My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 540: Chapter 345: Trivial Matters Before the New Year

"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"

The call was hung up by Zhao Qingge, which was within Li Peifeng’s expectations. He never expected her to agree after just listening to his suggestion. That was impossible. She would at least need time to think it over and weigh her options.

In the meantime, Li Peifeng had to persistently express his sincerity and persuade Zhao Qingge to agree.

This process would definitely not be short and certainly not easy.

"A heavy task and a long road ahead!"

Li Peifeng felt pressured but even more motivated!

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The next day, on January 25th, at noon on the day before the Chinese New Year, Li Peifeng went with his parents to his grandfather Li Tiancheng’s house.

The old man was seventy-four this year, a retired worker, full of energy, enjoying walks, dancing, fishing, and traveling. Since his wife passed away, he had been living alone in the Brocade Century District, two kilometers from Li Qiyuan’s house. Sometimes, Li Yu and his wife would go over to have a meal with him.

According to the Li family tradition, all members would celebrate the day before Chinese New Year at the old man’s place, and this year was no exception. Li Qiyuan’s brother and sister, Li Peifeng’s uncle and aunt, also brought their families over.

The Li family was thriving. Although Li Peifeng was an only child, his uncle and aunt each had two children. The former had a boy and a girl, the latter two girls, with the oldest being twenty-one and the youngest fifteen.

When Li Qiyuan and his family of three entered the house with gifts, Li Peifeng saw that his uncle and aunt were already there. The adults were busy in the kitchen while the living room was filled with kids.

"Cousin."

"Big brother."

"Brother Feng."

"Handsome guy!"

The three girls and one boy burst into smiles when they saw Li Qiyuan’s family. They greeted him warmly, especially eager to please Li Peifeng.

Li Peifeng, used to it, nodded: "Say Happy New Year."

The four kids seemed to have rehearsed it, exchanged glances, and shouted in unison, "Brother, Happy New Year, wishing you prosperity."

"Good kids."

Li Peifeng smiled contentedly, pulled out the four red envelopes he had prepared from his clothes, handed one to each, and patted their heads: "Use it to buy some clothes."

"Wow, this year it’s... two thousand?"

"Big brother is even more generous this year!"

"And more handsome!"

The four kids immediately tore open their red envelopes, exclaiming and making noise over the amount they found inside.

He gave out eight thousand yuan in red envelopes and had four thousand left since the following day, Li Peifeng went with his parents to his grandmother and grandfather’s house for lunch.

Yu Huizhi was also the eldest in her family, with a brother who had two children, which made them Li Peifeng’s cousins. Naturally, he had to give them red envelopes too.

After both meals, they returned home, and on the way, Li Peifeng couldn’t help but say, "For New Year, I spent twelve thousand on red envelopes alone and didn’t get anything back. My grandpa, grandma, and grandpa, and even those uncles and aunts, didn’t give me a cent..."

Li Qiyuan, who was driving, glanced at him: "What are you trying to say?"

Li Peifeng blinked: "Mom and Dad, are you not going to show me some appreciation this year? At least give me a red envelope for formality."

"No way!"

Yu Huizhi’s answer was cut and dry!

Li Peifeng let out a long sigh and silently made a post on his social media.

"I used to think that as you grow older, you’re bound to gain something. But I don’t know when I started feeling that the older you get, the more you lose... For example, I can’t even get red envelopes during New Year anymore!!!"