My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 236 - 213: Green Light or Red Light

Li Peifeng had no idea that the two women, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, were arguing over him.

He just guessed that they probably wouldn’t get too angry, otherwise he wouldn’t dare to tell Wu Wenyue about it. In his mind, at most, they would have a big fight and then give each other the silent treatment, just like they did with him.

But Mr. Li didn’t expect Xu Manning to really take his advice and make a PPT, let alone to be caught by Wu Wenyue while doing it.

"How big a deal can it be? If Wenyue really gets mad, I’ll just visit them during winter break," Li Peifeng thought carelessly, and after hanging up the phone, he began writing the ending for "Female Sovereign". During this time, he chatted with ’Yun Xin Yue Xing’ for a bit, but the conversation only lasted half an hour before the other person went to sleep.

He kept writing until after 4 a.m., planning to sleep for five hours and wake up at nine, but at seven o’clock, a frantic phone call woke him up.

"Ring ring ring~~"

Having slept for less than three hours, Li Peifeng was a bit irritable and confused.

The sleep was too short, even with a strong kidney and liver!

"Hello." Li Peifeng answered weakly, and the male voice on the other end said, "Still sleeping?"

It was Xia Sheng! What’s this ancestor calling for?

Li Peifeng croaked, "You’re up? Good for you, you’re a pillar of the nation. Please, just tell me what you want, big brother."

Xia Sheng laughed, "Last month’s manuscript fees have been calculated; have you seen them?"

"No, I haven’t. What’s up?"

"Well, your manuscript fees have gone up, and it’s not a small increase, but a big one!"

Xia Sheng, who was rarely excited, left Li Peifeng a bit puzzled, but still in a daze, he said, "Alright, got it. I’ll take a look later, bye."

"Wait a minute!"

"Something else?"

Xia Sheng paused for half a second and then said seriously, "Get up as soon as possible and start writing!!"

"Big brother, when did I subscribe to a wake-up call service from you?"

Li Peifeng couldn’t help but comment, "Is this all you have to say with a call so early in the morning?"

"Yes, first to let you see the manuscript fees, and second to push you for more writing! Hurry up and write, don’t stay up so late in the future, go to bed early and wake up early, take care of your health, and focus on writing well."

Although Xia Sheng’s advice was earnest, Li Peifeng thought to himself, "I’m already platinum-ranked, and you can still rush me for manuscripts?"

Or maybe it’s normal to be pushed for manuscripts once you become platinum?

In his daze, Mr. Li didn’t think too much and hung up the phone, pulled the covers over his head, and went back to sleep.

Luckily, his liver and kidneys were strong, and after another hour of sleep, he woke up naturally at nine o’clock, fully refreshed!

After quickly washing up, he planned to grab some breakfast from the fridge but remembered Xia Sheng’s phone call, sparking a thought.

"Manuscript fees have been tallied? Today’s November 4th; theoretically, they should have been released yesterday. Seems like they’re a day late. Editor Xia specifically called, so it must have increased a lot; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so excited."

"Signed at platinum, and the October manuscript fees are a 30-70 split. All the books received another wave of recommendations... Hmm, it should be quite high."

"Let’s have a look!"

Li Peifeng took out his phone, opened the writer’s assistant, entered the management password, and went to the manuscript fees page.

Taking a look, the string of numbers was so long...

"Damn, I’ve never seen such a long one!"

Li Peifeng’s heart tightened, filled with anticipation and surprise, counting the numbers on the screen like a schoolboy.

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousand, hundred thousand!

And what was the first digit?

Not 1.

Not 2 either...

But 3!

358251.11

Three hundred and fifty-eight thousand and change!

"Awesome!"

With a wide grin, Li Peifeng laughed with joy, so happy he didn’t even want breakfast anymore.

But after a few seconds, his face changed, becoming serious again...

"How much tax do I have to pay on this?"

After a quick mental calculation, Li Peifeng reached a conclusion.

Since he had sold over three million in copyrights this year, bringing his annual income to nearly four million, and his manuscript fees had already reached the highest tax rate, this month’s thirty-five hundred thousand would be taxed at the highest manuscript fee rate...

Fifty thousand! Nearly what his manuscript fee used to be for a month.

"My liver hurts!"

Taking a deep breath, Li Peifeng didn’t dwell on it too much; paying taxes according to the law didn’t need overthinking.

Instead, he found the reason for this month’s high manuscript fee worth exploring.

"Why is it so high? It’s definitely not a miscalculation."

He opened the detailed manuscript fees page, intending to look, when the phone screen displayed an incoming call—Xia Sheng.

Well, no need to check, just ask the editor directly!

"You’re up now?"

"Yeah, I’m looking at the manuscript fees."

Then, Li Peifeng expressed all his concerns, and Xia Sheng explained to him;

"Your manuscript fees really increased significantly this time, more than I expected. The main reason is probably..."

"Oh~ I see! Got it!"

As Li Peifeng listened, his eyes brightened more and more. Ten minutes later, they ended the call, and he finished breakfast without even washing the bowl, putting on clothes while calling Wu Wenyue, enthusiastically suggesting,

"Let’s go shoot a video at the Great Wall?"

Wu Wenyue was silent for a moment, then said, "Come on, we’re just about to leave."

Clearly, Brother Yue wasn’t in a good mood, and aside from the argument with Xu Manning last night, Li Peifeng couldn’t think of other reasons.

But it wasn’t suitable to ask over the phone, and with too many people around, he left it for later, took the car keys, and drove straight to Trinity Studio, finding everyone downstairs moving equipment into cars.

"Brother Feng!" Tang Yan greeted, "Are you driving, or is Sister Yue?"

"She’s upstairs?"

As soon as he said that, he saw Wu Wenyue walking out of the apartment building, expression calm: "You drive."

Something’s definitely wrong with her!

Li Peifeng pressed his lips, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Wu Wenyue ignored the question, asking Mu An’an, "Where’s the taxi?"

"Waiting at the community gate, Xiaoyu and the others are already in it."

Wu Wenyue nodded slightly, "Then let’s go."

Something felt off to Li Peifeng. He wanted to ask about last night’s argument between Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning after his call, but with so many people around, it wasn’t the time. Taking the car keys, he got into the driver’s seat and set off!

The destination was Shuiguan Great Wall, an eastern section of the Badaling Great Wall built in a narrow valley, forming a "V" shape from the Water Gate Arrow Tower. It spans 6.8 kilometers, known for its oddity, steepness, and solidity, with several steps at seventy-degree inclines leading to the summit,

making it the least visited among the three major Great Walls in the capital city, especially in the off-tourist seasons when the Great Wall is nearly deserted, and tickets cost only 35 yuan. It’s only 50 kilometers from Jintian City Apartments, making it one of the closest Great Walls to the apartments.

From any angle, it was the best place for shooting short videos, a location decided by the entire studio and Wu Wenyue.

All of Trinity’s staff, including the five employees plus Wu Wenyue and Li Peifeng, took two cars and set out together.

Li Peifeng drove a BYD Han, with Wu Wenyue naturally in the front passenger seat, while the back seats were full of three others. Although they were somewhat in a leisurely mindset, they constantly discussed work-related topics, like how to shoot when they arrived, with Wu Wenyue occasionally responding, and Li Peifeng unable to join the conversation.

"Ask Manning?"

At a traffic junction, catching a red light, Li Peifeng took out his phone, turned away from Wu Wenyue, and sent Xu Manning a WeChat message, trying to get some clues, but received no reply.

"In class or work? Or is she mad at me again?"

Frowning, Li Peifeng couldn’t help using the Han DM’s central control screen’s reflection to observe Wu Wenyue again.

But Wu Wenyue also turned her gaze to the screen, saw his face through the glass, and calmly reminded him, 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"What are you looking at, it’s green light now."

"Oh."

Li Peifeng resumed driving, with a foreboding feeling in his heart.

"The traffic light changed to green, but does my romantic path have to hit a red light?!"