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

Xu Su struggled to pull her hand away, blurting out in a panic, "Don't touch me, aren't you uncomfortable?"

Damn it, what kind of outrageous words are these!

Xu Su, blushing, quickly tried to salvage the situation: "My legs are very itchy. Please take me back quickly so I can apply some ointment."

This time, Zhou Mochen was silent for a few seconds, then he chuckled and said, "It is quite uncomfortable."

Fearing the girl might get angry, he didn't say much. He looked down at the large bump on Xu Su's leg, which seemed to have gotten worse in such a short time, probably because she had just been scratched.

Zhou Mochen's smile vanished instantly: "Okay, I'll take you back. It was my fault today, I made you get bitten by mosquitoes like this. I'll pick you up at Kang County Station on the 15th."

He was steering with one hand, while extending the other, saying, "Hold on, I'll take you home."

"..." Xu Su was amused by his blunt words and ignored him completely.

He reluctantly withdrew his hand: "Fine, if you don't want to shake hands, then don't."

When she got out of the car, Xu Su glanced at the time; it was 12:30. She said, "Be careful driving at night, Zhou Mochen. Don't be so crazy in the future."

Seeing her concern for him, Zhou Mochen smiled and said, "Hurry back, or you'll get bitten by mosquitoes again. I'll send you a message when I get to Changshi, so don't worry about me."

~~~~~

After that night, Zhou Mochen did not come again during the following week's holiday.

The text messages were frequent, and Xu Su would reply to one every few days.

Besides Zhou Mochen, Xu Su has been in contact with Huang Feng the most in the past two weeks. This girl would call her from time to time to chat about where she went on vacation and what tutoring classes she took.

In tutoring classes, there are always people from the class, people from other schools, and so on.

Qian Jia doesn't have a cell phone, and her family doesn't have a telephone line, so Xu Su and Huang Feng couldn't contact her this summer.

Whenever there was any gossip, Huang Feng would share it with Xu Su immediately.

According to Huang Feng, the biggest gossip still belongs to Xu Su and Xi Zirong.

After all, Xi Zirong's reputation was too great; she was a top student in many high schools.

The title of academic genius was not only known at the No. 1 Middle School in the city.

His unabashed pursuit of girls was not only well-known at the No. 1 High School, but also widely heard about in other schools.

Xu Su's name also became a frequent topic of discussion among students from other schools, thanks to him.

They were all very curious about what this school beauty from No. 1 High School looked like.

Xu Su: ......

On the other end of the phone, Huang Feng was still chattering: "They all know that you and I are close, and they came to ask me if I have any photos of you. It's such a pity that we don't have any photos together. When can the three of us go take some photo booth pictures?"

Xu Su is quite accommodating to her good friend. She said, "Okay, just call me whenever you have time."

Huang Feng chuckled and asked again, "Su Su, are you having fun in the countryside?"

"It's alright, I feel quite fulfilled."

Huang Fengda is from Changshi and has never been to the countryside. He was filled with longing: "If I had known, I would have gone to your grandma's house with you for the summer vacation. If school didn't start in two days, I would have come to find you right now."

Xu Su smiled and replied, "Then you can come back and stay with me for a few days next summer vacation."

"We'll be seniors next year, and we might not even have a summer vacation," Huang Feng sighed, then started gossiping again: "Did Xi Shen contact you during the summer vacation? He likes you so much, he won't chase you all the way to the countryside, will he?"

"......" What a load of nonsense.

Xu Su thought of Zhou Mochen, who had come all the way from the countryside...

Xu Su said, "He didn't know where my maternal grandmother's house was, so how could he have tracked me down? We occasionally kept in touch during the summer vacation."

They do keep in touch occasionally, but Xi Zirong doesn't call very often, maybe once every two or three days.

They talked about everyday things, just like ordinary classmates, and it wasn't as exaggerated as Huang Feng had imagined.

Speaking of telephone lines, Xu Su's uncle's family also plans to install telephone lines.

The main reason is that their eldest son, Chen Le, works in Shenzhen, making it easier for him to contact his family.

Holidays always fly by, and on July 15th, the sun shone brightly.

After lunch, Xu Su, carrying her schoolbag and a bag of luggage, boarded the bus to Kang County.

This time, she didn't carry large bags of vegetables and eggs, not because she found it troublesome, but because she thought of Chen Shulan and Xu Yang's disdain for the countryside, believing that they didn't deserve to eat vegetables grown by their grandmother.

They don't even deserve to eat eggs laid by free-range chickens from farms.

The car was constantly receiving messages, all from Zhou Mochen.

The bus was moving slowly as it pulled into the station. Xu Su looked out the window and immediately spotted Zhou Mochen's car parked outside the station. Clearly, he had been waiting for her at the Kang County bus station.

Xu Su answered her phone when it vibrated.

Zhou Mochen asked, "Can you see me?"

“…” Xu Su paused for a moment, “I saw it, come out now.”

When Xu Su got on the bus, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Zhou Mochen handed over a box of tissues. "Wipe your sweat and have lunch with me? I rushed over to pick you up and didn't even have lunch."

He's becoming increasingly adept at showing vulnerability.

Xu Su wiped away her sweat, her mind racing.

It's 1:30 PM now. He's been traveling for at least two or three hours from Changshi, so it's probably true that he hasn't eaten.

Xu Su said, "There aren't any restaurants in our small county that you would like."

Zhou Mochen chuckled: "Do you have some misunderstanding about me? Xu Su, I'm not picky about food. Kang County is your territory, so I'll eat whatever you tell me to eat, okay?"

"..." If I hadn't witnessed your obsessive-compulsive disorder, I might have believed it.

Xu Su thought for a moment, then smiled strangely: "Then you'd better not regret it."

She directed the route along the way, and finally, she had Zhou Mochen stop at a mala tang (spicy hot pot) restaurant not far from the entrance of Kangxian No. 1 Middle School.

This is a mala tang (spicy hot pot) shop without even a name. It's affordable and very popular with students in the neighborhood.

Including Xu Su.

She hadn't eaten it for a year. Although she had just eaten, she would still order more if it were mala tang.

Zhou Mochen looked at the small, grimy restaurant with its blackened entrance and hesitated for once.

Xu Su pulled him aside without any hesitation, "It's too late to back out now, Zhou Mochen, you have to eat whether you want to or not."

Potato chips, cilantro, rice cakes, beef balls, crystal jelly, bean curd sheets, baby bok choy, glass noodles, chicken strips, cauliflower.

Xu Su filled a large bowl for Zhou Mochen, then picked out only a few items for herself.

Seeing Zhou Mochen's somewhat silent face, Xu Su said, "I've already eaten at home, this is just to keep you company."

See how great I am?

As she spoke, she put chili sauce and vinegar into Zhou Mochen's bowl, smiling gently, "The chili sauce at this shop is incredibly potent, and it tastes absolutely amazing with the vinegar. Eat up."

Zhou Mochen looked down at the bowl covered in a thick layer of red oil and slowly unpacked the disposable chopsticks.