Chapter 563: Chapter 53: Open the Door_3
Li Peifeng scratched his head, "It’s common for young people not to see their future clearly... Did you come to annoy me in the middle of the night?"
He Yimeng’s smile faded slightly, eyes serious, "I want to help you find your true self."
Li Peifeng chuckled, "You’re helping me find it? Then is it still my true self?"
He Yimeng shrugged, "Let’s talk and give it a try."
"..."
"Do you want to talk with me?"
"..."
Li Peifeng’s expression was complex. Seeing his silence, He Yimeng changed her approach, "Let’s go one by one, who is the first?"
"Aren’t you going to follow the dual principles of consultancy?"
"This isn’t a consultancy session, just a chat."
Li Peifeng pondered for a long time, and memories with several girls uncontrollably surged in his mind, from reality, from dreams, various images flooding...
"You betrayed my life, I repay your debt. From this karmic bond, through hundreds and thousands of lifetimes, we are always in life and death."
"You love my heart, I cherish your appearance. From this karmic bond, through hundreds and thousands of lifetimes, we are always entangled."
These two sentences were murmured by Li Peifeng, leaving He Yimeng stunned, "Be straightforward, what are you trying to say? Don’t be cryptic with Buddhist scriptures."
"Buddha said; choose any torture from the Qing dynasty, just don’t kill me with the knife of emotion!"
Li Peifeng sighed deeply, almost making He Yimeng laugh, but being professional, she held it in, "Continue?"
Li Peifeng took a sip of water, sighed, "Let’s start with Wu Wenyue..."
Feeling overwhelmed, deeply anxious, Li Peifeng wanted someone to talk to, and He Yimeng was undoubtedly a good choice.
Although they currently had a close relationship, she was still outside the five-in-one circle, and as a psychological consultant, she maintained a relatively objective stance. Additionally, due to her contract as a triadic actress, He Yimeng would keep this conversation confidential, with minimal risk of leakage.
So, at this time, Li Peifeng recounted his relationships with those four girls from start to finish, in detail, including several encounters in their Shared Dream.
Even though He Yimeng called this a casual chat, she slipped into the role of a psychological consultant, set aside her biases, and employed her skills; listening, empathy, healing.
On this late-night visit, He Yimeng came with a compassionate heart to save the suffering, aiming to make Li Peifeng see reality, accept it, and thus change his currently terrible romantic situation; help Li Peifeng grow psychologically, eventually find a solution; make him fully realize that love is not a game, where children want it all, but adults make choices with regrets...
If he chooses me in the end, that would be even better!
This little hidden thought deep in He Yimeng’s heart was unknown to Li Peifeng, and he was not telepathically connected, he just wanted to unreservedly, completely tell the entangled stories of himself with the four girls.
By the end, as expected, Li Peifeng truly felt as relieved as predicted, yet He Yimeng was no longer as calm and neutral, her words less objective; in short, she was a bit overwhelmed...
"Do you still want to register marriage with the four of them?"
"Ah... I did think so, but two of them disagreed, and my parents are also an obstacle, so everything’s stuck."
He Yimeng took a few quick breaths, eyes fixed on Li Peifeng’s face, repeatedly telling herself inside to calm down, calm down, finally restoring her expression, "So, what are your thoughts? Keep trying? Convincing them with action?"
"Maybe." Li Peifeng frowned, "I’m not sure what I think, but for now, everything’s stuck, maybe I’ll focus more on making money..."
"If, I mean if, after your persistent effort in the future, they all agree, but what about the issues from their families and your future married life, have you considered it?"
Li Peifeng’s frown relaxed, speaking in a lyrical tone, "Life is a battlefield, with a tiger’s heart to stand in the upstream, grasping direction in headwinds. I want to be a brave and meticulous tiger, a Haiyan in a storm, a lone star that doesn’t change its color!"
He Yimeng sighed, "Being anything but human, right?"
"What kind of talk is that?"
Li Peifeng looked displeased, "Where’s your objectivity and empathy? Why are you starting to attack me?"
"You..."
He Yimeng wanted to speak but stopped, then nodded, "You’ve made one correct decision, to temporarily distance yourself from this emotional whirlpool, the farther away from others, the closer to yourself. You may need to experience more, continuously explore, make mistakes, only then you may understand what result you really want."
The words carried empathy and support, appearing balanced but no longer neutral.
For the first time, He Yimeng felt utterly powerless, wishing she could use the mythical ’hypnosis’ to immediately twist Li Peifeng’s logic and transmit how she wanted him to treat relationships, finally stamping a ’Li Peifeng forever loves He Yimeng’ mental seal.
But she couldn’t, as psychological consultation is actually quite weak, and there’s no hypnosis to instantly flip someone’s thoughts...
"Would you?"
He Yimeng was still processing Li Peifeng’s experiences when she heard him ask a baffling question.
"Willing to? Willing to what?"
Li Peifeng blinked, tentatively asked, "Would you be the fifth to register marriage with me?"
He Yimeng’s mouth opened slightly, staring for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Well... how about you give me a billion dowry, let me think about it?"
Li Peifeng’s face turned serious, silent.
He Yimeng raised an eyebrow, "You immediately agreed when Wu Wenyue asked a billion, why hesitate with me?"
Li Peifeng slowly said, "Honestly, when Wenyue asked for a billion, I believed it; you ask for a billion, I suspect you’re trying to scam my dowry."
He Yimeng didn’t respond, glancing at her phone, somewhat surprised, "It’s eleven o’clock."
Feeling guilty!
Li Peifeng nodded firmly, "The chance of you turning against me after I pay is even higher."
He Yimeng looked up, not denying, chuckling, "Handle those four first before worrying about me... you’re truly crazy."
"Wait a minute!"
Just as they were chatting well, Li Peifeng suddenly gestured her to be silent, face tense.
"What is it?" He Yimeng lowered her voice, noticing his eyes on the door, looking over herself.
There’s nothing there, pretending to see a ghost to scare me? Boring!
Two seconds later, He Yimeng rolled her eyes, about to laugh and scold him childish, but then heard a gentle knock on the door.
"Knock~ knock~"
The atmosphere turned terrifying instantly!!
He Yimeng’s expression froze, heartbeat accelerated, her thoughts raced, half a second’s fright before ruling out ghosts, calming down.
Because, she guessed the most likely answer: "Zhao Qingge came to see you?!!"
"Ding~"
Li Peifeng’s phone chimed with a WeChat notification.
Zhao Qingge: "Open the door."
"..."
At this moment, Li Peifeng would rather the one knocking be someone like Sadako, Xiaoqian, or other female ghosts... Even genderless Tree Demon Grandmothers were less scary than Zhao Qingge outside the door!
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