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

Zhou Mochen's response was to take a card out of her bag and hand it to her: "You have money, this is your money, there's no limit, no password."

"..." Xu Su asked in surprise, "When did you put the card in my bag?"

"I don't remember, it was when we first got together, I think." Zhou Mochen couldn't help but smile. "So, Su Su, are you going to pick out a gift for me?"

He was so happy…

The sales assistant next to him had her eyes downcast, but her posture was noticeably straighter.

Xu Su covered her face with her hand: "As long as you don't mind the low price."

This is a niche, accessible luxury brand. The cuff material she valued was just ordinary agate, priced in the five figures.

Compared to what he uses daily, it's probably not even a fraction of what he spends...

Zhou Mochen smiled tenderly: "I won't mind whatever you give me."

Xu Su: "..."

She ended up buying the cufflinks anyway.

While watching the movie, Zhou Mochen, holding a popcorn bucket bigger than his face, would occasionally look over and ask, "Su Su, how about we come here for dates more often in the future?"

Xu Su reached out and took his hand, her nose tingling with emotion: "Okay."

In my past life, we were together for ten years, and we never went to the movies even once.

There is a private cinema at home, but Xu Su never thought of watching a movie with him properly.

She was like a hedgehog, covered in thorns, sparing him no tenderness whatsoever.

Xu Su felt extremely uncomfortable whenever she thought of Zhou Mochen from her past life.

How is he now? I haven't gone back to see him in so long, not even in spirit form.

Is he still alive...?

On the way back, Xu Su looked at the city night view outside the car window, feeling very depressed.

Even with his exceptional intelligence, Zhou Mochen couldn't have guessed that she was thinking about another version of herself from another world. He assumed she was just tired and considerately turned up the car's temperature: "If you're tired, take a nap. I'll wake you up when we get home."

"Let's not go home yet, take me for a drive." Xu Su rolled down the car window, the sultry early summer night breeze blowing against her face. She squinted and smiled, "Zhou Mochen, after I finish my college entrance exam, how about I take you to meet my grandma and uncles?"

Zhou Mochen gently squeezed her hand: "Okay."

How boring. Xu Su pouted, "Why do you only say 'okay'?"

No matter what she says, he's always good.

"Then tell me, what do Grandma and the others like?" With a turn of the steering wheel, the car entered the overpass. Zhou Mochen glanced at her sideways and said, "I have to behave well so that your family likes me."

Xu Su chuckled and said, "I have a lot of confidence in you. Don't worry, they will all like you."

In his past life, this person was a respectable person. Everyone who saw him would say he was gentle, refined, and handsome. With that handsome face, even without his extraordinary family background, he would have been a truly good match.

Even though her grandmother couldn't speak clearly after her stroke, she was still sometimes lucid, and she always looked satisfied whenever she saw Zhou Mochen.

Not to mention his two uncles, Xu Su didn't want his family to worry, so they were unaware of the '200,000 transaction' and were extremely satisfied with Zhou Mochen without knowing the details.

but…

The thought that he would chop off Xu Weiping's fingers in this lifetime...

Zhou Mochen also thought of this, and he frowned with some difficulty, "Do your grandparents know about Xu Weiping's matter?"

Xu Su cleared her throat and nodded: "I know."

Seeing his profile freeze for a moment, Xu Su snorted coldly: "Now you know you regret it, don't you? Weren't you so fierce back then?"

"I don't regret it now," Zhou Mochen said calmly. "Anyone who hurts you is making trouble for me, so I have nothing to regret."

"..." Xu Su remained silent for a while, speechless, and said no more.

Changshi has developed rapidly in the past two years. The night view under the neon lights has a unique coldness that belongs to big cities, and it has become a vast and lonely steel city.

Xu Su stared blankly at the bustling traffic below the bridge, suddenly imagining what she would be like now in this cold city if she hadn't met Zhou Mochen.

I've thought about this hypothesis for a long time, but I still can't imagine it.

In both her past and present lives, he appeared too early. Not long after she arrived in Chang City, Zhou Mochen forcefully entered her life.

Even without Zhou Mochen, she would still like Xi Zirong, right...?

The feeling of being surrounded by fog returned, and Xu Su frowned with a headache: "Zhou Mochen, I have a question for you."

"Okay," Zhou Mochen said softly, "Go ahead and ask."

"You said before that you didn't fall in love with me at first sight, but that you started to like me after that meeting at the bubble tea shop when I was in my first year of high school."

"Mm." Zhou Mochen nodded.

Xu Su's heart skipped a beat, and she sat up straight. She desperately wanted to understand the differences between the two lives.

It is known that Zhou Mochen will not stay in Chang City for long for such a small matter; he is only willing to stay in Chang City for three years because he has feelings for her.

So when did Zhou Mochen fall in love with her in his previous life? If it wasn't love at first sight at the factory, then when exactly did he fall in love with her?

The welfare housing provided by the Xu family in this life was at Zhou Mochen's behest, and it must have been the same in his previous life. So, he must have taken a liking to her not long after the start of her first year of high school.

In her past life, she didn't like socializing and had no friends. She only went to school and home and never went to bubble tea shops or any other shops, so she never had the chance to meet someone by chance.

While Xu Su was still puzzled, a question suddenly came to mind: "So if you hadn't met me at the bubble tea shop that day, how long would you have stayed in Changshi?"

Zhou Mochen was taken aback, not expecting her to ask this. He pursed his lips and thought for a moment before saying, "It won't be more than three days."

Xu Su's pupils dilated instantly. So if she hadn't gone to the milk tea shop with Huang Feng and the others that day, she might have really escaped for the rest of her life?

She will never forget that the first decision she made after being reborn was to stay away from Zhou Mochen.

Her expression was frighteningly serious, and when Zhou Mochen turned his head and saw it, he couldn't help but become serious as well.

He slowly explained to her, "I had only been in Changshi for a short time when I saw you delivering food to Xu Weiping. I wasn't originally going to stay for more than half a month. When I saw you at the milk tea shop, the matters that required my personal attention had already been resolved, and the rest could be left to my subordinates."

"As a result, you met me just as you were about to set off back to Beijing."

Xu Su continued the timeline, blinking in confusion: "After seeing my gaze through the glass window and mistaking it for me to know you, you deliberately came to talk to me before having impure thoughts and delaying your return."

“That’s right.” Zhou Mochen pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"The first time I saw you, we were separated by two floors, and I couldn't even see your face clearly, but I felt a flutter in my heart. That feeling was so unfamiliar that I couldn't figure out my own thoughts. It wasn't until the second time we met that I vaguely realized it. Su Su, do you believe in destiny?"