Chapter 466: Chapter 466

Huo Feng truly hadn’t had a good time or properly communicated with his ten brothers for a long time.

After the last Red May event, Huo Feng had been immersed in tutoring for three subjects for an entire month...

After the exams were over, he had even tried to arrange meetings with Pu Sangzhi during the rare weekends he could rest.

At least a whole month had passed without participating in any activities with the Brotherhood.

Today, Pan Bo and Gu Yang reminded him...

And, after their reminder, while lying on the bed in the boys’ dormitory, Huo Feng belatedly realized... Haozi’s early June birthday had passed!

It was 10:30 PM, and the dormitory lights were already off.

Huo Feng lay on his bed, one hand behind his head, the other holding his cell phone, with a serious expression scrolling through the notes on his phone.

This note detailed the birthdays, hobbies, and short-term dreams of the ten brothers...

These information were extremely important to Huo Feng!

It could be said that in the ten years they had known each other as brothers, they had never missed anyone’s birthday.

Because Huo Feng would remind everyone a week or half a month before each birthday, whose birthday was coming up.

But this time, Huo Feng completely forgot Lin Yuhao’s birthday.

And the other brothers also completely forgot Lin Yuhao’s birthday.

But Huo Feng knew that Lin Yuhao must remember his own birthday; he just didn’t mention it...

Huo Feng flipped through the notes in his phone, where the first five entries were all about Pu Sangzhi.

Of course, he didn’t blame Pu Sangzhi...

He just felt that he had been negligent, had been careless, and he couldn’t believe this had happened...

During this time, he hadn’t paid much attention to his other brothers either, so despite racking his brains, he couldn’t remember what he had said to Lin Yuhao recently?

Likewise, he also couldn’t recall what kind of attitude Lin Yuhao had shown towards him. Fresh chapters posted on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥

After struggling with his thoughts, Huo Feng sent a WeChat message to Lin Yuhao, asking him, "Haozi, how did you spend your birthday this year?"

As a brother, without any ulterior motives, Huo Feng straightforwardly asked.

After sending the message, Huo Feng stared at the screen for two minutes, and not getting a reply from Lin Yuhao, he couldn’t help but sigh deeply into the night.

Huo Feng thought to himself: It’s over, Haozi must be angry with him.

It’s easy to placate a woman with some money when she is angry, but when a brother is angry... it might lead to a fight.

With this thought, Huo Feng also prepared himself to be beaten up by Lin Yuhao.

Fortunately, two minutes later, Lin Yuhao replied to Huo Feng on WeChat: "That day was Friday. There was no celebration at home, I spent it with Xiaonuan."

Lin Yuhao replied honestly, his words devoid of falsehoods or affection.

Lin Yuhao’s family situation was complicated, Huo Feng had always known.

Although his father was a wealthy landowner, his family had a stepmother, a stepbrother brought by her, and another son born to his father and the stepmother.

Thus, in his household of three, Lin Yuhao could be said to be quite uncherished, even superfluous.

Every year, Huo Feng used to pay special attention to Lin Yuhao’s birthday, always finding ways to concoct something to let him feel ’Father Feng’s’ warmth!

But this year... he forgot!

Forgetting this matter weighed heavily on Huo Feng’s conscience.

So, he sincerely apologized to Lin Yuhao: "Sorry, Haozi, I was closely watched by Sangzhi during that time and forgot about this. I owe you a birthday, let’s make up for it this Friday! Call the brothers, and let’s go out for a blast!"

Soon, Lin Yuhao replied: "No need Brother Feng, I have plans with Xiaonuan to watch a movie on Friday. You guys don’t have to worry about me, I have Xiaonuan and that’s enough."

Suddenly seeing his brother make such a comment of forgetting friends for love, Huo Feng felt a sourness in his heart, suddenly understanding how his sons must feel when he neglects them for Pu Sangzhi?

Definitely uncomfortable...

Definitely secretly blaming him.

At this moment, Huo Feng didn’t know what to say to Lin Yuhao and could only send him: "Haozi. I’m sorry about this year, I’ll make it up to you next year."

Lin Yuhao replied: "It’s okay Brother Feng, you do your thing, I know your studies are important too."

Huo Feng replied: "Yes, Dad has been studying day and night to crush Chen Ruixiang recently! Long live understanding!"

Lin Yuhao replied back: "Yeah, good luck."

This short reply made Huo Feng unconsciously stroke his chin, feeling a bit of estrangement!

It seemed as if they weren’t very close...

Huo Feng, who couldn’t keep words in his heart, thus asked directly: "Hey, are you blaming me? If you’re blaming me, just say it! We’re brothers, don’t hide what’s in your heart! I’m open to criticism too!"

It was precisely because of Huo Feng’s frank and sunny personality that his ten brothers could hardly ever stay mad at him.

At that moment, Lin Yuhao was...

After Huo Feng had spoken, he truly let go, revealing all his personal circumstances to Huo Feng.

Only then did Huo Feng learn that Lin Yuhao’s stepmother’s son from another marriage had just finished his middle school exams last week...

For this stepson, Lin Yuhao’s parents and stepmother were planning a family vacation to Sanya for the summer, even including the youngest family member, a six-month-old baby. Of course, they asked Lin Yuhao if he wanted to join.

Lin Yuhao had refused.

Since the last time his birthday was overlooked, Lin Yuhao had increasingly felt that, although they looked like a family, the stepson from outside held a higher status than Lin Yuhao himself.

Recently, Lin Yuhao felt as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

It seemed there were no relatives at home, and this stepbrother close to his age was always opposing Lin Yuhao. They would argue from time to time, and their father was unaware, while the stepmother naturally supported her own son. Moreover, since last year when the stepmother had a biological son, her status in the family had become significantly higher.

Lin Yuhao had no right to argue with his stepmother.

Moreover...even his brothers forgot his birthday.

During this period, Lin Yuhao felt that only Shen Nuan remembered him.

Only Shen Nuan would seek him out every day, cling to him, and when he ran away from home, slept with him at their secret base.

Lately, Lin Yuhao had run away from home multiple times, but no one had noticed; his family didn’t know, and neither did his brothers—only Shen Nuan knew.

That night, under Huo Feng’s questioning, he told Huo Feng all about his recent experiences.

Upon hearing about Lin Yuhao’s terrible situation, Huo Feng felt even more remorse!

As the oldest of ten brothers, Huo Feng had recently neglected his brothers, lost in the throes of love, forgetting that he had a group of brothers to protect!

Walking in the realm of brotherhood, righteousness leads the way!

Huo Feng felt he no longer deserved to be called "big brother"!

Therefore, that night, after comforting Lin Yuhao, he quietly made a decision in his heart!

He wanted to ask Pu Sangzhi...for a weekly leave!

He wanted to spend time with his sons!

Of course...first he had to get through the final exams!

This term’s final exams were crucial, they were about his summer holiday!

The final exams were about three weeks away.

To get more rest during the summer, Huo Feng started studying seriously this week.

Beyond attending classes diligently during the day, every evening for a little while, Huo Feng would initiate study sessions with Pu Sangzhi in the library.

Faced with Huo Feng’s eagerness to study, Pu Sangzhi was always happy to comply.

So, when Huo Feng suggested they study daily in the library, Pu Sangzhi readily agreed.

As Huo Feng’s study habits improved, so did his grades, which soared dramatically.

Now, when Pu Sangzhi had him do "53" practice papers, Huo Feng was largely able to complete them, with more correct answers than wrong!

On Thursday afternoon, as Huo Feng finished a test paper and handed it to Pu Sangzhi for marking, he cautiously added, "Sangzhi, could I make a small request of you?"

Seeing his recent good performance, Pu Sangzhi promptly nodded, "Hmm."

Huo Feng, relieved that she had agreed without even asking, patted his chest before bravely saying, "You know, I’m not a regular student, I’m a father with ten sons."

Without looking up, Pu Sangzhi responded, "Hmm."

Huo Feng stared at her unruffled profile and continued, "I haven’t spent time with them in too long. We’ve grown distant, and in June, I forgot Haozi’s birthday, which really disappointed him..."

Huo Feng sighed, "So I was thinking, after this term’s finals, during the summer, could you give me a month off?"

Pu Sangzhi stopped marking the paper, turned her head, and fixed him with a meaningful gaze.

This frightened Huo Feng into hastening his explanation, "I promise! I will definitely get good grades on this final exam! Top 30 for sure! What do you think?"

When he asked "What do you think?", Huo Feng sounded somewhat pleading.

He was afraid of Pu Sangzhi...

At that moment, Pu Sangzhi suddenly realized this...

After a moment of silence, as if after careful thought, Pu Sangzhi finally said, "Hmm... take a month off then."

Huo Feng exclaimed joyfully, "Really!"

Pu Sangzhi confirmed with a blink, "Hmm."

Seeing how happy Huo Feng was, Pu Sangzhi suddenly felt a twinge of guilt...

She wondered... had she been pushing Huo Feng too hard?