Pampered by the School Bully
Chapter 369 - 363. Old Huo decides to cultivate Huo Feng! (10)

Chapter 369: 363. Old Huo decides to cultivate Huo Feng! (10)

"Sangzhi is crying, and I admit I am responsible,"

Huo Mingshan nodded in acknowledgement of his mistake, "but under those circumstances, she stood up for you. She went to the office that day entirely because of you. So, you bear an even greater responsibility! You should have come forward at the time, you can’t let a woman charge into battle for you!"

"Hey! You still have the nerve to blame me?"

Enraged, Huo Feng sat up from the bed with a smack, his eyebrows locked tightly as he glared at Huo Mingshan, "Am I the one without any responsibility in this matter? The reason I got so angry is all because of you! Because of you, you old fart!"

"You little brat! Dare you curse one more time!" Huo Mingshan immediately put on an authoritative stance, shooting Huo Feng a warning look.

It must be said, experience comes with age!

As soon as Huo Feng saw him getting fierce, he immediately wilted and lost all his bluster, turning his head away to ignore him.

Huo Mingshan then lectured Huo Feng, "You’re just impulsive! You don’t think about resolving anything properly! If you had just been less hot-tempered that day, had cursed less, what couldn’t have been resolved?"

Huo Feng retorted mockingly, "If you hadn’t slapped me that day, hadn’t slammed the table and yelled at me, would I have adopted such an attitude towards..."

"You..."

Huo Mingshan was immediately left speechless by his response.

Because what Huo Feng said was true!

That day, Huo Mingshan had quickly slapped him, and the moment after he did it, Huo Mingshan himself regretted it.

But... what’s done was done, there was nothing Huo Mingshan could do about it.

Slapping Huo Feng was something Huo Mingshan had grown accustomed to from long ago.

This bad habit developed at home, that momentary lack of control, what else could he do?

"I admit, slapping you was wrong. As an adult, I need to take responsibility for my actions, so I apologize to you,"

Huo Mingshan seldom softened his stance, rarely apologizing for hitting his son.

"Don’t!"

But Huo Feng raised a hand to stop him, "We’re both adults now, you know saying ’sorry’ is utterly useless."

Huo Mingshan frowned deeply, "You brat, so what do you want?"

Huo Feng spoke directly, "I want you to apologize to me in front of all the teachers in the office on Monday! And the homeroom teacher of Class 2, that old witch, she also has to apologize to me in front of everyone!"

Huo Mingshan’s eyebrows were so furrowed, they looked like they could crush a fly, "Does it have to be so harsh?"

Huo Feng nodded, "You slapped me in public, that old witch wronged me in public, even insulting me as an ignorant, bad student. The psychological harm you two caused me was done in public! So if you want to make amends with an apology, then you’ll apologize to me publicly. I don’t accept anything less!"

Huo Feng believed he was already being very reasonable.

He had even given Huo Mingshan a way out, a solution he could handle.

Otherwise, he had been planning to stay estranged from Huo Mingshan, his father, for life!

However, though Huo Feng’s terms were somewhat excessive, Huo Mingshan acknowledged that publicly slapping Huo Feng was indeed over the line this time.

So as an adult, as a mature man, as a father who still wanted to mend his relationship with his son...

Huo Mingshan agreed, "Fine. Once you have proven your innocence, I am willing to apologize to you in front of everyone. Additionally, I will have Teacher Yang apologize for her inappropriate remarks. But you should also reflect on yourself, didn’t you insult Teacher Yang?"

Huo Feng shook his head, "I will never apologize to that old woman!"

"Forget it..."

Huo Mingshan unexpectedly didn’t fixate on it but compromised, "Let’s set these things aside for the moment. The main reason I came to talk to you was to discuss your matter with Sangzhi."

Huo Feng coldly glanced at Huo Mingshan, "What now? Planning to break us up? Have you overlooked the tears that our class’ top student shed for me?"

Huo Mingshan’s face darkened, "There’s no need for such jokes. I know about your relationship with Sangzhi."

"Oh..."

Huo Feng said, "You must be thrilled, right? To have such a fine daughter-in-law. I’m telling you, this has nothing to do with you. I wooed the girlfriend, I will wed the wife. You’re just the villain here; you won’t have the right to enjoy any blessings later on."

Unable to contain himself, Huo Mingshan snatched up the coat from the desk and flung it at Huo Feng!

A "whoosh" of cold air swept directly across Huo Feng’s face, ruffling his short hair...

Huo Feng internally thought, Damn it! Why’s he getting violent again?! Isn’t Huo Feng the one who’s supposed to be angry now? How come it’s that old man’s turn to blow a fuse!

"Stop with your nonsense!"

Huo Mingshan furrowed his brow to halt Huo Feng’s rambling, "Sangzhi told me all about it. You won’t date in high school unless you get into Tsinghua! If you don’t get in, she won’t date you! Do you think Tsinghua is so easy to get into?"

Naturally, Huo Feng nodded, "With my smarts, how could I possibly not get in?"

Unable to resist, Huo Mingshan lifted the coat again for another toss, and Huo Feng quickly raised his hands to block, finally warding off this onslaught...

"Wipe out! Are you here to hit me?"

Huo Feng yelled, "Can’t talk anymore, huh? Scram, scram, scram!"

"You little brat! Your insouciant attitude really pisses people off!"

Huo Mingshan couldn’t help but snap at him, "I want to have a proper conversation with you. My student likes you so much now, she’s investing her whole life in you! If it weren’t for her fancying you, do you think I’d sit here and talk to you so nicely?"

Huo Feng: "..."

What the hell?

This old coot came to make amends with him, all because of Sangzhi!

Talk about insincerity!

Scram!

"You little brat, I can hardly talk without getting worked up. I wonder if it’s bad karma from a past life!" Huo Mingshan muttered angrily.

Huo Feng nodded: "No need to wonder, I must have stolen your girlfriend in my past life."

Huo Mingshan retorted, "What skills do you have to steal my girlfriend!"

Huo Feng replied, "Better looking than you, taller than you, in better shape than you, and with more hair than you!"

Huo Mingshan once again couldn’t control the primal force within him and flung his jacket with a swing!

Huo Feng casually caught the incoming blow, as if he was unflappable and fearless. Who’d be scared!

"You little brat, for the next ten minutes, you better keep a straight attitude, no joking around!"

Huo Mingshan snapped at Huo Feng, and straightened his clothes that got dishevelled from assaulting Huo Feng, "The main reason I came to find you today is to discuss something about Sangzhi. This is a serious matter, so don’t treat it with your usual flippancy!"

Huo Feng: "..."

Huo Mingshan huffed loudly, took a minute to adjust his emotions and thoughts before continuing, "That day, when Sangzhi cried in front of all the teachers because of you with tears streaming down like rain, I could see it. She’s been deceived by you..."

"Hey hey..."

Huo Feng couldn’t help but interrupt, "Watch your language, who’s deceiving whom? Don’t you know true heart for true heart?"

Huo Mingshan glared at Huo Feng, making him shrink back, then continued, "Originally, if it were just you fancying Sangzhi on your own, I would be very reluctant to let you be with her. If you don’t affect her studies it’s one thing, but if you do, I would have definitely intervened. But now, she fancies you. So I don’t have much to say..."

Huo Feng interjected: "Of course you have nothing to say, you’ve gained an excellent daughter-in-law for nothing."

"Shut your mouth!"

Huo Mingshan snapped at Huo Feng again, "So, since you two have started getting on the right track, there are some things I must warn you about."

Huo Feng: "..."

What the hell?

Why do I feel like I am facing a father-in-law when it comes to my own father?

As if Old Huo is Sangzhi’s father, and he’s watching me for her sake!

"She said her goal is to get into Tsinghua. So during this time, you absolutely must not affect her studies!" Huo Mingshan warned solemnly.

Huo Feng: "Alright..."

Huo Mingshan: "Although she has been tutoring you and your grades have improved quickly, the gap to Tsinghua is still very wide. You should know that Tsinghua doesn’t just look at the cutoff score. Last year in the college entrance exam, in our Zhejiang Province, Tsinghua only offered 80 spots. That means you have to rank within the top 80... remember, not the top 80 of the school! So it’s very difficult!"

Huo Mingshan finally got to the point.

Suddenly faced with this harsh requirement, Huo Feng’s expression changed.

He couldn’t help but open his mouth wide, "Isn’t just reaching the cutoff score enough to get in?"

Huo Mingshan said, "Of course not."

Huo Feng: "Ugh... so tough!"

Huo Mingshan said, "Exactly, so for someone like you without any natural talent, you must work very hard!"

Huo Feng: "..."

No natural talent, what the hell?

He was clearly gifted, okay!

Huo Mingshan continued, "Starting from today, I will also pay attention to your academic performance. As long as you can get into the top 100, I will discuss with Teacher Zheng about letting you into Class 1. But it’s not so you can take advantage of being close to water to get the moon first, it’s so you can study hard. The study environment in Class 1 is very good."

Huo Feng nodded...

Oh my...

Doesn’t that mean he could be in the same class as Sangzhi?