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

"..." Xu Su glared at him fiercely.

This person is already trying to justify himself. It's obvious that Zhou Mochen promised her he wouldn't come to school to disturb her studies, but he came without a word and didn't even say hello.

It's hard not to suspect that he's either checking up on his girlfriend to see if she's really keeping her distance from male classmates at school.

Or perhaps they guessed that Xu Su might not obediently listen and eat some bland food...

Xu Su felt like crying but had no tears left. She was unlucky to have been caught by him not following the doctor's orders, which gave this man an excuse to basically reveal his identity.

Xu Su knew without even thinking how the classmates would talk after Zhou Mochen's series of intimate actions.

Judging from his attitude just now, he doesn't seem like an ordinary friend!

The cafeteria at the city's No. 1 High School has private rooms, but Xu Su hadn't been there in over five years, across both her past and present lives. This was also the first time she'd dined at the same table with the school leaders, and it was all thanks to Zhou Mochen's connections...

Zhou Mochen was ushered to the seat of honor. He naturally pulled out a chair and waited for Xu Su to sit down before casually sitting down next to her.

The table was already laden with various dishes, and several school leaders whose names Xu Su couldn't recall enthusiastically introduced them to Zhou Mochen one by one, repeatedly saying they were the specialty dishes of the No. 1 Middle School of the city.

Xu Su: "......"

She, a genuine student from the city's No. 1 High School, had never eaten any of them.

Everyone was waiting for Zhou Mochen to start eating.

He seemed completely unaware of this. When the squirrel-shaped mandarin fish was introduced, a school leader whose name Xu Su couldn't recall praised the dish to the skies, saying it was a specialty of a chef from the No. 1 Middle School in the city.

Zhou Mochen finally seemed interested and picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, placing it in Xu Su's bowl.

After carefully checking to make sure there were no bones, he smiled and said to Xu Su, "You like to eat fish, come on, try the fish from your school and see how it tastes."

Seeing that Xu Su was silent with a straight face, he took the mango juice from the table and poured it for her, then began to coax her as usual, "Don't make me angry, Su Su. If you want to eat spicy food, I won't stop you once your wound has healed. Just bear with it for the next few days, okay?"

"..." The table fell silent. Xu Su's face flushed red, and she couldn't say a word.

Her homeroom teacher, Ms. Wu, was only two seats away. Being coaxed like this by Zhou Mochen in front of her teachers made Xu Su feel ashamed and angry.

She reached her hand under the table toward Zhou Mochen and pinched his thigh hard.

Xu Su was quite strong; even the usually calm and collected Young Master Zhou's face twisted for a moment, but he managed to regain his composure.

Knowing his girlfriend was embarrassed, Zhou Mochen knew when to stop. He gently told everyone not to be reserved and to relax before the lively conversation at the table began.

Seeing that everyone's attention was no longer focused on them, Xu Su silently breathed a sigh of relief and began to pick up the fish in her bowl. While eating, she listened to everyone's conversation, and as she listened, she roughly understood.

Zhou Mochen's visit to the school was impromptu. Although he had donated a lot to the No. 1 Middle School of the city, he had only come twice. The teaching building he donated was almost completed, but he had not shown up at all.

With such a wealthy and powerful client arriving this time, the school leaders in charge of diplomacy and finance couldn't help but be eager to help.

It was lunchtime, so we invited many school leaders, including Mr. Wu, the head of the senior year, to join us. We had originally planned to eat at a hotel outside the school.

Who knew that Zhou Mochen himself said he wanted to see the cafeteria environment of the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and the school leaders had no reason to refuse, so they brought people over without stopping.

As it turned out, they happened to see Xu Su eating a bowl of hot and sour noodles...

Xu Su really admired Zhou Mochen. The cafeteria on the first floor was really big, and it was lunchtime, so there were a lot of people. Yet, he was able to find himself among so many students dressed the same.

At the dinner table, a middle-aged man addressed as Principal Zeng suddenly stood up, holding his wine glass. "President Zhou, thank you so much for your help to our school's educational endeavors. The scholarship you donated has helped countless students with excellent grades but from impoverished families who can only change their lives through education."

"From what I know personally, there are many high-achieving but impoverished students who have been able to continue their studies thanks to generous scholarships. On behalf of those students who have received your help, I would like to raise a toast to you." Principal Zeng spoke earnestly and drank the baijiu in his glass in one gulp.

Immediately, people nearby cheered.

Zhou Mochen smiled as well. He picked up a piece of dried bamboo shoot with his chopsticks and placed it in Xu Su's bowl with a normal expression. Then, he lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, and Huang Chao immediately filled his glass with wine. It seemed that he was going to drink.

Xu Su was a little surprised. As far as she knew, although Zhou Mochen was not cold to anyone and seemed easy to talk to, he always had a limit to his actions, such as not easily accepting toasts from others.

He doesn't drink just anyone's toast; it depends on his mood and the person.

As for Zhou Mochen, whom Xu Su knew, no matter what kind of party it was, or what the other person's status was, or how eloquent their toast was, he was willing to let his assistant drink a glass of wine as a token of respect.

There's nothing they can do; they were born into privilege and have the right to look down on everyone else.

But now, he actually accepted a toast from a vice principal in a middle school in a small city that doesn't even qualify as a third-tier city, and drank a full glass of baijiu.

A bottle of wine that might not cost more than five hundred.

Xu Su stared blankly, even the rice in her bowl no longer tasted good.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Mochen wanted to ruffle the girl's hair, but after seeing the neat bun, he put his hand on her ear and gently pinched it. "Why are you spacing out instead of eating properly?"

He leaned very close, and his breath reeked of alcohol. Xu Su stepped back, looking disgusted. "Stay away from me, it smells awful."

Baijiu (Chinese liquor) does have a very strong smell, and Xu Su herself doesn't particularly like it, let alone the smell on other people.

Her blatant disdain made Zhou Mochen laugh out loud in anger. He opened a bottle of mineral water and took a few sips to barely suppress his anger. He then made a helpless gesture to another school leader who came to offer a toast, saying, "You all saw it too. My girlfriend doesn't let me get close to her because she thinks I drink. I can't drink anymore."

He pointed to Huang Chao next to him, "Don't spoil everyone's fun, Huang Chao, why don't you have a few drinks with them?"

"!!!" Xu Su looked up and glared at him, "Zhou Mochen!"

He actually said she was his girlfriend in front of so many school leaders!

Although his attitude was ambiguous, anyone with eyes could see the relationship between the two of them, but Xu Su had an ostrich-like personality at heart and was determined not to break the ice until the very last step.

She's still a student! How could she just publicly announce her relationship in front of her teachers like that? Xu Su was a little at a loss.