My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 539: Chapter 345: Year-End Trivialities

"Pa~"

Zhao Qingge’s mind was a mess, but she decisively turned off the monitor, grabbed her phone without bothering to put on shoes, ran barefoot across the floor to the bedroom, quickly dived into bed, pulled the covers over her, and after hesitating for half a second, chose to answer the call.

"Hello..." Zhao Qingge’s expression was calm, but her tone was somewhat low, like someone who had just fallen asleep and been awakened: "What’s up?"

"I miss you."

Saying it once wasn’t enough, Li Peifeng repeated it more affectionately: "I miss you."

"Calling randomly, I just fell asleep and you woke me up."

Zhao Qingge’s tone was slightly displeased: "Is there anything else?"

"Yes, I went to a class reunion today..."

Li Peifeng, trying to find something to say, briefly recounted the events at the reunion, focusing on the experiences of classmates and teachers who had passed away, lamenting the hardships of life and the unpredictability of life and death.

"Everyone is like a lamb in the wilderness, playing ignorantly under the butcher’s watchful eye. In the sunny spring, people forget about the storms and clouds. If life goes smoothly, they forget the tragic fate hidden in the smoothness of life; poverty, disease, disability, weakening eyesight, or even aging to the point of losing independence."

"I often think, now I’m still healthy, but I can’t predict when an accident might happen, nor can I escape the years of aging. It’s really uninteresting, making me feel that life is just a step-by-step journey towards death..."

After listening to Li Peifeng’s monologue, Zhao Qingge finally spoke: "Have you been reading Schopenhauer lately?"

"Yes, after the reunion, his words came to mind."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Qingge sighed softly: "That’s how the world is, up close, it’s not grand at all." Then she shifted her tone: "But if you think optimistically, death has nothing to do with us, because as long as we exist, death won’t arrive. And when death comes, we won’t exist to feel anything, and maybe we can continue to exist in another form in another world, so there’s nothing scary about it."

"As long as we truly experience life and cherish every small happy moment, and live once without worrying about the outcome, it doesn’t matter."

Listening to the soft words, a warmth seemed to fill Li Peifeng’s heart, dispelling the mist on the mountains, and he couldn’t help but laugh: "You’re so good, I just want to hold you."

"..."

Zhao Qingge didn’t speak, and after a moment of silence, she opened her phone’s TT to look at some photos sent earlier by 人间一两风, her eyes softening with a touch of tenderness.

"Are you lying in bed?"

"Yes."

"Can I join you?"

"..."

Li Peifeng pushed his luck: "You should take off your pajamas."

"... No, I won’t."

"Then I’ll just not wear anything and hold you like this."

"..."

"Qingge, will you stay with me until death’s endpoint?"

After a long silence, Zhao Qingge replied softly: "Depends on your behavior."

This time, it was Li Peifeng’s turn to remain silent. Zhao Qingge waited for a while, finally unable to resist asking: "What are you doing?"

"Undressing you, lifting your legs... just one more piece to go."

"No way..."

Zhao Qingge’s tone carried some panic, but she still held her phone, looking at Li Peifeng’s photo, her lips mouthing words she couldn’t articulate, leaving only slightly heavy breathing coming through the mic.

This winter night, Zhao Qingge’s quilt was probably around forty degrees, unrelated to the underfloor heating and electric blanket, it was the temperature of love and longing, and the heat generated by friction.

Who says longing is silent? Even if someone tries hard to control it, Li Peifeng heard it loud and clear.

At eleven o’clock, the call hadn’t ended. But the longing on both sides had eased a lot!!

Hurriedly tidying her dress to appear calm, only today could her debt of longing be cleared.

Lying in bed, Zhao Qingge’s face was flushed, but her tone was still stiff: "Shut up, if you say any more dirty words, I’m hanging up."

"You finished... no, are you tired?"

"Tired."

Not tired, just pretending not to know after putting on pants.

Li Peifeng snorted quietly, a bit annoyed, but only slightly, as he pondered that his ’getting a license one by one’ ultimate solution seemed suitable to be proposed to her at this moment.

He had discussed this with Wu and Xu. The requirement of a billion dowry from Wu Wenyue was a bit difficult, but Li Peifeng had the magical item [Time Rewind], so he wasn’t too worried.

Xu Manning hadn’t agreed, but she hadn’t explicitly opposed either, so when Li Peifeng actually executed it, resistance wouldn’t be substantial. Thus, among the four, he hadn’t spoken to Huang Tianxuan and Zhao Qingge yet...

Better to say it sooner, the earlier it’s said, the more time there is to work on the other’s mindset, persuading them to agree. Plus, the opportunity was rare, Zhao Qingge was in a satisfied state of clarity, no time was more suitable than this.

With a thought, Li Peifeng gently broached the topic: "You asked me to think carefully during the winter break and give you an answer. I have been listening seriously, and recently I thought of a way to resolve our relationship issues. I wonder if you agree."

"What method?"

Li Peifeng gathered his thoughts and said: "Based on being responsible for our feelings, for you, and for them, I think..."

He spent half a minute explaining the method of ’getting a license one by one’ in detail, and Zhao Qingge said nothing, falling into a long silence.

"What do you think of this method?"

Li Peifeng cautiously asked, and Zhao Qingge exhaled softly, as if trying to expel all her frustrations: "Not that great."