Pampered by the School Bully
Chapter 405 - 398. Tutor English for Huo Feng! (1)

Chapter 405: 398. Tutor English for Huo Feng! (1)

At 8 o’clock the next morning, Huo Feng arrived at Pu Sangzhi’s home on time to report for duty.

Throughout the morning, Pu Sangzhi only tutored him in one subject, English.

The main reason was that during the last monthly test, he said he couldn’t write cloze tests at all. So, Pu Sangzhi spent a lot of time on the cloze test questions.

Cloze tests are simple and yet difficult.

In order to choose each option correctly, one must be familiar with the use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and the choices must be made according to the overall meaning of the passage.

Throughout the morning, Pu Sangzhi had Huo Feng do nearly 10 cloze tests, focusing on this question type, focusing on his weakness to teach.

She found that Huo Feng had no idea how to use nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in sentences, and furthermore, his spoken English was also terrible.

His speaking skills were far too weak, which wasn’t so much related to memorizing words as it was to his lack of practice and immersion in the language.

So, Pu Sangzhi tailored her teaching to address this. After a morning’s tutoring, there were indeed some effects.

Huo Feng’s error rate dropped from 7/10 to 3/10, or even 2/10... He was just about able to handle cloze tests.

Therefore, Huo Feng felt extremely proud, instantly inflated with pride, thinking himself to be extremely intelligent, mastering the key to cloze tests in minutes!

However, Pu Sangzhi did not find his progress that impressive.

Because, if Tsinghua University was the future goal, Pu Sangzhi’s requirement for him was 0/10.

She demanded that every time he practiced on his own, every question he did had to be correct, so that in the future university entrance exam, the error rate would not be too high.

Luckily, it was still the first year of high school, so there was still time to take things slowly.

Pu Sangzhi did not set such high requirements for him now; all she required was for him to make progress in each test.

Overall, this morning’s tutoring was very effective.

Both Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi were satisfied with the outcome.

But besides that, something happened during the tutoring that Huo Feng was particularly concerned about...

That was, Pu Sangzhi started to draw boundaries with him!

It was absolutely because he had kissed her forcefully yesterday, frightening her!

So, not only did she start to keep her distance from him since yesterday, strictly prohibiting him from coming close.

Moreover, during today’s tutoring, she even drew a line on the coffee table with a ruler, warning him, "Only I can cross this line, you cannot."

Hmm...

Therefore, Huo Feng felt a sense of rejection and aversion, and it was very uncomfortable for him!

After barely making it through the morning session, Huo Feng was ready to accompany Pu Sangzhi in cooking, only to find that she was still maintaining a strict distance of 10 to 20 centimeters from him.

As soon as Huo Feng got a bit close to her, she would push him away with her hand, firmly reminding him, "You can’t get close to me, you can’t touch me, you can’t have any physical contact with me, it’s your punishment."

Huo Feng felt like crying without tears.

While he was busy frying dishes, Pu Sangzhi was helping out by his side, washing and cutting vegetables, handing over condiments.

Huo Feng would occasionally look at her to see if the hard-hearted woman had any remorse whatsoever.

Clearly, she did not.

Not only was she punishing him, but she was also busy tormenting him.

"Pass me the salt," Huo Feng said to her.

Pu Sangzhi stood firmly by the condiments and then said, "Please, communicate, with, me, in, English."

That’s right...

Pu Sangzhi had now gone insane enough to demand that they converse in English!

Officially, it was to practice his English speaking skills...

For a patriotic Chinese lad like Huo Feng, if it weren’t for Pu Sangzhi’s insistence, he would never have brought such bird language into his daily life!

But what could he do when Pu Sangzhi was the woman he liked...

With his scalp tingling, Huo Feng responded in English word by word, "Salt, thank you!"

Pu Sangzhi then turned around, handed him the salt, and added in English, "Please speak more English next."

With a show of resilience, Huo Feng replied, "Ok!"

Under the tense and pressured atmosphere, Huo Feng made scrambled eggs with tomatoes. He wanted Pu Sangzhi to taste it and called her over, "Sangzhi, come and have a taste."

After receiving Pu Sangzhi’s lethal glare, Huo Feng swallowed hard, thought for a long while, and then said in English, "You! Taste! Good, or, not good! Come on!"

Pu Sangzhi was amused by his English words popping out one by one, but considering the courage he had to communicate in English, she still heeded his words and walked over to taste the freshly made tomato scrambled eggs. She then replied in English, "Okay."

Next, Pu Sangzhi asked him, "What’s the next dish? Beans or shrimp?"

Huo Feng couldn’t help but squint his eyes, "Again..."

Pu Sangzhi repeated it once more.

After thinking for a long while, Huo Feng said again, "Again..."

Pu Sangzhi took a deep breath, patiently repeating it once more.

What the hell...

Huo Feng felt like he was going to lose his mind.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t find the English words to answer her question, it was that he didn’t understand!

After a long time, Huo Feng said for the third time, "Again..."

Just as Pu Sangzhi was about to patiently answer him for the third time, Huo Feng suddenly exploded, "I can’t take this! Speak human language!"

Seeing him freaking out, Pu Sangzhi also knew she shouldn’t push him too hard, so she switched back to Chinese, "I’m asking, do you want to stir-fry beans or shrimp next?"

Huo Feng threw up his hands in frustration, "Whatever! Just do as you see fit. I’ve had enough, cooking has even brought out my anger..."

Pu Sangzhi brought him a basin of beans, "If you refuse to speak English with me, then you should go back and watch more English movies or listen to English songs. But in truth, having more conversations is what helps."

Huo Feng said, "I feel like an idiot in front of you."

Pu Sangzhi smiled, "No, just a bit slow."

"Hm?!"

Huo Feng flared his nostrils, taking the beans she offered, "How dare you look down on me! Even though my English isn’t good, I am patriotic! The Chinese language is profound, and I haven’t even fully grasped it yet! Of course, I don’t have that much time to learn English!"

Pu Sangzhi curled her lips, "Nonsense. Chinese is your mother tongue; you don’t need to fully grasp it."

"Of course I do!"

Huo Feng glanced at her sideways, "Then how about next time you give me an English dictation, and I give you a Chinese one? I don’t believe you can write everything correctly!"

Pu Sangzhi gave him a cold look, "You’re starting with those meaningless challenges again."

Huo Feng cajoled, "Come on, go get paper and pen right now, I’ll dictate to you straight away! Hurry up!"

Pu Sangzhi immediately saw through his intention, "You’re not going to make me write all the obscure characters, are you?"

"Hmm~"

Huo Feng nodded at a leisurely pace, starting another wok, pouring oil, and casually stir-frying the beans while suddenly humming, "In solitary splendor, with a vast misty energy, walking alone, divine inspiration filling the head, endless gourds and tendrils, revered as a standard, dragons moving vibrantly, remote and hidden corners, graceful and swaying, tears flooding like rain, ceaseless babble, weeds among the grains~"

Pu Sangzhi watched him speechlessly from the side, "What are you singing?"

Huo Feng said, "The song ’Rare Characters’! Hey, I’m telling you, if you can write down the entire verse of this song, I’d call you Mom."

Pu Sangzhi easily dodged his provocation, "When you make no mistakes in an English dictation, I’ll consider playing such a game with you."

Huo Feng clicked his tongue, "You see, you haven’t even mastered Chinese fully, yet you’re speaking all this bird language with me. We the descendants of Huaxia..."

Before Huo Feng could continue complaining, Pu Sangzhi patted his shoulder, "No more talking, you’ve sprayed half the pot with saliva already."

Huo Feng glanced at her, "Disgusted, huh... It’s not like you haven’t tasted it before."

The phrase ’It’s not like you haven’t tasted it before’ inevitably made Pu Sangzhi remember yesterday when Huo Feng suddenly kissed her on the bus...

She still remembered that moment, how his lips had brushed hers twice...

Later, as she pursed her lips, she seemed to have tasted his saliva...

Pu Sangzhi’s face suddenly flushed red, and she quickly moved away from him, saying, "We are not talking about this topic anymore! I won’t accompany you; you stir-fry yourself..."

"Hey, what did I say?"

Huo Feng watched her back, puzzled as she walked away, "We’ve been eating at the same table for so long, isn’t it normal to share saliva?"

Pu Sangzhi quickened her pace, leaving hurriedly.

"Hey... You’re really not going to join me?"

Huo Feng, unable to call her back, was utterly bewildered...

Actually, he only remembered that yesterday’s kiss had resulted in the side effect of Pu Sangzhi refusing to touch him.

But Pu Sangzhi vividly remembered everything she felt at that moment...

That’s the difference between girls and boys.