Chapter 97: Control Yourself at Night
As Chen Mo was now, he had almost no personal ambitions.
After all, he had experienced many honors and witnessed too many tragedies in his past life.
His life experience was so extensive that he had lost interest in engaging with many of the world’s affairs.
As a former frontline criminal detective, he had always lived a hectic life.
Simply having some leisure time was a blessing to him.
He never thought about anything else.
Back in the present, his happiness was seeing Su Yuqing live a healthy and joyful life by his side.
Seeing her tears gradually lessen.
Seeing her courage gradually grow.
Seeing her mindset gradually become more optimistic.
Seeing her flash more and more genuine smiles—that was Chen Mo’s one and only source of happiness now.
The silly girl in his arms was still racking her brain, trying to think of ways to make him happy, little did she know that her own heartfelt smile was his greatest bliss.
After thinking it over, Su Yuqing felt that besides making Chen Mo some handmade gifts, there didn’t seem to be anything else she could do to surprise him.
She decided to find a chance to secretly make him a handmade gift in her room.
As she thought about it, her eyelids drooped again. She subconsciously hugged Chen Mo and fell back asleep.
An alarm clock startled them both awake.
This time, even upon discovering they were hugging, neither of them had the same dramatic reaction as before.
Chen Mo smiled and looked down at Su Yuqing, who was rubbing her eyes. "Still not fully awake?"
"Last night..." Su Yuqing started to say she had gone to bed late.
But as soon as she began, her mind was flooded with flashes of everything that had happened the night before, and she immediately closed her mouth, blushing.
Chen Mo was tactful enough not to press her on the topic.
After all, from his perspective, he had secretly sabotaged things and tricked Su Yuqing into sharing a bed with him for a night. He felt a pang of guilt, like a thief with a guilty conscience, so naturally, it was best not to bring it up.
With a tacit understanding, neither of them mentioned last night again. After drinking some tea, they left for school together.
Not long after they left the house, a figure from a distance glanced at the new security camera Chen Mo had installed, then turned and walked away.
At school, Su Yuqing was still drowsy. As soon as she got to class, she put her head down on her desk and went back to sleep.
Seeing her like this, Huang Mao shot Chen Mo a sleazy grin.
"You need to show some restraint at night. Look at her, you’ve worn her out so much she has no energy during the day."
Hearing Huang Mao’s words, Chen Mo froze for a second. When he followed Huang Mao’s gaze to Su Yuqing, he finally understood.
He was about to retort, but the thought that he really had tricked Su Yuqing last night—which was why she was so drained today—made his comeback lose all its steam.
"Stop spouting nonsense!" he scolded, giving Huang Mao a flick on the forehead.
However, because of his guilty conscience, the rebuke lacked any real force, which only served to convince Huang Mao he was right.
He chuckled slyly but didn’t say anything more.
After all, he knew that while Chen Mo might not care about rumors, Su Yuqing was a girl and more sensitive. It wouldn’t be right to discuss such things around her.
He knew where to draw the line.
While Chen Mo was dealing with Huang Mao, Lin Yu’an arrived much later than usual. He walked into the classroom a while after Chen Mo and Su Yuqing had settled in.
The moment he entered, his eyes fell upon Chen Mo and Su Yuqing.
Then, he silently returned to his own seat.
Huang Mao glanced over at him, feeling that the kid gave off an uncomfortable, unapproachable vibe.
He couldn’t help but wonder why Chen Mo would ever have wanted to associate with someone like that.
As Lin Yu’an returned to his seat, he suddenly shot to his feet.
Someone had poured water on his chair beforehand, and in his carelessness, he had sat right in it.
A few students in the back row couldn’t help but snicker.
Seeing this, Huang Mao immediately glanced at Chen Mo. When he saw that Chen Mo hadn’t noticed, he decided to say nothing and turned back around.
Hearing the snickers from the students nearby, Lin Yu’an’s gaze swept over them.
There wasn’t a trace of malice in his eyes, only a hint of indifference.
It was as if he didn’t even see them as human.
It was that look.
The students in the back row couldn’t stand that arrogant look of Lin Yu’an’s more than anything.
No matter how they messed with him, he always wore the exact same expression.
His contemptuous attitude infuriated them.
The target of the prank wasn’t angry and showed no reaction.
Instead, it was the pranksters who were always left fuming with pent-up frustration.
It was a complete reversal of how things should be.
But it was precisely because of Lin Yu’an’s personality that many were spurred on by a desire to challenge him.
They just wanted to see if there was anything that could make Lin Yu’an drop that perpetual deadpan expression of his.
Since Chen Mo was in the classroom, despite being annoyed by Lin Yu’an’s expression, the guys in the back didn’t dare to do anything to him directly.
After all, Chen Mo had stopped them before.
Even if they didn’t respect Chen Mo, they had to respect Zhou Hao.
That monster was someone they would never dare to provoke.
The story of Zhou Hao taking on three guys at once and beating them to a pulp was still legendary.
And those three guys had been relatively well-built.
These guys were just average; how would they dare to pick a fight with someone like that?
Therefore, with Zhou Hao backing him, Chen Mo was essentially an extension of Zhou Hao himself.
Messing with Chen Mo was the same as messing with Zhou Hao.
And by that logic, there was no difference between someone Chen Mo protected and someone Zhou Hao protected.
They wouldn’t dare to disrespect Chen Mo openly, but they still pulled little pranks behind his back from time to time.
Like pouring water on a chair.
Seeing that Lin Yu’an still had no reaction, one of the guys, particularly annoyed by his expression, deliberately shouted, "Hey, Lin Yu’an! Why’s the back of your pants all wet? Don’t tell me you pissed yourself, hahaha!"
At his words, everyone in the class who hadn’t noticed the commotion in the back immediately whipped their heads around to look.
Being stared at by guys was one thing, but being accused of wetting your pants, whether true or not, was enough to make any boy feel humiliated in front of the girls.
But strangely, Lin Yu’an didn’t seem to care about anyone’s gaze. It wasn’t until he saw Chen Mo looking over that he immediately averted his eyes, lowered his head, and took out some tissues to wipe himself off.