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

It was his oversight. He only thought about improving her living conditions, but forgot that she usually ate in the cafeteria and rarely went back to eat a meal. What kind of nutritious food could her parents possibly prepare for their daughter?

Thinking of the girl's thin wrists, Zhou Mochen frowned.

Xu Su looked up and saw the man's caring eyes for African refugees. "...I don't need you to bring me food. All the other students eat like this, so I can too."

Seeing that this person was still going to persist, Xu Su put on a stern face: "Thanks to your admonition, my parents are now giving me a lot of living expenses every week, which is enough for me to eat, so don't worry about it."

Zhou Mochen wasn't angry at her sarcastic remarks. He simply said, "Alright then."

Xu Su stopped eating when she was about 70% full.

Zhou Mochen handed over a bowl of brown sugar and egg water, saying, "Have some. I read online that this is good for girls during their period."

"..." Xu Su took the porcelain bowl, watched him diligently cleaning up the leftovers, and after a moment of silence, asked, "There's less than a week until the New Year. Aren't you from the capital? Don't you need to go back for the New Year?"

Zhou Mochen put away the food box, turned around when he heard this, and smiled again: "Concerned about me?"

"I'll go back after you finish your exams and go on vacation."

Xu Su calculated the time; she would finish her exams tomorrow, and day students wouldn't need to come to school the day after tomorrow. Winter vacation would officially begin after tomorrow, which meant that this person would return to Beijing the day after tomorrow.

Xu Su then realized that Zhou Mochen had stayed until now to pick her up and drop her off.

Zhou Mochen smiled slightly: "How about I give you a New Year's gift?"

Xu Su handed him back the empty bowl after finishing her soup: "What?"

Zhou Mochen naturally accepted it and put it back in the insulated box: "I wanted to give you a gift, but I was afraid you wouldn't accept it, so I asked for your opinion first."

Thinking that even one of his thermos flasks cost several thousand yuan, Xu Su pursed her lips: "The gift cannot be more than five hundred yuan, otherwise I don't want it."

Zhou Mochen pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded: "Okay."

Xu Su looked at him and said, "Starting next semester, I won't need you to pick me up from my dorm. I hope you can keep your word and not disturb my studies before my college entrance exam."

Her sudden words caused Zhou Mochen's eyes, which had just been smiling, to turn cold.

After a long pause, he snorted coldly, "Can I come to see you during your weekly holidays? I won't disturb your studies, I just want to come and see you, Xu Su. I'll see you at most once every seven days."

The words, though extremely humble, sounded forceful coming from this person's mouth.

"..." Xu Su was a little annoyed. She silently repeated to herself that reforming a madman was not something that could be done in a day before she reluctantly nodded: "Okay, we'll talk about it later."

He added, "Don't ever put your hands in my house again, and don't let my parents know you exist."

Zhou Mochen knew what she was worried about. Their relationship had been unusually harmonious lately, and he didn't want to upset Xu Su.

After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Mochen took the initiative to say, "...I got an apartment right across from the new apartment your family was allocated. When you have weekends off, I can pick you up and drop you off. Xu Su, I can only promise you that I won't let your parents know that I like you before your college entrance exam."

Xu Su already knew that he would move to the house across the street from hers.

Seeing him confess so readily, I was a little surprised, but hearing his last words, I felt quite helpless: "...I hope you can keep your word."

Actually, even if Xu Weiping and his wife found out about Zhou Mochen's existence, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, she never had any expectations for these two people in this life.

They wanted to put on airs as parents in front of her, just like in their past life, and coax her into associating with Zhou Mochen, but they also wanted to see if she would listen.

The afternoon exam started at 1:30. After eating and drinking her fill, Xu Su rested for a while before heading to school.

By 5:15 p.m., all five subjects for the first day had been completed. Xu Su walked out of the school, and Zhou Mochen's car was still parked in the same spot, seemingly untouched.

This person...it seems he has never made me wait for him...every time school ends, he is always waiting for me well in advance.

As soon as he got in the car, a familiar hot water bottle was handed to him, and Zhou Mochen asked gently, "How did the exam go?"

Xu Su spread out the blanket to cover her legs, placed the hot water bottle on her lower abdomen, then relaxed and nestled into the back of the chair. She glanced at him and said, "Not bad, a slight improvement."

"Shall I take you to eat roasted sweet potatoes?"

Xu Su lifted her half-closed eyelids, slightly tempted.

Zhou Mochen decisively turned on the turn signal and turned the car around. "Let's go buy some freshly baked ones. It's not far, only ten minutes away."

These days, Xu Su has eaten a few roasted sweet potatoes brought by Zhou Mochen after evening self-study, but no matter how well they are kept warm, they are not as sweet as freshly roasted ones.

Along the way, Zhou Mochen drove past two roadside roasted sweet potato stalls as if they didn't exist.

Xu Su didn't stop her. She knew perfectly well that this person would never buy her roasted sweet potatoes from a roadside oil drum.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, which seemed increasingly familiar, Xu Su frowned: "This is... Xiasheng Road?"

Zhou Mochen, who had been to this place many times, seemed very familiar with it: "There's a roasted nuts shop here that sells roasted chestnuts and sweet potatoes. It's the closest one to your school."

Okay... Xu Su didn't say anything more.

Although her grandparents' house was also on Xiasheng Road, there were so many people on that street that the two elderly people didn't like to go out shopping unless they had nothing to do, so the chances of running into them were negligible. Besides, she didn't plan to get off the bus and wasn't afraid of being seen.

In recent years, Changshi has experienced rapid economic development, and every household is living a more prosperous life. With the end of the year approaching, every street and alley is bustling with people.

Whether it's a food store selling New Year's goods or a clothing store selling shoes and clothes, they are all packed with people.

The streets were packed with people, but cars were barely moving.

Zhou Mochen drove to the street, found a parking space in a less crowded area at the street corner, and parked the car. He turned to her and asked, "Want to come along? Or wait for me in the car?"

Xu Su knew the roasted nuts shop he mentioned; it was at least two hundred meters to walk in. She said lazily, "I don't want to walk."

Zhou Mochen nodded, without turning off the engine: "Okay, then wait for me for a while."

As soon as he left, Xu Su closed her eyes to rest for a while, but was awakened by a commotion just as she was about to fall asleep.

The man's cries reached her ears through the car window. Xu Su frowned and opened her eyes, noticing a crowd of people gathered not far ahead, as if something had happened.

She wasn't one to meddle, so after glancing at the crowd, she was about to look away when, unexpectedly, she spotted a familiar figure through the dense throng...

Xu Su threw off the blanket on her lap, opened the car door, and rushed out of the car.