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

Feeling the weight in his hand, Wan Youping inwardly cursed the beast, but not wanting to reveal his true colors in front of his female classmates, he could only force a smile and say, "Don't worry, class monitor, I guarantee I'll complete the task."

After watching the three male students enter the men's dormitory, Xi Zirong turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Being stared at like that by a boy, Huang Feng finally felt a little embarrassed about her purpose.

Xu Su didn't think anything of it. Looking at this exam genius, she said directly, "Class monitor, I need to ask for leave. I have menstrual cramps."

The boy was taken aback, and the next second, his ears visibly turned red. "Ah, okay."

Backlit, Xu Su couldn't see the other person's expression clearly. Hearing that he had agreed to her leave, she breathed a slight sigh of relief and thanked him with a smile: "Then I won't go to report this afternoon. Class monitor, please don't record my absence."

On the way back, Huang Feng's cheeks were flushed, and she clung tightly to Xu Su's arm, "Ahhh! You actually said it directly!"

"..." Xu Su was somewhat speechless. "If I don't say it directly, how should I say it?"

"I thought you would say you had an upset stomach or something else. It would be so awkward to just say it directly."

Young girls often find it difficult to talk about menstruation. Xu Su didn't feel embarrassed, but Huang Feng was still in a daze.

She really didn't expect Xu Su to directly say that she had menstrual cramps.

“This is a normal physiological phenomenon, every girl has it, what’s there to be embarrassed about?” Xu Su linked arms with Huang Feng, and as they walked, she rested her head on Huang Feng’s shoulder, saying intimately, “My stomach hurts so much, let me lean on you.”

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After lunch break, Xu Su was the only one left in the dormitory. She lay on the bed for a while, and around 3 p.m., she felt less uncomfortable, so she started packing her things to go home. Today was the last day of military training.

Teacher Wu notified us last night that day students can go home after the military training this afternoon, and classes will officially begin tomorrow, September 1st.

Xu Su packed her change of clothes, thin blanket, pillow, and school uniform in a large bag. In the bath tub were soap, mosquito coils, shampoo, and floral water—things that Chen Shulan had repeatedly told her to take back if she hadn't used them all.

Finally, looking at the straw mat on the bed, I realized it was the cheapest one I had bought. After sleeping on it for ten days, it was already frayed and wouldn't be of any use to me. I was also afraid that Chen Shulan would nag me, so I decided to roll it up and put it in the bucket.

After I had almost finished packing, I heard a great commotion coming from downstairs.

The ten-day military training finally came to an end, and a group of freshmen who had already tanned several shades darker ran back to their dormitories.

Huang Feng, one of only two day students in dormitory 215, was the first to rush back to pack her luggage.

As soon as she entered, she ran into Xu Su, who was getting ready to leave school. She quickly stopped her, saying, "It's inconvenient for you to take the bus with so much stuff. Wait here, my brother will come to pick me up, and we'll go together."

Xu Su shook her head and refused: "No need, your house is not on the same way as mine, I can take the bus by myself, there is a bus at the school gate that goes to my house."

The ten-day military training was enough time for the two of them to find out where the other lived.

Huang Feng's family lives in the new urban area, where many detached houses with excellent greenery have been built in the past two years. Her family has only recently moved there.

Xu Su's family lives in the old industrial area, which is quite far away, one in the south and one in the north. If he really wanted to ride in Huang Chao's car, he would have to take a detour.

Since they were not related, Xu Su was reluctant to trouble her friend's brother.

Moreover, he was Zhou Mochen's assistant, so Xu Su wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

“It’s okay. I’m worried about you going home alone in this state. Anyway, my brother is going to take me home, so it won’t take much more effort if you go too. How about this, I’ll call him and ask if he has time. If he’s not free, we can take the bus together.”

Huang Feng took out her phone from the metal cabinet and dialed the number without giving anyone a chance to refuse.

"..." Xu Su silently took out a mirror and looked at herself. She looked a little darker and more haggard, but nothing else.

It's just my period, plus the military training these past few days, I look a bit tired. Why do I look so frail...?

However, since it was a friend's kind offer, Xu Su couldn't very well refuse outright.

She secretly hoped that Huang Chao wouldn't have time, so she could take the bus home with Huang Feng. Even if they weren't on the same bus, at least they could go to the station together.

Meanwhile, Huang Chao was driving.

His phone was on silent, but the vibration of an incoming call was still very noticeable in the quiet car. Huang Chao glanced at his phone screen and finally remembered that he had promised his younger sister that he would pick her up after her military training.

Huang Chao hesitated for a moment. He carefully glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror. His boss was in the car. Without permission, he dared not answer the phone while driving.

Zhou Mochen glanced at his vibrating phone, his face expressionless, and gestured with his chin, "Answer it."

To avoid interfering with driving, Huang Chao pressed the speakerphone button.

As soon as the call connected, Huang Feng's loud voice rang out from inside the car: "Brother, my military training is over. Do you have time to come pick me up?"

The car was just passing through an intersection when Huang Chao turned on his left turn signal and shouted into his phone, "If you have time, just wait for me at the school gate. I'll be there soon after I'm done here."

Huang Feng knew Xu Su was worried about the trouble, so to put her mind at ease, he immediately asked, "I have a classmate here, the one you met last time. She lives in that old industrial area in the north of the city. She has too much stuff, and it's inconvenient for her to take the bus. Brother, could you give her a ride?"

Huang Chao readily agreed to this small matter, saying, "Just wait for me at the entrance of No. 1 Middle School. I'll be there in about half an hour."

After the brief call ended, Huang Chao prepared to drop off the large man in the back seat at his destination before heading to pick up his younger sister.

Just as the car was about to enter the underground parking garage of a high-end residential complex, the person in the back seat spoke up.

"Don't go back yet."

Huang Chao reacted quickly with his right foot, applying the brakes, and turned his head to look at the back seat.

Zhou Mochen said, "Your sister reminded me that I haven't visited Grandpa these past few days. I'll take this opportunity to go to the old industrial area and see how the factory relocation is going."

Zhou Mochen preferred peace and quiet, so after arriving in Changshi, he declined the warm invitation from his maternal grandparents and instead bought an apartment in Yupin Central.

It's not far from the new school district of the No. 1 Middle School in the city, so Huang Chao was able to say on the phone that he would arrive in half an hour.

Meanwhile, Huang Feng hung up the phone and excitedly told Xu Su, "You heard it, right? My brother is a really nice guy. He'll take you home first, and I'll enjoy the scenery."

Xu Su smiled and said, "Okay, then you should hurry up and pack your things."

She knew that Huang Feng's words meant that she shouldn't take this help to heart. Xu Su was actually very touched, but she was too embarrassed to say anything too mushy.