Pampered by the School Bully
Chapter 354 - 347. Huo Feng skipped class! (1)

Chapter 354: 347. Huo Feng skipped class! (1)

Huo Mingshan had never imagined that Pu Sangzhi would care so much about his son.

Huo Mingshan had always disapproved of them being together because he felt that his son wasn’t worthy of Pu Sangzhi and might even lead her astray.

But today, at this very moment, after listening to Pu Sangzhi’s words, Huo Mingshan was beyond words.

"Stop crying..."

Huo Mingshan took a packet of tissues from his desk, quickly pulled out two, and handed them to Pu Sangzhi.

Pu Sangzhi was crying hard at the time, tears flowing like water from an open tap, unstoppable.

It was unclear whether she was crying out of injustice for Huo Feng, or from the heartache on his behalf...

In these teachers’ eyes, Pu Sangzhi was such an outstanding student!

The top student in the city, she had been excelling in her academics since entering the school, had a gentle character, and had received praise from all quarters... And today, she was crying over a student considered problematic by the whole school.

Even though the situation seemed comical, after actually hearing Pu Sangzhi’s speech, the teachers were stirred.

Everyone has a heart, and no one could bear to see such an excellent girl pleading in distress...

For a moment, the teachers in the office spoke up for her one after another.

"I think we need to look into this matter more thoroughly; we can’t just take one person’s word for it," said the homeroom teacher of Class Three.

"Right. Isn’t Huo Feng not here?"

The homeroom teacher of Class Four added, "That kid is probably still angry. Why don’t we wait until he cools down tomorrow and then talk to him? I think he wouldn’t cheat, especially since he’s in the math Olympiad class; he’s definitely not bad at math."

The homeroom teacher of Class Six also said, "It could just be a misunderstanding. Chen Ruixiang thought Huo Feng was asking for answers, but maybe Huo Feng didn’t intend that at all."

Since all the teachers were speaking for Huo Feng, the situation was becoming one-sided.

At this point, Yang Huiming had nothing to say because everyone was supporting Pu Sangzhi. Her tears had won everything over, what else could Yang Huiming do?

Chen Ruixiang was feeling guilty and anxious because of Pu Sangzhi’s tears...

Chen Ruixiang had always been thinking of sticking to his lies, never expecting things to escalate to where they were now.

Chen Ruixiang now had no idea what to do. He could only stubbornly hold on, waiting to see what would happen in the end...

After calming Pu Sangzhi for quite a while, and once her emotions had somewhat stabilized, Huo Mingshan decided to speak up, "This matter will surely be investigated thoroughly. Well, Huo Feng is still angry and can’t be called over right now. So, next Monday, let’s have him sit here and write the math exam again. If he can do it on his own without cheating, then we won’t count him as having cheated. However, Chen Ruixiang, since you were the one passing notes, regardless of what Huo Feng might think, your actions are cheating, and you must be punished for them! That’s how we’ll handle this, what does everyone think?"

With the matter having developed to this point and with Huo Mingshan’s intervention, the rest of the teachers in the office had no objections, and they all agreed it was acceptable.

Even if Yang Huiming had objections, she could no longer raise them.

Since the minority must follow the majority, Yang Huiming had no other choice.

Thus, the matter of the cheating was temporarily settled.

As for the apology, Huo Mingshan did not state his position here, and that would probably have to wait until after the results of the cheating investigation were out.

After this commotion, Huo Mingshan dismissed everyone from the office, including Chen Ruixiang and the proctoring teacher.

Huo Mingshan escorted Pu Sangzhi out of the office, at which point her emotions were still unstable.

She was no longer crying, but she was still sobbing softly, her eyes red and swollen as if she had been crying a lot.

Huo Mingshan patted Pu Sangzhi on the shoulder, comforting her, "Don’t worry about Huo Feng. I’ll go find him and make sure he comes for the exam on Monday. Stop crying, you’ve already done a lot for him."

Pu Sangzhi turned around with red eyes, and suddenly, she bowed deeply to Huo Mingshan, startling him, "Hey, you don’t need to do this..."

Pu Sangzhi slowly rose and whispered with her head down, "Thank you, Teacher, for helping me. But, I have another request..."

Huo Mingshan furrowed his brows, "Hmm, go ahead."

Pu Sangzhi sniffed and said, "I hope that Teacher Yang can apologize to Huo Feng, and Chen Ruixiang too. Especially Chen Ruixiang, I want him to apologize publicly. Because he has been lying all along."

Huo Mingshan expressed his difficulty with this, "To ask him to apologize publicly, you’d have him write a letter of self-criticism. Besides that, you need to find the reason for his lie. For instance, who was that note really meant for? Only with the actual reason can you prove he was lying and have him write a self-criticism."

Pu Sangzhi bit her lip, "Do we really have to find someone else?"

Huo Mingshan nodded, "It seems so. Or let him admit himself that he has been lying."

Pu Sangzhi didn’t know what to do and let out a soft sigh before bidding farewell to Huo Mingshan, "Thank you, Teacher. Goodbye."

Huo Mingshan watched her with a concerned gaze, reassuring her, "Don’t be too sad, go have some rest. Huo Feng will be fine."

Pu Sangzhi slowly nodded, then finally turned and left.

Huo Mingshan watched her receding figure from a distance, her slender and desolate back causing him—an elder and a teacher—a hint of heartache.

...

During evening self-study that day, Huo Mingshan asked Zheng Qiu to comfort Huo Feng, at least to help him find some emotional balance.

Zheng Qiu responded.

Evening self-study began at 6:30 PM, and to give Huo Feng time to adjust, Zheng Qiu decided to look for him during the second class period.

However, when Zheng Qiu arrived at the classroom during the second period, she realized Huo Feng was not there at all.

Not only had Huo Feng skipped so many exams today, but he even skipped the evening self-study, completely giving up on himself.

Fortunately, the person from the student council who came to check on them today was Pu Sangzhi...

So, when counting the number of students, Pu Sangzhi deliberately reported one extra, and the senior from second grade didn’t mind, so class 1-7 got away with it, and Huo Feng escaped punishment.

During the second period, Zheng Qiu purposely walked over to Huo Feng’s seat and asked his deskmate Pan Bo, "Has he not been here the whole time?"

Pan Bo sighed, "He hasn’t come... With Feng’s temperament, feeling his character insulted, he won’t want to see anybody. Now, who knows which corner he’s hiding in, sulking..."

Zheng Qiu, the homeroom teacher, felt somewhat apologetic as everyone would describe Huo Feng as a pitiful victim.

Zheng Qiu then asked Pan Bo, "Have you looked for him?"

Pan Bo spread his hands, "We’ve been searching since noon. Haven’t we been searching all day? Teacher, we believe in Feng much more than you do, we really believe Feng has been wronged. Like this, Feng doesn’t even want to see us, and you still want to find him? Impossible... unless he figures things out himself and comes out."

Although not knowing what had happened, Pan Bo, as Huo Feng’s brother, certainly didn’t need to understand the details before first blaming the teacher.

No matter what, being preemptive was their group’s most common mode of conduct.

Zheng Qiu was at a loss for words with Pan Bo’s response.

Though she should have cared about Huo Feng skipping class, in the end, she turned a blind eye, "Forget it, this weekend, you all should look for him again, and have a good talk with him. Pu Sangzhi secured a chance for him to clear his name; make sure he takes it."

Pan Bo pursed his lips and said deliberately, "Pu Sangzhi secured it, huh... Teacher, then what did you do?"

Zheng Qiu’s face turned sour from being confronted by Pan Bo, and she brushed it off guiltily, "Stop stirring up trouble, and hold back your comments just a little. This matter will pass soon enough."

Pan Bo pouted but said nothing.

Afterward, Zheng Qiu left.

As soon as Zheng Qiu left the classroom, Pan Bo immediately turned around and started chatting excitedly with Lin Yuhao and Gu Yang about the topic.

In fact, they were all worried about Huo Feng; they were waiting for Huo Feng to turn on his phone and reach out to them.

They even guessed that Huo Feng must have left school by now and was certainly out there... degenerating...

Pfft, living it up!

Ultimately, the brothers just hoped this matter would pass quickly and that Feng wouldn’t give up on their group!

...

Tonight, Pu Sangzhi, having checked the class, felt terrible upon returning to her class.

Knowing the situation with Huo Feng cheating and skipping class, no one could feel worse than she did.

But now, Pu Sangzhi was aware that she couldn’t bring Huo Feng back anymore.

Because Huo Feng hated her...

Pu Sangzhi spent the evening self-study in dejection.

After returning to the dormitory at night, Pu Sangzhi was listless and in low spirits.

Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao tried comforting her with a few words but knew it was futile and felt quite helpless.

That night, Pu Sangzhi fell asleep in tears.

Before sleeping, she had glanced at her phone one more time, Huo Feng hadn’t replied to her messages, nor was there any activity from him.

She wanted to send him a message...

But thinking of how he hated her, she didn’t dare to do anything.

Pu Sangzhi was never the strong one in a relationship, never that thick-skinned—to let go of her pride and seek out someone who despised her...

Thus, she could only be sad alone, shedding silent tears into the night.

That night, in the boys’ dormitory, Feng’s brothers were also tirelessly trying to contact Huo Feng, although his phone was off the whole time...

They continued to reach out until they went to sleep, but like stones cast into the ocean, there was no reply at all.

...

At half-past two in the morning, in an internet cafe in Tangxia Town, that phone that had been off for a day was finally turned on.

Huo Feng, who had been avoiding everything for a day, received a barrage of messages...

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