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

Zhou Mochen looked at her quietly and decisively admitted his mistake: "It was my fault. Don't be angry. Let's eat first."

Logically, once her boyfriend admitted his mistake, the sudden anger should have subsided, but Xu Su didn't. She didn't know where the anger came from; instead of being extinguished, it burned even brighter. Yet, she still smiled and said, "You guys eat, I can't eat."

Xu Su had just stood up when Zhou Mochen's expression changed and he grabbed her, saying, "Su Su, if you want to be willful, wait until after you finish eating!"

"Yeah, I'm being willful." Xu Su laughed and shook off his hand. "Can't I just be willful?"

"What are you doing now? Why do you always have to argue with me?" Zhou Mochen glared at her, his eyes blazing with anger.

Xu Su turned her head away from him and said, "Let go."

The man's hand on his arm tightened suddenly. Zhou Mochen sneered, "Let go? Xu Su, are you dreaming? Don't you understand yourself..."

"Alright, alright, why did things suddenly turn out like this?" Shen Chen put down his chopsticks, quickly stood up, and stepped between the two of them, grabbing Xu Su's hand on her arm. He looked at Zhou Mochen and said, "Let go first. Don't do anything impulsive in the heat of the moment. You'll regret it later."

As the pressure on her arm eased, Xu Su pulled out a chair and walked towards the door.

"let me go!"

Zhou Mochen tried to chase after him, but Shen Chen stopped him with all his might; the two almost came to blows.

"You two calm down. Why are you arguing so fiercely for no reason?" Shen Chen advised him in the tone of a relationship guru. "You're five years older than her, shouldn't you give in to her? Aren't you afraid of scaring her by getting so angry?"

"Save your breath, she's not afraid of me!" Zhou Mochen shoved the person away, his face still full of anger: "She hasn't eaten yet, I have to call her back to eat."

Shen Chen, who still wanted to stop him: "..."

He hasn't eaten, so why does he feel like he's full...?

Is this what they call romantic gestures between couples?

Xu Su returned to her room and was about to close the door when Zhou Mochen, who had caught up, blocked her path with his foot, grabbed her waist, leaned in, closed the door behind him, and pinned her against it. "Why are you running? Are you so angry that you won't even eat?"

Her chin was grabbed and lifted, and Zhou Mochen lowered his head to kiss her, but Xu Su reached out and covered his mouth: "Aren't you disgusting? Kissing the child in your mouth?"

Zhou Mochen pulled her hand down, kissed her between the brows, and sincerely apologized, "I was wrong, I said the wrong thing. I didn't treat you like a child, really, I just wanted to pamper you. Don't argue with me, Su Su..."

A passionate kiss rained down on him, driving Xu Su crazy. She grabbed his neck and pushed him away, saying, "Don't resort to this every time we argue. Get lost!"

Get lost...

The words that slipped out made Zhou Mochen stop all his movements and stare at her without moving; it was terrifying.

Xu Su knew she had gone too far. She pursed her lips, unable to take it back. After standing there for a moment, she said, "You can go out first. Let me have some peace and quiet."

"What's with the silence? Are you so annoyed with me? You start nitpicking over every single thing I say that doesn't suit you?"

Zhou Mochen grasped the back of her neck, forcing her to look him in the eye, and suddenly laughed: "Sometimes I keep thinking about how you and Xi Zirong got along during that year together, Xu Su. Would you have been willing to lose your temper with him for no reason?"

What is all this about? Are you starting to bring up old grievances?

Xu Su looked away, too lazy to pay him any attention.

Every time she brings this up, she feels guilty. But if she thinks about it carefully, she realizes where she went wrong. She was the one who kept pushing him, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was relentlessly pursuing him!

"You still like him, right? Because you like him, you can't stand me anymore." She didn't speak, and Zhou Mochen wasn't in a hurry. He reached out and gently stroked the faint red mark on her face, his tone extremely calm: "Where did you go with him after leaving the arcade on New Year's Eve?"

Xu Su looked up abruptly, her expression freezing.

Zhou Mochen feigned shock: "Why are you so surprised? You don't really think I'm still that fool who believes whatever you say and doesn't bother to check anything, do you?"

"I didn't contact him, it was just a coincidence." Xu Su, who was just full of anger, took a deep breath like a cat whose tail had been caught, and tried to explain calmly: "I kept it from you because I didn't want you to overthink it... Don't misunderstand."

"Sure enough, you only talk to me properly when Xi Zirong is mentioned. It's no use even if I give you my heart, right?" Zhou Mochen chuckled strangely. "Xu Su, why don't you tell me how he makes you so hung up on him? I forced you to break up with him. I'm the villain who took him by force, aren't I?"

His confident demeanor infuriated Xu Su, who felt that no amount of reasoning with him would make sense, and she couldn't understand how things had come to this.

With a slight tightening of the hand on the back of his neck, Zhou Mochen lowered his eyes and said, "Answer me."

"Didn't you not believe me? Why are you asking me why? What do you want to hear me say?"

Xu Su felt powerless and frustrated, so she simply said, "You're right, I like Xi Zirong, I've always liked him. If you hadn't been so persistent, I wouldn't have broken up with him now. Are you happy now?"

Are you happy now...?

Zhou Mochen stood there for a long time, seemingly never expecting her to admit it so readily, not even willing to make up a lie.

As soon as she finished speaking, seeing his face turn pale instantly, Xu Su regretted it. She knew she had said it in anger, but he probably took it seriously.

Xu Su reached out and tugged at his sleeve, hurriedly explaining, "Don't..."

"Stop talking!" Zhou Mochen interrupted her. "Stop talking."

He pulled Xu Su aside, opened the door, and was about to leave. His anxious look was as if there was a raging beast in the room that could devour him, or as if he was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would lose his mind and do something irreversible.

Xu Su stumbled as he was pulled, and seeing that he was about to leave, she quickly went up and hugged his back, saying hastily, "...I was just saying that in anger, don't believe it, Zhou Mochen, please don't believe those words."

"Let go." Zhou Mochen reached out and pried the hands around his waist. "Xu Su, I advise you to ignore me now."

Xu Su wouldn't listen. If she really let him go, he'd be heartbroken and hide in some corner, suffering alone.

Thinking of this, Xu Su insisted on not letting go and shouted fiercely, "Turn around, I want to hug you."

That arrogant attitude made people grit their teeth in hatred. Zhou Mochen stiffly turned around and was embraced by Xu Su.

"What I just said was all said in anger, don't believe a word of it, understand?" Xu Su wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, exasperated: "You won't believe me when I tell you the truth, but you believe what I said in anger, are you stupid!"

"Is that so?" Zhou Mochen remained motionless as she hugged him. "I am indeed stupid. I can't tell the truth from the falsehood in your words."

Xu Su choked, tilted her head back and asked, "When did you find out?"

"When?" Zhou Mochen asked calmly, "Last night."