My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 61 - 59: Toasting to the Eastern Wind

"Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"

On the phone screen, both girls were present. Wu Wenyue was wearing a bathrobe with a serious expression, while Xu Manning was wrapped in a quilt, her pretty face tense.

Their hairstyles were a bit messy, as if they had just woken up... no, they hadn’t even gotten up yet!

Li Peifeng appeared calm: "I didn’t hear it earlier. Were you two taking advantage of Saturday to sleep in?"

"Don’t change the subject. Where are you now?"

After Wu Wenyue finished speaking, Xu Manning added sharply, "Switch to the rear camera and pan around so we can see."

"I’m strolling around West Lake, planning to buy you guys some gifts later."

Li Peifeng obediently complied, switched to the rear camera, and captured the garden scenery around Lingbo Hall.

Seeing the scene on the screen, the two girls’ expressions softened slightly.

"Is he really all by himself?"

"What’s so great about walking alone! Aren’t you with your supervisor?"

"You know she’s my supervisor?" Li Peifeng retorted, "Walking around West Lake with my supervisor? Does that even make sense?!"

Xu Manning snorted softly, "Why not hit on a couple of beauties to join you if worse comes to worst, walking alone is so pitiful."

Wu Wenyue expressed sympathy, "If not, you can walk around while video calling us. Isn’t it boring to wander West Lake alone?"

Li Peifeng shook his head, "You have no idea how enjoyable this solitude can be! Okay, I’ve answered your question. Now, could you answer one of mine?"

Then he half-smiled and asked, "Please tell me, why did you take over a day after my plane landed to call me, and with this interrogative tone, no less?"

"?"

"Huh?"

Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning were caught off guard by the question.

Director, aren’t these lines mixed up?

Li Peifeng continued, "And you both video-called me looking so disheveled, do you mean to provoke me by just waking up or finishing something?"

"Congratulations, you’ve successfully pissed me off!" Li Peifeng said in a flat tone, nodding affirmatively in the end.

Wu Wenyue was annoyed, "No, we didn’t, you’re making stuff up!"

Xu Manning was also angry, "We just woke up, and now you have the nerve to backstab us. We waited so long for you yesterday; when you got off the plane, you didn’t even call us..."

"Why just waking up?"

Li Peifeng questioned, "Wu Wenyue, such a disciplined person, considers 7:30 as late. Why is it that after I left, you two alone end up sleeping till noon? What did you do last night while I wasn’t there?"

"..."

The two women’s expressions froze, not knowing how to respond, when Li Peifeng continued to berate them.

"Did you ignore me completely once I was gone?!"

"Nonsense!"

"Utterly baseless!"

Wu Wenyue’s eyes flickered, "We’re getting up; enjoy your walk!"

Xu Manning simply picked up the phone and pointed the camera at the ceiling, "I’m ordering some takeout; haven’t eaten yet, so I’m hanging up. Remember to eat on time!"

"Eat? I’m already full of anger; I’ll settle this with you when I’m back!"

Li Peifeng left that threatening remark, and the other side hung up first. He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief...

The reverse tactic worked so well mainly because they first showed a flaw, which he immediately seized on to amplify the issue.

"These two silly beautiful women, I’m not hiding it from you because I’m afraid you’ll get jealous but mainly because I’m afraid you’ll get envious! I have so many female book fans, what if you fancy one and forget about me..."

Composing himself, Li Peifeng returned to Lingbo Hall, discovering that the women had already started drinking.

Originally, Li Peifeng and Huang Tianxuan agreed to have just six bottles of rice wine, placed in the dining room as a formality, preferably not to be consumed, but if someone did drink, they would help themselves.

When the book club started, considering they were all girls, and relatively young, for safety reasons, Li Peifeng and Huang Tianxuan deliberately forgot about the wine. Who knew someone would want to take a sip, to indulge in a bit of tipsiness?

Who was it? Who was it exactly?!

"Look everyone, Xiaofeng is finally back!"

Lu Yao picked up a glass full of rice wine, smiling brightly, "You took so long on the phone; we don’t even want to ask which girl called, it’s too exhausting... However, shouldn’t he be penalized with a drink?! Don’t you think?!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"He must be penalized, one glass isn’t enough, it should be three!"

The female book fans chimed in with smiles, and seven or eight of them already had their glasses filled with wine, including Lu Yao.

Li Peifeng understood instantly, this was very likely his top fan, Big Sis, trying to stir the waters and extract me, to see if that 28 cm photo was real...

"No way, I haven’t updated the book today."

Li Peifeng waved his hand with a smile, "If I drink too much, it’ll delay things."

"Lies, don’t you have even one Chapter in reserve?"

"And missing a day doesn’t matter either!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"You don’t need to update; we’ve granted you leave!"

The many female book fans were surprisingly unanimous.

Huang Tianxuan also pulled him aside, whispering, "Drink a bit. If you don’t, they definitely won’t let you off. If you drink too much, give me a signal, and I’ll pull you away."

Li Peifeng frowned, "I’m fine with it, but with so many girls here, unfamiliar with the place, getting drunk here..."

"Don’t worry."

Lu Yao handed a glass to Li Peifeng, holding his arm, laughing, "Sis has a beauty salon here in Hangzhou too. I’ve already arranged it, so after drinking and visiting West Lake, once we’ve had enough fun, a large bus will take us to my place for spa treatments, all expenses covered!"

"Sister Lu is so generous!"

"Come, let’s all raise a glass to thank Sister Lu."

Whether it was wine or soft drinks, the female book fans all raised their glasses to express their gratitude, while Huang Tianxuan frowned, seemingly a bit unhappy.

"No need to be so polite; our gathering here is a bond of fate."

Lu Yao also raised her glass in return, taking a light sip, then seemed to remember something important, looked at Li Peifeng with half-genuine, half-pretend regret, "Little brother won’t blame me for overstepping, right? I just want everyone to have a good time. If you have any other plans, I’ll follow your lead."

No wonder!

Now Li Peifeng completely understood. It seemed that just in this short moment, Lu Yao, the oldest woman present, used her experience and benefit to seize the role of host at the book club from Huang Tianxuan!

But that’s not necessarily bad, preventing the book club from having a poor start and end. Now, after dining at the state guesthouse, visiting West Lake, facials done, and then returning home, being a book fan of mine is truly a blessing...

"How could I? I’m more than happy."

Li Peifeng raised his glass too, boldly saying, "Today, let’s toast with the rising sun to celebrate the east wind!"

"Well said."

Lu Yao seemed to be expecting these words, smiling as she said, "Come, let’s everyone line up to toast a drink or two to the wind! If there’s no wine in your glass, use a soft drink."

Li Peifeng suddenly felt uneasy, realizing they truly planned to take turns drinking him under the table...

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