Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 119 - 114. Brother Feng must slip away while patting the horse.

Chapter 119: 114. Brother Feng must slip away while patting the horse.

Huo Feng spoke with such confidence that Pu Sangzhi almost believed him.

She doubted for a moment...

During that moment, her consciousness asked her, "Do you really like Huo Feng?"

But after a long time, her consciousness could not give an answer and even subconsciously corrected her in her mind: No! You can’t like him!

So, when she caught her bearings, Pu Sangzhi pushed Huo Feng’s chest and blurted out in denial, "Not at all!"

Because she put some effort into that push, Huo Feng dared not forcefully hug her anymore.

He could only allow her to pull away, frowning slightly with a look of regret, "Ah... do you really have to deny what your heart feels like this?"

"Do you really have to distort the truth like this?" Pu Sangzhi retorted.

After the retort, she didn’t bother to argue with Huo Feng anymore and turned to briskly walk towards Lin Qianqian.

At that moment, Lin Qianqian was still squatting on the ground wiping her tears, her messy hair falling in front of her face. Although it covered half of her face, one could still tell her emotions were very low.

Pu Sangzhi picked up Lin Qianqian’s clothes, a school uniform, and handed them to her, saying, "Qianqian, put on your clothes first, we need to go home."

Lin Qianqian sniffled, took the clothes, and obediently put on her loose school jacket.

As she was dressing, Huo Feng turned his back to the two of them, walked to the alleyway entrance on his own, picked up his backpack, and waited there—a very gentlemanly behavior.

Pu Sangzhi turned her head to look at Huo Feng, saw the setting sun casting a light on him, elongating his shadow on the ground, and elevating his image more than usual.

For a moment, Pu Sangzhi was struck by an illusion, feeling as if he resembled a cowboy hero from a TV drama... towering and brave, invincible.

He had single-handedly blocked three boys and four girls earlier, got beaten numerous times but got up again and again. Though he was bruised all over, he had managed to scare them all away.

Indeed, he had been impressive, truly giving a sense of overwhelming security.

"Okay, no more crying. Both Huo Feng and I are here, we’ll go home together."

Pu Sangzhi straightened up Lin Qianqian’s disheveled hair and wiped the tears off her face.

In such a moment, she couldn’t bring herself to scold or lecture; she could only soothe and comfort Lin Qianqian.

"Sister Sangzhi..."

Lin Qianqian finally gathered her emotions and looked up with her reddened eyes to meet hers.

In front was Pu Sangzhi.

In the distance was Huo Feng.

The two of them made Lin Qianqian feel very secure.

...

After leaving the alley, Huo Feng hailed a cab and took the two girls home.

Lin Qianqian’s house had no elders, and she was injured all over, clearly in bad shape. Thus, Pu Sangzhi invited Lin Qianqian to rest at her home.

Seeing Pu Sangzhi’s kind-hearted gesture of taking Lin Qianqian home, Huo Feng there and then threw a fit and pleaded, claiming he too was heavily injured and it was inappropriate for him to go home. He shamelessly squeezed into Pu Sangzhi’s home.

Pu Sangzhi seated Huo Feng and Lin Qianqian in the living room and served each of them a cup of boiled water.

She then went into the inner room to explain the situation to Chen Huifen, asking for her understanding.

Upon learning of the circumstances, Chen Huifen immediately stopped what she was doing, fetched the family’s first-aid kit, and joined Pu Sangzhi in heading to the living room.

At that moment, seeing the very disheveled Lin Qianqian and Huo Feng in the living room, Chen Huifen’s face showed her heartache.

"Oh my, how could this have happened?"

Chen Huifen sighed as she approached them, hastily placing the first-aid kit on the coffee table, opening it, and pulling out an iodine swab.

"You two aren’t seriously hurt, are you? I don’t have much here, just some antiseptics and some iodine. If you have serious wounds, you should go to the hospital," Chen Huifen said.

Hearing this, Huo Feng quickly responded, "No worries, Auntie. We’re mostly fine, just superficial injuries."

"You..."

Chen Huifen turned to glance at Huo Feng, "You’re all bruised and you still say it’s nothing."

Huo Feng smiled, "It’s just minor injuries. It looks worse than it is, really not a big deal."

Seeing that Huo Feng could still muster a smile, Chen Huifen was somewhat relieved.

She then turned to Lin Qianqian, seeing her face washed out like water, Chen Huifen was very heartbroken, "Qianqian, how are you doing?"

Lin Qianqian shook her head, "I’m fine, thank you, Auntie."

Chen Huifen sighed heavily, "You really can’t get involved in these kinds of things in the future. If your parents knew, they’d be so worried."

Lin Qianqian and Huo Feng nodded in agreement.

In front of an elder, the two of them were quite well-behaved.

Chen Huifen prepared an iodine cotton ball and treated their wounds briefly before Pu Sangzhi brought over some towels and hot water for them to wash their faces and hands.

After a quick cleanup, it was already getting late.

The skies outside had darkened, and night had fallen, signaling dinner time at Pu Sangzhi’s home.

In Pu Sangzhi’s house, it was usually her who cooked. However, tonight, with two young guests at home, Chen Huifen let Pu Sangzhi keep them company while she took over the cooking duties.

With Chen Huifen’s warm hospitality, Pu Sangzhi had no choice but to entertain Huo Feng despite feeling reluctant.

Fortunately, Huo Feng was rather well-behaved, refraining from speaking out of turn or mentioning anything inappropriate in front of Chen Huifen.

This put Pu Sangzhi at ease.

While Chen Huifen was busy cooking in the kitchen, Huo Feng and Lin Qianqian sat idly on the mahogany sofa in the living room, eagerly looking at Pu Sangzhi, waiting for her to entertain them.

But the only response they got was Pu Sangzhi’s particularly blunt comment, "Eat and then go home, don’t linger in my house. Especially you, Huo Feng!"

Huo Feng couldn’t help but give Pu Sangzhi a sidelong glance, "Why especially me? Do you discriminate based on gender?"

Pu Sangzhi argued righteously, "Qianqian is a girl and her parents aren’t home. She faced such grievances today; staying over isn’t a problem. But you, as a male, hanging around at my place late at night, isn’t that inappropriate? We have no males here."

After Pu Sangzhi finished, Lin Qianqian couldn’t help but interject, "Sister Sangzhi, does this mean I can stay at your house tonight and sleep with you? In the same bed?"

Pu Sangzhi nodded, "You can. If you don’t mind..."

Lin Qianqian immediately nodded, "I surely don’t..."

"I object!"

At this point, Huo Feng interrupted Lin Qianqian hastily raising his hand, "Pu Sangzhi, isn’t your gender discrimination too much? This ’ugly girl’ gets to stay at your house and even sleep in the same bed, while I have to leave after dinner! I can’t stand this!"

Pu Sangzhi crossed her arms and looked up at him, "What can you do about it if you can’t stand it?"

Huo Feng declared seriously, "In that case, I have no choice but to castrate myself and stay as a female!"

To stay over, Huo Feng was even spouting such nonsense... This absolutely shattered Pu Sangzhi and Lin Qianqian’s worldview!

Pu Sangzhi thought for a moment, then turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Shortly after, she came back with a knife and slapped it on the coffee table with a ’thwack’.

"Please!" said Pu Sangzhi to Huo Feng.

When the sharp blade dazzled Huo Feng’s eyes, he realized the joke had definitely gone too far...

He had no choice but to pick up the kitchen knife, grin, and said, "Sangzhi, do you have any apples? I’ll peel some for you."

Pu Sangzhi couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.

Lin Qianqian, amused by Huo Feng and having been in a sour mood, finally couldn’t help but giggle.

After a round of jokes, Huo Feng was still scheming internally...

He thought about how hard it was to get into Pu Sangzhi’s house and be a guest there.

This house, with Pu Sangzhi in it, was like heaven to him!

But once he left this place and returned to his own home, facing his father who might possibly chop him up, Huo Feng suddenly lost the courage to return to that hell-like home.

He told himself to try again! To thicken his skin further, be slicker with his words, and more industrious in his actions! To strive to stay and spend a memorable night here! Yes!

With that in mind, Huo Feng proactively picked up the kitchen knife and headed to the kitchen.

While Pu Sangzhi and Lin Qianqian were chatting in the living room, Huo Feng, with a smile plastered on his face, went to butter up his future mother-in-law.

"Auntie, you’re cooking?"

Huo Feng called out to Chen Huifen warmly, placing the kitchen knife back on the rack before peeking his head closer to her.

"Yes. Are you hungry? Just two more dishes to go, just wait a bit..."

Chen Huifen was frying tomato and eggs, and had just scooped up a skillet full of glistening scrambled eggs, filling the kitchen with a delicious aroma.

Seizing the opportunity, Huo Feng smoothly complimented, "Mmm, that smells amazing, Auntie... How can you make a simple plate of scrambled eggs smell so good? You’re incredible."

Chen Huifen, unable to hide her smile, responded, "Not at all, I’m just messing around. Usually, it’s Sangzhi who cooks; I’m quite rusty."

"Auntie, you’re too modest."

Huo Feng rolled up his sleeves, "Let me help you; I cook at home too."

Chen Huifen was pleased, "Really? I wouldn’t have guessed."

Huo Feng quickly patted his chest, saying, "I couldn’t be more serious! I’m a 21st-century domestic cooking man! Let me help you..."

Chen Huifen’s smile narrowed her eyes to slits, "Good, good, you’re truly well-behaved."

Huo Feng smirked, "Hehe..."