Chapter 681: Chapter 681

Yesterday evening, after having dinner with Grandpa Huo Feng, Pu Sangzhi received another call from Huo Feng the next morning.

He said, "I’ll come with my dad to pick you up later, we’re going to have lunch at my granddad’s house!"

At that moment, it was 9:00 a.m., and Pu Sangzhi was holding Ye Qingcao’s laptop, searching for a reliable part-time job online until her eyes blurred.

Receiving this call from Huo Feng instantly cleared her mind!

"I’m not going!" she rejected flatly. Follow current novels on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝※𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖※𝕟𝕖𝕥

"No chance to refuse! My dad and I will pick you up at 10:00, you have one hour to get ready," Huo Feng’s tone was so final, leaving no room for her to retort.

Even so, Pu Sangzhi still shook her head like a rattle drum in refusal, "I’m not going! I really can’t handle that kind of situation, don’t make me go..."

"It’s not like I want to take you," Huo Feng said over the phone, "It was my dad’s idea! He said he’d drive to pick you up, I’m just passing on the message. Why don’t you refuse my dad then?"

Yesterday, that was also the reason given for her to attend the family banquet...

Pu Sangzhi would not compromise no matter what, "I really don’t want to go, so just stop pushing me. I know if you speak up, Professor Huo won’t come. Please, help me out..."

Huo Feng raised his tone, "What makes you think that misunderstanding? Given the relationship between my dad and me, I’m more likely to listen to him than he is to listen to me."

Pu Sangzhi pleaded as if begging, "But you can lie, I know you can do it, please just help me out..."

"Hey, are you asking me to deceive your homeroom teacher?"

Huo Feng’s eyebrow rose quizzically, "All right, Pu Sangzhi, ever since you found out that Professor Huo is my father, you’ve actually got the nerve to do this!"

Pu Sangzhi ignored his provocation, begging softly, "Just help me out... You know I can’t refuse Professor Huo or dare to lie to him. You’re so eloquent anyway, just say a few words for me..."

If it weren’t for the fact that Pu Sangzhi genuinely felt too embarrassed to refuse Huo Mingshan, she thought, she would never be speaking so submissively to Huo Feng!

Having Professor Huo as his father was both a good and bad thing!

The downside was, Pu Sangzhi could refuse Huo Feng, but she could never refuse Professor Huo...

Then Huo Feng said, "Just come and meet my granddad! You don’t have to do or say anything, I’ll handle any tough topics, and you’ll even get a red envelope! My granddad gives very generous red envelopes! Grandpa gave you a 2000 red envelope yesterday, today, my granddad will give at least double that! It’s easy money, you won’t need a part-time job, you could even go traveling!"

After yesterday’s banquet ended, Grandpa really did give Huo Feng a big red envelope of ten thousand yuan, and he also gave Pu Sangzhi a small one.

No matter how much Pu Sangzhi tried to refuse, she couldn’t turn down the 2000 yuan red envelope.

Grandpa said to her earnestly, once you truly become part of our family, your treatment will be even better than Huo Feng’s!

That made Pu Sangzhi utterly uncomfortable!

The 2000-yuan red envelope was still in her bag, and Pu Sangzhi didn’t dare spend it, her mind was preoccupied with how to return the money.

So now, hearing that his granddad would also give a red envelope, Pu Sangzhi was all the more vehemently opposed, "I can’t take your elder’s money, what status do I have... Huo Feng, please just do me this favor, help me make an excuse to Professor Huo. I really don’t want to go today..."

Huo Feng sighed over the phone, "After all you’ve said, as a gentleman, I can’t refuse you..."

Pu Sangzhi expressed her thanks, "Thank you~"

Huo Feng said, "Then I’ll just make up an excuse to turn down my dad."

Pu Sangzhi nodded, "Yes!"

Huo Feng sighed again, "I was actually looking forward to showing you off in front of Chen Chaonan, alas..."

Pu Sangzhi, "Chen Chaonan?"

If she remembered correctly, that woman had a liking for Huo Feng and was quite low in her methods, the kind men couldn’t refuse...

Huo Feng explained, "Yeah. My granddad also invited some colleagues over today, for the same reason as my grandpa did. That woman, Chen Chaonan, got into Xiamen University last year, and her granddad threw a banquet for mine that day, which quite upset my granddad. So anyway, he’s called her granddad over, and I guess she’ll come too. I was going to take you there to show off a bit, but now... I guess I’ll have to show off by myself~"

Pu Sangzhi did care about Chen Chaonan in her heart.

She believed Huo Feng had no special feelings for Chen Chaonan, but she felt that Chen Chaonan was surely still hung up on him!

The thought of some woman casting secret admiring glances at her boyfriend made Pu Sangzhi feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Just try to talk less with Chen Chaonan..." Pu Sangzhi suddenly warned Huo Feng.

Instantly, Huo Feng knew that she cared about this point, and he immediately seized the opportunity to address it, "Then I will definitely chat with her! After all, we are peers huh!"

Pu Sangzhi pouted in annoyance, "Say that again."

On the other end of the phone, Huo Feng laughed, "She’s my grandpa’s colleague’s granddaughter coming to our house. She’s a guest, right? I have to entertain guests, don’t I?"

Pu Sangzhi knew, "I didn’t say you shouldn’t entertain her. But you still need to be a bit careful, you’re a guy with a girlfriend now. For women like her who have designs on you, you have to keep a tight rein on yourself."

"Hey Xi! If you’re worried, just come with huh!"

Huo Feng said, "No need to say more! I’ll pick you up at 10:00! That’s settled!"

Pu Sangzhi responded anxiously, "I didn’t say I would go. I just want you to be careful! I’m not..."

The call ended so quickly that Pu Sangzhi was gritting her teeth in frustration. So annoying!

Pu Sangzhi hung up the phone in a huff, feeling a sense of injustice and dialed him back...

But now, Huo Feng wasn’t picking up!

"Outrageous!" she said somewhat angrily.

At this moment, beside her, Ye Qingcao raised an eyebrow, hands propping up her cheeks, watching her excitedly, "Sangzhi ah, who are you going to meet at Feng’s place today? This daily meeting the parents, doesn’t it feel like a wedding is nearly set?"

In a fit of annoyance, Pu Sangzhi retorted, "Only the newly rich feel the need to show off everywhere! It’s just Tsinghua; do they really need to make such a big deal out of it? Showing off here, there, setting up two banquet sessions, is that really necessary?"

Ye Qingcao curled her lip, saying, "Maybe it’s because Feng has been a screw-up for so long and now he’s suddenly accomplished, the elders rarely get a chance to show off. Hehe, cut them some slack, will you? After all, naturally smart people like you can’t understand us who have to work hard to succeed!"

Pu Sangzhi was speechless: "..."

So, Pu Sangzhi had to delay her part-time job hunting for another day.

Around ten-thirty in the morning, she went with Huo Feng’s family to grandpa Huo’s house...

Grandpa Huo gave Pu Sangzhi a different impression from Huo Feng’s maternal grandfather...

Visually for starters...

Huo Feng’s grandpa, Huo Hai, was bald and chubby, looking like a blessed and official figure.

Huo Feng’s maternal grandfather, Shen Jianhua, was robust in middle age, with sharp features and a dignified appearance, exuding handsomeness despite his age.

This was a major difference.

Another big difference was that Huo Hai wasn’t as doting on Huo Feng.

When Pu Sangzhi arrived at his grandpa’s house with Huo Feng’s family, all she saw was his grandpa boasting about Huo Feng’s achievements, not praising Huo Feng’s character, personality, or behavior.

Compared to the previous night, where Shen Jianhua incessantly praised Huo Feng for being filial and sensible, today’s Huo Hai gave Pu Sangzhi a distant feeling, not as warm.

Furthermore, Huo Feng’s demeanor differed greatly in front of his grandpa and his maternal grandfather.

In front of his maternal grandfather, Huo Feng was very relaxed, acting like an old hand, daring to say anything, brag about anything.

But in the presence of his grandpa, even though he was still personable, he wasn’t as talkative as yesterday, as if holding back.

The overall process wasn’t much different from yesterday.

Eating, socializing, showing off, deliberately making a bunch of colleagues jealous...

Huo Hai even made a special point of having Huo Feng print out the admission notice emails and pass them around for the colleagues to see. That surely made his heart swell with pride!

Pu Sangzhi also discovered that Chen Chaonan’s grandpa, Chen Zeqing, was particularly amusing.

Huo Hai said, "Now that Feng has gotten into Tsinghua, I as an elder can breathe a bit easier. Thinking of how mischievous he used to be, I always assumed he’d only make it to some third-rate university."

Chen Zeqing said, "Speaking of which, I’ve heard of a third-rate university called Huaqing University. Feng should double-check that email to make sure there’s no mistake!"

Huo Hai frowned in rebuttal, "Nonsense, the university he got into is Tsinghua! That score of 698, how could that be for a third-rate university?"

Chen Zeqing countered, "I also heard that Tsinghua’s cut-off score this year is 705. Your score wouldn’t be enough for Tsinghua, you really need to check properly, to see if it’s actually some third-rate university!"

Huo Hai’s face turned sullen, "Utter nonsense!"

Chen Zeqing went on, "Da Hai, don’t take offense at my bluntness, this is just a friendly reminder. Our Chaonan almost got tricked when selecting universities last year! A fake Fudan University tried to recruit her, we all told her to hurry and register, yet she insisted on going to Xiamen University. It’s fortunate she went there, or else she would have been duped!"

Chen Zeqing’s biting wit was simply off the charts...

It made Pu Sangzhi find the old men’s verbal sparring especially adorable.