My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 157 - 151: Fishing

At 11:40, everyone in the studio was present.

No more words, let's eat first. Wu Wenyue asked a classmate to buy food on the way, eight dishes for seven people, and they feasted loudly. During the meal, they introduced themselves to each other, chatted briefly, and broke the ice.

Then Li Peifeng called for the desks in the living room to be put together to form a larger table.

Meeting time!

"Youthful aspirations aim high; who would sit idly in the cold shadows? Everyone here is either looking to work-study or to hone their skills, which is why we have gathered. But I bet you all aspire to accomplish something significant in the future. I sincerely hope our team will strive together for success, but rules are necessary. Some regulations need to be stated now..."

Wu Wenyue was the main speaker, occasionally glancing at her script, but mostly speaking without notes.

Li Peifeng was there to assist, pointing at the script with his finger to remind her whenever she got stuck, successfully steering the meeting forward.

Especially at the end, when Li Peifeng painted a grand vision. Initially, Wu Wenyue was a bit embarrassed, but as she spoke, she got more excited. The five rookies also listened intently, with their eyes shining.

"I'm leaving now; dining with classmates tonight, not eating at home."

"Go, go."

After the big meeting, there was a smaller one, where they discussed account positioning and character setting. Wu Wenyue was extremely busy, so Li Peifeng just told her and headed home.

There was still time before the dinner with his mentor, and Li Peifeng planned to go home and write quietly. But as soon as he walked in the door, the phone rang.

Note: Literary Society President Bai Xiaoyang.

"Did you see my Moments?"

Li Peifeng sat in his chair lazily and replied, "Old Bai, since you keep posting ads, I've blocked you."

During his undergraduate years, he joined many school clubs, such as dance, singing, and literary. But after starting his graduate studies, he automatically quit due to his busy schedule, leaving only the graduate school's literary society, which Bai Xiaoyang had forcibly pulled him into.

Too familiar; it was hard to refuse.

At Beihua Normal University, where there were few male friends, his classmate Shen Liao was one, and the classical literature major Bai Xiaoyang was another.

The latter was also a graduate student, who had been the president of the undergraduate literary society and joined the graduate student council, serving as the graduate literary society president.

"I post ads? That's for the literary society. Are you even a member anymore? Unblock me!"

Bai Xiaoyang was angry, but he suppressed it: "The fifth annual love poem contest our society is hosting starts accepting submissions the day after tomorrow. How about you write two poems?"

"I wouldn't know how. I can't write those. I'm just a heartless wastrel..."

"Stop pretending. You, great love sage, give us some inspiration."

"Coo coo, coo coo coo coo~"

"What do you mean?!" Bai Xiaoyang was furious: "Are you going to ghost me? Are we brothers or not?"

"I mean, it depends on the inspiration. If it comes, I'll write."

Li Peifeng said perfunctorily, "Ah, let's stop chatting. I can feel the inspiration germinating. Here it comes, it's inspiration, real inspiration."

"Wait, don't hang up. Help me share a Moment about the poetry contest. You have many WeChat friends, maybe some of them will submit."

"Okay, okay."

Li Peifeng hung up and casually opened his long-unused Moments to support Bai Xiaoyang's efforts. After forwarding his Moment, he got several likes and comments, which suddenly sparked an idea.

"Could I complete the task by posting Moments?"

Li Peifeng took a deep breath, and the task panel appeared before him.

[Please Support Me (2/5)]

"Why didn't I think of this earlier? Seems like I've been ashore too long, forgetting my seafaring skills!"

Li Peifeng was filled with emotion but hesitated a bit. After pondering, he decided to become a fisherman and execute a targeted approach.

Mr. Li's plan was simple: post a Moment, visible only to certain people, specifically his old flames, and through chatting, guide them to say something like 'I'll support you' to help complete his task.

If luck was on his side, he could finish these three requirements today without urging Zhao Qingge to say anything.

But the challenge was in crafting a Moment that could evoke compassion or, even better, inspire them to say 'I'll support you' just from the wording!

"What bait should I use? How should the wording go?"

While pondering, Li Peifeng unconsciously saw the guitar hanging on the wall and smiled slightly, "That's not bait, that's a very gentle song."

...

Yandu University, Medical Innovation Center.

"Leader Huang, we've made progress on that pill. Using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, I've scanned it fully. With element calculation, I matched the possible chemical composition and searched all market literature. I preliminarily deduced the pill indeed has effects similar to boosting vitality, and its efficacy seems extraordinarily strong. But to understand more, multi-stage mass spectrometry analysis is needed for component fragmentation details."

Huang Tianxuan frowned slightly, "Hmm, thank you for your effort. But the next steps I'd prefer the main office handle. We're short-staffed for now, and need to focus on other projects."

"Sure, it's a small matter."

The young male researcher waved casually, "I'll be leaving now."

"Thank you."

Huang Tianxuan stood up to see him off, but stopped after his polite decline and pondered deeply.

"What is Li Peifeng actually selling in his gourd? It's a real drug? And an outrageously strong one?"

"If that's the case, it can't be analyzed here with so many eyes…"

Contemplating, Huang Tianxuan picked up the phone and quickly instructed her subordinates in Hangzhou to fly to the Capital, retrieve the pill and return to Hangzhou for further setup.

Originally, she was half-skeptical about analyzing the pill, more out of wanting to help Li Peifeng. But realizing its value, Huang Tianxuan immediately showed the decisive action required.

However, more doubts arose in her heart, naturally wanting to learn detailed information about this pill from Li Peifeng.

"Alright, just like that, come over as soon as you can."

Huang Tianxuan ended the call with her subordinate and was about to contact Li Peifeng through WeChat. However, when she clicked on the chat box, she accidentally clicked on his profile picture, opening his Moments.

The first post was published half an hour ago and was a video. The background was a bedroom with the curtains drawn, making the light dim. Li Peifeng seemed to be sitting on the bed playing a guitar.

"Aren't you supposed to be writing or in class? Why are you so free?"

Huang Tianxuan chuckled knowingly and decided to play the video.

With a tap of her finger, the video went fullscreen, and the still image started to move.

In the weak light sneaking in through the gap in the curtains, you could see Li Peifeng in the video brushing his fingers over the guitar strings, as music and a hoarse voice emanated from the phone's speaker...

"In the evening breeze~ flashes a few frames from the past~"

"Spinning in the rush~ have they disappeared~"

"Walking towards me in the high beams~ you're all sunshine~"

"So many people around~ yet the world is silent..."

"Laughter drifting by~ a few old faces~ remain in the fields of dreams~ never ending the show ~ waking up in the warm light ~ so many words to say..."

He seemed to sing leisurely and casually, but each word was touching, every line hit deep.

After repeating the 30-second video three times, Huang Tianxuan let out a long breath and chose to exit, surprised to find there was a line of text under this Moment.

"Bye-bye~"

"Wait, what will you do after playing guitar?"

"Write."

"Can't you skip writing and chat with me for a bit?"

"Not writing, will you support me?"

...

For this Moment, Li Peifeng chose to make it visible only to certain people, excluding family, teachers, and most classmates, as well as Zhao Qingge, Xu Manning, and Wu Wenyue, but not including Huang Tianxuan.

Half an hour after it was posted, there were already over a dozen comments below, along with numerous voice and text messages, yielding surprisingly good results.

Tang Feng: "I'll support you, call me master, and chat with me!"

[Please support me (3/5)]

The first comment advanced the task progress by one step.

"Great! I knew you, Xiaofeng, the redhead, have always thought about me!"

Li Peifeng didn't mind her infatuation and excitedly punched the air, instantly sending Tang Feng a red envelope of two hundred, along with a cute expression to signify thanks.

He Yimeng: "Why are you home alone? So the rumors about you co-renting with two beauties were false? I could consider keeping a loyal puppy."

Hmm, there was no reaction to this message.

He Yimeng, that white-haired heart is truly black, only thinking about how to be sarcastic!

Li Peifeng decided not to respond.

Lu Shuang: "Will you eat when hungry? Do you know to sleep when sleepy? Do you know how to bury after going to the toilet? Is three thousand a month for feeding enough? If you meet the above standards, I can support you."

[Please support me (4/5)]

It's her, it's indeed her, who would take out a loan just to play games with me, little Shuang!

Li Peifeng was moved beyond words and sent another red envelope of two hundred.

Just one more to go!

"I told you this task is easy to complete!"

Feeling excited, Li Peifeng kept reviewing chats and comments, finding people who proactively wanted to chat with him or express nostalgia, but none offering to 'support' him directly.

Gao Yuanling: "(sigh) All untimely encounters are regrettably heartbreaking.

Sun Demeng: "I can only see you here, I suggest you post Moments and write novels daily instead of seasonally."

Yao Xun: "So many people in the world, why can't we two be together? How about a date?!"

Xiaoyu: "Indeed, only regrets linger in the mind."

"Why are you troublesome women babbling at me?"

Just one step away from completing the task, Li Peifeng was a bit anxious and muttered: "Without material sustenance, love is like loose sand; if you want to date me, you must at least have a monthly salary worth eighteen hundred!"

After waiting a while, no new messages came in. Li Peifeng was about to chat with He Yimeng to see if, with some guidance, he could fulfill the last criterion with her. But before he could type, a notification sound played...

"Dun dun dun~~"

Huang Tianxuan!

Without hesitation, Li Peifeng immediately picked up: "I'm here, go ahead."

The voice on the other end spoke softly: "Your bait is too obvious. You can't catch fish like this!!

"Nonsense, I've clearly caught plenty!"

Unable to bear the injustice, Li Peifeng said bluntly: "Besides, didn't you get hooked too?"