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

Xu Su turned to look at him, thinking that he was going to gossip with her, after all, as the class monitor, he must know a lot, right?

"..." Xi Zirong rarely received such attention from Xu Su. She froze for a few seconds, then walked over and asked, "Do you want me to wait for you to go to the classroom together?"

Is this what I want to hear you say?

Xu Su pursed her lips, feeling that this person had indeed changed. Given his previous sycophantic nature, he would never be like this, hesitating over the slightest bit of information.

She thought to herself that it was for the best; the other person had let it go, so there was nothing wrong with it. She muttered "No need" and then walked quickly toward the girls' dormitory.

After delivering the meal to Qian Jia, Huang Feng was already in her seat when she returned to the classroom.

Today, the two of them ate at different times, which was unusual as they didn't go in and out together.

Xu Su had just sat down and hadn't even thought to ask about what happened that afternoon when Huang Feng came over.

She whispered, "Do you know why Deng Hui and Qiu Kai fought this afternoon? Beauty is a curse, beauty is a curse..."

Xu Su's eyes lit up as she smelled the melon. She said excitedly, "Tell me more, tell me more."

It wasn't until the evening self-study bell rang that Xu Su finally understood the whole story.

Now I finally understand why Xi Zirong was unwilling to talk about this matter; it turns out he was also involved.

The story goes that Gu Yunjia from Class 18 liked to have pen pals, and many boys who had feelings for her took advantage of their proximity to start a pen pal relationship with her.

This girl has a lot of pen pals, probably spread across all 26 classes in the first year of high school. As for whether the senior students in the second year of high school are involved, Huang Feng doesn't know.

Anyway, Deng Hui and Qiu Kai are both her pen pals. They both like Gu Yunjia and they both know it. Quite a few other boys in the class also know this.

Their already somewhat awkward relationship was compounded by being assigned to be deskmates, and seeing each other writing letters to the girl they liked every day naturally made them unhappy.

However, all of this was known beforehand and wouldn't have caused them to fight. The real trigger was Deng Hui's rude remarks to Gu Yunjia.

Perhaps realizing his true identity as a backup option and a simp, Deng Hui finally came to his senses.

In the afternoon, she couldn't hold back and mocked Qiu Kai's goddess in front of him, right there in class. Qiu Kai, being a tall guy, wasn't one to tolerate such behavior and immediately exploded.

As a result, our poor Qian Jia was also affected.

What does all of this have to do with Xi Zirong?

That's because Gu Yunjia herself admitted that she only wrote letters to Xi Zirong. If other people were "passive" to her, then she was "active" towards Xi Zirong.

As for whether Xi Zirong replied or not, and whether he was one of Gu Yunjia's many pen pals, no one else knows.

When someone asked Gu Yunjia if Xi Zirong had replied to her letter, she just smiled and didn't say anything, but judging from her expression, she must have replied.

It was this incident that made Deng Hui realize his status as a backup option. As proud young people, who would want to be the second or even the twentieth choice? Feeling resentful, he saw his deskmate's sycophantic behavior and thought of his past self, so he couldn't help but laugh at him.

That's the whole story.

After Xu Su finished eating the whole melon, he felt incredibly excited.

No wonder Xi Zirong didn't want to say much in the afternoon; it turns out he was the one who set off all this trouble.

Huang Feng's statement is not rigorous enough. This is not a case of a beautiful woman causing trouble, but clearly a handsome man causing trouble.

Gu Yunjia was doing a good job of being a master of impartiality, treating everyone as pen pals equally. But she gave Xi Zirong different treatment, which made the other pen pals realize something.

However, it seems like it's not a loss for Xi Zirong to refuse all pen pals.

This is Xi Zirong!

Speaking of which, Xu Su quite admires Gu Yunjia. If this were ten years from now, wouldn't she be a complete playboy?

Every pen pal is a fish in her sea.

As she pondered, Xu Su thought of Xi Zirong again.

Given his love-struck and simp-like nature, wouldn't he be easily fooled by a young girl?

Xu Su thought about it for a full half of the evening self-study period before she came back to her senses.

She's not his mother, so why should he worry about this? If he's been deceived or something, it's not a big deal.

Which young person doesn't suffer heartbreak?

Perhaps a few more heartbreaks will cure this love-struck brain.

Xu Su tapped his forehead and began to concentrate on doing practice problems.

Around 9:30 p.m., day students began to leave one after another, while many boarding students would study until 10:30 or even 11 p.m.

At that moment, Xu Su's phone vibrated twice in his pocket.

Zhou Mochen's text message arrived: Su Su, I'm at your school gate, come out and let me see you.

Ever since Xu Weiping and his wife started treating Xu Su with obsequiousness, she has stopped going home every weekend.

It had been about two weekends since Xu Su last went home.

Xu Su has enough money to live on at school and doesn't need to be controlled by the couple's weekly food allowance of fifty yuan.

Zhou Mochen certainly couldn't tolerate not seeing Xu Su for weeks. Although he didn't force Xu Su to go home, he would occasionally come to the gate of No. 1 Middle School during lunch break or after evening self-study and call Xu Su out.

Basically, Zhou Mochen would come three or four times, and before Xu Su could figure out his tolerance limit, she would go out to see him once.

It had been almost ten days since they last met. Xu Su figured that this crazy person was about to reach their limit of patience. She pressed the buttons on her phone with both hands and replied with a message: Wait a minute.

Xu Su slowly folded and put away the papers, then greeted Huang Feng.

After telling her not to wait for her, Xu Su left the classroom.

It was still that secluded alley, and the familiar black car was parked there quietly.

As soon as Xu Su got into the car, Zhou Mochen's gaze was fixed on her, his longing for her undisguised.

Xu Su felt a little uneasy under his gaze and turned her face away uncomfortably.

Zhou Mochen smiled, his expression softening slightly, and asked, "Are you hungry? Want to grab some late-night snacks?"

Seeing that he wasn't going to let her go anytime soon, Xu Su raised her chin and said, "I need to be back at school before eleven o'clock."

Zhou Mochen readily agreed: "Okay, I'll bring it back to you before eleven o'clock."

Xu Su had expected him to find some high-end restaurant, but Zhou Mochen was surprisingly down-to-earth and simply picked a street food stall in a night market not far from No. 1 Middle School.

Sitting on a plastic chair at a food stall, Xu Su looked in surprise at the man peeling shrimp across from her.

He was wearing casual clothes of unknown brand, which made his already young face look even younger. Compared to when we first met, he seemed to dislike wearing formal attire even more.

Clearly, Zhou Mochen was very unfamiliar with peeling crayfish. After seeing another drop of red oil splatter onto his collar, Xu Su's eyelids twitched: "Don't peel them, I'll do it myself."

I can't even imagine how expensive the clothes must be for Mr. Zhou, whose thermos costs two thousand dollars.

It's not worth it to peel a few shrimp...

Zhou Mochen looked up at her, handed her a small plate of peeled shrimp, and smiled gently, "Don't get your hands dirty, just eat yours."