Pampered by the School Bully
Chapter 356 - 349, Can I reach out to you because I miss you?

Chapter 356: 349, Can I reach out to you because I miss you?

In the late night, Huo Feng’s previously ’carefree and at ease’ mindset had completely dissipated.

Reading so many messages from people who cared about him, seeing the barrage of messages sent by Pu Sangzhi, thinking of what he said today.

The rebelliousness in Huo Feng’s heart slowly faded away under the influence of self-reproach and guilt...

Gradually, he began to recall the scenes of studying together and making progress together over the past six months.

For students, falling into depravity is very easy, very simple.

Just give up studying, get hooked on a video game, or consider anything more important than studying, that is a form of depravity.

Huo Feng once admired this kind of carefree and pleasurable life philosophy, believing that life should be about enjoyment and living freely.

But...

In the past six months, the purposeful and planned study life that Pu Sangzhi had established for him was not as miserable or dull as he had imagined.

Huo Feng kind of missed the days studying with her.

Although studying was painful, memorizing books was tiring, even though every day was a struggle in agony, when there was noticeable progress in the scores, that joy was something the ’life in pursuit of pleasure’ could not substitute.

Actually...

Huo Feng somewhat wanted to go back.

In the late night, Huo Feng randomly clicked on a soap opera on the computer, held his phone in his hand, and lay limply on the sofa, yet his gaze was fixed blankly on the ceiling above.

He was lost in thought...

He thought about many things...

He asked himself: With two exams left, should he take them? Should he continue to fall into depravity, or should he return to school and pick himself up from where he fell?

Deep down, he wanted to go back.

Brothers, the person he liked, they were all at school.

But, the villains were also there.

The thought of being unjustly accused of cheating in the math exam when he had done nothing, even being publicly criticized throughout the school, and possibly even being disciplined, leaving a dark stain in his student record...

All these injustices, grudges, and the faces of Chen Ruixiang, the invigilating teacher, and the homeroom teacher of class two, all made him repulsed, because he did not want to face the school anymore.

These negative emotions made Huo Feng not want to go back to take the remaining two exams.

This monthly test, on the first day, was all subjects he wasn’t good at; he guessed the results would be average at best.

The second day, which was full of his strong subjects, ended up with no scores at all.

The third day’s two subjects were not his strongest, but neither were they his weakest.

Thus, it could be surmised that his monthly exam results were predictably poor.

Under these circumstances, Huo Feng really didn’t feel like taking the tests anymore.

The last two exams were also on the last day of this week...

"Sigh..."

Huo Feng let out a long sigh, closing his eyes in indecision.

Return to school for the exams? Or not go back to school?

This question lingered in Huo Feng’s mind for a long time...

In the late night, he pondered this question continuously...

Thinking and thinking, he eventually fell asleep.

Hence, having fallen asleep, the result of the choice also came forth.

That result was... he would not return to school for the exams.

This week, this monthly assessment, just let him fall into depravity completely.

In his dream, Huo Feng muzzily told himself: Start pulling yourself together from next week, start again next week. You’re not a saint; how could you possibly forgive those villains in a day? Give yourself a few more days of leniency...

As for Sangzhi...

Huo Feng had absolutely no idea what to do with her.

He was actually a bit scared.

He feared that by hurting her like this, she would distance herself from him, completely give up on him, or even speak coldly to him, saying some heartless words.

Huo Feng was feeling really down...

He wasn’t sure if he could bear the heartlessness from Pu Sangzhi.

So, he dared not seek her out...

At least not now, not the psychologically fragile him, not the him who still wanted to protect himself, he didn’t dare to look for her.

...

The next morning, at the school, Huo Feng’s followers woke up and immediately called him.

The phone did ring, and the ringtone could be heard on the other end rather than the voice message saying the phone was turned off.

The brothers were ecstatic over this small matter!

However, the call might have gone through, but Huo Feng did not pick up on the other end.

So, after a round of the ringtone had ended, the voice message, "The user you are calling is currently unavailable," played again.

The brothers were instantly disheartened...

They guessed that Huo Feng didn’t want to answer their calls, so he was deliberately not picking up. So they each took turns using different phones to call Huo Feng.

Ten people made ten calls... Not one was answered.

Finally, they used other classmates’ phones to call Huo Feng, but still got no answer.

Only then did the brothers confirm that Brother Feng must not have noticed his phone.

However, the brothers were still quite happy...

Before the exam started, each of them sent Huo Feng a WeChat message, telling him to definitely reply to them when he saw his phone.

After all, powering on the phone was a good sign, at least it was a glimmer of hope.

Otherwise, if the phone remained off and the person couldn’t be found, the brothers all worried whether Huo Feng had lost hope and committed suicide.

Now that the phone was on, it proved he was still alive, and being alive was good! Alive, there’s always a chance to come around!

So, the brothers were somewhat relieved for a while.

After the first exam began, each person who put away their phone could then focus on their test.

However...

Since this morning, Pu Sangzhi hadn’t made a single call to Huo Feng. Not even one...

She really wanted to contact Huo Feng, and she especially wanted to call him.

But Pu Sangzhi was someone with a very strong sense of self-respect.

She knew Huo Feng disliked her, knew he was mad at her, and still hadn’t forgiven her...

Under such circumstances, Pu Sangzhi couldn’t bring herself to warmly chase after his cold treatment.

Thus, even though she missed him deeply, she still managed to use her strong willpower to control herself from reaching out to him.

So, it was only after the exams ended that Pu Sangzhi learned from the brothers that Huo Feng had indeed turned on his phone but hadn’t contacted anyone.

Hearing that Huo Feng had turned on his phone gave Pu Sangzhi some peace of mind. However, she still didn’t dare to contact him first, still restraining herself, maintaining the little self-respect she had left with a cool and lonely demeanor.

...

After the two morning exams were over, it was already 11:30 AM.

The ten exams of the monthly test were all completed, and the students could go home early.

After finishing the exams, Pu Sangzhi put her backpack on and walked home alone.

She rarely went home by herself...

Since meeting Huo Feng, such opportunities had been extremely rare, so few that they could be counted on one hand.

Thus, accustomed to having Huo Feng accompany her home, Pu Sangzhi felt lonely and desolate walking this road alone today.

She had never felt that the road home was ever so long; alone, time seemed to pass more slowly, as if it wanted her to taste the solitude of being alone.

Naturally, Pu Sangzhi’s mood was not good.

This journey which would normally take around ten minutes, she slowly turned into a fifteen-minute walk.

Walking all the way home, upon entering the door, she had hoped to find some comfort from her mother, Chen Huifen...

But when she arrived home, she discovered that no one was there.

Pu Sangzhi called Chen Huifen, who told her that it was the seventh day following her grandmother’s burial, and Chen Huifen had gone to the ancestral hall to chant scriptures and pray for her grandmother.

In their place, there was a superstitious belief: within the forty-nine days following a person’s death, scriptures should be recited every seven days for the deceased relative to cleanse some of the deceased’s transgressions and seek a better fate for them in the next life.

Chen Huifen had hardly any opportunity to fulfill her filial duties while her grandmother was alive, so after her grandmother passed away, she certainly wanted to do these kinds of things within her means.

Therefore, with the funeral held last Friday, she had gone to the ancestral hall this Friday and planned to spend the night there, too.

Thus, Pu Sangzhi was left alone at home.

This made Pu Sangzhi, who was already feeling lonely, feel even worse...

Upon entering the house, she dropped her backpack, took off her coat, climbed into bed, and without hesitation, covered herself with her quilt and went to sleep!

Let her sleep alone the entire day...

After all, with her alone time, being awake was also a waste.

If Huo Feng didn’t look for her, didn’t forgive her, then so be it.

It was she who couldn’t bring herself to actively seek his favor...

She was too proud and valued her dignity too much, so let her bear this torment.

At that moment, neither Huo Feng nor Pu Sangzhi expected that both of them, despite deeply missing each other, stubbornly didn’t seek each other out...

But in fact, between the two of them, if either one could let go of the grudges in their heart and sought the other out, everything could have returned to the way it used to be...

...

In the internet café, Huo Feng woke up around 12 PM, close to noon.

He glanced at his phone, which had a bunch of missed calls and WeChat messages from his son...

He scrolled down, looking for a message from Pu Sangzhi.

However, Pu Sangzhi hadn’t sent him a single message, nor had she made a single call.

Seeing this, Huo Feng felt extremely upset...

He realized that she must not want to deal with him anymore, that she was disappointed in him.

After struggling with his emotions, Huo Feng mustered all his courage and sent a WeChat message to Pu Sangzhi.

He sent: "Can I talk to you? I was wrong... I miss you..."

After sending...

Huo Feng plunged into the long wait for a reply...

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