Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It-Chapter 194: "Especially That Xi Zirong.

Xu Su sat on the sofa, her voice muffled by the peeled grapes she was eating. "I already talked to Teacher Wu. I’m going back to class tomorrow."

After a moment’s pause, Huang Feng’s hesitant voice came from the other end of the line. "Susu, are you and God Xi fighting? Jiajia said he seems like a completely different person these past few days."

Her tone was serious, lacking her usual carefree manner. "Even though I’m not in your class, I’ve seen him in the hallway a few times and could tell something was wrong. He looks like he’s lost his soul."

Even though Xi Zirong had a cool and aloof personality, he would at least nod a hello whenever he ran into Xu Su’s friends. He also acted like a proper class president toward his classmates.

At the very least, when they came across a difficult problem they didn’t understand, he would write out the steps to the solution for them.

’I can’t imagine how drastic the change must be for even Huang Feng, who isn’t even in his class, to notice something’s wrong with him...’

But Xu Su was in no state to dwell on such details. All she could do was thank her lucky stars she hadn’t put the call on speakerphone!

Zhou Mochen was sitting right next to her!

When she saw it was a call from Huang Feng, Xu Su hadn’t thought twice about answering it right in front of Zhou Mochen.

’I really didn’t expect Huang Feng to bring up Xi Zirong...’

For a split second, Xu Su’s heart leaped into her throat. She had to force herself to calm down before she dared to look at the man beside her.

Sensing her gaze, Zhou Mochen glanced up without stopping the grape he was peeling, assuming she was waiting for him to feed her.

Zhou Mochen gestured toward the fruit platter with an affectionate smile. "Good girl, Susu. Use the fork."

"..."

Hearing this, Xu Su was speechless but also secretly sighed in relief...

’He must not have heard what she said on the phone.’

But before she could fully exhale in relief, Huang Feng’s voice exploded from the phone.

"HOLY SHIT! Susu, who was that?! I swear I heard a guy call you Susu..."

Huang Feng’s voice was so loud this time that Zhou Mochen obviously heard it.

He stopped what he was doing and shifted his gaze to Xu Su’s phone, his expression tinged with anticipation.

He seemed eager to hear how Xu Su was going to explain his identity to her friend.

"..." ’What could she possibly say?’ Xu Su gave a hollow laugh and said stiffly into the phone, "You heard wrong. He wasn’t talking to me..."

The look in Zhou Mochen’s eyes instantly darkened. Afraid of any further complications, Xu Su quickly said into the phone, "I can’t talk right now! See you at school tomorrow."

She quickly hung up. Just as she was trying to figure out how to explain herself, she heard a cold laugh beside her.

"Is it so hard to admit to your classmate that you have a boyfriend?" Zhou Mochen took a tissue and methodically wiped the grape juice from his fingers. "Susu, why are you so determined to hide me? What are you worried about?"

He seemed to be quite understanding. Seeing her stammer, unable to come up with a reason, he offered one for her. "Are you afraid your teacher will call you in for a talk?"

"Yes!" Xu Su’s eyes lit up as she nodded quickly. "You know I’m a senior. I shouldn’t be dating at a time like this. Zhou Mochen, be a little more understanding. Can’t you stop trying to brand me as someone who dates during school? I’m a student, and I have to care about what my teachers think."

She did have a point. Zhou Mochen’s expression softened considerably.

He was surprisingly easy to placate. Compared to her previous attitude—ignoring him and avoiding him like the plague—her personally confirming their relationship was already a huge step forward.

The frustration of being kept a secret slowly began to fade...

But he was still a little dissatisfied.

He reached out, taking her slender, pale fingers in his, and asked for a promise in a low voice. "Then after your college entrance exams, can you make our relationship public? ...Sometimes I really wonder how embarrassing I must be."

’For a man so used to being dominant to so humbly ask his girlfriend to go public with their relationship...’

In a rare moment, Xu Su actually felt a pang of guilt.

She didn’t hesitate for long before nodding. "Fine. I promise. After the college entrance exams, I won’t hide our relationship in public."

Xu Su took a deep breath, squeezed his hand, and laid down some ground rules. "Then you have to promise me something too, Zhou Mochen. For this last year, you have to let me focus on my studies. Don’t distract me."

’They had only been living together for three days, but Xu Su was already terrified by how clingy he was. He acted like he wanted them to be glued to each other twenty-four hours a day...’

’So much for the cool, aloof ’flower on a high peak’...’

In her past life, her disdain for Zhou Mochen had been painfully obvious, so she had never seen this clingy side of him.

’Come to think of it, Young Master Zhou had his pride. He wouldn’t have shamelessly clung to her while she was constantly sneering at him...’

Her only other relationship experience had been with Xi Zirong, and even when they had first gotten together, he had never been this clingy. Zhou Mochen’s fervor was like there was no tomorrow.

’Based on her limited experience with two relationships, she found this kind of interaction completely unacceptable. It was just so easy to get tired of...’

Zhou Mochen had seen clearly over the past few days how much Xu Su valued her academic performance, so he wasn’t surprised by her demand.

’Anyway, it’s only a year. Once her exams are over, we’ll see what other excuses she can come up with,’ he thought.

With that in mind, Zhou Mochen agreed readily.

He pulled his girlfriend into his arms and reminded her softly, "Then you’d better remember you have a boyfriend at all times. Stay away from those little boys at school. I don’t tolerate rivals."

Thinking of the top student in the grade who had called her "Susu" so intimately over the phone, Zhou Mochen’s expression grew dark. "Especially that Xi Zirong."

"...I know. But you can’t interfere with my normal social life."

Hearing him single out Xi Zirong, Xu Su felt a little uneasy.

’She felt a pang of guilt...’

’No one knew better than her how jealous this man could be. The road to taming this psycho was far from over...’

To avoid being completely smothered by him in the future, she poked him in the chest. "Zhou Mochen, don’t be so domineering. I don’t really like that about you. We’ve only just gotten together, so I can tell myself to put up with it for now, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand it later and will get impatient with you..."

It was rare for her to be so self-aware about her own temper. Xu Su grew a little embarrassed as she spoke. "You know I’m not very patient, and I can’t stand being told what to do all the time... Can you please try to rein in that bossy nature of yours? Otherwise, we’re going to end up fighting a lot..."

Her words might not have been pleasant, but she was genuinely thinking about their future together.

’Xi Zirong had been so gentle at first. They’d had a sweet honeymoon phase right after they got together, too.’

’But as he became more and more controlling, she had inevitably grown tired of it...’