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

"No, no, it's our fault. Su Su, please ask your friend to be lenient and let your brother-in-law go."

Li Tingting's voice was hoarse and she was very anxious: "Your brother-in-law didn't lay a hand on me that day. If your friend wants revenge, let him take revenge on someone else. Just for the sake of my unborn child, please let him go. Your brother-in-law can't lose his job!"

Xu Su frowned, quickly stood up, and asked as she walked out of the classroom, "...What happened?"

On the phone, Li Tingting was too anxious and her story was incoherent. Xu Su listened patiently and understood the gist of the matter.

Shen Chen acted quickly. Over the past few days, Luo Shaofeng's friends at the table have all had different kinds of bad luck. Losing their jobs was the least of their worries; several of them ended up in jail.

Luo Shaofeng was the last one to be affected. When that Boss Zhao got into trouble a while ago, he even joined in the fun and kicked him when he was down. He never expected that it would be his turn to be affected.

He held the lowest rank, and while he hadn't embezzled or accepted bribes, he had made a mistake at work and was about to be fired.

Since the wedding, anyone who offended Xu Su at the wedding banquet has been in trouble. Although there is no concrete evidence to suggest that she is involved, the couple is not stupid. After thinking about it for a moment, and considering that the man who caused the trouble was not detained and was only paid for medical expenses before disappearing, they realized that he had disappeared.

Li Tingting and her husband knew perfectly well that their sister's friend was someone of great importance.

And so this phone call took place.

At this moment, Xu Su also thought of what Shen Chen had said that day.

He said, "Your cousin-in-law is a scoundrel. I'll settle accounts with him too. You won't protect him, will you?"

Hearing Li Tingting's plea on the other end of the phone, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Li Tingting spoke intermittently for a long time, but seeing that Xu Su remained silent, she suddenly burst into tears, "I'm begging you, I'm due to give birth in a few months. If your brother-in-law loses his job, my child and I will starve. It's a secure job!"

Working at the telecommunications bureau is indeed a highly sought-after job in a small county. If you get fired, you'll probably have no choice but to go out and find work elsewhere. But what's better than working from home when you're far from home?

Moreover, they don't even know if losing their jobs is just the beginning or already over.

What if there are other retaliatory measures waiting for us?

Li Tingting's crying made Xu Su feel terrible. She thought of how good her aunt Chen Shumei had been to her since she was a child. If Li Tingting was not doing well, her aunt would worry even more.

Not wanting to put her aunt in a difficult position, Xu Su walked out of the teaching building, found a bench under the shade of a tree, and sat down. She gently reassured her aunt on her phone, "Sister Tingting, you're still pregnant, don't worry. I'll ask my friend if he did it. If he did, I'll make him stop."

Li Tingting readily agreed and urged her to go and ask quickly, afraid of wasting time, and hung up the phone soon.

"..." Xu Su glanced at her watch; it wasn't even one o'clock yet. Thinking it was lunch break, she pulled out Shen Chen's phone and dialed it.

Shen Chen was having dinner with a group of people, and his phone was on the table. He didn't see it for a moment when Xu Su called.

It was someone who was on good terms with him who glanced at him and called out, "Young Master Shen, your phone is ringing. Which school is this Xu girl from? That nickname is quite interesting."

Shen Chen was stunned, thinking he had misheard. He only realized what was happening when he got his phone in his hand. He answered the call and got up to leave.

As for Xu Su, after she dialed the number, it rang several times before she got through.

It was noisy on the other end, so Xu Su called out twice, "Shen Chen, are you listening?"

"I'm listening." Shen Chen opened the door and walked out. The surroundings instantly fell silent. He leaned against the wall, his voice unconsciously softening, "Xu Su, what's wrong?"

What's wrong..

Xu Su paused, feeling inexplicably embarrassed. This person had stood up for her, gotten injured, and then she was protecting him...

Thinking of how badly Li Tingting cried, Xu Su hesitated for two seconds before deciding to talk to him properly: "Shen Chen, how about you do me a favor?"

"Well, you said."

"...Are you that easy to talk to?"

Shen Chen chuckled: "When have I ever been difficult to talk to, Xu? What do you need me to do? Just say it."

"..." Xu Su felt that his attitude was a bit off. She couldn't figure it out and was too lazy to think about it. She tentatively asked, "Then you have to promise me that you won't get angry, and you must keep your word."

These words made Shen Chen frown. Before he could speak, the door to the private room beside him was opened, and someone came out. Seeing that he was about to speak, he was startled by Shen Chen's serious expression.

Shen Chen glanced at him, without even making a gesture, took a few steps toward the corridor window with his phone in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't tell me that you haven't broken up with your little boyfriend yet, and that you want me to help you with something."

Xu Su was speechless: "...What kind of thoughts are you having?"

"I guessed wrong? So you've already broken up?" Shen Chen's tone rose slightly as he asked doubtfully, "But apart from that, I can't think of anything else that would make me angry."

Seeing that he was going off on a tangent, Xu Su quickly steered the conversation back on track: "...It's about my brother-in-law, Shen Chen, so...why don't you just stop targeting my brother-in-law?"

Shen Chen was silent for a moment, then said, "Aren't you going to teach him a lesson at all? You know your cousin-in-law bears a lot of responsibility for your injury, right?"

Xu Su was taken aback; she hadn't expected him to say that. He sounded even more concerned than she, the person involved...

"...I know, but my sister is pregnant. She just called me and kept crying. Shen Chen, it really hurt me to hear that."

"...Fine, if you want to be a good person, then I'll let you be one."

Shen Chen didn't hesitate for long before saying, "I knew you'd be soft-hearted. I didn't do anything to your cousin-in-law anyway..."

Hearing that he agreed so easily, Xu Su felt relieved. "Then thank you. I'll treat you to a meal when I go to Beijing."

So it seems Shen Chen isn't so bad after all.

A laugh came from the other end of the phone, "Sure, I'll be waiting. When are you coming to Beijing? I'm available anytime if Xu is treating."

"..." She was just being polite, but she didn't expect him to take it seriously. Xu Su thought for a moment and replied perfunctorily, "Let's wait until after my college entrance exam."

After chatting for so long, Xu Su was about to hang up, but Shen Chen seemed to be engrossed in the conversation.

He then asked, "Is the university you're going to study in Beijing? Which university are you planning to apply to?"

Xu Su paused, her hand poised to hang up. "My first choice is B University."

"What about the second one?"

"There's no second place; I'm going to Peking University!"

Shen Chen chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting for you to become my junior."

".....!" Xu Su was somewhat incredulous. "You graduated from Peking University?"

"Look down on me? Wait until you come to Beijing, I'll show you my graduation certificate. I was a top student back in the day, you know?"

"..oh."