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

Chapter 381 - 380: "Xu Su, Sometimes I Really Want to Strangle You.

An incredibly imposing black Mercedes SUV stood there. The model alone was stylish enough, giving off a powerful aura.

Xu Su sized up the wide front of the car and asked him, "Are you really planning on having me practice in this?"

Shen Chen nodded. "I asked what kind of car you liked, and you said you liked SUVs, right? So practice in this one. Once you’ve gotten the hang of it and can drive on the road, I’ll buy you a new car in this style."

"..." Xu Su was at a loss for words.

He was so casual about it, as if he were giving her something completely insignificant.

’Then again, maybe in Young Master Shen’s eyes, a car really isn’t anything special...’

’But this car looks so hard to handle. It’s a real tough-guy vehicle, and I’m not even as tall as the car itself...’

Xu Su seriously doubted if it was really a suitable car for a delicate young woman like herself.

She was hesitating, wondering if she should go to the garage and pick a smaller car, when Shen Chen nudged her into the driver’s seat.

"What are you spacing out for? Get in and see. The view from this car is pretty wide," Shen Chen said casually. Once Xu Su was in the driver’s seat, he helped her adjust it to a suitable angle. When he saw that she couldn’t even reach the gas pedal with her leg fully extended, he couldn’t help but chuckle. "Such short legs."

"...You were the one who just drove this car. How could I be as tall as you!" Xu Su, provoked by his teasing, retorted defiantly. "If I could reach, that would mean *your* legs are short."

"Makes sense," Shen Chen nodded in agreement. While leaning in to fasten her seatbelt, his arm half-circling Xu Su’s waist, he asked with a smile, "Xu Su, how tall are you?"

He was too close. As he spoke, the faint scent of tobacco filled her nose, making Xu Su freeze for a moment. When she came to her senses, she quickly shrank back. "I can get it myself."

With that, she grabbed the seatbelt and buckled it herself. Recalling the time she had seen him smoking, she asked casually, "Shen Chen, do you smoke a lot?"

Shen Chen, standing outside the car, paused at her question. "Not really."

He raised his hand, sniffed his fingertips, and looked at Xu Su. "You’ve got a sharp nose. Is the smell bad? If so, maybe I’ll stop?"

Xu Su was baffled. "Smoking is your business. As long as you enjoy it, that’s what matters. Why are you asking me?"

’I stopped Xi Zirong from smoking before, but that was because I felt it was completely at odds with his clean-cut, top-student image. After all, he was my honest-to-goodness ’white moonlight,’ the kind you see through a special filter.’

’As for Shen Chen...’

Xu Su wasn’t that overbearing. She didn’t think that just because someone was her friend, they weren’t allowed to smoke.

’Besides, it’s not like Young Master Shen smokes cheap cigarettes. The scent of smoke on him is actually very faint. If he hadn’t leaned in so close, I wouldn’t have smelled it at all.’

’And the smell wasn’t even unpleasant. It was just mingled with the scent of a grown man, and his sudden closeness had caught me off guard, that’s all.’

Xu Su’s gaze fell on his raised right hand. His fingers were long and slender with well-defined knuckles. His skin was pale, and even the slightly protruding bone of his wrist looked sexy.

Tsk...

’What a flawless pair of hands.’

"..." Xu Su cleared her throat and quickly looked away. A tiny bit of her thing for hands was triggered, making her offer a kind reminder, "But I heard that for people who smoke, their fingers get stained yellow over time. Your hands are quite nice-looking, so you should take good care of them."

’Just imagining those hands stained a waxy yellow made Xu Su feel like it would be a real shame...’

"Nice-looking?" Shen Chen paused, then he reached out with a grin and pinched her cheek. "So these nice-looking hands can pinch your face, then?"

"Get off!" Xu Su slapped his hand away from her face and hurriedly pulled a mirror out of her bag. "I’m wearing makeup! You smeared my foundation!"

"Let me see..." Shen Chen lowered his head to look at the spot he had pinched, then said with a laugh, "Don’t worry, there’s no color difference. I can’t even tell you’re wearing foundation."

As he spoke, he studied her brows and eyes, growing more and more puzzled. "You’re really wearing makeup? What kind of makeup did you put on?"

As if curious, he leaned his face in a bit closer, reaching out again to touch Xu Su’s eyelashes, wanting to see if there was mascara on them...

"What do you think you’re doing!" Xu Su quickly turned her head to dodge him, completely exasperated. "Shen Chen! I’m a girl! A girl! Can you please watch how you act!"

’Even if I treat him like one of the guys, he’s still, well, a guy.’

’He’s a man!’

’He’s not Huang Feng or Qian Jia; he can’t just be touching and pinching me like that!’

Shen Chen withdrew his hand and said nothing.

"Are you really treating me like I’m one of your girlfriends!"

Shen Chen’s figure, standing outside the car door, was backlit, his expression unreadable.

Xu Su was still rambling on. "I’m a girl! Not one of your guy friends. Even if our consciences are clear, we still need to be mindful of our distance! You have no idea how petty Zhou Mochen can be!"

’If Zhou Mochen actually saw Shen Chen touching my face...’

’With that jealous streak of his, there’s no telling how angry he’d get.’

At that thought, Xu Su quickly pushed him away a bit. "Get in the car already! What are you just standing there for? Are you going to teach me how to drive or not!"

"I know you’re a girl. Do I need you to remind me?" Shen Chen clenched his jaw. After a moment of silence, he finally sighed. "Xu Su, sometimes I really want to strangle you."

With that, he shut the driver’s door for her, rounded the front of the car in a few steps, and got into the passenger seat.

’He was filled with a whirlwind of emotions. In all his life, this was the first time Shen Chen had experienced something so absurd.’

’The woman he adored was reminding him to pay attention to her gender...’

’He was so obsessed with her he was on the verge of going insane, and she thought he didn’t know she was a girl?’

Shen Chen took a bottle of water from the car’s small refrigerator, twisted open the cap, and took a few gulps, barely suppressing the searing frustration in his chest.

’Did I hide my feelings too well, or does this girl simply not see me as a man at all?’

’Why is it that when I act a little more intimately, her first reaction is to think I’m treating her like one of the guys?’

Xu Su had no idea what he was thinking. Seeing him drink water, she held out her hand to him. "Get me a bottle."

Shen Chen glanced at her, his tone lukewarm. "You can drink cold things now?"

"I can!" Xu Su said decisively. "Shen Chen, don’t start acting like Zhou Mochen, you hear? He likes to manage me like I’m a child. You’re different. You’re my good friend. Can you please not worry over me like I’m your daughter?"

Shen Chen paused, actually swayed by her words. He took out a bottle of cold water, but as he twisted the cap off and handed it to her, he hesitated again. "Are you really on your period or not?"

"I’m not, I’m not!" Xu Su snatched the water, GULPED down nearly half the bottle, and said irritably, "I’m not an idiot. You think I don’t know not to have iced drinks during my period? It hasn’t started yet."

’It’s so hard to get a sip of cold water on a hot day like this. This is the downside of having a boyfriend who acts like your dad!’

"...What was that medicine you took before?" Shen Chen wasn’t an idiot. He was vaguely starting to understand her situation. He pinched the bridge of his nose as a headache began to set in. "Xu Su, have you already forgotten the pain now that the wound has healed?"