Jiang Peng had cornered Xu Su at the restroom entrance. He wasn’t getting handsy, just blocking her from leaving.

She had met Jiang Peng a few times in her past life. The guy was pretty good with people, so Xu Su didn’t have any ill feelings toward him. Since she couldn’t leave, she simply leaned against the wall, half-listening to him talk while she waited for Shen Chen to show up.

Jiang Peng droned on for a long time. Seeing her zoned-out expression, he got a little annoyed. He decided to drop the roundabout approach and get straight to the point. "How about you be with me? I’ll have you wearing watches ten times more expensive than that one, a different one every day for a month."

He was always direct when it came to picking up women. But when he first saw this beauty, he’d actually felt a bit inadequate and, for the first time, planned to take things slow. He hadn’t expected that after talking for so long, she wouldn’t even give him a proper look. So why bother with the subtleties?

’Just throw money at her!’

His blunt words made Xu Su pause for a moment. She actually did the math in her head. The watch she was wearing today was a gift from Zhou Mochen, worth somewhere around one to two hundred thousand.

Ten times that would be one or two million, a different one every day for a month...

Tsk...

Seeing her in a daze, Jiang Peng thought she was tempted and quickly moved closer. "What’s your name? Are you still in school? Summer break should be starting, right? Come to Beijing with me for two months. I won’t treat you poorly."

When Shen Chen arrived, the first thing he saw was Jiang Peng cornering Xu Su against a wall. Jiang Peng had a desperate look on his face but was barely restraining himself, his head getting closer and closer...

His face instantly darkened. He strode over, grabbed Jiang Peng by the collar, and yanked him aside. He then lowered his head to examine Xu Su carefully. Seeing that her clothes were neat, he still asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Did he do anything?"

"I’m fine..." Xu Su shook her head. Seeing the dumbstruck Jiang Peng standing to the side, she couldn’t help but smile and finally, kindly, answered his question. "My name is Xu Su."

Xu Su...

Xu...

Jiang Peng looked at Shen Chen, his eyes wide. "Brother Chen, she’s your ’Xu’?"

Xu Su feigned surprise. "You two know each other?"

"We do. His name is Jiang Peng. He insisted on coming to Chang City with me for fun."

Shen Chen glanced at Jiang Peng, a smirk on his face. "When did you become such a hooligan, cornering a young woman you don’t even know like that?"

Jiang Peng stood stiffly, not yet having a chance to speak.

Feeling the atmosphere wasn’t awkward enough, Xu Su deliberately added fuel to the fire. "He also said if I went with him, I could wear a different million-dollar watch every day for a month."

Jiang Peng shuddered and quickly waved his hands, apologizing. "I’m so sorry, Miss Xu. Please just pretend I was talking nonsense just now. Don’t take it to heart."

He looked at Shen Chen and explained with a dry laugh, "I didn’t know she was the ’Xu’ from your phone calls. If I’d known, I definitely wouldn’t have done that."

’Would a woman Young Master Shen has his eye on be lacking in fine things?’

Xu Su had no intention of making a big deal out of it. She nonchalantly stood up straight and said to them, "You two can chat. I’m going back to the private room."

"Why is your face so red? Have you been drinking too much?" Shen Chen took her arm and looked down at her. "It’s already three o’clock. Hasn’t your group finished yet? When are you heading back?"

"No! And don’t be so handsy."

Xu Su shook his hand off. "We’re going upstairs for karaoke after dinner. We won’t be done for a while..."

"Alright. I see there are quite a few of you, so I’ll have the manager arrange a large room for you." Shen Chen let go of her arm. "Go on back. I’ll come find you later."

This display of attentiveness left Jiang Peng, who was standing nearby, speechless and completely afraid to interrupt.

Xu Su looked up. "What for?"

Shen Chen tapped her on the head. "To show you the way to my room. When you’ve had enough to drink, you can come over, and I’ll take you home."

"Oh..." That made sense, so Xu Su nodded without any objection. "Okay."

With that, Xu Su waved goodbye.

Shen Chen stood his ground, waiting until she was some distance away before turning to Jiang Peng. "Did you touch her? Where?"

An inexplicable chill ran down Jiang Peng’s back, and he quickly shook his head. "You know me. I may be a womanizer, but I’m not a creep. I would never force myself on a girl who hasn’t consented."

That was true. When Jiang Peng had his eye on someone, he would just throw money at them. He wouldn’t make a move until they’d nodded in agreement, always insisting on mutual consent...

In all these years, he’d never met anyone who wasn’t willing...

If someone wasn’t willing, he’d just double the offer. Super-size it!

Shen Chen nodded, his tone light. "Whatever ideas you have, get rid of them. Your money won’t work on her."

Jiang Peng nodded, but in his heart, he was completely unconvinced...

’His money didn’t work? Isn’t that just because Young Master Shen made his move first...’

Still, he had no intention of fighting Shen Chen over a woman. If the Shen family was considered a top-tier powerhouse in Beijing, then the Jiang Family was far from their equal...

The two of them were friends, but friendship was friendship. They were good buddies on a normal day, but if someone crossed his bottom line, Shen Chen was not someone to be trifled with...

And from Shen Chen’s attitude, it was clear he considered this ’Xu’ off-limits, and he was still fired up about it.

Xu Su was completely unaware of what had just happened. When she returned to the private room, the teachers had already left. The students, red-faced from drinking, were getting ready to continue the party upstairs.

Seeing Xu Su return, Huang Feng, who was already a bit tipsy, hurried over and grabbed her. "I was just looking for you! A manager just came by and said our entire bill for today is comped, including the KTV upstairs later. Shen Chen took care of it, right?"

Xu Su nodded. "I think so."

Hearing that today’s expenses were covered, the students were ecstatic and quickly moved the battlefield upstairs.

The room upstairs was large, but it was still crowded with forty to fifty people. In the end, the KTV manager arranged two adjacent rooms for them, one for each of the two classes, which made it easy for students to go back and forth.

Huang Feng pulled Xu Su into their class’s room. The lights inside were dim, and two boys were holding microphones, howling at the top of their lungs.

The others were gathered together playing games. Quite a few of them were from the "rocket class."

When Xu Su came in, a few of the more outgoing students quickly pulled her down to sit with them. "Campus belle Xu Su! Come play with us! Truth or Dare, you in?"

The game had become all the rage in clubs and entertainment venues over the past couple of years, making it a favorite among young people.

Naturally, Xu Su chose to join in.

Soon, the spinner began to turn.

There were too many people, and Xu Su’s luck was good; the spinner never once landed on her.

Thanks to the various "Truth" questions, she got to hear a lot of gossip.

The boys and girls, most of whom had only just recently come of age, started asking increasingly risqué questions. For example, when the spinner pointed to Rao Lu, the option under the pointer was "Truth," so she had no choice...

Someone asked, "How many boyfriends have you had in your three years of high school?"

Rao Lu’s answer utterly surprised Xu Su. She said, "Four."

Four!

’Xu Su hadn’t even heard of one...’

The subsequent questions ranged from how many people she’d dated, to when she had her first kiss, and then to...