My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 99 - 96: The Battlefield of Jealousy!
"Who exactly did you go with?"
Zhao Qingge remained calm: "To be honest, no matter who you went with, I wouldn’t be angry."
"I don’t care if you’re angry or not, I’m just telling the truth."
Li Peifeng said firmly without changing his expression, "Last time my parents came to the Capital and went shopping in Eight Mile Village, I brought them here to eat. The taste was really good. We didn’t eat it this time, but next time I’ll take you to try it if there’s a chance!"
Zhao Qingge let out a barely audible hum, "Don’t lie anymore in the future, it’s obvious when you lie."
"Is it?" Li Peifeng was shocked, "I was telling the truth."
Where did I give it away? It shouldn’t be...
But then he heard Zhao Qingge sigh, "When you lie, you always act unusually calm, more truthful than when you tell the truth. But when you do tell the truth, you often say it as a joke."
Is that really the case?
No one knows me better than my wife!
"I will..."
Li Peifeng was about to solemnly say something, but remembering the lesson just now, he immediately changed his expression into a cheerful smile, "I will definitely change next time!"
"This time, you didn’t lie."
Zhao Qingge chuckled, unsurprised, "But I’m afraid it’s not the lying habit you need to change."
Li Peifeng smiled sheepishly, "I’ll change until you can’t tell when I’m lying!"
Zhao Qingge nodded, "This is the truth."
...
Cartier, the renowned brand hailed by King Edward VII of England as "the jeweler of kings and the king of jewelers," has created many dazzling and wonderful pieces in its 150-plus years of existence.
It’s the world’s most prestigious high-end jewelry brand, with its carefully selected jewels and diamonds being of the highest and most brilliant quality.
The prices are naturally not cheap, with even the cheapest rose gold ring costing six thousand yuan, and there’s no upper limit to the prices. The largest transaction in Cartier’s history was the Egyptian royal family’s purchase of a set of jewelry, valued at about 700 million yuan.
For mid-range jewelry, a piece typically costs around forty to fifty thousand yuan.
After finishing their meal, Li Peifeng took Zhao Qingge to a Cartier boutique in a mall in Eight Mile Village.
The latter was quite reluctant, advising him not to buy such expensive things for an online friend he hadn’t even met.
But Li Peifeng insisted on coming here, and finally, Zhao Qingge, annoyed by his persistence, stood at the entrance of Cartier and adamantly refused to go in, using one sentence to successfully persuade him, making her feel warm for the whole day...
"What does me buying jewelry for my online love interest have to do with you? Just help me pick one out!"
"...Fine!"
Zhao Qingge gritted her teeth, gave him a long look, and with heels clattering loudly, led the way into the Cartier boutique.
"Hello, how can I assist you both today?"
The saleswoman’s tone was very enthusiastic.
"We’re just browsing."
Zhao Qingge surveyed the counters in the store, barely moving her feet.
Li Peifeng suggested, "How about a bracelet?"
Zhao Qingge remained silent.
"The bracelets are over here."
The saleswoman guided them to the counter, and Li Peifeng immediately set his eyes on a rose gold bracelet priced at 68,000 yuan.
"This one, can you take it out for her to try on?"
When Zhao Qingge saw the bracelet he pointed to, her expression softened slightly, but she pointed to another simple gold bracelet that only cost a few thousand yuan: "Not that one, but you could buy this one for her."
Li Peifeng couldn’t help but laugh, "Alright, whatever you think looks good, I’ll buy. But I came today prepared to spend up to 60,000 yuan. If we don’t spend it all here, I’ll have to take you somewhere else to buy more."
"60,000?"
Zhao Qingge frowned, "It seems you really like that online friend."
"There’s someone else I’d rather buy for, but that person isn’t my girlfriend, and even if I bought jewelry to give her, she wouldn’t accept it."
Li Peifeng asked as if to confirm: "Am I right?"
Zhao Qingge didn’t reply, surveying the dazzling bracelets in the display case. After a moment, she pointed to another platinum bracelet costing over 50,000 yuan and told the saleswoman, "Take that one out, I’d like to try it on."
"Alright."
As the saleswoman went to get the bracelet, Li Peifeng glanced around the shop’s other customers out of habit.
Ever since running into two junior colleagues at lunch, he’d felt unsettled.
Going shopping with a supervisor was truly a mistake, and if someone from the university who knew them saw it, it might be hard to explain.
So Li Peifeng had been on high alert along the way, worried about any unexpected occurrences.
But it shouldn’t happen, right? The Capital is such a big place, what are the chances of running into someone I know?
What are the chances of running into someone I know?
Running into someone I know?
Someone I know?
"Familiar faces, damn it!!"
When Li Peifeng looked through the floor-to-ceiling glass of the Cartier boutique and saw those two extremely familiar female figures again, he was so frightened that his hair stood on end and his soul almost left his body.
"Please don’t come in, please don’t come in, please don’t come in!"
But sometimes, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.
Li Peifeng watched helplessly as the two women passed by the glass, walked straight to the boutique door, and then pushed it open.
Submerge!
Quick step! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Dodge!
Li Peifeng didn’t even have time to greet Zhao Qingge; he immediately stooped to shrink his figure and darted to the side of a building support pillar that was about a meter thick, blocking the two women’s line of sight!
With his back tightly against the support pillar, Li Peifeng’s heart was pounding, a faint sweat broke out on his forehead, and he could hear the two familiar voices nearby...
"We’ve walked around so much, but nothing feels quite right. What do you say I buy him a car?"
"A remote-controlled car? Sounds good to me."
"Don’t joke, I mean a real car. But the car dealerships are all closed at this hour... let’s browse here for now."
Li Peifeng used sound localization, clung to the pillar, and moved his steps bit by bit in the opposite direction of the two girls.
There was no other choice; this was already the best option.
Because they had already blocked the only exit.
The Cartier boutique was unlike the restaurant earlier; there were no partitions at all.
If he went out, he would surely bump into the two of them face-to-face!
And if they found out that he was here shopping with Zhao Qingge when he was supposed to be discussing a script with Director Ding Peng?
The anger from being deceived wouldn’t matter much; more importantly, he was with Zhao Qingge!
Those two have a keen sixth sense and have always suspected Old Zhao of harboring other feelings for him and had warned him to keep his distance.
If they were caught shopping together now, the consequences... unimaginable!
The female shop assistant who was responsible for reception initially looked at Li Peifeng strangely but still greeted the new customers: "Hello, is there anything you’re looking for?"
"Just browsing, something for a guy, hmm."
The shop assistant said: "Then please come this way, the watches and bracelets over here are all for men."
The footsteps of the three grew closer!
Li Peifeng looked ahead, and as expected, the counters in front were all men’s items. His face changed as he gritted his teeth, quickly pulled up the mask hanging on his chin due to suffocation, and then put up his hoodie.
With a mask on, love for none!
With the hood on, I ignore everyone!
At this moment, Li Peifeng felt like a cold-hearted assassin!
There’s no time left, I have to keep moving, or else they’ll definitely see me.
"Da-da~"
"Pa-pa~"
"Pia-pia~"
The footsteps of the three were all on the right side!
Li Peifeng calmly assessed and decisively took action.
Dodge!
The vanishing act: King Qin walks around the pillar!!
His steps were agile, his posture graceful.
He successfully avoided the sight of those three...
The great Li Peifeng! He inherited the glory of all protagonists from assassin, stealth, and assassination games over the years.
Solid Snake, Agent 47, Desmond Miles, Malik Asaf, Sam Fisher, the First Emperor of Qin, at this moment, their spirits were with him!
He wasn’t fighting alone; he wasn’t alone!
"Isn’t this one quite nice... where did he go?"
Zhao Qingge looked at the bracelet on her wrist and subconsciously asked, not yet getting a response, she turned her head.
Only to see Li Peifeng with his hat and mask on, fully armed, pressed against the support pillar and panting heavily, signaling wildly with his eyes full of tension, whispering nervously: "On the right, familiar faces!"
Zhao Qingge frowned, tilted her head slightly to the left to avoid the pillar’s visual obstruction, and saw the backs of two girls selecting goods in front of the counter.
One seemed like Li Peifeng’s ex-girlfriend, whom he had publicized in his social circle before...
Named Xu Manning?
The other was a friend who often exercised with Li Peifeng, with whom he had previously shared workout photos in his social circle...
Named Wu Wenyue?
