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

These words left Xu Su speechless, as if his own motives were entirely pure.

I wanted to take her home and protect her the moment I saw her, but I get upset when other people have the same idea...

“I’ve noted down his license plate number. It won’t take long to check.” In the entryway, Zhou Mochen took out her pink slippers. Seeing that she was unwilling to answer, he wasn’t angry. “If you don’t want to talk about it, then don’t. You’re not going to fall for that old man anyway.”

If any man today were ten or twenty years younger, and Xu Su still maintained this unwilling attitude, Zhou Mochen might have started to overthink things.

Now, Zhou Mochen still has that much confidence. If Xu Su could really turn down him and fall for this fat old man in his forties, that would be truly outrageous.

Actually, it wasn't that Xu Su was unwilling to say it; it was just that she hadn't thought of how to phrase it yet.

If Zhou Mochen found out she had toasted this old man with a glass of baijiu, who knows how angry he would be...

Shen Chen, dressed in pajamas, was originally on the sofa with a laptop, replying to emails. Upon hearing Zhou Mochen's words, he immediately stood up and looked over.

While Xu Su hesitated, Shen Chen spoke up, raising an eyebrow with great interest, "What old man?"

"..." Just when Zhou Mochen had finally stopped asking, Shen Chen brought it up again.

"Why are you so curious!" Xu Su gave him a disapproving look, washed her hands, and prepared to eat.

Why did Shen Chen stay in Changshi for so many days?

It's almost 1 a.m. She ate very little this morning because she was in a rush, and she's starving. Zhou Mochen promised to bring her food, but he ended up taking her home to eat instead.

When I arrived at the restaurant after washing my hands, the two men were already waiting at my table.

They were clearly all waiting for her without having eaten.

Xu Su felt a little embarrassed, thinking that she didn't have that much face and didn't need to be so formal.

Shen Chen was learning about the 'older man' from Zhou Mochen, and he was extremely curious as he looked at the girl across from him obediently eating her rice.

"Xu, I don't think you're the type to have fun. You're always at school. It's quite unbelievable that you know Brother Zhou. Where did you meet that old man?"

Xu Su paused, hearing his address, and was reminded of Mr. Zhao's "classmate Su Su"...

"I heard he even calls you 'Classmate Su Su'..." Shen Chen clicked his tongue lightly, saying with disdain, "This old man actually knows your name."

Xu Su put down her bowl, feeling utterly disgusted. "Can't I just have a proper meal? He keeps yelling like that, it's already nauseating enough, and you keep bringing it up!"

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it anymore. Eat your food." Shen Chen used serving chopsticks to put a piece of beef jerky into Xu Su's bowl, smiling. "Eat more, you're still growing."

Zhou Mochen paused in serving Xu Su, glanced at Shen Chen expressionlessly, and then narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the other party start eating naturally.

Xu Su didn't notice anything wrong. She was still growing. Although she was already 1.68 meters tall, high school students are mental workers, so how could she not eat more?

She quickly ate two bowls of overflowing rice, plus a bowl of old duck soup, and even finished the braised beef that Shen Chen had put on her plate before putting down her chopsticks. She was truly a rice connoisseur.

At least Shen Chen had never seen any other girl eat like that in front of him.

His female companions, regardless of age or profession, all had small appetites; most of them would only eat a few bites before shyly declaring they were full.

After finishing her meal, Xu Su didn't leave the restaurant immediately. She held the black tea brewed by the aunt and watched Zhou Mochen eat with a smile.

This person was so busy serving her food that they barely ate any themselves.

Good-looking people eat well, especially young master Zhou, whose table manners, honed by a centuries-old family, are truly pleasing to the eye and can even improve one's mood.

Once he was in a good mood, Xu Su was willing to talk, since he figured he could find out anyway.

Xu Su never doubted Zhou Mochen's extensive connections and influence. Even without the Zhou family, his personal strength was not to be underestimated in Chang City. Investigating a leader of a telecommunications bureau would be a piece of cake for him.

She took a small sip of hot tea and decided to give him a heads-up, "Zhou Mochen, I'll tell you how we met, you can't be angry with me."

This statement was ambiguous. Not only Zhou Mochen, but even Shen Chen stopped what he was doing. The smile on his face disappeared completely, and he looked over in silence.

Zhou Mochen seemed to be imagining something, his voice icy as he asked, "You know I don't get angry with you easily, so Su Su, what did that old man do to you?"

"...I didn't do anything, I just toasted him." Affected by the inexplicably heavy atmosphere, Xu Su timidly held up one finger and explained earnestly, "A glass of baijiu (Chinese liquor)."

"Tsk, it's your cousin's wedding again, isn't it?" Shen Chen instantly understood. His brows relaxed, and his smile became sarcastic. "I thought you were quite sharp-tongued with me? How come you're being forced to toast people in such a setting?"

After figuring it out, he switched to sarcasm, "I thought you didn't like red wine and wanted to try baijiu, but it turns out you were forced to drink it by an old man?"

Xu Su hated Shen Chen's tone the most; it was the kind of tone where he would argue back even if he was wrong.

She began to argue, "I wasn't forced to drink! My sister is pregnant, and I volunteered to toast her. Those people are my brother-in-law's superiors. Is it wrong for me not to want my brother-in-law to be treated unfairly?"

Xu Su still doesn't think she did anything wrong. She's so considerate of the bigger picture and knows how to be reasonable.

If it weren't for those old men pushing their luck, demanding her contact information after drinking, with their lecherous and malicious looks, this would have been a happy ending for everyone.

Unfortunately, neither Shen Chen nor Zhou Mochen thought so.

Zhou Mochen only then realized that the girl had actually drunk baijiu that day. He laughed out loud in anger, "You're really something, Xu Su. How strong is baijiu? You've hardly ever drunk any alcohol, and you downed a whole glass in one go?"

Perhaps getting angrier as he spoke, he asked the aunt to take a bottle of Lai Mao liquor from the cabinet, opened it in a few quick movements, and filled two glasses with the liquor. “If you can drink with ‘those’ old men, drink one with me too.”

He said the word "those" through gritted teeth.

Xu Su didn't expect such a strong reaction from him; it was just a toast, something she'd done before.

Just as I was about to refuse, I suddenly smelled the rich aroma of wine...

It moved...

The cravings for alcohol in Xu Su's stomach stirred...

Zhou Mochen's collection of wines are all exceptional. Needless to say, the ones in the capital are worth mentioning. Although this isn't his main base, it's where he's lived for two years, so the value of this bottle of wine is definitely no less than six figures.

In her past life, this person wouldn't let her drink baijiu (Chinese liquor). Now that the opportunity was right in front of her, Xu Su, as if afraid he would change his mind, quickly picked up a small wine cup, her face full of pride, and said, "Okay, I'll have a drink with you."