Chapter 346: Chapter 345: "Zhou Mochen! Is that you?

"I promise I won’t make a move..."

Xu Su’s eyes lit up. She scrambled onto the bed without a second thought, burrowing into Zhou Mochen’s embrace. She wrapped her arms around his waist and said with a grin, "You should have just said so! If you had, I wouldn’t have been so timid about coming up here."

’As long as we don’t do... other things, I really like cuddling with him.’

"..." Zhou Mochen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at her rapid-fire series of actions. He tightened his hold on the girl in his arms, placing one hand on the back of her head. His thumb slowly caressed the spot behind her ear as he said in a somewhat helpless voice, "Are you really that scared, Susu? Your resistance is a real blow to my confidence."

’Look at how she’s avoiding me like the plague. Was my performance that bad?’

Zhou Mochen furrowed his brow and started to think back...

Xu Su, her cheek pressed against his chest, stiffened when she heard him. "Don’t you dare think that, Zhou Mochen! Be more confident! Please don’t feel like you have to prove anything..."

She poked the small of his back and huffed. "It’s not that I’m resisting. It’s just that you’re too intense. I’m not used to it."

’Actually, even though he was just as much of a beast in my past life, he was never this over-the-top. He was probably afraid of scaring me, so he held back a little...’

’But then again, the way we get along in this life is how a normal couple in love should be.’

"Don’t poke around. You’ll get me all worked up and then won’t take responsibility for it." He caught her mischievous hand, holding it in his palm and giving it a squeeze. "Susu, let’s make a deal, okay?"

"What is it?" Xu Su asked curiously.

Zhou Mochen lowered his head, his lips brushing against her ear as he whispered something in a soft, coaxing voice...

Xu Su was speechless.

When she remained silent, Zhou Mochen waited a moment before continuing to coax her. "I promise I’ll be gentle and considerate. Your feelings will be my top priority. I won’t let you feel any discomfort."

"No way! What is there to make a deal about for that?!" Xu Su’s lips twitched as she pushed him slightly away. "Zhou Mochen, is this all you think about all day?"

Zhou Mochen hummed in affirmation, nodding without the slightest hint of shame. "It is. My mind is completely filled with thoughts of how to sleep with you and how to make you happy."

’Such a lovesick idiot!’

’Old lecher!’

She muttered this under her breath, but her boyfriend, who was right beside her, heard every word.

A hand gripped the back of her neck firmly, forcing her head up. Zhou Mochen’s face was as black as ink. "I’ll admit to being a lecher, but what’s this about ’old’? Xu Su, are you saying I’m old?"

"...No," Xu Su quickly tried to soothe him. "It was just a slip of the tongue. I don’t think you’re old at all. You’re only twenty-four, in the prime of your life. How is that old?"

The explanation had no effect. Zhou Mochen’s expression remained horrid. That one word, "old," which Xu Su had let slip, had struck a major nerve.

He thought about how she was only nineteen. In her next four years of university, there would be countless young, outstanding boys entering her line of sight.

Just one Xi Zirong was already a thorn in his side that he wished he could just get rid of. If a few so-called ’upperclassmen and underclassmen’ were to show up...

Zhou Mochen gritted his teeth so hard they made a GRINDING sound, making Xu Su’s scalp tingle with fear. "Don’t be like that. You’re really not old... really. In my eyes, you’re tall and handsome. If I thought you were old, I wouldn’t be with you."

’I can’t believe he’s still so sensitive about our five-year age difference in this life.’ 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

’So sensitive!’

"Is that so?" Zhou Mochen hugged her tighter and said in a mild tone, "Susu, you’d better remember what you just said."

Xu Su nodded in his embrace. "Mhm, mhm, I’ll never think you’re old, don’t worry."

’Does this guy even know how amazing he is?’

’To have age-related anxiety at just twenty-four... it’s completely incomprehensible!’

’A five-year age gap is nothing. Of course, I do have one regret—that I never got to see Zhou Mochen in his teenage years.’

’That raw, immature version of him... I can only picture him in my mind. If it were possible, I’d give anything to see him with my own eyes.’

’What would a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Zhou Mochen be like?’

’Would he still have that same untouchable, ’flower on a high mountain’ look?’

’A cool and reserved teenager...’

’If I ever met him, I’d pounce on him and kiss him senseless!’

’I wouldn’t stop until I’d made him blush!’

’...But, I’d better not say this regret out loud.’

’If I did, he’d probably start overthinking things again...’

Xu Su yawned, burying her face in the crook of Zhou Mochen’s neck and nuzzling him. "I’m so sleepy," she murmured softly. "Let’s go to sleep."

"Okay." Zhou Mochen squeezed the back of her neck, holding her even tighter. His voice was incredibly gentle.

’You can have anything you want in your dreams,’ was Xu Su’s last drowsy thought before falling asleep.

...

And as it turned out, you really could have anything you want in your dreams...

When she was startled awake by a blinding ray of sunlight, Xu Su subconsciously rubbed her eyes and opened them...

Suddenly, she froze. Something felt wrong.

Xu Su scanned the empty car cabin...

It was an extended-wheelbase Bentley, not Zhou Mochen’s usual Land Rover.

’Wasn’t I just sleeping in bed, held by Zhou Mochen? Why am I in a car?’

She’d woken up in the back seat of an unfamiliar car.

The moment the realization hit, Xu Su began to panic.

She immediately tried to pull the car door open, only to find she was locked inside.

And she was still wearing the same slip dress she’d worn to bed. Even worse...

She wasn’t wearing a bra!

’This isn’t right. Zhou Mochen would never play this kind of prank to scare me!’

’And it’s even more impossible that someone could have snatched me from Zhou Mochen’s arms...’

Xu Su’s mind was a mess. Just as she was about to die from panic, two people approached the car from a short distance away.

The one in the lead was a teenager, about seventeen or eighteen years old. He wore a black and white jacket, his posture ramrod straight and his frame tall and slender. He was devastatingly handsome, but his aura was distant and indifferent, lacking the vibrant passion of youth. His cold expression created a palpable sense of distance.

Xu Su stared, dumbfounded, at the person outside the car window...

’This person... why does he look so much like a teenage version of Zhou Mochen?’

’His posture, his gait... they were the same. Aside from his features being a bit more raw and immature, even his handsome and otherworldly aura was a perfect match.’

It wasn’t until the car door was unlocked and the older man pulled open the rear door that Xu Su snapped out of her daze, just as the teenager was bending down to get in.

Her pupils suddenly dilated. She threw herself at the teenager, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Zhou Mochen! Is that you?"

Xu Su sniffed at the teenager’s neck, and upon smelling that familiar, cool scent, she finally relaxed.

’It’s him!’

The next second, a strong hand gripped Xu Su’s shoulder. She was mercilessly ripped away and thrown roughly to the side.

Zhou Mochen stood outside the car, his face ice-cold as he looked down at the woman who had appeared out of nowhere and dared to embrace him.

Thrown aside so forcefully, Xu Su propped herself up on the seat with one hand, slumping against the backrest. Her long, messy hair covered half her face, but the visible half was still enough to reveal her stunning beauty.

One strap of her slip dress had fallen, exposing her delicate collarbone and half of her pale, white breast...

Not to mention the girl’s slender waist and her two dazzlingly white legs...

The teenager’s eyes darkened instantly. ’Which bastard arranged this on their own authority?’ Zhou Mochen’s heart pounded. ’To think they’d send her over dressed like this!’