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

Xu Su walked over and took his arm. "Why didn't you wait for me in the car?"

Zhou Mochen led her down the corridor, smiling as he said, "Come up here and feel the hard work and dedication of the senior students, and reminisce about your youthful days."

"Did you need to study this hard in high school?" If you don't study hard, you'll have to go back and inherit billions of dollars? Xu Su was amused by her own thoughts, but also a little regretful: "I'm at a disadvantage. I've never seen what you looked like in high school. Your youthful appearance has been given to others."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Mochen patted the top of her head in an annoyed tone. "I've given you everything, only to you."

Xu Su pouted: "...But I really want to see you when you were seventeen or eighteen and blushed with shyness, instead of the time since I met you when you were like someone with skin hunger, not knowing how to be shy at all."

Trying not to think about who the shy, blushing seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl in her words was, Zhou Mochen opened the passenger door and said in a light tone, "I also wanted to meet you when I was seventeen or eighteen, even more than you did."

"Back then, were you liked by tons of girls at school?" Xu Su carefully imagined what he looked like as a teenager, and asked, "Did you ever have a crush on anyone? Was there a girl from your youth that you can't forget?"

Zhou Mochen started the car and replied casually, "What if I said yes?"

Xu Su stared at him wide-eyed. "Really?"

Zhou Mochen glanced at her but didn't say anything.

Xu Su pursed her lips and pressed, "Is there really such a person?"

Seeing that he still didn't speak, Xu Su became anxious: "You really did like someone else before!"

"So concerned?" Zhou Mochen smiled and slowly explained, "I'm different from others. I rarely went to school in high school. I was just a figurehead. I was very busy every day and didn't have time to care about who liked me."

He reached out and took her hand. "I've told you before, I've never liked anyone else, only you. Do you still feel like you're at a disadvantage?"

"..." He didn't say anything, but the deeper meaning in his words still made Xu Su lower her head with a guilty conscience.

Thinking back to their very first few meetings, Xu Su couldn't help but ask again, "Zhou Mochen, did you really fall in love with me at first sight?"

How could someone who never felt love at the age of ten or so, when they should be experiencing the first stirrings of romantic feelings, fall in love at first sight?

Xu Su felt a surge of pride, wondering if she really had that much charm. Before she could finish enjoying herself, she heard Zhou Mochen say, "I don't think so."

Xu Su looked up: "Doesn't that count?"

“Hmm, not really.” Zhou Mochen was driving with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand was squeezing Xu Su’s hand in his palm. “The first time I saw you, I was standing at the second-floor window and only saw your profile. It can’t be called love at first sight, but I did remember you.”

"So...when did you start liking me?" Xu Su thought of their second meeting, "At the bubble tea shop?"

"Probably, but I'm not entirely sure myself." Zhou Mochen also thought of that meeting. The car stopped at a traffic light, and he turned around: "I've never asked you before, but when did you have that dream you mentioned? I always felt like you looked nervous when you saw me."

"Your feeling is wrong. I didn't even know you back then, so why would I look so nervous?" Xu Su felt flustered and deliberately accused in a serious tone, "I dreamt that it was after you started pestering me. In my dream, you were chasing after me relentlessly. Just think about how much pressure you put on me back then!"

The topic was successfully shifted, the light turned green, and Zhou Mochen stepped on the gas. "It was my fault, but I don't regret it. If we had to take things slowly, you probably would have forgotten me at any time. At least we're together now."

They got together...

Xu Su tilted her head to look at him, wondering what it would be like if she really met him when he was seventeen or eighteen. "Zhou Mochen, if I met you when I was twelve or thirteen, would you still like me?"

The car was parked in the garage. Zhou Mochen walked around the front of the car, opened the passenger door, and pulled her out: "Yes."

"So sure?" Xu Su raised an eyebrow: "I wasn't this good-looking when I was twelve or thirteen."

"Do you think if I only wanted to find pretty women, I would wait until I met you to start thinking about them?" Zhou Mochen glanced at her irritably, then suddenly stopped and looked at her seriously: "Besides, you didn't look like this when you were sixteen. I saw plenty of women prettier than you back then. If I really wanted someone, I wouldn't need to put in any effort, understand?"

Xu Su wasn't angry at all. She cupped her face and smiled, "So you're admitting that I'm very beautiful now? Zhou Mochen, aren't you incredibly lucky to have such a stunning beauty as your girlfriend?"

She said it without any shame, but Zhou Mochen nodded seriously, "You hit the jackpot! You spotted the prettiest girl at first sight and even took her home."

Xu Su was overjoyed by his flattery, so she stood on tiptoe to kiss him and pulled him into the elevator.

Looking at the constantly changing numbers, Xu Su finally remembered the phone call she received that afternoon. She tugged at the hand of the person next to her: "You want to put... Xu Weiping in jail? Forget it, he's already lost his job and his house, that's enough."

The elevator opened with a ding, and Zhou Mochen pulled her inside, casually explaining, "It's not that I want him to go to jail. At most, I just fueled the fire of what he went through. He did it all himself, and he caused the losses. He took kickbacks, causing the factory to lose hundreds of thousands of yuan. He either has to pay compensation to make up for the losses, or if he can't pay, he has to go to court. Isn't that just the way it is?"

That makes so much sense that Xu Su couldn't refute it at all.

Xu Weiping started abusing his power for personal gain once he had some. Even if Zhou Mochen hadn't instigated it, his work mistakes would have been discovered sooner or later.

But... should we really let Xu Weiping go to jail?

Xu Su's hesitant expression made Zhou Mochen rub his temples helplessly: "I'll have Huang Chao say that we'll let it go this time. But Xu Su, you really need to work on this soft-hearted habit of yours. He didn't show any mercy when he hit you. If it weren't for your uncle stopping you, do you think you'd still be standing here safely?"

"I understand." Xu Su tilted her head and said helplessly, "But he also gave me living expenses when I was a child, and he also paid my tuition in the first year of high school. Consider this my last act of gratitude."

She knew she wasn't hard-hearted enough. Even though she had hated them to the core at the time, now that she was healed, hearing about the Xu family's miserable situation still made her feel a little sorry for them...

However, this is truly the last time. If the Xu family causes any more trouble in the future, she has no obligation to clean up the mess; she has already done more than enough.

Zhou Mochen handed her a glass of milk: "After your college entrance exam, I'll transfer your household registration to Beijing, how about that?"

Xu Su had no objection, but asked curiously, "Are we on the same household registration?"