Living Only For Myself: Make Those Who Hate Me Regret It-Chapter 158: When Will You Give Me a Title?

But after a while, he still hadn’t replied.

Puzzled, Xu Su looked up, her eyes meeting his directly. Startled, she quickly looked away.

"....Fine. You just know I can’t bear to make things difficult for you, don’t you?" Watching the flustered girl hastily avoid his gaze, Zhou Mochen sighed and relented. "I’ll take you."

’I’m getting way too soft with this girl,’ he thought. But Xu Su didn’t see it that way at all.

She refused flatly. "No way, absolutely not!"

"If you take us, how am I supposed to explain who you are? You really don’t have to."

Zhou Mochen laughed in exasperation. "Xu Su, am I that unpresentable? Does the fact that I like you embarrass you so much?"

"That’s not what I mean. The main thing is, you’re not our age, so it’s hard for me to explain who you are. Besides, Huang Feng and Qian Jia have both seen you before. Zhou Mochen, if you really don’t want to make things difficult for me, then just stay away from my classmates."

Her voice grew impatient by the end.

’Even if I wasn’t with Xi Zirong, there’s no way I could bring Zhou Mochen to meet my classmates.’

’How would I even introduce him?’

’No matter how I spun it, it would be weird.’

The smile vanished completely from Zhou Mochen’s face. He watched her in silence for a long moment. "So, in your mind, I’m someone who has to be hidden away? Is that it? Xu Su, when are you going to make this official?"

’When are you going to make this official...’

Xu Su was in the middle of sipping her lemonade and nearly choked on his words.

’And Zhou Mochen was the one asking it!’

He pulled out two napkins and handed them to her, his voice unnervingly calm. "Are my words that terrifying? Xu Su, don’t tell me you never planned on it at all."

"I understand that you’re still young, and you feel that our five-year age difference would be awkward to explain to your classmates," Zhou Mochen began slowly. "So, what about after you graduate? Once you’re in college, can I finally appear in front of your friends and classmates without having to hide?"

’He’s really asking to make it official... And he sounds like some secret lover demanding to have his identity revealed.’

The realization left Xu Su completely flustered.

She stammered, "Zhou Mochen, don’t be ridiculous. I... We don’t have that kind of relationship! How did we even get to the topic of making things official?"

Seeing how serious he was about going public, Xu Su started to wonder if she really was keeping a secret lover...

Zhou Mochen sneered. "If we have no relationship, then why did you kiss me? Xu Su, are you trying to shirk your responsibility?"

"!!!" Xu Su’s eyes went wide. She retorted, flustered and exasperated, "Are we ever going to move past this? I was drunk when I kissed you! If you didn’t want it, you could have just refused! I was blackout drunk, how am I supposed to take responsibility for that? I can’t!"

’If their genders were swapped, Xu Su’s words would be textbook scumbag lines.’

But that thought didn’t cross either of their minds.

Zhou Mochen raised an eyebrow, speaking with complete confidence. "I *wanted* you to kiss me. I don’t care how drunk you were, I was happy to let you. Xu Su, you know I like you. How could I ever bring myself to refuse you?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

He chuckled lightly. "You’re mine, so who else do you plan on leading on? I know this is a critical time for you, so I’m restraining myself from disturbing your studies. But Xu Su, you have to take responsibility for me, you understand? You have to, whether you think you can or not."

He reached out and took her slightly trembling hand, his voice turning gentle and coaxing. "Don’t be scared. You don’t have to do anything. Just be with me, that’s all. Susu, just give us a try. I won’t make you regret it."

Xu Su managed an awkward, forced laugh. "Zhou Mochen, this is insane. Is this just another way to guilt-trip me?"

She took a moment to gather her thoughts. "I was blackout drunk. I have no memory of how that photo on your phone came to be. And even if I really did kiss you, I won’t be guilt-tripped into anything. My boyfriend has to be someone I genuinely like and someone I’ve decided to be with after careful thought."

’Not because of some messy, nonsensical reasons like this...’

Xu Su’s thoughts turned to Xi Zirong. ’If he saw this photo...’

She snatched the phone Zhou Mochen had placed on the table. After quickly deleting the photo, she started scrolling through his gallery to see if there were any others.

She found her student ID picture, a candid shot of her sleeping in the car, and even more intimate photos from the KTV—it wasn’t just the one.

Her despair grew with every swipe. She snapped her head up and glared at him. "Zhou Mochen, why do you have pictures like this? Do you have some kind of perverted hobby?"

At this point, no major celebrity photo scandals had happened yet, so when Xu Su mentioned a "perverted hobby," Zhou Mochen didn’t immediately jump to the worst conclusions.

Zhou Mochen leisurely watched her expression shift through various shades of shock and anger. He smiled. "Go ahead and delete them if you want. I’ll just have someone recover them later."

"These photos are keepsakes of our time together. I’m going to get them printed and treasure them." He added, offering a rare compliment, "That Shen Chen kid finally did something right."

"I knew it was Shen Chen! Where is he?" A murderous glint appeared in Xu Su’s eyes.

’The photos from the KTV were obviously taken by a third person. It couldn’t have been anyone but Shen Chen!’

’Damn it!’

Xu Su cursed inwardly and glared at Zhou Mochen. "You think this is a good thing?"

Even though she was furious, Zhou Mochen was still grinning. "It’s certainly a good thing for me. Shen Chen is in Beijing. If you’re really that angry, I’ll beat him up for you next time I see him."

The way he threw his friend under the bus without a shred of guilt left Xu Su fuming but speechless.

She was at a loss for words for a long moment.

Finally, she glanced at the time and said urgently, "I’m late. Take me back."

Her afternoon class started at two, and it was already almost two o’clock. It would take a few minutes to drive to First High School from here, and another ten minutes to walk from the school gate to her classroom. She was definitely late.

In the two years since her rebirth, Xu Su had never once been late for class. She stood up anxiously. "This is all your fault. You kept me here talking about all this nonsense and made me lose track of time."

Her original plan had been to talk for half an hour at most, then hurry back to class.

’She never expected him to be so unpredictable, dropping a bombshell on her right from the start by demanding she take responsibility!’

Zhou Mochen stood up as well, replying good-naturedly, "Alright, alright, it’s all my fault. Don’t rush. You’re already late, so panicking won’t help."

He called over the server to pay the bill, then grabbed the fuming Xu Su and pulled her outside. "Being late once isn’t a big deal," he coaxed. "You’re a good student. Your teacher won’t give you a hard time."

’It wasn’t the teacher she was worried about!’

’She was afraid that if Xi Zirong asked where she’d been, she wouldn’t know what to say...’

Luckily, the dessert shop wasn’t far from First High School. Zhou Mochen sped up, and in less than five minutes, he pulled up to the school gate.

Just as Xu Su was about to get out, he stopped her again. "Remember what I told you today, Xu Su. Think long and hard about when you’re going to make this official."