My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 530: Chapter 342: Just Around the Corner

"What’s there to fuss about? Drinking juice is such a wonderful thing..."

"I won’t drink it! Take it away!!"

Because of a cup of orange juice tinged with black, a trust crisis unprecedented between father and son emerged.

Li Qiyuan now has every reason to suspect that the son he has raised for many years is actually a sociopathic, irredeemably evil psycho. This time, because he and Yu Huizhi opposed Li Peifeng’s polygamous lifestyle, this rebel revealed his true colors, intending to poison them to eliminate obstacles to his romantic pursuits...

If this isn’t the case, there’s no way to explain why Li Peifeng only added stuff to two of three cups of juice, while his own cup was left untouched.

"At least try to hide it from me a bit, won’t you? Poisoning openly without even trying to hide— with this color, who do you think you’re going to fool?"

Li Qiyuan scolded in panic and anger, while Li Peifeng, half crying, half laughing, directly picked up the cup with the concoction and took a big gulp.

Besides the sweet and sour natural taste of orange juice, there was a faint taste of herbal medicine, a bit odd, but still acceptable. Most importantly, similar to the Peiyuan Pill, this drink could instantly make one feel a rush of warmth. However, perhaps due to the dilution with mixed juice, the warmth was somewhat faint.

"You?"

Li Qiyuan was doubtful and suspicious, Li Peifeng helplessly explained: "What poison am I putting in it? I just added a tonic, specifically bought for you. On this trip to Hangzhou, I coincidentally met an old traditional medicine doctor with exceptional skills; I asked him if there was any tonic suitable for the elderly. After much pleading, the old doctor was moved by my filial piety and made a decision against his ancestors’ teachings to sell me this tonic..."

"This formula contains ingredients like fleeceflower root and ginseng. He said there’s nothing like it in the world; it’s a holy medicine that facilitates hair growth and delays aging!"

While saying this, Li Peifeng activated the "Social Expert" aura, attempting to make his lie more believable and also to test the effectiveness of this aura.

"Nonsense, aren’t you being deceived?"

Li Qiyuan let out a long sigh, still full of doubt, but this time suspecting not poison but questioning whether the tonic was legitimate.

"Then why didn’t you just give us the tonic directly, but sneakily added it to the juice?"

"Didn’t want the bitterness to put you off."

"Having you and your mother is bitter enough!"

"Try it, see the effects before speaking, it cost money, don’t waste it, it’s quite pricey."

Seeing Li Qiyuan tentatively start sipping the juice while frowning, Li Peifeng also felt relieved, secretly thinking perhaps the aura’s power had kicked in, though his sneaky method almost backfired.

"Mom, Mom Mo, time for dinner!"

Li Peifeng called out, turned to the kitchen to bring out the dishes. But as the dishes were served, and father and son were ready to eat, Yu Huizhi finally emerged from the bedroom. She was holding her phone, with a worried expression clearly upset.

"What’s wrong?"

Li Qiyuan asked with concern, but Yu Huizhi glared at her son: "A colleague from our institute, she said she has a sister who doesn’t have a partner and saw Fengfeng on TV, admired him a lot, wants to meet him, asked me if I could make an introduction."

Li Qiyuan chuckled, then perhaps realizing he shouldn’t laugh, he sternly pointed at Li Peifeng: "Why introduce someone to him? He’s already mixed up with a movie star."

Li Peifeng simply handed over the other cup with the tonic, changing the subject: "Mom, have some of this first."

Yu Huizhi didn’t really care, sipping from the cup and clicking her tongue: "What taste is this? Has the drink gone off?"

"I put a pill in there to enhance beauty."

"Oh?"

Li Peifeng repeated the same story he told Li Qiyuan, exaggerating a bit per the system’s guidance, even throwing in ’rejuvenation’. Yu Huizhi was half suspicious, but perhaps genuinely thirsty, so she drank half the cup in one go, picked up her chopsticks, readying to eat.

"Today’s dishes look pretty good."

Li Qiyuan was already squinting his eyes enjoying the meal but still picked up a piece of meat and placed it in his wife’s bowl: "Try it, Fengfeng’s culinary skills have indeed improved significantly."

"Mm~"

Yu Huizhi just took a bite of braised pork, her eyes instantly widened: "This taste?"

This piece of meat was soft, tender, and tasty, salty and sweet, neither too fatty nor greasy. Most importantly, after swallowing, a magical image seemed to flash through Yu Huizhi’s mind.

It was a white, chubby young pig smiling at her adorably... Hmm, kind of like Li Peifeng during his baby years.

"Oh wow~ How is it so delicious?"

Li Qiyuan, still eating, was puzzled: "The rice is nice too, smells intriguing... Did you buy new rice?"

"No, just what we’ve had at home."

"That can’t be right, how did your culinary skills suddenly improve so much? You could totally compete with the chefs at Haililong’s restaurant."

"Maybe I put more effort into it."

Haililong is a very renowned restaurant in Ningyuan City, highly regarded locally; Li Qiyuan’s praise was already impressive, yet Li Peifeng wasn’t quite satisfied, contemplating needing more practice to enhance his control of "Heart of the Chef" to reach near-magical levels.

Following this meal, Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were willing to give him the chance, expressing that from now on until the start of school, he would be the household chef.

With the intention of surprising several girls with great dishes, Li Peifeng agreed without hesitation.

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If Li Peifeng can graduate early next semester, then this winter break will probably be his last holiday in student life.