Locking away my heart and love! Going back to 2000 to be a top student again.

Xu Su's seat is now near the window, and if she wants to be distracted, she can even see the younger students standing at attention on the playground.

Thinking back to this time last year when she was also sweating profusely on the playground, Xu Su felt a rare sense of empathy, as if she had been there before.

Time flies! A year has already passed.

It's been over a year since she was reborn.

Xu Su was still sitting in her classroom after dinner, before evening self-study started.

She would arrive at the competition class right on time every night, probably because everyone hoped to achieve good results in the competition and boost their college entrance exam scores. The atmosphere in the competition class was extremely tense, even more so than during the final exams of the top-performing class last semester.

After finishing dinner, Huang Feng didn't go back to her own class. Instead, she followed Xu Su and the others to the Rocket Class to chat.

Huang Feng was always exceptionally well-informed. With a gossipy smile on her face, she said, "Have you heard? There's a really handsome boy among this year's freshmen. He used to be at Experimental Middle School, and he was famous for his good looks back then. He was the school heartthrob at Experimental Middle School. I didn't expect him to come to No. 1 Middle School for high school."

Xu Su: "..."

She wasn't curious about handsome men, but Xu Su didn't want to dampen her friend's enthusiasm, so she followed up by asking, "How did he become famous for being handsome?"

Qian Jia was quite interested: "Is it Experimental High School again? Last year, our academic genius transferred from Experimental High School, right? Isn't this school a bit unfortunate? The academic genius was poached by our school, and now the school heartthrob has come to our school too!"

Upon hearing Qian Jia compare Xi Zirong to the so-called "school heartthrob" in the first grade, Gu Yunjia, who was passing by, became unhappy. She said, "Don't compare everyone to God Xi. Do you believe that the school leaders of Experimental Middle School would rather lose a hundred 'school heartthrobs' than let go of one God Xi?"

By the way, Gu Yunjia, the class beauty from Class 18, has also been assigned to the top class this time.

After a few brief encounters, Xu Su understood.

This is Xi Zirong's little fangirl, the kind who looks at him with starry eyes.

Xu Su had previously worried that Xi Zirong would become someone else's fish in the sea, but she was overthinking it.

However... I thought of Xi Zirong.

Xu Su turned around abruptly and met a pair of intense eyes just two desks away.

So...they were discussing the new students, and this person overheard the whole thing?

He even heard what Gu Yunjia said?

Xu Su felt a little awkward, but Qian Jia and the others didn't notice at all.

Qian Jia said to Gu Yunjia, "I know Xi Shen is awesome, I was just saying it casually. I know how important Xi Shen is."

After enrolling, he never ranked second, a genius at the top of his class. His scholarship for one semester was enough for an ordinary worker to earn four months' salary. Such a genius is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Qian Jia wasn't angry at Gu Yunjia's insistence. Their names were somewhat similar, and Gu Yunjia was pretty. Qian Jia was always very patient with pretty girls.

Huang Feng explained, "Hey! Do you have some misunderstanding about handsome guys? This freshman is handsome, but his grades are not bad either. Although he is not as good as Xi Shen, who is so good that he beats the second place by tens of points, he was still the first in his entrance exam."

Another top student who entered the school at the top of their grade.

Xu Su thought of what Qian Jia had said about the Experimental Middle School being in a rather dire situation.

He nodded silently. It really was two years in a row that he had been a grudge.

How could they bear to give up two outstanding students to go to other schools?

Gu Yunjia was also speechless after hearing this.

She paused for a moment, then quickly leaned closer: "Who is it? What's their name? I'll go ask around. Is it really possible for a guy like Xi Shen to be so handsome and also get first place in his class?"

Huang Feng/Qian Jia/Xu Su: ......

Qian Jia moved aside to make room for Gu Yunjia, and the three of them sat around Xu Su's seat.

Gu Yunjia looked at Huang Feng with a gleam in her eyes: "Tell me about it."

Huang Feng paused for two seconds, influenced by Gu Yunjia's gossipy gaze, and inexplicably felt as if she had met a kindred spirit.

Then she chuckled and said, "His name is Feng Zhiqi. I heard it from a classmate who went to Experimental Middle School in junior high. Back then, besides Xi Shen, the second most famous person at Experimental Middle School was this Feng Zhiqi."

"She even pointed it out to me. He really does look handsome even in camouflage. No wonder he's the school heartthrob at Experimental High School."

In fact, the title of "school heartthrob" is rarely seen in the major middle schools of Changshi. Girls in this era are different from those in the information-explosive era of later generations. Most middle school girls are very shy and embarrassed to comment on boys. Naturally, there is no such thing as selecting a school heartthrob.

The boys looked down on each other's looks, so who would choose someone else as the school heartthrob?

Therefore, the value of Feng Zhiqi's title of "school heartthrob" is evident.

Gu Yunjia is straightforward. She said, "More handsome than Xi Shen?"

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

Xu Su felt a gaze lingering on her back, and as she was drinking water to ease her unease, she choked on her drink upon hearing this.

This girl is sometimes a bit too blunt; Xi Zirong herself is sitting right behind her.

Her arm was grabbed, and Xu Su looked up to see the boy who was the center of the conversation standing behind her, his expression a little unpleasant.

Xi Zirong grasped Xu Su's arm and reminded her, "It's time, Xu Su, you should go to your competition class."

Xu Su stood up with his help. The three girls around her table were all a little flushed. They realized that the God of the Sea had been listening to their gossip the whole time.

Gu Yunjia, in particular, asked the most direct question, and her face was the reddest as she stammered in an attempt to explain.

Xi Zirong ignored her, waited expressionlessly until Xu Su had taken her water cup, and then pulled Xu Su out of the classroom without looking at her.

Once outside the classroom, Xu Su realized that this person seemed to be angry.

She tried to shake off the arm that was being pulled, and said irritably, "Xi Zirong, let go, why are you pulling and tugging at me again?"

Wasn't he acting normally this semester? Why did he pull her away in front of the class again?

It was summer, and Xu Su was wearing short sleeves. Xi Zirong's hand rested comfortably on her arm.

Reminded by Xu Suyi, Xi Zirong suddenly let go of her hand.

He pursed his lips and chose to apologize: "I'm sorry."

The apology felt completely insincere.

As Xu Su walked, she glanced at the boy beside her and asked, "What were you angry about just now? Don't you like us talking about you?"

“I know Feng Zhiqi, who is a year younger than me. Xu Su, if there’s anything you want to know, you can just ask me.”

Xi Zirong looked very serious, just as serious as when she was explaining the problem to him. He stopped and looked over: "He's not as good-looking as me, really."

Xu Su was both amused and exasperated; she truly hadn't expected that Xi Zirong's anger stemmed from this.

She tilted her head back and carefully examined the boy's features, then smiled and said, "Okay, okay, you're good-looking, you get good grades, and you're good-looking too."