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

Even though he was unwilling, he knew clearly that his little girl's attitude towards him tonight was unusually enthusiastic.

Under normal circumstances, if he came to see her late at night, he would most likely only be turned away.

Even if he were forced to come out, he would only receive her sarcastic remarks. The girl was full of thorns and would not stop until she had hurt him badly.

Even so, he still came... He missed her so much.

Even if it meant he was deliberately seeking to be tormented, he still came under the stars and moon.

Xu Su was taken aback by the question, and instantly thought of Zhou Mochen, who lived like a walking corpse, and a subtle pain began to rise in her heart again.

She reached out and touched his face. Twenty-three-year-old Zhou Mochen hadn't suffered too much from unrequited love. With her being so close, he cooperated by pressing his face against hers, his eyes uncontrollably overflowing with laughter.

Xu Su could even read the taste of 'happiness' in his eyes.

He had been pursuing her for so long that he was satisfied with just a slight response from Xu Su.

Xu Su couldn't quite describe her feelings. She squinted her eyes, trying to ease the discomfort in her heart.

"Zhou Mochen...I'm sorry."

Xu Su's voice was very soft, almost a murmur, as if she were talking to someone else.

"What, you've finally had a change of heart and realized how awful you were to me before?" Zhou Mochen leaned closer, still feeling a little aggrieved as he recalled how the girl had ignored him. "I've never been in so much pain in my life."

"..." Xu Su raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious, "How much pain?"

Does she feel as much pain as she does...? Even in her spirit form, she was in so much pain...

After calming down, Xu Su was a little confused. She was full of resentment towards Zhou Mochen, but when she saw him ruin her life like that, she felt bad for him and desperately wanted to go back to her own body and wake up.

I wanted to hug him and tell him to stop crying...

"It hurts so much, I can't bear to see you in so much pain, Xu Su, I love you." Zhou Mochen kissed her cheek, his voice a little hoarse. "I liked you from the first moment I saw you, and I like you more and more. Be good to me, okay?"

He couldn't help himself and pulled the person into his arms again. "You really won't come back to Changshi with me?"

"..." We were having a nice chat, how did it suddenly start again...?

Xu Su was speechless for a moment, then patted his shoulder and said, "It's late, take me home."

"Fine, I'll listen to you and take you back." Zhou Mochen's tone was somewhat resentful, then he coaxed softly, "You really don't want me? Good Su Su, if you don't want me anymore, I'm really going to be crippled."

"..." Xu Su didn't answer his absurd words. She covered his face with her hand, pushed him away a little, raised her chin, and repeated, "Take me back."

Her stubbornness made Zhou Mochen laugh in exasperation, yet he was helpless against her, and in the end, he could only reluctantly start the car.

After being angry for less than two minutes, he couldn't help but ask again, "How about I come pick you up on the 3rd?"

"No need." Xu Su shook her head. "I came back with my classmates, and we'll go back together."

Zhou Mochen pursed his lips and said no more.

Soon, the car stopped on the road in front of Grandma Xu's house. Before getting out of the car, Xu Su thought of something and turned her head to turn Zhou Mochen's face towards her.

Seeing the obvious dark circles under his eyes, he frowned and said, "It's so late, why don't you find a hotel in Kang County to sleep? Don't drive at night."

"Worried about me?" Zhou Mochen reached out and ruffled her hair, agreeing completely. "Okay, I'll do whatever you say. I'll sleep in Kang County tonight."

......

I tiptoed home, and it was almost 3 a.m.

Xu Su lay on the bed with her eyes closed, her mind filled with thoughts of Zhou Mochen, who was thirty-five years old at the time. Could she ever go back...?

How can she get back...?

If possible, Xu Su would like to go back.

Putting aside all grudges and entanglements, this journey with the ghost made Xu Su truly understand that she didn't want Zhou Mochen to die, nor did she want him to live a life that was neither human nor ghost.

But it seems she can't go back... Even if she goes back as a soul, she can't wake up from her body.

Before falling asleep, Xu Su thought about her experiences in this life again, pondering her tangled emotional entanglements in a half-asleep, half-awake state.

Is there a solution that won't harm anyone...?

~

Xu Su woke up very late; the sun was high in the sky and everyone else was up, but she was still asleep.

Two years of high school life instilled in me a biological clock that ran from 6 a.m. to midnight, and I was defeated by staying up late.

They didn't fall asleep until four or five in the morning, and they still hadn't gotten up by midday. Huang Feng and the others knocked on the door several times.

Seeing that there was still no response from inside, they all became anxious.

Finally, Grandma Xu took out her key and opened the door. She was relieved to see Xu Su'an lying peacefully in bed, fast asleep.

"This child is under a lot of pressure at school and is too stressed. She relaxes when she gets home and sleeps soundly." Grandma Xu tidied Xu Su's messy hair and said with some heartache, "Let her sleep well. It's rare for her to get a good night's sleep."

Xu Su was completely unaware of any of this; she woke up at lunchtime.

I habitually reached for my phone to check the time and hurriedly got out of bed.

I opened the door sleepily and saw Xi Zirong explaining a problem to Chen Dong in the living room, while Chen Ni was doing her homework on the other side, surrounded by Huang Feng and Qian Jia.

Xu Ran, on the other hand, wandered around, looking here and there, occasionally giving pointers to Chen Jun, a junior high school student.

Grandma Xu wasn't there; she'd probably gone to the kitchen to help her two daughters-in-law.

Xu Su: "......"

What a harmonious and progressive scene of friendly learning! She felt gratified and grateful that her classmates were helping her younger siblings with their studies.

Xi Zirong looked up and saw the girl's long hair was disheveled, and her collar was loose, revealing a glimpse of her collarbone.

He walked over in a few steps, blocking the view of others, and said, "Sweetie, change your clothes before you come out."

Xi Zirong kept her voice very low, but her movements still attracted everyone's attention.

"Susu, you're finally awake!" Huang Feng's voice was as loud as ever. She held up Chen Ni's test paper high, trying to take credit, "I've already explained a set of questions to your sister."

Xu Su tilted her head and walked around the boy in front of her to look at her, her eyes crinkling with a smile, "Thank you, dear Fengfeng."

"Change your clothes before we talk." Xi Zirong grabbed her shoulder and straightened her collar. His thumb slid over the faint mark he had left the night before. His eyes were not innocent and made no attempt to hide his intentions, as if afraid the girl wouldn't understand his thoughts.

"..."

Xu Su shrank back half a step, brushed his hand away, turned around and went back to her room. She was a little angry that he dared to be so blatant in front of her younger siblings. If no one was around, she didn't know what he would do.

...As expected...no man is immune to desire.

Zhou Mochen, who appears glamorous and aloof, is like this.

Xi Zirong, who has a gentle and mild temperament and is always polite to everyone, is just like that.

When she came out again, she was wearing a white fitted halter dress that fell a little above her knees, with a light yellow long-sleeved sun protection cardigan over it. The light-colored outfit gave the girl a very gentle and feminine look.

Her hair was casually tied into a bun, with a few stray strands falling across her forehead, revealing her small, palm-sized face.