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

I happened to run into her, so I brought three cups of water to Qian Jiaxiao. As a result, the girl stared at her for a long time, just like when she first met Xu Su.

Xu Su was a little puzzled: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Qian Jia pursed her lips and smiled, "Nothing much, I just suddenly realized you're a silly goose, a beautiful silly goose."

Not understanding what this meant, Xu Su stepped forward and asked, "Qian Jia, why did you call me stupid?"

Qian Jia finally couldn't hold back. She grabbed Xu Su's neck and said angrily, "Scolding you is too lenient. I should have strangled you! Xu Su, are you stupid? How can you be so shameless? You let Xi Shen tutor other girls while you come out to get them water? How dare they?"

Do you know what your classmates say about you behind your back?

Xu Su's lips twitched. She knew she shouldn't be curious and that she wouldn't hear anything nice, but she still asked, "What do you mean by me?"

Qian Jia pulled Xu Su outside the classroom, and after looking around to make sure no one was watching, she whispered angrily, "You cuckold, you call yourself a cuckold? Even Xi Shen is tutoring other people, and you're not angry, but you're even going out of your way to get them water? Are you that pathetic?"

“I used to think Xi Zirong was good, but now I take that thought back. Su Su, let’s not wrong ourselves. If he’s not good, we’ll break up. A girl as good as you, are you afraid there won’t be someone better waiting for you?”

Xu Su finally understood...

What a huge misunderstanding! Qian Jia actually thought that she was so subservient in her relationship with Xi Zirong that she had to swallow her pride and come out to pour water for him when he tutored other girls.

Xu Su was both amused and exasperated. She wanted to explain, but the class bell rang, so she had to give up. "It's not what you think. I'll explain when we get back to the dorm tonight."

Qian Jia glanced at her, not understanding what explanation could be given given the facts.

She felt that her best friend had been bullied, and that her deskmate and her boyfriend had bullied her together. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Qian Jia glared fiercely at Xi Zirong across the vast distance.

Xu Su hadn't returned for so long, and Xi Zirong was looking up to find him when her eyes met Qian Jia's.

He was startled, just in time to see Xu Su return to her seat.

Xu Su handed him a thermos full of water. When Xi Zirong took the thermos, he touched her cold fingers and frowned: "Su Su, didn't you wear gloves?"

"There's no need to wear gloves when you go out to get some water."

Writing with gloves on is inconvenient, so Xu Su would take them off and put them in her desk drawer during class, only putting them back on after school.

Xi Zirong reached out and held her hand. "It's so cold. Don't leave the classroom unless you have to. I'll get you some water if you want."

Xu Su pulled her hand away, opened her water glass, and drank hot water. She was extremely afraid of the cold, and even though she wore thick clothes in winter, she still needed to drink something hot from time to time to replenish her energy.

Xi Zirong was staring at her intently. Xu Su smiled at him, then said to Wu Qianqian, who had been silent the whole time, "You guys start studying. I need to review too."

After saying that, Xu Su turned to face her desk, took out the test paper she needed to work on, and began to write furiously.

Perhaps it was because of Qian Jia's words, or perhaps it was because Wu Qianqian had been silent all along that Xu Su felt something was off.

During this evening self-study session, she couldn't fully concentrate on her studies. She could hear Wu Qianqian asking questions softly and quietly from time to time, and Xi Zirong would answer the questions immediately.

There was one question that seemed particularly difficult, and Wu Qianqian kept asking it repeatedly, her voice tinged with shyness and a hint of...admiration?

Seeing that Wu Qianqian couldn't understand no matter how she explained, Xi Zirong simply wrote down the solution steps, including several solutions, on a piece of draft paper. "Take a look at it carefully yourself, and if you still don't understand, then we can talk about it."

Xu Su felt more and more that something was really wrong.

Sure enough, even Qian Jia couldn't help but scold her to wake her up... and there was a reason for that.

Wu Qianqian seems to genuinely have feelings for Xi Zirong, and Xi Zirong...

Xu Su's heart sank. She didn't see anything wrong with Qi Zirong, but... did he know about Wu Qianqian's feelings for him?

As soon as the evening self-study bell rang at 9:30, Xu Su immediately tidied up her desk, stood up, and left the classroom.

She had been listening to the two people next to her discussing their problems for over a month, but after Qian Jia pointed it out tonight, the more she listened, the more she felt like she was being cuckolded.

If Xi Zirong didn't know Wu Qianqian's feelings, that would be one thing, but if he did know and still said nothing, continuing to tutor the girl who liked him every day...

Even if she was the one who made him do it in the beginning, it doesn't mean that Xu Su can accept that he doesn't avoid suspicion after knowing the other person's feelings.

This was the first time Xu Su had returned to the dormitory during the break time for day students since she started living at the school. Xi Zirong initially thought she had gone to the toilet, but she didn't return for more than ten minutes.

It wasn't until 9:45, when Xu Su had returned to her dorm and was washing up, that Xi Zirong finally called.

However, she was in the bathroom and hadn't brought her phone with her, so Xi Zirong made several calls but no one answered.

He glanced at Wu Qianqian, who was about to ask him a question, and said indifferently, "I'm leaving now. If you don't understand something, ask someone else."

Having finally finished her early class, Xu Su thoroughly washed herself from head to toe, which took a long time. By the time she finished washing up and saw the missed calls on her phone, Xi Zirong had already been waiting outside the girls' dormitory for quite some time.

Xu Su dialed the number, and it was answered the very next second. A boy's voice came through, "Su Su, are you in the dorm? Why are you back so early? Did something happen?"

Xu Su put the phone on speakerphone. While drying her hair with a thick towel, she said into the phone, "I'm a little tired today, so I came back early. Xi Zirong, you can hang up if you don't have anything else. I'm going to dry my hair."

There was a two-second pause on the other end of the phone, and then Xi Zirong said, "Then dry your hair and we'll talk. I'll wait for you outside your dorm room."

Xu Su asked, "Is there something you need?"

"Yes, something's up." Xi Zirong's voice was deep. "I need to ask you why you came back without telling me, leaving me all alone with Wu Qianqian."

Forehead...

Why does this person's voice sound so aggrieved?

Xu Su sighed helplessly, "Alright, wait for me a bit."

By the time Xu Su dried her hair, wrapped herself in her coat, and went out, Xi Zirong had been waiting for a full half hour.

It's almost 10:30.

Not far from the girls' dormitory was a secluded pavilion. No one passed by at night, and few people would look in that direction. Xu Su raised her chin and said, "Let's go, let's talk over there."

The area in front of the girls' dormitory is not a place for chatting; students who are about to finish their evening self-study sessions will likely be coming back here soon.

The stone benches in the pavilion were icy cold, and Xu Su had no intention of sitting down. She looked at Xi Zirong and said, "Just say what you have to say, I'm cold."