Chapter 348: Chapter 347: "Don’t worry, I believe you.

Xu Su feigned hesitation, looking like she was ready to come clean.

Zhou Mochen gave her an encouraging smile. "Just say it. It means something different if you tell me yourself, rather than me having to find out on my own. I promise you, no matter who sent you, I won’t be angry."

’So he still doesn’t believe me, huh.’

Xu Su huffed, her expression suddenly turning strange. "I’ve thought about it, and actually, I do have some proof."

"What?"

"You have a red mole about two finger-widths to the right of your navel," Xu Su said with a smile. "That’s a pretty private detail, isn’t it?"

"..." Zhou Mochen was silent for a few seconds. He pursed his lips and said, "That doesn’t count. When I swim or work out, the household staff could notice if they were paying attention."

"...That still doesn’t count? Just how many people have seen you half-naked?" Xu Su stared, growing frustrated.

’He’s really forcing me to bring out the big guns, isn’t he!’

Xu Su decided to go all out. She said through gritted teeth, "Well, nobody else knows your size, right? And don’t you dare deny it—you were a virgin when we first got together!"

’I refuse to believe anyone else has seen it!’

’If someone else really has seen it...’

’Then I’ll...!’

Zhou Mochen was stunned silent for a long moment. His face quickly flushed red. He opened his mouth to speak but stopped himself.

After a good while, he finally managed, "You... you..."

"What about me!" Xu Su cried out, feeling terribly wronged. "You said you’d like me no matter when you met me, but you just pushed me so hard, and you still don’t believe me! You were just toying with me!"

’He was so strong. That push made my head ring.’

"So it turns out your younger self doesn’t like me!" she huffed, lifting her leg to kick at the squatting teenager. "If you don’t like me, then I don’t want to stay here! I want to go back!"

"Go back where?" Zhou Mochen caught her kicking foot and put her shoe back on, his gaze flickering. "Where are you from?"

’She said she came from the year I turn twenty-four,’ he recalled. ’That’s six years from now. I’m five years older than her, so that means the her from this time...’

Zhou Mochen studied the girl’s face. ’Six years ago... right now... she’d be about thirteen or fourteen.’

Xu Su realized this as well and asked with wide eyes, "How old are you right now?"

"Eighteen," Zhou Mochen answered without hesitation, then followed up with a rapid-fire series of questions. "You said you’re from six years in the future. So where is your home? What year did we meet? And where is the *you* of this time?"

"We don’t know each other yet at this point," Xu Su said after a quick calculation. "I’m only thirteen this year."

’Is this really a dream?’ Xu Su reached out and pinched her own leg hard, not holding back at all. She winced from the sharp pain.

"Why are you pinching yourself all of a sudden?" Zhou Mochen frowned, stopping her. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Xu Su was a bit dazed. ’Aren’t you supposed to not feel pain in dreams?’

’So this isn’t a dream?’

’Did I really arrive in another world just by the sheer force of my desperate wish?’

’But I came here in my own body... doesn’t that mean there are two of me in this world?’

A million thoughts raced through Xu Su’s mind, running in circles...

’I’ve already seen him, so my wish is fulfilled. A world can’t have two of me at the same time, so I’ll probably go back soon... right?’

’In that case, maybe I can help them meet earlier in this world?’

Xu Su gasped, suddenly growing excited. "My family is in Kang County in Chang City! The me of this time is still going to Kang County First Middle School! Zhou Mochen, hurry up and go find your future girlfriend! You have everything on your side—timing, location, all of it. If she gets snatched away *again*, you’ll have no one to blame but yourself."

"’Again’..." Zhou Mochen stood up, slowly repeating the word. His eyes narrowed as he looked at her. "How many boyfriends did you have before you met me?"

Xu Su blinked. ’Did I just let something major slip...?’

Zhou Mochen stared at her intently for a few seconds, then abruptly turned and headed downstairs, pulling out his phone to make a call.

Xu Su: "..."

’Did he actually believe me?’

Xu Su looked around as she waited. When he didn’t come back after a long while, she grew too impatient to stay put and decided to get up and look around.

Xu Su was reasonably familiar with this villa. Following her memory, she headed downstairs. As she rounded a bend in the spiral staircase, she saw a familiar figure sitting on the living room sofa with his back to her.

"Shen Chen?" Xu Su raised an eyebrow and quickened her pace down the stairs, surprised to see another familiar face so soon.

Hearing the voice, Shen Chen, who had his back to the stairs, turned around. He saw a girl in an oversized men’s jacket excitedly running down the stairs.

The jacket was zipped all the way to the top, long enough to cover her hips and just barely reveal the hem of a nightgown underneath. Below it were two pale legs, and she wore a pair of gray slip-on slippers.

When he turned around, Xu Su’s eyes lit up. "It really is you! See how well I know you? I can recognize you just from your back, even at this age."

Shen Chen stood up from the sofa and turned to look her over. "Who are you?"

Xu Su had just reached the bottom of the stairs and was about to walk over when his words stopped her in her tracks. Her face immediately fell. "Oh, right. You don’t know me yet, either."

"What do you mean?" Shen Chen’s brows furrowed as he looked at the familiar jacket she was wearing and remembered she’d come from upstairs. "What’s your relationship with Brother Zhou?"

"I’m his..." Xu Su trailed off, suddenly remembering that another version of her might exist in this world—the one who was supposed to be this Zhou Mochen’s future girlfriend.

Her expression soured even more. She fidgeted with the hem of her jacket and said with her head lowered, "I’m... an accident."

Just as Shen Chen was about to speak, the front door opened and a familiar voice called out from the entrance:

"What are you doing down here?"

Carrying several shopping bags, Zhou Mochen saw his girl standing meekly in front of Shen Chen the moment he walked in.

Remembering she was wearing practically nothing underneath, his expression immediately darkened. He handed her the bags and pulled her toward the stairs. "Go upstairs and get changed. The sizes might not be perfect, but they’ll have to do for now."

’...So he went to get clothes for me. His people work fast.’

Xu Su took the bags upstairs. When she came down again, she had changed into a white, knee-length dress. The fit was surprisingly good.

Downstairs, Shen Chen still hadn’t left. He was sitting on the sofa, watching Xu Su come down with a look of great interest.

"Brother Zhou, where on earth did you find this girl?" he asked in disbelief. "I’m with you practically every day, and I’ve never seen anyone like her around you."

Xu Su overheard him and muttered grumpily, "I fell out of the sky."

The initial excitement of seeing her boyfriend as a teenager had faded, and Xu Su started to calm down.

She was hit with the stark realization that this was not her world. This Zhou Mochen belonged to this world’s Xu Su. She was just an extra.

That initial rush of joy had vanished without a trace, leaving only a sense of being lost.

’Her Zhou Mochen isn’t here. I want to go home...’

The girl’s pitiful, lost expression made Zhou Mochen’s heart clench. He couldn’t help but take her hand and pull her down to sit beside him. "Don’t worry," he said. "I believe you now."