Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It

Chapter 380 - 379: What Kind of ’Hanging Out’?

"Not really," Zhou Mochen chuckled softly. "I just think my Susu is remarkably good at finding me rivals. Even in your dreams, someone is trying to steal you from me."

And he was so powerless that he didn’t even have a target for his anger. He could only bottle up all his emotions, unable to even warn her openly to have nothing to do with that ’person’ from her dream. He was intensely bothered by the eighteen-year-old ’himself’ in her dream.

’Look at her earlier—so distracted, conflicted, and pained. What if she found out the dream might be real...’

Gritting his teeth, Zhou Mochen was unable to stomach it any longer. He reached out and forcefully ruffled Xu Su’s long hair. "You better remember this. You’re only allowed to like me. Anyone else, whether in dreams or reality, you’re not allowed to even think about them!"

"Zhou Mochen, you must be jealousy incarnate!"

Xu Su couldn’t help but argue with him. "First of all, it was just a dream. Second, even when I dream, I only dream of you. They say you dream at night what you think of by day. Why don’t you consider how much I must like you for you to be in my dreams, too?"

She wore an expression that screamed of her devotion and faithfulness. "So, Zhou Mochen, don’t get so worked up over someone in a dream. It’s not like I cheated on you."

Zhou Mochen was rendered speechless by her words, suffering in silence.

In the end, he could only kiss her fiercely, shutting her up before she could say anything more infuriating.

...

Wearing the black pearl around her neck, Xu Su discovered that very night that money truly doesn’t lie.

Something bought for a fortune really worked!

Ever since her rebirth, Xu Su had always had a disembodied feeling when she slept. It didn’t feel like resting but more like rushing somewhere, a hurried sensation of her feet never touching the ground. Even when she was asleep, she couldn’t experience the feeling of a good, deep rest.

Back in high school, it was one thing to wake with the roosters and sleep later than the dogs, but the college entrance exams had been over for so long, and her sleep quality hadn’t improved one bit.

The night she put on the pearl, Xu Su felt the blissful sensation of being grounded.

It was as if she had truly become one with this world, instead of being an outsider.

The feeling was so marvelous that when she woke up, Xu Su felt a long-lost sense of being refreshed and clear-headed.

It was no longer the feeling of having her life force drained by a fox spirit.

Xu Su glanced at the ’male fox spirit’ beside her...

They hadn’t ’exercised’ last night. After all, she was still young, and her sore, slender waist had completely recovered after a night of rest.

Zhou Mochen’s eyes were still closed, not yet awake. As Xu Su watched him, she couldn’t help but snuggle into his arms.

She absolutely loved the feeling of being nestled in his embrace.

When Zhou Mochen opened his eyes, he was met with the sight of the young woman’s big, round eyes in his arms.

He paused for a moment, then leaned down and kissed her forehead. "You’re up so early."

"Mhm," Xu Su hummed, tilting her head back to feel the warm touch on her forehead. Her gaze fell on his Adam’s apple, and she couldn’t resist poking it. "I slept so soundly last night," she said casually. "My sleep quality was amazing. That pearl of yours is really effective."

"As long as it’s effective." Zhou Mochen’s eyes were half-closed. He grabbed her mischievous hand as he felt a certain dormant desire stirring within him. His voice unwittingly grew a little husky. "Sweetheart, how about some morning ’exercise’?"

’We haven’t done it in the morning before...’

Zhou Mochen’s hand slipped naughtily under Xu Su’s nightgown as he coaxed her, "The morning is the best time to start the day. A little light exercise can be our morning run."

Xu Su said, "...Be gentle. I don’t want any strenuous exercise."

"Okay," Zhou Mochen propped himself up and gently lowered himself onto her. "Whatever you say..."

...

A man who’d had a taste of paradise wished he could spend all twenty-four hours of the day with the girl he loved, but having been away from Beijing for three years, he truly had a lot of business to attend to.

After their round of ’exercise,’ Zhou Mochen had breakfast with Xu Su and asked if she wanted to go to the company with him, receiving the rejection he expected.

She said, "What would I do at the company with you? Wouldn’t that hurt your work efficiency?"

Her experience from her past life told her that if she were really in Zhou Mochen’s office, it would be a miracle if he could focus on his work.

’This man is a bona fide love-struck fool... the die-hard kind!’

Zhou Mochen rubbed his nose and nodded in agreement. "Then how about you practice driving at home? I can arrange for a few instructors to come and teach you."

Xu Su shook her head. "No need to arrange for instructors. Shen Chen said he’d teach me how to drive."

"Ah Chen?" Zhou Mochen paused, then asked softly, "He manages several companies for the Shen Family. Does he have time to teach you consistently?"

"He does!" Xu Su said. "He told me himself to hang out with him during the summer break and that he’d play the part of a good host."

"Is that so?" Zhou Mochen chuckled. "And how do you plan to ’hang out’?"

"How would I know? Why do you have so many questions? Hurry up and get to work!"

Xu Su pushed him toward the main door, saying, "You’ve been away from Beijing for years, so you must be swamped with company matters. You won’t have time to take me around. The only people I know well in Beijing are you and Shen Chen. Isn’t it great that he has time to show me around? Otherwise, I’d be cooped up at home all day, bored to death..."

Her words were logical. Zhou Mochen even started to wonder if he really was being too paranoid. He knew she had no romantic feelings for Shen Chen whatsoever...

But he truly didn’t want to see her close to anyone, even if it was his own good friend, and even if she had explained herself repeatedly.

Zhou Mochen knew he couldn’t voice these thoughts directly, or they would just argue again.

He sighed. "Fine. But remember to send me a message no matter where you go."

Xu Su nodded obediently. "I won’t be going out much for now. I’ll learn to drive first, then I’ll go out and have fun."

Learning required focus, and as a recent high school graduate, she was still very much aware of that.

Zhou Mochen reached out and pinched Xu Su’s cheek, then leaned down and gave her a kiss. "I’m going to be very busy for a while. If I can’t make it back for lunch, can I have the driver pick you up to have lunch with me at the office?"

Xu Su thought about it. Going all the way to his company just for a meal seemed like too much trouble. Just as she was about to refuse, Zhou Mochen added, "You haven’t been to my company yet. Don’t you want to get familiar with the way?"

’I was a mobile vase for so long in my last life, what was there to get familiar with? Whether it was the Zhou Real Estate branch he was managing now or the main Zhou Group headquarters later on, I couldn’t have been more familiar with them.’

But since he had put it that way, Xu Su could only nod. "Okay."

Once Zhou Mochen left, Xu Su first went to the garden to feed the koi, then watched a few gardeners trimming the flower bushes. Finally, she pointed to a large, messy patch of plants by the window and said to the housekeeper, Sister Liu, "Plant this whole area with pink roses."

Sister Liu nodded respectfully and asked, "Do you have a preferred variety, ma’am?"

"Hmm..." Xu Su thought for a moment. "Pink Avalanche."

’Pink roses are so beautiful—the color of love. The Pink Avalanche variety symbolizes sweetness, devotion, and purity, which is quite satisfying.’

Xu Su watched the workers intently. She had been quite interested in flowers and plants in her past life. She remained there until Shen Chen drove up in his car.