Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 23: She really puts in a lot of effort!

Last night, Huo Feng was very worried.

Last night, ten sons heard that Huo Feng was in a bad mood, and they fearlessly gathered in dorm room 304.

Of course, they weren’t there to help Huo Feng out, but just wanted to see Brother Feng’s frowning face and get a kick out of it.

With the attitude of kicking someone when they’re down, and maybe even peeing on them, the brothers gathered, only to find themselves unexpectedly dragged into the mire by Huo Feng!

Because Huo Feng said, "Starting tomorrow, I will study seriously. No basketball, no skipping classes, no going to the playground, no trouble-making. I’ll study diligently, prep for the monthly test, and all of you are doing it with me."

At the words "all of you are doing it with me," the faces of the ten brothers instantly turned to stone!

In everyone’s mind jumped bold and italicized swear words—fuck! Damn! Damn!

"I’ve thought it over. If my college goal is Tsinghua, starting in senior year won’t be enough. So, I need to get serious starting from freshman year, and take every test seriously from now on."

There wasn’t a hint of joking in Huo Feng’s expression as he sorted out his stinky backpack.

It was unclear how long it had been since he last put books in his backpack, which he emptied out, scattering an assortment of snacks onto the ground.

Among them, there were also snack wrappers he hadn’t managed to throw away yet.

The backpack stank... stank in a very Huo Feng style.

"Brother Feng, are you serious?"

Pan Bo, who was closest to Huo Feng, pinched his nose and asked, "Really going for Tsinghua?"

Huo Feng hummed affirmatively, picking up his backpack and giving it a shake, which caused a bunch more loose spicy strips to fall out...

"Tsk..."

Huo Feng peeked inside the backpack, utterly disgusted, "How did the packaging tear? Seriously, it’s made my backpack dirty..."

The brothers thought internally: you still have the face to complain?

"And you still plan on starting to make an effort tomorrow, even my backpack is working against me."

Huo Feng flicked his greasy backpack, utterly disgusted, and simply picked it out and threw it into the garbage can, then he clapped his hands together and came back nice and clean.

By then, Gu Yang, who had a germ phobia, couldn’t stand watching anymore and picked up a broom and dustpan to clean up the scattered snacks.

As Huo Feng passed by him, he patted his shoulder, "Thanks, son."

Gu Yang: "..."

"Anyway, back to the main topic."

Huo Feng walked to the bed, plopped down, and swept his serious gaze over his ten sons, "I’m in a terrible mood tonight because my girlfriend wants to make a bet with me."

Pan Bo squinted, "Your girlfriend?"

Lin Yuhao chimed in, "Pu Sangzhi?"

Zheng Sen confused, "You guys are together already?"

Huo Feng waved his hand, clarifying, "Future girlfriend."

The brothers waved it off, "Pfft~"

Can Brother Feng have some shame?

Feeling so good about himself, he’s really shameless!

Huo Feng ignored their rudeness and continued, "Although she isn’t officially my girlfriend yet, she already has very strict demands on me!"

At that, Huo Feng counted on his fingers, "First, she hopes I can get into Tsinghua and go to university with her. Considering the complications of studying in different places, I agreed."

Pan Bo thought: Brother Feng, are you dreaming?

Huo Feng counted a second finger, "After I agreed to her that I would try for Tsinghua, she further hoped I could rank within the top 20 of our class. She’s calculated everything; without being within the top 20, I’m pretty much cut off from Tsinghua."

Lin Yuhao thought: Sure Brother Feng, keep dreaming.

Huo Feng raised a third finger, "I agreed to the top 20 as well. And then tonight, she hopes I can place within the top 200 in the class for this month’s test. To motivate me, she said that if I succeed, she’ll go on a date with me for a day. But if I fail, she’ll punish me, and I can’t pursue her for a while."

At this, Zheng Sen thought: Brother Feng, is it that hard to admit rejection?

"So, to keep my girlfriend from being disappointed, I had to start working hard," Huo Feng said earnestly. "Sangzhi was pretty clear about it, outright saying she doesn’t like underachievers. She wants me to change, to be better. Honestly, I was quite moved by her sincerity. So..."

"Hahaha..."

At that moment, Gu Yang, who was busy sweeping the floor, couldn’t help but laugh out loud, interrupting Huo Feng, "Bro Feng, you’re kidding, right? She’s obviously trying to make you back off!"

All the brothers internally agreed: Well said!

Gu Yang laughed unrestrainedly, "That reasoning for rejection is something else. Getting into Tsinghua, top 20 or even 200, man, bro Feng, you actually took it seriously, hahaha..."

Huo Feng: "..."

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Dorm room 304 became silent as well.

Suddenly Gu Yang realized no one else was making a sound, the room filled only with his increasingly faint laughter...

There was a tense pressure spreading through the air.

Gu Yang mechanically twisted his neck, turning, turning, and when he turned his head, he saw Huo Feng, enveloped in an aura of darkness!

The nine brothers stepped back three paces, giving Huo Feng and Gu Yang some room.

"Son, go on."

Huo Feng stood up, stretching his limbs, "Judo or Sanda, which should I start with?"

Gu Yang’s legs trembled...

For the next 10 minutes, dorm room 304 exploded!

*

The next day, all ten brothers adopted the motto ’Believe in bro Feng, achieve eternity,’ and strictly avoided skipping classes, playing basketball, flirting with girls, and misbehaving... They diligently attended school and studied.

With only two weeks left until the monthly exams, Huo Feng demanded everyone give their best effort in the test, no cheating, no peeking, relying solely on their own efforts to achieve good results.

Of course, Huo Feng held himself to the same standards.

He had a bet of ’top 200’ with Pu Sangzhi, and he needed to be even more serious than his ten ’sons.’

The plan was to study diligently and hard, but when it actually came time to implement it, Huo Feng and his ten brothers were shocked!

Since the start of the school year, they had been slacking.

Their life in the first year of high school was as wild and untamed as in junior high. Their days were filled with playing, flirting, pranking, and occasionally skipping self-study classes, never studying seriously.

So, when they opened their brand-new textbooks, they were befuddled!

They tried reviewing and previewing, attempted to listen attentively in class.

But the amount of material they had missed was too much, impossible to catch up.

And so, Huo Feng and his ten ’sons’ struggled painfully through the week.

By the time school let out on Friday, the ’sons’ felt reborn, but Huo Feng looked like he had kidney deficiency, with two huge dark circles under his eyes, as he went to find Pu Sangzhi.

He had hardly seen her all week in order to study seriously.

A week apart felt like an eternity.

This time when he saw Pu Sangzhi, Huo Feng’s infatuation for her... intensified!

He walked Pu Sangzhi home, chattering nonstop all the way, as if trying to express all his longing.

Huo Feng: "I didn’t mean to neglect you this week, but I had to prepare for the exams, and I couldn’t disappoint you. Please don’t be mad at me."

Huo Feng: "How about I take you out for dinner tonight? I’ll need the whole day tomorrow to study, so I can’t come see you."

Huo Feng: "Do you have a cell phone? Or maybe we could add each other on WeChat? It would make staying in touch easier."

Pu Sangzhi: "..."

To sum it up, after not seeing Huo Feng for a week, Pu Sangzhi didn’t feel he had taken his studies seriously at all, instead, she thought he... had gone crazy with desire!