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

"I have to talk to you now, I'm very busy," Shen Chen said. "Call me if you need anything."

"Okay, you're busy."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Su returned to the classroom, glanced at the watch in her hand, put it back in its box, and stuffed it into her schoolbag.

What Shen Chen said must be true, right?

Although his kindness towards her was a bit abnormal, pure friendship between men and women does exist...

Xu Su sighed, her heart heavy with unspoken worries. Suddenly, her phone vibrated; someone in the group chat had tagged her.

Since her photos were exposed, she has rarely spoken in the group chat except for chatting seriously for a long time on the day of the incident.

The group members seem to have distanced themselves from her as well. Compared to how they used to frequently tag her in chats, very few people have done so in the past few days.

Only a few girls, such as Xika and Liuyun, maintained their usual attitude.

The person who tagged her was Jessica. This girl, who seemed to have suffered some kind of blow from her crush, was asking in a very sad tone:

[Susu, have you ever received any preferential treatment in life because you're good-looking? For example, the school beauty at our school receives so many love letters she could sell them as trash.]

Xu Su's lips twitched, and she replied speechlessly: "No, let alone selling it as scrap, I didn't receive a single love letter in my three years of high school."

She didn't experience any preferential treatment because of her good looks; on the contrary, she was bullied and slandered because of her appearance in junior high school.

Jessica: [Impossible! Our school's most beautiful girl's drawer is always full of gifts and love letters. How could someone as pretty as you not have a single love letter? Are all students at top high schools this disciplined?]

Youshan: [I went to a top-tier high school, and plenty of kids there were in relationships. How could everyone be so self-disciplined?]

"Could it be that she's too beautiful, making guys shy away, at least the kind of girl that most guys wouldn't dare look at directly?" Liu Yun posted a drooling turtle emoji.

[Susu, you absolutely must get into Peking University. I'll pick you up at the orientation, help you register, arrange your accommodation, and show you around the campus. I want to be your first good friend at Peking University.]

Xu Su: 【…Thank you, Flowing Cloud!】

Feifei: [There's another possibility that no one is sending you love letters: your boyfriend is so outstanding that the guys around you don't feel any competition. As for the specific reason, I think it's a combination of both.]

Xu Su had two boyfriends, which was common knowledge in the group, so Fei Fei's words were unanimously agreed upon.

A rarely active member of the group chimed in: "[SuSu, tell us about your dating history! I really want to learn how to woo a girlfriend, and what your daily life is like dating such a beautiful woman.]"

Gossip is human nature, and the young people in the group who are good at games especially love to gossip. Hearing this, they kept adding one to their chat.

Xu Su was speechless. Did these people really think of her as their teacher?

Sika, in particular, was so excited that she screamed and completely forgot her sadness from just moments before.

Looking at the time, Xu Su realized there was still more than an hour before afternoon classes, so she simply lay down to rest for a while and gently tapped the screen to type.

[My daily life is exactly like other high school students: I get up before dawn and leave the classroom at 10 PM. As for how I got a girlfriend...]

Xu Su thought for a moment, then continued typing: [It's a campus romance, I guess. He's very patient with my homework, has a great temper…and he's good-looking too. There are some other details I can't quite put my finger on.]

The details of their time together are too numerous to describe in a simple way, and Xu Su was able to talk about Xi Zirong with her group members in a nonchalant manner.

You Shan: [I understand, the key point is that she's not bad-looking. If she were even uglier, no matter how patient or good-tempered she was, it wouldn't matter.] (Manually adding a "laughing" emoji)

Xu Su readily admitted: "[...That's right, what you said makes a lot of sense.]"

If Xi Zirong were a big, burly man, how could she possibly be so soft-hearted...

Jessica: [So, the prerequisite for being loved is still being good-looking, right?]

The fact that the sixth most beautiful woman in the entire server also has appearance anxiety caused Liu Yun, Fei Fei, and several other girls to get furious after seeing Xi Ka's comments.

Nanyang: [Not necessarily. Take Su Su, for example; she said she'd never even received a love letter. It just goes to show that true beauty is often lonely at the top.]

Bei Yue chimed in: [Like our boss, isn't he a perpetual single? Without confidence, who would dare pursue him?]

Xu Su was genuinely curious. They always talked about how outstanding and handsome Si Xuan was, and even she, who wasn't interested at first, became interested now...

Si Xuan's profile picture was grayed out, and it was unclear whether he was offline or invisible. Xu Su looked at it for a while and was about to end her daily chat in the group when she saw someone tag her again.

Sika: [Susu, I remember you were second in your grade, and he tutored you. Was your ex-boyfriend the top student in your school?]

Xu Su: [Yes, she tutored me starting in the first year of high school. Before, I struggled to maintain a top-ten ranking in my grade, but now I've been consistently second in the grade for a long time.]

If it weren't for Xi Zirong's professional teaching, which laid a solid foundation for her, Xu Su wouldn't have been able to receive scholarships for three consecutive years...

Feifei: [Judging from your tone, you don't seem to have any ill feelings towards your ex-boyfriend, so why did you break up?]

Xu Su was stunned. Why did they break up?

Because she fell in love with someone else, because she seamlessly transitioned to another relationship…

After she hadn't spoken for so long, Fei Fei realized she had gone too far with her question and sent an apologetic bunny emoji.

Xu Su didn't reply. She didn't intend to explain everything to the group members in detail. She quickly locked her phone. Qian Jia next to her tugged at her arm: "Su Su, I need to go to the bathroom. Do you want to go?"

"Okay." Xu Su glanced at the time; there was still half an hour before class. She got up and left the classroom hand in hand with Qian Jia.

Qian Jia looked at her and asked, "Don't you feel stuffy wearing a mask every day?"

"It's not stuffy, it's just that the tip of my nose is a little uncomfortable from the friction, but I'll get used to it." Xu Su touched the mask on her face. Since she started wearing it, she hasn't been getting as many stares as before when walking on the school path.

I should have worn it sooner.

After using the restroom, Qian Jia, seemingly lost in thought, said with a broad smile, "Su Su, is being too beautiful a happy problem?"

"..." Xu Su glanced at her irritably: "Only worries, no happiness."

"You don't know how lucky you are." Qian Jia smiled and leaned closer to pinch Xu Su's cheek through her mask. "But it's definitely a hassle that it affects your daily life. If you ask me, you don't need to be this good-looking at all. Your face was about the same back in your first year of high school. You were stunning then, but not as..."

She paused for a moment, somewhat at a loss for words, before adding, "A scourge to the country and its people!"

"Sweetie, let's not use words we don't know how to use." Taking advantage of her height, Xu Su patted Qian Jia's head. "I can ruin my boyfriend, but I won't ruin the country."

Zhou Mochen alone is enough for her to cause trouble; she has no intention of harming others, let alone bringing disaster to the country and its people…