My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 142 - 136: The Right View of Love

"Directly opposite the two bedrooms is the living room, diagonally across is the dining table and kitchen. If Mom and Dad are in the kitchen with their backs to me, I might sneakily open the door and go from the side bedroom to the master bedroom without being noticed. But if they're near the dining table, they'll catch me red-handed..."

"I need someone to help divert their attention!"

Li Peifeng calmly analyzed while getting dressed. Once he finished dressing, Wu Wenyue woke up too.

"What time is it?"

Wu Wenyue slowly opened her eyes, saw Li Peifeng sitting by the bed, and asked groggily.

"Eight-thirty, we slept too late yesterday."

Li Peifeng put down his phone and sighed, "Wake up Manning too."

"Yesterday? More like it wasn't yesterday." Wu Wenyue was still groggy, smacking her lips, "I didn't fall asleep until after four in the morning. What about you?"

"About the same, wake her up."

"Let her sleep a little longer." Wu Wenyue sat up, stretched lazily, and said with a yawn, "Let's cook first, then call her to eat. By the way, quickly tell Uncle and Auntie that we're not going..."

Before she finished speaking, a faint conversation could be heard from outside the bedroom door.

"Honey, pass me a plate."

"Okay."

Wu Wenyue's eyes were no longer sleepy, filled with horror: "Am I hearing things?"

Li Peifeng nodded, "You're not hearing things. They're right outside. I just woke up a minute ago, and they came in right afterward."

"Oh crap!"

The two stared wide-eyed at each other for a while. Wu Wenyue gritted her teeth and reached out to push Xu Manning.

"What? Let me sleep a bit more."

Xu Manning was clearly annoyed at being woken up, but given the urgent situation, she couldn't afford to keep sleeping. Once Wu Wenyue explained, Xu Manning became fully alert, and now all three of them stared at each other wide-eyed.

"What should we do?"

"How should I know what to do?"

"It's all this idiot's fault, insisting on staying with us. Go ahead, be cocky, let's see how you deal with it now!"

"Exactly, we shouldn't have stayed together last night."

"And the keypad lock, we should've changed it ages ago! If we had changed the lock, they couldn't get in. At least they'd have to knock!"

Li Peifeng raised an eyebrow, "Stop whining. Listen to my command, stick together, and we'll pull off a 'Golden Cicada Escapes Its Shell' trick!"

...

Li Peifeng was quite experienced with this. His plan was simple: the two girls would get dressed, hurry out, assist Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi in the kitchen to divert the couple's attention, while he would sneak back to his own bedroom.

Simple and crude, but it required the three to work in perfect sync.

"Once they aren't watching this way, and you feel the time is right, immediately give a cough as a signal."

"Got it."

"Remember, don't drag it out. The longer it takes, the more things can go wrong!"

"Got it, shut up already!"

After the two girls got dressed, they left the bedroom with mixed feelings.

Li Peifeng was also unsure inside, mainly about Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue. He could clearly feel that the two of them had far worse composure than Old Zhao!

Back at the Cartier boutique, Zhao Qingge was completely unfazed, chatting and laughing; now these two didn't know what to do.

As a result, the roles were reversed, and their nervousness was practically written on their faces!

This won't do, I can't entirely rely on the two of them, too prone to failure!

Thoughts flew through Li Peifeng's mind at lightning speed as he frantically considered what backup plan to use if the two girls couldn't hold the couple's attention...

"Ah, Uncle, Auntie, when did you arrive?"

"Just now. Well, you got up earlier than your uncle and I expected."

"Not at all. We were busy at work yesterday, didn't rest well, otherwise we'd be up by eight even on weekends."

"Yes, early to bed and early to rise is better. Where's Fengfeng? Is he still sleeping?"

The two girls paused briefly, Wu Wenyue said in a wavering tone, "Probably, he might wake up soon. Oh right, Auntie, what are you planning to cook?"

"Just fry a few eggs."

Yu Huizhi chuckled, "Heat up the leftovers from before, we also bought some pickles and soup dumplings. You guys grab some plates, we can start eating now."

Oh no!

Li Peifeng stood at the side bedroom door, overhearing the conversation outside clearly, and his heart screamed that this was bad.

There's not much time left for him. Once the dishes hit the table and everyone gathers around, he'll be trapped like a turtle in a jar with no way of escaping!

In the kitchen and by the dining table, the two girls were also anxious. What should they do?

Yu Huizhi stood by the kitchen stove, unable to see the two bedrooms, but Li Qiyuan was always near the dining table, plating up bag after bag of breakfast. He was close to both bedrooms, and if Li Peifeng came out from the side bedroom, he would definitely be discovered by him. Then...

"Why isn't he up yet?"

Li Qiyuan was almost done arranging things and frowned, saying, "I'll go call him then."

With that, he turned and headed towards the master bedroom. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"No! There's no need!" Wu Wenyue acted swiftly, taking two big steps over and quickly blocking him, saying, "I'll call him. I'll do it, Uncle, you carry on with what you're doing."

"Oh." Li Qiyuan didn't mind, sitting down at the dining table and pulling out his phone...

In the kitchen, Yu Huizhi was holding a frying pan, giving it a little flip to turn the eggs over. Even Xu Manning, who was inexperienced in cooking, could clearly see that the eggs were almost done. Once they're cooked and people sit at the table, there's no way for Li Peifeng to get out!

We're almost cooked too!!

"Xiaofeng, wake up, stop sleeping."

Wu Wenyue pretended to knock on the door, secretly signaling Xu Manning, then looked towards Li Qiyuan who was sitting at the table, clearly meaning: get him out of here!

How am I supposed to get him out of here?!!

Xu Manning was tearful with regret; the happiness of being hugged by two people at night now turned into such sadness. What to do, what to do?

"Got it!"

Xu Manning had a sudden idea, quickly stepping over to Li Qiyuan: "Uncle, our bathroom faucet seems to be broken, can you check it for us?"

"Huh?" Li Qiyuan was startled for a moment: "I used it yesterday and it was fine. How did it break today?"

"Yes! It's broken." Xu Manning nodded repeatedly: "It broke last night, Li Peifeng tried to fix it but couldn't, can you help us take a look?"

"What's the issue, isn't the water coming out?" Li Qiyuan casually asked, not waiting for a response before heading towards the bathroom.

Wow, amazing!

Wu Wenyue gave an appreciative look, Xu Manning responded with a slightly smug raised eyebrow, then both of them inadvertently let out a dry cough: "Cough cough cough~~"

"Click~"

Li Peifeng acted upon hearing the sound, gently opened the door, and glanced around. Good, Yu Huizhi was in the kitchen, Li Qiyuan in the bathroom, no one else in sight except Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning.

There was no time to praise the two girls, Li Peifeng moved with nimble yet swift steps to the door of his room.

"Click~"

Wu Wenyue was also a great teammate, perfectly assisting by opening the door, creating the illusion that Li Peifeng had just come out of the bedroom, then smiled and said: "Why are you just getting up?"

Li Peifeng nodded repeatedly: "Just got up, just got up."

"Let's eat."

The three of them collectively breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Qiyuan's old comrade came out of the bathroom looking puzzled: "The faucet isn't broken, Manning, which one did you say was broken?"

Xu Manning blinked: "The one on the washbasin, isn't it broken? Maybe it's occasionally malfunctioning."

Li Peifeng chimed in: "Sometimes the water flow is quite weak; it doesn't really affect the normal usage. I'll buy a new one today and replace it."

You have to admit, he underestimated the fighting power of the two girls; their acting and improvisation skills were not far behind those of Old Zhao!

"The eggs are done, one for each, time to eat!"

At this moment, Yu Huizhi also walked out of the kitchen with a plate.

Everyone took their seats; the two girls were unusually silent, probably still scared.

And to prevent Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi from noticing this strange atmosphere, Li Peifeng proactively started a conversation, talking about how the two girls each have work and can't accompany them to Xiangshan today.

"But I can still accompany you."

The couple didn't mind, saying things like 'you focus on what you need to do, don't worry about us,' but Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning kept apologizing and making excuses, saying things like 'next time we'll definitely go with Uncle and Aunt.'

"It's alright."

Li Qiyuan truly relaxed inside; unlike Yu Huizhi, he knew of the complicated relations among the three, and if the two girls plus his own son accompanied him and his wife, he wouldn't know how to treat these two prospective daughters-in-law. So he couldn't hide his smile: "At your age, work and study are the most important, other things, don't pay too much attention."

"Exactly, exactly."

Li Peifeng nodded in agreement, Li Qiyuan glanced at him, frowned: "Of course, establishing a proper view on love early is also very important."