Why do we have to torture each other when we love each other

Chen Shuo couldn't possibly think that Su Xiyan went through all this effort to bring him to the hotel, only to set him up again, right?

Su Xiyan felt extremely frustrated. She did want to bring Chen Shuo to the hotel so the two of them could spend some alone time together, get closer, and hopefully resolve any misunderstandings. However, she didn't expect that by some freak coincidence, they would run into another demon hunter, Xiao Wu.

Seeing Su Xiyan not saying anything, Xiao Wu didn't think too much of it. After all, Su Xiyan usually had that cold and taciturn personality.

Su Xiyan glanced at Xiao Wu and asked, "What are you doing at the hotel?"

Xiao Wu had a very sweet expression as he looked towards his room and replied, "What else do people come to hotels for? Of course it's to have a romantic rendezvous with my girlfriend!"

Su Xiyan: "A date? With so many vampires appearing recently in Su City, instead of going on regular patrols to hunt them, you came to the hotel for a date?"

"Seeing how love has made you lose your mind, even if a vampire walked right past you, I bet you wouldn't even notice it."

What Su Xiyan said was not wrong. Chen Shuo did escape right in front of Xiao Wu. However, Chen Shuo's vampire aura was sealed so this low level demon hunter could not sense him.

Su Xiyan's abilities far exceeded Xiao Wu's. Xiao Wu had no choice but to obey Su Xiyan. He took one reluctant look back towards his girlfriend's hotel room before dragging his feet off to patrol.

Su Xiyan was furious. For some reason, she just could not tolerate people flaunting their affections in front of her!

Too excessive!

Way too offensive!

Now that innocent Xiao Wu was gone, Su Xiyan took her room card and entered the room Chen Shuo had gotten for her. She slammed the door forcefully behind her.

She was just so pissed off! It took tremendous effort to trick Chen Shuo to come to the hotel. She thought they would get quality alone time together. But halfway through, a demon hunter had to pop up. Even though it was purely coincidental, Chen Shuo definitely wouldn't believe that!

That feeling of falling short at the last step was really unbearable!

The tall and slender Su Xiyan threw herself onto the soft large bed, tossing and turning. The more she thought about it, the angrier she felt!

Letting Xiao Wu just go on patrol was letting him off too easy!

Su Xiyan waved her small fists, punching the pillow viciously several times. Only then did her mood slightly improve.

As she turned her head, Su Xiyan noticed there were actually two room cards on the bed? Didn't Chen Shuo only give her one card?

When she sat up and took a look, Su Xiyan realized when Chen Shuo gave her his room card, he had also handed over his ID card.

Because Chen Shuo sensed the demon hunter Xiao Wu's presence and got angry, he left without even taking back his ID card.

Su Xiyan immediately called Chen Shuo.

It took several rings before Chen Shuo finally picked up. His tone was not great: "How many more demon hunters are hidden at that hotel, Miss Su?"

"If you wanted to uncover my true identity so badly, there's no need to probe me so eagerly, right?"

Chen Shuo's mood seemed a little down. He gave a cold laugh: "Su Xiyan, aren't you wanting to find out if I'm the Ghost King of Su City?"

"Then I'm telling you now, I am the Ghost King. Do you believe me??"

Su Xiyan bit her lips, uncertain how to respond to Chen Shuo's words.

"Chen Shuo, can we not do this? Why say such spiteful things?"

"The reason I asked you out to the hotel today was because I wanted to properly explain what happened at the private kitchen that day. But I was also worried you wouldn't accept or believe me. After all, with so many coincidences, if I said they were all misunderstandings, you wouldn't believe me either."

Chen Shuo asked again: "I said I'm the Ghost King. Do you believe me or not?"

Thinking Chen Shuo was just venting, Su Xiyan said: "Can you not be like this?"

Over the phone came the beeping sound of the call being ended.

Chen Shuo had hung up.

Only then did Su Xiyan remember she hadn't brought up the main issue yet! So she called back again.

Chen Shuo answered really quickly this time: "Anything else?"

Su Xiyan replied: "When you gave me the room card, you also handed me your ID card."

"I can bring your ID card to class tomorrow to return it to you!"

On the phone, Chen Shuo's voice didn't hesitate one bit: "No need, I'll just apply for a replacement."

Su Xiyan wanted to say more but Chen Shuo had already hung up.

Calling again now would probably be a bit oblivious.

Su Xiyan felt extremely frustrated. She curled up her long, fair legs and sat on the bed hugging her knees. Her eyes seemed to be covered in a layer of mist.

She was the number one demon hunter who stood towering and untouched for three years as the campus belle of Nanli University. The aloof and sublime beauty no one dared look up to. When had she ever spoken to someone in such a low and subservient manner?

But he was Chen Shuo, the person she cared about most!

Su Xiyan recalled the first time she met Chen Shuo in the alley behind campus. How could she have imagined back then that her relationship with him would get to where it was today?

After putting in so much effort, in the end, because of a mere coincidence, the misunderstanding between her and Chen Shuo had only grown deeper.

Su Xiyan was struck by an unprecedented sense of defeat!

By now, Chen Shuo had already returned to the dorm.

When he left earlier, Lu Chen had deliberately locked the door, assuming Chen Shuo wouldn't be coming back tonight. After all, someone as gorgeous as Su Xiyan, any guy with normal preferences wouldn't be able to walk away from her grasp.

Unexpectedly though, Chen Shuo had returned.

When Chen Shuo opened the door, Lu Chen didn't ask anything. Chen Shuo also didn't say anything. He washed up and went straight to bed to sleep.

The entire dorm room was silent, with only the sound of breathing.

Chen Shuo didn't know when he dozed off. When he got up the next morning, his head felt dizzy and groggy. His entire state was not great.

While washing up, Lu Chen patted Chen Shuo's shoulder: "Old Chen, I wanna ask you something. Don't get mad."

"Just what is going on between you and the campus belle? From my perspective as an outsider, it seems like you guys care a lot about each other. But how come it's just as the lyrics say, you clearly love each other yet insist on tormenting one another?"

"But if you didn't care about each other, you wouldn't be so upset either. So that means you still care about the campus belle. Stop tormenting each other!"

Chen Shuo pretended to be nonchalant: "Since when did you become such a gossip?"

"Go brush your teeth! You talk too much nonsense!"

Chen Shuo understood this logic, but why was it still so difficult to put into action?

Wouldn't it hurt less if he just didn't think about it?

After classes, Chen Shuo headed to basketball club as usual. When Lu Chen returned to the dorm, he noticed there seemed to be an out-of-place flash of pink on Chen Shuo's bed.

Driven by curiosity, he went over for a look and actually saw a pink scarf placed on Chen Shuo's bed!

The color and style clearly did not seem like something Chen Shuo would buy himself.

Could it be hand-knitted by another girl for Chen Shuo?!

This scumbag Chen Shuo. He just had a fight with the campus belle Su Xiyan, yet now he was accepting scarves from other girls?

Lu Chen, who had benefited from Su Xiyan's generosity of snacks, already regarded the gorgeous campus belle as a benevolent goddess. Naturally, he was on her side. How could he allow other girls to take advantage of this opportunity?

And so, Lu Chen immediately snapped photos of the pink scarf and sent them to Su Xiyan.