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

When I came out of the hospital, it was already dark, and the rain had stopped.

Xu Su's stomach was growling with hunger. Xi Zirong opened the passenger door and asked with concern, "Didn't you eat lunch?"

"Hmm." Startled by the fact that she almost became deaf, Xu Su's feelings of heartbreak over the harm caused by her family of origin had transformed into shock and anger.

There wasn't much affection to begin with, and this slap only extinguished the last bit of hope, making it vanish without a trace.

Xi Zirong started the car and stepped on the gas. "What do you want to eat? Let me make it clear first, you're injured, so you can't eat spicy or irritating foods, as it will affect the healing of your wounds."

Xu Su lowered her head and remained silent. For the past six months, she had been preoccupied with her injury.

She had heard the phrase "You can't eat spicy or heaty foods" countless times.

"Eat something light, have some soup. I know a restaurant that makes really good nourishing soup." Xi Zirong glanced at Xu Su, then took her hand. "What happened that made you... that person did such a cruel thing? Don't keep it to yourself, tell me, okay?"

"Just take me back to the Imperial Central Park." Xu Su didn't answer him, and said to herself, "It's New Year's Eve, you should go home and be with your family."

"No need, my family doesn't care about these things." He would never bear to leave her, no matter what, let alone in this situation.

Seeing that Xu Su was about to say something, Xi Zirong interrupted, "Don't try to persuade me. In the same situation, would you leave me to go home for the New Year alone?"

Xu Su remained silent and said no more.

A few minutes later, Xi Zirong parked her car in front of a private restaurant.

The restaurant is doing very well. Many families don't want to go through the hassle of making their own New Year's Eve dinner and simply book a table at the restaurant to save themselves the trouble.

They went into a small private room, which was well-heated. The two sat facing each other, ordered their food, and after the waiter left, Xu Su took off her coat and pulled down her scarf.

A thin layer of ointment had been applied to my face, and the burning pain had subsided, but it still looked quite frightening.

Xu Su hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you have Huang Feng's phone number?"

Xi Zirong is so clever; she knew exactly what Xu Su wanted to do with just one question. She lowered her eyes and remained silent for a while, not wanting to put her in a difficult position, and nodded: "Yes, do you want to contact her?"

He took out his phone and handed it over.

Xu Su took the call, hesitated for a long time, unsure whether she should dial it.

She planned to ask Huang Feng for Huang Chao's phone number and then contact Zhou Mochen.

I haven't contacted him all day, and I haven't replied to that text message from this morning. Knowing Zhou Mochen's personality, I guess he won't be able to hold back for long and will go to the Xu family to find her.

But... she managed to contact Zhou Mochen. How could she explain her relationship with Xi Zirong?

Taking advantage of her ostrich-like nature, and with the food arriving just in time, Xu Su simply put her phone aside and started eating.

Worries can wait until you've eaten.

The two hadn't eaten together for over half a year. Looking at the girl across from her, Xi Zirong felt a mix of sadness and tenderness, and couldn't help but stare at her.

Xu Su felt very uncomfortable watching her. After quickly finishing a bowl of rice, she ordered another. This time she ate more slowly, asking him as she ate, "Did you go to the arcade specifically to see me?"

"Yes." Xi Zirong nodded. "A friend saw you, but wasn't sure if it was you, so he left you sitting there alone for a long time."

Xu Su felt a little touched; she had treated him so badly...

Xi Zirong suddenly asked, "Are you going back to that house tonight?"

“That’s not my home, I’m not going back.” Xu Su shook her head: “After dinner, can you take me to Yupin Central? I’ve been living there this semester.”

Xi Zirong was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay."

"...Thank you." Xu Su put aside her sudden guilt, picked up the mango juice next to her, and said with a forced spirit, "Xi Zirong, Happy New Year. I hope you will pass the college entrance examination with flying colors next year and become a shining new star in the scientific research field, so that our No. 1 High School and even our province will be proud of you."

Xi Zirong smiled and said, "You have such high expectations of me. Are you proud of me?"

"Yes, I will." Xu Su nodded solemnly. "If you really become a great scientist, as your classmate, I will definitely be very proud!"

"Are we just classmates?" Xi Zirong looked at her. "Xu Su, is our relationship just that of classmates?"

"..." Xu Su choked, "Anyway, just work hard, and I'll be proud of you!"

Xu Su wasn't a heartless person; Xi Zirong had always been incredibly kind to her.

Filled with a strange sense of guilt and an overwhelming feeling of gratitude, Xi Zirong escorted her to the entrance of the Yupin Central Community after they finished their New Year's Eve dinner together.

Xu Su then realized that she couldn't get in!

For the past six months, Zhou Mochen has been picking her up and dropping her off, taking her directly to her home via the underground parking garage elevator by swiping her card. She has never walked through the main gate of the community. She doesn't have an access card and isn't a registered resident, so the security guards resolutely refused to let her in.

Even if the security guards let her in, she wouldn't be able to get into her home, or even into the elevator.

Xu Su shivered in the cold wind, feeling utterly stupid.

She pleaded with the stern-faced security guard, "Do you have the phone number for the resident on the top floor of Building 16? Please help me make a call, I'm freezing to death."

Perhaps seeing that she was a young girl and didn't seem like a bad person, and that she was really pitiful from the cold, the two young security guards exchanged a glance and actually went in to look through the files.

Less than fifteen minutes later, the sound of screeching brakes rang out, and the familiar black Land Rover stopped at the entrance of the residential area.

Xu Su, who was squatting on the road, was so cold that her mind was slow to react. Before she could move, the man who got out of the car pulled her up.

Zhou Mochen pulled the scarf covering Xu Su's face down a bit, lifted her chin with one hand, and stared intently at her face under the dim streetlights with an extremely terrifying look in his eyes.

Xu Su's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she was so frightened by his violent aura that she dared not speak.

The last time Zhou Mochen acted like this, it meant he knew about her and Xi Zirong.

Xu Su shivered, and the next second, Zhou Mochen picked her up in his arms. Huang Chao had already opened the back door of the Land Rover.

He carried the shivering girl into the car, placed her on his lap, and kept his eyes glued to her right cheek.

He stared at her quietly for a long time, then suddenly asked her calmly, "Xu Su, do you still want this father?"

Xu Su was taken aback. Did he know that the injury on her face was inflicted by Xu Weiping?

He has already been to the Xu family's house.

Xu Su was silent for a few seconds before saying, "From now on, I will only consider myself an orphan, an orphan without parents."

Then I asked him, "You went to my...Xu family's house?"

"Well, it was past two o'clock in the afternoon." Zhou Mochen reached out and tentatively touched her face, saying expressionlessly, "Since they are not your family, there is no get-out-of-jail-free card. Xu Weiping will have to pay the price for his actions."