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Realizing that he was the one who was not serious, he coughed twice and analyzed, "In fact, the bridge probably has nothing to do with the birth of couples. After all, to be honest, if there is a person of the opposite sex willing to accompany you to such a place to do such boring things, then the other person is likely to have been interested in you for a long time, and becoming a couple is a matter of time. The bridge just accelerated the process, and it does not have any 'magic' itself."
This is actually the truth about most so-called love sanctuaries.
Most of the love holy places are well-known, and all kinds of rumors are flying around. Almost everyone knows about them. When someone of the opposite sex is willing to accompany you to such a place, it does not mean that the other person knows nothing, but that the other person has indirectly expressed his or her feelings. Only a fool would think that there is some kind of love magic in this world.
It is because there are many couples going there that a love sanctuary is created, not because the love sanctuary has magic that attracts enough couples.
If you think about it carefully, if the so-called love sanctuary really has some kind of love magic, then it is undoubtedly a very sad thing. Is the love controlled by magic really real? Such happiness is difficult to evaluate.
Therefore, Han Zhou has never been very interested in such places, even though he knows that most of these rumors are just a gimmick.
Mo Yixia glanced at him and said, "You are very clear-headed. Although it is a bit disappointing... But you are right when you say, 'If there is a person of the opposite sex who is willing to accompany you to such a place to do such a boring thing, then the other person is likely to have been interested in you for a long time.'"
"In that case, what are you thinking of accompanying me here?"
Han Zhou was stunned.
Mo Yixia did not ask further questions and continued: "I know you can't answer, or you just don't want to answer, but it doesn't matter, the answer is not important. Just like the Holy Land of Love was born because of couples, some things will naturally develop as they should."
"Come on, walk me across the bridge."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 164 Special Lessons
Wenxin Bridge is not very long overall, about six or seven meters long. If you ignore the bumpy bridge deck and the narrow bridge body, it only takes a few seconds to walk across.
However, it is precisely because of these two obstacles that the difficulty of passing Wenxin Bridge increases sharply.
It would be OK if only one person was crossing the bridge, but the challenge of Wenxin Bridge is that two lovers need to cross at the same time. Walking side by side is obviously not feasible because the bridge is too narrow. But at least they have to cross quickly one after the other, and this requirement makes crossing the bridge more difficult.
Fortunately, the bridge deck is less than three meters away from the riverbed. In addition, the river has almost dried up and the riverbed is soft, so there is no danger even if you accidentally fall down. Otherwise, no one would come up with such a boring couple test game.
I'm not here to commit suicide for love.
"This bridge is very slippery. Are you sure you want to cross it?"
Han Zhou stepped on the bridge and tried it out, and analyzed, "I think the success rate of crossing the bridge should be very low."
Wenxin Bridge has witnessed the birth of so many couples, which means that it should not have been difficult to cross the bridge before, otherwise so many couples would not come here to get bored. It should be because with the passage of time, the bridge has become more and more dilapidated under the wind and rain, and no one has maintained it for many years, so it has become what it is today.
After all, the group of uncles were describing the Wenxin Bridge from more than ten years ago. It is not surprising that such a long time has passed and the bridge has changed so much.
"Things with a low success rate are more meaningful when they are done. Why, you don't want to accompany me across the bridge?" The girl's calm voice sounded slowly behind him.
"That's not the case, but unlike you, I think there's little point in doing something that has a low success rate and no value."
"You are not romantic at all." Mo Yixia sighed.
Han Zhou was a little absent-minded. He was thinking about the question that the other party had asked him before -
"In that case, what are you thinking of accompanying me here?"
Yeah, what am I thinking now?
No matter from which angle you think about it, the reason why he accompanied Mo Yixia to Yecheng, and even appeared here, was not just out of the simple desire to complete the task posted in the status bar.
The most direct evidence was that the activity task required him to get a full score from Mo Yixia on the day he returned, but from last night until now, he had never asked about the other party's scoring criteria.
He had a certain degree of interest in the activity mission, but he was not enthusiastic about it. This obviously could not be a reason for him to accompany Mo Yixia to Yecheng.
Not to mention the daily tasks, those points are better than nothing. If he really wants to gain points in this way, he might as well stay in Lincheng to find Guzheng and Zhongling.
The same goes for temporary tasks. The probability of triggering a temporary task when spending time with two people is obviously greater than when spending time with Mo Yixia alone. If you want points, staying in Lincheng is undoubtedly a better choice.
These were not the driving forces behind Han Zhou's coming here.
So he wasn't here because of the status bar's instructions.
In fact, the status bar never forced Han Zhou to do anything. The fundamental reason why he had to complete the tasks issued by the status bar and had to contact the target person provided by the status bar was that he wanted to rely on the status bar to survive.
If he wasn't sick, he would certainly try his best to study the functions of the status bar, but he might not have such a strong motivation to contact Mo Yixia, Zhong Ling and others.
Of course, the existence of the status bar cannot be explained. Perhaps one of the necessary conditions for its appearance is that the host needs to be suffering from a terminal illness. After all, only in this way can its necessity be highlighted.
But no matter what, one thing is certain, if there was no status bar, Han Zhou might never have come into contact with Mo Yixia and others, and would never have had any connection with them in his life. As for his encounter with Gu Zheng, it had nothing to do with the status bar, but he would soon die young and fade out of the other person's life.
At this point, Han Zhou had to admit that because he was eager to regain his health, he had been deliberately ignoring one thing -
The various tasks in the status bar do not have a clear purpose, but they all seem to be trying to accomplish one thing, which is to allow him to get to know the target person and even to achieve the most intimate romantic relationship in the end.
Starting from the unlocking condition "I want to fall in love", to providing some important information of the target person in the side quest, and getting to know and become familiar with the target person through this difficult task, including various subsequent temporary tasks and activity tasks that meet the other party's needs, these can all be seen as a way of "pleasing" the other party, with the purpose of gaining a certain degree of favor.
This is the proactive strategy in love.
Even though Han Zhou has never regarded gaining favor as his goal, the target person is not an emotionless NPC, but a living person. Whether there is a change in favorability during their interactions, these are things he cannot control as the "attacker".
Not to mention that the initial side quest can be called a strategy manual for the target character. The general direction of the strategy is pointed out at the beginning, which feels like the right medicine for the right disease. Once the mission is completed, it can be said that you have entered the heart of the target character to a certain extent, and establishing a deeper relationship has become a necessity.
If this relationship continues to develop in the future, it will only become more and more complicated. Even if they cannot become lovers in the end, they will at least become very good friends.
That's right—
The purpose of the status bar is self-evident, which is to let Han Zhou fall in love. Perhaps there is a deeper meaning, but at least that is what it looks like on the surface. Although he doesn't want to admit it, Han Zhou has been doing this all the time.
Under the guidance of the status bar, he was forced into a relationship state.
If it was just one relationship, it would be fine, but the problem is that it is two or more relationships going on at the same time. In this situation, no matter what relationship it is, it will become extremely bad.
It was precisely because he had thought this through that Han Zhou had not taken the initiative to touch upon Zhong Ling's side quest, nor did he want to contact the senior student named Wang Lengqiu, because this would only make the relationship more and more complicated.
So back to the original question… Since it has nothing to do with the status bar guidance, why did he accompany Mo Yixia here?
In fact, he knew the answer in his heart. Although he was not very willing to admit it, he did have a good impression of this guy.
Maybe it's more than just a liking, but he can't say whether it has reached the level of liking her, or maybe it's just that he doesn't want to know as Mo Yixia said.
Han Zhou's mood was complicated.
For a long time, he was sure that he only had feelings for one person.
That was the girl who had saved him.
To this day, this good feeling has not faded, and is even growing, but the qualifier "only to one person" seems to have disappeared.
Han Zhou really didn't want to admit that he was a scumbag, but it seemed that he was already showing signs of that.
This was not the first time he had realized this problem, but regardless of his true inner thoughts, at least for now, he could not make a choice.
If you want to continue to gain enough points to fully recover your body, it is obviously not enough to only get along with one target person. You need at least two to steadily "gain points". It is necessary to move back and forth between multiple target persons.
With this thought in mind, he has kept it hidden until today.
Just as the target person will develop feelings because of the "strategy", he will also invest feelings in the process of getting along with the target person, which is not something that can be easily controlled by personal will.
Thinking of this, Han Zhou sighed in his heart.
Don't take the initiative, don't refuse, and don't be responsible.
He now has two of the three principles of a scumbag. He certainly cannot do the last one, "irresponsibility", but as long as he keeps a sense of propriety and does not progress the relationship to the point where he needs to be responsible, it is equivalent to not needing to be responsible -
What a jerk idea.
He sometimes thought that if only he was a complete scumbag who only completed tasks without investing any feelings, he might have maxed out his points long ago.
However, this kind of person will most likely not be able to complete even a single side quest, and might even be beaten half to death by Guzheng.
Wanting this, Han Zhou sighed again in his heart, although he knew his inner feelings, he still planned to continue pretending to be stupid for a while. He admitted that this was despicable and did not intend to find excuses for himself, but he was often confused about where the status bar came from.
"Alas, what kind of golden finger did I get... I was a 'licker' at the beginning, a scumbag in the middle, and I won't be chopped down in the end, right?"
But then again, even though Mo Yixia had been showing an attitude of "I want to conquer you" since some time ago, and even held hands and hugged him last night, Han Zhou still couldn't come to the conclusion that she liked him.
You have to know that this guy hates most things in the world. Even if you don't hate him anymore, not hating him obviously can't be linked to liking him. Maybe he just hasn't experienced the feeling of being liked for too long, so he doesn't really understand his heart, so he thinks he likes him.
Perhaps even the latter part can be omitted, as the other party may be very clear that he or she does not like him or her.
Some feelings may not be called love. Maybe it is just a momentary impulse, or maybe you just feel that someone is special occasionally, so you naturally call this feeling love. However, the two feelings are often very different.
As one of the few people in Mo Yixia's heart who she doesn't dislike, Han Zhou thinks that he may also be special in her heart. However, special is not the same as liking. The other party may not be aware of this. Maybe she has misunderstood his heart, or maybe she just wants to study the topic of "love" on a whim.
These are Han Zhou's true thoughts. He does not deny that he is suspected of making excuses for not responding to his feelings, but no matter what, at least he has to continue to play dumb about many things now.
If only the world could be carefree, then he wouldn't have to worry about anything and could just do whatever it takes to catch this guy.
As for the Guzheng?
Of course we chased her together!
Unfortunately, however, such a situation where he can do whatever he wants does not exist, so he can only be a coward for now.
While he was thinking, Mo Yixia's cold voice brought Han Zhou back to his senses.
"After thinking about it for so long, have you come up with any interesting answers?"
She came to Han Zhou, stood on tiptoe and probed the bridge surface, and no emotion could be heard in her words.
"What do you mean?" Han Zhou asked guiltily.
"whatever."
"If that's the case... then I probably didn't expect that."
Han Zhou hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But Yixia, I have a question for you."
"Just ask."
"When did you start to hate this world?"
"Earlier than you thought. You've seen the situation in my family. My parents' relationship is more complicated than you've seen. So I've never really liked the things around me since I was a kid. And in high school I had to bear those inexplicable expectations, so this dislike reached its peak."
Mo Yixia's tone was calm, as if she was talking about someone else's experience.
After a pause, she continued, "Are you asking me if I've ever experienced the feeling of liking something before?"
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't hide anything from you."
"That's because your thoughts are written all over your face. If you try to hide it, it will be hard for me to tell."
Mo Yixia lifted the edge of her skirt, touched the bridge surface with her toes regularly, and said calmly, "As for the answer to this question, my answer is yes."
"Do you have anything you like..." Han Zhou thought for a moment, "You should be talking about singing, or music."
Mo Yixia looked at him in surprise and tucked up her hair beside her ears.
"Did I guess wrong?" Han Zhou asked.