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

"...No means no." Fearing that this person would lose control, Xu Su quickly got up and moved away from him. "If you keep doing this, I'm going back to school."

They've only been here a few days, and this person is already acting like a teddy bear in heat...

Zhou Mochen propped himself up on the sofa, half-lying down with his eyes closed, his hand covering his forehead, his breathing slightly labored.

After a long while, he put down his hand and looked up at Xu Su. Seeing her standing far away, still looking wary, he sighed helplessly, "You really don't know how to care for people."

"..." Feeling inexplicably guilty under his gaze, Xu Su steeled herself and ignored him.

Zhou Mochen coaxed her softly for a long time, and finally went to the bathroom with a resentful look on his face, not coming out until dinner time.

At the dinner table, he didn't say a word, but when the two accidentally made eye contact, he would look at them with a resentful expression... just like a lonely, resentful woman confined to her chambers.

Xu Su: "..."

She was truly speechless. After several attempts, Xu Su simply lowered her eyes and avoided looking at him, afraid that she would soften her heart.

While eating, she silently thought: It's me who will suffer if I feel sorry for a man!

After dinner, Xu Su went to Zhou Mochen's study to play games, but this time she didn't use his computer.

In Zhou Mochen's study, Xu Su had her own set of e-sports equipment.

The room was fully furnished with desks and chairs, which were placed next to Zhou Mochen's desk. He followed him in, and the two sat facing each other, one working and the other playing games.

As a senior high school student, she only had time to play "Immortal Continent" on weekend evenings.

There were too many people in the Qingxuan Sect's main group, so Xu Su didn't speak. However, she would occasionally pop up in that elite small group.

The main reason was that she didn't want her master to forget that she had such a disciple, after all, she was a powerful figure she had finally managed to latch onto.

However, Xu Su was busy with his studies and had limited time to chat in the group, so he wasn't very active in speaking in the group. If it weren't for the fact that the master-disciple relationship was real, Master Nanyang would probably have forgotten that he even had a disciple.

Although the elite group has fewer than thirty members, it is still quite lively. Most of the daily group chats revolve around discussing in-game missions.

Or it could be a gang fight, or occasionally there are recruitment criteria or something like that.

It's a big group with a lot of things to do. Xu Su likes to lurk in the group during his free time, silently watching the big shots chat.

Over the past few days, she has learned that most of the elites of Qingxuan Sect are college students in real life, and they have enough time to immerse themselves in the game. However, there are also a few overworked office workers.

There are others like Xu Su who are high school students. Xi Ka, an outer sect elder who was assigned to recruit new members within the sect this month, is also a senior high school student.

This time, Xu Su informed Nan Yang in advance before logging on. Nan Yang, being a responsible mentor, took two hours to help his rarely online apprentice level up.

I guided her on how to operate the game, how to dodge damage, and how to use skills. I explained everything in general terms.

He also gifted her a top-grade cultivation technique for the Qi Refining stage, saying that practicing it every morning in the game would be twice as effective.

While Xu Su was grinding monsters to level up, her attention was drawn to the group chat messages...

It's the weekend, and the group chat is unusually lively. Everyone is actively discussing a newly discovered secret realm map in the Xianxia world and deciding which elder to send to lead the expedition.

In the game "Immortal World," the secret realms are like dungeons. They spawn at any time without any pattern, and usually contain extremely rare and precious materials.

Every time a small secret realm appears, there will be a warning two days in advance so that players can prepare. All the major factions will spare no effort in competing for resources within it.

The new dungeon will refresh next Wednesday, which happens to be a work or study day. Even Si Xuan, the sect leader who rarely posts in the group, made a brief appearance because of this.

Since it was a weekday, the team leader couldn't be weak. But there were only so many powerful figures in a sect, and they all needed to be online on the day the secret realm opened. That's when the strength of a major sect came into play, and several powerful figures in the elite group volunteered.

Although Xu Su was in the elite group, it wasn't her place to express her opinion on this kind of topic. She had to attend classes on Wednesdays, and she didn't even have time to become a disciple and broaden her horizons.

In the group, several big shots, including her master Nanyang Zhenren, said they were available on Wednesday. In the end, Si Xuan made the final decision: Elders Nanyang and Guyue would lead the team. Nearly a hundred disciples in the disciple group volunteered to sign up.

After screening, thirty people were selected.

After accepting the mission, Nanyang tapped Xu Su in the game: "My dear disciple, want to go together on Wednesday?"

The master and apprentice went out to level up without specifically teaming up, so they weren't using voice chat; the question was sent via text in the chat box.

Xu Su quickly replied: "Master, I'm a senior in high school this year, and I only have time to play games on weekend evenings."

Nanyang: "I almost forgot you're a senior in high school, but how come Sika, a senior, has time to go online every day?"

Xu Su said she didn't know anything about other people's affairs, but since it was her mentor's words, she still awkwardly replied, "Every school has different rules and regulations. I heard that some high schools don't have morning and evening self-study sessions."

Reminded by her, Nanyang suddenly realized: "Oh, I remember, Sika said she went to a prestigious high school."

Xika, whom Nanyang kept mentioning, was the only senior high school student in the group before Xu Su joined. She was a girl and very active.

She is considered the face of Qingxuan Sect. A few months ago, the Xianxia Continent Forum held a server-wide beauty pageant, and Xika was one of the few female players from Qingxuan Sect to be selected in the top 20.

Although it's a pity we didn't make it into the top ten, the comforting words from the experts in the group were:

Jessica is too young, and the photos she provided only showed light makeup and her attire was too proper, unlike those who made it into the top ten, who were all fully made up and dressed sexily, relying on their figures to get points. Those voting animals all like flashy and cheap types.

Even so, when outsiders mention the beauties of Qingxuan Sect, the first one that comes to mind is Xika. In addition, she has an outgoing personality and can chat with anyone, so she is the group's darling.

They were talking about Sika when, just then, the protagonist mentioned by Nanyang Zhenren popped up in the group chat again, sending a crying emoji.

This prompted the experts in the group, who had just finished their discussion and were still chatting, to keep asking what happened...

It's Jessica: "The person I like is too aloof, and I'm heartbroken." (Accompanied by a crying emoji)

Her QQ profile picture is the one she used in the server-wide beauty pageant.

Xu Su clicked on the photo and took a look. The background of the photo was a blackboard. The girl with bangs was wearing a white shirt with a navy blue suit jacket, a dark gray pleated skirt that was just above her knees, and black ankle boots. She had a bow on her collar and was making a peace sign at the camera with a bright smile.