Using power to force marriage

In her senior year of high school, Ruan Fu invited her classmates and friends to celebrate her birthday.

Zhao Jingnian drew the truth question, and his friend asked him if he had a girl he liked.

He answered firmly, saying yes.

Ruan Fu was intrigued and kept asking him who the girl he liked was.

However, Zhao Jingnian remained silent.

Throughout the second semester of her senior year, Ruan Fu asked him almost every day who the girl he liked was, but she never got an answer.

With only thirty days left until the college entrance examination, banners brimming with enthusiasm are hung all over the entire teaching building.

Everyone in the experimental class was tense and highly focused, repeatedly doing practice questions and mock exams every day. Everyone was working hard to improve their scores at the last minute.

The classroom was filled with a tense and anxious atmosphere of exam preparation.

Ruan Fu was the only exception; she remained the same carefree and impulsive person she always was.

Relax and live a peaceful life.

Zhao Jingnian told her many times that she was very smart and that if she worked a little harder, she would definitely be able to break into the top ten in her grade.

She refused, saying that her score was already high enough and that she had a clear goal of applying for veterinary medicine.

And relying on his lucky streak of always performing exceptionally well in major exams, he became increasingly lazy.

While others were buried in their homework during self-study class, she secretly browsed through comic convention guides. The comic convention she had been looking forward to for the past six months was this Friday.

But I have a mock exam on Friday.

It's okay, she's already prepared to miss the exam.

On Friday, she asked her teacher for leave, saying she had a high fever and was in the hospital, and didn't go to school. Her parents thought she was at school focusing on her exams.

Ruan Fu secretly went to the comic convention alone to take photos and have a great time.

I thought I had kept my absence from the exam a secret, but it was still discovered.

With the college entrance exam approaching, the school was checking very strictly. They called Ruan Fu's parents to confirm the situation, and the truth came out.

In the last 30 days, while other students were working their butts off, Ruan Fu became increasingly restless and her mind was not on her studies at all. This mentality was too dangerous.

Zhao Jingnian often reminded her, but she wouldn't listen.

In the evening, Ruan Fu happily carried her comic convention merchandise and cosplay outfit home.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw her whole family sitting on the sofa with serious expressions, waiting for her to come home.

"Fufu, aren't you going a bit too far by trying to please both home and school?"

"What kind of time is this to be going to a comic convention? Is the college entrance exam a joke?"

"Have we been spoiling you too much? Is lying something a good child should do?"

The whole family criticized her one after another. Teenagers are naturally sensitive and stubborn, and with the invisible pressure accumulated in the senior year of high school, Ruan Fu's temper completely flared up.

She didn't think that missing the exam or playing around was a terrible mistake; she just wanted to find some time to relax and enjoy herself amidst the intense exam preparation.

She had only gone to a comic convention; it wasn't like she had committed any heinous crime. But her whole family severely criticized her, which made her feel wronged and angry, and she had a fight with her family on the spot.

Ruan Fu locked herself in her bedroom while crying, declaring that she would go on a hunger strike in protest, and that she would never bow down and give in, even if it meant starving to death.

The next morning, her parents knocked on the door to bring her breakfast, but she ignored them.

Her older brother and sister knocked on the door again at noon, but the door remained tightly shut.

By evening, she was so hungry she felt a pang of anxiety.

He endured the whole day, and by midnight, his arrogant temper had been worn away by hunger.

Like a mouse sneaking around looking for food, she searched every drawer and bookcase in the room, turning over every corner, and finally only found half a bag of damp Oreos in her schoolbag.

It was given to her by Zhao Jing two days before the New Year.

The cookies had long since become soggy and soft, sticky and with a strange taste; they were terribly unpalatable.

She was so hungry she wanted to cry when her phone suddenly vibrated twice.

It was a message from Zhao Jingnian.

N: [Open the bedroom window.]

Ruan Fu replied weakly: 【What? Are you going to make me starve?】

N: [Feeding.]

Feeding?

Ruan Fu looked at the two words, completely bewildered.

She sat cross-legged on the carpet, muttering to herself.

Feeding? From where? Is it possible for a free lunch to fall from the sky?

Full of suspicion, Ruan Fu, her body weak, walked to the window and opened it.

There was nothing outside except for two annoying mosquitoes that flew in.

That despicable Zhao Jingnian dared to play tricks on her. Just as she was about to send a voice message to scold him, she suddenly heard a "buzzing" mechanical sound in her ear.

Getting closer.

Ruan Fu looked up at the window.

A small drone flew in from a distance and hovered steadily in front of her window.

A plastic bag was hanging on the drone, containing a pie and a carton of her favorite sweet milk.

Ruan Fu took the bag off the drone and saw that it contained food. A sudden surge of tears welled up in her eyes.

Zhao Jingnian actually brought her food.

This drone was a competition entry that he designed and assembled himself in his second year of high school physics science and technology innovation class, and it won a national award in the National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition.

This is his proudest work, which he cherishes dearly and is reluctant to let anyone else touch.

But now, he's actually using this prize-winning drone to deliver pies to her.

The warmth of the pie seeped through the bag, instantly soothing her aching, hungry stomach.

Ruan Fu held the pie and took two bites.

It smells good.

Zhao Jingnian truly deserves to be her best friend; he's incredibly loyal.

As she ate, she was so moved that her nose tingled and tears streamed down her face.

While eating, she talked on the phone with Zhao Jingnian.

She spoke in an exaggerated tone, expressing her overwhelming emotion, "Brother Jingnian! You are simply my savior! My second parents!"

Upon hearing this, the boy on the other end of the phone chuckled lazily, "You think you can call me 'brother' just because you ate my food?"

"Brother, brother! You're my best brother!"

"I'm really going to starve to death at home. I haven't eaten all day, and I haven't even had a sip of water. I almost fainted from hunger."

"Pie doesn't fall from the sky, but Brother Jingnian is more effective than God!"

"Brother Jingnian, I love you~"

Ruan Fu's gratitude was straightforward and enthusiastic, which was just like her personality—bright and cheerful.

As Zhao Jingnian listened to her exaggerated gratitude and her ingratiating manner on the phone, he could hardly suppress the urge to smile.

Ruan Fu kept calling him "brother," which pleased him greatly, and he was secretly delighted.

He feigned composure and replied slowly, "Stop, that's an exaggeration."

"I'm not exaggerating, I feel like kissing you right now!"

Zhao Jingnian's heart suddenly raced. Was this the truth, or... just a joke?

"Jingnian, why aren't you saying anything?"

Zhao Jingnian calmed himself and asked seriously, "How long do you plan to confront your family?"

When the topic of arguing came up, Ruan Fu's temper, which had just softened, became tough again.

She felt confident and stood tall. Anyway, Zhao Jingnian could secretly feed her, so she wouldn't go hungry.

"At least a week."

Hearing the girl's arrogant and reckless words, Zhao Jingnian chuckled helplessly, "You're not taking the college entrance exam?"

"If you don't eat for a day, you'll feel anxious. If you really starve for a week, you'll turn into a dried-up corpse."

"Isn't it because you're here to protect me? My Jingnian brother would never let me go hungry, right?"

He chuckled lightly, "I won't indulge you."

With the college entrance exam just around the corner, Ruan Fu's current state is definitely not good. Zhao Jingnian advised, "Tomorrow is Sunday, so I'll allow you to be willful for one more day. You must go to school on Monday the day after tomorrow."

She retorted defiantly, "I don't want to!"

Ruan Fu didn't want to continue talking about arguing, so she said in a soft, coquettish tone, "I don't want to talk about unhappy things anymore. Thank you again to my savior."

"Um, may I order?"

She wants to eat snail rice noodles tomorrow. "Can your drone deliver food with soup?"

Zhao Jingnian was amused by her, "You even ordered food? You greedy little devil."

Ruan Fu went along with his words, acting coquettishly and playfully, "My brother Jingnian loves me the most, doesn't he?"

One "brother" after another came through the receiver, as light as a feather, tickling his heart.

She's already obediently calling me "brother," what can I do?

We can only indulge them.

"Okay, here's your snail rice noodles."

Ruan Fu was overjoyed, "Brother Jingnian, you are so kind!"

"I've fulfilled your request, so shouldn't you reciprocate by fulfilling mine?"

She frowned. How could he be so stingy? He even demanded payment for a bowl of snail noodles she ate from him.

What are your requirements?

"After we eat snail rice noodles tomorrow, you're not allowed to be angry anymore. I'll wait for you at your door on Monday morning so we can go to school together."

Ruan Fu protested, "Why should I listen to you?"

Zhao Jingnian hesitated for a moment, then said, "You've always wanted to know who my girl is. If you come to school on Monday, I'll tell you."

The offer was too tempting, so she replied, "Okay, see you Monday."

Ruan Fu has been wondering lately who the girl he likes is. Could it be her?

How could that be? They grew up together since they were little, like siblings. How could the girl Zhao Jingnian like be her?

Ruan Fu hung up the phone, pondering to herself, "I don't care if he likes me or not, I'm just... simply curious."

Yes, just out of curiosity.