Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It

Chapter 283: "Don’t Speculate, She’s Really Not Mine.

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Xu Su was utterly confused. Staring at the chat history in the group, she could hardly believe her eyes.

A photo of her had somehow appeared in the Qingxuan Sect’s elite group chat, and they had all found out that the girl in the picture was a high school student from Chang City...

Chang City!

She remembered mentioning offhandedly in the group that she was from Chang City.

Sure enough, the moment the thought crossed Xu Su’s mind, Sika, who was the same age and also in high school, was the first to react. She quickly tagged her in the group chat: "@Susu, I remember you’re from Chang City too, and you’re also a high school student! Come on, tell us, do you know the girl in the photo? Is she really that pretty in real life? Is this just for hype?"

Prompted by Sika, many of the group members who knew Xu Su was a high school student from Chang City grew excited and started tagging her one after another.

The group members were all expert online gamers and mostly young. They paid close attention to popular online gossip. It was rare to have a friend in their own group who might know a minor internet celebrity, so every single one of them wanted to get the inside scoop.

Xu Su was tagged by more than ten people at once. She didn’t have time to reply to any of them. Instead, she swiped her screen, scrolling to the top of the chat history, and followed the link to the Haijiao Forum. She had been to this forum many times before. The campus section didn’t usually get much traffic, but this "Most Beautiful High school Girl" post had amassed several thousand comments in less than a day, making it one of the top three hottest threads on the forum.

As soon as Xu Su opened the forum, she saw the post with her photo pinned in the featured section on the homepage, making it extremely conspicuous.

She clicked into the post and scrolled through it slowly, her expression changing constantly. Her deskmate and best friend, Qian Jia, noticed something was wrong and leaned over to look at her phone. She immediately saw the photo of Xu Su and Li Hao on the sports field from the day before yesterday and couldn’t help but be surprised.

"He actually posted it online? What website is this?" Qian Jia asked, puzzled.

Xu Su said, "A forum. A pretty well-known one."

As she spoke, she scrolled down the screen to read the comments.

Most of them were marveling at the beauty of the girl in the photo. Another portion was questioning if she was a new talent that some entertainment company was trying to promote, using a marketing stunt to launch her career.

Other users were scrutinizing the photo, analyzing the relationship between the two people in it.

Xu Su looked at Qian Jia, on the verge of tears. "Jiajia, I’m in big trouble."

"What’s wrong?" Qian Jia was a bit confused. "The photo looks perfectly normal. So what if it was posted online? Why do you look like the sky is falling?"

"You don’t get it. There’s the awkwardness of my online identity being half-exposed, but that’s not even the most important thing... The important thing is, my future university classmates might know who I am before I even get there."

So many people in the group chat were asking if she knew the person in the photo. Xu Su couldn’t even pretend that she didn’t. Once she started university, she would eventually have to meet the few Qingxuan Sect members who were also at University B. ’If I lie now, how will I explain it then?’

Besides, she had no idea what kind of impact her photo being shared online for two days would have on her life. She hated being the center of attention.

Also, if Zhou Mochen found out about this, there was no telling how angry he would be...

At this thought, Xu Su quickly picked up her phone to examine the photo carefully. She stared at it for a long time before handing it to Qian Jia, still uncertain. "This photo doesn’t look too intimate, does it? It won’t cause any misunderstandings, right?"

From her tone, it was obvious who this "someone else" was.

Qian Jia couldn’t believe her best friend had gotten so whipped. It was just a photo taken from a hand’s-width away, yet she was this worried.

She shot her a look, annoyed. "Relax. Even a blind person could see you two are just regular classmates. Anyone with eyes won’t misunderstand."

Xu Su let out a huge sigh of relief and began to think about how she could resolve this matter without Zhou Mochen finding out.

It would be best if Zhou Mochen didn’t find out at all. After all, no boyfriend would be happy to see a photo of his girlfriend with another male classmate go viral online, attracting so much attention and so many shares. Especially not a jealous monster like Zhou Mochen.

Xu Su glanced at the time. There were still twenty minutes until evening self-study began.

She took her phone and walked out of the classroom, pulling up Shen Chen’s number as she went.

Among the people she knew, besides Zhou Mochen, only Shen Chen had the power to get all these reposts and threads taken down.

It was 6 p.m., a time when Shen Chen was, of course, out for dinner.

Young Master Shen was never short on dinner engagements, and today was no exception. Wherever this group of rich young masters went, there was never a shortage of beautiful girls to liven things up.

In the private room, the atmosphere was lively. A few of the young masters had pretty girls by their sides, pouring them drinks, feeding them food, and flirting attentively.

A popular idol drama was playing on the LCD screen. The actress who played the rich and beautiful second female lead was right there in the room, dancing to entertain the young masters. Her graceful movements were alluring and captivating, and her large eyes kept darting toward Shen Chen.

A pity she was casting flirtatious glances at a blind man...

Jiang Peng wrapped his arm around the slender waist of the girl next to him and looked at his obviously uninterested friend, a little confused. "What’s up with you? She’s the campus belle of the Beijing Dance Academy. Got scouted to play the second female lead in her freshman year. She’s unattached, and she’s a total knockout. I figured you might like her type, so I didn’t make a move myself. Saved her for you to check out first. And you’re still not interested?"

Shen Chen ignored him, took a sip of his wine, and after setting down the glass, beckoned to the dancing starlet.

She understood immediately, tiptoeing over coquettishly. She sat down in the empty seat beside him, leaned her upper body against him, and called out in a syrupy sweet voice, "Young Master Shen..."

Shen Chen lifted the starlet’s chin and asked nonchalantly, "From the Dance Academy?"

"I enrolled less than a year ago. I’ll be a sophomore in the fall." Shen Chen’s features were so exceptional they’d stand out even in the entertainment industry, and the starlet blushed under his gaze. "Or... should I dance for you again?"

Shen Chen looked down at her, his thumb stroking her delicate jawline. Just as he was about to speak, the phone on the table began to vibrate.

Jiang Peng leaned over for a look. "It’s that Xu of yours calling again. Seriously, what school is she from? When are you going to bring her out for the guys to meet? We’re all dying of curiosity. Did you swear off women after taking over the family business, or have you actually settled down for this mysterious Xu?"

Shen Chen’s fingers paused. He casually pushed away the starlet who was clinging to him, picked up his phone, and let out a laugh. "Don’t jump to conclusions. She’s really not mine."

Everyone burst into laughter, not one of them believing there was a woman Young Master Shen couldn’t handle. They figured she was just playing hard to get.

Shen Chen glanced at them. "Alright, quiet down. I’m taking a call."

With that, he got up, walked over to the sofa in the private room, and answered the call.

Xu Su stood in the hallway as students passed by from time to time. When the call connected, she lowered her voice and said, "Hello?"