My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 184 - 171: I Saw It

"The spine should not be injured, but to be on the safe side, let's do a CT scan to check if there's any damage to the lungs and ribs. Then do an MRI to see the condition of the muscles in the back."

While the two were chatting, Director Hu finished the palpation, and two medical staff helped move Wu Wenyue to the radiology department. Naturally, Li Peifeng and the others accompanied all the way.

It might be because Huang Tianxuan and Xu Manning, the two girls, arrived at the hospital early and chatted a bit, their relationship seemed unexpectedly close and friendly to Li Peifeng.

Now they were sitting on the chairs in the hospital corridor, Xu Manning actually holding Huang Tianxuan's hand while talking, making him slightly surprised.

"Sister Xuan, if you have something to do, you can go ahead. Peifeng and I can handle things here."

"No need, I got off work early today, and I usually don't have much going on."

Huang Tianxuan laughed and said, "Besides, Wenyue doesn't seem to have any major issues; it should be over soon. I'll stay with you a bit longer."

"Thank you so much."

The current Xu Manning didn't have the initial attitude of seeing Huang Tianxuan as a rival at all, looking grateful: "Sister Xuan, like I said before, if you need any help or are bored with nowhere to go here in the Capital, feel free to find me!"

"Alright, alright."

Huang Tianxuan nodded with a smile, and seemed to glance at Li Peifeng unintentionally, as if to say with her eyes; the difference, that's the difference. How well did she say it? And you, you only know how to talk big with your empty promises of crossing mountains and fires!

Li Peifeng pretended not to see, turning his head to observe Wu Wenyue undergoing the MRI through the glass.

"Actually, I don't have that many acquaintances in the Capital. If you guys are going shopping or want to have fun on the weekend, count me in."

"That would be great... Oh!"

Xu Manning seemed to remember something and exclaimed in surprise: "Tomorrow is my..."

She swallowed the words "birthday" back, quickly stood up and pulled Li Peifeng aside, whispering: "Tomorrow's my birthday, how are you planning to celebrate it for me?"

Now that Wu Wenyue was injured, Li Peifeng didn't feel like keeping up any surprises to continue hiding it from Xu Manning, so he revealed the whole plan: "It's just a dinner at home. During the day, we go to school and work as usual, but in the evening when you come home, Wenyue and I will have the balloons, flowers, and candles ready, then present you with a gift. I've booked a private chef who will bring ingredients to prepare a French dinner at home."

After listening, Xu Manning thought for a moment, and said, "No decoration, and don't buy a cake." Then she walked to the chair, pulled Huang Tianxuan's hand, and smiled: "Sister, if you have time, come to my house for dinner tomorrow night. I've hired a French private chef to cook, and with the two of them at home, we can have some red wine and let Li Peifeng sing for us. He's a great singer. Oh, can you drink, sister?"

"Yes, I can!" Huang Tianxuan nodded with a smile: "That's settled then."

Li Peifeng thought to himself that Xu Manning was quite thoughtful, fearing that Huang Tianxuan might prepare a gift or overthink it, planning to keep her birthday tomorrow a secret from her.

Well, that simplifies things for him!

The two girls chatted more and more excitedly, with Xu Manning even taking out her phone to show her 'True Self' designs.

"Sister Xuan, check these designs on my phone, they're all from my company. If you're not picky, once they're done, I'll send you one of each first thing."

"Really?" Huang Tianxuan watched while praising and occasionally giving small makeover suggestions.

When two women start talking about clothes, it never seems to end.

"Ring ring~"

The phone rang, and Li Peifeng stepped out a bit to answer.

"Director?"

Zhao Qingge's voice was calm: "You've arrived at the hospital, right? How is Wu Wenyue? Does she need to be hospitalized?"

Li Peifeng replied casually: "There shouldn't be anything serious, thanks for your concern."

There was a moment of silence on the other end before Zhao Qingge spoke: "When are you coming home?"

"In about an hour or two."

Although Li Peifeng found it strange, he answered truthfully: "We're waiting for the scans, which take half an hour, and the doctor still needs to make a diagnosis after they come out."

"Let me know when you're almost home."

Why?

Li Peifeng frowned slightly: "If you need that review urgently, I can go home early to help finish it."

"No need."

With that, Zhao Qingge hung up the phone.

"That's a bit odd..."

Li Peifeng scratched his head, seeing Wu Wenyue actually getting off the stretcher and slowly walking out on her own, supporting herself against the wall, he hurriedly went up to assist.

...

"The old injury is lumbar and dorsal muscle strain, and now it's an acute muscle fascia strain on the back due to external force, accompanied by muscle stiffness and impaired muscle flexibility."

Director Hu pointed at the two photos and gave a brief explanation to everyone: "From a professional athlete's perspective, the injury is quite serious. You already had an old back injury, and now with this, even if treated well, it will recur under high-intensity activities, essentially ending your professional career. But it won't affect ordinary people much; just rest well, avoid basketball or other sports, come to the hospital every three days for physical therapy, apply medicated plaster, and you should recover in about one or two months. As long as you don't engage in heavy-load activities or get injured, it won't flare up again."

"Oh."

Wu Wenyue was standing at this moment, leaning on Li Peifeng with her left hand and Xu Manning with her right. Hearing the doctor's explanation, she nodded somewhat sadly: "One or two months, huh? It might affect video filming."

"At a time like this, who cares about videos? It's good that you're okay... Thank you, doctor!"

Xu Manning's eyes were red, with hints of tears, but her face was smiling.

"It's my duty." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Director Hu glanced at Huang Tianxuan and said, "The physical therapy center is closed now. You guys help the patient onto the bed, and I'll massage and loosen her muscles a bit. After I'm done, she should be able to walk on her own."

"Great, that's wonderful."

The two of them helped Wu Wenyue onto the bed to lie down.

Director Hu handed Li Peifeng a note, saying, "Handsome, go get the medicine; I'll use the plaster from the note when I do the massage."

"Understood."

By exactly eight o'clock in the evening, the massage was finished, and Wu Wenyue had no trouble walking. Everyone expressed their gratitude once again to the overtime-working Director Hu, and then they headed home from Yandu Third Hospital.

During the casual talk, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning learned that Huang Tianxuan hadn't had time for dinner yet, so they warmly invited her to have a simple meal together at Jintian City Apartments.

The reason for not going to a restaurant was to accommodate Wu Wenyue's injury, as it wouldn't be suitable for her to sit for long. As for who would cook, it naturally had to be Li Peifeng.

"Thank you, Sister Xuan. Because of my issue, you've been busy all evening and gone through great lengths..."

Xu Manning drove her own Audi, while Wu Wenyue and Li Peifeng were in Huang Tianxuan's car. All the way, Wu Wenyue was expressing her sincere thanks to her benefactor, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"I'm Peifeng's friend, and you are his... good friends. After this incident, a friend's friend is also a friend, right?"

"Yes!"

Huang Tianxuan smiled and said, "So don't be so polite. If you keep saying that, I won't know how to interact with you. This is just a small favor, so just treat me as a friend ordinarily."

Wu Wenyue also smiled, "Friends are friends, gratitude is gratitude; I will definitely repay it."

Li Peifeng secretly pursed his lips, almost regretting getting Huang Tianxuan to help, as her help has made it feel like the three of them owe her a favor!

"Ring ring~"

The phone rang. Li Peifeng frowned slightly at the caller ID but still chose to answer.

"How's Wu Wenyue?"

"Nothing serious, just a muscle strain."

"Then, when will you get home?"

"Soon, in two or three minutes."

"Alright... Once you get home, hurry up and finish the summary."

The call ended, and Li Peifeng fell into thought. Wu Wenyue, a little curious, asked, "Who was it? Manning? Isn't her car right behind us?"

"No, it was my mentor."

Wu Wenyue said "Ah," with a puzzled look on her face.

Li Peifeng murmured in confusion, "Why is she suddenly so concerned about this matter?"

Huang Tianxuan suddenly interjected, "Isn't Professor Zhao always very concerned about you, her star student?!"

The key is that I'm not the one injured...

Li Peifeng didn't say anything, still puzzled, but when they reached the gate of the residential complex, helped Wenyue out of the car, and crossed the road with the girls towards the complex entrance, he shivered all over and had a little moment of realization.

Maybe my mentor was just thinking of herself, trying to find a sense of presence by calling repeatedly!

Yes, tonight I should find a chance to have some 'phone sex' with Yun Xin Yue Xing.

"I should be under the car~ not in the car~ seeing how sweet you are together..."

Beside the road at the gate of the complex, in the BMW that had been parked for nearly four hours, Zhao Qingge was sitting in the driver's seat, hands tightly gripping the steering wheel, staring expressionlessly at their backs.

"1, 2, 3...Three!"

"Rumors, indeed, rumors! You're not living with two girls, you're living with three! Li Peifeng, what exactly are you up to?!!!"