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

Chapter 286: "You Just Love Kissing Me, Don’t You?

Xu Su: [An underclassman I don’t know well. He found my student ID and said he was about to graduate and wanted a photo as a memento. I didn’t have the heart to refuse, so we took a picture. I can’t blame him for this; he wasn’t the one who posted it to the forum.]

In fact, Li Hao’s profile had been public in the afternoon. By evening, he probably saw how many times his photo had been reposted and locked his profile, worried it would affect Xu Su.

Who would have thought they’d run into ’Mountain Tiger Hunting’, a pro gossip hound. Not even a password-protected profile could stop him from digging up the identity of the girl in the photo...

Well, great. Her identity was basically exposed... Xu Su sighed and sent a sticker of a bunny bursting into tears, typing fretfully: [What do I do? My boyfriend already knows about this. How am I supposed to placate him...]

Sika: [No way, Susu. You’re in a relationship and *you* have to placate *him*? Stand your ground and let him placate you! Why should someone as gorgeous as you have to suffer the hardships of love?]

Liu Yun: [Your boyfriend is older than you, and you still have to be the one placating him? I seriously suspect he’s taking advantage of the fact that you’re young and haven’t met many guys with good prospects. Listen to your big sis here and break up with him. When you get to University B, you’ll have your pick of handsome, high-quality guys from every department.]

Nanyang: [Exactly! That dude is such an animal. Going after a goddess in high school is one thing, but to not worship her after he’s won her over? Is he giving you the cold shoulder? You can’t be with a guy like that, my dear disciple!]

’Where is this even going?’ Xu Su didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. [That’s not it, he’s really great. You’ve all misunderstood. I’m the one who likes soothing him.]

Xu Su’s words sounded exactly like something a young girl head over heels in love would say. It only further convinced Liu Yun and the others in the group that she was young and had been swayed by a few sweet nothings into devotedly believing her boyfriend was good to her.

Sika was the first to break. [Susu, how much older is your boyfriend?]

This wasn’t something she couldn’t talk about, so Xu Su typed: [He’s five years older than me. Twenty-four this year.]

Liu Yun: [Susu, why would you ignore all those young, fresh-faced guys on campus to get with some guy who’s already out in the world? How did he even win you over?]

They had known each other for a long time, and the chat in the group was always direct. Xu Su didn’t feel uncomfortable with Liu Yun’s words, she just lamented that they all had such a misunderstanding of Zhou Mochen.

Just then, the bell rang, signaling the end of the first evening self-study session.

Xu Su had been on her phone for the entire period. As soon as the bell rang, she flopped onto her desk and lazily typed a reply: [As long as I like him, that’s all that matters. I don’t care about age.]

’She didn’t think the twenty-four-year-old Zhou Mochen was old at all, nor did she think the boys her own age were particularly "fresh-faced."’

’In fact, in her opinion, the thirty-something Zhou Mochen from her past life was even more attractive.’

Her words sent Nanyang, Liu Yun, and the others into a discussion about just what kind of man could make a great beauty like her so utterly smitten...

Xu Su watched their back-and-forth chat and couldn’t help but smile.

A few group members from a neighboring city even said they wanted to come to Chang City to see her...

Xu Su pretended she hadn’t seen their messages...

’Meeting future university schoolmates was one thing, but there was no need to meet up in real life with other friends from the game.’

Qian Jia picked up both of their water bottles and stood up to get them refilled. When she came back and saw Xu Su still looking at her phone, she couldn’t help but pat her on the back. "You’ve been on your phone for a whole period. Aren’t you afraid Old Wu will pop in for a surprise inspection?"

Xu Su rubbed her sore eyes. "Didn’t my photo get posted online? A few friends from my game group realized it was me, so I was just explaining things to them."

"The group with a few University B students in it?"

"Mhm," Xu Su nodded.

The bell for the second evening self-study session rang. Xu Su sat up straight, deciding not to chat in the group anymore. Her fingertips tapped the screen as she typed: [Gotta go for now, I’m in evening self-study.]

Xu Su put her phone away and sighed again.

’Normally, aside from a few people who had posted photos of themselves, most of the group members maintained a sense of mystery. No one really knew anyone else.’

’But now her photo had been seen by them in such an unexpected way. To be honest, it felt pretty awkward. She wasn’t even sure how to pop up in the chat anymore.’

Pulling out a set of review materials, Xu Su decided to just stop thinking about it and focus on her studies.

When the bell rang for the end of the third period, the entire rocket class acted as if they hadn’t heard it. With the college entrance exams just over a month away, not a single student would leave on time at nine-thirty.

Even Xu Su had been influenced by the intense academic atmosphere lately, specifically asking Zhou Mochen to pick her up after ten.

Xu Su was completely immersed in a sea of practice problems until the rhythmic vibration of her phone in her pocket finally pulled her out of it.

It was a call from Zhou Mochen...

A glance at the time showed it was almost ten-thirty. Xu Su declined the call, looked around the nearly full classroom, then quietly and carefully packed up her desk and left.

Just as she stepped out the front door of the classroom, a voice came from behind her. "Studying so hard, huh? I was watching you for a long time and you didn’t even notice."

Zhou Mochen was leaning casually against the classroom window, smiling at her.

Xu Su froze. That was the homeroom teacher’s designated spot for monitoring discipline. From that vantage point, aside from the one row right by the window, no subtle movement in any corner of the room could escape a teacher’s eagle eyes.

Teacher Wu didn’t come by often, but Xu Su had heard that other homeroom teachers loved to stroll over to their classroom windows during morning and evening self-study, their sharp gazes scanning for any student who was misbehaving...

’I can’t believe he has a penchant for acting like a teacher monitoring the class,’ she thought. ’I wonder how long he’s been waiting.’

Xu Su stood still and beckoned to him. "Let’s go."

Zhou Mochen walked over and took her hand. "I saw you sitting in the same position for a long time. Are your shoulders and neck sore?"

"They’re fine, but my eyes are a little sore."

Xu Su started to rub her eyes, but Zhou Mochen stopped her. "Don’t rub them, it’s bad for your eyes."

After opening the passenger door for Xu Su to get in, Zhou Mochen reached over to fasten her seatbelt. "Close your eyes for a bit and let them rest. We have eyedrops at home; I’ll help you put them in when we get back."

Xu Su watched her boyfriend fasten her seatbelt. From this angle, Zhou Mochen’s usually sharp, stern jawline seemed to soften. They were so close that she could kiss him just by tilting her head up slightly...

Xu Su resisted the urge for a moment, but in the end, she couldn’t hold back and tilted her head up to plant a smacking kiss on his chin.

CLICK. The seatbelt was fastened. Zhou Mochen remained still, looking down at her.

Xu Su gave him another smacking kiss. "Why are you looking at me like that? Can’t I give you a kiss?"

"You can," Zhou Mochen nodded, leaning in closer. "Want to again?"

Without a hint of hesitation, Xu Su cupped his face. This time, she kissed him on the lips, giving him two hard, smacking kisses before letting go. "Alright, no more kisses for now. Get in and drive, I have something to tell you."

Zhou Mochen pinched Xu Su’s cheek, his eyes crinkling as he smiled at her. "You just love kissing me that much, huh?"

"..." ’Actually, Xu Su strongly suspected he was subtly trying to seduce her the whole time, and she had pathetically fallen for his charms.’

’But she had no proof!’