Chapter 632
The Adventure of True Heart Chapter
In the following time, Miao Yan'er inquired about the family backgrounds of Wang Runxue and Ouyang Lianyu, or rather, she was trying to confirm whether the two of them were also orphans.
Han Zhou shook his head in denial. He wasn't very familiar with Wang Runxue and didn't know about her family situation, but he figured there couldn't be that many orphans in the world. Teacher Ouyang's parents were alive and well, and although they had occasional conflicts, they were a happy and fulfilling family. They had nothing to do with orphans.
However, this reminded him of Teacher Ouyang's sick mother, who tried to hide it from him. He had originally wanted to find an opportunity to remind her, but Teacher Ouyang somehow got wind of it and already knew, though she didn't say anything.
Just like how Ms. Ouyang's mother didn't expose her lie about having a fake boyfriend right away, she doesn't plan to expose her mother's lie until she goes home to visit the other person.
This is perhaps the meaning of "decency" between mother and daughter.
However, appearances don't put food on the table, so Han Zhou suggested that Ouyang Lianyu take leave to go back and spend more time with her mother. But Ouyang Lianyu replied that her mother had concealed her illness to put her mind at ease. Going back now would only make her mother worry, which was also her father's advice.
Han Zhou still remembers the weather that day. It got dark very early, and the school lights were on early. The dim yellow light spread in the damp and cold fog. Ouyang Lianyu's expression was a little sad when she said this, but she quickly smiled and said that even if it was just to get better, it was very necessary to work hard.
Because medical treatment requires money.
He wanted to say something more, but Ouyang Lianyu silenced him with just one sentence—
“My parents said that if I have to take leave to go back, they will take you with me, because they are afraid that I will get lost on the bus alone.”
If I remember correctly, that was the first time Ouyang Lianyu admitted that she couldn't take care of herself, even though it was in a joking manner.
His thoughts seemed to have wandered a bit. When Han Zhou came back to his senses, Miao Yan'er had already left the kitchen and seemed to be chatting with everyone in the living room. After chatting for a short while, she shouted, "Everyone, please don't be shy, just make yourselves at home," acting like the director of an orphanage.
He shook his head and chuckled, then continued cooking.
In the living room, Gu Lang was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled his wife aside and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? Didn't we agree to find an opportunity to test them?"
Facing her husband, Miao Yan'er's smile faded slightly, and she said irritably, "You do your probing, I'll do mine, is there a conflict?"
"But you've suddenly set such a high standard, saying you're treating our house like your own. How am I supposed to bring it up later?"
"Isn't that how you say it when you're entertaining guests?" Miao Yan'er said helplessly. "I'm warning you, these are all unfortunate children. Even if you want to test them later, you have to..."
She paused, then suddenly waved her hand. "Fine, you're not allowed to ask anything or say anything today. Just treat it as a peaceful family reunion dinner, understand?"
"But……"
"No buts. You can run away, but you can't hide. Xiao Zheng already has the key to Han Zhou's house. If that kid really does something to wrong Xiao Zheng, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him."
"All right……"
Although he didn't know why his wife had suddenly changed her mind, Gu Lang nodded reluctantly.
Miao Yan'er looked at Gu Zheng, who was sitting on the sofa chatting with her friends, and said worriedly, "Don't worry about whether Han Zhou has wronged Xiao Zheng yet. Have you figured out why Xiao Zheng is unhappy?"
"Don't you think these two things are causally related?" Gu Lang said with a gloomy expression.
"Xiao Zheng told you?"
"That's not..."
Do you have evidence?
"Not found yet."
"Then get out of here."
Miao Yan'er rolled her eyes at him, "I'll go ask myself."
Guzheng is very unhappy today.
This was obvious to everyone, including Zhong Ling and the others in the living room. However, they shared the same thought as Gu Lang: that it was most likely related to Han Zhou. After several fruitless inquiries, they could only pretend to be blind.
Ouyang Lianyu knew more inside information and had vaguely guessed that Han Zhou's affair with multiple women might have been exposed, so she was at a loss for what to do.
After thinking it over, all she could do was liven things up, but before she could even speak, Zhong Yin, who had just come out of the kitchen, preemptively said, "There's still a while before lunch, how about we play a game of Ludo?"
Clearly, the two were thinking the same thing, and Zhong Yin was also trying to lighten the mood.
Ouyang Lianyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a gentle smile appearing on her face: "I agree..."
"Flying chess is so boring."
Before she could finish speaking, Wang Runxue shook her head vigorously, looking utterly resistant, and said, "I'm so tired of playing in the club."
"Aren't you from a fortune-telling shop?"
Xiao Xiaoxiao yawned and asked lazily, "Can Ludo be used for divination?"
“True divination requires the right timing, location, and people. We are actually quite free most of the time, and we often get together to pass the time when we are bored. But the president of the club only bought a set of Ludo.”
Wang Runxue sighed, seemingly recalling some unpleasant memories, but she quickly cheered up and asked expectantly, "Guzheng, do you have any other multiplayer games at home, like board games?"
Gu Zheng was clearly distracted, and it took her a while to come back to her senses: "Do playing cards count?"
"That's plausible... but with so many of us, we can't possibly play a whole game of Dou Dizhu, can we?"
"You can play Texas Hold'em."
As she said this, Gu Zheng recalled the scene of playing Texas Hold'em with Han Zhou at Lin Anyu's house during summer vacation. As punishment, Han Zhou had carried her around the room. Thinking of this, her eyes dimmed a little.
Why wasn't it discovered at the time...?
"Forget it, Teacher Ouyang is still here. I wouldn't dare gamble in front of her," Wang Runxue said half-jokingly.
"Then we can only play Ludo."
Gu Zheng picked up the Ludo game from the coffee table.
"and many more."
Wang Runxue's eyes darted around, and she suddenly suggested, "How about we play Truth or Dare?"
Before she could finish speaking, she revealed her true intentions, pulling a brand-new cardboard box the size of her palm from her bag.
Gu Zheng was slightly taken aback: "You've been planning to play Truth or Dare for a while now?" "Well, you can't really say that. I actually wanted to bring some back to the club... Oh well, whatever, let's play this, okay?"
Gu Zheng thought for a moment, then glanced subconsciously towards the kitchen: "I don't mind, Teacher Ouyang, what about you?"
Ouyang Lianyu naturally caught that look in her eyes and thought that this game was probably not going well for Han Zhou.
But she couldn't find a reason to refuse, so she could only smile gently and say, "Teacher, anything is fine."
“I’m fine with it too,” Xiao Xiaoxiao replied.
“Okay.” Zhong Yin nodded.
Zhong Ling glanced at her sister, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Wang Lengqiu tilted her head and thought for a moment before asking softly, "Is it just the few of us playing?"
Gu Zheng seemed to have been waiting for these words, and upon hearing them, she immediately stood up: "I'll go and call Han Zhou out."
"Wait, the guzheng."
Zhong Yin did not stop him, but reminded him in a very objective tone, "When I came out of the kitchen, Han Zhou had just started cooking. He probably can't get away now. Let's call him over after he finishes this dish."
"it is good."
Gu Zheng paused, then sat back down on the sofa, her face expressionless, revealing no emotion.
Just then, Gu Lang and Miao Yan'er returned to the living room. Seeing this, Wang Runxue, who had just cleared her throat and was about to announce the rules, stiffened slightly and said in a low voice, "Um... Gu Zheng, could you ask your aunt and uncle to leave for a moment? This dare part of the game is no joke; they might get angry if they see it..."
Her voice wasn't too low, and everyone present could hear it. Gu Zheng didn't react before Ouyang Lianyu panicked: "Do you mean that Truth or Dare is too much?"
Wang Runxue smiled awkwardly, then realized that she should have asked Teacher Ouyang to leave as well. However, since things had come to this point, it wouldn't be good to send him away now, so she could only vaguely say, "It's not a matter of going too far... you'll know once you play."
Ouyang Lianyu had a bad feeling and almost subconsciously wanted to get up and leave. But if she left like that, there would be no one to help Han Zhou when he was brought in for "trial". Thinking of this, she had to suppress the panic in her eyes and nodded calmly.
Before long, Guzheng told her parents about playing the game. The two of them were quite cooperative and immediately said that they needed to go to the supermarket to buy some things. During this time, Wang Runxue announced the rules of the game.
The rules of the game are simple: Wang Runxue starts spinning a pen, and whoever the pen tip points to has to draw a truth card and answer the question on it truthfully. The next time, the person whose pen tip points to the next person spins the pen again, and the process is repeated.
If you really don't want to answer, you need to draw a Great Adventure card and complete the requirements on the card.
Finally, Wang Runxue coughed and emphasized, "Note that this is just a game, so don't have too many reservations. I hope everyone will follow the rules, not make excuses, and definitely not cheat, otherwise it won't be fun. Also, when spinning the pen, use all your strength and don't deliberately 'trick' others."
Ouyang Lianyu wanted to leave again. The more she listened, the more she felt that the game was not as simple as she had imagined, especially the sentence "Don't have so many worries," which seemed to be deliberately targeting her, telling her that even if it was a teacher, it didn't matter, playing games was just playing games.
Seeing that no one objected, Wang Runxue no longer hesitated. She immediately pulled out a ballpoint pen she had prepared beforehand from her pocket, muttered something to herself, and then forcefully twirled it on the coffee table.
The ballpoint pen spun around on the coffee table several times before slowly coming to a stop, its tip pointing directly at Zhong Ling, who looked completely bewildered.
Zhong Ling froze, held her breath, and nervously drew a truth card.
“Xiaoling can’t speak, so I’ll read it for her.”
Zhong Yin took the playing card from his sister, and his expression relaxed slightly after seeing what it said. He then read aloud, "When was the last time you stayed up all night? What were you doing?"
She paused for a moment, then continued, "I can answer this question for Xiaoling. The last time she stayed up all night was last night, and we talked for a long time."
Zhong Ling nodded, indicating that her sister was not lying.
According to the rules, it was her turn to spin the pen next, so she picked up the ballpoint pen and, with Wang Runxue's encouraging gaze, spun it vigorously.
The pen tip pointed at Wang Runxue herself.
She boldly drew a truth card and asked herself, "What is the most unforgettable gift you have ever received? ... It was a crystal ball that my mother gave me on my twelfth birthday. It was from that moment that I started to like divination."
She appeared completely at ease, and even showed everyone the cards in her hand to confirm that she wasn't lying.
These problems don't seem so scary after all...
Seeing the Truth cards being drawn one by one, and the questions being asked to be nothing serious, Ouyang Lianyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the real danger cards were the ones that were truly terrifying, but as long as she answered the questions on the Truth cards truthfully, she wouldn't have to worry about facing them.
At this moment, the pen tip pointed at Zhong Ling again, and the question she drew was, "When was the first time you drank alcohol/skipped class/didn't work? And why?"
Zhong Ling hesitated for a few seconds before typing on her phone to reply, "I didn't sleep well last Thursday, so I was late for class."
"No, that's not right, Senior Zhong Ling."
Wang Runxue corrected, "The question here is when the first time you skipped class was, not when you were late."
Zhong Yin was about to say that Xiao Ling hadn't skipped class, but seeing her sister's troubled expression, she typed another line in the input box after a while: "It was last Thursday. My junior said that since we were going to be late anyway, we might as well eat breakfast before going to class. We ate and chatted, and before we knew it, we missed the first class..."
Zhong Yin's expression darkened. That bastard not only skipped class himself, but also dared to lead Xiao Ling astray. He's getting more and more outrageous.
Ouyang Lianyu looked helpless and said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I will teach Han Zhou a lesson."
In a sense, Han Zhou's increasing arrogance is inextricably linked to her excessive indulgence.
Looking at her sister's gloomy face, Zhong Ling was at a loss. Her junior hadn't said to keep this a secret, so she hesitated for a while before telling her. She didn't expect it to make her sister angry, but after observing her carefully for a while, she realized that her sister was indeed angry, but it didn't seem to be because of this matter.
After a moment, Zhong Yin shook his head and said calmly, "Don't bother Teacher Ouyang. I will teach that guy a lesson myself. Xiao Ling, it's your turn to spin your pen. Continue."
Zhong Ling then realized what was happening and vigorously spun the ballpoint pen on the coffee table.
This time, the pen was finally aimed at Ouyang Lianyu, who had never been hit before.
Having learned from the previous rounds of the game, Ouyang Lianyu knew that there wouldn't be any difficult questions in the truth-or-dare game. With a gentle smile still on her face, she calmly drew a card.
The next second, the smile on her face froze.
The card clearly read:
"Who or what made you fall for someone last time?" (End of Chapter)