Chapter 690: Chapter 690

After the ceremony had ended, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng were supposed to go out and have fun with Pan Bo and the others.

However, they were stopped by school leaders, city officials, and media reporters, who wanted to commend and interview them.

One had been admitted to Tsinghua and the other was the top scorer in the college entrance exam, and together with a story of mutual encouragement, this scholarly couple had a lot of material that could be used.

The city leaders awarded each of them a scholarship, presented them with certificates, and offered words of encouragement and praise.

Journalists from Wenzhou TV Station conducted an interview with them for two hours.

They deeply inquired about their relationship, the emotional entanglements of the past six months, their academic lives, and family situations...

On hearing that Huo Feng’s father was also Pu Sangzhi’s homeroom teacher, the reporters saw it as more great material and conducted an even more detailed interview!

Latter on, the background of Pu Sangzhi’s family was also dug up by the journalists.

So the journalists only then learned that Pu Sangzhi had lived in Shanghai before, had experienced the decline of her family’s fortunes, and due to her exposure to different educational approaches since childhood, she had such a rigorous pursuit of learning.

In general, their personalities were greatly shaped by their family backgrounds.

Both were born into healthy families, so, with positive thoughts and upward-looking beliefs, they became two scholars with promising futures.

After the interview, the media took a lot of information that could make a great story.

It was believed that once their story was unveiled online, it would definitely cause quite a sensation.

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At 3 in the afternoon, Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi finally had some free time.

By then, Pan Bo and his group of friends, along with Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao, had already had enough fun at the Swimming Pool and were just waiting for them to join.

In the Swimming Pool, Pan Bo and his group had been in the water all afternoon.

This summer vacation, nowhere was more comfortable than in the water, and most of the boys enjoyed playing in it.

So, after hours of playing, they still entertained themselves in the pool as if they were fools.

On the shore by the pool, Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao, the two girls, lay on loungers, sipping lemonade and playing with their phones in a very comfortable and pleasant setting.

Honestly, Zhu Dandan thought it would be awkward to see Wang Chao now that she was out playing with the brothers as Gu Yang’s girlfriend.

Initially, when Gu Yang asked her out to a dinner gathering, Zhu Dandan refused.

After she refused, Gu Yang thought she still had Wang Chao in her heart, so did not want to meet Wang Chao, and hence felt a twinge of jealousy.

To prove that she had no feelings for Wang Chao, Zhu Dandan ended up attending the gathering.

As it turned out, Wang Chao seemed not to care about her at all.

Today, in a group of so many people, Wang Chao didn’t speak to her at all.

Of course, she also dared not glance at Wang Chao. Fearful a look would be sinful as she was now Gu Yang’s girlfriend, she couldn’t afford any entanglement with her ex-boyfriend.

At that moment, she and Wen Miao were lounging in their chairs, leisurely using their phones, when they received identical WeChat messages from Pu Sangzhi a few seconds apart.

Pu Sangzhi sent: [I’m done now, coming to meet you guys.]

Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao exchanged smiles and both replied to Pu Sangzhi: [ok!]

After replying, Wen Miao sighed for what seemed like the nth time, "The happiest person is coming now... get ready for some mushiness..."

Zhu Dandan laughed, "Yeah. You know, Huo Feng will definitely show off big time. Ah, Wen Miao, out of the three of us, only you are not coupled up yet! Can you hurry it up a bit?"

Wen Miao retorted with a push, "Ha, you have the nerve to say that. You and Gu Yang got together so quietly, with no signs at all. What’s the deal? Does Sangzhi know about this?"

"Sangzhi... knows!" Zhu Dandan said.

Wen Miao couldn’t resist pushing her again, "You just told Sangzhi but not me! Are you really itching for a beating?"

Zhu Dandan chuckled, "I just mentioned it casually that day. It was the day when both of you were over at my place doing makeup; right when you went to wash your face. I don’t know how it came up, but I ended up discussing it with Sangzhi. But you know now, it’s not too late~"

Wen Miao scoffed, then shot a playful glare at her, "I’ll remember this grudge. When I get a boyfriend, you’ll surely be the last to know!"

Zhu Dandan stuck out her tongue, quite nonchalantly, "I don’t care about whether you have a boyfriend at all~"

Wen Miao, annoyed, clenched her fists big as casserole pots and threatened her through gritted teeth, "Are you asking for trouble, Dandan?"

"Oh, I was just joking..."

Just then, Zhu Dandan softened again. She grabbed Wen Miao’s fist to lower it, patted the back of her hand, and specifically advised her, "Wen Miao, don’t say I don’t care about you, but you really need to hurry up. If we don’t organize another gathering after this, you might miss your chance with that chubby little brother~ so if you don’t do something today, your fate with him might just end~"

The ’chubby little brother’ Zhu Dandan referred to was naturally Pan Bo.

As roommates in the same dormitory, Zhu Dandan could naturally see that Wen Miao had feelings for Pan Bo.

Though Wen Miao never mentioned it, that didn’t mean she didn’t think about it.

Actually, Wen Miao had always had thoughts, but they were just thoughts...

She simply didn’t have the courage to make any moves...

One reason was the fear of rejection, and the other was the fear of not even being able to remain friends.

"What are you talking about..."

Thus, Wen Miao also denied Zhu Dandan’s hints, abruptly shaking off Zhu Dandan’s hand, and said uncomfortably, "I have no romantic feelings for that fat guy. It’s always been brotherly love; he never sees me as a woman."

"But you’ve always seen him as a man!"

Zhu Dandan raised her eyebrows at Wen Miao, "Admit it, you’ve always liked Pan Bo. You’ve been holding it in for so many years, and there’s only one chance left. Don’t you want to give it a try today?"

"You’re just spouting nonsense..."

Wen Miao waved her hand, deliberately turned her head away, and somewhat guiltily avoided Zhu Dandan’s suggestion, "It’s not like what you said, a brother is just a brother."

"Wen Miao, Wen Miao, listen to me..."

Zhu Dandan glanced sneakily at Pan Bo playing in the pool, covered her mouth with her hand, leaned closer to Wen Miao, and whispered, "Today you could totally find a chance to confess to Pan Bo. If the confession succeeds, there’s still more than a month of summer vacation left, you two could start holding hands right here, date, and have plenty of time to grow your relationship! If it fails, then just don’t meet up. Anyway, if there’s no group outing next, you wouldn’t see each other anyhow. After this, it’s off to university, and you’re not even going to the same place, so it won’t be awkward!"

Wen Miao felt strangely uneasy about Zhu Dandan’s suggestion, shuddered slightly, and said, "Stop talking about all this messy stuff. How awkward, things ..."

"See, you won’t even admit it..."

Zhu Dandan, seeing Wen Miao’s stubborn resistance, impatiently slapped Wen Miao’s hand and said, "You need to be braver! Look at our Yangzi, with his wooden personality, yet when he pursued me, he was so brave! I always thought he wasn’t right for me, not my type at all. But after dating him, I found it really happy! It’s a kind of happiness I definitely couldn’t feel in my previous relationship."

Wen Miao couldn’t help but glance at Zhu Dandan, and also stole a glance at Wang Chao in the pool, speaking in a slightly odd tone, "Are you saying this because you regret dating Wang Chao?"

Zhu Dandan shook her head, "That was also an experience in love. At first, I pursued him, and my liking him was a fact, but the fact that he didn’t like me is also true. It taught me a lesson, a forced melon isn’t sweet! So, I was right to let go."

Wen Miao asked, "Do you like Gu Yang now?"

Asked like that, Zhu Dandan blushed and smiled, "Yangzi is quite good. Hey, haven’t you noticed his acne is getting less and less?"

Wen Miao then asked, "Do you like him just because his acne has cleared up?"

Zhu Dandan said, "I accompanied him to treat his acne and introduced him to the doctor. Every time it slightly recurs, I’m the one urging him to quickly go see the doctor, so now it’s under good control!"

Wen Miao thought for a moment, "Are you saying, although you’re with him, you couldn’t stand his acne, so you kept urging him to see the doctor?"

"Oh my... what are you thinking!"

Zhu Dandan felt frustrated at not being understood by Wen Miao, "Never mind, let’s not talk about him anymore. What I mean is, I’m really good with Yangzi now. I hope you are too, so you should seize this last chance and go confess to Pan Bo!"

Wen Miao shuddered again, putting on an expression of goosebumps, "Who wants to confess to that fat guy, stop it, just the thought makes me sick."

Though she said that...

In fact, Wen Miao was indeed somewhat influenced by Zhu Dandan’s suggestion.

She thought there might be some truth to Dandan’s words.

This might be the last chance...

The last chance in her life.

Or maybe, it was the last gathering of the entire summer vacation.

Wen Miao, maybe you should give it a try?

But such things are embarrassing...

Wen Miao did feel a small spark within her, but that spark wasn’t strong, her courage wasn’t enough, she had failed before, there were just too many factors...

So, she hesitated again.

Taking advantage of Zhu Dandan’s distraction, Wen Miao glanced towards Pan Bo playing in the water in the distance; he wasn’t that fat now, his muscles were well-proportioned, and he was more robust...

Wen Miao just couldn’t see any faults in Pan Bo; she truly thought Pan Bo was great, like a budget version of Huo Feng!