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

Chapter 427 - 425: "Feeling Satisfied Now?

Xu Su was in no mood to hear about any team-building activities.

But seeing as he had genuinely helped her, she patiently nodded. "Go on."

"We’ve decided to take a road trip along the Sichuan-Tibet Line to Lhasa. Since we have the time, everyone wants to get out and travel."

Si Xuan’s gaze fell on the red marks on her wrist, and his voice softened unconsciously. "I suggest you come with us. It’s mainly to clear your head. Xu Su, in your current state, if you don’t get away and relax a little, you could easily get depressed."

’I could easily get depressed...’

Xu Su’s heart tightened. She thought of her recent overwhelming frustration—the suffocating annoyance of being pestered by Shen Chen, which made her want to destroy her own face.

She paused, then asked, "Who all is going?"

Si Xuan listed a few names. Several of the girls Xu Su was familiar with were going, which made her tempted.

Freedom was something she had rarely experienced in either her past life or her current one.

If she could, who wouldn’t want to see the magnificent landscapes of their country? Who would want to be trapped day after day, tangled in all these petty emotional dramas?

She had heard of the Sichuan-Tibet Line in her past life. Highway 318, in particular, was known as a must-drive journey of a lifetime.

Every view along the way was a scenic vista, and the destination, Lhasa, was called the last pure land on Earth.

A place to purify the heart and settle the soul.

Xu Su was already fed up with everything that had happened in the past few days. Right now, she had no idea how she was going to face Zhou Mochen. Just the thought of the look in his eyes earlier sent an uncontrollable wave of suffocation through her.

But more than guilt toward Zhou Mochen, she felt an overwhelming sense of misery. She was just so miserable, unable to understand how things had come to this.

She was also terrified of Shen Chen’s persistence.

That madman had shown his true colors. There was no way he would let this go easily. Xu Su was sick of feeling like she had no control. If what happened today were to happen again, she felt like she could kill someone.

Just the thought that Shen Chen had been a playboy since his early teens and had messed with who knows how many girls made her skin crawl.

And now, a man like that had his sights set on her, and...

And...

Xu Su lowered her head, pulling down the brim of her hat to hide her face from prying eyes, but the tears that dripped one by one onto the cold floor tiles betrayed her.

Si Xuan stood with her in silence, offering a tissue. "If you need help with anything, you can tell me."

Xu Su took the tissue and hastily wiped away her tears as she heard Si Xuan say, "We’ve decided to leave the day after tomorrow. If you want to go, remember to sign up in the group chat beforehand. You can also message me privately."

"Okay, thank you."

Xu Su had a very good impression of this current game Sect Leader and future senior from her department. "Whether I go or not, I’ll let you know in the group chat tomorrow."

As she was about to leave, Xu Su saw the mirror she had shattered. Just as she was about to take responsibility with a nearby staff member, she heard Si Xuan give a faint smile. "It’s already been put on my tab. Don’t worry about it."

"..." Xu Su thanked him again.

After chatting with Si Xuan for a bit, Xu Su felt the suffocating, explosive pressure in her chest ease considerably. She gathered up all her fear and mustered the courage to walk back.

What had to be faced, had to be faced. Running away wouldn’t solve anything.

That was a lesson she had learned when she was sixteen.

The big men at the door were still standing in the same positions. Seeing Xu Su return, they let out a visible sigh of relief, quickly pushing the door open. They gave her a slight bow and gestured for her to enter.

The room was completely silent. The roars and the brutal, flesh-pounding sounds of fighting from when she left were gone.

Xu Su’s steps faltered. ’Is it over?’

The door was closed by the bodyguards behind her. Xu Su took a deep breath and walked toward the closed bedroom door.

The bedroom was brightly lit. Zhou Mochen was nowhere to be seen, but Shen Chen was sitting on the floor, slumped against the wall.

His face was bruised, the blood on the corner of his lip still fresh. He had tossed his shirt aside, and his bare chest and abdomen were a mess of overlapping blue and purple bruises. He looked like he’d been through a brutal beating.

Seeing this, Xu Su felt a sense of satisfaction. At her angriest, she had even thought that she shouldn’t have stopped Zhou Mochen two nights ago. If he had gone out with that gun, then regardless of whether Shen Chen ended up dead or injured, today’s incident would never have happened.

As if sensing her gaze, Shen Chen turned his head toward the door, a smile playing on his lips as he tried to coax her, "Feel better now?"

’...’ ’What kind of a job did Zhou Mochen do? How can he still talk!’

Xu Su stood at the doorway for a moment, then suddenly strode toward him.

Shen Chen’s eyes lit up slightly. Just as he was about to speak, Xu Su crouched down and slapped him squarely across the face. He moved his hand, struggling to raise it to wipe the blood from his lip. "You’re that mad at me, huh?"

Xu Su slapped him again. She struck him several more times in succession, only stopping when her own hand began to ache.

She stood up, looking down at him. Shen Chen’s bare upper body was lean, with beautifully defined abs. Unfortunately, they were covered in bruises. The V-line on his right side was clear and smooth, and on his side, she could faintly make out a...

Xu Su’s brow furrowed. Just as she was about to take a closer look, she heard footsteps behind her.

Zhou Mochen walked out of the bathroom. His shirt was a little wrinkled, but he didn’t seem to have any injuries. His expression was completely placid, with no trace of the furious, distorted look from before.

He looked at Xu Su, their eyes meeting for a long moment. He spoke calmly, "Is there anything you want to say to me?"

Xu Su froze on the spot. She, who considered herself highly articulate, with a vast vocabulary, couldn’t utter a single word.

’What could she say?’

She was supposed to be at a gathering with online friends, but she ended up in a room with Shen Chen. And she had willingly let him pull her in. Subconsciously, she had trusted Shen Chen, never once suspecting he would do anything to harm her. He said he just wanted to talk, so she let her guard down and went with him.

And the result...

"Nothing to say?" Zhou Mochen smiled. "Then let me ask you."

He glanced around the room, which he had just thoroughly inspected, then suddenly turned and pointed at the messy bed. "What were you two doing on there just now?"

The sheets were navy blue, making any wet spot stand out starkly. And now, on them...

Xu Su’s face turned deathly pale. Her lips trembled as she took half a step back.

"I saw the security footage, Xu Su. Are you going to tell me again that holding hands while getting a hotel room is something normal friends do? That you’re still perfectly innocent, with absolutely nothing going on between you?"

His smile didn’t fade, his lips twisting into a mocking sneer. "Stop making excuses. Why don’t you just admit that you’ve fallen for him? You’ve fallen for my ’good brother,’ haven’t you?"

He spat out the two words "good brother" as if they were laced with blood and flesh, his tone dripping with sarcasm.

"No, it’s not like that," Xu Su said, shaking her head and explaining frantically. "Please believe me, Zhou Mochen. You’re the only one I love."