Chapter 550: Chapter 550

Pu Sangzhi had also been waiting for Huo Feng to contact her.

Finally, when she received a call from Huo Feng, before she could begin asking questions, Huo Feng asked her first.

Hearing his voice, hearing his caring greetings, Pu Sangzhi’s heart in her chest trembled fiercely...

She took a deep breath, forcibly holding back the emotions that might burst forth, and replied with a quivering voice, "Both my mom and I have eaten. What about you? Did you just wake up? How’s your body feeling? Any better?"

"Ah, don’t even mention it..."

Huo Feng sighed deeply, "My big frame actually fainted from heatstroke, and in front of you no less, how embarrassing, you tell me..."

"It’s not embarrassing."

Pu Sangzhi responded, "It’s just too frightening."

Pu Sangzhi indeed had been scared today.

She thought she might never forget the awful look on Huo Feng’s face for the rest of her life.

She still remembers it vividly...

She remembers how he fainted, how his complexion was pale as paper, lips white, unresponsive to any amount of patting.

She remembers how panicked, scared, and frantic she felt in that instant!

After that moment, Pu Sangzhi never wanted to experience the feeling of losing Huo Feng again in her life.

"I scared you, huh..."

As Huo Feng continued on the phone, he forced a smile, "Sorry, I couldn’t control myself and passed out; I should have waited till I got home to faint..."

"Don’t talk like that."

Pu Sangzhi said, "Even now, you still joke. Do you know I’m really worried about you?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Feng laughed, showing a row of neatly aligned white teeth, "I know. So, what should I do? Should I come see you?"

Pu Sangzhi hurriedly shook her head, "Or maybe I should come see you? Is that alright? Wouldn’t your grandfather say something?"

"I think you better not come."

Huo Feng, holding back his discomfort, rejected her for the first time, "You don’t know how much my aunt can pry into things, digging deep into everything. If you come over, my grandparents will surely ask too. I can evade their questions, but it would be harder for you. I’ll come to you later instead!"

Pu Sangzhi still refused, "Your body is already , don’t come over. You should rest well tonight, that.... I’ll find an opportunity to see you tomorrow, okay?"

"What if I miss you?" Huo Feng asked.

"I miss you too," Pu Sangzhi instinctively replied.

This was still the first time...

Definitely the first time!

Pu Sangzhi took the initiative to speak such sweet words to him, to tell him she missed him!

Such words coming from her mouth were truly rare!

Listening, Huo Feng’s eyes widened!

He could hardly believe what he had just heard!

So, Huo Feng intentionally asked her again, "What did you say? I didn’t hear, there might have been a bad signal just now..."

Pu Sangzhi knew what he wanted to hear, so she repeated, "Huo Feng, I miss you." Chapters fırst released on novel※fire.net

Huo Feng instantly felt his heart melt!

He even managed to lift his hand, touching his chest, feeling as if his heart had turned utterly soft!

"You’ve never said that to me before. Say it again, I want to hear it one more time!" Huo Feng said.

"Huo Feng, I miss you."

Pu Sangzhi, not sparing her words, said it once more, "Also, I’m really sorry about today. I caused you so much trouble... Our trip got canceled, and you even got injured and suffered heatstroke. I can’t give you anything, and I can’t even come to see you..."

Huo Feng let out a long sigh.

Pu Sangzhi, sensing something amiss in his tone, asked, "What’s wrong? Is there pain somewhere?"

Huo Feng replied, "No pain anywhere, just feeling these words are too delightful, my heart is turning into water!"

Pu Sangzhi curved her lips, finally showing a rare smile, "I’m sorry for dragging you into this mess today."

Huo Feng immediately responded, "You don’t need to apologize to me. Everything I did today was worth it! Today, for the first time, I felt like a real man! I can take responsibility for your family! From now on, I promise to take care of you and Auntie, to protect your family, both of you!"

Hearing these words, Pu Sangzhi tightly pursed her lips, a sourness rushing to her nose, her eyes reddening instantly, a tear silently escaping, which she immediately wiped away with her hand.

Pu Sangzhi took a deep breath, busily adjusting her emotions, and responded with a light laugh, "Thank you, Huo Feng. Thank you so much..."

Thank him for giving her and her daughter the sense of security they had lacked for so long.

Thank him for not letting her and her daughter wander homeless like they had in Shanghai.

Thank him for standing up in the most crucial moment, not hiding, not fleeing, not abandoning them, and supporting their broken home with his immature shoulders.

Thank him for loving so simply, asking for so little, yet giving so much...

Sometimes Pu Sangzhi really felt she didn’t deserve Huo Feng, and when facing him, she felt particularly guilty!

Because she knew she wasn’t worthy of him.

She had always known...

Not to mention the mismatch in their social statuses, just the condition of her family alone was enough reason not to drag him down.

She dared not tell him these thoughts, only keeping them hidden deep inside her heart.

But her gratitude and guilt towards Huo Feng, she would remember forever, for a lifetime.

In this inappropriate age, a young man had held up the sky for her.

That night, Pu Sangzhi and Chen Huifen stayed awake all night at their secret hideout.

With such a situation at home, although they had temporarily found a shelter, it was after all just a temporary place.

Lying on any two of the ten small beds, Pu Sangzhi looked around with her bright, dark eyes into the pitch-black surroundings.

Feeling exhausted, feeling spiritless, feeling life’s pressures engulfing her, feeling suffocated...

"Xiaosang, you can’t sleep, can you?"

Chen Huifen knew Pu Sangzhi was still awake, so she called her name and asked.

Pu Sangzhi answered her, "Yeah, I can’t sleep."

Chen Huifen then asked, "Are you still thinking about what happened today?"

Pu Sangzhi softly replied, "I’m thinking about tomorrow, and the future..."

What happened today is past.

What happened today wasn’t hard to face.

What is harder to face is the unknown tomorrow and a future without plans.

Pu Sangzhi said to Chen Huifen, "Mom, where do we go next? Where can we go? Can I still continue with school?"

Chen Huifen turned over, gently placing her hand on Pu Sangzhi’s shoulder, soothingly said, "School is starting soon, try not to think too much. You can definitely continue schooling. After all, those people don’t know you’re studying at Longxiang."

"What if they find out?"

Pu Sangzhi also turned her head, her eyes gleaming as she looked at Chen Huifen, "Our home, grandma’s passing, and this property deed... they know so many details, they could find out everything. They might also find out I’m studying here, right?"

"Those bad people! I can’t believe they’d stoop so low as to interfere with school!"

Chen Huifen clenched her teeth in anger, a face full of fury, "High school is a boarding school. Once you’re in, you don’t need to leave for a week. I’ve seen that your school has a good security system. Even if they know, they can’t come inside, they can’t catch you. Just focus on your studies. Plus, Xiaofeng is there; he will definitely protect you. With him by your side, I feel very relieved."

After today’s ordeal, Chen Huifen had come to truly believe in Huo Feng’s ability to protect Pu Sangzhi.

Even though Huo Feng was still a child, not even of age, he showed immense calm and bravery in the face of major issues, more so than many adults!

Chen Huifen trusted Huo Feng more than she trusted herself; she believed that with Huo Feng around, Pu Sangzhi would be safe, would be alright.

However, she herself didn’t know what to do next...

"Mom, what about you? Where will you go?" Pu Sangzhi asked her.

The question filled Chen Huifen’s heart with questions, her eyes with confusion.

Pu Sangzhi suggested to her, "Can we go to Aunt’s house? Aunt has always taken care of us, maybe she would take you in, right?"

Chen Huifen forced a bitter smile, "I called her today, and she only told me to call the police. Afterwards, she didn’t call me again, probably afraid of being dragged into trouble because of us."

"But, you can’t blame them."

Chen Huifen said, "With our family’s situation, not many people want to associate with us. No one wants to take on our hot potato; they all fear being dragged down by us..."