Chapter 596: Chapter 596

This weekend, after Pu Wenhua returned, there was a heightened sense of security at home.

Although he hadn’t done much these past two days, just staying home or occasionally accompanying Xu Hui to the shoe factory,

everyone felt at ease just by having him around.

To be honest, Pu Wenhua had always been a reassuring presence.

His smart head, exceptional insight, and hardworking nature always brought a solid sense of security, even though he had failed before...

At home, few people knew what Pu Wenhua had been up to while he was away or what his plans were for the future.

Pu Wenhua hadn’t shared much with them, perhaps not wanting to involve them in his plans, or perhaps just not wanting the women to know too much.

Thus, since he didn’t volunteer any information, the women didn’t ask.

After this weekend passed, Pu Wenhua told Pu Sangzhi to go back to school, and Pu Sangzhi agreed.

So, after a two-week break, on the morning of the third week’s Monday, Pu Sangzhi packed her school bag and returned to campus.

She arrived very early on Monday morning.

Before 7:00, she was already sitting in the classroom, studying.

Classmates started arriving after 7:00, each of them showing a surprised look when they saw Pu Sangzhi!

Both close friends and acquaintances took the initiative to greet her, "You’re back."

Pu Sangzhi nodded gently and responded to each classmate with a faint smile.

It was a brand-new morning, and everything about the campus made her feel comfortable, as if even the air was extra fresh.

When Class Leader Wu Beilei saw her, even her usually calm and composed face showed a look of surprise!

"Sangzhi, you’re finally back!"

Class Leader Wu Beilei even sat directly in front of Pu Sangzhi, asking naturally, "How are things? Your family’s doing okay now? Is it safe for you to go to school?"

Pu Sangzhi smiled and shook her head, "It’s all fine now. There’s nothing to worry about, I can focus on school."

Only then did Class Leader Wu Beilei relax, pushed her gold-rimmed glasses, and said "That’s good. As long as you can concentrate on school. I was thinking, with you not here for the monthly test, whether Class 2 might surpass our average score! Look, if you weren’t here, first place would have gone to Chen Ruixiang. You’ve come back just in time! We need to keep our class in the first place in our grade!"

It ended up that Class Leader Wu Beilei was mostly concerned about the class honor.

That was just her way.

After hearing this, Pu Sangzhi couldn’t help but smile slightly, "Understood, class leader."

Wu Beilei then patted her shoulder, reassuring her, "Don’t stress too much. I’m not forcing you to be first, just do your best. Just beat that Chen Ruixiang is fine."

Chen Ruixiang was the perennial second-place in the grade, so asking her to beat him was essentially asking her to take first in the grade, right?

Pu Sangzhi was almost amused by the class leader’s reasoning, "Got it, class leader."

Wu Beilei finally waved her hand, "All right then, I’ll head back. Focus on your studies."

Afterward, more and more classmates filled the classroom.

Yao Meimei, seeing Pu Sangzhi had returned, pulled her into various chats immediately upon sitting down, endlessly talking with care, concern, and excitement...

Soon after, Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao saw Pu Sangzhi was back, and they too were extremely happy! If it weren’t for the fact that they arrived just in time for morning study and it was about to start, they would have loved to have a good chat with Pu Sangzhi too!

Simply put, the morning of Pu Sangzhi’s return was met with warm reception from the entire class.

This was different from what Pu Sangzhi had expected.

She thought that after going through such an event, when she returned to school, her classmates might hate, distance themselves from her, or even look down on her.

Because when she was in Shanghai, that’s exactly how her junior high classmates had treated her.

But now, all her classmates showed her the utmost kindness. No one looked down on her, no one distanced themselves from her, and no one hated her...

This was for the best.

It allowed her to quickly reintegrate into the class and resume her schooling mentality.

During morning study, Huo Mingshan deliberately disrupted the whole class’s reading time.

Having not seen Huo Mingshan for two weeks, Pu Sangzhi was taken aback when she saw him!

Because he had suddenly shaved his head to a shiny baldness!

Pu Sangzhi looked at Huo Mingshan’s eyes, wide open in shock.

However, the entire class had already grown accustomed to his new image and didn’t make a big deal out of it.

Huo Mingshan seemed very calm, not caring about anyone’s opinion!

He stood on the podium, calmly talking about how Pu Sangzhi had come back.

He encouraged all the classmates to support Pu Sangzhi, and not to engage in dirty exclusion, rejection, or ridiculing among student relationships.

He also led the class in applauding to welcome Pu Sangzhi back to the big family of Class 2 (1), letting everyone know that Class 2 (1) is not complete without each member!

Originally, Class 2 (1) was a class full of top students, and everyone’s cohesion was high. They were easily inspired by Huo Mingshan’s stimulating words...

Thus, during this morning’s self-study session, Huo Mingshan had also supported Pu Sangzhi, making her feel warmth.

After a calm morning of classes, at noon, Pu Sangzhi went to the cafeteria with Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao to have lunch.

The situation in the cafeteria was still as familiar, such as being late by 3 minutes, queuing for 10 minutes...

Then, Pu Sangzhi, Zhu Dandan, and Wen Miao were indeed late by 3 minutes. They hated when the last morning class was prolonged, but there were always such teachers...

Pu Sangzhi, Zhu Dandan, and Wen Miao lined up at the end of a long queue in the cafeteria, hilariously, the line even extended outside the cafeteria.

This year’s freshmen were particularly well-behaved, almost everyone ate in the cafeteria, and thus, on her first day back, Pu Sangzhi was discovered by the freshmen.

As a well-known gossip figure across the school, coupled with her attractive appearance, the freshmen recognized her one after another.

The freshmen still whispered and pointed at Pu Sangzhi, and those overly curious gazes made her somewhat uncomfortable.

Luckily, Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao protected her.

Wen Miao wrapped an arm around Pu Sangzhi’s shoulder, resting her chin on Pu Sangzhi’s other shoulder, and said authoritatively, "Don’t mind those ignorant onlookers. Remember, you are our ’Class Treasure’."

Pu Sangzhi nodded, her lips curling into a light smile, "Yeah."

"Exactly, Sangzhi, our whole class adores and cherishes you, you should be confident!" Standing in front of them playing on her phone, she chipped in.

Pu Sangzhi smiled and nodded again, "Yeah."

"Hey, Sangzhi, look..."

Suddenly, Zhu Dandan tugged at Pu Sangzhi’s sleeve, signaling with her eyes towards a spot behind Pu Sangzhi.

Pu Sangzhi and Wen Miao turned around together, looking towards the entrance of the small store at the back, and spotted those girls who used to hang out with Han Feiyi.

Zhu Dandan leaned close, whispering to Pu Sangzhi, "I’ll tell you, ever since Han Feiyi’s incident, her reputation in school has declined. I heard her classmates have begun questioning her character, and they are currently ostracizing her in the class. Look, that group of girls, Han Feiyi isn’t even with them anymore."

With that said, Pu Sangzhi and Wen Miao also noticed that indeed Han Feiyi was no longer part of that group, but the rest of the group was still there.

"That evil woman is just reaping what she sowed."

Wen Miao patted Pu Sangzhi’s shoulder and said softly, "You haven’t been foolish enough to pity her, have you?"

Pu Sangzhi naturally shook her head, "Of course not. She brought so much trouble to our class, she deserves whatever consequences."

Wen Miao said, "That’s good. I was worried you’d be too saintly. Our class united against her, spreading word of her misdeeds everywhere, and now the entire school despises her character. Don’t end up pitying her and stand up to be the good person."

Pu Sangzhi shook her head, "I won’t."

She of course wouldn’t be the good person for Han Feiyi.

But she also wondered whether Han Feiyi had learned her lesson? Would she reign herself in?

It would be best if she just stayed silent and caused less trouble.

From now on, Pu Sangzhi didn’t even want to see her.

At that moment, Cai Yiwen and her group came out from the small store again.

When their group noticed Pu Sangzhi and her friends watching them, the two groups’ gazes met in mid-air.

Strangely, that group’s look at Pu Sangzhi was still unfriendly, lacking the alleged ostracizing feeling towards Han Feiyi; instead, it was more of an excluding vibe towards Pu Sangzhi.

Wen Miao patted Pu Sangzhi’s shoulder, "Let’s just get in line."

Pu Sangzhi turned her head to line up, truly ignoring that group then.