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

If that day ever comes, let's not do it in front of her...

Xu Su seemed to be able to vaguely understand how Xi Zirong felt when she witnessed Shen Chen kissing her.

She couldn't even bear to think about it; seeing Xi Zirong in person would only make her more heartbroken.

Her eyes welled up with tears, and Xu Su turned to look out the car window, belatedly realizing that she wanted to cry.

She hated Shen Chen to the core, and she hated herself too.

How could anyone hurt Xi Zirong like that?

She's a terrible person!

Xi Zirong can't accept it right now, but once she gets over it, she'll probably hate her to death...

The feeling of guilt didn't last long before my phone in my pocket started vibrating.

It was past midnight. According to the schedule, school should have been over long ago, enough time for Xu Su to walk out of the school gate and meet Zhou Mochen.

Looking at the incoming call notification, Xu Su hesitated.

"Take it."

Xu Su paused, embarrassed and at a loss for what to do, and decisively pressed the hang-up button.

Soon, a text message came in on my phone.

It undoubtedly belongs to Zhou Mochen.

Zhou Dafeng's comment: [Sweetie, are you still not out? Did the teacher keep us late?]

Xu Su held her phone, feeling a bit of a headache. She didn't plan to reply to the text message in front of Xi Zirong.

She was wrong to insist on breaking up, especially since her boyfriend caught her kissing someone else...

Xu Su simply couldn't bring herself to reply to her new boyfriend's messages in front of her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had just broken up...

Fortunately, Zhou Mochen probably thought the teacher had really gone overtime and didn't call again.

The car was quiet. Seeing that Xu Su didn't answer the phone, Xi Zirong glanced at her and forced a smile, but it didn't reach her eyes. "Should I thank you for at least showing me some leniency?"

Her hand holding the phone trembled, and she almost dropped it. Xu Su felt inexplicably embarrassed. "Don't do this... don't say anything more."

Xi Zirong indeed stopped talking... His smile faded, and he focused on driving.

He drove very fast, and just after 12:30, the car entered the gate of No. 1 Middle School. Passing by the familiar alley, Xu Su could still see the black Land Rover parked quietly in the old spot.

Zhou Mochen was waiting for her.

"Stop the car."

By 12:30, most day students had left school to go home for lunch, and most boarding students had gone to the cafeteria. The school gate was very quiet.

Xi Zirong gently pressed the accelerator and stopped the car as instructed.

Before getting out of the car, Xu Su couldn't help but look back at him.

The boy was thin and slender, with one hand on the steering wheel and the other resting casually on the car window, just like the handsome and aloof academic genius I first met when we started high school.

Seeing that Xu Su was about to leave, he didn't even turn his head. After Xu Su got out of the car, he stepped on the gas and drove away quickly without any hesitation.

Only the rear of the car remained, still smoking.

Xu Su's face fell...

Sure enough, no one can be nice to an ex who has fallen for someone else and is determined to break up.

...This is fine, this is fine.

Time heals all wounds; all the shame and pain of today will one day be forgotten and healed.

Xu Su pursed her lips and got into the car, pushing away Zhou Mochen's eager face without saying a word.

"What? Did you get scolded by the teacher?"

Zhou Mochen waited for her for almost an hour without getting annoyed. Glancing at Xu Su's clearly unhappy face, he started the car and turned to coax her, "Did you take a few days off and fall behind in your classes? How about I find you some tutors?"

"No need, just ignore me, I'll calm down by myself." Xu Su didn't want to talk at all.

She rolled down the car window, unbothered by the heatwave sweeping in from outside. She placed her hands together on the scorching hot window, then rested her chin on the back of her hands, gazing intently at the scenery outside under the blazing sun.

I'm not worried at all about getting a tan or sunburn.

Zhou Mochen frowned as he looked at Xu Su's back; his darling seemed to be in a bad mood.

He wasn't being temperamental with himself; he was perfectly fine when he took her to school this morning.

That means something happened at school that affected your child's mood.

It's normal to have worries. If his girlfriend is willing to talk about it, he will listen attentively and do his best to help her solve the problem. If she is unwilling to talk about it, he will allow her to have her own space.

Zhou Mochen was determined to fulfill his role as a boyfriend perfectly, to be the best he could be, given his hard-won girlfriend.

We absolutely must not let her feel restricted.

After making this decision, Zhou Mochen did not disturb Xu Su again, nor did he make any inappropriate moves to stop her from sunbathing.

It wasn't until they were waiting at a traffic light that he gently patted Xu Su's back, his voice extremely gentle, "Why don't you tell your brother what happened? I'll take care of it for you, okay?"

Xu Su didn't turn her head, twisting her waist to avoid his hand, "Zhou Mochen, don't bother me."

As they were talking, the rear window of a Mercedes-Benz waiting at the green light next to the Land Rover was rolled down, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.

Xu Su glanced at it and then looked away, only to look back a second later...

This person looks familiar...

Before she could even remember who this middle-aged man was, he spoke first, "Don't you recognize me? Su Su."

The man's voice was clearly smiling, yet it had an inexplicable stickiness to it.

Before Xu Su's brain could react, goosebumps rose on her body from the familiar sensation.

Looking at the man's face again, I finally remembered that this was the boss of Li Tingting's husband at her wedding.

That guy, what's his name, General Manager Zhao...

Xu Su got goosebumps from being called "Su Su classmate" by this greasy old man, feeling as helpless as being stared at by a toad.

Just as he was wondering what to say, he felt a tightness on his right shoulder. Zhou Mochen reached out and pulled Xu Su away from the car window. He had clearly heard the man's words outside the car as well.

With a stern face, Zhou Mochen looked out of the car. Without Xu Su's obstruction, he could finally see the other person's face.

They only exchanged a brief glance before the light turned green, and the other car went first.

Zhou Mochen turned his gaze away expressionlessly, started the car, and couldn't help but chuckle, "How come just anyone dares to have feelings for you? Tell me, where did you meet him?"

He didn't take the old man seriously at all; his young girl was obviously coveted by many, as evidenced by his own reaction.

However, simply having thoughts about it isn't enough... nor is looking at it with that kind of gaze.

Xu Su noticed that his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel...

It's clear that Zhou Mochen isn't as 'calm and composed' as he appears at this moment.

However, she could understand. Even Xu Su herself felt extremely uncomfortable being coveted by a middle-aged man, let alone her boyfriend, Young Master Zhou.

Given his possessiveness, Xu Su would believe him if he said he wanted to gouge out the other person's eyes.

As the car slid into the garage, Xu Su got out and her hand was immediately grabbed. Zhou Mochen pulled her toward the elevator while speaking softly, "Why won't you tell me? Sweetie, this old man has impure motives towards you. I have to take care of him, otherwise he'll think you're an easy girl to bully."