Chapter 702: Chapter 702

The high-speed train started.

Pu Sangzhi had just found out that Huo Feng’s entire family had booked tickets on the same train as her.

She had booked her ticket a week in advance and even shown it to Huo Feng.

But she hadn’t expected Huo Feng to be scheming this.

His family boarded the same train, just in different carriages.

This nearly 9-hour journey added a sense of security to Pu Sangzhi’s solo travel.

Fortunately, the carriage Pu Sangzhi was in was not far from the one her family was in. She was in carriage 7, while Huo Feng and his family were in carriage 9, which was convenient for moving back and forth.

Shortly after the train started, Huo Feng, having stowed his luggage, came to Pu Sangzhi with a bag of fruit.

To be exact, Huo Feng was coming for the adult male who was sitting next to Pu Sangzhi.

Luckily, Pu Sangzhi was in a double seat, and the adult male next to her was also traveling alone.

After some smooth talking and offering a bag of fruit, the adult man agreed to swap seats with him.

And so, Huo Feng enthusiastically moved the adult man’s luggage to his original seat, and even helped put it up.

He took care of everything so well that the adult male felt a bit embarrassed. Huo Feng then very deservedly pushed his own suitcase and sat down next to Pu Sangzhi.

He let out a comfortable sigh and spread his long legs, adopting a slouched Beijing-style seating position.

After watching him bustling about for around twenty minutes, then taking the seat next to her, Pu Sangzhi had a warm smile on her face.

Turning his head, Huo Feng also cracked a smile at her and stretched out his arm, wanting to pull her into an embrace.

But Pu Sangzhi was quicker, grabbing his wrist and leaning her head on his shoulder first.

"Ah, this is also comfy."

Huo Feng didn’t mind her intimate gesture, finding it rather comfortable.

"Do you have any plans for the future?"

She asked Huo Feng, "After starting university, I won’t be able to help you review like before. Our majors will be different, the courses will be different, and you will need to make all your plans by yourself."

In the slow process of growing up, life ultimately leads to crossroads...

Huo Feng understood what Pu Sangzhi meant.

He pursed his lips and chuckled, seemingly casual about it, "Ahh, no longer under your tutelage for my studies, I only need to date you!"

Pu Sangzhi playfully slapped his chest, "Hey, what are you saying!"

Huo Feng laughed out loud, "Just kidding. I will work hard! As a man who should stand tall, how can I always rely on my girlfriend? I need to become independent soon!"

He was nodding while saying this, full of confidence.

"Mhm," Pu Sangzhi nodded.

"Hey, do you know..." Huo Feng suddenly started speaking with an air of mystery...

Pu Sangzhi grunted in response, "Hmm?"

Leaning down, Huo Feng whispered into her ear, "My mom and dad are worried you might dump me. They told me I must take good care of you in college."

Upon hearing this, Pu Sangzhi laughed and whispered back, "My mom also said to keep a firm grip on you, afraid that you might have a change of heart."

Huo Feng was pleasantly surprised, "Auntie is truly like my own mom. She’s surely going to spoil me! See... You have to listen to your mom!"

Pu Sangzhi clicked her tongue and pouted, too lazy to argue with him.

"Let’s take a photo."

Huo Feng, in high spirits, raised his phone for a selfie with her.

After snapping the photo, he immediately posted it on his social media to show off, captioned: [Tsinghua couple says goodbye to Little Ryan!]

This time, he didn’t hide his post from anyone, including Huo Mingshan.

Such a public display of affection made Huo Feng extremely content!

After posting, the reactions on social media grew visible to the naked eye.

A bunch of likes, comments, well wishes, and even some teasing about the cheesiness...

Among them, Yan Siyuan’s comment was hard to miss! It caught Huo Feng’s eyes among the array of comments instantly!

That rascal Yan Siyuan actually teased him: [Are you planning to throw Ryan’s face all the way to Beijing?]

It’s like a dog’s mouth can’t spit out ivory!

Yan Siyuan’s comments never once matched Huo Feng’s tastes!

So Huo Feng didn’t hold back in his reply: [Son, you’re still too naive! Daddy is going to spread the great spirit of Rui’an to the Imperial Capital!] Check latest chapters at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽

After that, Yan Siyuan replied: [Local spirit?]

"Local... damn it! You’re the country one! With such backward views!"

Huo Feng got so aggravated that he put away his phone, refusing to reply anymore!

The 9 hours on the high-speed train could feel both long and short.

Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng woke up and fell asleep, chatted, played with their phones, and occasionally showed some affection...

But Pu Sangzhi refused to kiss, saying that it was a public place and there should be no excessive display of affection.

This is really uncomfortable...

To think I could spend an idle 9 hours alone with her , and yet, I can’t kiss her...

Huo Feng felt those 9 hours were a total waste!

But, just being with her, eating with her, sleeping together—it felt pretty good, too...

At one point, Huo Mingshan came down to use the restroom and specifically walked through two train carriages to check on them, only to find the two of them sound asleep, heads together!

Huo Mingshan silently took a picture, turned around, and left dejectedly, then posted the photo in the family group chat!

It was also a kind of showing off in a way!

As an outstanding core student, Pu Sangzhi was called to Tsinghua a week early.

That evening, after arriving at the high-speed rail station, Ye Xi picked up Pu Sangzhi, and thus she split up from the family of three that was Huo Feng.

Because it was already late, Pu Sangzhi had to go to school, while Huo Feng’s family of three had to go to a hotel.

With different destinations, they naturally didn’t travel together.

Although Huo Feng was very unhappy, he was forced to accept the fact that Pu Sangzhi was leaving with Ye Xi.

After arriving at school, Ye Xi had already arranged everything for her.

He had contacted the adviser of Sangzhi’s class in the Civil Engineering Department in advance and got her dormitory settled.

Girls from the Civil Engineering Department were housed in Zijing Building 5, and as Sangzhi arrived early, the dormitory building was empty.

Ye Xi had spoken to the dorm manager and helped carry her luggage upstairs along the way.

Throughout the journey, Sangzhi had been looking up, sizing up the vast campus.

College is different from high school; the area is much larger.

Previously, Ye Xi had taken her through the main gate of Tsinghua to show her a complete map of the campus.

When looking at it scaled down, it seemed okay...

But then, as Ye Xi introduced it to her along the way, Sangzhi started to lose her sense of direction.

That night, she stayed alone in the dormitory.

She had already added the adviser’s WeChat and QQ, as well as the WeChat group of students who had come a week early.

After a simple wash-up, Sangzhi lay in bed, chatted briefly in the group with these outstanding core students, and then went to sleep early...

And so, college life began quietly.

Pu Sangzhi underwent short-term training at the school a week in advance, where the adviser briefly explained to them the plans for the semester.

Firstly, next week’s military training was very important.

The adviser, named Jiang Tao, was a research student in the Civil Engineering Department and also an undergraduate adviser.

Jiang Tao was quite humorous.

On the first day of training, he told them that most undergraduate advisers are research students who are politically competent, so if they wanted to go for postgraduate studies, they could also take on this challenge.

After all, being an adviser earns credits and allows one to interact with younger female students, making it easier to find a partner!

Speaking of finding partners, the male students among the group of excellent students all looked at Sangzhi, harboring various thoughts...

The male-to-female ratio in the Civil Engineering Department has always been staggering!

Take the simplest example—

The overall male-to-female ratio at Tsinghua is 2:1, whereas in the Civil Engineering Department, it’s 3:1 to 4:1.

A department where males are in the majority, and females are scarce!

Hence, on the first day of training, out of the dozen or so male students, only Sangzhi was a girl.

Moreover, she was so beautiful!

One might say, when the new students gathered, the male students’ eyes were all on Sangzhi!

They weren’t too familiar on the first day, and since most of the guys were introverted, they only dared to look at Sangzhi, not brave enough to chat with her.

Actually, every guy there really wanted to ask: Does she have a boyfriend?

But, no one dared to stand up and ask.

Jiang Tao, standing at the podium, enjoyed calling Sangzhi’s name while explaining.

One reason was because Sangzhi was the only girl among those dozen or so boys.

And the second reason was that she truly was beautiful!

It’s rare to find such a beautiful girl in the Civil Engineering Department!

Jiang Tao handed over the task of welcoming new students and preparing for military training for the following week to their group, considering it their first assignment.

Before ending the first training session, Jiang Tao especially emphasized, "Tsinghua’s military training instructors are always directly invited from the National Defense Military District training camps and are very stringent! It would be best if everyone prepared physically this week, or else it’ll be tough to endure next week!"

Sangzhi and the other male students nodded, "Got it."

"Alright, let’s end this morning’s session here. Let’s go eat!"

Jiang Tao waved his hand, "Sangzhi, come with me, I’ll treat you to a meal!"

The dozen or so male students made a noise...

It was unclear whether the sound was one of discontent or a sense of injustice!

Jiang Tao waved his hand, "It’s only right to look after a younger female student."