Zhou Mochen obediently sat up straight. He slipped his fingers between hers, interlaced them tightly, and said, "I’m not busy."

"Then let’s go to the amusement park, okay?" Xu Su said to Huang Feng in front of them. "Fengfeng, let’s go together! Your brother can come too. We finally finished our exams."

"Okay!" Huang Feng, completely missing the frantic signals her brother was sending her, enthusiastically turned around from the passenger seat. "How about Joyful Ocean City?"

"Ahem..." Huang Chao coughed lightly. "I’m not feeling well. I was thinking of going home to rest this afternoon."

"Brother..."

Just as Huang Feng was about to speak, Xu Su quickly cut in, "If Assistant Huang isn’t feeling well, you should go home and rest. We’ll take Fengfeng home after we’re done."

Xu Su looked at Zhou Mochen. "What do you think?"

Zhou Mochen smiled faintly. "Okay."

Huang Chao glanced in the rearview mirror, then his expression suddenly turned serious. "In that case, I’ll go too. Maybe sweating a bit will get rid of this cold."

"..." Even someone as dense as Huang Feng could tell something was off. She snuck a peek at the back seat. Two hands, both with the same fair skin and perfect bone structure, were clasped together, fingers intertwined.

The man’s thumb was slowly caressing the back of the woman’s hand. The sight was enough to make one blush for no reason.

Xu Su noticed Huang Feng’s gaze and tried to pull her hand back slightly, but Zhou Mochen tightened his grip. He leaned in close and whispered, "Either let me hold you or let me hold your hand. Susu, our relationship isn’t some shameful secret."

Zhou Mochen kept his voice very low, but the car was so quiet that Huang Feng heard every single word.

She whipped her head back around, her face already bright red.

’Is this what Susu and her boyfriend are like every day?’

’This is too...’

Xu Su’s face turned red too. Even though they had done far more intimate things, she still wasn’t used to being like this in front of her good friend.

She glared, about to speak, when Zhou Mochen lowered his head and pressed a kiss on her lips. "Don’t say it. I know what you’re going to say, and on this, I’m not listening to you."

Xu Su: "..."

’Then again, when it came to declaring his sovereignty in front of her friends, he never yielded an inch.’

’What else was there to say...’

That afternoon, Xu Su and Huang Feng held hands and went on every thrilling ride in the amusement park.

Zhou Mochen, her boyfriend, could only watch from the side, his expression darkening because he couldn’t get in between them.

Huang Chao was in charge of buying water and waiting in line, occasionally shooting a warning glance at his sister who was going wild. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

As the sun began to set, Xu Su, still not having had her fill of fun, put her arm around Huang Feng’s shoulder. "Want to come to my place for dinner? You’ve never been."

After living in Imperial Central for a year, Xu Su already felt a strong sense of belonging. The word "home," which had slipped out so naturally, caused Zhou Mochen’s dark expression to soften slightly.

Huang Feng shook her head. "I can’t. My parents are waiting for me at home to report my estimated exam scores."

"Alright then." Xu Su waved her phone and said goodbye to Huang Feng at the amusement park entrance. "Well, message me in the group chat if anything comes up."

There was a bus that went directly to Huang Feng’s house right at the park entrance. Huang Chao grabbed his sister, who still wanted to talk, and pulled her onto it, afraid that delaying even two more seconds would displease his boss.

Huang Feng had been a third wheel all afternoon without realizing it, but Huang Chao had been panicking for hours.

The moment they left, Xu Su turned and glared at him. "You were so mean! Can’t you be a little nicer to my friend? Haven’t you ever watched TV? Don’t you know you’re supposed to win over your girlfriend’s bestie?"

Zhou Mochen pulled down her mask, feigning a look of not having heard her clearly. "Win over who?"

Xu Su pulled her mask back up. "Even if you won’t win her over, you could at least crack a smile. Aren’t you afraid that when we fight, all my friends will tell me to break up with you?"

"My attitude was perfectly fine, Susu. You can’t expect me to treat her the same way I treat you, can you?" Zhou Mochen furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and said, "You held her hand all afternoon, and I didn’t even get mad at her."

"..." Xu Su reached out and took his hand as they walked toward the parking lot. "You get angry even when I hold a girl’s hand? Don’t be so possessive. I have my own circle of friends, you know. My world can’t just revolve around you."

Zhou Mochen’s desire for control was much better in this life. Compared to his previous life’s ruthless style of silently plotting and then unleashing a devastating move, he was practically a saint now.

Even so, Xu Su cautiously reminded him, "Zhou Mochen, I’m your girlfriend, not a pet you’re raising. Don’t go pulling any of that ’domineering CEO’s forceful love’ nonsense. I’m not into that."

On the drive back, Xu Su lectured him for a long time, afraid he would repeat the mistakes of his past life.

Zhou Mochen simply loved the way her entire attention was focused on him, so he listened quietly, the corners of his lips slowly curving into a smile.

Xu Su realized she’d been talking for so long and he hadn’t said a word. She grew annoyed. "Hey! Say something!"

"Okay, a response." Zhou Mochen repeated with a smile, "My response is, I’ll listen to you. I’ll listen to whatever you say."

’I’ll listen to whatever you say...’

Xu Su remembered his kiss in the car earlier and snorted haughtily. "From now on, you’re not allowed to kiss me in front of my friends."

Zhou Mochen frowned. "No. Our relationship is open and honest. Why can’t I kiss you?"

"Haven’t you ever heard the saying ’couples who show off their love break up fast’?" Xu Su tried to persuade him patiently. "Wouldn’t it be better to be a little more low-key?"

"Never heard of it, and no." He chuckled. "I finally managed to get a girlfriend. How can I not show you off to my heart’s content? I can listen to you on anything else, but on this, you listen to me."

"..." Xu Su gritted her teeth. "Fine. You said you’d listen to me on anything else, right?"

Zhou Mochen shot her a wary glance. "What are you planning?"

Xu Su just snickered and said no more.

After dinner, Xu Su washed up, played some games for a bit, and then chatted with her friends in the "Elite" group chat.

She had barely been active in the group for over a month, and during the college entrance exams these past two days, she had hardly even touched her phone. Now that the exams were over and she had estimated her score, she was back.

In the chat, Liu Yun and a few others from University B had tagged her many times, all asking how her exams went.

Xu Su wasn’t modest. She didn’t say her exact estimated score, but she replied directly that getting into University B was a sure thing.

Nanyang was the happiest. As her master, he had put a lot of effort into Xu Su, his only disciple. He had personally guided her from a complete newbie who knew nothing all the way to the Golden Core realm.

Wasn’t it a wonderful surprise that his disciple was now going to be his junior at the university?

Sika, who had already gone to the Lighthouse Country, also popped up: [Susu, what major are you planning to apply for? I’m so jealous of you! You’re beautiful and hardworking, you get good grades, and you’re about to go to University B! University B! It’s the dream of so many students.]

Xu Su replied without holding back: [The math department. That’s my first choice. Everything else is just a backup.]

Liu Yun sent a shocked emoji: [The math department? That’s known as the foundation of all sciences! If you really get in, you’ll become our boss’s direct junior. The math departments at major universities are full of geniuses. Susu, you’re so brave! You really don’t dare to go into the math department without some serious brainpower.]