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

After opening Xi Zirong's chemistry test paper, I discovered that there was also a folded piece of paper tucked inside.

Xu Su hesitated for a moment before opening the window, which contained only three words.

【sorry. 】

Xu Su knew that this was Xi Zirong apologizing for the impact her behavior had had on her these past few days.

After all, the news that Xi Zirong, the top student in the elite class, and Xu Su were dating had already spread in the past few days.

Aside from the senior students who were too busy preparing for the college entrance exam to pay attention, Xu Su even noticed that many junior students would secretly look at her while walking down the street.

She didn't intend to reply. She crumpled the note into a ball, put it in her pocket, and planned to throw it away after school.

Time passed slowly but surely until the day of the midterm exams.

Unlike the monthly exams, which are conducted in one's own classroom and at one's own seat by one's own teacher, this midterm exams have all students scattered across different classes, with invigilators assigned randomly.

This helps students develop exam stress and also effectively prevents cheating among classmates.

For example, Xu Su's exam room was in Class 12. Her seat was surrounded by unfamiliar classmates from other classes, so she couldn't find anyone she knew to cheat.

After two consecutive days of intense exams, it was the weekend.

After handing in her exam paper, Xu Su left the exam room and went straight to the bike shed to ride her bike home.

whirring whirring

I cycled for about twenty minutes and arrived home just in time for dinner.

Chen Shulan and Xu Weiping were chatting happily, their cheerful laughter audible even outside the door, indicating that something joyous had happened in their home.

Seeing Xu Su come in, Chen Shulan got up from the dining table to greet her. She glanced at her daughter's face, which was red from the cold wind, and asked with rare concern, "Is it cold outside? Come on, go wash your hands and get ready to eat."

Xu Su was extremely puzzled. She came back for lunch every weekend, but this was the first time she had received such treatment, with Chen Shulan personally coming to the door to greet her with a caring tone.

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but Xu Su showed no sign of it. She obediently went to the kitchen to wash her hands and was about to serve herself some rice when…

Chen Shulan's voice came from outside: "I've served you your food."

God is my witness, this was the first time in her life that Chen Shulan had served her rice.

Xu Su had a rough idea of ​​what was going on. The change in the attitude of Chen Shulan and Xu Weiping towards her in her previous life was after Zhou Mochen appeared.

Sure enough, after she sat down and picked up her bowl of rice, before she even took a bite, she saw the couple looking at her with beaming smiles and satisfied eyes, as if they were looking at a money tree.

Feeling stared at like that, Xu Su found it hard to swallow. She gave a stiff smile and looked at her biological parents: "Dad, Mom, is there something you need?"

Chen Shulan realized what was happening, shook her head and smiled, saying, "It's nothing, it's nothing. It's just that I'm watching my daughter grow up. She's really blossomed into a beautiful young woman."

"We can sell it by weight," Xu Su added with a cold smile to herself.

"Su Su, there's some good news at home recently." Xu Weiping chimed in, the once dusty and dirty porter now beaming with pride: "Our family has really been allocated a house this time, a new welfare house from the factory, a three-bedroom, one-living-room house."

Based on their seniority and job position, they were not originally eligible for the new welfare housing. Although they had held a sliver of hope before, or more accurately, it was just wishful thinking.

When this dream finally comes true, who wouldn't be excited? This is a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment in Changshi!

Thinking of the old factory director's words, Xu Weiping looked at his daughter with joy: "Susu, when we move to the new house, you will have your own room. Dad promises you, I will give you the brightest room so that you can live comfortably."

The way he said that makes it seem like he's a father who dotes on his daughter.

Xu Yang was picking at the rice in his bowl when he heard this and became unhappy. He didn't know why his father was suddenly being so nice to his sister. He put down his chopsticks, pouted, and started to wail, "I want to stay in the best room, not hers."

Chen Shulan hurriedly coaxed, "Yangyang, be good. Our house is very big, and every room is nice. You and your sister will live in a beautiful big room."

Xu Weiping quickly glanced at Xu Su, worried that she might be upset. "Your brother is still young and often talks nonsense. Don't take it to heart."

Xu Su didn't answer. She didn't care how the couple coaxed their precious son. Her heart sank to the bottom.

My suspicions were confirmed; it really was Zhou Mochen's fault after all.

So, was it possible that Zhou Mochen was behind the fact that Xu Weiping and Chen Shulan were able to get that three-bedroom apartment in their previous life?

Could it be that he had already noticed her before she even met him?

In an instant, Xu Su thought of many, many things.

Since their encounter in Kang County during the National Day holiday, Xu Su hadn't seen Zhou Mochen for almost two months. She thought he would gradually fade out of her life, but she never expected him to have his hands on the Xu family.

I don't know what role he played in all of this, but it led to the situation between Xu Weiping and his wife.

Why can't he just let himself off the hook?

Didn't you seem angry last time?

Why did it happen again?!

Xu Su's thoughts raced, and she finished her lunch with no appetite.

As was his habit, he was about to put away the dishes to wash them when Chen Shulan kindly stopped him.

"Go do your thing, you don't need to wash the dishes. Yangyang has his midterm exams next week, and you guys should be taking them soon too, right? Go study now."

"By the way, I've cleared out your brother's room for you. Girls should have their own rooms. Your parents made a mistake before, making you sleep on the sofa for months. We really wronged you."

This drastic change in attitude was so striking that if Xu Su hadn't been reborn, she might have genuinely believed her parents were finally starting to care about her.

"Our school's midterm exams are over." Xu Su pursed her lips, suddenly annoyed by Zhou Mochen's persistent haunting and by the couple's pretense of being nice to her.

He went straight to the point and asked, "Can you tell me what happened that changed your attitude towards me?"

That's how it was in her past life. When she thought she had won her parents' love through her own efforts, she discovered that it was all because of the benefits given by the outside world that they were willing to pretend to love their daughter.

Xu Su had already seen through it all.

The fact that 'they are willing to give me a little love because I can bring them benefits'.

When asked this, Chen Shulan's smile froze on her face for a few seconds before she smiled and scolded, "How can you talk to your parents like that? Aren't you happy when we're good to you? Go to your room and see, we've changed your sheets and blankets, and the quilt is thick. It'll keep you warm tonight."

Xu Weiping sat on the sofa, took a sip of water, and gently scolded, "Your parents didn't think things through before, letting you sleep on the sofa for so long. Don't hold a grudge against us, daughter. We've figured it out now, haven't we?"