My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 227 - 206: Two Toxic Women and One Nice Guy

"Call her yourself and ask!"

"If I call, there won't be any surprise. Come on, just tell me, is she working now? At the factory or the headquarters building of Sen Meng?"

Wu Wenyue initially refused to say, but being pestered by Li Peifeng was too much, so she gave him the address.

Capital South City Nan Garden, Sen Meng Clothing Factory, it's not close, twenty kilometers.

But Li Peifeng estimated the time and felt he could make it back before Zhao Qingge finished eating, so he took the milk tea he had bought for Wu Wenyue, who didn't want it, and took a cab there.

The ride was less than half an hour. During the trip, Li Peifeng got thirsty and couldn't resist taking a sip, which led him to get off and let the driver wait while he bought a new cup at a milk tea shop by the roadside.

"It's one thing to make a gift of something someone else gave you, but giving Manning milk tea I've already drunk from is just too much!"

The journey was silent, and finally, at four o'clock, he arrived at the place. Li Peifeng looked at the neatly lined factory buildings and the six-story office building in the center of the compound, thinking that this long and laborious trip, spanning over forty miles, just to deliver yet another autumn cup of milk tea to Xu Manning, would undoubtedly touch Miss Xu deeply. He couldn't help but look forward to the upcoming meeting...

"Hey, young man, what are you doing?!"

But the security guard at the factory gate was the first obstacle, directly blocking Li Peifeng: "First scan your travel code!"

"Hey."

Li Peifeng watched as a man in his sixties or seventies came out from the pavilion, and pulled out his mobile phone to show the travel code. The old man glanced at it but still didn't let him through.

The old man frowned and asked, "You're not one of our employees, are you?"

Li Peifeng was a quick wit, bluffing: "I'm a... well, a model hired by our factory to try on clothes for an ad shoot."

"Is that so?"

The old man's eyes were sharp, scanning him from head to toe: "No one told me anything about this. Wait a minute, I'll call the office and check."

"No!"

Seeing his lie exposed, Li Peifeng's face fell: "I'll tell you straight, Manning is my... friend. She works hard, so I came to see her."

"Huh?" The old man's brows tightened, his expression was suspicious: "You're friends with President Xu?"

"Yes, yes."

Luckily, on Li Peifeng's phone, there was a photo with Xu Manning, the one he sent to Li Xin earlier. He took it out to show the old man: "Look here."

The old man laughed heartily, giving a big wave of his hand: "Go on in, she should be in the office on the third floor of the building."

Without another word, he let him go, not only telling him where Xu Manning was but also promising to keep quiet about Li Peifeng's visit to the factory.

"That young man, he's pretty handsome!"

The old guard, his hair graying, watched Li Peifeng's departing figure with a kindly elder's gaze, then walked into the duty room and picked up the desk phone.

"Hey, Xiaoya, it's your uncle."

"Nothing much, just saw your daughter's boyfriend. The young man is really handsome. Came by to see Manning at work and even brought milk tea. There's a word for this on the internet... oh yes, isn't he a 'warm guy'?"

"...?"

Hearing what was said over the line, the old man's face froze: "What? You didn't know? Your daughter has a boyfriend and you, as her mother, didn't know?!"

"..."

"Xiaoya, you'd better come and check. Don't worry, I'll make sure the gate's guarded, and it'll be easy in but hard out for him!"

The security guard's gaze was firm and sharp.

...

After passing the security guard, there were no more obstacles once inside the factory. Entering the central building, two receptionists watched him intently as he took the elevator to the third floor.

The third floor was bustling, a large office area lined with workstations, everyone busy and the scene lively, with sounds all around.

"Where's the document? Where did I put that USB drive just now?"

"When are the two trucks of accessories arriving? We're almost out, and the workers will have to stop soon."

"Xiaowang, the shipment to Yuncheng on Taobao was sent with the wrong size, go to the warehouse and resend an S size..."

Li Peifeng slowed down, searching for Xu Manning as he walked, past the office area, glancing at the nameplates on the office doors.

[E-commerce Dept (1)], [Design Dept (2)], [Customer Service Office (1)]

Li Peifeng had only seen the Sen Meng office building from a distance before, never been inside, and never visited Xu Manning's factory, so he wasn't very familiar.

"Got it!"

After some time, he reached the end, finding a newer nameplate than the others, marked [True Self Development Office]. Pausing, he knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Upon entering, he saw a young man and woman working at desks but didn't see Xu Manning. Li Peifeng went ahead to ask them.

"Hello, could you please tell me, where is Xu Manning?"

The male employee stayed silent, seemingly wary, while the female employee replied directly: "President Xu is in the Vice President's office on the sixth floor, entertaining a friend. And you are?"

Friend?

Li Peifeng's expression turned subtle: "I'm also her friend, thank you."

"Click~"

Once Li Peifeng closed the door and left, the male employee was slightly surprised: "How could you just tell him straight away? At least call President Xu to confirm his identity. Just from his word, who knows what kind of person he is?"

The female employee blushed slightly: "Someone that good-looking can't be a bad person, and didn't you see he was carrying milk tea? So handsome and warm... Being rich must be nice, having such a handsome guy to bring warmth."