My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 272 - 239: Choosing High Heels

"Hey... Hey you deadbeat!"

He Yimeng, flustered and exasperated, picked up a document folder and hit him: "Can't you stand not taking advantage of people?"

"Just kidding. Don't hit me. Two lonely people flirting in a small elevator, it's so ambiguous!!"

"Who aren't you ambiguous with? You're like someone with borderline personality disorder, flirting everywhere with girls, and now you finally feel embarrassed?"

"Ding~"

When the elevator reached the fifth floor, the two finally quieted down and walked out, but both stood at the entrance with tacit understanding.

"I'm going to the training department; there's an educational internship project to handle." He Yimeng glanced at an office in the distance: "And you?"

"The academic office, applying for early graduation."

With that, He Yimeng frowned slightly, scrutinized him for a moment, pursed her lips, and said: "Lunch together, talk more?"

Trying to have a simple physical collision with me?

Li Peifeng shook his head decisively: "Forget it, another time, I'm off."

Watching his departing figure, He Yimeng looked slightly disappointed, reached out to tidy her hair, turned to the elevator's reflective surface as a mirror, with a slightly puzzled gaze.

"Is it my charm that's lacking, or is he just tired?"

"Could it be that he's been drained by Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning? Doesn't seem like it, he looks quite spirited."

...

Li Peifeng couldn't really be called spirited. Compared to his usual state, having not slept for two days, he was just fairly energetic. But after finishing the procedures for early graduation, he went home, had a simple lunch, and continued working.

Old acquaintances from the campus beauty circle either chatted with him or invited him on the phone, but Li Peifeng didn't respond.

He merely sent a few greeting WeChat messages to the still-angry Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, and made a few calls, but didn't get any responses, and none of the calls were answered.

So essentially, for the whole day, aside from eating and answering nature's call, he was working, until 10 PM when fatigue overwhelmed him, and Li Peifeng finally washed up and went to bed.

He slept straight through to 8 AM Tuesday, fully refreshed, and continued writing his article.

Amid this round-the-clock struggle, most of his energy was focused on his graduation thesis, with the novel secondary. Since he had a backlog of novel content, a brief pause wouldn't delay anything, but if the thesis wasn't submitted on time, his early graduation plan would evaporate.

Li Peifeng's hard work was not in vain, as by midday, the first draft of his ten-thousand-word thesis was completed. Thanks to his familiarity with online literature and his previous article "Analysis of Female Online Literature Trends," he believed the quality was decent, and sent it to Zhao Qingge as agreed.

However, Old Zhao was busy with other work at the time and only had time to look at it close to the end of the workday. The two exchanged a few words over the phone, but Li felt the communication wasn't smooth enough...

"Why don't you come to my house and explain it to me? Anyway, your drive home is in my direction."

"...Okay, wait for me then."

After a slight hesitation, Zhao Qingge agreed, though Li Peifeng wasn't overly excited. He swore to the heavens, this time he just wanted to discuss the thesis simply with his mentor, avoiding the campus out of laziness, with no other indecent intentions whatsoever!

"But still, I should brush my teeth!"

Humming an unknown tune, Li Peifeng tidied himself up in the bathroom, changed from his previous sportswear and T-shirt into casual pants and a shirt, and put on five accessories before activating the "Image Spokesperson" halo.

"This makes me look a bit more formal. If I look handsome, my mentor will be in a good mood, and will surely guide me well."

Feeling prepared, Li Peifeng sat on the bed contemplating, then searched for Nether Sea's Breath, dabbing a tiny bit of perfume on his neck.

"I just wanted to smell this scent myself, hmm."

With heightened olfactory senses, Li Peifeng could actually smell the fragrance of the perfume, which was fascinating and enticing...

"Whether my mentor can resist it, that I'm not sure of."

Unable to hold back, Li finally chuckled.

He had a hunch that given this opportunity, he might attempt a deeper exploration with Zhao Qingge, even if not physically close, at least on the edge.

Of course, the thesis was to be discussed, but it was past six o'clock, and not having dinner before leaving wouldn't be right. After eating, one also needed to rest and digest.

"Ding~"

Just as he was anticipating, a WeChat message arrived on his phone.

"Downstairs already?"

He pulled out his phone only to find a soul-questioning message from Wu Wenyue;

"Are you dead?!"

The tone wasn't great, but it reminded Li Peifeng of one thing: with Zhao Qingge coming to his house for thesis guidance, he couldn't afford to have Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning show up.

Like the previous incident with Huang Tianxuan, one occurrence was enough. If it happened again soon, Li felt he might really meet his end.

So, he immediately sent a voice message to Wu Wenyue.

"Darling, what's wrong?"

After connecting, Wu Wenyue said nothing.

"I've been staying up late writing my thesis these days. How about I come to see you tonight?"

Li Peifeng probed, and Wu Wenyue responded irritably, "Don't come over, maybe you'll just exhaust yourself to death!"

"I'm just trying to graduate early..."

"So you haven't contacted us for two whole days!"

"I haven't stopped texting and calling you guys, and you didn't reply..."

Wu Wenyue, aggressively: "Can't you find us yourself? Don't you have legs? Can't you walk?"

"Time is so tight, I'm afraid I'll lose my train of thought." Li Peifeng explained, "My draft isn't finalized yet, but it will be soon. I should be able to complete it tonight. Once I'm done, I'll come find you guys."

"No need, the two of us are doing just fine!"

"..."

Li Peifeng remained silent. After six or seven seconds, Wu Wenyue couldn't help but complain, "Do you even have a heart? True Self is about to launch, even though Manning doesn't say it, she's under immense psychological pressure. Coupled with your mess, you can't help her and only add to her stress... Plus, I'm really fed up with you. Even if you're busy, don't you have time to see us? You messed up, and you won't proactively come to apologize? You're too lazy even to coax her?"

Li Peifeng frowned and asked, "Is Manning with you now?"

"She's still working overtime at the factory. I just left there. She's preparing for a photo shoot tomorrow. Are you coming?"

"Of course I'm coming; that's been agreed upon. Tell me the time and place of the shoot."

Wu Wenyue impatiently said, "Just wait at home. I'll pick you up in the morning."

Feeling a tinge of guilt, Li Peifeng asked with concern, "Are you taking the medicine I gave you?"

"I just went to the factory to deliver medicine to Manning."

"Brother Yue~"

"What?!"

Li Peifeng sighed lightly, "I feel like I'll never be able to leave you for the rest of my life."

"Get lost!"

Li Peifeng understood that because of the chaos triggered by Huang Tianxuan hiding in the closet and events involving the four of them, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning were already angry. Not reaching out to them for two days made it worse.

Especially Xu Manning, who probably has been internally cursing him these past two days, while Wu Wenyue has effectively been doing his job by trying to smooth things over.

As for Brother Yue, judging by his ability to say such things, his anger has likely mostly subsided. Analyzing the situation, Li Peifeng vaguely remembered that Wu Wenyue and Huang Tianxuan got along quite well in the dream, plus Brother Yue's temper is naturally a bit milder than Miss Xu's, so maybe he cooled down quicker? But concern remained necessary.

So, Li said some tender and sweet words, soothing for a bit, and finally, Wu Wenyue's words were no longer barbed...

"Are you driving home now?"

"Yeah, but I still have to have a meeting with the studio folks to discuss taking on an advertisement. When are you coming?"

"I'll come over around eight or nine in the evening to find you guys."

Having ended the call, Li Peifeng dialed Xu Manning, but after two consecutive unanswered calls, he gave up and sent a few WeChat messages, still receiving no response.

"Maybe she's busy with work?"

A trace of guilt welled up in Li Peifeng's heart once more. Perhaps after discussing the thesis with the director in a bit, he shouldn't mess around anymore. He should go back to Jintian City Apartments soon and perform the Dragon Jade Maiden Harmony Skill on Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue. Ever since gaining this technique, he's felt that this special way of appeasing people is very effective.

"Ding-ding-ding~"

The intercom doorbell rang, prompting Li Peifeng to gather himself and quickly walk out of the bedroom...

"Click~"

Moments later, Zhao Qingge, wearing a shirt paired with a trench coat and a skirt over black stockings, stepped out of the elevator, catching Li's eye.

"Get me a pair of slippers."

Zhao Qingge hung her trench coat on the coat rack by the door, bent slightly to take off her heels while holding onto the shoe cabinet, and instructed, with her back to Li Peifeng.

Standing behind her, Li Peifeng, looking at the perfect roundness and the black stockings, felt a bit conflicted, his previous thoughts wavering.

People always say that material things can conquer everything, including one's beliefs, and thinking about it, black stockings are material things too!!

"Which pair should I wear?"

Zhao Qingge asked again, seeing him not respond.

Asking me to choose? I absolutely hate making choices!

Li Peifeng pondered, "How about... you just wear your heels back?"