"Hey, aren't you going to ask for my opinion?" Zhou Hong said, feeling speechless.
"Zhou Hong, Xiao Yu already agreed, just say yes," Qin Mengxue said, her voice laced with a hint of a pout.
"Sorry, I disagree," Zhou Hong refused.
"Why?"
"No reason, it's just that I dislike your family. If you were truly my girlfriend, your grandfather would probably be setting off firecrackers and hosting a banquet for friends and relatives immediately." Zhou Hong scoffed slightly. He knew Qin family's elder all too well. With Zhou Hong's current fame, having him as a second boyfriend would be an immense honor for Qin Mengxue's family, and the Qin elder would be overjoyed.
Zhou Hong's parents would never allow such a thing to happen.
"I won't tell anyone," Qin Mengxue quickly promised.
"Walls have ears. In any case, I'm not willing. For now, having Xiao Yu is enough for me," Zhou Hong said with a smile, looking at Qiao Xiao Yu. He'd had enough of women in his past life and didn't have such grand ambitions anymore. Besides, Qin Mengxue wasn't beautiful enough to make him lose his head.
Qin Mengxue secretly wiped away a tear, appearing very sad.
Qiao Xiao Yu patted Qin Mengxue's shoulder to comfort her, "I'm sorry, Mengxue, I didn't expect Zhou Hong to refuse either."
Qiao Xiao Yu glanced at Zhou Hong, and she was quite perplexed. Why wasn't Zhou Hong even slightly tempted? If it were any other man, having two beautiful campus belles vying for him would make them grin from ear to ear.
Could it be that Zhou Hong truly only loved her?
Qiao Xiao Yu shook her head. She absolutely didn't believe Zhou Hong only liked her. She always felt that Zhou Hong didn't truly love her either; it just felt like things were progressing naturally.
Qiao Xiao Yu decided not to overthink it anymore.
"Mengxue, try to look on the bright side. Being friends with Zhou Hong is also very good, you don't necessarily have to be boyfriend and girlfriend," Qiao Xiao Yu comforted her again.
Qin Mengxue nodded, feeling very dejected.
"Then we'll head home. See you tomorrow."
Zhou Hong and Qiao Xiao Yu walked away hand in hand.
Qin Mengxue watched their retreating figures, looking lost.
"Zhou Hong, why did you refuse? Mengxue is so beautiful. If it were any other man, they'd probably be dreaming and laughing in their sleep," Qiao Xiao Yu asked Zhou Hong, full of confusion, after they had left.
"You said it yourself, 'any other man.' But I'm not just any man. If I got interested in every beautiful woman I saw, wouldn't that make me an ordinary man?" Zhou Hong chuckled.
"Speechless. I absolutely don't believe you refused Mengxue just because you only love me in your heart," Qiao Xiao Yu said.
"I don't want to lie to you, and it's indeed not the case," Zhou Hong said honestly.
Although Qiao Xiao Yu had anticipated this, Zhou Hong's outright honesty, without even a pretense, still left her feeling a bit disappointed.
"What? You're unhappy that I didn't accept Qin Mengxue?" Zhou Hong asked.
"Somewhat. Honestly, I'd rather you had accepted."
"Why? Who wouldn't want a man to be devoted to his woman? How can you be unhappy?"
"Hehe, I can't really explain it. Mengxue and I are quite similar. The fact that you weren't even tempted by her also shows that I don't have much appeal in your heart either. You're just with me because I'm your fiancée and you don't want the hassle of switching around. That's the feeling I get," Qiao Xiao Yu said with a wry smile. Zhou Hong's lack of desire for Qin Mengxue meant she was probably similar in his eyes.
"What kind of logic is that?" Zhou Hong looked utterly bewildered.
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go home." Qiao Xiao Yu was deep in thought. It seemed that love could only be truly sweet when there was a match in social standing. When one party surpassed the other too much, it brought not sweetness, but worry.
Zhou Hong had already become a renowned genius in Jinzhou City. One could imagine how many more exceptional women would approach him in the future.
"Don't overthink it," Zhou Hong said, seeing the expression on Qiao Xiao Yu's face and knowing what she was worried about.
"We're already mismatched. How can I not worry? Perhaps our breakup... is only a matter of time," Qiao Xiao Yu said with inner sadness.
Zhou Hong was speechless. It was as if his current achievements in the martial arts competition had made him so amazing that he would seek out even more outstanding women. But in reality, Qiao Xiao Yu had no idea that Zhou Hong's excellence had far surpassed her comprehension; what was a martial arts competition to him?
Just then, as Zhou Hong and Qiao Xiao Yu walked out of the Jinzhou University gate, a police car pulled up in front of Zhou Hong.
"Hello, Senior Zhou Hong," several police officers got out of the car and greeted Zhou Hong respectfully.
"What are you looking for me for? Did I break the law?" Zhou Hong asked, a little confused.
"Please don't misunderstand. You're the champion of the martial arts competition, our idol. Even if you had committed a crime, it wouldn't be our place to question you. We're here to see you about a very important matter," one of the officers quickly explained.
"Oh! Then please tell me, what important matter is it? I'll help if I can."
"It's like this, we'd like to collect your DNA."
"What 'a'?" Zhou Hong was a bit lost.
"DNA!"
"I still don't understand. I don't have any DNA on me. Search me if you don't believe me!" Zhou Hong said with an innocent expression.
"Pfft!" A female police officer couldn't help but giggle, while Qiao Xiao Yu also looked speechless, wondering why Zhou Hong didn't even know what DNA was.
However, considering Zhou Hong only scored 250 on his college entrance exam and clearly never studied seriously, it was understandable that he wouldn't know what DNA was. Sudan Fiction Net.
"Senior Zhou Hong, please stop joking with us. We suspect you might be involved in child trafficking and want to collect your DNA to see if it matches any samples in our genetic database. It might help you find your biological parents."
Zhou Hong frowned. How would the police know about this?
Regarding the origin of this body, Zhou Hong was aware. The parents of this body were not his biological parents. The original owner of this body had been bought from out of town by them as a trafficked child.
Zhou Hong hadn't been in the mood to think about it before, after all, he wasn't the original owner of this body.
"Would you be able to collect a blood sample from you now?"
"Sorry, I don't think it's necessary," Zhou Hong shook his head. He didn't want to search for biological parents; it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble.
At this moment, not far away, a woman was sitting in a car. This woman was none other than Changsun Qinghe.
The police officers who came to collect DNA had been summoned by Changsun Qinghe. This was because Changsun Qinghe's secret investigation had revealed that Zhou Hong was very likely the fiancé she was looking for, who had been betrothed to her as a child when she was three, and who had gone missing from a sixth-rate family.