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

When Zhou Mochen brought her back in the morning, he took a phone call and left. Xu Su was worried that he had business to attend to and didn't want to bother him.

Xu Su waited until 2:30 p.m., just as she was worried that Zhou Mochen might not be able to leave in the afternoon and that she would miss the bus back to Kang County, when Zhou Mochen sent her a message: Su Su, I'm waiting for you downstairs.

She breathed a slight sigh of relief, picked up her packed luggage, slung a backpack over her shoulder, and went downstairs.

The place Zhou Mochen mentioned, downstairs, is some distance from the Xu family's house. Chen Shulan and her husband are both at work there.

Xu Yang was on holiday and, unusually, didn't go out to play today. He sat on the sofa watching TV and didn't even look away when he saw Xu Su carrying her things to leave.

Xu Su acted as if no one was home, too lazy to even say hello, and went straight out.

~~

As soon as Zhou Mochen got into his car, Xu Su said, "If you have anything to do, you can take me to the station. I can take the bus myself."

She considered herself to be very understanding, after all, she knew that this person was very busy every day, and the journey to Kang County was quite far, not to mention that he also planned to take the county bus to the countryside.

All told, it would take at least seven or eight hours round trip, and he wouldn't get back to Changshi until midnight.

Zhou Mochen smiled and glanced at her during a break from driving, his eyes gentle: "Your affairs are more important, Xu Su. Believe it or not, I've stayed in Changshi for so long because of you."

The implication is that, at least in Changshi, nothing is more important than Xu Su's matter.

Xu Su turned her head to look out the window, not wanting to pay him any attention.

It's easy to guess that in his previous life, Zhou Mochen owned two other real estate projects in Changshi, besides the Times Square in the old city. Both projects were quite large, especially Times Square, which could be considered a landmark building in Changshi ten years later.

That area also became the most prosperous central location.

However, this amount of investment was not enough for Zhou Mochen to stay in Changshi for three full years.

In his previous life, he genuinely stayed there for three years.

The car quickly got onto the highway, and Xu Su felt a little drowsy.

Zhou Mochen reached out and nudged her awake, saying softly, "There's one of my coats in the back seat. Take it and cover yourself with it. The air conditioning is on, and you'll get cold if you fall asleep."

Xu Su was feeling a bit cold. She groggily turned around, reached out and grabbed a black coat from the back seat, obediently covering her stomach before falling into a deep sleep.

Half asleep and half awake, Xu Su felt that this scene was somewhat familiar, but the overwhelming drowsiness overcame her thoughts, and she gave up thinking and fell into a deep sleep.

If Huang Chao were here, he would probably remember that on October 1st last year, in this same car, Xu Su looked down on Zhou Mochen's coat.

...

Xu Su slept soundly, and even after Zhou Mochen woke her up, she didn't want to move.

A voice sounded in her ear; it was Zhou Mochen. He said, "Why don't you keep sleeping? Don't transfer trains; I'll take you directly to your grandma's house?"

Xu Su was somewhat tempted, but she was too sleepy...

She suddenly realized what was happening, opened her eyes, fully awake, and asked, "What time is it?"

Zhou Mochen glanced at his wrist. "It's almost five o'clock."

He frowned and looked out the car window at the Kangxian bus station. "Are there still buses to your grandmother's house?"

Xu Su attended junior high school in Kang County, and she knew exactly what time the last bus back to her hometown was. She nodded: "Yes."

As they got out of the car carrying their things, Xu Su stopped Zhou Mochen from following them: "If you want to come, just follow behind the car. But Zhou Mochen, don't drive when you're tired, and be careful."

Zhou Mochen looked up at her through the car window, his smile undisguised: "I'll take this as you feeling sorry for me, Su Su, I'm very happy."

"..." Xu Su was speechless for a second before turning around and walking into the station.

It's called a train station, but it's really just an old, open-air parking lot. The ground isn't even concrete; it's full of potholes.

Fortunately, it didn't rain today, and Xu Su found the bus to Shuainan Town without any trouble.

Her maternal grandmother's house was right by the roadside. To get to Shuainan Town, you had to pass through Chenjia Village. This car went directly to Xu's maternal grandmother's house.

Less than ten minutes after boarding, the bus was packed with students from the county town returning home for the holidays, due to the peak holiday season.

As the bus swayed and wobbled out of the station, Xu Su caught a glimpse of Zhou Mochen through the window, and then saw the black Range Rover start up and follow behind the bus.

"..." Xu Su couldn't quite explain her feelings either.

I decided to stop thinking about it and just stared blankly at the rural scenery outside the window.

After leaving the main roads of the county town and entering the muddy countryside, the car bumped a little.

This road is a bit of a waste of space...

In summer, it gets dark late. By the time we got off the bus, it was already around six o'clock, and the sunlight was still quite dazzling.

As soon as Xu Su got off the bus, she turned around with her backpack and immediately saw Zhou Mochen, who had been following the bus the whole time.

He kept in mind his promise not to appear in front of Xu Su's maternal grandmother's family. The car didn't stop, but it slowed down a bit, as if it was memorizing the location, and then slowly drove past Xu Su.

It probably won't take more than a few minutes for the car to return the way it came... Xu Su wondered what this person was after, following her all this way...

She stood still for a few seconds, until Zhou Mochen's car drove away, before turning around.

The bus made quite a commotion when it stopped. The gate of my uncle's house on the side of the road was opened from the inside, and Chen Ni came out, seemingly to see who was getting off the bus.

Upon spotting Xu Su, she excitedly shouted, "Sister Su, it really is you back! I knew you couldn't possibly not come back to see us during summer vacation!"

Xu Su felt dizzy from being shaken. "Stop, stop, stop! I'm carrying something."

Hearing the commotion, Chen Dong ran out as well. He took the bag from Xu Su's back, and Chen Ni followed suit, snatching the duffel bag from Xu Su's hand as well.

Suddenly, her back and hands were empty. Xu Su looked at her younger siblings and asked, "Is Grandma home?"

I kept walking home.

Chen Ni put the things she was carrying on the recliner in Grandma Xu's yard and ran excitedly towards her own home, saying, "Yes, dinner is almost ready. I'll go ask my mom to add some dishes."

Watching her cousin run off in a flash, Xu Su laughed and said, "You'll be in high school in the second half of the year, why are you still so loud and boisterous?"

Grandma Xu came out of the house, squinted at Xu Su carefully, and then spoke with a smile: "You've grown taller and more beautiful. It seems your parents have taken good care of you."

Xu Su didn't speak. She went over and hugged her grandmother: "And you, how are you? Are you taking your high blood pressure medication on time?"

After returning from the National Day holiday last year, Xu Su took her grandmother to the town hospital the next day to have her blood pressure checked. After the doctor confirmed that Xu's grandmother's blood pressure was dangerously high, her two uncles learned that their mother had this disease.

At that time, Xu Suqian repeatedly instructed her two uncles to make sure her grandmother took her medicine every day.

Unfortunately, the holiday was short, and she returned to Changshi after only two days.