novelraw Chapter 554 - 540, Huo Feng, don’t do that kind of thing again (35)
Chapter 554 - 540, Huo Feng, don’t do that kind of thing again (35)
Chapter 554: 540, Huo Feng, don’t do that kind of thing again (35)
"Huo Feng, I discussed it with my mom yesterday, and from now on, my mom will stay with the Ye Family. As for me, I’ll be living at school on weekdays, and if there is no emergency, I’ll stay at school over the weekends as well."
Pu Sangzhi told Huo Feng about her plans for the future, "Starting from sophomore year, I was only going home on Saturdays and returning on Sundays anyway. It makes no difference to stay at school for such a short time, what do you think?"
After she finished speaking, she specifically asked Huo Feng what he thought about it.
By asking this, she truly made Huo Feng feel like she considered him as part of the family!
Naturally, Huo Feng felt great!
He was lying with his head on her thigh, embracing her slim waist, his lips curved into a smile as he replied, "I think it’s very good. Just stay at school, or else I’ll stay at school too. No need to go home on weekends, every Saturday I can ask you out on a date, how great is that!"
Seeing Huo Feng looking so happy, Pu Sangzhi sighed to herself at how simple his wishes were.
She stroked Huo Feng’s head, and looking down, she gazed deeply at the satisfied profile of his face.
She had a million things she wanted to say in her heart, but she didn’t know how to start.
Pu Sangzhi had always been someone not adept at expressing herself; she tended to keep her thoughts locked inside.
As a result, Huo Feng seldom knew her true feelings...
If Huo Feng knew how important he was to her, he would surely be over the moon!
"Huo Feng..."
"Mmm."
Pu Sangzhi took a deep breath and said, "You must never do that kind of thing again."
Huo Feng asked, "What kind of thing?"
Pu Sangzhi said, "Like what happened yesterday, those most dangerous things. Those people are all mixed up in society, they’re part of debt collection gangs, inherently violent. You shouldn’t fight with those kinds of people anymore. Plus, look at how burly each of them is, you can’t beat them..."
Huo Feng seemed to detect a tone of underestimation in her words, and immediately retorted, "You think I, Huo Feng, can’t beat those guys? Those three fatties? Didn’t you see how scared those three fatties were of me yesterday, not daring to come forward!"
"That’s because you had a knife at that moment. And you threatened them, saying something like minors who kill don’t break the law... Even if there are laws protecting minors, you can’t just kill someone."
Pu Sangzhi had a critical tone in her voice, "Don’t forget, both your grandfather and your maternal grandfather are in politics, your family has a political background. If you commit a crime, it can easily involve your family. Moreover, I don’t want you to do anything dangerous for me. Like the things that happened yesterday, they’re not worth it..."
"They are worth it!"
Huo Feng replied without hesitation with two words, "Whatever I do for you is worth it, don’t overthink it."
As he spoke, the arm that was wrapped around her waist tightened even more.
Thinking he was cold, Pu Sangzhi quickly pulled a blanket over him, wrapping it around his body.
"Huo Feng, there’s something else I want to say..."
Pu Sangzhi paused for a moment, "If in the future, our family still has so many troublesome matters, just stop getting involved. I don’t want to drag you down, nor do I want you to be dragged down by our family..."
Huo Feng could vaguely sense the sensitive point in her heart...
Hearing her say these things, Huo Feng didn’t want to respond at all, with no intention of agreeing.
He simply chose to stay silent, as if playing dead.
Pu Sangzhi looked down at him and waited a long time without getting a reply; her lips pursed slightly, "Even if you don’t speak, I know what you’re thinking. Huo Feng, from the bottom of my heart, I hope I don’t bring you trouble. I don’t want to see you get hurt or pass out again in the future. If I keep causing you so much trouble, maybe I will back off... I might, not want to be with you anymore..."
Hearing her words, Huo Feng’s hand that was holding her tightened on her clothes, his brows involuntarily furrowing.
Truth be told...
Her words had put Huo Feng in a bad mood.
"Huo Feng..."
Pu Sangzhi lowered her gaze, looking deeply at him, "I want to thank you for yesterday, thank you for protecting me so much."
It was only after she expressed her thanks that Huo Feng finally opened his mouth to respond, "I’m tired of hearing these things, I don’t want to hear any of it. Say something else."
Pu Sangzhi asked, "What do you want to hear?"
Huo Feng said, "Say you like me, that you really care about me, can’t live without me, want to be with me, want to be my girlfriend, want to marry me. I like hearing all of these things, you could say them for a lifetime, even if repeated. Okay, you can say it now."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
These were precisely the words Pu Sangzhi had always been too shy to utter.
It was still difficult for her to say them out loud now.
Pu Sangzhi took a deep breath, as if mustering all her courage, then finally said, "I really do care about you a lot and want to be with you. But..."
"Stop, that’s enough!"
Huo Feng quickly cut off her potentially hurtful words, "I don’t want to hear the rest. That’s it, let me hold you and sleep soundly again..."
Pu Sangzhi: "Mmm."
Huo Feng looked up at her again, "Are you sleepy? Why don’t you lie down and sleep too?"
Pu Sangzhi shook her head, "I’m not sleepy, you go ahead and sleep."
Huo Feng continued to embrace her and sighed, "Ah, my sensitive Sangzhi..."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
Huo Feng nuzzled his head in her arms a few times, "I’m so protective of you, so eager to treat you well, wanting to support your family, all because I care about you so much... I want to marry you in the future, why would you say you don’t want to be with me... Such words really chill the heart, as if my suffering yesterday was in vain..."
Pu Sangzhi pouted her lips, "That’s not what I meant."
Huo Feng said with a sigh, "I know that’s not what you meant, you just don’t give up on me. This is the first time in my life, Huo Feng, that I’ve gone to such lengths to protect someone... In the future, if it’s not you, I probably won’t be able to find a second person I want to protect this much."
Pu Sangzhi’s heart stirred slightly because of his words, and also ached because of them.
She took a deep breath, lifting her head, her eyes red as she looked around the walls, the ceiling.
At that moment, her emotions surged again.
Feeling moved, sad, bitter, aggrieved...
She no longer knew how to face Huo Feng, how to confront his feelings for her...
Afterward, Huo Feng held her waist and drifted into a drowsy sleep.
He slept for over two hours, right up until close to noon.
So that day, Pu Sangzhi spent it at Huo Feng’s grandfather’s house.
She even had her lunch there.
During the meal, Shen Jianhua kept asking them both, what on earth had happened the day before? How did a fine trip end up with both of them coming back injured and suffering from heatstroke?
Pu Sangzhi couldn’t answer the old man’s queries, so Huo Feng glossed over them for her.
This matter, if she didn’t want others to know, Huo Feng would make sure no one knew.
He would certainly keep it a secret for her.
Because he knew she was always someone who valued her dignity.
...
In the last few days of the summer vacation, Pu Sangzhi stayed at Ye Qingcao’s home, went nowhere, and barely saw Huo Feng.
Ye Qingcao’s house was in Rui’an, and it was inconvenient for Huo Feng to visit Rui’an.
Moreover, the weather was extremely hot, and Huo Feng had just recovered from heatstroke, so Pu Sangzhi didn’t let him go out or come to find her.
Therefore, Pu Sangzhi spent the last few days of her summer vacation at Ye Qingcao’s home feeling somewhat lost.
Huo Feng, on the other hand, was at his grandfather’s house, living a rather listless life.
Everyone thought that Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao had gone to Beijing for fun, and to make the lie more convincing, Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi didn’t contact anyone for those few days, creating the illusion that they were still touring Beijing, just without posting any moments.
Finally, after enduring those days, the 1st of September arrived, signaling the start of the new term.
On the first day of school, Ye Xi specifically drove Pu Sangzhi to school, helping her carry her suitcase and backpack to the girls’ dormitory.
Ye Xi should have started school as well, but he took two days off with his homeroom teacher to safely see Pu Sangzhi to school, so he would go to Beijing a day later.
Finally, on the 1st of September, Pu Sangzhi saw Huo Feng again.
After the enrollment ceremony was finished, and the class meetings were over, there were no classes that day, just evening self-study.
So, in the afternoon, Huo Feng rushed over to the girls’ dormitory to look for Pu Sangzhi.
He really missed Pu Sangzhi...
He had missed her for several days...
Downstairs at the dormitory, when they met, Huo Feng excitedly picked up Pu Sangzhi and spun her around in circles on the spot.
Regardless of the staring eyes of their fellow students...
At that time, Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao, watching this scene, whispered among themselves, "It seems like they have progressed really fast since coming back from Beijing!"
Wen Miao nodded, "Undoubtedly so!"