Chapter 588: Chapter 588

Using a similar tactic, Huo Feng had spent the day tormenting Pu Sangzhi, finally allowing his unease and indignation to subside gradually.

Through his ten brothers, Huo Feng monitored Pu Sangzhi’s itinerary for most of the day.

He knew she was looking everywhere for him, he knew she had visited many places, he knew she ended up going straight to the high-speed train station to wait for him...

He knew all about the places she had been today, all that she had done for him, Huo Feng.

Huo Feng’s mood improved gradually with her every action...

Until this moment, until he found out her phone battery was about to die, yet she still insisted on waiting for him at the train station, he softened completely and deliberately revealed his location to her.

It could be said that after sending that moment post, all Huo Feng had to do was wait for her right where he was.

Wait for her to find him, wait for her to come before him, wait for her to admit her mistake, wait for her to say she liked him...

All this time, he had been anticipating the moment she would say to his face "I like you."

He believed today presented a great opportunity, he had a premonition, he was going to achieve it.

Before Pu Sangzhi arrived, Huo Feng sat alone on this bench they had both sat on together before.

He sat with his legs spread, in a relaxed and casual posture, his back slightly hunched, elbows resting on his thighs, deeply engrossed in watching something on his phone...

At the moment, the video playing on his phone was from this year’s May Festival, a recorded broadcast of the performance organized by Pu Sangzhi’s class.

He vividly remembered, on the night of the May Festival, he had been jealous of Pu Sangzhi and the male host, feeling unhappy all evening, and he missed the performance of her class.

Though he knew her class’s performance was organized by her and although many of his brothers had recommended he watch it, he had missed it at that time. Later, when he got the recorded video, he was too busy and forgot to watch it again...

It was not until today, after having his brothers mess with Pu Sangzhi’s day, that Lin Yuhao, knowing the whole story, suggested he watch that segment of the video.

So, he had been putting it off until now, but Huo Feng finally watched the May Festival broadcast seriously.

Only after watching it did he realize that their class’s performance told the story of her and him...

A story of a rich, dissolute young master and a poor, ambitious girl...

Huo Feng always knew that the class’s performance was organized by her. Yet he never knew that she had put together their story, that she had cared so much about him, Huo Feng, even back then, that she had hoped he would watch the performance she organized that night...

But he had missed it.

He, the fool, had straightforwardly missed her implicit confession, missed the story she had taken upon herself to compose...

Besides, the script she wrote was very good, the finale of the script had the girl leave, leaving the boy alone at school where he changed for the better, corrected himself, and learned how to take his studies seriously even when alone...

Huo Feng then realized that this was her expectation of him.

Indeed, she hoped that after she left, he, Huo Feng, would not resign himself to ruin, but instead would awaken to his potential, strive to improve himself, and recognize the value and importance of education and learning.

Because to her, studying was such a priceless endeavor. She had to give up a lot to be able to have the opportunity to go to school.

Only then did Huo Feng understand why some people loved studying so much? Constantly talking about studying, burying themselves in books whenever they had the time, like someone kidnapped by education...

He once doubted that Pu Sangzhi’s brain was filled with mush, a real bookworm’s brain.

But now he understood that she simply cherished this hard-won opportunity.

Opportunities to study that others took for granted or even had forcibly imposed on them by their parents were for her a luxury, something she had to strive for with her own efforts.

Given her family’s situation, if she hadn’t achieved such excellent grades, hadn’t had such a well-behaved demeanor, if she had been just an average student indifferent to learning, most schools would not have been willing to accept her.

She had to make herself a powerful, outstanding student, she had to set such high goals, she needed to let the schools know her worth, so that they would be willing to accept a student with such a troubled family background.

Even when those people made a commotion at the school, disrupting the class and teacher from teaching, the school authorities still did not want to give up on her.

If she had just been an average student with average performances, then when such circumstances arose, the school authorities would most likely have abandoned her or outright advised her to transfer schools.

Huo Feng now understood...

After seeing the diverse ways she had crafted her own story and provided her own ending, he finally understood the many reluctances in her life.

Huo Feng had been waiting in this park for a long time, just this program, he had watched it carefully 5 or 6 times.

With each additional viewing, he felt an increase in her sense of helplessness, her sorrow.

The more he understood her, the more he empathized with her plight, the more he loved her, the more he wanted to provide her a better life, and grow strong, becoming a man capable of protecting her.

Thus, Huo Feng finally waited for Pu Sangzhi.

She arrived just as he was watching this program for the 7th time, and it was at the climax, at the part where the girl tearfully leaves...

She hurried to his side, standing under the street lamp, her shadow falling on him, covering the top of his head and his phone screen...

Huo Feng paused the video, looked up, his eyes shimmering with moisture meeting her glossy dark eyes.

He slipped his phone into his pocket with a backward motion, leaned back, his back against the public seat, one hand resting on the chair, his chin slightly raised, lazily and casually said, "You’re here..."

His lips curled up slightly, and from the expression on his face, he seemed to have moved past the sad moment; his mood at that moment must have been quite calm.

However, having not seen him for just a few days, he seemed to have lost weight, a stubble had appeared on his chin, the youthful air about him had diminished somewhat, and he had gained a more weathered look.

Pu Sangzhi clenched her fists nervously, her lips moved, "Where... where have you been all day today?"

Huo Feng didn’t answer her question, but pointed at her instead, "Take off the mask when you talk, I can’t even see your face."

Pu Sangzhi looked around...

Huo Feng knew what she was worried about and said, "Don’t worry, it’s safe. I’ve stayed at your place all day today, those people have already been driven out of Wenzhou."

Hearing him say that, Pu Sangzhi temporarily let go of her tension, took off her mask, and stuffed it into her pocket.

"You were at my house all day today? Didn’t go anywhere else?"

Pu Sangzhi frowned slightly, "If that’s the case, why didn’t you take the exam properly? I told you this exam is very important, a rare opportunity. It’s a rare city-wide joint exam, where you can accurately gauge your level..."

Huo Feng suddenly made a silencing gesture, "Where have you been all day today?"

Pu Sangzhi was stunned for a moment, "Don’t you still know what I did today? Thanks to you, I spent the day looking for you."

Huo Feng arched one eyebrow high, "Then why didn’t you take the exam?"

Pu Sangzhi was speechless, she pondered for several seconds before she replied defensively, "I naturally have my plans."

Huo Feng continued to raise his eyebrows, "Your plan was to trick me, ditch me, leave me alone in Hangzhou, and then leave me here all alone. You’re planning to never have anything to do with me, Huo Feng, for the rest of your life, right?"

Pu Sangzhi was rendered speechless by his words for the third time, with no comeback, she struggled for a while and then finally said, "It was just forced by the circumstances. There’s no feast that doesn’t end, today, I... I just wanted to explain things to you..."

Hearing her say that, Huo Feng’s intense eyebrows slightly furrowed, "I knew this is what you thought, so I didn’t even want to see you." Content orıginally comes from 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢·𝗇𝗲𝘵

Pu Sangzhi was choked up, still without words.

"This morning, I saw the messages you sent me, I also saw that you called me. One message after another received, call after call came in, I just watched, wanted to see how anxious you looked."

Huo Feng raised a hand and confessed in a slow and deliberate manner, "Seeing you ask around about me, contacting teachers, classmates, my brothers. They called me, asking where I was, saying you were looking for me. I told them you had upset me, I didn’t want to see you, I wanted you to be anxious. I even asked them to lie to you..."

Pu Sangzhi was taken aback, she couldn’t help but take a deep breath, a trace of anger flickering.

"I asked them to deceive you, to tell you that no one could find me. To make the situation sound serious, just to make you anxious. I wanted to see how worried you would be about me, wanted to make you taste what it was like when I was looking for you all day yesterday."

Huo Feng spoke these words unapologetically, his expression steady, not feeling the slightest bit guilty.

Pu Sangzhi listened to his words in disbelief, even though she already knew he was upset, but seeing his expression and attitude while saying these words...

Revenge is revenge, but why boast about it to her? Isn’t such talk too despicable? Doesn’t he consider her situation at all?

"Just before now, hearing that your phone was out of battery, I deliberately released the message to make you come and find me."

Huo Feng’s fingers tapped on his knee, "How does it feel today?"

Pu Sangzhi pursed her lips, her eyes red with rage glaring at him, "Huh..."

She truly had nothing to say...

So, she forced a contrived smile and immediately turned to leave!

She might as well have not come at all!

Seeing her angry enough to leave, Huo Feng suddenly got up and walked briskly forward...

By the nearest lamppost nearby, he grabbed her shoulders, pressing her against the lamppost, making her back touch the lamppost!

The next moment, Huo Feng’s large frame pressed down, his arm encircling her slender waist and the lamppost, making her unable to move!

The following moment, Huo Feng took off her cap, bent down directly, and pressed his lips against hers!

He was unreasonably domineering...

Of course, it also startled her...