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

The next morning, after the last class, Su Fengnan quickly packed her bag and ran out. When she got to the school gate, Ye Hua and the others also came out, and they even called Wang Bo and Liu Tao over.

The group of five walked towards the spicy chicken hot pot restaurant and arrived in ten minutes. The restaurant was crowded, but fortunately, Su Fengnan had made a reservation in advance, and the proprietress arranged for them to sit in a small private room.

After settling everyone in, Su Fengnan brought out bottled water and herbal tea, giving each person a bottle: "Here, have a sip of herbal tea to quench your thirst."

Everyone thanked him repeatedly. Liu Tao unscrewed the cap and took a big gulp. Looking out the window, he saw there were still empty seats and pointed outside, saying, "Hey, there are still seats outside. Why don't we sit outside? It's cooler there."

Ye Hua glanced around and indeed saw a table under the parasol. He turned to Su Fengnan and asked, "Why don't we sit outside?"

Su Fengnan looked at everyone: "And you?"

"Let's go, let's sit outside." Ning Xiaojun was the first to respond.

As soon as we moved outdoors, the side dishes were served, along with a large pot of spicy chicken. The bright red chilies and chicken were perfectly blended, and the aroma of numbing spiciness filled the air, whetting everyone's appetite.

"Come on, hand over your bowls, I'll get you more rice!" Wang Bo urged, holding a rice bowl in one hand and a rice ladle in the other. "If you're not eating enthusiastically, there's something wrong with your thinking! Hurry up!"

Everyone handed over their bowls.

"I want less, I need to lose weight," Ning Xiaojun said.

Wang Bo gave her a disdainful look: "Forget it, you need to eat well to have the energy to lose weight."

Ning Xiaojun glared at him, annoyed. "Hmph, I'll definitely lose weight!"

"Yeah, yeah, you'll definitely lose weight, come on."

"Wang Bo, you're asking for it!" Ning Xiaojun gritted her teeth.

Seeing everyone enjoying their meal, the two stopped their banter. Su Fengnan raised her herbal tea to Ye Hua and the others, and said earnestly, "Thank you so much for your help yesterday. I'll offer you this herbal tea in place of wine. Please eat and drink well, don't be shy."

"Come on, let's have a toast!" Ning Xiaojun raised her glass.

Several cups clinked together crisply.

"Yay! Su Su is treating us today, I'm going to eat a lot!" Ning Xiaojun cheered.

"Who just mentioned losing weight?" Wang Bo complained.

"Shut up!"

"Actually, Brother Ye took care of all this little thing; we just benefited from it," Liu Tao honestly confessed.

Ye Hua glared at him, and Liu Tao immediately shut up and started eating.

Su Fengnan looked at Ye Hua and said sincerely again, "Don't be shy with me today, eat more."

Ye Hua nodded: "Don't just think about us, eat more yourself too."

The group ate and chatted, creating a lively atmosphere.

Halfway through the meal, Su Fengnan got up to pay the bill and bought a few ice creams from the convenience store next door. When it was time to pay, Ye Hua rushed ahead and handed the money to the shopkeeper.

"Why did you come out? I promised to treat you, so take your money back." Su Fengnan handed over her money.

"You're fussing over a few ice creams?" Ye Hua snatched her money back and gave his own to the shopkeeper.

In the end, the boss accepted Ye Hua's money, but Su Fengnan stubbornly returned it to him, leaving Ye Hua with no choice but to give up.

The two returned to their seats, and Su Fengnan distributed the ice cream to everyone.

"Susu, you're so great! It's like experiencing both ice and fire, one word—awesome!" Ning Xiaojun took a bite of ice cream and squinted her eyes in satisfaction.

Su Fengnan smiled and glanced at the pot: "Do you want some vegetables too?"

"want!"

She added vegetables, tofu skin, and bean sprouts to the pot, and asked the three boys, "Do you think we should add anything else?"

The three shook their heads, indicating that they had eaten enough.

Wang Bo took a sip of water, then suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, have you guys heard? There's a car rally this weekend, want to go watch it together?"

Liu Tao's eyes lit up: "Really? I definitely have to go! I want to witness a real-life version of Fast and Furious!"

"What about you? Are you going?" Wang Bo glanced at the crowd.

Ning Xiaojun: "Sure!"

Ye Hua: "Then let's go together."

Then all four pairs of eyes turned to Su Fengnan, waiting for her answer.

Su Fengnan felt uncomfortable being stared at and quickly waved her hand, "I have something to do in Zhucheng this weekend, so I won't go. You guys go ahead."

When she heard that she wasn't going, a fleeting look of disappointment flashed across Ye Hua's eyes, and the ice cream in her mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

"Oh? Su Su, it's such a pity you're not going!" Ning Xiaojun said regretfully.

Su Fengnan smiled and said, "It's okay, you can tell me about it later."

"That's all we can do," Ning Xiaojun sighed.

The hot pot meal was a great success, with everyone enjoying themselves. Su Fengnan ordered a large portion, and the chicken was mostly finished by the three boys, while she and Ning Xiaojun ate quite a few vegetables. Seeing everyone enjoying the meal, she felt the money was well spent.

After leaving the hot pot restaurant, the three boys returned to school, while Su Fengnan led Ning Xiaojun home. The hot pot restaurant wasn't far from home; they planned to take a nap there so they'd have the energy for afternoon classes.

……

Time flew by, and it was the weekend. Su Fengxia had already made plans with her classmates to watch the rally race, while Su Fengnan packed two changes of clothes early in the morning, grabbed her laptop, and boarded a bus to the provincial capital. Watching the race would have to wait; she'd go if time allowed.

As soon as she landed in the provincial capital, she called Yanzi. It just so happened that Yanzi and her colleagues had just started work, so the two agreed to meet at the cake shop where Yanzi worked.

While waiting for the bus, my phone vibrated. It was a text message from Zhou Chenyu: "The opening ceremony has started. Will you come to watch the game?"

Su Fengnan stared at the words on the screen, her fingertips pausing slightly. After a moment's thought, she replied truthfully, "I'm sorry, Professor Zhou, I have to come to Zhucheng for some business, so I probably won't be able to watch the competition. I wish you the best of luck!"

On the other side, Zhou Chenyu looked at the reply on his phone, a barely perceptible hint of disappointment flashing in his deep eyes. He wondered to himself: What is she, a girl, doing all alone in Zhucheng?

However, before he could think about it, the deafening sound of gongs and drums surged in like a tide, pulling him back to reality.

The rally's opening ceremony was extremely grand. Leaders, guests, and participating drivers gathered together, and spectators from all over the country flocked to the event. Media reporters and fans frantically snapped photos with their DSLR cameras. With the crisp sound of the starting gun, the event, aimed at promoting local economic and tourism development, officially began.

One after another, race cars shot off the starting line like arrows, the smell of burning tires rubbing against the ground mingling with the roar of engines, instantly igniting the passion of the entire audience in a real-life "Fast and Furious" spectacle.

On a distant platform, two girls were excitedly watching the race car drivers on the track.

"Su Fengxia, look! Isn't that LZY in the red racing suit? Ah... my idol!" The female classmate next to Su Fengnan excitedly pointed at the field and shouted.

"Huh? Where is it?" Su Fengxia stood on tiptoe and looked around.

"There, there!"

Following the direction the female student was pointing, sure enough, a young racer dressed in a red and white racing suit and a matching baseball cap was standing in the crowd, chatting and laughing with people. His handsome features and charming smile immediately drew screams and shouts of his name from the female student spectators around him.

"lzy, I love you!"

"During the rainy season when we were seventeen, we shared common hopes and once embraced each other tightly..."

The enthusiastic fans even sang along in unison, their passion so great that the security guards had to form a human wall to maintain order.