"Who do you think you are, deciding when we do it and when we don’t?!" she fumed, grabbing his neck and glaring fiercely. "I’m *not* doing it. You can just hold it in ’til you burst!"

Hearing Xu Su’s words, Zhou Mochen’s lust-filled eyes betrayed a hint of impatience. He pressed his body down hard against hers, clinging to her and pleading in a hoarse voice, "Susu, just take pity on me, please."

"..." It was only then that Xu Su realized the man was actually naked. ’Was he really that determined to do it tonight?’

’Nope!’

Xu Su was still holding a grudge. She firmly pushed him away, refusing him with righteous conviction. "Aren’t you good at holding back? Then just keep holding back."

Her imperviousness made Zhou Mochen grit his teeth. "Are you deliberately trying to torture me?"

"Yep, I’m deliberately torturing you." Xu Su nodded, crawling out from under him and moving to the other side of the bed. "You can stay here and sleep if you want, but don’t you dare touch me. Or else..."

Zhou Mochen scoffed. "Or else what?"

"Or else I’ll have you arrested for rape!"

Xu Su looked at his face, etched with frustrated desire, and smiled too. She leaned over and gave him a placating kiss. "If you don’t want me to treat you like a rapist, then don’t touch me. Be good now, won’t you... *brother*?"

This was the first time she’d ever called him ’brother’...

Zhou Mochen’s eyes narrowed abruptly, looking extremely dangerous.

The girl’s brazen confidence was enough to make a man grit his teeth in frustration.

Zhou Mochen’s mind went a little fuzzy; he couldn’t believe she would actually come up with such a method to use against him.

"Can’t you find another way?" Zhou Mochen stared at her fixedly. "If you want to torment me, don’t use this method. Pick a different one."

Utterly oblivious to the danger, Xu Su grinned at him. "Not a chance."

She even gave him a push as she said, "Not allowed."

’So incredibly willful...’

’She really doesn’t know when to quit...’

After a moment of silence, Zhou Mochen suddenly smirked. He grabbed Xu Su’s hand, dragged her to him, and with a single, sharp tug, the buttons on her pajamas popped and flew off.

"Xu Su, I do love you, but I’m still a man. And don’t you know that sometimes, men lose all reason?"

He gritted his teeth as his hand caressed her skin. "Just do me this one favor..."

His last word was barely a whisper...

"What are you doing!" Xu Su struggled with all her might. "Zhou Mochen, stop it! Do you hear me!"

"Why should I stop? It’s obvious you like it too."

Zhou Mochen’s eyes were pitch-black, clouded by a heavy fog of desire. His incessant kisses didn’t stop as he soothed her in a hoarse voice, "I’ll make you like it."

"I don’t like it!"

At first, Xu Su had only been struggling to tease him. But after he forcefully pinned her down, leaving her unable to move, she became genuinely angry.

What she couldn’t stand most was his smug certainty.

She struggled furiously for a long time, and Zhou Mochen, who had assumed she was just messing with him, was taken aback.

Seizing the moment of his slight hesitation, Xu Su gritted her teeth and shoved him aside with all her strength.

Xu Su shot up and pulled her clothes closed, a cold sneer on her lips. "Zhou Mochen, you’d better get one thing straight. What I like is wanting to hold you of my own free will, not you forcing me because you can’t think with anything but your dick!"

"I said no, don’t you understand? Did you think I was playing hard to get? Or that I was just saying one thing and meaning another?"

Looking at her pajamas with all the buttons ripped off, Xu Su’s eyes turned red. She stared daggers at him. "I hate you!"

’I hate you...’

A muscle twitched between Zhou Mochen’s brows. He pressed his fingers against the spot, propping himself up on the bed and turning his head to the side to even out his breathing. When he finally looked back at her, his eyes were blazing with real anger.

"You just can’t feel right unless you’re tormenting me for the day, can you?"

He so rarely lost his temper that his shout made Xu Su jump.

She had only meant to throw a little tantrum; she never expected things to escalate to this point.

But a person who was used to being spoiled couldn’t possibly stand being treated unfairly.

Xu Su clutched her clothes and continued to sneer. "Zhou Mochen, what obligation do I have to satisfy your physical needs? Is that the only reason you wanted me to be your girlfriend?"

In the heat of the moment, Xu Su didn’t have the presence of mind to consider that her words completely negated all the restraint Zhou Mochen had shown recently.

The way he treasured her, the way he’d given her his entire heart—all of it was reduced to a single sentence: ’Is that the only reason you wanted me to be your girlfriend?’...

Zhou Mochen was silent for a long time, and Xu Su couldn’t resist looking over at him.

His expression had become completely calm. He wasn’t looking at her, his gaze distant and unfocused, as if he were thinking of nothing at all.

Xu Su froze. It finally dawned on her just how horrible the things she’d said were. She had been completely unreasonable, utterly heartless.

She wanted to say something, but she was too proud...

She hesitated for a long time, but still said nothing...

Zhou Mochen suddenly moved, reaching over to take her hand. "Do you have to trample all over me like this? Does it give you a sense of achievement?"

His voice was perfectly level, betraying no emotion.

Her heart skipped a beat. "Don’t be so dramatic. How is that trampling on you? Even a boyfriend shouldn’t ignore a girl’s wishes and use force, right?"

"Right. I used force." Zhou Mochen nodded. He released her hand, got out of bed, and put on his clothes. He turned back to look at her. "Xu Su, do you really love me?"

Xu Su choked on her words, not understanding why he was asking that.

"Can’t answer?" Zhou Mochen’s lips twisted into a smile. He reached out and patted her cheek, his tone dripping with mockery. "My sweet treasure, just keep tormenting me. After all, I love you like I’m under a spell. It’s only natural you’d be so confident."

The moment the door shut, Xu Su snapped back to her senses. She touched the cheek he’d patted—a flippant gesture he’d never used before, an utterly disrespectful one.

Xu Su pressed her lips together tightly. ’Hateful!’

’That man is so hateful!’

The next day, Xu Su realized Zhou Mochen seemed to be genuinely angry. His words and actions created a sense of distance. During meals, he still placed food on her plate, but he didn’t smile with genuine warmth as he usually did, nor did he naturally try to placate her.

Even Xu Su, as oblivious as she could be, sensed it.

Normally when they were together, she loved to cuddle up and kiss him, but faced with his cold and distant demeanor, there was no way she was going to be the one to approach him now!

After that night, Zhou Mochen moved back into the guest room. He was out all day, not even coming home for lunch, and he never called.

Xu Su had no idea what he was planning. Usually, when they argued, she was willing to be the one to smooth things over, but not this time. She was unwilling, and she didn’t want to!

’How long have they even been together?’ For him to change his attitude so quickly... Xu Su was still angry herself.

In her past life, she had tormented him for ten years, and even that Zhou Mochen had never once patted her face like that.

That flippant gesture... The more Xu Su thought about it, the angrier she got!

On the fourth day, Xu Su was playing games in the game room when the door was pushed open from the outside. She assumed Zhou Mochen was back, but when she looked up, she saw Shen Chen.

"What’s with that look?" Shen Chen said as he walked in, sizing her up. "Congratulations on finally graduating."

Xu Su managed a weak smile. "Thanks."

"Brother Zhou actually left you home alone?" Shen Chen looked around. "I would’ve thought he’d keep you with him at all times."

His words made her sound like an object. Xu Su wanted to retort, but she just didn’t have the energy.

Seeing her expression, Shen Chen raised an eyebrow. "Had a fight?"