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

Xu Su checked off her choices on the menu, and finally specifically told the waiter, "Extra spicy, extra spicy!"

The waitress who took their order was a young girl. It was the first time she had seen such a good-looking couple. Her face flushed, and she kept glancing at Xu Su and then at Zhou Mochen, unsure of where to look. Hearing Xu Su's instructions, she quickly nodded and said, "Okay!"

Wearing too many layers would make it inconvenient to eat later, so Xu Su took off her coat, revealing a fleece-lined hooded sweatshirt underneath. She rolled up her sleeves, propped her elbows on the table, cupped her face, and smiled at Zhou Mochen across from her: "You should take off your clothes too."

When she's not smiling, she exudes a sense of distance, a cool and aloof aura that makes her seem out of place in her surroundings, and one wouldn't dare to offend her easily.

When she smiles, she becomes incredibly lively, easily giving the illusion that she is very approachable and not so distant.

Just like now, there was a moment of silence around us. Apart from the soft gasps and the sound of the pot bubbling, there was no conversation at all. Everyone was focused on what was happening.

Fortunately, the man opposite them had a frighteningly strong aura, and no one dared to approach him and make a fool of themselves.

Zhou Mochen stared at her for a long time with narrowed eyes before admonishing her, "Don't smile at others like that in the future."

"Oh." Xu Su also felt the gazes around her. Remembering Gu Yunjia's advice, she touched her face with some confusion: "Zhou Mochen, am I very handsome?"

"Yes, you look exceptionally good." Zhou Mochen chuckled. "In my eyes, no one is more beautiful than you."

Xu Su pouted: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was, even if you don't think I'm the prettiest one, am I?"

Just then, the waiter brought the food and, hearing her words, couldn't help but say, "I've never seen a girl prettier than you, not even on TV. Can you give me your autograph? I think you'll definitely be on TV someday!"

"...Thank you." Xu Su was extremely embarrassed to have been overheard saying such a narcissistic thing. "I don't need an autograph, I'm not a celebrity."

Before the waiter could say anything more, Zhou Mochen tapped the table lightly, "Go ahead and do your work. We'll call you again if we need anything."

His voice was soft, yet it inexplicably carried an undeniable pressure.

Watching the waitress hurriedly walk away, Xu Su said speechlessly, "You're so fierce."

"Are you expecting her to keep talking to you and pestering you?" Zhou Mochen glanced at her while putting food into the pot. "Su Su, don't be too humble in public, or people will take advantage of you."

"I'm not that humble. You know how bad my temper is." Xu Su picked up the hot tripe, dipped it in her own sauce, and started eating.

They ate with great relish, completely unaffected by the stares of those around them.

Besides cooking and serving her food, Zhou Mochen would occasionally eat a few bites himself. Over the past six months, he had been trained to handle spicy food.

After a plate of river shrimp was cooked, Zhou Mochen put on gloves and began peeling the shrimp for Xu Su in a very considerate manner.

Xu Su smiled as she looked at the man peeling shrimp across from her. "Zhou Mochen, you've never even had a girlfriend, how come you're so skilled at these things? And, you're a domineering CEO, yet you don't have any male chauvinism."

Zhou Mochen looked up at her, his tone flat: "If I like you, I want to be good to you and take care of you in every possible way. This is my true feeling, and it has nothing to do with how familiar we are with each other."

Xu Su's heart stirred, and she remained silent for a long time.

She recalled a popular saying from her past life online: 'When you truly like someone, you don't calculate what you give; you only feel that you haven't done enough and that you can definitely do better.'

Handing over the peeled shrimp meat, Zhou Mochen took off his gloves and asked, "Tell me, why didn't you have class today? What were you doing on the rooftop?"

Xu Su paused, picked up her drink and took a sip before replying, "I chatted with Gu Yunjia on the rooftop for a while. After we finished, she left, but I was still feeling a bit down and wanted to calm down, so I stayed there."

Thinking about Gu Yunjia's experiences, Xu Su's mood quickly plummeted: "What I learned today has completely changed my worldview."

Although she had lived two lives, Xu Su had never heard of such a thing before. In her previous life, she had heard many rumors about female students in her class being kept by sugar daddies during her university years, but the sugar daddy was an uncle she had known since childhood...

Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.

Although her relationship with Zhou Mochen in her past life wasn't exactly respectable, it was still much better than Gu Yunjia's...

Xu Su had witnessed firsthand how people in Zhou Mochen's circle treated their kept mistresses, and now that she thought about it, she realized that he had never actually belittled her from beginning to end.

Not only that, he also wouldn't allow anyone to belittle him, not even verbally.

Tsk... The more Xu Su thought about it, the less she understood. She looked up at the man opposite her and said, "Zhou Mochen, say you love me."

Zhou Mochen raised an eyebrow and slowly opened his lips: "I love you."

Xu Su nodded in satisfaction: "Then our relationship doesn't fall under the category of being kept by someone, right?"

“Xu Su, I hope this is the last time you ask me this. I’ll let it slide if you’re young and naive, but from now on, don’t let me hear you use that word to describe our relationship.” Zhou Mochen’s face darkened. “Otherwise, I’ll show you what it means to be a sugar daddy.”

His sudden fierceness caught Xu Su off guard. "Why are you suddenly angry?"

"We've been together for almost half a year, and you're still asking this kind of question. Can't I get angry?" Zhou Mochen's expression softened, but he was still somewhat angry: "Whatever you say goes. I've practically given you my heart. If I were really going to keep you as a mistress, would I need to go through all this trouble?"

“Let me tell you, true sugar daddy/sugar baby treatment means you have to care about me and learn to please me.” He smiled enigmatically and added, “You have to start by learning in bed, understand?”

Xu Su: "......"

According to his logic, she wasn't exactly being kept as a mistress in her past life...

She never tried to please him; it was more like the other way around.

Xu Su looked at his dirty fingers from peeling shrimp and belatedly realized that her question had been somewhat hurtful.

She didn't speak, and Zhou Mochen didn't really intend to argue with her. While wiping his hands with a tissue, he asked, "Was that Gu Yunjia in the car this afternoon? What happened to her that made you so upset and changed your worldview?"

Xu Su hesitated, unsure whether she should speak.

This concerns a girl's innocence...

Knowing that Zhou Mochen could find out even if she didn't say anything, she hesitated for a moment before telling him what she knew.

Finally, with a complicated expression, she said, "Are you men really this disgusting? To have such thoughts about a child you've watched grow up."

"Where did you learn to generalize and condemn everyone?" Zhou Mochen scolded helplessly. "Don't include me in this. I only have feelings for you."