Reborn in 2006, I met Mr. Zhou from the past.

Yan Yun was stunned, staring fixedly at Su Fengnan, his heart feeling as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, unable to utter a sound for a long time—what he feared most was Su Fengnan uttering those words.

"So please stop bothering me. I just want to focus on my studies now." Su Fengnan's voice was soft, but it was as cold as ice.

"You...you've changed your mind? Have you fallen for that man from yesterday?" Yan Yun practically roared, veins bulging on his forehead.

Su Fengnan was so angry at his outburst that she laughed, but her laughter was chillingly cold: "Yan Yun, I've already told you about my family situation. Do you think I'm in the mood for romance right now? Do you want me to become my father's death warrant?"

She silently prayed in her heart, "May the Bodhisattva bless my father with good health," but showed no sign of it on her face.

Yan Yun was speechless, and before he could recover, Su Fengnan had already stood up and pushed the money and gift box on the steps in front of him: "Take this back. I can afford to pay for a meal. Consider it our farewell dinner."

She turned to leave, but Yan Yun suddenly grabbed her arm, pulling her so hard that she stumbled and crashed heavily into his arms.

"Don't leave." He whispered in her ear, enunciating the three words harshly and forcefully, with an unyielding arrogance.

Su Fengnan paused for a moment, then abruptly shook off his hand, took a few steps back to create distance, and said with suppressed anger, "Yan Yun, what else do you want to do? Haven't I made myself clear enough?"

Seeing her determined to leave, Yan Yun felt a surge of pain and anger, and her tone completely lost its composure: "Su Fengnan, can't you be obedient for once? Why did you change your mind? If you don't like me, why did you agree to be with me in the first place? Was it fun to play with me?"

Looking at his angry and resentful face, Su Fengnan was momentarily reminded of him when they argued in her past life—back then, he was just like that, ridiculously suspicious. She only had to say a few words to the male owner of the stall next door, and he would make a scene that all the surrounding merchants knew about. After that, those merchants would avoid her whenever they saw her, for fear of getting into trouble.

Her previous marriage almost cost her her life. She fought against Yan Yun's entire family all by herself, and now when she thinks about it, she doesn't know how she survived it.

Fortunately, given another chance, she was no longer afraid of his attitude.

Thinking about all this, Su Fengnan calmed down. She didn't want to provoke him; she just wanted to make the breakup clear.

"Yan Yun, it is because of being with you that I have figured out what I really want." Her tone was calm, but her words were clear. "I want to get into a good university, to bring honor to my parents who have worked so hard to raise me, and to leave this small county town on my own to see a bigger world, instead of giving up my studies and eloping with someone, bringing shame to my parents."

Upon hearing the words "elope," Yan Yun's eyes darted away, too guilty to look at her—he knew this was his family's idea, urging him to win over Su Fengnan as soon as possible, lest she run away.

"We've been together for a month, and I've never heard you say a single word of encouragement to me. All you've been thinking about is how to persuade me to drop out of school and go with you." Su Fengnan sneered, "What are you planning? Do you really think I'm stupid? Yan Yun, don't force me to say anything even worse. Let's just leave it at that."

Yan Yun's heart trembled with panic, his lips moved, and he tried to explain several times, but he couldn't utter a single word—all his selfish little thoughts had been exposed by Su Fengnan.

Su Fengnan turned her gaze to the distance, where she met Ning Xiaojun's eyes, who was standing not far away. She closed her eyes, sighed, and said to Yan Yun, "You... really don't come looking for me again."

After saying that, she turned and left.

When the footsteps sounded, Zhou Chenyu, who was hiding in the shadows, quickly turned around and left—he didn't expect to witness this little girl's breakup scene, but he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

After taking a few steps, Su Fengnan stopped again, turned around to meet Yan Yun's gaze, and said in a calm tone as if she were talking about something insignificant: "Oh right, I forgot to tell you, my dad said that since I am the eldest daughter, our family will be looking for a son-in-law to live with us in the future. They don't plan to marry me off, so I don't want to hold you back."

She said this on purpose, with the aim of making Yan Yun give up completely.

In her past life, when Yan Yun first introduced her to his parents, his mother's first words upon entering the house were, "My children don't want to be live-in sons-in-law." She was stunned for a moment, but eventually explained politely that her parents didn't force her to have a live-in son-in-law. Only then did Yan Yun's mother feel relieved, and she even "kindly" advised her to let her younger sister find a husband so that her parents would have someone to take care of them.

That incident saddened her for a long time, and she was also angry with Yan Yun—when her father needed money for treatment, Yan Yun didn't offer to help, and even abducted her. She had already left with him by then, and her words weren't as assertive, so she ultimately couldn't help her family.

Actually, her parents never thought about finding a son-in-law. They were both understanding people and loved both daughters equally.

Su Fengnan's words were also a way of showing weakness, letting Yan Yun know her difficulties, that she wouldn't easily get along with other men, and dispelling his wild speculations—after all, in reality, not many men are willing to accept becoming a live-in son-in-law in someone else's family.

She is not strong enough yet, and she doesn't want to be entangled with and retaliated against by Yan Yun.

After Su Fengnan finished speaking, she turned and left resolutely without looking back. When she came down from the viewing platform, Zhou Chenyu had already disappeared.

Watching Su Fengnan's figure disappear completely around the corner, Yan Yun remained frozen in place like a stone statue, motionless. The surrounding noise seemed irrelevant to him; his mind was buzzing, filled with the echo of Su Fengnan's last words, "Looking for a son-in-law to live with us."

He didn't expect Su Fengnan to have become so clever, seeing through his selfish little schemes—he just wanted her to drop out of school, to keep her by his side, and not let her fly away, so that no one could take her away from him.

Previously, Su Fengnan's attitude wasn't like this during their phone call. As long as he sweet-talked her and described future plans, she would respond. But now... when did things change? Did someone enlighten her? Yan Yun couldn't figure it out at all.

He wasn't taken away until his older brother called.

On the way back to school, Su Fengnan told Ning Xiaojun about her affair with Yan Yun. Ning Xiaojun felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't help but shiver.

"Su Su, thank goodness you didn't leave, otherwise I would really hate you to death."

That's right. After Su Fengnan left in her previous life, Ning Xiaojun searched for her everywhere. Even years later, when the two reconnected, Ning Xiaojun was still blaming her for leaving back then.

"Yeah, so we weren't a good match and broke up."

"Good riddance! He's not good enough for you at all. Our Su Su is so outstanding, we can't let her just fall into someone else's hands."

"Right now, I don't want to be in a relationship; I just want to focus on my studies. How about we work together to get into a good university?"

"Okay, it's a deal, let's work hard together!"

"By the way, Susu, my dad signed me up for tutoring classes this summer. Do you want to come along? Haven't you always wanted to improve your math?"

"Tutoring classes?" Su Fengnan was taken aback. Yes, she had always wanted to take math lessons, but she had to go to her parents' house far away during the summer vacation. She paused for a moment, then said softly, "I won't go. I'm going to my parents' house during the summer vacation."

"Ah! When are you coming back?"

"I'll definitely be back before school starts."

"Oh well."