Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It-Chapter 221: "Zhou Mochen, What’s the Password to Your Study?
The girl kept her eyes lowered, focused on eating her breakfast. Her smooth wrists were bare of any jewelry, and her expressionless face created a sense of distance.
She was so beautiful it was breathtaking at first glance, like the bright moon in the sky—cool and proud, someone ordinary people wouldn’t dare approach.
The kind of beauty that left you speechless.
In all her years in Beijing, Gu Yue considered herself to have seen her fair share of beauties. She had met every last one of the female celebrities famous for their looks, and her own looks weren’t bad either.
But at this moment, Gu Yue couldn’t help but marvel. She had never seen such features before, not even in the heavily edited promotional photos of those celebrities.
And this beauty hadn’t even fully blossomed yet. She was clearly still a charmingly innocent girl, yet you could already glimpse the stunning woman she would one day become.
Gu Yue found herself staring, completely captivated.
Just then, Xu Su looked up, blinking. She seemed a little puzzled. "What are you spacing out for? Help yourself to whatever you want to eat. Don’t be so formal, like Huang Chao."
Gu Yue felt as if she had been looking at a portrait of a beautiful woman, and now, the woman in the painting had come to life. As if waking from a dream, she quickly snapped back to her senses and ladled a bowl of white porridge to hide her momentary lapse.
Xu Su was a light eater in the mornings. She casually finished a small bowl of wontons and put down her spoon.
Just as she was about to get up, the phone on the table began to vibrate.
It was Gu Yue’s.
She answered the call, her expression serious and respectful.
After the person on the other end said something, Gu Yue glanced up at Xu Su, then replied into the phone, "She’s awake."
"She’s already had breakfast."
"A small bowl of wontons."
"Yes."
Xu Su raised an eyebrow. From the sound of it, the call had to be from Zhou Mochen.
She turned to leave, still holding a grudge against Zhou Mochen for adamantly confiscating her phone yesterday.
Before she reached the dining room doorway, Gu Yue called out to stop her. "Miss Xu, Mr. Zhou wants you to take the call."
Actually, what Zhou Mochen had said was, "Ask her if she’s willing to take my call."
Xu Su’s steps faltered for a moment, but then she walked away without a backward glance.
This was Gu Yue’s first time meeting Xu Su, and her first time witnessing the dynamic between her and Zhou Mochen.
Looking at the girl’s retreating back, Gu Yue held the still-active phone and thought, ’All the speculation from the past two years can be thrown out the window.’
"If she doesn’t want to take it, then forget it." Zhou Mochen waited a moment, not at all surprised. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and began giving instructions. "Keep a close eye on her. She’s still injured. Don’t let her go out before I get back. Also, because of her injuries, watch her diet. Don’t let her eat anything fishy, spicy, or irritating..."
Halfway through his sentence, Zhou Mochen suddenly heard a familiar voice on the phone.
Xu Su had returned. She strode to the dining table and held out her hand to Gu Yue. "Give it to me."
She took the phone. "Zhou Mochen, what’s the password to your study?"
The girl’s charming voice sounded as if it were right next to his ear. Zhou Mochen’s brow relaxed. "Susu..."
His voice was tender and gentle...
Xu Su walked toward the study as she spoke on the phone, completely unmoved by his gentle tone. She repeated, "Tell me the password to the study. If you’re going to lock me in here, I need to find something to do for fun."
The man on the other end of the line said something. Xu Su then keyed eight digits into the keypad lock on the door.
CLICK.
The door opened, and Xu Su pushed it open to enter.
Gu Yue, who had followed her, was in disbelief. ’Considering who Zhou Mochen is, and this being the place he’s lived for two years... who knows how many confidential documents are in that study? How could he possibly let someone just walk in?’
’And to let this pampered, gilded canary in to ’find something to do for fun’...’
But what came next was even more unbelievable to her.
Xu Su walked straight to the desk, turned on the computer, and, without thinking anything of it, asked the man on the phone, "What’s the computer password?"
Zhou Mochen was taken aback. "You want to use the computer?"
"What else? You’re keeping me locked up, so shouldn’t you at least provide some entertainment?" Xu Su retorted sarcastically. "Oh, right. Have someone send over a few more sets of senior-year high school exam papers. I finished the last ones."
"The password is a bit complicated. I’ll text it to you in a minute," Zhou Mochen said. "I’ll have Huang Chao send the exam papers over later." He obviously had no issue with Xu Su using his computer and coaxed her good-naturedly, "I’ll be in Beijing for three days at most. Susu, don’t be too angry with me. Be good, and wait for me to come home."
Xu Su pressed her lips together without a word and hung up the phone directly.
She’d have to be a saint not to be angry. He had gone to great lengths to transfer a female assistant from Beijing just to watch her, and he’d even confiscated her phone. It was tyrannical behavior, and if she wasn’t mad, she wouldn’t be Xu Su.
If it weren’t for the matter with Xi Zirong, which made Xu Su feel a little guilty and sheepish around Zhou Mochen, she would have thrown a fit last night.
A few moments later, a new text message arrived.
The password was indeed complicated...
It took Xu Su several minutes to type it all in.
Once the computer was fully booted up, she downloaded *Immortal Continent*.
There weren’t many fun games these days, and this was the only one she could think of to pass the time.
While the game was downloading, Xu Su looked over at the dumbstruck Gu Yue. "You were on a plane all last night. Go get some sleep. Don’t worry, I won’t go out."
"Ah... okay, okay..." Gu Yue snapped out of her shock. She glanced again at the cartoon character striking a dance pose on the LCD screen, still finding it hard to believe.
On the study computer of Mr. Zhou, a man so meticulous in his work that not a single error was permissible, someone was actually downloading *Immortal Continent*...
The contrast was so huge that this elite woman, who practically worshipped Zhou Mochen as a god, had been left stunned several times in a short period.
Gu Yue wandered off like a lost soul, constantly wondering if she was so sleep-deprived that she was starting to hallucinate...
Xu Su had no idea what was going through Gu Yue’s mind. She closed the study door and plopped down happily in the executive chair to play *Immortal Continent*.
It was a game she had heard a lot about in her previous life but had never once played.
It was worthy of its reputation as an online game that would still be going strong more than a decade later. As Xu Su played, she started to get hooked.
The game was famous for its exquisite graphics, which depicted the Immortal World in vivid detail. There were many playable characters, each with a beautiful design. Even judging by the standards of her future life, Xu Su couldn’t find any fault with them.
Xu Su chose a Female Sword Immortal character. She didn’t spend any money and it was a new account, so her weapon was just a standard Iron Sword.
It was extremely basic equipment, but Xu Su played with great enthusiasm. She was a complete beginner with no one to guide her, and the novice quests were assigned randomly.
The quest Xu Su received was to go to Wuyou Valley, find a boss called an Ice Beast, and kill it to get a beginner equipment drop, which would be her starting reward.
In short, the quests, maps, and rewards were all random. Everything depended on pure luck.
Because of this, the game’s designers had been harshly criticized by many players. This was especially true for those with bad luck who could never get premium equipment drops. Whenever they saw an Empress Ou, they would beat their chests and stomp their feet in frustration!
