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

Xu Su paused for a moment, then spoke somewhat awkwardly, "It's because of a dream."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Xu Su realized that the statement was so ridiculously fake that it was laughable. If he hadn't experienced it himself, who would believe it?

But Zhou Mochen seemed oblivious. He reached out and stroked Xu Su's loose hair, kissed the top of her head, and said in a calm tone, "That sounds really interesting. Continue."

"..." Xu Su assured him, based on her understanding of Zhou Mochen from both lifetimes, that he was in a very bad mood and definitely thought she was making up lies to deceive him...

...Whether he believed it or not, there was nothing he could do; the die was cast.

“I know you don’t believe me, but it really is because of a dream.” Xu Su turned her head and rubbed her cheek against his, somewhat helplessly. “In the dream, you also liked me very much, but it was different from now. You were gloomy, violent... morbid, paranoid, and always went crazy.”

The hand that was stroking her long hair paused, indicating that she had taken it to heart.

Xu Su simply pulled his hand down, making their fingers intertwine. "Do you remember the question I asked you a few days ago? I asked you if I never liked you, would you use money to humiliate me, keep me as a mistress, and force me to be with you?"

"Your answer at the time was that you would never let me be a woman you could sleep with for money, but in my dreams, that's exactly what you did,"

"I believe your answer, and your words have made me completely certain that you are different from the one in my dream. Otherwise, I would still have some reservations, you know?... That dream was too real."

Xu Su didn't know what Zhou Mochen had gone through in his previous life that made him choose to keep the person there without hesitation.

If she had the chance to go back, she would try to find out... what Zhou Mochen from her past life was really thinking.

But she was certain that Zhou Mochen in this life was different.

Xu Su gently squeezed Zhou Mochen's stiff hand, "The truth terrifies me, and it's been affecting my feelings for you. You should have noticed that from the very beginning, I wanted to get rid of you, escape from you, not want to be soft-hearted towards you, and not want to think about what my feelings for you are..."

Zhou Mochen couldn't listen anymore. He grabbed Xu Su's waist and interrupted her, "Dreams are all fake, Xu Su. You gave me a bad review from the start just because of a dream?"

His eyes, still red, betrayed his incomprehension. "I admit that the way I pursued you at the beginning was a bit wrong, but I really didn't expect it to give you nightmares, and that you would become even more resistant to me because of a dream... So, you want to tell me that all of this is my own fault?"

His question left Xu Su speechless for a moment...

That's right. In Zhou Mochen's eyes, wasn't it all because of a dream that she disliked him...?

Xu Su remained silent for a long time, only resting her head on his shoulder before slowly speaking, "I don't want to be affected by dreams either, but I can't help it. In the beginning, when I saw you, I thought of the situation in my dream. I was both afraid and disgusted by you, and I didn't dare to make things clear to you."

As she spoke, Xu Su began to feel aggrieved. "If it were any other suitor, I would have just rejected them directly, but what about you? From the very beginning, you didn't give me the right to refuse. Zhou Mochen, think about it yourself, is that fair to me? Just because you like me doesn't mean I can't reject you!"

Given his initial behavior, it was perfectly normal for him to be ostracized and disliked; Xu Suzhen didn't think she had done anything wrong.

Zhou Mochen bent his legs and pulled the girl on his body into his arms. "Tell me everything that happened in your very realistic dream, so I can die knowing why."

He gently stroked the girl's back, then lowered his head to kiss the top of her head. "You just said that in my dream I humiliated you with money... and forced you to be with me?"

Zhou Mochen circled the word "sugar baby" several times, but still couldn't bring himself to say it.

He was both angry and furious. He simply couldn't believe that she was only sixteen when they first met, yet she could dream of such a thing, and that she would believe in a dream so deeply.

"..." Xu Su knew that the idea of ​​a dream was absurd, but her past life really did feel like a dream.

She couldn't reveal her past life experiences, otherwise, given this person's insight, he would probably notice something was amiss.

Xu Su pondered for a long time before speaking, "I don't remember exactly what happened in the dream, but the oppressive and suffocating feeling, as well as the disgust and fear I felt towards you, still lingered after I woke up."

"Really?" Zhou Mochen nodded slowly. "Then tell me what you remember clearly. You can't forget everything, can you?"

This persistent and inquisitive attitude left Xu Su feeling somewhat helpless and annoyed, and her tone became a little sharp, "What else could I remember? Something happened in my dream, and I needed your help, so you gave me money to be with you!"

Xu Su pinched his face fiercely, "In my dream, you were a sycophantic man who only knew how to use tricks and power to force me, Zhou Mochen. You deserve all the abuse I give you later, you know that?"

Thinking of Zhou Mochen with his gray hair, Xu Su's eyes suddenly reddened, and she gritted her teeth, "I won't feel sorry for you. I won't feel sorry for you even if you torture yourself to death!"

The way she looked didn't seem like she wasn't heartbroken at all.

Zhou Mochen frowned, already somewhat believing the influence of the dream on Xu Su.

"Xu Su, don't tell me that you rejected me because of a dream, but accepted me because you felt sorry for the person in the dream."

This is absolutely ridiculous...

Zhou Mochen cupped Xu Su's face in his hands, staring at her intently. "Come on, answer me, what was the reason you suddenly realized you liked me?"

Xu Su's heart skipped a beat, sensing that the atmosphere in the room, which had just eased, was starting to tense up again, and she inexplicably hesitated to speak.

But Zhou Mochen was determined to get an answer. Xu Su stammered for a long time, and finally had no choice but to stammer, "In my eyes, you are still you in my dreams, Zhou Mochen. You dream about what you think about during the day, right? You can't even mind the person in your dreams, can you?"

Feeling sorry for him in my dream, so I chose to accept him in real life?

Zhou Mochen had considered countless reasons why Xu Su had suddenly changed her attitude, but he never imagined that the truth would be so absurd!

If her affections are determined by a dream, then what about him? What about all the effort he's put into pursuing her over the past two years?

What kind of dream could have had such a profound impact on her?

Zhou Mochen was torn between caring about Xi Zirong's presence at her school and caring about the damned version of herself in her dream!

For a moment, his expression turned sinister, which Xu Su saw clearly as she faced him. She felt somewhat helpless; was he really going to fight the person in her dream?

This was all without knowing that everything in her dream was based on her own experiences...