Chapter 453: Chapter 453

Huo Feng had a phone call with Pu Sangzhi for half an hour, and it somewhat improved his mood.

In the dream, because Pu Sangzhi betrayed him with the amount of hair on her head, Huo Feng had already forgiven her.

However, he hadn’t forgiven Yan Siyuan yet!

In this dream, and regarding Yan Siyuan stealing his wife in the dream, Huo Feng planned to settle the account with Yan Siyuan later!

On Sunday afternoon, Huo Feng gathered his spirits and went to Pu Sangzhi’s home for tutoring.

Because of personal mood reasons, he had missed the Sunday morning tutoring session. Thinking that Pu Sangzhi would blame him, he was surprised when Pu Sangzhi didn’t say anything about it.

The tutoring session in the afternoon was quite ordinary, with a strong learning atmosphere.

Lin Qianqian’s middle school exams were approaching, and her studies had become increasingly earnest and dedicated during this period.

Pu Sangzhi noticed the change in Lin Qianqian’s attitude and felt more reassured about speeding up her teaching pace.

Huo Feng was also about to face some exams, which were three subjects requiring rote memorization.

Fortunately, these subjects didn’t really require Pu Sangzhi’s teaching, and he just needed to memorize all the key points Pu Sangzhi had told him.

Therefore, when Pu Sangzhi tutored them, the focus was mostly on Lin Qianqian, with two-thirds of the time spent teaching her.

Huo Feng, meanwhile, sat to the side silently memorizing his books.

Just as Huo Feng was intently memorizing, suddenly, a loud "puhr—" farting sound disrupted the atmosphere...

Following the sound was an extremely strong odor of garlic!

Huo Feng abruptly looked up, exhaling a long breath and then holding it.

If it were his usual self, he would definitely have relentlessly ridiculed the person who disrupted the atmosphere!

Huo Feng turned his head, his gaze fixedly looking at Pu Sangzhi and Lin Qianqian, who both pinched their noses.

Seeing Pu Sangzhi and Lin Qianqian looking at each other and both looking very embarrassed, Huo Feng guessed: Could it be that this stinky, garlic-scented fart had been released by Sangzhi?

Well... let’s test it!

Huo Feng nodded, "It’s a quite fragrant smell, don’t you smell it?"

Pu Sangzhi and Lin Qianqian both looked at him and frowned simultaneously.

"I overate exotic delicacies last night, so all the gas I expel is fragrant."

With his usual high EQ, Huo Feng took the blame for Pu Sangzhi’s fart, "I suggest you loosen your fingers, take deep breaths and enjoy it."

Pu Sangzhi scowled, giving him a look, "Isn’t that disgusting... Can’t you turn your ass away when farting?"

Lin Qianqian silently nodded, giving Huo Feng a thumbs up, "Yeah, it doesn’t stink."

Good... the test yielded results.

Since it wasn’t Sangzhi who farted, Huo Feng wasn’t going to be polite!

"Hey, Ugly Qianqian, did you eat too much garlic at noon? The stink bomb you released is truly foul! It’s a mix of a poop and garlic scent! Couldn’t you warn us before letting it rip? Trying to commit murder or what?"

The devilish Brother Feng...

Just now, he said it was fragrant!

"Why blame Qianqian? Wasn’t it you who farted just now?" Pu Sangzhi defended Lin Qianqian, challenging Huo Feng.

"I thought it was you who farted, so I gentlemanly stepped up to take the blame for your fart. I’m not taking the blame for someone else’s fart!"

Huo Feng even patted his chest, proudly saying, "As an adult, the first quality one must cultivate is controlling your own farts! Ugly Qianqian, remember the lesson I taught you! Hold it in when in public; if you can’t hold it anymore, find a noisy crowded place to sneak one out. It was just us three, and with someone as smart as me, it’s easy to figure out it was you. Don’t you feel embarrassed?"

Lin Qianqian nodded silently, "Lesson learned, Brother Feng..."

Pu Sangzhi looked intensely at Huo Feng still talking pompously...

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Huo Feng noticed her overly attentive gaze and couldn’t help but raise his head arrogantly, "Do you think me covering up your fart was very MANly?"

Pu Sangzhi said, "I just think you’re being silly... How can a fart lead to so much nonsense?"

Pu Sangzhi then slightly smiled, "But, you’re right."

Huo Feng nodded in agreement, "Right? Adults should control their own farts!"

Pu Sangzhi said, "Next time, if I am so rude, you should cover for me."

Huo Feng smiled, pleased, "Sure thing!"

Meanwhile, Lin Qianqian looked clueless...

She wondered: How could her fart provide them an opportunity to show off their affection? They’re all devils...

"Sister Sangzhi, I need to let out a big one..."

Lin Qianqian felt another fart brewing and had to raise her hand to excuse herself, lest she be scorned again by Brother Feng...

Brother Feng, the person who only finds Sangzhi’s sister’s farts to smell like fairy dust, while everyone else’s smell like crap.

Lin Qianqian had gotten used to it...

"Go ahead." Pu Sangzhi agreed.

So, Lin Qianqian finally found an opportunity and clutched her stomach to retreat from the battlefield.

As soon as Lin Qianqian left, seizing this brief moment alone with Huo Feng, Pu Sangzhi asked Huo Feng, "Hey, are you really going to go bald?"

A question like a dagger, in an instant, stabbed right into Huo Feng’s heart—wow!

Huo Feng touched his chest, turned around, and slowly crawled towards Pu Sangzhi, "I’m not lying, it’s really possible. Don’t look at my thick hair and not-so-high hairline now, but both my dad and grandpa are bald! The Huo Family’s genes have been ruined by them!"

Huo Feng, with deep feeling, grasped Pu Sangzhi’s little hand and pressed it to his chest, "Tell me you don’t mind. Even if I have no hair on top, you wouldn’t mind."

Pu Sangzhi curved her lips, "I don’t care about the hair, I only care about grades. So, about that girl yesterday who said she would still want you even if you couldn’t get into college..."

Huo Feng swore, "Don’t worry! I won’t let her have a chance to have me! I must get into Tsinghua!"

Pu Sangzhi laughed, "Good. That’s good."

Huo Feng, "Sangzhi..."

Suddenly, Huo Feng grinned and said, "With so many people chasing me, don’t you feel a bit of jealousy?"

Pu Sangzhi withdrew her hand and glanced at him indifferently, "No."

Huo Feng expressed disbelief, "Liar, you clearly got so nervous last night that you came looking for me."

Pu Sangzhi, "Glad you know." Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Upon hearing this, Huo Feng raised an eyebrow, "What does that mean? Were you nervous? Jealous? Afraid of losing me?"

Pu Sangzhi glanced at him, produced a dry laugh, and said nothing.

Huo Feng, "Hey, just tell me if you like me... I’ve been waiting for you to say it..."

Huo Feng, "When will you say you like me?"

Huo Feng, "I know you like me, but you have to say it too!"

Huo Feng, "Hey, what does your silence mean..."

Pu Sangzhi would not say it.

She didn’t say it even under such perfect circumstances the last time she prayed to Buddha, let alone on normal days.

She had always lacked that little bit of courage to confess her feelings...

Was it because the time wasn’t right, the feelings weren’t stable enough, or... was she inferior?

In fact, her feeling of inferiority had always been there, unrelated to Huo Feng, but entirely about her own concerns.

She believed that in many aspects, she did not match up to Huo Feng.

But often, Huo Feng’s affection for her was enough to make her overlook those aspects.

Maybe someday, when she felt psychologically strong enough, she would dare to say those words to Huo Feng, right?

The weekend passed, and the new week of scholastic life dawned again.

Time was drawing nearer to the June exams, and the academic atmosphere at school grew more intense.

The exams were crucial for every student, a requisite test that every high school student had to pass.

While some students with lower goals merely aimed to pass, others striving for higher goals aimed for an A.

Huo Feng and his ten underlings were a stark contrast.

Huo Feng aimed for an A, while his underlings just hoped to pass.

Because failing the exams meant retaking them next year, and besides, good scores were important for getting into a top university. Of course, as for those low-tier universities... that didn’t matter much.

Huo Feng generously shared the key points highlighted by Pu Sangzhi with his ten underlings, allowing them to study the same material as him.

They studied hard and earnestly together.

Time, too, swiftly passed day by day amidst their busy academic life...

In the blink of an eye, June arrived, and everyone faced the exams.

The exams were province-wide and standardized, not scheduled by the schools but by the education authorities, and not held at their own schools.

For Rui’an City, the testing location for all was at the prestigious No. 3 High School. Thus, on the day of exams, students from Longxiang would head to No. 3 High School for their tests.

The night before the exams, many were cramming, staying up late to memorize their textbooks.

In Pu Sangzhi’s dormitory, only Pu Sangzhi lay under her blanket, fiddling with her phone. Apart from her, the other three were using flashlights to pour over their textbooks, memorizing hard...

Zhu Dandan was particularly fierce, keeping a bottle of menthol oil handy, rubbing a bit on her eyelids whenever they drooped, to stay alert at all times.

Her lower bunk mate, Wen Miao, yawned repeatedly. Sometimes she’d look at Pu Sangzhi and express envy, "If only I had a brain like Sangzhi... I could have been asleep by now..."

"I haven’t slept yet."

Pu Sangzhi, holding her phone, responded, "I’m chatting with Huo Feng."

The girl in the upper bunk across, Zhu Dandan, was surprised, "Huo Feng can still chat? Isn’t he supposed to be memorizing too?"

Pu Sangzhi replied, "He’s memorizing. I advised him to sleep earlier so he’d feel better tomorrow."

Huo Feng was also cramming...