Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1027 - 1013: Going to Hangzhou to Find a Game Publisher! (Part 2)
Tonight is another date night at Tsinghua.
With a joyous and happy mood, under the bright and clear moonlight, the silhouettes of Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng lingered in the Moonlight over the Lotus Pond at Tsinghua.
After a night of walking, their moods gradually became relaxed and comfortable, as if much of the recent pressure had dissipated with this brief stroll.
For the two of them, it was indeed a very tranquil evening.
...
On Sunday morning, the athletics meet of the John McClure Cup was still underway.
This morning, there were relay races for various departments, and both Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng were participating in this competition.
So early in the morning, both of them went to the East Playground.
According to the order, the relay race for Pu Sangzhi’s department was at the front, with the girls going before the boys. So Pu Sangzhi competed before Huo Feng.
During Pu Sangzhi’s competition, Huo Feng went early to ask a volunteer classmate for water and towels, waiting at the side to attend to Pu Sangzhi.
When it was Huo Feng’s turn to compete, Pu Sangzhi, under Huo Feng’s instructions, also prepared everything early and waited at the side.
Without You Xinran’s presence, the atmosphere between the two of them remained warm and natural.
This morning, Wu Di came to apologize to them again.
Wu Di’s attitude was still so sincere that Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi couldn’t be angry with him.
Under Wu Di’s coaxing words, Huo Feng and Wu Di restored their good relationship.
At noon, the three of them had lunch together.
Wu Di insisted on paying for the meal for Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng, saying he definitely had to treat them to a meal, being excessively polite.
...
In this way, life continued as usual, plain and unremarkable.
Gradually, this semester also approached its end.
Apart from the usual study life, Huo Feng’s side business also began to make progress.
Pu Sangzhi created a large number of character images and background pictures for Huo Feng, combined with the programs written by Huo Feng, the game’s prototype had already emerged.
As the semester approached its end, the entire game was almost complete.
For a time, Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan had numerous communications every day, countless phone calls discussing the game’s details.
The subsequent detailed programming was handed over to Yan Siyuan, who played the game, then communicated his impressions after the trial with Huo Feng.
Yan Siyuan revised some of the detailed settings and found many bugs in the program, taking quite a long time to perfect the game.
As exams week approached, Yan Siyuan, who didn’t need to study, took over the subsequent modifications to the game, while Huo Feng completely let go of this business and began cramming and memorizing for the exams week.
Because last semester, Huo Feng’s grades were at the bottom of the class, so for this semester’s exams week, Huo Feng must strive to improve!
In terms of studies, Huo Feng was still in a state of falling short, vastly different from the achievements Pu Sangzhi attained in studies.
This semester, Pu Sangzhi received several scholarships. The "City of the Future" model she previously made was taken by the counselor Jiang Tao to compete, winning an excellent award in the national architectural model design competition, and also securing a scholarship within the school.
With the addition of Pu Sangzhi’s scholarship and award amounts, the joint small fund of Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi became quite enriched.
By the end of the semester, they had already saved one hundred and ten thousand.
During exams week, Huo Feng’s dormitory and Pu Sangzhi’s dormitory were just like at the end of last semester, with several people gathered in the courtyard position, pulling all-nighters.
The four boys from Huo Feng’s dormitory, the three girls from Pu Sangzhi’s dormitory, everyone was striving to survive exams week, except for the academic overachiever, Pu Sangzhi.
Just like last semester, Pu Sangzhi didn’t need to frantically review at this time either.
While others were frantically cramming during exams week, Pu Sangzhi was still drawing...
She had taken on the role of an artist for a whole semester.
This entire semester, it could be said that Pu Sangzhi didn’t have a bit of leisure time of her own. Whenever she had time, she would seize the opportunity to draw for Huo Feng’s game software...
Occasionally, the roommates, tired from reviewing, would still take time for a chat.
This semester, everyone’s state was similar to last semester, yet also a bit different.
Wei Zixuan and Gu Yihao got closer this semester, although they were not together...
Minal and Ye Xi also interacted more this semester, although they were not together...
Mu Mu and Yong Mu maintained a good relationship this semester, although they were still not together...
Meanwhile, Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi were as loving as ever, and Gu Erhao and his store-owner sister were pretty stable recently too.
"Ugh, so tired..."
Minal, tired from memorizing, leaned forward, exhaustedly falling onto her book, facing the drawing Pu Sangzhi next to her, and sighed: "Ugh, Sangzhi... what time is it?"
Pu Sangzhi looked at the time on the screen and replied: "Eleven o’clock, it’s late, I’ll go to sleep after finishing this line sketch."
"Ah~ you’re going to bed first again~"
Minal scrunched her face, her expression one of displeasure, "You’ve gone to bed first for two consecutive days, leaving the three of us here. I’m begging you, could you also read some books!"
At her words, Pu Sangzhi chuckled and shook her head, "I don’t even have enough time to draw, why would I read books."
"Oh heavens, you devil..."
Minal sighed continuously, "How could heaven be so unfair, some people don’t need any effort to easily get first place, while others can only barely pass despite pulling all-nighters... And, arranging such two people as roommates..."
Pu Sangzhi chuckled, shaking her head, and replied to Minal: "And those who can only barely pass despite all-nighters, one of them is my boyfriend, you know."
"Pfft—"
Sitting across, Wei Zixuan, habitually sipping Wangzai Milk, couldn’t hold back her laughter, "Haha, Sangzhi’s daily boyfriend complaining..."
"I’m not complaining, if I were, I wouldn’t be his girlfriend," Sangzhi replied with a smile.
"Sangzhi, you’re not going home this summer break, is Feng staying behind?" Minal asked Pu Sangzhi again.
This summer, Pu Sangzhi was going to be a social worker.
This semester she joined the student council, where there are many useful activities arranged.
Although it wasn’t holiday yet, Pu Sangzhi had already arranged a rough schedule for this summer.
"He says he’s not going back either."
Pu Sangzhi replied, "He also has some things arranged for the summer. But I don’t know what exactly they are."
"Sigh, you two are really busy..."
Minal pouted, "But it’s nice for you two. At least you have a common endeavor to be busy with. Oh, when can I also have a personal goal?"
"You should focus on your studies first! If you can’t even pass the exams, how can you pursue personal goals?" Wei Zixuan unkindly reminded Minal.
"Alas!"
Minal sighed deeply, and stimulated by Wei Zixuan, she immediately sat up straight, flipping her book all over again, "Ha! I’m memorizing! Picking myself back up!"
Right after saying this, beside her, Pu Sangzhi abruptly closed her notebook with a ’snap’, lightly said: "Good luck, I’m heading to sleep."
"Ah~"
Minal looked at Pu Sangzhi painfully, "You’re going to sleep so early, it’s not even eleven o’clock yet! That’s really too early!"
"Not early. That’s my normal schedule, heading off now."
Thus, carrying her laptop and drawing tablet, Pu Sangzhi patted Minal on the shoulder and left the courtyard first.
Leaving Minal, Wei Zixuan, and Mu Mu suffering through the night...
At eleven past ten, Pu Sangzhi lay in bed, and before sleeping, she took out her phone to send a message to Huo Feng on WeChat, saying: [Keep cramming, I’m going to sleep first, goodnight.]
Huo Feng immediately replied, in the same tone as Minal: [No way! You’re going to sleep so early! Please, do some cramming!]
Pu Sangzhi thought: Probably all strugglers against high achievers have the same mindset!
Pu Sangzhi pursed her lips and then sent to Huo Feng: [No time to cram, still 4 drawings left to do for you. It’d take a whole week!]
Huo Feng replied to her: [Then please put down the drawing, and cram a bit, don’t be so mind-blowing~]
Pu Sangzhi: [No. 😛]
Over there, Huo Feng sent another message: [Right, Yan Ji said the game has been optimized. After exams week, I have to go to Hangzhou first, to find a publisher with him. Do you want to come?]
Thinking it over, Pu Sangzhi replied: [How long are you going for? I’m supposed to start working at the hospital as a social worker for half a month around mid-July.]
Huo Feng replied: [About a week. Or a few days. Just to find publishers to invest, would only take days if smoothly, if not... I’m not sure either. Do you think I can do it?]
Pu Sangzhi: [I think you can.]
Over there in the boys’ dorm, Huo Feng held his phone, curled his lips into a smile, and continued to reply to her: [If you say I can, then I must be able to. Well then, I’ll book the plane tickets to Hangzhou, for the two of us.]
Pu Sangzhi replied: [Okay.]
Huo Feng: [Got the formalities done, now go sleep! Goodnight, wife.]
Pu Sangzhi: [Goodnight.]
Putting down her phone, Pu Sangzhi quickly fell asleep.
