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

She asked in a low voice, "Shen Chen, is something the matter?"

Shen Chen paused: "Isn't it the New Year? I'm here to wish you a Happy New Year. Why do you sound so unhappy? Who upset you again?"

"Nobody provoked me." Xu Su plucked a thorn from the orange tree, not wanting to take her anger out on anyone, and forced herself to cheer up, saying, "I also wish you a Happy New Year, all your wishes come true, and everything goes well for you."

A laugh came from the other end of the phone: "Such a sweet tongue! Well then, Xu, let me give you a New Year's gift. Is there anything you want? I can't just take your blessings for nothing, can I?"

"I don't want anything, so don't bother sending it." Xu Su's voice was indifferent. Thinking of the watch, she couldn't help but ask him, "Shen Chen, how much did that watch you gave me cost?"

"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?" Shen Chen thought for a moment and said, "It's been so long, who would still remember this? I think it was around 100,000. Didn't you not want that diamond-encrusted one? Speaking of which, I've never seen you wear the watch I gave you. You didn't think it was too cheap, did you?"

He has come to Changshi several times in the past six months, and each time he saw Xu Su wearing the bracelet he gave her, it was not the one he had given her.

Xu Su was speechless for a moment. Ten thousand yuan was cheap? She was just a poor student...

Shen Chen said, "How about I pick out another one for you? You're going to college soon, how about I get you a nicer watch?"

"No!" Xu Su refused outright: "I'm wearing the one you gave me right now, I don't need that many."

Shen Chen laughed: "Really? I can't believe it. Take a picture and send it to me."

"Why would I lie to you? Just wait, I'll show you."

Xu Su hung up the phone decisively. Just as she was about to take a picture, she rolled up her sleeves and saw that her wrists were empty.

She paused for a moment, then, remembering that she had just washed vegetables, she casually took off her watch and placed it beside the sink.

I walked to the sink by the side door of the kitchen, but couldn't find it. I searched up and down but still couldn't find it.

"Susu, what are you looking for?" Chen Shulan asked while she was cooking.

Xu Su looked up at the busy women: "Mom, Aunt, Auntie, has anyone seen the watch I just put here?"

"I didn't see it," Chen Shulan shook her head.

"Has anyone else been here?"

Aunt Xu, who was chopping vegetables on the cutting board, chimed in: "Haohao just wandered around here for a while, saying he was hungry and ate a piece of rice cake."

Aunt Yang Yun paused slightly, her face turning grim.

Xu Su's eyes turned cold, and she strode towards the main room.

"take it out!"

Xu Hao, who was warming himself by the fire, asked innocently, "What should I take?"

Xu Su reached out her hand to him, "Give me the watch."

"What's wrong with you, kid?" Before Xu Hao could speak, Grandpa Xu was furious. He shielded his grandson behind him and forcefully slapped Xu Su's outstretched hand. "You didn't give the watch to Hao Hao, so why are you asking him to take it back?"

Xu Su looked at her bright red hand and sneered, "Then you'll have to ask your good grandson. I didn't give it to him, but he can steal it."

"You country bumpkin, you're the thief!"

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys are at an age where they care a lot about their reputation. Xu Hao, who had been hiding behind his grandfather and grinning smugly at Xu Su in front of his family, was furious when Xu Su called him a thief. He turned into a little mountain and, head down, charged at Xu Su.

Xu Su was caught off guard by Xu Hao's move and stumbled from the impact. Before she could regain her balance, Xu Hao shoved her hard again.

"You shameless bastard!" Xu Hao shoved Xu Su to the ground and said viciously, "Grandpa and Grandma said that the money you earn as a mistress is for us to spend. If you won't give it to us, I'll take it myself!"

The teenager, who was not very shrewd, blurted out what the adults had been saying, and the expressions of the people around him immediately changed.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Xu Weiguo slapped his son hard on the back. "How dare you talk to your sister like that! Apologize right now!"

He gave Xu Su an awkward smile: "Su Su, don't take it to heart. She's just a kid who doesn't know any better and was just talking nonsense."

"I won't apologize!" Xu Hao roared, "That's what my grandparents said. She's so young and she's not learning anything good. She's messing around with men outside. The money she earns as a mistress will be spent on us younger brothers. Otherwise, she won't be able to get married. We won't let this woman who ruins the family enter the house."

Xu Weiguo was so angry that he wanted to hit him with a stick.

Grandma Xu quickly tried to stop him, saying that Hao Hao was too young and didn't know any better, and that if anyone was going to hit someone, they should hit herself.

The main room was in complete chaos.

Grandpa Xu snorted coldly with a stern face, seemingly not thinking that his eldest grandson had said anything wrong.

Xu Weiping looked at his daughter on the ground and frowned: "Get up, aren't you embarrassed enough?"

Xu Su sat on the ground, stunned. She finally understood where the strange feeling she had had that morning came from.

Her whole family's attitude towards her was a mixture of disdain and a bit of flattery!

They thought she was having an affair and being a mistress to a rich man, and they looked down on her for being dirty.

He wanted to take advantage of her as his mistress, so he couldn't help but try to please her!

It was this contradiction that made her feel strange.

Even last night, Xu Weiping and his wife preferred to play the good cop and the bad cop rather than change rooms, probably because they thought she was dirty and didn't want to contaminate their precious son.

Xu Su trembled with rage. She slowly stood up and looked around. This group of people with ferocious faces were all her blood relatives. With nowhere to vent her anger, she glanced at the chicken soup that had just been served on the table. Without thinking, she picked up the chicken soup and splashed it at Xu Hao, who had run up to her.

She moved so fast that no one had time to stop her. The lobby was quiet for several seconds before Xu Hao's loud crying could be heard.

He was dressed warmly in the dead of winter, and Xu Su didn't splash him with soup. The big bowl of chicken soup didn't harm Xu Hao, but it soaked his new coat. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he burst into loud sobs.

His crying finally made the others realize what was happening.

"Xu Su! I think you've gone mad!"

Xu Weiping, who had remained unmoved even when his daughter was pushed and verbally abused, rushed over and slapped Xu Su hard across the face: "Don't you have any sense of respect for your elders? You've become a kept man and forgotten what your own name is? Look at the state you've become! You dared to throw such scalding chicken soup directly at your brother? Are you out of your mind!"

Grandma Xu was heartbroken when her eldest grandson was splashed with hot chicken soup. She pinched and scolded Xu Su, "I gave birth to such a shameless good-for-nothing! I sold him, fine, but I don't even care about my own brother! You're trying to kill him! You just threw boiling hot chicken soup at him like that! I wonder who will take care of you when you're old!"

"Mom, alright, alright, let Second Brother handle it. This is Second Brother's family matter." Xu Weiguo quickly pulled his mother back. Despite being splashed with scalding chicken soup, he barely managed to maintain his composure, but his words to Xu Weiping were lukewarm: "Second Brother is the head of the family. I believe you can manage your daughter well."