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

With the college entrance examination approaching, the three years of high school are about to end. In addition to the academic pressure, students feel a strong sense of reluctance to part ways.

I'm reluctant to leave the school I've attended for three years, my teachers, and my classmates. I've even developed feelings for the benches I've sat on for three years, let alone the people I've spent every day with.

Huang Feng and Qian Jia both finally made it into the top fifty in their grade in the last mock exam. After dinner, Huang Feng's eyes suddenly reddened. "I'm so reluctant to leave you. I used to look forward to graduation and growing up. Now that this day is really coming, I realize how reluctant I am to leave you."

"We'll never see the sunset during evening self-study again, and the days of running on the playground in our school uniforms will only exist in our memories." On the playground steps, Huang Feng sat in the middle of the three, holding one in each hand, her voice trembling with tears: "But no matter what, we'll be best friends for life, okay?"

Xu Su's voice was firm: "Okay, friends for life, let's never drift apart!"

"It's settled then, no one can go back on their word!" Qian Jia, abandoning her usual composure, cried loudly, "Ten years from now, we'll come back here to see Lao Wu. By then, Lao Wu will be a real Lao Wu, right?"

Xu Su was feeling terrible. In her previous life, she had lived in a daze and had no good classmates or friends. At this time, her grandmother was sick and hospitalized, and she didn't even have the heart to think about the college entrance examination. So how could she feel any reluctance or sadness about leaving the school?

But now, she is truly heartbroken. Fate has made her go through high school again, experience growing up and graduating once more, and only now does she realize how precious those three years were.

Just as Xu Su was about to say something, she suddenly felt a chill down her back, and a strong sixth sense made her turn around.

Teacher Wu and his prized student Xi Zirong happened to be standing behind them, and judging from their expressions, they had probably heard everything Qian Jia had said...

Xu Su gave a dry laugh and wiped away the tears that had just welled up in her eyes: "Hello, Teacher Wu."

She rarely indulged in melancholy, but ended up getting stuck...

Qian Jia and Huang Feng heard her voice, turned around hurriedly, froze, and said loudly, "Hello, Teacher Wu!"

Their voices were so loud they were almost deafening on the empty playground…

Teacher Wu's lips twitched: "I'm perfectly fine. I'm not the real Old Wu yet, I'm not hard of hearing."

"..." Qian Jia blushed and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way. I just really can't bear to part with you."

Xu Su looked up and met Xi Zirong's gaze. The words she wanted to say instantly fell silent.

“You’re all going to take the college entrance exam now. After graduation, I won’t be your teacher anymore. Just treat me as a friend.” How could Teacher Wu be really angry? He waved his hand and smiled warmly: “Since you’re so willing to come back to see me, then let’s include me in our ten-year promise.”

Qian Jia and Huang Feng nodded repeatedly, and Xu Su also smiled and said okay.

"Can I join you too?" Xi Zirong suddenly asked. "Let's come back together to see Teacher Wu in ten years."

Qian Jia had no objection. She said, "Of course you can. Actually, as the class monitor, you can create a QQ class group. Class 1 already has a class group, but our Rocket Class doesn't. We can even organize class reunions in the future."

The friendship forged over three years of high school should not be hastily severed.

"It's my fault for not thinking of this place." Xi Zirong nodded solemnly: "Let's get the group set up today."

After the Spring Festival, Qian Jia also got a mobile phone and was already proficient in using QQ and other similar apps. She and Huang Feng would occasionally post inspirational quotes on their social media, and they loved to ask Xu Su to like and comment on their posts…

Mutual visits to each other's spaces...

Not long after the first period of evening self-study ended, Xu Su was added to the class group by Qian Jia.

The Rocket Class at Changshi No.1 Middle School.

The nickname "Little Su Su" was fine in an online game where strangers didn't know each other, but Xu Su felt inexplicably ashamed in the class group.

She changed her name to her own.

As soon as Xu Su entered the group, the classmates who were chatting enthusiastically in the group all stopped for several minutes as if they had agreed to do so.

After a long pause, Rao Lu broke the silence: [@Xu Su, how do I set it so you can't add friends? Please, I want to be your QQ friend so I can brag to my classmates about my high school crush when I get to university!]

goddess…

Xu Su was speechless for a moment, then looked up at Rao Lu's position, where the other person was clasping her hands together and making a pleading gesture in their direction.

“Rao Lu isn’t exaggerating, Su Su, don’t disbelieve me, a lot of girls really like you too.” Qian Jia leaned over and said mysteriously, “In our girls’ dormitory, we don’t talk about handsome guys anymore, we mostly talk about you.”

"...Don't do this, I'm a little flustered." Xu Su's hands were trembling as she set a question as the threshold for friend requests.

What is the class name?

Answer: Changshi No.1 Middle School Rocket Class.

She then posted in the group: "@RaoLu, I've added you. Please accept my request."

After sending the message and exiting the group chat, she saw that Rao Lu had accepted her friend request, bringing the total number of new friend requests to sixteen.

Xu Su chose to pass all the questions without hesitation, since all the students in the class group could answer them, and she couldn't show favoritism.

Upon seeing the familiar name, Xi Zirong's QQ nickname was his own name. Xu Su paused, then deleted his friend request.

Let's talk about it in the group chat. They shouldn't have any further involvement in private.

~~

In early June, when the cicadas were just beginning to sing, and after all the exam venues had been assigned, the school announced the start of the holiday three days before the college entrance examination.

Whether the three-day holiday is for relaxing and preparing for exams or for students to work harder and study harder, it's up to the students to decide.

Day students have all gone home. For boarding students whose homes are in the county below, some chose to go back, while others had their parents come directly to hotels near the exam site to check in in advance. In short, everyone had their own choice.

Xu Su packed up her books, filling her bag to the brim, and carried a tall stack of review materials in her hands.

Looking at the desk that had been with her for three years but had never been so empty, Xu Su blinked and held back her tears.

"So sentimental?" Zhou Mochen took the book from her hand and reached for her schoolbag.

Xu Su dodged to the side: "It's just a few steps, I'll carry it myself."

Zhou Mochen didn't force her, he just looked into her eyes and said, "Don't cry, Su Su. I get anxious when you cry. I really hate to see you like this. You can come back to visit more often in the future."

Students carrying books were walking past the classroom, and they couldn't help but look over when they heard Zhou Mochen's words.

Xu Su felt a little embarrassed by their stares; she was the only one in the entire school whose boyfriend picked her up after graduation…

"Let's go."

Xu Su walked out of the teaching building, put her schoolbag on the back seat, and was about to get on the bus when she turned around and looked back at the teaching building behind her.

The weather was very hot and humid. The school building under the sun looked exactly the same as when she came to register three years ago, except that she had grown from a sixteen-year-old freshman to a nineteen-year-old graduate.