towards him would definitely change significantly.
Although Zhong Ling speaks almost silently, she always opens her mouth to speak, which means that she has never given up the desire to express herself with her mouth - if someone can hear what she says, it will probably be a surprise and joy for her.
As for Zhong Yin, her situation is simple. She is a sister-con. If Zhong Ling is happy, she will definitely be happy too. If her sister can feel less lonely or even resolve some of her emotional problems because of having such a person, then she will definitely not interfere too much with the contact between Han Zhou and Zhong Ling.
Simply put, this may make him special in the eyes of the sisters and may even affect the way he gets along with them.
Of course, it was just Han Zhou’s guess that the attitudes of the Zhong Ling sisters would change. As for the specific change, it depended on the actual situation. But for now, the effect should be good.
Although Han Zhou proved himself again and again, Zhong Yin still found it hard to believe. After all, it was simply too magical for a person's hearing to reach this level. But the facts were before her, and she couldn't help but believe it.
And she had to admit...she might need this kind of "magic".
She looked at Zhong Ling, whose eyes were unusually bright at this moment. Zhong Yin understood the meaning of this look - she had seen this look when she received a Barbie doll from her father on her birthday as a child. Hidden in it was an indescribable joy and expectation.
If we put aside the fact that her speech is silent, Zhong Ling is actually a very normal girl. She wants to express herself and of course hopes that someone can hear her.
Since she couldn't raise her voice, she would naturally place her hopes elsewhere. For example, maybe someone had very good hearing, so good that even a voice like hers that sank to the bottom of the sea could be picked up by the other person, and then the other person would smile at her... No, it didn't matter if she didn't smile, as long as she could respond like a normal person chatting.
Looking forward to response.
This is a very normal thing for ordinary people, but it is an unattainable wish for Zhong Ling. She is an abnormal person. If she wants to get a response, she may need to find someone who is equally abnormal.
Obviously, Han Zhou is her "Barbie doll" at this moment.
Zhong Ling just looked at Han Zhou in silence for a long time, and suddenly asked nervously: "Xiao...Junior, can you really hear me?"
She was very scared, worried that the other party would just bury his head in his food and not respond at all.
Zhong Yin looked at her. Although she couldn't hear clearly what her sister was saying, her expression made her feel particularly distressed. It was an expression of worry that her expectations would be dashed.
"It's okay, senior sister."
Han Zhou originally wanted to pretend that he could only hear clearly occasionally, but after seeing this look, he answered decisively.
Seeing Zhong Ling lower her head, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you saying a tongue twister now? No need to try, I can really hear it. People's physiques are really different..."
"Don't let me hear that next sentence again!"
Zhong Yin interrupted him coldly and said in a commanding tone, "Eat quickly, let me see how much you eat."
But...are there really that big differences between people's physiques?
She touched the hearing aid on her ear. If possible, she would also like to have extraordinary hearing.
They are clearly sisters, and the younger sister's voice is so sweet, why can't I always hear what she says?
……
After dinner, Zhong Yin went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, leaving Han Zhou and Zhong Ling in the living room.
Zhong Ling seemed to want to say something, but didn't know what topic to start with. However, Han Zhou had already made a plan. After talking for a few minutes, he suggested, "Senior, although I can hear your voice, sometimes I can't hear it clearly. How about we practice a little bit?"
"Exercise?" Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment, then asked in a soft voice, "How do you exercise?"
"Just think of it as a little game."
Han Zhou took out his phone, clicked on the playlist of the music player, handed it to the other party, and said with a smile, "Like this, I'll close my eyes later, and you can just say the name of the song on it, and I'll see if I can hear them all clearly."