Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 24 - 23. Girlfriend, so hard to chase!

Pu Sangzhi also didn’t understand where she got the patience to listen to Huo Feng ramble on for so long.

During the walk home, as long as they were moving, he didn’t stop talking.

She had never thought Huo Feng to be such a talkative person before, but today, he was indeed noisy!

Of course, Huo Feng also felt he was particularly talkative today. But he knew it was all because he hadn’t seen his girlfriend for too long, hadn’t talked to his girlfriend for too long.

His longing had already turned into a disaster.

Thinking that he would be buried in his studies during the weekend rest day tomorrow, Huo Feng felt he must talk more with his girlfriend!

This short distance was even not enough for him to express himself.

Finally, when they arrived at the entrance of the alley leading to Pu Sangzhi’s house, she stopped him from following any further.

"My mom is home, don’t follow," Pu Sangzhi said.

Huo Feng peered down the alley, which clearly had two more minutes of walk left—two more minutes during which he could talk to her!

"Let me walk you a little further. Look, there’s still some distance to go," he said.

"Don’t," Pu Sangzhi refused.

After refusing, she began to walk into the alley, but she hadn’t taken two steps before she stopped again.

Pu Sangzhi, worried that Huo Feng with his thick-skinned face would continue to follow, turned around with a determined look in her eyes and said firmly, "Don’t follow! I don’t want my mom to see you and cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

Huo Feng was about to take a step when she said this, and his leg suddenly became as heavy as if lead had been poured into it, and he dared not move.

"Sangzhi," he called her.

Pu Sangzhi responded, "What?"

Huo Feng said, "Haven’t we already met the parents? What misunderstanding could there be?"

"You..." Go die!

Pu Sangzhi almost let out a curse, but luckily she managed to suppress it at her throat.

This damn rascal Huo Feng, could he be any more shameless?

Stalking her, presumptuously greeting her mother, now even forcibly saying they had met the parents?

Pah!

As if she would ever want to meet his parents!

Pu Sangzhi wouldn’t want to see his parents in this lifetime!

"I’m not going to argue with you, just don’t show up in front of my mom!"

Pu Sangzhi was too lazy to argue with him. She held up a finger solemnly warning, "I’ve tolerated your antics at school, let others misunderstand our relationship. But with my mom, if you still talk nonsense, I will definitely get angry!"

It was the first time Huo Feng had heard her use the words "get angry."

Despite her usually indifferent attitude towards him, she had truly never lost her temper with him, Huo Feng.

So now, hearing her talk about being angry and seeing her serious expression, Huo Feng immediately got nervous and promised, "Got it, won’t say a word."

"Also, don’t follow! If you come after me, I’ll get angry too," she repeated solemnly and finally turned again, walking into the alley.

Seeing her figure gradually receding, Huo Feng felt a deep pain in his heart.

Sigh... it would be days before he saw her again.

His girlfriend didn’t miss him, didn’t care about him, even warned him, and lashed out at him.

Huo Feng truly felt sorry for himself.

"Sangzhi!"

When Pu Sangzhi had walked about seven or eight meters away, Huo Feng couldn’t hold back and called out to her again.

Pu Sangzhi turned around, somewhat impatiently, "What now?"

Then she heard Huo Feng shout to her, "Don’t hate me!"

Pu Sangzhi should have unhesitatingly retorted with ’I do hate you,’ or at the very least, ’that’s impossible.’

Because his relentless pursuit over this period had already provoked her intense dislike, Pu Sangzhi genuinely hated him!

Yet, for some reason, when he cried out those five words, Pu Sangzhi’s heart softened suddenly...

The words that could hurt him were all stuck in her throat at that moment, unable to come out, unable to be swallowed, leaving her momentarily speechless, not knowing how to respond to him.

On the other side, Huo Feng clenched his fists, seeing her not responding he called out again, "Give me a chance, let me try hard! I really like you!"

Between them lay a distance of seven or eight meters.

At this not-so-great distance, every word Huo Feng shouted was crystal clear and forceful, as if pounding the air, bouncing and striking Pu Sangzhi’s chest.

After his words fell, Pu Sangzhi was silent for a long time.

On her small face was an expression difficult to decipher.

Her gaze wandered around, occasionally landing on Huo Feng before swiftly drifting away.

She seemed somewhat nervous.

In fact, Pu Sangzhi was nervous.

"You..."

She hadn’t expected Huo Feng to confess his feelings to her.

She was most afraid of the other person suddenly becoming serious, leaving her at a loss for what to do.

Silence, a standoff, played out at this moment...

After Huo Feng’s confession, the air between them was not filled with romance but with an indescribable awkwardness.

"You... in the future, don’t say such things again. I’m leaving."

Pu Sangzhi took a long time to muster a sentence of rejection.

After saying this, she turned around, her backpack on her back, and ran off into the alley as if fleeing.

Huo Feng stood in place, his gaze following her intently until her figure vanished from his eyes.

From a distance, seeing her enter her home, Huo Feng sighed heavily, "It’s tough..."

Girlfriends are so hard to pursue.

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The weekend, once again, arrived.

As usual, on Friday night after finishing her homework, on Saturday morning, Pu Sangzhi accompanied Chen Huifen to navigate the vegetable market, buying daily necessities.

After the shopping trip, an all-too-familiar set of household chores piled up before her.

Close to noon, as Pu Sangzhi stir-fried spicy and sour shredded potatoes, the kitchen filled with heavy smoke, engulfing it in a smog.

After covering the wok with a lid, Pu Sangzhi hurriedly went to open a window, but as soon as her hand touched the window, she stopped.

She thought, if she opened the window, she wouldn’t see Huo Feng’s dreadful face again, would she?

To know that after Huo Feng’s confession to her yesterday, she had a nightmare!

All night, she dreamt she was entangled by Huo Feng, coerced, forcibly married. After enduring a very painful marriage, in the end, she drugged and killed Huo Feng to finally escape from his grasp...

"No, not opening it."

Pu Sangzhi withdrew her hand sulkily, resisting the urge to open the window.

Thus, under the torture of the cooking smoke, she finished preparing a table full of dishes.

After the lunch was served, Pu Sangzhi called Chen Huifen to come eat.

During the meal, Chen Huifen chatted with her about the ordinary trivial matters of the week, a life mundane yet warm and peaceful.

As they talked, Chen Huifen remembered something, "Oh, by the way, Mrs. Wu from across the way wants to hire you to tutor her daughter’s homework. They’ll pay, eighty yuan an hour, three hours in the afternoon for two weekends. Do you think it’s suitable?"

"Across the way... that girl who scored four in English?"

Pu Sangzhi held her soup bowl, recalling the argument she witnessed through the window last week, "Isn’t that girl difficult to tutor?"

Chen Huifen nodded, "Yes, her daughter is a problematic student. Mrs. Wu said she enrolled her in remedial classes at the school, but she always skips them or sleeps during class. So, she got back some of the tuition fees from the headteacher and plans on adding a bit more to hire a home tutor for her daughter."

Pu Sangzhi nodded, "A difficult student, indeed."

"Indeed. Mrs. Wu thinks you are patient and have a good temperament, so she wants to ask for your help. Mom’s asking on her behalf, are you willing?" Chen Huifen asked.

"Wait, let me do the math..."

Pu Sangzhi immediately began to calculate, "Eighty yuan an hour, three hours makes two hundred and forty, two days on the weekend four hundred and eighty, a semester has twenty weeks, five weeks have passed, fifteen weeks left, that’s at least... 7200. Okay, I’m willing."

Pu Sangzhi agreed just like that.

Because she could earn money, and also because, her family needed money.

Earning over seven thousand a semester was not a small sum. Able to alleviate her family’s financial burden, Pu Sangzhi was very willing.

"You’ve agreed?" Wu Huifen asked.

"Yes, I can start this afternoon," Pu Sangzhi nodded.