My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 234 - 211: Still Upset?

Stroll through the supermarket, buy some vegetables, meat, and Durex, then spend a night at Zhao Qingge’s house, sharing a bed with Old Zhao, and finally... get up the next day to make her breakfast.

This was the script Li Peifeng had written for the upcoming scenes, but reality was destined not to follow the path he imagined.

But once the car stopped in the underground parking lot of Carrefour, and the plump lady driver received the payment and rode off on her small electric scooter, Zhao Qingge made her stance clear.

"You can also buy some groceries, I’ll pay, then you can take a taxi home after you finish shopping."

Li Peifeng wasn’t surprised, thinking that Old Zhao might be using this method to subtly apologize for being harsh to him in the car. Although he couldn’t go upstairs, he was somewhat comforted thinking he could rightly use this opportunity to increase his freeloading quota, getting one step closer to the next prize draw.

Moreover, strolling through a mall with Zhao Qingge, doing these warm and down-to-earth activities, was better for closing the distance between them than a dinner date would be.

Let’s shop, let’s buy.

Just after moving, Li Peifeng was lacking many daily necessities, so he could take the chance to shop extensively.

But after more than ten minutes, Li Peifeng saw that the shopping cart had only a couple of items for Zhao Qingge, and she didn’t intend to get more, while his stuff was nearly filling the cart, and he wasn’t finished shopping yet. He felt a bit embarrassed but quickly justified himself.

"Can’t you be a bit nicer to me in private, speak to me gently, like you have a girlfriend? Otherwise, if you make me upset, you’ll have to appease me like this by buying things, which is unnecessary."

Zhao Qingge glanced at him and struggled a bit, as if protesting.

"Am I treating you poorly?"

"What do you think? Just now in the car when you yelled, even the lady driver didn’t dare to make a sound."

"Then tell me, who sent you the message just now?"

Li Peifeng hesitated: "If I tell you, you’ll definitely get mad again, and then I’ll have to appease you."

You disloyal disciple, are you dreaming?!

Zhao Qingge’s eyes sharpened, and she decisively shook off his hand, heading to another shelf to select goods.

Li Peifeng sighed: "In the end, I’m the one shouldering everything alone!"

...

The two spent more than half an hour at the mall. Although there were small quarrels over previous conflicts, it was mostly warm moments of holding hands and shopping together. The minor scuffles didn’t affect this mood.

Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge have developed feelings between teacher and student for quite a while, but excluding dreamlike experiences, today was the first time he genuinely felt a sweet, couple-like connection with Old Zhao, one that was real, not imaginary!

He believed Old Zhao felt it too. Even with a mask, he could tell she was inexplicably happy.

"A total of 643 yuan."

"Scan mine."

Zhao Qingge instinctively took out her phone to pay, and once done, Li Peifeng carried two large bags of goods in one hand and held Zhao Qingge’s hand with the other as they walked out.

"Isn’t your hand tired from carrying it with one hand?" Old Zhao kindly reminded him, "Be careful not to hurt your hand."

Li Peifeng didn’t mind: "Even if my hand bleeds, I’ll leave one hand to hold yours, otherwise, I won’t get to hold it later."

"...Let me carry one of the bags."

"No need, I can manage."

"Then give me my stuff, I’ll carry it myself."

They weren’t planning to return to the underground parking for the car anyway, since it was close to Zhao Qingge’s house. They could retrieve it tomorrow morning, so they continued walking toward the exit.

Soon they reached the entrance of Carrefour. Li Peifeng could have taken a cab directly from there, but he insisted on walking Zhao Qingge to her community gate.

They crossed the bustling pedestrian crosswalk, holding hands, each carrying the recently purchased groceries, walking calmly on the bustling street. They glanced at the tall buildings nearby, inadvertently exchanged glances, and then averted their eyes, their hands gripping tighter.

Li Peifeng felt as if he and Old Zhao were like a married couple who had just gotten off work, bought household supplies from the mall, and were heading home.

The mundane life of firewood, rice, oil, and salt wasn’t boring. The important thing was to choose the right person; those seemingly ordinary days could be just as happy...

But happiness was fleeting, and parting was inevitable.

The road from Carrefour to the Saint Elephant International District was short, only three hundred meters, and no matter how slow their pace, they arrived.

At the community gate, the two stood silently facing each other.

"Director... my wife, I’m leaving?"

Zhao Qingge nodded softly, but didn’t let go.

"Should I walk you downstairs?"

Zhao Qingge was silent for a moment, then said, "Walk me downstairs, and you’ll say you want to walk me to the door?"

"Walking you to the door is also fine." Li Peifeng’s eyes lit up.

Zhao Qingge’s gaze was somewhat scrutinizing: "Walk me to the door, and then while I’m opening it, you’ll dart in and insist on staying overnight."

Knowing each other too well was a problem too!

Li Peifeng blushed awkwardly, Zhao Qingge smiled wryly: "Go back, do you want me to call a cab for you?"

"No need."

The two hadn’t let go of each other’s hand; they stood silently for five or six seconds at the bustling community gate. Li Peifeng took off his mask, then took off Zhao Qingge’s.

"...Go to the side." Zhao Qingge knew what was about to happen next, she whispered, pulling Li Peifeng to a more secluded spot away from the gate, then stood still, leaning against Li Peifeng, slightly raising her head, her eyes half-open.

"What do you want to do?"

Li Peifeng tilted his head closer to her, closing the distance so much that they could feel each other’s breaths, but he deliberately asked.

Zhao Qingge glared, seemingly wanting to protest but stopping short and softly said, "Hurry up, you’re leaving."

"Do you want me to kiss you?"

Li Peifeng was so cheeky, he was intentionally asking!

"You!"

Zhao Qingge was very upset, letting go and turning to leave, her high heels clicking sharply, but after just two steps, she stopped, turning back to look at him.

Under the streetlight and neon of the community gate, Zhao Qingge’s expression was calm, but her eyes conveyed a clear invitation, as if to say: Aren’t you going to kiss me? If you don’t, I’ll really leave!

"Are you playing hard to get, something you learned from me?!"

Li Peifeng somewhat lost his composure, he couldn’t hold back, and he dashed forward, holding her tightly for a kiss...

...

...

By half past eight in the evening, Li Peifeng returned home carrying two large bags of vegetables and daily necessities. Aside from these, the amount needed for the next spin of the prize wheel had decreased from 20,204 to 19,860.

It was better than nothing.

And this was the time when Li Peifeng found a moment to reply to Xu Manning’s WeChat;

"When you have time, transfer the car to my name and Wenyue’s."

A five-thousand-unit slot machine spin didn’t matter to Li Peifeng, but a car worth two hundred and fifty thousand, even if split with Wu Wenyue, would still mean a hundred and twenty-five thousand. Subtracting the remaining nineteen thousand plus units now meant three rounds of spins, so Li Peifeng still cared quite a lot.

Given the current relationship between the people involved, Li Peifeng felt no mental burden in asking for the car. After all, Xu Manning originally intended to give that car to them. It was only because Wu Wenyue found it troublesome at the time that it wasn’t transferred to their names, but to have a chance for spins, Li Peifeng had to ask proactively.

Xu Manning: "(Facepalm) Only replying now? I’m already home!"

Xu Manning: "And when I said I missed you, you responded like this?"

Li Peifeng: "I miss you too. How about a video call? Or should I come directly to Jintian City to find you? Which do you prefer?"

Xu Manning didn’t choose either because she was guilty.

She and Wu Wenyue discussed in the morning to block Li Peifeng and not initiate contact anymore, yet by the evening, she was video chatting or inviting him over?

Xu Manning: "Yueyue is still mad at you. The two of us are sharing a room now, and if she finds out about the video call, it wouldn’t be good, forget it, forget it, I’ll calm her down first."

Calm her down?

Li Peifeng smiled slightly, then turned to call Wu Wenyue, lowering his voice a little, and asked.

"Are you off work?"

"Just got home." Wu Wenyue’s voice was tired and impatient: "I’m writing an article, what’s up?"

"Nothing, just miss you." Li Peifeng said naturally and warmly.

"...What? Mom, what did you say?"

Wu Wenyue’s response was unrelated, followed by footsteps, as if she was leaving the bedroom and heading to the bathroom.

Li Peifeng understood and remained silent during this time.

"Don’t call me if there’s nothing important!"

Wu Wenyue murmured in a low voice: "Manning and I are in the same room, she’s still mad at you."

Li Peifeng’s tone was subtle: "Is that so? I doubt it!"

Wu Wenyue suddenly became alert: "What do you mean?"

"..."