It was roughly one-seventh of what Li Peifeng earned from his manuscript last month, ninety thousand added to the six hundred thirty thousand from his manuscript, which at least replenished his savings a little. Even after spending two million two hundred thousand to buy a car and a house for his parents, he still had a little over two million left.

However, compared to money, Li Peifeng valued emotional richness more... but now it’s like a damn ice age with no harvest!

"So how are you going to leave later? Didn’t Mu An’an drive your car away? It might be hard to get a cab here now."

Huang Tianxuan interjected, "I’ll give her a lift, the driver is waiting outside."

Li Peifeng nodded slightly and said no more. He simply walked to the entrance of the residential area and placed his luggage in Zhao Qingge and Huang Tianxuan’s car.

"Don’t forget to hand in your semester assignment," Zhao Qingge reminded him, then got in the car and closed the door.

Huang Tianxuan had already gotten into the front passenger seat and waved at him with a smile, "Goodbye~"

Wu Wenyue sat in the back of the Mercedes, the privacy glass was so dark it was impossible to see her expression, but you could tell she was looking straight ahead, not forgetting where she came from.

And just like that, Li Peifeng watched as the two cars drove further and further away...

"This frost... it’s quite cold!"

Li Peifeng sighed, stomped his feet to shake off the snow sticking to his shoes, and stepped back into the residential area, planning to return home and continue working.

"Ding~"

He had just reached the ground floor of Building One when his phone chimed with a WeChat notification. Instead of pulling out his phone, he inexplicably turned his head to look.

It was the direction of Unit One, Room 101. A girl dressed in pink and white pajamas with slightly messy white long hair stood there, holding chopsticks in one hand and a phone in the other, a smile on her face.

"I knew it."

Li Peifeng laughed wryly and paused to check WeChat.

He Yimeng: "Have you had breakfast? Come over to my house, I’ll cook noodles for you~"

At that moment, the rising sun cast a red-golden beam of light over the earth and through the floor-to-ceiling windows into Room 101, falling on He Yimeng’s face and white hair, making her long grayish-white hair appear finer and softer than silk, shining with a gold-like luster.

Warm and golden!

Li Peifeng exhaled a breath of warm air and stepped into Building One...

"Ding-dong~"

"Click~"

The door opened and He Yimeng looked slightly surprised, "You didn’t reply, I thought you weren’t coming."

"Just mooching a meal, too lazy to cook myself."

Li Peifeng casually changed into slippers, walked to the dining table, and sat down unceremoniously, "What are you eating..." He didn’t finish the sentence but sniffed and raised an eyebrow, "It’s really noodles, huh?"

"Cooked by Master Kong."

He Yimeng chuckled, turned her head and went into the kitchen, "Are two packs enough for you?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Enough, but add two more eggs."

"Want a sausage with that?"

Li Peifeng was silent for a moment, then grinned, "I suspect you’re insinuating something!"

He Yimeng looked innocent, "I’m just trying to help you get more nutrients, work hard for that perfect score, what’s wrong with that?"

Li Peifeng rolled his eyes, "Maybe I overthought it, where’s the sausage? I’ll get it myself."

He Yimeng pointed out the location, and after seeing him take it out, reminded him, "The school sent a notice saying the exams and winter holidays are moved up due to the pandemic. They’ll start in two days, do you know about this? Will it affect your early graduation?"

Recently, the pandemic has once again "attacked" many regions across the country, not just the Capital, but other areas as well, and more severely.

In addition to affecting people’s normal production and living, it has also severely impacted students’ campus life, with many universities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To avoid a campus cluster outbreak, many universities have opted for an earlier holiday, including Beihua University.

"It won’t affect me." Li Peifeng shook his head. "You should worry about yourself. You’ve been busy with short videos lately, don’t let your studies fall behind."

He Yimeng was unconcerned, "Don’t worry, at most I’ll drop from the top five to top ten. There’s no way I’ll fail. I’ve always been good at balancing work and study. But you... Sister Yue, Tianxuan, and your mentor, the four of you have been living together for so long. Hasn’t Professor Zhao noticed anything, and thus holds a grudge against you?"

That grudge would be really serious!

Li Peifeng figured He Yimeng didn’t know about the other layer of his relationship with his mentor. He, of course, wouldn’t reveal it, and vaguely said, "I’m about to graduate early, so it doesn’t matter if there are grudges or not."

He Yimeng made a sound of agreement and continued to scrutinize Li Peifeng’s facial expressions, then said, "I saw the scene when you sent them off just now, are they angry with you?"

"Yes." Li Peifeng simply admitted, "But don’t ask more, I don’t want to talk about it."

He Yimeng’s mouth curled with a smile, "Actually, Huang Tianxuan and I were chatting on WeChat last night..." Seeing Li Peifeng’s face change slightly, she quickly added, "We didn’t talk about you. I’m not going into specifics, but she asked me a question I found quite interesting."

Li Peifeng’s brows furrowed, his intuition telling him that He Yimeng had something up her sleeve, but he couldn’t help but ask, "What question?"

"She asked; how to forget a jerk, or how to move on from a past relationship?"

He Yimeng smiled knowingly, "I’m very familiar with that, I immediately gave a very detailed, practical plan. I’m sure Sister Huang will execute it earnestly and will soon forget about a certain jerk completely!"

Li Peifeng’s knitted brow slowly relaxed, seemingly relieved, even smiling, "Is that so? Are you sure it’ll work?"

He Yimeng lowered her gaze and spoke in a somber tone, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? You haven’t forgotten, yet you’re teaching others with confidence? Aren’t you ashamed?!"

"!!"

Seeing He Yimeng puff her cheeks and grit her teeth, staring at him without fear, Li Peifeng even dared to slap the table firmly and said, "Why are you looking? Cook the noodles well, make them firm. If they’re cooked mushy and have no texture, I’ll punish you to eat the noodles I cook!"

He Yimeng took a deep breath, glaring at him for three or four seconds, then finally said angrily, "Get out, I’m not letting you eat anymore!"

"Are you mad? You’re mad?"

"Shut up!"

"Then I’ll cook, you watch."

...

After finishing breakfast at He Yimeng’s home, Li Peifeng returned to his place.

The three of them were definitely initiating a cold war with him, but because of the time they’d spent together and the emotional bonds formed during their dreams, Li Peifeng wasn’t worried for the moment.

Or maybe it’s no use worrying, if they’re truly determined to end things, Li himself will just have to accept it, as relationships aren’t something that can be forced; love is too complicated.

Even if those three wanted a cold war with him, there would always be other chances to reconnect, waiting for the right moment.

In any case, the sun still rises, and life goes on.

But Li Peifeng forgot about Wu Wenyue’s knack for tattling. In the afternoon, as he ate and worked from home, Xu Manning, still in home isolation, made a call, bombarding him with questions.

Most questions aimed at confirming the truth of various events that allegedly occurred during their quarantine cohabitation.

For example, whether Li Peifeng openly kissed Zhao Qingge at the dining table, boasting about something, whether he kissed three girls in one day during the winter solstice, and allowed the other two to hide behind a curtain and intentionally let them see—all sorts of rumors.

Li Peifeng denied the false claims but admitted to the true ones, unsurprisingly triggering a tearful and accusing outburst from Xu Manning.

"I was only away on a business trip for half a month, and this is how you repay me?"

"No wonder I saw a particularly green fabric in Qingrong City, it must be a sign from the heavens... how could you do this?"

What was done was done, and explanations were pointless.

No matter what Xu Manning said, Li Peifeng accepted it all, sending his care with sincere apologies, and even bought two cups of hot milk tea with the intent to visit Xu Manning downstairs at Jintian City.

But when he got there, Miss Xu wouldn’t open the window, leaving Li to return empty-handed.

Thus, the cold war group gained another member.

Li Peifeng then thought of visiting Trinity Studio at the back building to find Wu Wenyue, but she wasn’t there. Only a behind-the-scenes staff member was in, who, upon inquiry, revealed that everyone else was out filming a video.

"It’s just a bit of frost, after all."

On the way home, Li Peifeng continued to comfort himself in this way. But it was obvious, with the solstice past and another snowfall, the temperature kept dropping day by day...