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

That "hmm" sounded incredibly sexy and alluring to Xu Su.

She coughed lightly, reached out and poked his Adam's apple, and said softly, "I won't bother you for now, you just need to work on getting my back dimples back back."

That's hers!

Zhou Mochen agreed in a good-natured manner, and kissed the girl in his arms. This girl had been imprisoned in his sight since she was sixteen, and he had coaxed and threatened her into bed when she was nineteen.

His domineering aura is entirely due to his own actions; he hasn't changed at all.

He pursed his lips, wanting to kiss her again…

Zhou Mochen tightened his grip on Xu Su's arms slightly, barely suppressing the urge to kiss her. He held her waist and coaxed, "Su Su, please don't scare me anymore, okay?"

“…Okay,” Xu Su even considered going to Puhua Temple to buy the Buddhist beads and wear them.

Otherwise, given her bizarre and extraordinary experiences, it's hard to say she won't go back...

She...she doesn't want to go back...?

Since waking up, memories I've been trying to forget have come flooding back.

She remembered that before she fell into darkness, Zhou Mochen promised to save Xi Zirong, so... was Xi Zirong saved?

And her body—was she already dead, which is why she came back to this world, or was she also in a coma like this world?

Can she still go back?

If we don't go back, what will happen to Zhou Mochen?

He was so insane, he wasn't much better off than the guy in front of him.

Xu Su firmly believed that if she were to die in that world, Zhou Mochen would die with her.

If she really falls into a deep sleep for no apparent reason, Zhou Mochen will probably suffer a fate worse than death.

Xu Su's head was throbbing with pain. She buried her face in Zhou Mochen's chest and asked in a muffled voice, "If I don't wake up, how long can you hold on?"

"..."

The room was completely quiet…

Xu Su tried to look up in confusion, but was stopped by having her head pressed down. In her ear was Zhou Mochen's low, husky voice.

He said, "I don't know."

“I don’t know how much longer I can hold on,” Zhou Mochen said softly, his hand slipping under Xu Su’s clothes and gently stroking her slender waist. “Su Su, I’ve told you many times, if you don’t want me, I will die.”

Really terrible!

Xu Su gritted her teeth and resisted the urge to pounce on him, pulling his hand away. "Don't touch me like that, go to sleep!"

He looked so haggard, yet he was still moving his hands and feet.

Having slept for nearly four months, I thought I wouldn't be able to fall asleep anytime soon, but to my surprise, Xu Su fell asleep shortly after squinting her eyes.

Her sleep quality was also exceptionally good; in that world, only those who wore that Buddhist rosary could experience deep sleep.

When Xu Su woke up, she opened her eyes and was met with a pair of dark blue eyes with bloodshot veins.

She was taken aback at first, then her anger surged. "You didn't sleep again? Zhou Mochen, I've told you before, you can't take staying up late at your age. I told you to get some sleep, didn't you understand?"

Even an iron body can't withstand this kind of torment, can it?

He was already anxious and sleepless day and night when she was unconscious, but now that she's back, he's still like this!

Xu Su's anger vanished immediately upon hearing Zhou Mochen's words.

He said, "I'm sorry, I was just too scared. I was afraid you would fall asleep and never wake up again."

The stinging in her nose was uncontrollable. Xu Su was both angry and heartbroken. She blinked desperately to hold back her tears. After a long while, she spoke again: "If you keep working like this, it wouldn't be surprising if you suddenly die. Even if not for yourself, you should take care of your health so that you can protect me."

"Hmm..." Zhou Mochen reached out and touched her reddened eyes: "Don't cry, don't cry."

Xu Su really couldn't do anything with him. He had been quite crazy before, with an insatiable desire for control. He kept saying he loved her, but he kept her completely under his thumb, leaving her no room to breathe.

But after she woke up from her coma, she found that he had become extremely anxious, extremely insecure, and extremely fragile and pitiful.

Yes, they are pitiful!

Xu Su's affection for him grew stronger, and she reached out to hug him.

When he tried to kiss her, she refused, saying, "Don't get aroused, I just want to hug you."

Zhou Mochen: "..."

…………

Not long after getting up and having breakfast, the Zhou family elders, having heard that Xu Su had woken up, rushed over.

In fact, they really didn't like this daughter-in-law.

Putting aside the incompatibility in their family affairs, the important thing is that she has no genuine feelings for her son, not even a little bit.

But their son is like a ghost, obsessed... Even if they become a miserable couple, he just won't let go.

What an excellent son he was, but after meeting this woman, he turned into this awful mess.

No parent would like that.

Xu Su wasn't really familiar with them, and they rarely interacted during holidays. Zhou Mochen knew that his parents were dissatisfied with his wife, so he never forced Xu Su to go to the Zhou family's old house.

At most, I'd accompany her to a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, and then come right back, afraid she'd be mistreated.

So much so that when her in-laws came to visit, Xu Su could only awkwardly call out "Mom and Dad" before not knowing what else to say to ease the awkward atmosphere.

As the previous head of the Zhou family, Zhou's father was always serious. He gave his daughter-in-law a soft "hmm" and then called his son upstairs to the study.

Xu Su was left alone to face Zhou's mother, the two of them sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Xu Su used to not care about Zhou Mochen's parents' opinions of her. After all, she only wanted to escape and get a divorce back then, and she had no intention of spending her life with him. But now it's different. Now she wants to live a good life with him.

Since that's the case, it's only right that she, out of love for him, should also show some respect to his parents.

Thinking about it, Xu Su personally brewed some black tea and poured a cup for her mother-in-law across from her.

Zhou's mother is over sixty years old this year, but she has not yet retired and is still a powerful figure in the Beijing political and legal system with extensive influence.

She squinted and quietly looked at Xu Su for a long while before slowly saying, "Did the doctor say why you were unconscious for so long before?"

“Nothing was detected,” Xu Su paused, then said, “but the test results show that there is nothing wrong, and I am very healthy.”

Zhou's mother gave a noncommittal snort: "When you were unconscious, they also said you were in good health."

Xu Su: "..."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really had nothing to talk about.

I sat there listlessly for a long time until I heard footsteps on the stairs.

The Zhou father and son came downstairs. Zhou Mochen walked quickly to Xu Su, looked at her intently, took her hand, and whispered, "Are you alright?"

Before Xu Su could speak, Zhou's mother said calmly, "I am your biological mother, not a man-eating old hag."

“…Mom.” Zhou Mochen turned around and said helplessly, “That’s not what I meant.”

How could Zhou's parents not understand what he meant?

When their son insisted on marrying this woman, he told them that it was his destiny.

At the time, the Zhou family elders didn't believe it, but seeing that their son really liked it and that the family didn't need to arrange any marriage alliances between prominent families, they went along with his wishes.

Until this time, when the woman suddenly fell into a coma, their son was half-collapsed on the spot, and the remaining half was also on the verge of collapse.

They have to believe it.