Chapter 559: Chapter 559

Huo Mingshan was a father who couldn’t express himself.

In fact, he was quite concerned about Huo Feng; whenever he heard Huo Feng was in trouble, he worried a lot.

It was just that he usually kept these thoughts much to himself.

Maybe it was because he was often too serious, because Huo Feng’s attitude had always been poor...

So, for him to suddenly show concern for Huo Feng wasn’t an easy task.

Coming all this way to see Huo Feng and inquiring a few more questions about his health was already the limit of Huo Mingshan’s expression of care...

But to Huo Feng, these words didn’t hold much emotion.

Huo Feng only felt Huo Mingshan was nagging...

He felt even more so that choosing to go to his grandfather instead of Huo Mingshan on the day he got injured was the right decision!

"That’s enough about me, there isn’t much to talk about. Let’s talk about Sangzhi’s issues,"

Huo Feng waved his hand and concluded the topic about himself in one sentence, only saying, "Just tell me honestly, is Sangzhi’s matter easy to deal with? What do the leaders think? They haven’t pressured you, have they?"

Huo Mingshan originally wanted to concern for Huo Feng, but Huo Feng’s mind was solely fixated on Pu Sangzhi...

Seeing that Huo Feng was constantly inquiring about Pu Sangzhi, as Pu Sangzhi’s homeroom teacher, Huo Mingshan was deeply moved and filled with thoughts.

He previously thought Huo Feng was a hopeless case, without goals or ambition, just drifting through life aimlessly. He believed Huo Feng’s pursuit of Pu Sangzhi was only due to teenage hormones, sure to be just a fling...

But following this incident, Huo Mingshan’s view of Huo Feng took a major turn.

Suddenly, Huo Mingshan felt that over the past year, Huo Feng had indeed grown a lot.

Not just academically, but he had also matured a lot mentally...

At least for now, Huo Mingshan saw Huo Feng’s seriousness about relationships, his courage and determination, and his sense of responsibility and mindset in treating people and handling matters.

Even tonight, right now, Huo Mingshan told himself that he should start looking at this kid with different eyes.

This kid wasn’t as bad as he had thought, or perhaps he was slowly improving, or maybe he was truly starting to mature...

One could only say that now, this kid was indeed much more agreeable to the eye.

Just for that moment, many thoughts arose in Huo Mingshan’s mind, but none were voiced—just continued to be hidden deep within.

When he spoke again, Huo Mingshan earnestly answered Huo Feng’s question, "As for Sangzhi’s matter, it doesn’t seem easy to handle at the moment. However, for the time being, the leadership hasn’t spoken out, and Principal Han hasn’t applied pressure. If those people can stop their actions now and not do anything further, then the matter can be left as is. But if things continue to escalate, the severity of their actions will determine the severity of the consequences..."

After hearing Huo Mingshan’s words, Huo Feng furrowed his eyebrows tightly, "What kind of actions are severe? And what are the most serious consequences?"

Huo Mingshan shook his head and sighed softly, "I can’t really say. I’ve been a teacher for so many years and have never encountered anything . I have no experience..."

Huo Feng looked at him with a disdainful expression, "How can you be so useless?"

Huo Mingshan disliked Huo Feng’s tone of voice, so he retorted, "You brat! Then what good ideas do you have? What can you do against such shameless scoundrels? Isn’t it futile even to call the police?"

"I have thought of a method!"

Huo Feng argued forcefully back at Huo Mingshan, "I thought about asking Grandpa to take some guys and teach them a lesson."

"Is that going to work?"

Huo Mingshan frowned, "Will they stop if we beat them up?"

"How would I know..."

Huo Feng shrugged, "They’re bullying Sangzhi now. If we don’t teach them a lesson, how will they know who rules this turf? Think about it, this isn’t Shanghai, this is Tangxia in Rui’an! We’re the local snakes here!" Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝕟𝕖𝕥

Huo Mingshan looked at Huo Feng speaking in what sounded like street smarts, and his brows furrowed even tighter, "Isn’t it illegal to beat people up? What if we really do give them a beating and just make them desperate?"

That indeed was what Huo Feng struggled with the whole night, "I also don’t know what to do if they get desperate..."

Should they push people to desperation, he feared those people could do even more outrageous things.

How much more outrageous?

Huo Feng couldn’t imagine...

After all, he had never faced this kind of debt-collection gang before.

By Huo Feng’s side, no one had ever faced this kind of violent debt collection...

It was precisely because there was no precedent that they did not know how to handle it?

"You see, you don’t even know what to do, which only shows that this method is too impulsive," Huo Mingshan said.

Huo Feng immediately asked him, "I can only think of this method, otherwise what do you suggest? Let’s hear it?"

Huo Mingshan then said, "I’ll go talk to the security guards at the school gate later, asking them to keep an eye on the situation outside the school these next few days. As soon as they spot those people spray painting, they should chase them away. Chase them away once or twice, and I believe they won’t come back after that."

"Isn’t that too cowardly?"

Huo Feng looked down on Huo Mingshan’s conservative approach, "With people like them, if you don’t teach them a lesson, they won’t back down! If you just chase them away, they will certainly have other methods. How do you know those methods won’t be more serious than this one? Your method won’t work!"

"Then what do you propose we do?"

Huo Mingshan hadn’t expected to be belittled by Huo Feng to such an extent, and for a moment, he was heated, "According to your method, we should beat them up. What if we provoke them and they bring a bunch of people here? If we really get them riled up, what if they find an opportunity to catch Sangzhi? Can you guarantee they won’t do anything to harm Sangzhi? People like that cannot be pushed too far; once you do, they are capable of anything!"

"Then don’t let them catch Sangzhi!"

Huo Feng raised his voice in response, "I will protect Sangzhi! If you think my method is not appropriate, you do your thing, and I’ll do mine!"

Huo Mingshan also couldn’t help but raise his voice, "Why are you yelling at me? Calm down!"

Without any agreement, the father and son found themselves in a confrontational state once again...

Because both of their voices had been raised, the quarrelsome words drifted into the classroom, heard by the students of Class 7.

In the hallway, through the window, a Class 7 student stuck their head out, cautiously looking towards the father and son.

By then, Huo Feng and Huo Mingshan had each reined in their anger.

After a minute of calming themselves, they managed to suppress their anxieties.

It was then Huo Mingshan said to Huo Feng, "I know you’re worried about Sangzhi and so am I. None of us have experienced anything and we don’t have any strategies to deal with it. Let’s hold off for now and not be so aggressive right away, to avoid causing Sangzhi more trouble. After all, you don’t know what consequences your actions could bring, right?"

While Huo Feng disliked Huo Mingshan’s conservative approach, he had to admit that Huo Mingshan had a point.

Nowadays, whatever method used, one cannot predict what the outcome will be?

Huo Feng indeed didn’t dare to act rashly and certainly didn’t want to bring unnecessary trouble upon Pu Sangzhi...

He wanted to solve her problems, not create new ones for her.

Her problems were already plentiful, and she couldn’t bear any more hurt...

With these thoughts in mind, even though Huo Feng was full of anger and had thoughts of revenge, he still dared not take action recklessly.

Because he could imagine that no matter what he did to those people, even if he found someone to beat them black and blue, in the end, the trouble would fall on Pu Sangzhi...

Huo Feng let out a long sigh, raised his hand to run it through his hair, five slender fingers tangled in his hair as he scratched, appearing quite troubled.

Seeing him in such a distressed state, Huo Mingshan softened his tone, "Alright, go back to class for now. You still have to focus on your studies; listen to me and don’t act rashly."

"Okay..." Huo Feng replied quietly.

Huo Mingshan then said, "I’ll talk to your grandfather later. He has dealt with many lowlifes in society and might have a better idea."

Huo Feng nodded, then quickly added, "Don’t tell him it’s about Sangzhi’s family business."

Huo Mingshan, puzzled, asked, "Hmm?"

Huo Feng then said, "Don’t let too many people know about Sangzhi’s family situation. She cares about her reputation."

Quickly understanding Huo Feng’s intention, Huo Mingshan realized that Huo Feng was trying to preserve Pu Sangzhi’s dignity.

Hearing Huo Feng say this, Huo Mingshan immediately grasped the reasoning behind why Huo Feng had kept his serious injuries during the summer a secret from everyone.

It turns out, the kid was protecting Sangzhi’s dignity...

Huo Mingshan naturally agreed with him.

By now, Huo Mingshan truly believed...

Huo Feng really cared deeply for Sangzhi!