My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 95 - 92: Never Been This Rich
"Transaction alert from Silver Merchant Bank: Endpoint Group has completed a deposit to your account ending in 1575, Great Eastern Coin; 300,000 yuan [Film Copyright Fee], current balance 1,129,230 yuan."
"Transaction alert from Silver Merchant Bank: Endpoint Group has completed a deposit to your account ending in 1575, Great Eastern Coin; 200,000 yuan [Comic Copyright Fee], current balance 1,329,230 yuan."
"Transaction alert from Silver Merchant Bank..."
The 3.2 million copyright fee that Editor Xia Sheng mentioned was credited to Li Peifeng’s account two to three minutes after his ’broken family’ incident.
Including last month’s manuscript fee of 70,000 yuan and the previous balance of 750,000 yuan, Li Peifeng’s savings now reached 4.02 million yuan!
To be exact, it’s 4,029,230 yuan.
"I’ve never been so wealthy!!"
In class, Li Peifeng was ecstatic. This windfall had already washed away the little displeasure he felt because of the ’broken family’ incident earlier.
Money, sweet in taste, fiery hot, and poisonous...can benefit nations and ruin wise men...can summon spirits, and connect with ghosts!
Cheering up girls? That’s a piece of cake!
After a little thought, Li Peifeng had a plan.
He used WeChat to pull Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning into a group chat again, changed the group name, but not completely. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
[Happy Family]
Li Peifeng: "Big brother sincerely apologizes to his two little sisters, but I can’t come back for dinner tonight. Director Ding Peng, who bought the copyright of ’Evil CEO,’ invited me to discuss the script. I probably won’t be home until eight or nine. I’ll apologize to you in person when I get home and give you a surprise."
That’s right, Li Peifeng used the excuse of discussing the script with Ding Peng, but he actually wanted to go shopping for jewelry with Zhao Qingge.
When the time comes, he’ll buy a few more things, bring back presents for Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, and naturally, this little dispute will be resolved.
You could say it’s a plan to kill three birds with one stone.
According to Li Peifeng’s estimate, this wasn’t a big deal in the first place. The two girls probably weren’t really angry; they might even be excited about his promotion to platinum author, just begrudging that he didn’t notify them immediately and being passive-aggressively playful. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have allowed him to drag them into a group chat again...
Xu Manning: "(smile) You don’t have a home anymore! You don’t deserve to have a home! How could the cheeky dog pull your parents into the group again?"
"Wu Wenyue changed the group name to ’Beihua University Military District Command Peifeng Headquarters’"
Xu Manning: "Enough!!"
"Xu Manning changed the group name to ’Watch Peifeng Eat Shit Group’"
Wu Wenyue: "That’s too disgusting."
"Wu Wenyue renamed the group to ’Two Empty Nesters and the Unfilial Oldest Child’’"
Xu Manning: "Without him, we’d both be empty nesters?"
"Xu Manning changed the group name to ’Peifeng = Bitch = Raise a Monument’"
Wu Wenyue: "This one’s good, bitch Peifeng, raising a monument. Who knew his name had this nuance? Let’s go with this one!"
The smear campaign against him had begun!
Li Peifeng didn’t really mind; yesterday, the two of them already admitted openly in bed about who the female bitch was, so letting them vent now was okay.
Besides, he still had to secretly go shopping with Zhao Qingge later...
"Why am I always shopping with women?"
Li Peifeng couldn’t help but ponder.
"Actually, it’s okay, right? Shopping with Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue once, shopping with Huang Tianxuan once, now shopping with Old Zhao once, once with each, very fair!"
"But what’s it like to go shopping with my director...oh, I mean, with my wife?"
Li Peifeng expressed anticipation.
He really couldn’t understand why some guys dislike shopping with girls?
Of course, you’d get bored shopping with the same girl all the time.
But if you shop with different girls, then it’s fine.
It never gets boring!
...
Afternoon, 5:40 PM.
In front of the Sports Institute building of Beihua University, students and teachers rushed to and fro after class.
"Over here."
From a distance, Wu Wenyue saw Xu Manning waving at her and walked briskly over to hold her hand naturally. "I thought you’d be at work today."
"I went to the office in the morning, but this afternoon’s class required roll call, couldn’t skip it."
The two chatted as they walked out of the campus, Xu Manning sighed: "Anyway, the ’True Self’ project is just starting, some things I can manage remotely, but in a few days I’ll need to personally oversee the design phase and work overtime."
"Hang in there." Wu Wenyue tightened her grip on Xu Manning’s hand, comforting her, "Let me know if you need any help."
"It’s fine, let’s not talk about this." Xu Manning’s expression turned from gloomy to cheerful: "With Peifeng achieving platinum status, how do you and I express it? He said he’d surprise us, but we can’t just do nothing, right?"
Bringing up the topic, Wu Wenyue seemed a bit troubled: "I was thinking of making a big meal, or going out to eat something nice, have some drinks, but he has work tonight..."
"Exactly." Xu Manning nodded: "Discussing the script is important, we can’t ask him to stay home with us."
Wu Wenyue mused: "Shall we go out and buy him a couple of gifts? Wait for him to come home around 8 or 9, then we’ll give it to him together?"
"Let’s do that then."
Xu Manning thought for a moment, nodded, then hummed: "Let’s see what kind of surprise he has for us. If his so-called surprise doesn’t satisfy us, then..."
"Then what?" Wu Wenyue glanced sideways.
Remembering something, Xu Manning gritted her teeth: "At least he’ll avenge me against that bitch Wei Rui!! I’ll let Li Peifeng hold my hand and swing it in front of her face!! Let’s see what she has to say then!"
Disgusting, truly disgusting! That’s all you’ve got!
Wu Wenyue turned her head away, silently retching.
"What are you doing?!"
Xu Manning snapped in annoyance: "You’re not mad about that, are you?"
"No! How could I?"
Wu Wenyue turned her head, her face unchanged: "We definitely need revenge; what Wei Rui said was too much..." Then she couldn’t help but laugh: "Want to shake off, but can’t, too clingy! Ugh!"
"Yueyue!" Xu Manning glared: "What do you mean?"
"I don’t mean anything."
"What do you mean by nothing?!"
Xu Manning decisively said, "You’re jealous thinking about Li Peifeng holding my hand in front of others, right?"
Wu Wenyue hesitated: "I just think maybe the three of us should keep a low profile? Many teachers and students from Beihua University rent apartments at Jintian City. Some students have already asked me if the three of us are living together, saying they saw the three of us coming out of the same building, and I just brushed it off."
"..." Xu Manning frowned, not speaking.
Wu Wenyue continued: "Now that Li Peifeng signed with Platinum, he’s more famous on campus, attracting attention from teachers and students. It’s fine for us to hold hands in front of classmates, but either of us being seen too close with Li Peifeng on campus might spark interest in our living arrangement, leading to rumors."
Xu Manning softly murmured in agreement and after a short, silent walk, she whispered: "Yueyue, how about I ’get back together’ with him, on the surface? In reality, we’ll still live together... But if I have a relationship with Peifeng, even if people find out the three of us are roommates, they won’t say much."
Really? You’re so clever!
Clever enough to take me for a fool!
Wu Wenyue’s expression was subtle as she loosened her grip slightly: "That’s overdoing it. Right now, people see us as a couple. As long as you don’t act close with Li Peifeng in public, it won’t matter if they know we live together. Doing it your way makes things messier, inviting speculation."
Xu Manning glanced at her face twice, then said nothing more, gripping Wu Wenyue’s hand tighter as they walked back to the apartment building.
"Bang~"
It wasn’t until they got into Xu Manning’s Audi A7 that the silence was broken...
"There’s got to be a resolution, right?" Xu Manning started the car and said out of nowhere: "The three of us need a resolution, don’t we?"
Wu Wenyue quietly buckled her seatbelt without answering.
Only when she looked ahead and noticed Xu Manning wasn’t driving but staring at her, did she respond surprisedly with three questions:
"What resolution?"
"You’re asking me?"
"How would I know?"
Xu Manning’s eyes were piercing: "The resolution is marriage. No matter what happens, only one person gets married, and it has to be a man. We aren’t teenage girls anymore. After grad school, we’ll be of age, and there’s no future for same-sex relationships. Don’t evade this issue..."
"I’m evading?"
"Evasion my ass?"
Wu Wenyue was shocked and confused: "Dear, shouldn’t you be saying this to Li the Bitch? What’s the use of saying it to me?"
True, when children grow up, the child’s preference matters most in custody decisions. Whether they choose the father or the mother...
It’s not about what the parents say; it’s about what the child says.
But ordinarily, the child is more likely to choose the wealthier option!!!
Xu Manning revved the engine, a smirk on her lips: "What gift are you planning to buy?"
"Don’t know, let’s check out Eight Mile Village. They’ve got everything there."
Wu Wenyue calmly pulled out her phone and dialed a number labeled ’Aunt Yu’...
"You’re asking him directly?"
Driving, Xu Manning was startled: "No way, he still thinks we’re pissed. Giving him a surprise gift would be so much better."
"No."
Wu Wenyue replied casually: "I feel Xiaofeng probably hasn’t told his mom about signing with Platinum, so I’m letting Auntie know."
"You have Li Peifeng’s mom’s number?!"
Xu Manning was astonished but realized her question was unnecessary. Li Peifeng and Wu Wenyue are from the same hometown! They often took the bus home together during breaks, so she’s definitely met Li Peifeng’s parents.
And Ningyuan City is a small county in the northeast, so their parents might all know each other.
Sure enough, Wu Wenyue’s tone while on the phone was smiling, familiar, close, and entirely without formality...
"Hello, Aunt Yu?"
"..."
"Yes, it’s me, Yueyue."
"..."
"Ah, played mahjong with my mom yesterday? Haha, how much did you win?"
"..."
"Xiaofeng causing trouble again? No. He signed with Platinum."
"He’s now a Platinum-level writer at Endpoint, becoming a big deal, with all works sold for film rights."
"..."
"Did he not tell you? Hmm, he’s probably too busy, negotiating with the director about script adaptation."
Wu Wenyue glanced nonchalantly at Xu Manning, smiling brightly: "Of course, I’ll take care of him, Auntie, don’t mention it."
"Coming to the Capital in a few days? That’s great, Xiaofeng and I will show you around."
"..."
Tensed up!
Xu Manning’s grip on the steering wheel tightened!
Panic set in.
Xu Manning felt an urgent turmoil in her heart!
Dear Wu Wenyue, you cunning schemer!! Since when were you this close with Li Peifeng’s mom?
From now on, you’ll replace Wei Rui as the top traitor bitch in my WeChat friends list!!!!
