Chapter 341: Chapter 339: What Brand of Love Brain Is This! The Concentration Is Way Too High

’She actually asked if it was okay. Looks like she’s finally learned how to save face for Young Master Zhou in public.’

Zhou Mochen raised a surprised eyebrow. After opening her small purse to make sure her phone was inside, he looked down at her with a smile. "If your feet are tired, just rest here. Keep your phone with you and don’t wander off. This area hasn’t opened for business yet, so it’s pretty deserted."

Xu Su nodded obediently.

"Is there anything you want to eat?" Zhou Mochen’s voice was light and coaxing. "I’ll have someone bring it over for you."

Xu Su thought for a moment, then said without hesitation, "I want a taro boba milk tea from Yu’s on Shuanglin Road. Iced, 70% sugar." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Zhou Mochen quickly calculated her menstrual cycle in his head and glanced over his shoulder.

Behind him, Huang Chao quickly responded, "Noted."

Zhou Mochen gave a slight nod and added, "Also, have some desserts brought over, and arrange for coffee and afternoon tea for everyone."

So everyone was getting something.

The group of people nearby, who had been quiet ever since Xu Su spoke, hurriedly thanked him.

The coffee itself didn’t matter much. The main thing was that the Crown Prince was treating them. This was an incredible blessing. In the massive Zhou Group, with its tens of thousands of employees, how many had ever been so fortunate?

After watching Xu Su sit down, Zhou Mochen’s gaze swept over the group. He assigned two of the female employees to stay and look after her before he left.

As soon as Zhou Mochen left, Xu Su pulled out her phone and started chatting in her group.

The moment she appeared online, Nanyang noticed and enthusiastically asked her to get on for a game.

Xu Su politely declined. She took a picture and sent it over: [I’m out with my boyfriend, and I don’t have my computer with me.]

In truth, one of the two female employees with her was carrying a laptop, but it was for work. Xu Su wasn’t so unreasonable as to demand they let her use it for gaming.

She was an expert at bullying Zhou Mochen, but with outsiders, she was still very polite and reasonable.

The photo clearly showed a newly built mall that hadn’t officially opened yet.

And Xu Su had said she was out with her boyfriend...

A bunch of people in the group chat started chiming in.

[Susu, what does your boyfriend do? Is he a businessman?]

[Could he be an architect? Taking his girlfriend to see his own design, that’s so cool!]

[No way, didn’t Susu say her boyfriend is five years older than her? In his early twenties, just a couple of years out of college, it’s rare to be qualified to independently design such a huge project, right?]

[He might not have designed it independently. Maybe he was just heavily involved in it.]

[He’s most likely a businessman. The mall probably belongs to him, and he’s taking his girlfriend to see his business empire.]

"..." Xu Su had to admire their wild imaginations.

’A business empire, just like that...’

Xu Su gave a simple answer: he was a businessman.

The group members all reacted with an air of "I knew it."

Compared to a junior engineer involved in the project, a rich and powerful boss was indeed a better match for a beauty.

But then again, for a businessman to own such a large mall at such a young age, he probably came from an extraordinary background.

Everyone thought this to themselves, but no one would be so tactless as to specifically ask Xu Su if her boyfriend was rich and how much money he had.

Asking that kind of question would be considered completely clueless.

The conversation in the group drifted to another topic, and they started talking about an offline meetup happening in a little while.

It had been over two months since the last meetup. This time, Sect Leader Si Xuan had even confirmed he would be there. It also coincided with summer vacation, so many group members who didn’t live in Beijing were free.

As a result, the number of people confirmed to attend this meetup was much higher than usual, and that included Sika from the Lighthouse Country.

Since someone from a faraway country was coming, Xu Su, the group’s "acknowledged beauty" who was always talking about going to university in Beijing, was naturally swarmed by everyone.

They wouldn’t let up until they forced her to promise she would definitely attend.

At first, Xu Su didn’t dare to make a firm commitment, but in the end, she couldn’t fend them off any longer and had to agree, promising she would be there for sure.

If she didn’t let them see her in person, this bunch would probably blow up the group chat.

One of the two female employees Zhou Mochen had assigned to stay with Xu Su took a call and went downstairs. She returned a short while later, carrying bags of food and drinks. Two men, their hands also full, followed behind her.

"Your milk tea." A taro boba milk tea, with a straw already in it and condensation beading on the cup, was handed to her.

Xu Su accepted it with a word of thanks and took a huge slurp. The stifling heat she felt instantly washed away.

The two men who delivered the food set up a folding table, arranged an array of desserts and coffees on it, gave a slight bow, and left.

Xu Su glanced at the table, picked out a mango mille-crepe, opened it, and scooped up a spoonful.

Hmm...

’Too sweet.’

’The milk tea was already full-sugar, and now I’m pairing it with dessert.’

It was cloyingly sweet.

After just one bite, she put down her spoon. Xu Su looked at the two women still standing beside her. "You two don’t have to stand. Please, sit down and have something to eat."

Compared to Huang Chao, who followed Zhou Mochen closely, these two women clearly didn’t have such a deeply ingrained sense of hierarchy.

After thanking Xu Su, the two women exchanged a look, unfolded two folding stools, and sat down to reservedly enjoy their afternoon tea.

By the time Xu Su had drunk most of her milk tea, Zhou Mochen and his group returned.

Seeing the two middle-aged engineers behind Zhou Mochen, who were reporting nonstop with flushed, beaming faces, Xu Su thought, ’Looks like the inspection results were pretty good this time.’

When Zhou Mochen came closer, he first picked up the milk tea Xu Su had been drinking and swirled it around. Seeing it was more than half empty, he frowned. "Don’t drink the rest."

Xu Su nodded indifferently. "Fine, I won’t."

The ice had already melted, so she didn’t really want to drink the rest anyway.

"Not to your liking?" he asked, his gaze falling on the dessert in front of her, from which only a single spoonful had been taken.

"It’s too sweet. The milk tea is already sweet enough, so I can’t eat this."

Zhou Mochen nodded slightly and sat down beside Xu Su, taking her hand. Before he could say anything more, the ever-perceptive Huang Chao had already guided everyone to take their coffee and move a short distance away.

’...’ Xu Su couldn’t help but think that if they were in ancient times, Huang Feng’s brother would have had the talent to be a chief eunuch in the imperial palace.

Her chin was gripped, and Xu Su turned her head with the force, only to be met with the sight of Zhou Mochen’s magnified face.

Xu Su’s pupils shrank, and she quickly turned her head to avoid him.

Zhou Mochen’s hand paused for a moment. The next second, with a little more force, he turned her face back and kissed her forcefully.

’There’s a whole crowd of people here, and they’re all his employees. Could he really not hold back? Did he have to kiss her right now?’

Xu Su was speechless. Fortunately, it was just a sudden whim, and he pulled back after a brief touch.

Zhou Mochen’s eyes filled with a faint, wronged look. "I haven’t seen you for two hours. The whole time I was thinking about you being just downstairs, and I couldn’t focus on work at all. I just wanted to come down, hold you, and kiss you."

"..." Xu Su was completely numb. ’What brand of love-struck fool is this! The concentration is way too high!’

’If I tell him to get his head checked, he’ll probably think I find him disgusting again.’

She was silent for a long moment. Zhou Mochen didn’t get angry. He opened a bottle of mineral water, took a couple of sips, and turned his head to ask, "They’re having a celebration dinner tonight. Want to go check it out?"