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

As he spoke, Xu Su even thought she was seeing Zhou Mochen from her past life; they were so alike.

At this point, Xu Su finally understood that no matter how long she had been teaching this man, no matter how harmless Zhou Mochen appeared, and no matter how obedient he was to her, he would immediately change his attitude if she refused to be with him and completely rejected him.

Zhou Mochen's gentleness and harmlessness were all for the purpose of making Xu Su willingly be with him.

This realization made Xu Su tremble all over. She felt as if a net had appeared out of thin air, enveloping her completely. She couldn't escape or break free; all her resistance was futile.

Zhou Mochen reached out to hug her, but she reflexively dodged him.

"Don't touch me, Zhou Mochen, don't touch me at all."

Zhou Mochen looked down at her, and after a long while, withdrew his hand expressionlessly. "Xu Su, don't be afraid of me. My purpose is not to make you afraid of me. Perhaps you can try to like me. I'm not a bad man. You don't need to avoid my feelings like the plague."

Xu Su almost sneered. He had finished threatening and now he was trying to bribe?

He's figured out the trick of giving a slap followed by a sweet treat.

Unfortunately, she never gave up!

Xu Su would not allow herself to compromise with a man who resorts to threats when his advances are rejected!

With trembling hands, she took her phone out of her pocket and, in front of Zhou Mochen, removed his number from her blacklist.

When she looked up at him again, she had regained her composure. Xu Su asked, "Is it okay now? I will reply to your messages from now on, but I can't go out to meet you. I will be a senior in high school right after the New Year, and my studies are very demanding. I will not leave the school unless necessary."

Zhou Mochen stared intently at her. Xu Su probably didn't know that the expression on her face at that moment was one of resentment and disgust.

The girl's undisguised disgust stung Zhou Mochen so much that he closed his eyes; it hurt him too much.

This wasn't what he wanted. Zhou Mochen didn't understand how things had come to this.

He didn't want to pressure her.

Xu Su immediately noticed the pain on the man's face; Zhou Mochen seemed to be in unbearable pain.

She didn't understand. She was the one being forced and threatened, so why was he in so much pain?

In a flash, Zhou Mochen regained his gentle and harmless demeanor. He tried to smile and said, "Okay, that's fine. Be good, Su Su, don't hate me."

"..." His smile was so ugly that Xu Su looked away, feeling a little uncomfortable, but she quickly ignored this subtle feeling.

Xu Su said, "If I'm done, I'll go back to the classroom. Zhou Mochen, I hope I never see you at school again, not even once."

How cruel! Zhou Mochen felt his heart ache uncontrollably again. He couldn't understand why a young girl could be so cruel.

As they passed each other, he couldn't resist and grabbed Xu Su's wrist, pulling her directly into his arms.

He whispered in her ear in a hoarse voice, "Xu Su, try to like me, don't make me so sad, okay?"

The sound startled Xu Su. Was Zhou Mochen about to cry?

Xu Su was being held very tightly, so she couldn't look up to see if he was crying. Her heart was filled with complicated feelings, and she blurted out, "What are you so upset about? I'm being clung to by you and I haven't even cried yet. Zhou Mochen, don't you find this kind of behavior disgusting, you're a grown man?"

The hand around her waist tightened instantly, making Xu Su feel a little pain. Just when she thought Zhou Mochen was about to go crazy again, he let go.

Xu Su immediately looked up at him, only to see a profile.

Zhou Mochen had already turned his head away, and even from the side, you could see that his eyes were slightly red. He seemed to have been provoked by Xu Su's word "disgusting" and didn't want her to see him like this.

He stood there with his head down for a long time before finally speaking softly, "Xu Su, I'm sorry for bothering you like this. If I could, I wouldn't want to do this either. Really, I despise myself right now."

Zhou Mochen's voice was calm as he said, "Go back."

He also seemed tired.

That's true. Anyone would get tired of clinging to a relationship that offers no reciprocation.

Xu Su frowned, stood there for a while, but ultimately left without saying anything.

Her feelings for Zhou Mochen were complicated, so complicated that she couldn't figure them out herself, so she simply packaged them all up as 'annoyance'.

After all, the only thing Xu Su was certain of was that she loathed Zhou Mochen.

I'm disgusted by everything about him.

As for the occasional moments that seem 'touched', isn't that just her kind nature as a human being?

Ignoring his thuggish behavior, Zhou Mochen has been very good to her in both his past and present lives. Given his dejected appearance, Xu Su felt it was normal for her to feel sorry for him, since everyone has a sense of compassion.

Xu Su was still in shock when she reached the classroom door.

The last class of the afternoon had already begun, and Xu Su composed herself and pushed open the classroom door.

The last class was English. When the teacher saw that Xu Su was late, she didn't say anything and let her go back to her seat.

As Xu Su passed by Xi Zirong's seat, she met the boy's anxious gaze. Only then did she come to her senses. What was she so worried about for Zhou Mochen?

She has a boyfriend, so even if Zhou Mochen puts on a tearful act in front of her, she shouldn't be moved by it.

What's more, that person threatened her.

The thought of being forced to remove Zhou Mochen from her blacklist and having to reply to his texts from time to time instantly brought back Xu Su's feelings of disgust towards him.

The last class ended quickly, and the students rushed out of the classroom in a rush.

Xi Zirong came over and waited for Xu Su to go to the cafeteria for lunch together.

For dinner, we had mutton soup with a beef pie. A bowl of hot mutton soup in the dead of winter was so comforting.

Xi Zirong ate the same thing as her, but Xu Su ordered two beef pies for him. For a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, that might not even be enough.

Xu Su ate her food slowly, glancing across at the person opposite her, and asked with some concern, "Won't you be hungry tonight if you only eat this much?"

Xi Zirong shook his head. He had been silent the whole way, but he finally spoke up, "Where did you go for your two afternoon classes? I called you but you didn't answer."

In the afternoon, Xu Su saw Xi Zirong's missed call when she took out her phone, but she couldn't call back in front of Zhou Mochen.

If that person finds out she has a boyfriend, then what happened between them at school today will probably become common knowledge.

No one knows Zhou Mochen's bottom line better than Xu Su.

He could accept all of Xu Su's bad temper and all her quirks. Whether she was being difficult or making a fuss, Zhou Mochen could even accept that Xu Su disliked him. If she disliked him, so be it, as long as she didn't like anyone else.

Therefore, there was only one thing Zhou Mochen could not tolerate: that Xu Su might one day fall in love with someone else.