Chapter 227: Chapter 227: “Are You Blaming Me for Being Too Ruthless?

Not long after they finished eating, Xu Su held out her hand to Zhou Mochen. “Can I have my phone back now?”

Zhou Mochen brought her a cup of hot black tea from the bar, then pointed to a white phone on the coffee table. “I got you a new one. The SIM card is already inside.”

He didn’t ask if she had bought the previous phone herself, just smiled faintly. “This time, you’re not going to forbid me from coming to your school, are you?”

“…” Xu Su felt her skin crawl from his smile. She rubbed the goosebumps on her arm and said dryly, “After the huge scene you made, the whole school probably knows who you are. What’s the point of stopping you now?”

“Oh…” Zhou Mochen drew out the “oh” meaningfully, then asked, “Still going to hide and avoid talking to me?”

’This guy is determined to be passive-aggressive all day!’

Xu Su took a sip of tea and composed herself before speaking. “I won’t hide the fact that you’re my boyfriend. But, if possible, I’d still prefer you not to come to school too often and disturb my studies.”

“Xu Su, from now on, I won’t be hiding when I pick you up and drop you off. I want all your classmates to know you have a boyfriend.” Zhou Mochen’s brow furrowed, a fierce glint in his eyes. “And another thing. I listened to you and let Xi Zirong go this time, but don’t you dare play any games with me about lingering attachments.”

’Even now, he felt like he’d been possessed. He’d let her sweet-talk him with a few careless words and had actually swallowed such a humiliation, instead of crushing that damn kid into the mud!’

Xu Su’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickly nodded. “I know… I won’t…”

She thought about the two files she had seen on the computer in the study…

After hesitating for a long moment, she finally asked, “Zhou Mochen, were you the one who went after Sun Yu’s father?”

In the document named ’Kang County’, the fate of Sun Yu’s entire family was clearly recorded.

Sun Yu himself had been sent to a juvenile detention center for fighting and was expelled from Chang City Seventh Middle School.

His father had originally opened a small electronics factory in Kang County with about eighty to a hundred workers, and he was considered a somewhat reputable figure there. But the year before last, the factory went bankrupt. He was drowning in debt, unable to even pay his workers’ wages. A supplier who came to collect a debt smashed his head open with a brick, and he spent a year in a hospital bed before recovering.

Although he was fine and could move freely, his mental reflexes were much slower than before.

From that point on, for the past two years, it was as if Sun Yu’s family had offended Tai Sui; any relative who showed the slightest sign of success also met with misfortune.

Xu Su was terrified when she saw the document, especially since it included a picture of Sun Yu’s father’s injury…

Zhou Mochen clearly hadn’t expected Xu Su to ask about this. He paused for a second before remembering who Sun Yu was.

“I didn’t have someone arrange the injury, but as for the rest…” He paused for a moment before admitting, “That was me.”

Xu Su’s hand unconsciously tightened into a fist. The next second, a hand forced its way between her fingers. Zhou Mochen gripped her hand tightly, his voice strained. “Susu, don’t be afraid of me.”

He turned his face to kiss her, but Xu Su dodged by turning her head away. “What about that President Zhao?”

Zhou Mochen’s lips landed on Xu Su’s cheek, and he didn’t move for a long time…

After a moment, he suddenly gave a cold smile. “Are you blaming me for being too vicious and merciless?”

“No…” Xu Su shook her head, her fingers tightening their grip. “I’m not that ungrateful. I know you were standing up for me. I just don’t want anyone to get killed.”

The document on President Zhao had probably just been started; the most recent date was from a few days ago.

This President Zhao was reported for corruption and bribery, and for coercing female subordinates into sexual relationships. The evidence was irrefutable, and there were even videos and photos sent to his company and his home.

In less than half a month, he was deserted by everyone. He went from a sought-after executive to a pariah everyone shunned. His body, eroded by a life of debauchery, couldn’t handle the pressure, and he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.

That President Zhao probably still didn’t know that his current downfall was all because he’d had some inappropriate ideas about Xu Su, a student from a rural background. He hadn’t even acted on them yet and had already paid such a terrible price.

Zhou Mochen wrapped his arm around Xu Su’s shoulder and explained softly, “I just had people collect some of the things he’s done and make them public, that’s all. Susu, if you read the file, you’d know that a scumbag like President Zhao isn’t worth pitying even in death.”

“I know, that’s why I don’t think you’re vicious and merciless.” Xu Su kissed the hickey she had left on Zhou Mochen’s neck, her heart filled with complicated feelings.

How could she not know? When she saw the document about President Zhao, Xu Su couldn’t stop her heart from pounding in panic.

’If… if it weren’t for Zhou Mochen, would she have become President Zhao’s next victim?’

Xu Su’s heart wasn’t as soft as Zhou Mochen thought. In her past life, she had seen countless people on the verge of bankruptcy come to their door.

Some of those people were begging Zhou Mochen for investments, others were begging him to show mercy…

And there were many more Xu Su never even saw, people with nowhere to turn for help, who didn’t even know which way the Zhou family’s gate faced…

Zhou Mochen let out a long sigh of relief. He was truly afraid that the girl in his arms would look at him with that expression of disgust and fear again.

“That… Little Huang Mao who hurt me last time…”

Xu Su spoke haltingly, but Zhou Mochen understood. He explained softly, “Shen Chen is handling that. He suffered a bit of a loss in Kang County, so let him blow off some steam. If you want to know how it’s going, I can ask him?”

“…..” Thinking of Little Huang Mao with his broken ribs and all his buddies lying on the ground, Xu Su really couldn’t imagine what kind of loss Shen Chen could have possibly suffered.

She quickly shook her head. “No, no, that’s okay. I’m not interested.”

Xu Su had no desire to play the saint, but she also didn’t want to know just how ruthless those two could be… She was just a little confused. “He’s already back in Beijing, but his reach is still that long?”

Zhou Mochen’s voice was calm. “It only takes a single sentence.”

Xu Su was speechless once again…

’Sure enough, Shen Chen seemed good-natured, but he was no pushover either.’

After resting for a while, Xu Su went to her room to take a shower. When she came out, Zhou Mochen was busy on a laptop, his hair slightly damp. Seeing her, he reached out a hand from his seat on the living room sofa. “Why didn’t you dry your hair?”

Xu Su sat down next to him. “It’s fine, I dried it until it was half-dry. You go back to your work. Don’t worry about me.”

She clutched her phone and hesitated for a moment before calling Teacher Wu to tell her she would be back in class tomorrow.

On the phone, Teacher Wu’s attitude was very natural, as if she hadn’t been affected by the events of the past few days. It was like Xu Su was just a student returning from a normal leave of absence. She only mentioned that her deskmate had been changed and didn’t say another word about anything else.

After hanging up, Xu Su looked at Zhou Mochen beside her. “Did you have something to do with this? We just got new seats at the start of the semester, why did the teacher change my deskmate again?”

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