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

Xu Su was jolted back to reality when her phone vibrated in her bag.

Just as the call was about to connect, the phone automatically shut down due to low battery...

Xu Su stood up helplessly: "I have something to do, I have to go first."

“Okay,” Xi Zirong stood up with her, “I’ll go back too.”

As I stepped out of the venue, I discovered that the autumn rain had started again.

It's been raining almost every day for the past few days, which is really annoying for Xu Su. She forgot to bring an umbrella, and her phone is dead, so she can't even call Zhou Mochen to come pick her up.

Xi Zirong brought an umbrella, a black folding umbrella. He opened it and walked over, saying in a low voice, "Let's go, take me to my dorm first, then this umbrella is yours."

Xu Su hesitated...

"Don't try to avoid suspicion. It's raining now, no one will see us on the street." Xi Zirong saw right through her thinking, put his arm around her shoulder, and protected her as they walked into the rain: "Su Su, I will definitely not make things difficult for you. If you want to keep your distance from me, don't stand here waiting for the rain to stop."

The rain was neither too heavy nor too light, and the pattering sound of it on the umbrella was quite pleasant. Xu Su tilted her head and glanced at Xi Zirong: "Can you please stop holding me?"

The hand on his shoulder paused, then slowly lowered.

The two walked side by side, with Xi Zirong trying her best to tilt the umbrella towards her. When they reached the boys' dormitory building, Xu Su realized that half of his arm was wet.

"Alright, this umbrella is yours." Xi Zirong smiled at her: "Go on your date."

"..." He knew how to make her feel guilty.

Xu Su was speechless and watched him enter the dormitory building before turning around and leaving.

Turning around, she saw a familiar car parked across the street from the girls' dormitory in the rain. The driver's side window was facing her. As she looked over, the car window slowly rolled down, revealing Zhou Mochen's expressionless face.

Xu Su's heart clenched suddenly, and she froze for a few seconds before slowly regaining consciousness.

When she came to her senses and was about to walk over, the gray-black car was already parked in front of her.

Xu Su composed herself, opened the passenger door, closed her umbrella, and got into the car.

The car started slowly, and the atmosphere inside was strange. Xu Su thought Zhou Mochen would say something so she could explain.

As a result, he didn't say a word, as if he hadn't seen Xi Zirong sharing an umbrella with her.

But judging from his current low mood, it doesn't seem like that.

Xu Su's heart was pounding, and she reached out to touch his elbow...

Zhou Mochen glanced back at her and said indifferently, "Want to get into a car accident?"

"..." Xu Su awkwardly withdrew her hand and said dryly, "Don't be angry, listen carefully to my explanation."

Zhou Mochen didn't say anything, but turned the steering wheel and drove the car out of the university town, heading towards the suburbs. The autumn evening was already desolate, and with the rain, the scenery outside was gloomy, and it felt like night was about to fall.

The view outside the window appeared gloomy and eerie.

The car drove further and further off the road, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians and vehicles around. If Xu Su hadn't had absolute trust in Zhou Mochen, she would have worried that she would have been abducted.

There is a mountain on the outskirts of Beijing that is suitable for camping. Many people come and go every day. The road to the top of the mountain is well-maintained. Zhou Mochen drove all the way to the top of the mountain. Because of the rain, there was not a single person on the mountain.

Xu Su couldn't understand why this person would bring her up the mountain instead of going home...

Is he so angry that he's ready to kill someone?

The car finally came to a slow stop. Zhou Mochen didn't turn off the engine. Instead, he gripped the steering wheel and turned his head to look at her. His expression was very calm. After looking at her for a while, he said, "Explain."

Xu Su: "..."

Having not seen him like this in so long, Xu Su felt a little uneasy. She gathered her thoughts for a moment, and under his increasingly cold gaze, she spoke: "I just went to a basketball game and forgot my umbrella, so..."

"Is this what I want to hear?" Zhou Mochen stepped on the gas and drove the car forward for more than ten meters, startling Xu Su into screaming.

They were on the mountaintop, and there was a steep mountain road in front of the car. If he drove down at that speed, it wouldn't be surprising if the car crashed and he died.

Xu Suzhen didn't understand what he wanted to do. Did he want to die together with her?

After moving forward for about ten meters, the car stopped.

Zhou Mochen's voice remained calm: "Continue explaining..."

Xu Su hesitated for a few seconds, then said, "I didn't..."

With another press of the accelerator, Zhou Mochen's hands gripping the steering wheel bulged with veins, and he drove straight for over twenty meters, charging forward as if he didn't care about his life.

"Tell me what you want to know! I can explain everything!"

Xu Su was so shocked that she had no idea what he was referring to. Wasn't it because he saw her walking with Xi Zirong?

"What a coincidence that you both got into the same university?" Zhou Mochen turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "Was it planned?"

"No, no!" Looking at the flat ground just a few meters ahead, Xu Su hurriedly grabbed his hand: "Put the fire out first, and I can explain it to you."

She was terrified that he would kick them again, sending them and their car crashing down the mountain.

Zhou Mochen sneered: "Wouldn't you be happy to die together?"

"I'm sick and I'm perfectly fine, I'll go die with you." Xu Su didn't care about the consequences and pulled out the key before she could finally relax and explain to him, "Xi Zirong and I are just ordinary classmates now, so please don't act like a hedgehog every time you see him, okay?"

“You know perfectly well that my first choice has always been Peking University. There are only a handful of top universities in China, and he’s willing to come to Peking University. Can I tell him not to come?”

As Xu Su spoke, she convinced herself, and the slight guilt in her heart gradually disappeared. She said in a very righteous and serious tone, "Don't be so nervous. I guarantee that Xi Zirong and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other. In the two months since school started, we've only exchanged nods when we meet."

"A mere acquaintance?" Zhou Mochen leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes to hide his emotions, his voice chillingly dark: "Have I never told you that Xi Zirong is the person I hate most in my life? Why do you insist on being a mere acquaintance with him? Why do you insist on sharing an umbrella with him? Why do you insist on going to the same university as him?"

Xu Su gripped the car keys tightly, and thinking of the scar on the boy's wrist, her tone turned cold: "Are you kidding me? A grown man like you, always worrying about this and that. I've already chosen you, and I'll always choose you. Can't you be a little more magnanimous!"

She made a mistake during the year she was with Xi Zirong, and she admitted that she was wrong.

And for this mistake, she has been apologizing and coaxing him for over a year, carefully explaining it again and again.

What can she do now that it's already happened?

Is she wrong, but he is not?

Ultimately, Xi Zirong is the most innocent of the three.

Only Xi Zirong!

Xu Su lowered her eyes, ignoring the drastic change in the man's expression beside her, and said in a low voice, "To be honest, Zhou Mochen, if I still liked Xi Zirong, you wouldn't have a chance at all. Sometimes I don't understand why you're so wary of your defeated rival."