I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 77: Whichever university Zhou Heng goes to, she will go to.

"what happened?"

Zhou Heng noticed that Yin Mengran's expression was off, so he asked her a question.

"Ah... nothing."

Yin Mengran shook her head and didn't tell Zhou Heng about the message on her phone, afraid it would affect his mood.

Yin Mengran thought about it. Even though she and Tong Yining had disagreements in the end, Tong Yining hadn't actually done anything to wrong her.

Moreover, her ultimate decision to break with Tong Yining was largely due to her own selfish motives, namely, Zhou Heng...

She had already fallen for Zhou Heng back then, but since it was her first time liking someone, she didn't know how to react.

But when Tong Yining said she wanted to frame Zhou Heng, she suddenly felt a surge of hatred for Tong Yining.

She even wondered if she was a fickle person. She and Tong Yining were so close before, but now she had no good feelings towards her.

Therefore, Yin Mengran decided to answer Tong Yining's question, which could be seen as a way of making amends for the decision she had made out of selfishness.

"【We're not what you think. For certain reasons, I live at Zhou Heng's house; I'm his mother's goddaughter.】"

"Do you like Zhou Heng?"

"..."

Yin Mengran stared at the message Tong Yining had immediately replied to on her phone, lost in thought.

She understood why Tong Yining was in such a hurry to ask her that question; she simply wanted to find out what she was thinking.

If she says she doesn't like it, then Tong Yining won't treat her as an enemy and thus ignore her, and will instead pursue Zhou Heng even more relentlessly.

Even though she admitted to living at Zhou Heng's house, Tong Yining didn't know that it was actually just the two of them living there.

She figured they'd assume Zhou Heng's parents were also there, so even if she stayed, she assumed the two of them wouldn't do anything too outrageous, since their parents were there.

This did not stop her from pursuing Zhou Heng.

If she knew that it was just her and Zhou Heng living together in the same room and on the same bed, I wonder what she would think...

After thinking for a while, Yin Mengran replied to Tong Yining:

"【like.】"

"cough!"

Suddenly, a cough came from behind Yin Mengran, startling her so much that she immediately turned around to look at the person behind her.

Tang Zhi stood there, bending over and looking at her, while also glancing at her phone.

Yin Mengran awkwardly covered her phone and stammered, "Uh... what's wrong?"

Tang Zhi patted Yin Mengran on the shoulder and said softly, "You can't skip meals even if you have something to do. Let's eat first, and we'll deal with it later."

At this moment, Zhou Yalan asked softly, "What's wrong, Xiao Mengran? Is the food not to your liking? Tell Auntie what you want to eat, and Auntie will make it for you."

"Ah! No, no... Auntie, the food was delicious, I just had something to take care of. It's alright, it's nothing serious..."

Yin Mengran quickly put her phone on the table, picked up her bowl and chopsticks, and continued eating.

She forgot that they were still eating at the dinner table. She meant to just glance at her phone and put it down, but she made a mistake without realizing it.

Thankfully, Tang Zhi reminded her, otherwise her mother would definitely have overthought things. They had prepared a huge meal, and she was just looking down at her phone—it was quite impolite...

Zhou Heng glanced at Yin Mengran, a hint of doubt in his eyes, but he said nothing.

After dinner, the three of them helped Zhou Yalan clear the table.

They didn't help with the cooking because they knew they might make things worse or even cause more trouble.

However, after the meal, you should definitely help clean up; it's the most basic courtesy.

After tidying up, the three of them originally planned to go back to their room to continue playing games.

But Zhou Yalan came out of the kitchen, wiped her hands, and greeted Zhou Heng, saying:

"Xiao Heng, come here... Auntie wants to talk to you."

"OK, all right."

Zhou Heng nodded and stayed in the living room with Zhou Yalan, while Yin Mengran and Tang Zhi went back to their room.

Zhou Yalan poured Zhou Heng a cup of tea, and Zhou Heng quickly stood up to take it, saying, "Thank you, Aunt."

"Sit down, sit down, Xiao Heng, your aunt has something troubling her and has been wanting to talk to you about it. She'd like you to give her some advice."

Zhou Yalan pulled Zhou Heng's arm and sat down on the sofa with him.

She sighed, her face showing worry, as if something was indeed troubling her.

Zhou Heng nodded and said, "I will definitely help if I can."

"Oh, is that so? She's in her final year of high school, and there's only one year left until graduation. Your uncle and I have started thinking about which university Tang Zhi should apply to. I don't have any objections, but your uncle really wants Tang Zhi to go to a 211 university. I haven't remembered the name of that university yet, but your uncle has a friend who's a professor there. He's thinking that it would be good if someone could look after her while she's studying abroad, especially with Tang Zhi's personality. Don't you think so?"

"Yes, I think it's fine. What's there to worry about?"

Zhou Heng found it strange, not understanding why he needed help with this.

Judging from Tang Zhi's grades, getting into a 211 university should be no problem, and as long as she studies hard, getting into a 985 university shouldn't be a problem either.

This would certainly be a lot of pressure for others, but for Tang Zhi, the pressure shouldn't be too great; it's just a matter of playing fewer games.

"The key question is... guess what Tang Zhi said?"

"Oh, what did she say? She doesn't want to go?"

Zhou Yalan glanced in the direction of Tang Zhi's room, then lowered her voice and whispered in Zhou Heng's ear:

"She said that whichever university Zhou Heng goes to, she will go to the same university."

"?!"

Zhou Heng's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes widened in shock, filled with disbelief.

"what?"

He couldn't believe it was true and looked at Zhou Yalan, who nodded in affirmation, a helpless expression on her face.

"Don't overthink it. It's not your fault. She's just being willful. We all understand what she means. She just wants to go to university and be in a new environment. Without you, she won't have anyone to talk to, and she won't be able to make any friends. She's going to feel stifled at university."

Despite Zhou Yalan's words, Zhou Heng knew perfectly well that Tang Zhi just wanted to play games with him...

Once she gets to university, she'll be more relaxed, and I'll be more relaxed too. I'm sure we'll be able to play a lot of games together then.

Zhou Heng pointed in the direction of the room and said:

"Then Auntie, why don't you try to persuade her? University will definitely be different from high school. She'll meet all sorts of people and she'll definitely find friends she gets along with. Look, Yin Mengran has already become friends with her."

Zhou Yalan sighed again, shook her head, and said:

"We tried to persuade her, but it was no use. You know, we've never forced Tang Zhi to do anything since she was a child. Now, trying to force her to go to a certain university is definitely not going to work."