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

Seeing that she didn't speak and her expression was not good.

Zhou Mochen sat down next to him and softened his tone: "I was wrong just now. I only wanted to hug you at first. I'm sorry."

As soon as he leaned closer, Xu Su jumped up from the sofa. "Don't get so close to me."

Zhou Mochen paused, staring at her expressionlessly.

Feeling awkward under their gaze, Xu Su turned her head away and said, "I...I'm going home now. If I take too long to take out the trash, my parents will get suspicious."

Only then did he have time to look around Zhou Mochen's new home.

The decoration and furnishings were exactly the same as in my previous life. Although it was in a factory worker's dormitory, the decoration was exquisite.

The three-bedroom, one-living-room layout was split into two bedrooms, making the living room much larger. The rooms were well-heated, and Xu Su finally felt the warmth.

Zhou Mochen was only wearing a sweatshirt, while she was wearing a short down jacket; it would be strange if she wasn't hot.

"Your parents are at work tomorrow, can you come to my house?"

Xu Su suddenly looked up, met the man's burning gaze, and twitched her lips. Did she look like the kind of fool who would walk into the lion's den?

Zhou Mochen stood up, as if he had a skin hunger disorder. He took Xu Su's hand, intertwined their fingers, and said gently, "You do your homework, I'll work, how about we don't bother each other? Just stay with me, I promise I won't do anything, just watch over you."

Xu Su couldn't pull her hand away and said angrily, "Is this what you mean by 'doing nothing'? In your eyes, shaking hands means doing nothing? Then do you think it's normal for me to shake hands with other boys? After all, 'doing nothing'."

A sharp pain shot through her finger, followed by her release. Zhou Mochen's voice rang out: "Don't use those metaphors that make me angry."

Such double standards!

Even after returning home, Xu Su was still cursing Zhou Mochen in her heart for being such a hypocrite.

Some people were indignant.

~~

The Xu family had dinner at the old house, and after returning home and washing up, they all went to their rooms to sleep.

Xu Yang now sleeps alone, and all three rooms in the house are occupied.

In the room, Xu Su was studying her review materials diligently.

Her phone sat on the corner of her desk, its screen lighting up every now and then. She knew who was sending the message without even looking, but her eyes didn't waver as she focused on her studies.

As the night deepened and the dew grew heavy, Xu Su prepared to go to bed. Only then did she pick up her phone, which contained four text messages from Zhou Mochen and one from Xi Zirong.

Upon seeing the latter, Xu Su was taken aback.

Ever since she hung up on Xi Zirong's phone on New Year's Eve, he sent her a New Year's greeting text message on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Seeing that the message was a mass text, Xu Su didn't reply.

I thought Xi Zirong should have given up completely, but unexpectedly, she sent another text message late at night.

It was sent at 9:40 PM: Xu Su, are you asleep?

Xu Su pursed her lips slightly, deleted the text message, and did not reply.

As for Zhou Mochen?

There was no reply.

The next day, Chen Shulan and her husband got up early to go to work, while Xu Su, unusually, slept in and didn't get up until almost eight o'clock.

When he stepped out of the room, he found that he was all alone at home. Xu Yang had gone to play with his friends.

The building is full of employees from the same factory, and most of their children know each other. Since starting elementary school, Xu Yang has been unable to stay at home during holidays and is basically always playing outside.

Xu Su slowly brushed her teeth and washed her face, then applied a layer of moisturizer, tied her hair up, and prepared to make herself breakfast.

Then I heard a knock on the door.

At this moment... Xu Su's heart skipped a beat, and she saw the man outside the door through the peephole.

He flung the door open and growled, "Zhou Mochen, are you crazy?"

Zhou Mochen stood outside the door, staring at her expressionlessly for a moment. Then, as if to compromise, he lowered his head and coaxed her gently, "You didn't reply to my messages all night. I was sure your family had all left before I came to find you."

Xu Su glared at him angrily, but she couldn't talk to him at her doorstep. What if an acquaintance came down from upstairs?

Xu Su pushed Zhou Mochen aside, closed her own door, and went inside his house.

"Zhou Mochen, don't you have anything to do? Aren't you going to start a business, invest, and build a big career? Why are you always getting caught up in petty romances?"

Xu Su felt helpless. She didn't know why this man, who had only gone back to the capital for the New Year, had become such a clingy person since he came back.

Can't you be a little more mature like me?!

Zhou Mochen sat on the sofa, still looking energetic: "Thinking about how close you are to me, and how I can't concentrate when I can't see you, Xu Su, have you had breakfast? Why don't you study here with me today?"

"..." Xu Su was silent for a while, then fully understood that this was the man's true nature.

In his past life, he would at least try to hide his feelings from his past self who hadn't noticed. But perhaps their relationship in this life is completely different from before, so he no longer hides them and directly exposes his love-struck nature.

Zhou Mochen went downstairs and bought breakfast: soy milk and fried dough sticks, plus two tea eggs, which Xu Su wanted.

The room was too warm, so Xu Su took off her coat, leaving her in only a loose sweater. Although she wouldn't look bad in anything, Zhou Mochen still frowned at the balls on her sweater: "Su Su, shall I have someone bring you some clothes? Or would you like to go shopping? I'll go with you to buy some clothes."

How can someone say something like that so casually?

Xu Su rolled her eyes at him, rolled up the sleeves of her sweater to her elbows, and slowly began to eat her breakfast. She took the time to reply to him, "Zhou Mochen, I've made you wait for me for two years. If you keep pushing your luck like this, I'm really going to get angry."

Zhou Mochen's smile faded slightly as he recalled the girl's sarcastic remarks when they first met, which made him wary and defensive. In contrast, he realized that she was now at least willing to eat the breakfast he bought, which was already a significant improvement.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mochen told himself to take it slow and not to rush.

One day, he will be able to make her willingly wear the clothes he buys.

After breakfast, Xu Su went back and got a few books. She unceremoniously took over Zhou Mochen's desk in his study and started reviewing.

Meanwhile, the owner, Zhou Mochen, was nestled on the coffee table in the study, with a laptop open, swiping away every now and then, seemingly busy with something. Occasionally, he would turn his head to look at Xu Su, who was sitting upright behind her desk, his eyes filled with tenderness.

However, Zhou Mochen was not one to compromise himself. In less than half an hour, several workers arrived and brought over another desk.

Two tables were placed together, and Zhou Mochen sat opposite Xu Su. One studied while the other worked, and they could occasionally look up at the person opposite them.

During the session, Zhou Mochen received two work calls, and to avoid disturbing Xu Su's studies, he went outside to answer them.

After hanging up the phone, he went over to Xu Su, looked at her homework, and tried to give her some pointers. In the end, he found that the girl's grades were indeed good; all her answers were correct, and her problem-solving steps were also correct.

The two remained alone in the room until 11 o'clock, when Chen Shulan was about to get off work, and Xu Su finally had a reason to go home.