My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 230 - 207: Mother-in-Law No. 1

"Sure, can you help me adjust it?"

Huang Tianxuan unexpectedly turned her back toward Li Peifeng.

"Just kidding... How could a gentleman like me do such a thing?"

Li Peifeng thought to himself, if I touch that, you’ll turn around and complain to Xu Manning; then I’d be like a fox caught in a trap.

But then he thought again and decided she wouldn’t. Despite her sharp tongue, Huang Tianxuan wasn’t that kind of person. If she were, given how much dirt she has on him, just leaking a bit to Wu and Xu could spell trouble for him. Not to mention the long voice chat they had last night, leaving traces in WeChat chat records.

"Hurry up, Manning made it quite tight just now."

Huang Tianxuan said with her back to him, "Loosen the hook and lower it a bit."

Li Peifeng hesitated, "You’d better go to the small bedroom and do it yourself."

"Ha."

Huang Tianxuan turned around and looked at him, laughing silently: "We talked until late last night, chatting endlessly, calling each other ’darling’... Now I ask you to help me with my bra, and you’re hesitant, afraid Manning might see? Paper tiger!"

"Shut up."

With a disdainful attitude, Li Peifeng couldn’t stand being provoked, so he went behind her, reached out, and felt around. He couldn’t see, but he could clearly sense the position of the bra strap.

Feeling uncomfortable from being touched like this, Huang Tianxuan seemed uneasy and tried to dodge, but held back: "Did you find it?"

"I’m adjusting the hook now... How about this position?"

"That’s fine."

It was about to be done, and Li Peifeng withdrew his hands as the small bedroom door opened.

"Click~"

Xue Manning, dressed in new clothes, looked at the two of them suspiciously: "What are you guys doing?"

"Just fixing her clothes."

Li Peifeng replied calmly, "Unlike you holding her, I don’t see any problem, but you can reserve your opinion."

Huang Tianxuan buttoned up her collar and smiled silently.

Xue Manning rolled her eyes, knowing she was at fault, and didn’t bother arguing further. She walked to the mirror and turned around: "How is it?"

She was wearing a long, stylish black trench coat, with a high collar similar in style to Huang Tianxuan’s, cinched waist and long, with a reserved vibe. But this coat had a slit design, revealing Xue Manning’s fair slender legs—reserved yet a bit cheeky, quite a contradiction... a wonderful contradiction...

"Looks great!"

"Very classy. It’ll probably look great on both you and Wu Wenyue."

"Come on, strike a pose together, let me take some pictures."

Xue Manning, full of interest, ushered them back to the mirror, taking out the latest Huawei phone that Li Peifeng gave her as a birthday gift, and snapped away.

Taking pictures with girls is such a hassle; Li Peifeng took a few and then withdrew, leaving Manning and Tianxuan to snap away while he checked the clothes in the office wardrobe.

When he casually saw the two girls posing, sometimes holding hands, sometimes linking arms or hugging waists, Li Peifeng couldn’t help but be moved and pulled out his phone, not for selfies but to photograph them!

"Done, I still have the video of Mu An’an giving Wenyue a towel and water saved. Now, here’s one of Tianxuan and Manning... All the dirt on civil and military officials is recorded. If you feud with me, I’ll make you fight each other to mutual destruction!"

Li’s mind was ticking away; he figured if he showed each of them these pictures with a little exaggeration, even if it didn’t cause a rift between Manning and Wenyue, it would still create division, making it easier for him to keep balance.

But this move is a trump card, not to be used in petty cold wars but reserved for future crises.

The sly warm man’s tactics are always layered!

The girls took photos for twenty minutes; during that time, they roped Li Peifeng in as the photographer for a few shots, and once satisfied, he planned to find an excuse to say goodbye.

After all, he was just making an appearance today, and he had plans with Zhao Qingge later tonight, couldn’t stick around all day.

"Really leaving? Manning, why not invite Wenyue, and we can all have dinner together tonight?"

Huang Tianxuan extended the invitation, but before Li Peifeng could respond, Xue Manning said, "If he goes, Yueyue might not go; I also have to get back to work later."

Li Peifeng waved with a smile, "Next time, I’ll head back to add more words now."

Having said that, he didn’t change out of the new clothes but put his old ones in a bag and walked to the door when suddenly, the door sounded...

"Knock knock~"

"Come in."

As soon as Xue Manning’s words fell, a beautifully dressed woman in her early forties walked in, standing at 1.65 meters tall, with elegant posture, long ash-brown hair, and a delicate makeup. Her brows and eyes bore a striking resemblance to Miss Xu’s, but her aura was more confident and compelling.

"Mom?"

Xue Manning blurted out, "Aren’t you busy negotiating with clients at headquarters? How come you have time to come here?"

Judging by her eyes, she’s someone I can’t afford to mess with.

Li Peifeng felt a surge of nervousness and hurriedly made way: "Hello, Auntie."

Xue Ya glanced around the room, her gaze lingered on Huang Tianxuan before looking brightly at Li Peifeng: "Mm, hello to you too."

That gaze felt strange!

Li Peifeng felt a chill inside; he had never met Xu Manning’s parents, so this was his first encounter with Xue Ya. Why then did she look at him like a mother-in-law watching her son-in-law?

Oh right, back when he was dating Xu Manning, she posted their photos together in her social circle. But they’ve broken up now... Could it be that Xu Manning hasn’t told her mother?

Xue Ya glanced at her daughter and smiled: "Manning, introduce your friends to me."

"This is Huang Tianxuan, a doctoral candidate in medicine at Yandu University, a senior executive at Hezhi Pharmaceutical..."

Huang Tianxuan nodded politely and greeted.

Xue Ya showed appropriate surprise and nodded with a smile: "This girl looks like a star, not only a top student but young and accomplished, impressive!"

"Auntie, you’re too kind, just riding on the familial laurels."

The two shook hands lightly, while Xue Ya looked at Li Peifeng with growing curiosity: "And this one? He seems familiar, is he your boyfriend, called..."

Not willing to elaborate, Xu Manning replied, "Li Peifeng, I mentioned him to you before."

Xue Ya frowned slightly: "Tone down your temper, how long since you reconciled that you’re having issues again? He’s traveled all this way to bring you milk tea, your attitude is inappropriate."

Reconciled?

Li Peifeng gathered a thread of understanding, realizing the milk tea delivery could easily be misinterpreted, making him look like a lovesick puppy who’s been dumped yet keeps coming back. But how did Xue Ya know about the milk tea... Damn, it’s her company! All these employees are her informants!

Li Peifeng cursed his foolishness inwardly and was about to say something.

Xu Manning pulled his hand directly: "Mom, you’re right, I shouldn’t always quarrel with him. Let me reintroduce..."

As she spoke, Xu Manning’s tone grew more assertive: "Li Peifeng, my boyfriend. We broke up before, but after a month we reconciled. We argued yesterday but I forgive him now!"

Huang Tianxuan pondered thoughtfully.

"..."

"Peifeng, are you dumb?"

Xu Manning’s tone was coquettish, yet her gaze carried a subtle threat: "Address the person!"

Li Peifeng thought, what should I call her? Didn’t I already greet Auntie just now?

Should I say; ’Hello, Number One Mother-in-law’... or something?

That wouldn’t do, at least not without a ’name-change fee’ given first!