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Han Zhou smiled and said, "And I'm curious about what respect means to you, teacher?"
"Why are you asking this? You won't listen anyway."
After a pause, Ouyang Lianyu said gently, "My request to you is actually very simple. Just don't lie to the teacher all the time."
"Okay." Han Zhou agreed readily.
"Really?"
"real."
"Then tell me where you are going tonight."
"Under the bridge."
Ouyang Lianyu: "..."
"Well..." Han Zhou hesitated for a moment, "Although it's not a bridge tunnel, I am indeed homeless tonight."
"..."
Black clouds were blown by the autumn night wind, engulfing the half moon. The clouds were dark, with only a little light showing through.
Han Zhou looked at the sky and said calmly: "That's probably it."
After listening to Han Zhou's narration, Ouyang Lianyu felt heavy-hearted. Only then did she realize that the other party's family situation was so bad that even the door of his house was blocked by gangsters. No wonder he said he was homeless.
She took a deep breath and said seriously, "Let's call the police. The teacher will accompany you home now."
"no need."
Han Zhou smiled and said in a nonchalant tone, "Those guys don't know me yet, but once I call the police they will know who I am, and they may keep pestering me in the future. Don't pay attention to them. Everything will be solved if we move tomorrow."
His indifferent look made Ouyang Lianyu feel sad, especially when she saw the smile on his face, she felt even more distressed. This child must have been harassed by debt collectors in recent years. He has been alone for several years. No one knows how he managed to survive.
She didn't know that Han Zhou was suffering from a terminal illness, otherwise she would have felt even worse.
"It's better to move and get rid of those guys, but your father is too irresponsible. This kind of thing can actually be handled by calling the police." Ouyang Lianyu frowned, showing a rare angry expression.
"You can't say he's completely irresponsible. At least he raised me." Han Zhou shook his head. "Calling the police is fine. It's useless to bring that guy back by force. It's actually a good thing for me to be without him. At least I have a lot of peace and quiet."
Ouyang Lianyu felt even more distressed and subconsciously hugged the leaping rabbit doll in her arms, not knowing what to say for a long time.
Han Zhou wasn't here to play the victim. Noticing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, he jokingly said, "Teacher Ouyang, do you think I'll have a chance to see you stand up before I graduate?"
This careless teacher is either injured or on the way to being injured. He might have to spend the next four years in a wheelchair. Thinking of this, Han Zhou couldn't help laughing.
Ouyang Lianyu was stunned for a moment, and tried to suppress her sadness, and said softly: "Of course."
After hesitating for a moment, she added in a low voice, "You don't have to wait until graduation. The teacher will be able to stand up this semester."
The tone doesn't sound confident.
"Really?" Han Zhou laughed. "I heard that your wheelchair can be used all year round, so it is quite cost-effective."
Ouyang Lianyu blushed slightly, and tried to maintain her dignity with a stern face: "Who said that? How dare you make up stories about the teacher behind her back..."
Han Zhou smiled but said nothing. This was of course told to him by Zhang Tao. On the way back, the other party shared a lot of interesting stories about the school with him, but he had no intention of betraying the other party.
It is worth mentioning that most of these interesting stories come from the audiences from the same school in the live broadcast room. Many of them are just repeating what others say, but there are also some real information hidden. It is said that this is one of the reasons why many people from Linyi University like to go to Zhang Tao’s live broadcast room.
What if you’re lucky enough to hear gossip about your unlucky roommate?
All I can say is that people are all keen on eating melons.
Thinking of the interesting things at school, Han Zhou couldn't help but think of Gu Zheng. After hesitating for a while, he took out his cell phone and sent her a message to tell her that he was back.
Guzheng responded quickly, first sending an emoji of a pig rolling on the spot, followed by a message: "Have you just arrived home?"
As he was afraid that Guzheng would worry, Han Zhou did not tell her that someone was blocking his door, in order to prevent this guy from coming to find him immediately. He just told her to prepare to move tomorrow.
"Why do you suddenly want to move?"
"You know the situation at my house. It'll be quieter if I move."
"Oh, have you decided where you want to move to?"
Guzheng really wanted to say that there were still houses that had not been rented out in her neighborhood, and the prices were not too expensive, but then she remembered the elevator downstairs in her building that was sometimes not working, so she had to give up the suggestion.
"It's not clear yet. Lin Anyu is already helping me choose a place." Han Zhou replied to the message with one hand and pushed the wheelchair with the other.
"I see... Then I'll come over tomorrow to help you move your things?"
Guzheng knew that Han Zhou lived alone, and it would be difficult for him to move all his things.
Besides, they haven't seen each other for so long, and she also wants to see Han Zhou as soon as possible.
When we say “that long”, it’s actually just four short days, but it feels quite long to Guzheng. She used to meet Han Zhou almost every day, and now she feels even more uncomfortable than she imagined not to see him for several days in a row.
Especially after hearing what her father said that day, she inexplicably developed a sense of urgency in her heart, always feeling that if she didn't do something, she would lose Han Zhou.
Come to think of it, it was Han Zhou who took the initiative to find her in the past, so it’s normal for her to go to Han Zhou’s house to help out now, right?
Well, I have to let Han Zhou know that he is the only one who can do it...
"No need, just do your thing." Han Zhou sent a message quickly.
"I don't have anything to do. I've been staying at home studying lately. My parents are getting fed up and are urging me to go out and relax."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Moving is not an easy task."
"I know."
Guzheng waited a few seconds before replying, "That's why I came."
"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow."
"Ah."
"Go to bed early, good night."
"You too, goodnight."
Gu Zheng huddled in the quilt, the fluorescent light of the mobile phone sprinkled on the girl's lovely face. Her big and bright eyes stared at the chat interface. She wrote and deleted the words in the input box, and repeatedly wanted to press the word "send", but she could not muster the courage. In the end, she only sent a sentence "See you tomorrow".
It’s so hard to confess, the girl thought.
If I don't even dare to say something like this, how can I express my feelings to that guy in the future?
A blush appeared on her cute face, and the girl could only whisper the words she had just sent out in her heart -
"It's easy to be with you."
Han Zhou put away his phone. When he thought about facing Gu Zheng tomorrow, he felt indescribably complicated. He certainly didn't dare to directly confess to her what happened on the snow mountain, as this meant that he would have to deceive her, and it might be a long-term deception.
The person he least wanted to deceive was Guzheng.
"Are you worried?"
Seeing Han Zhou fell silent after reading his phone, Ouyang Lianyu in the wheelchair hesitated for a moment and carefully asked, "Are you thinking about your father?"
"No, I don't care about him."
Han Zhou shook his head, feeling increasingly irritated. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Teacher Ouyang, do you think greed is a mistake?"
Ouyang Lianyu was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't quite understand why he suddenly asked this, but she still tapped her smooth forehead with her slender index finger, revealing a look of serious thinking.
After a moment, she said gently, "It depends on what kind of greed you have. In a sense, greed is one of the driving forces behind the progress of human society. There is no absolute right or wrong in desire. It's just that too much is as bad as too little. This is my personal one-sided understanding."
"What about emotional greed?" Han Zhou continued to ask.
"Emotional greed?" Ouyang Lianyu was a little confused and didn't quite understand what he meant. "Does it mean the kind of greed that wants the other person to be completely dependent on you and not have room for anyone else in their eyes?"
Han Zhou coughed twice: "It's even more greedy than that..."
"Isn't that an extreme possessiveness?" Ouyang Lianyu shook her head and said earnestly, "That's too much. Although love is selfish, we should give each other a certain amount of freedom. Love that is forced into a contract will not last long."
Han Zhou smiled bitterly in his heart, but he did not want to correct the other party's misunderstanding. Of course, such things should not be publicized. He said, "Teacher Ouyang is indeed knowledgeable and erudite."
Ouyang Lianyu's expression was slightly hesitant. She always felt that these words sounded strange, as if she had been in love many times.
But she didn't explain. After all, if she told Han Zhou that she had never been in a relationship, this guy would definitely laugh at her again.
Fearing that Han Zhou would ask about this, she changed the subject and asked, "Han Zhou, can you tell the teacher who the girl you are with is?"
"Teacher, you misunderstood."
Han Zhou's face was firm. "I have always been devoted to studying. Where did the girl come from?"
Then why are you suddenly asking about emotional issues?
Ouyang Lianyu looked suspicious: "So you are still in the pursuit stage?"
"But, you can say that..."
Ouyang Lianyu didn't notice the strangeness in Han Zhou's tone, and chuckled, "I didn't expect you would also worry about love."
“Is it strange that young people worry about love?”
"Of course it's not surprising. I mean, with your looks and character, it shouldn't be difficult for you to pursue girls, right?" Ouyang Lianyu said in a teasing tone.
"That's not necessarily true." Han Zhou said modestly, "For example, if I want to pursue you, teacher, it will be very difficult."
"Don't make fun of the teacher!"
Ouyang Lianyu blushed, realizing that she was being teased by this guy.
"Look, the first difficulty has already appeared." Han Zhou sighed with regret, "What if I'm not kidding?"
"I'm not kidding!"
"..."
The two chatted along the way and soon arrived at Ouyang Lianyu's door. Han Zhou stared at Ouyang Lianyu with burning eyes. After seeing her really take out the key from her bag, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He then said goodbye and turned away.
It was already very late, and Lin Anyu was either in an Internet cafe or playing games at home. He was not going to trouble him anymore and planned to find a cheap hotel nearby to stay for the night.
He took out his phone and opened the map.
Before he had taken a few steps, he heard the sound of a door being opened behind him, and Ouyang Lianyu's slightly hesitant voice.
"Um...Classmate Han Zhou, do you still remember what the teacher said before..."
"If you really have nowhere to go tonight...then stay at the teacher's house."
This month I can use six leave notes, which means I can take six days off. I can't guarantee too many updates, but I still have to be fully present. The application for lifting the ban on the blocked chapters has failed again. I guess it won't be released. This is really a mental issue, especially after revising it for a long time and still failing to lift the ban... I only regret not writing more stories about Niuma Shenhe being beaten up. I'll post one more chapter tomorrow to make up for what I said before.
(End of this chapter)