Chapter 586: Chapter 586
Pu Sangzhi had always been an obedient girl.
Obedient to the point of being overly mature and sensible, overly repressive in restraining herself...
Ever since the incident occurred, she had been keeping her reason and calm.
Like an adult, she pretended as if nothing had happened while analyzing the situation with Chen Huifen, making arrangements step by step.
All along, Chen Huifen had been comforted by her child’s wisdom that belied her years.
But she had overlooked the fact that she was still a child.
Just an underage high school student, yet she had to bear so much pressure, had to behave like an adult, had to constrain so much, so much...
Chen Huifen knew full well that she had done very well.
She had held on for so long, so very long before finally breaking down...
Chen Huifen watched her cry in such a state, her body convulsing with sobs, pitifully.
Chen Huifen couldn’t say much, only able to cajole in a seemingly comforting way.
Because the child knew everything that needed to be said.
Pu Sangzhi cried for a long time...
To be exact, at least for over an hour, as if she had cried until she had no strength left, her voice gradually weakened...
"It’s good to cry it out..."
Chen Huifen stroked Pu Sangzhi’s back and sighed with heartache, "Xiaosang, whatever you want to say... say it if you want to cry, say it if it hurts, say it if you miss him, if you can’t let go, say it too... You’re still a child, you keep so many worries to yourself, silent, and you will suffocate yourself..."
Pu Sangzhi sobbed, burying her head deep into Chen Huifen’s chest, too ashamed to show her face.
Actually, she really didn’t want to show such a weak, melodramatic side.
But this time, she really couldn’t hold back her emotions.
"If you miss Xiaofeng so much, you should make things clear to him. If you keep it from him, you’ll regret it in the future."
Chen Huifen gently massaged the long hair at the back of Pu Sangzhi’s head, "I’ve been through it all. But I know, feelings at your age shouldn’t leave regrets. Such regrets, you will remember for a lifetime."
Pu Sangzhi also believed that this would become a lifelong regret.
Very likely, if she met Huo Feng in a vast crowd in the future, she certainly wouldn’t dare to look at him, would feel so guilty she’d want to avoid him forever.
"Let’s go back tomorrow..."
Chen Huifen sighed softly, "Go back, say goodbye to him and to your teachers officially. Perhaps we were wrong. Perhaps we shouldn’t make those who care about us worry."
Pu Sangzhi uttered a muffled call.
That night was a difficult one for everyone involved.
Huo Feng drowned his sorrows in alcohol until he fell asleep, and Pu Sangzhi was in tears of repentance...
In the lonely night there were a few hurting hearts; the night was cool but also brought clarity.
When the first rays of the morning sun peaked through the sea of clouds and crept through the curtain gaps into the room, they finally brought a hint of warmth to the world.
Because Pu Sangzhi had replied to Huo Feng’s WeChat message...
The despondent Huo Feng of yesterday was like a different person today, completely transformed!
After a night of drinking himself into oblivion, he had slept hazily through the morning...
He slept until the sun was high in the sky, finally awakened by the heat of the sun shining through the window onto his head...
When he awoke, he was drenched in sweat.
His back, forehead, and the hollows of his arms were clammy and with a touch, he could feel the wetness of sweat.
Huo Feng felt both irritated and dirty, frowning as he lay in bed without the desire to get up.
He lay still for a while, letting the heat dissipate from his body before finally moving his fingertips slightly and blindly grabbing a beer bottle from beside him, slowly sitting up.
Huo Feng had drunk more than half a case of beer by himself the day before, probably about two-thirds.
Lowering his gaze to survey the battlefield across the bed, he let out a long sigh, "Intoxication passes through my body, might as well die from drinking..."
As he spoke, Huo Feng opened a beer bottle and raised it to his lips to drink.
After a forceful gulp, he suddenly felt a spasm in his stomach and hastily clutched at the area, his brows furrowed with pain as he hissed sharply, drawing a breath of cold air...
After a while, the pain slowly subsided...
Huo Feng suddenly remembered the characters in TV dramas who drank their way to perforated stomachs, vomiting blood copiously...
He immediately dared not continue drinking, hastily placing the beer bottle beside him, taking a deep breath, and raising an eyebrow with a clicking sound...
Despite already being so heartbroken, despite saying he’d rather be dead, deep down, he was still afraid of dying.
Especially when he looked up at this place, although it was near the school, it was still very secluded, and no one knew he was here.
If he really drank himself to the point of vomiting blood, wouldn’t his corpse end up lying here?
With that thought, Huo Feng felt that no matter what, it wouldn’t be worth it.
After setting down the bottle, he picked up his phone, pondering over how he should plan his day. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽
As he was thinking this, Huo Feng lit up the phone screen and his eyes widened in surprise the instant it came on!
He never expected to see a message from Pu Sangzhi in his inbox!
Huo Feng forcibly suppressed his wildly beating heart, swallowed hard, and with nervous anticipation, clicked on Pu Sangzhi’s WeChat...
Following that, he saw the messages Pu Sangzhi had sent him.
One message at around 6:00 in the morning read, "I’m sorry for making you worry. It’s my fault for not explaining things properly to you. I’ll come back later, I want to talk things through with you."
The second message, sent around 9:00 in the morning, read, "Have you woken up? Where are you? I’ll come to you."
The third message, sent around 10:00 a.m., read, "Haven’t you woken up yet?"
The fourth message, sent at about 11:10 a.m., read, "Are you still sleeping, or do you not want to reply to my message? Are you very angry?"
It was now 11:30 a.m., just 20 minutes after the fourth message.
After reading these messages, Huo Feng immediately started tapping away on his phone, with so much he wanted to say to her; he even thought about sending her his location!
But just as he excitedly typed out a long string of text, his fingers hesitated over the send button...
Looking at that send button, Huo Feng suddenly didn’t want to press it; he suddenly felt like playing disappearing games too!
The moment that idea rose in his mind, Huo Feng quickly deleted all the text he had just typed without a second thought.
He thought: Right! He shouldn’t reply to her! He should play disappearing games! He should let her taste what it’s like not being able to contact him!
That way, she would understand how he, Huo Feng, felt all day yesterday!
Thinking this, he actually managed to restrain himself, deciding not to reply at all!
In a good mood, Huo Feng ordered some takeout, then set his phone aside and got up to take a shower.
While he was showering, Pu Sangzhi sent him several more messages and made two phone calls.
Of course, she didn’t get a single response!
Huo Feng leisurely finished washing his hair and showering, and just then, Pu Sangzhi’s call showed up on the phone screen.
Seeing her calling him, Huo Feng’s lips curled up with satisfaction and happiness!
But, he didn’t answer the call...
He simply wiped his hair with a towel while squatting by the bed, eagerly watching the call disconnect on its own, his eyes and brows full of joy.
Right as Pu Sangzhi’s call disconnected, a call from the delivery service came through.
Huo Feng quickly answered the delivery call, standing up while still drying his hair, "Hello..."
If Pu Sangzhi knew that he would rather answer a delivery call than her call, she would definitely be furious, right?
But Huo Feng wanted her to be angry and anxious; he wanted her to feel uncomfortable for a while!
After all, the effects of force are mutual.
Only by making her suffer too would she understand what foolish things she had done to him, Huo Feng, this time.
So, Huo Feng actually managed not to reply to a single one of her texts or answer any of her calls for a whole day.
He stayed in her house, eating, drinking, and attending to nature’s calls there without going anywhere else.
When his phone was about to die, he used Meituan to find someone to bring him a charger; everything was so convenient...
As he wished, today Pu Sangzhi sent him a lot of messages! She made several calls...
She even contacted his ten friends, inquired with classmates, and searched everywhere for Huo Feng’s whereabouts.
Thus, Huo Feng’s phone was not only bombarded with her attempts to reach him but also blown up with calls from his ten friends.
Huo Feng lay on the bed like a lump of mud, watching the incoming calls on his phone, seeing the barrage of messages searching for him, his lips curling up just as before.
Later on, Huo Feng took the initiative to call Pan Bo, shared his plans and thoughts with Pan Bo, and told Pan Bo and the brothers not to worry, as he just wanted to play games with Pu Sangzhi.
Pan Bo was indeed shocked by Huo Feng!
Afterward, having heard about Huo Feng’s mischievousness, Pan Bo scolded him over the phone.
But brotherhood is brotherhood, after all.
Pan Bo still listened to Huo Feng and, along with the other brothers, went out of their way to deceive Pu Sangzhi, feeding her false information and putting on a show.
That day, Pu Sangzhi was scared to death...