Pu Sangzhi’s al card had been used twice, with each transaction swiping over 200 yuan.
To buy over 200 yuan worth of snacks at the commissary in one go, you’d have to carry a huge bag of them~
So, it was very easy to narrow down the suspects.
The first ti, they saw two boys carrying a huge bag of snacks on the surveillance footage. Huo Feng took photos of the two boys with his phone. However, the boy who used the al card was wearing a cap, obscuring his facial features.
The second ti, the suspects in the surveillance footage turned out to be 3 girls.
And those 3 girls were easy to recognize...
Zhu Dandan recognized at first glance that the first girl was from class Two-9!
Zhu Dandan imdiately patted Pu Sangzhi’s hand and said with wide eyes, "Sangzhi, do you rember? That girl, the one with the short hair, from class Two-9! What’s her na... Ah, I don’t know her na!"
Pu Sangzhi naturally recognized her at first glance as well.
Because she had visited Shen Nuan in class Two-9, and had also been to the second-year dormitory building, the floor where the female students of class 9 lived.
Not just that girl, all three girls were from class 9; she just didn’t know their nas.
Pu Sangzhi really hadn’t expected that class Two-9 seed to have a beef with her, even her lost al card could be traced back to them.
Huo Feng imdiately took pictures of the surveillance footage. Hearing they had identified the person who used the card, finding them was not going to be a difficult task.
Moreover, his auntie was from class Two-9. With this connection, the matter would be much easier to handle!
Huo Feng put away his phone, thanked the auntie at the commissary, and then, as promised, paid for a pack of spicy strips for each of the queuing students.
Of course, Huo Feng only allowed them to buy the 50-cent Weilong spicy strips, not the large ones that cost 3.5 yuan.
This left those queuing students quite disappointed...
Huo Feng enjoyed seeing their disappointed expressions; it made him feel smug!
After leaving the commissary, he split up with the three girls, leaving his "ten sons" behind at the commissary.
He planned to first escort the three girls back to the dormitory, then think of a way to resolve the al card issue.
On the way, he saw Pu Sangzhi with her head down, looking anguished, so he patted his chest and promised her, "Wait, I’ll get your money back tomorrow."
Everyone knew that with Huo Feng on the job, he was sure to be successful.
It seed to Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao that this matter was no big deal, but Pu Sangzhi was still frowning with concern.
Actually, she didn’t want Huo Feng to get involved because she could guess that Huo Feng would surely resort to threats, his usual unscrupulous tactics.
Pu Sangzhi had always hoped that Huo Feng would steer clear of those unsavory behaviors, so she didn’t want Huo Feng to engage in school bullying just for her.
What if he got into trouble because of it?
What if he went too far and was punished?
Pu Sangzhi really didn’t trust Huo Feng with the situation.
So, after weighing her options, she decided, "Huo Feng, just... don’t get involved in this, okay?"
Huo Feng was taken aback by her words and raised an eyebrow, "Why?"
Zhu Dandan also couldn’t help but shake Pu Sangzhi’s shoulder, asking, "Yeah, why? Don’t you want your money back?"
Pu Sangzhi pursed her lips, thought for a while, and then said, "Because I don’t want to trouble you. It was my carelessness that caused the loss of my al card, so I should be the one to deal with it."
Huo Feng’s eyebrow arched even higher, his playful gaze as if seeing through Pu Sangzhi’s heart, "Ah, you’re actually afraid that I’ll bully others, right?"
Pu Sangzhi looked up at him, not saying a word, but her expression seed to affirm his statent.
Huo Feng knew that was what she thought of him.
This woman always saw him, Huo Feng, as a troublemaker!
Alright, she was right!
He was indeed a troublemaker.
But so what?
Huo Feng chuckled, "You don’t want to bully anyone, but let ask you, by your own accord, how do you plan to handle this? Nicely ask them for your money back? Do you think they’ll give it to you?"
Pu Sangzhi was silent for a mont, then looked up with her big, round eyes and answered, "I’ll just talk to them. If they’re willing to give it back, that would be best. If not..."
Huo Feng suddenly leaned in, his ear close to her, "Hmm?"
Pu Sangzhi whispered, "If not, I’ll pester them, keep pestering every day until they’re sick of it."
Huo Feng burst into laughter, ruffling her hair, "You’re just too cute!"
Pu Sangzhi might be timid.
But she felt that since she was first at fault, she should take responsibility for her mistake.
If soone kindly returns the money, she would owe them a favor.
If they’re determined to pocket the money out of malice, then there was nothing she could do, as she was the one who lost the al card in the first place.
In Pu Sangzhi’s moral compass, there was no room for aggression, only reason.
So, being forthright, she wasn’t one for flexibilities.
Compared with Huo Feng, who was adept at maneuvering social situations, Pu Sangzhi might not be very savvy, but she had her own set of principles to uphold.
This principle constrained her, but also made her a disciplined person.
Zhu Dandan, on the other hand, couldn’t bear to listen to her any longer, tugging on her arm and saying, "Sangzhi, what are you thinking? Huo Feng stepping in is the best option, he’s got a way! What can you do? You’ll just end up being humiliated if you go over there!"
Pu Sangzhi squeezed Zhu Dandan’s hand and gave her a look that said to shut up and not to join in on this topic.
Zhu Dandan had no choice but to keep quiet, but she still managed to shoot several aningful glances at Pu Sangzhi, signaling her to be smart about it.
Unexpectedly, Pu Sangzhi still insisted on her own way and said to Huo Feng, "Let handle this matter myself. Just don’t get involved, that’s all..."
Huo Feng looked at her stubborn little face, knowing that she had no confidence in herself, and that she was just putting on a brave front when speaking to him.
Sigh...
Such a stubborn Pu Sangzhi looked incredibly adorable!
Huo Feng simply agreed to her, "Fine, then you go find those three girls. I’ll go find those two boys. How about we split up and see how it goes?"
Pu Sangzhi thought about it for a mont and didn’t oppose Huo Feng’s suggestion. She nodded and thanked him, "Hmm, thanks."
Because she knew that she had no way to find those two boys and didn’t even know them.
If Pu Sangzhi were left to deal with the 200 plus yuan those boys had spent, she would definitely choose to give up.
Huo Feng patted her shoulder, "Let’s see, who can get the money back, you or ? And let’s also compare which is more effective, your turtle strategy or my authoritarian approach?"
Pu Sangzhi glared at him, "What turtle strategy?"
Huo Feng: "The turtle that shrinks its head back into its shell!"
Pu Sangzhi took a deep breath in frustration, "Stop kidding around. I’m not the sa kind of person you are. I can’t be fierce!"
Huo Feng started laughing, "Right, that’s why you’re a shrinking turtle."
Pu Sangzhi: "Hey!"
Sotis Huo Feng’s emotional intelligence is really low, always comparing Pu Sangzhi to all sorts of ssy things.
In all her life, Pu Sangzhi had only been called a ’dog’ by Huo Feng, and now she had gained another title: ’shrinking turtle’... How humiliating!
After teasing her, Huo Feng quickly beca serious again. He took out his wallet from his pocket, extracted the al card from it, and handed it over to her, "I know you don’t have money in your card, so you’ll eat on mine for the next couple of days."
Pu Sangzhi pushed his al card back, "No need, I can eat Dandan’s food. I’ve saved so money with Dandan..."
It was a good thing that Pu Sangzhi had been clever enough to divide her salary into several portions and keep them with Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao.
"Quit the chatter and just take it."
Huo Feng forcefully stuffed his al card into Pu Sangzhi’s pocket. As Pu Sangzhi reached into her pocket to pull it out, Huo Feng’s large hand also slipped into her pocket, grabbing her small hand!
Pu Sangzhi was suddenly taken aback!
Looking up, she stared at Huo Feng with wide eyes.
At that mont, Huo Feng lowered his gaze, looking defiantly at her, his eyes curved with a hint of smugness.
Unnoticed, in her pocket, Huo Feng’s large palm clasped her small hand, his fingers sliding deep between her own, their hands tightly interlocked.
Pu Sangzhi could feel the warmth emanating from the palm of his hand, and the al card they both gripped also conveyed his warmth...
At that mont, Pu Sangzhi didn’t let go, didn’t shake him off, didn’t make any moves.
She just looked at him blankly, her gaze fixed, dreamy and unfocused.
The corners of Huo Feng’s lips lifted higher and higher, his deanor not only smug but also joyful.
Zhu Dandan and Wen Miao, not hearing any conversation from them anymore, suddenly felt the atmosphere between the two change!
They quickly linked arms and sped up, moving ahead of Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi, increasing the distance between them, swearing not to be the third wheel.
So, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng ended up walking together at the back, at a leisurely pace.
Huo Feng’s voice dropped and beca low and soft, "Your hand is so cold. Are you cold? Do you want to hug ?"
Pu Sangzhi: "No..."
Huo Feng: "But now I want to hug you."
Pu Sangzhi: "No..."
Huo Feng: "Did you miss last night?"
Pu Sangzhi: "No."
Huo Feng: "Well, I missed you."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
Huo Feng: "Think about tonight, okay?"
Pu Sangzhi: "No."
Huo Feng: "Then, I’ll think about you again tonight."
Pu Sangzhi couldn’t stand it anymore: "Hey, cut it out, that’s disgusting."
Huo Feng laughed, "Then you have to use my al card tomorrow."
Pu Sangzhi: "No."
Huo Feng: "Then I’ll wait for you for lunch tomorrow. You swipe the card and treat ."
Pu Sangzhi: "..."
All along the way, the low murmurs of their conversation made Pu Sangzhi vaguely feel that her relationship with Huo Feng had sohow changed...
The most noticeable change... was that she could no longer get angry at Huo Feng.
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