"You stop right there! If I don't beat you to death today, then my last name isn't Huo!"
"Stop right there!"
"You little bastard, dare to take one more step and see what happens!"
"..."
Like hell I'd stop.
Huo Mingshan's arrival turned the once tranquil grove into chaos.
Normally dignified and imposing, Huo Feng now looked like a startled rooster, being chased frantically by Huo Mingshan.
Running around in circles, he was dodging and hiding behind trees.
Huo Feng's dozen or so lackeys had already found the best hiding places... no, vantage points to watch the show.
At this moment, they were lurking not too close yet not too far away, watching the spectacle unfold with glee.
Seeing Brother Feng make a fool of himself was a rare occasion, and although the brothers felt sorry for him, they were all laughing.
Anybody who hung out with Huo Feng knew that his real dad, Huo Mingshan, was a senior teacher at Longxiang High School. Before Huo Feng had joined the school, Huo Mingshan's teaching career was indeed resplendent with honors galore!
Apart from the nickname "Valley Master of Ruthless Valley," Huo Mingshan was highly respected by the majority of the students.
But after Huo Feng enrolled, Huo Mingshan's days were clearly not as good.
At least in the eyes of his cronies, Huo Mingshan had aged a lot. Although the department head never admitted in school that Huo Feng was his son...
Huo Mingshan was still holding a broom in his hand, increasing his reach by +1 meter, physical attack +100, hitting Huo Feng multiple times.
He really wished he had found a stick; with it, teaching his son a lesson would have given him an extra +100 damage!
"Dad! Dad, that's enough! If you keep yelling, the head of discipline will come over. Don't you want to keep it a secret that I'm your son?"
Huo Feng finally put a distance of ten meters between him and Huo Mingshan, leaning against a tree to catch his breath.
"Back then, I really lacked ambition! Out of billions of sperm, it had to be a miscreant like you that won! Should've just shot you onto the wall! Then I wouldn't have to think about chopping you up every day!"
Huo Mingshan, red-faced and utterly infuriated, pointed at Huo Feng.
Huo Feng clicked his tongue, "Talking like that as a teacher, don't you find it vulgar!"
"Vulgar... Alright, you little bastard, come here! See if I don't beat you to death!"
Huo Mingshan, so angered by Huo Feng he couldn't even straighten out his words, lifted the broom and charged at Huo Feng like an angry bird once more.
"Hey! Hey! Watch your back, you'll throw it out! Your toupee might fly off!"
Huo Feng taunted while running away.
In the midst of the chase, he even dared to snicker, absolutely cheeky!
After another round of pursuit, Huo Feng, with his youthful and robust physique, easily maintained the ten-meter gap from Huo Mingshan.
Only because Huo Mingshan ran out of steam did the two get a chance to breathe and call a truce.
"Dad..."
"Don't call me dad! You stir up trouble every day and wreak havoc everywhere. In this school, you're infamous! I don't acknowledge you as my son!"
"Alright, alright... Department Head."
Huo Feng bowed and gestured, his tone softening, "You've hit and scolded already, isn't it time to go? I'm waiting for someone here!"
Huo Feng still had Pu Sangzhi on his mind.
He had no idea if she had arrived, and if she saw him in such a disgraceful state, no matter how charming Huo Feng was, he wouldn't have the face to see her.
However, Huo Feng shouldn't have mentioned this, as it just reminded Huo Mingshan that he had come here because of Pu Sangzhi, a student in their class.
Instantly, the anger that Huo Mingshan had just suppressed flared up again!
"You still have the nerve to mention this!"
Grinding his teeth, Huo Mingshan lifted the broom high and hastened his pace, "You brat! You even dare to mess with the top student in our class! Coming after your father, see if I don't beat you to death!"
"What! Warn who?"
Huo Feng suddenly caught on to something and he didn't dare run this time, dutifully standing his ground and raising his hands to block Huo Mingshan.
Huo Mingshan had no control over him, rushing at him and pummeling him wildly while cursing, "What did I tell you at home! Sangzhi is my most valued student! My goal is to get her into Tsinghua no matter what!"
"I know! Calm down!"
Huo Feng was hit by the broom several times, clutching his head and dodging from side to side, but he didn't run far.
Because he realized... his dad had come for Pu Sangzhi.
"You know and still you warn her! You even dare to bully her!"
Huo Mingshan didn't go easy on him because Huo Feng didn't flee; on the contrary, he hit even harder.
The broom whacked down whooshingly, landing on Huo Feng's butt and head, as Huo Mingshan didn't feel it was enough, "You little rascal, you actually made my student run to me with tears in her eyes for help! And you warned her about the consequences! I'm warning you about the consequences! You'd better worry about yourself, you rascal!"
"What?!"
Huo Feng, with his eyebrows sharply raised, turned around, catching Huo Mingshan's broom handle with agile hands, and immediately locked eyes with Huo Mingshan to confirm, "Misunderstanding! Absolute misunderstanding! I was just trying to pursue her!"
Huo Mingshan glared, "What are you saying, you little rascal!"
"I'm saying, I asked her out because I wanted to pursue her!"
Huo Feng straightforwardly confessed his plan, "I didn't mean to warn her, I even prepared chocolate, but you knocked it out of my hands!"
"..."
Suddenly, Huo Mingshan fell silent.
Time also froze at that moment.
Huo Feng thought that since his father valued Pu Sangzhi so much, hearing that he wanted to pursue her, he would definitely think he had prospects! Surely he would look forward to him marrying Pu Sangzhi! Surely he would support his actions! Surely he would have a complete 180-degree change in attitude!
Who would have known...
A few seconds later, Huo Mingshan's eyes bulged even wider, and he roared with spittle flying, "You even dare to pursue her! What makes you think you can! You academic loser! Trash! Vermin!"
Huo Feng: "..." Seriously, dad?
"I'm warning you, kid, stay away from our class' top student!"
Huo Mingshan didn't just express his disapproval but also slammed the broom down, raising a finger and threatening Huo Feng, "If I ever find out you're after Sangzhi, I'll break your bones!"
The imposing presence of the Ruthless Valley Master, at this moment, burst out from around Huo Mingshan like a nuclear explosion, instantly engulfing Huo Feng.
Huo Feng was now lost for words.
Assessment completed, this man is not his real father!
Huo Mingshan snorted heavily, having delivered his threats, before turning to leave.
Huo Feng's gaze followed his father's retreating figure, watching, watching...
Suddenly, Huo Feng ran up from behind, lifted his hand, and ripped off the toupee from Huo Mingshan's head!
With a "whoosh," Huo Feng threw the toupee ten meters away.
Time stopped once again...
"Huo! Feng——!"
Huo Mingshan bellowed, his Mediterranean hairline with only a few strands of hair fully exposed and fluttering in the wind!
By that time, Huo Feng had already made a quick escape, running a hundred meters away.
"You little rascal! You'll get it when you come home!"
In the air, Huo Mingshan's lonely and tragic howl echoed.
Huo Feng ran several hundred meters in one breath, stopping to catch his breath only when he was sure Huo Mingshan couldn't catch up with him.
Well... it was quite satisfying to be mischievous.
No one can call Huo Feng trash, not even his real dad.
So, after receiving such an insult, Huo Feng still brazenly taught his dad a lesson in the end.
He just didn't know that the ten brothers he had left in the grove were now laughing so hard they were bending over.
Because no one knew that Huo Mingshan, who usually sported a stylish and suave hairstyle, was actually middle-aged with a bald spot!