Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 169 - 163. Sweet Date Ongoing (3)

She took the bus to Tangxia, and their rendezvous for two began.

Pu Sangzhi had a specific purpose for her shopping trip; she planned to buy a gift for Huo Mingshan. Unable to afford expensive adult gifts, she decided to purchase something within her budget.

So, she and Huo Feng went to a rather large stationery store in Tangxia Street: Xuehai Bookstore.

This store didn’t just sell books and exercise books; it also sold a variety of stationery.

Pu Sangzhi walked in with Huo Feng and quickly immersed herself, looking for the perfect gift.

Huo Feng originally wanted to persuade her to buy him a gift since she was carrying a fortune to spend on gifts.

But he dared not mention such thoughts in the bookstore.

Looking around at Xuehai Bookstore, surrounded by an ocean of books, he couldn’t help but think: "the road to learning is arduous, the sea of learning is endless; what a load of crap!"

Huo Feng got annoyed just by seeing books, let alone reading them. He was even more worried about asking her for a gift—what if she bought him an English novel?

She really liked to read English novels...

"Huo Feng," Pu Sangzhi suddenly called him.

Huo Feng’s thoughts, drifting far away, were immediately brought back, and he hurriedly responded, "Huh?"

Pu Sangzhi picked up a foreign novel "Twilight City". She asked, "Have you read this before?"

Huo Feng took a look and said, "It’s about vampires, right? I’ve seen the movie."

Pu Sangzhi lightly laughed, "I’ve seen it too, but I still want to read the novel. I want to read the original English version, not the translated one."

Huo Feng felt helpless...

See, he indeed understood Pu Sangzhi.

Only reads foreign novels in English!

"I wonder if the teacher likes to read novels..."

Pu Sangzhi picked up a few opened foreign classics and flipped through them.

She found that most foreign classics here were translated into Chinese, or were bilingual editions.

But Pu Sangzhi preferred pure English editions, so she couldn’t get into these...

Seeing her pick and choose without settling on one, Huo Feng asked, "Which teacher are you buying for? Does he like reading?"

Pu Sangzhi replied, "Our class advisor likes novels. He had recommended some classics he had read and even lent them to me. So, I also want to give him one he hasn’t read. But I can’t find any in pure English."

Only then did Huo Feng realize that she had come to pick a gift for Old Huo...

He had dressed up carefully all night, just to accompany her in picking a gift for Old Huo...

Suddenly, Huo Feng felt that his careful dress-up was a waste, feeling cold in his heart...

Pu Sangzhi picked up another novel, "Huo Feng, have you seen ’Pride and Prejudice’?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Huo Feng replied, "I’ve seen Dilraba Dilmurat’s movie..."

Pu Sangzhi smiled and shook her head, "No, the classic novel."

Huo Feng: "..."

Generation gap...

The gap between the novel-devotees and the drama-devotees!

Huo Feng felt the atmosphere here really didn’t suit him; it was almost like he hardly had anything in common with Pu Sangzhi anymore!

After waiting for a while and feeling extremely bored, Huo Feng simply picked up his mobile phone and started playing with it on the side.

While Pu Sangzhi was picking out books, Huo Feng chatted in his WeChat group and sneakily took pictures of Pu Sangzhi deep in thought choosing books.

Pu Sangzhi really had enduring beauty, with fair, attractive features, a perky nose, and a soft chin... 360 degrees with no bad angles for phototaking!

Huo Feng casually took several photos, and without needing any touch-ups, he directly posted them to the WeChat group to show off.

This group was Huo Feng’s gang’s large group, containing hundreds of members, each praising Huo Feng’s girlfriend’s high beauty score.

Huo Feng’s gang teased him into sending out red packets, since Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi had potential~

Feeling good, Huo Feng sent out 6.6 yuan, split into 50 packets, stingy to the point of being mocked. But he was laughing uncontrollably...

Huo Feng thought, it’s rare that he gets to go on a date with her, so he should take a TikTok to take care of his tens of thousands of followers...

So, he opened TikTok and recorded a short video.

While recording, Huo Feng deliberately started talking to her...

Huo Feng: "Sangzhi, I have a serious question to ask you."

While flipping through an English book, Pu Sangzhi didn’t even look up to respond, "Hmm."

Huo Feng: "Which is better looking, the book or me?"

Pu Sangzhi still didn’t look up but smiled, "Books are better looking than you."

After her response, Huo Feng snatched the book from her hands and pressed it against his forehead...

"Hey!"

Pu Sangzhi, startled, finally looked up at him and also saw the mobile phone he was holding with the camera pointed at her...

"Alright, now you should be looking at me," Huo Feng said.

Pu Sangzhi sighed, "What are you filming again? Give me back the book."

The video ended right there, with Huo Feng obediently returning the book to her, accompanied by a brilliantly radiant smile, "Sangzhi, I just recorded a sweet couple’s segment."

Pu Sangzhi took back the book, glaring at him, "Who wants to show off love with you, we’re not even a couple."

After speaking, Pu Sangzhi picked up the English novel and asked him, "Have you ever read this? ’A Pilgrimage’."

Of course, Huo Feng hadn’t read it, but he vaguely remembered seeing a copy on Old Huo’s bookshelf.

Old Huo always loved reading too—professional books, novels, magazines—he read them all.

The bookshelves in the study were packed full of books, you could say he definitely wasn’t short on them.

"Don’t buy this one. I think you shouldn’t buy books anymore..."

Huo Feng then pulled the book from her hands again, this time placing it directly back on the shelf, then said, "Buy something else for your teacher."

Pu Sangzhi replied, "But our teacher likes reading books."

Huo Feng said, "Exactly because he likes reading, he probably doesn’t lack books. Who knows, he might have already read whatever you buy?!"

Pu Sangzhi thought about it and felt he made sense, "Then what do you think I should give? I can’t afford anything too expensive."

Huo Feng looked up and around, also pondering for a while, thinking about what the bookstore might have that Old Huo lacked?

"Right, give a fountain pen or a calligraphy brush or something like that."

Huo Feng suggested, "Your teacher is such a serious person, he must like practicing calligraphy in his spare time, you can’t go wrong with this."

Pu Sangzhi took his advice, went to the counter, and inquired about the prices of fountain pens and calligraphy brushes.

A set of calligraphy brushes would be more presentable, ideally a complete Four Treasures of the Study set would make a generous gift.

But a good set of the Four Treasures of the Study was too expensive, so Pu Sangzhi gave up the idea and decided to go with a fountain pen instead.

Upon the clerk’s recommendation, she picked a fountain pen costing over 80 yuan, and had the clerk wrap it up with attractive gift packaging.

With that, the gift for Huo Mingshan was chosen.

However, Pu Sangzhi was worried that just a small fountain pen might seem cheap, so she asked the clerk, "Is there anything suitable as a gift for elementary school students?"

The clerk asked back, "Which grade in elementary school?"

Pu Sangzhi didn’t know which grade Huo Mingshan’s son was in, she pondered for a moment then replied, "Do you have any gifts common for all elementary grades?"

The clerk thought and said, "Copybooks, marker pens, colored pencils, crayons, or even a fountain pen would do."

Pu Sangzhi fell into thought...

Next to her, Huo Feng had no idea she was picking a gift for Huo Mingshan’s son (himself), and he asked her, "Why are you even buying gifts for the little brat? Who is it for this time?"

Pu Sangzhi answered, "The teacher’s son."

Huo Feng sighed, "All I see is you buying gifts for others, never seen you buy anything for me."

Pu Sangzhi chuckled lightly, "I did buy for you, it just hasn’t arrived yet."

Huo Feng was finally satisfied with a smile, "Alright, I’ll spare your life. Then let me recommend something, buy a calligraphy copybook, a fountain pen copybook, it’ll exhaust the little brat!"

Pu Sangzhi gave him a tap, "Hey, can you speak nicely..."

After speaking, Pu Sangzhi then directly told the clerk, "Then get a student’s fountain pen copybook."

Nearby, Huo Feng added, "Make sure the one with plenty of pages, the difficult kind, give the little brat a challenge."

Pu Sangzhi followed up, "Right, a thicker one, it’s more suitable for a gift."

Under their relentless selection, the clerk recommended a fifth-grade fountain pen copybook... the thickest kind.

After buying the gifts, they left the bookstore, and it was only ten o’clock.

Originally, after buying gifts, both could have gone back. But Pu Sangzhi said she wanted to treat him to a meal, so they had to kill another hour, it had to be at least 11 a.m. before it was suitable for lunch.

For that hour, Pu Sangzhi aimlessly let Huo Feng lead her up and down Tangxia Street.

This street had all sorts of stores: clothing, accessories, cosmetics, lingerie...

Huo Feng wasn’t satisfied with her current outfit.

So, he took Pu Sangzhi to browse a clothing store, forcefully picking light blue clothes for her.

Pu Sangzhi didn’t really want to buy clothes, as clothing on Tangxia Street was pretty expensive, costing several hundred yuan per piece.

However, Huo Feng was insistent, and Pu Sangzhi, persuaded by him in just a few sentences, reluctantly tried on a few outfits.

Among them, a light blue dress suited her particularly well.

When Pu Sangzhi came out after trying on the clothes, the clothing store clerk praised her to the skies, ingratiating Huo Feng.

Pu Sangzhi asked, "How much?"

Clerk: "After the discount, 376, I’ll give it to you for 370."

Pu Sangzhi: "No thanks, I’ll change back."

But from another side, the announcement rang out, "Alipay received, 370 yuan."

Pu Sangzhi gasped in shock...

By then, Huo Feng had already scanned the QR code with lightning speed, racing against Pu Sangzhi’s thoughts, quickly paid the bill! Not giving her a second more to reconsider!

After paying, Huo Feng, pleased in both body and mind, sighed deeply, "Refreshing."

Pu Sangzhi: "..."