My System Forces Me to Live off Women

"..."

Xu Manning was a bit startled but also pleasantly surprised, "What’s up?"

"Let’s rehearse it first."

"This kind of thing doesn’t need a rehearsal!!"

Wu Wenyue didn’t care, conjured up some emotion, and pretended to pull out a ring from the pockets of her tight jeans, performing a blatantly fake invisible act.

"Where’s the ring?"

Xu Manning found it both funny and exasperating but was also filled with anticipation, her heart tightening a bit.

"Oh, let’s just leave it at that; I’ll make up for the ring later!"

After responding, Wu Wenyue continued to build up her emotions, stared at Xu Manning for a moment, and then slowly said, "Manning, actually, when we first started dating, I really wanted to just spend my life with you like that. But at that time, you were too dramatic, and I’m quite hot-tempered, so I couldn’t stand it..."

"Clearly, you’re the one who changed heart, no, your heart was never with me from the start." Xu Manning silently murmured to herself but didn’t voice these thoughts.

Wu Wenyue continued her narrative, her face displaying genuine emotional expression, "But after going through so much and getting back together, both of our tempers have been worn down by Xiaofeng, making us like completely different people. But is this actually a good or bad thing? I’m not sure."

"Once before bed, Xiaofeng told us something. I don’t know if you still remember, it was essentially about how people are products of everyone around them, those we choose to live with. They can destroy a person, change a person, or heal a person, finally settling on what kind of person someone becomes."

The topic had strayed too far, and Xu Manning forgot Wu Wenyue was proposing. She sighed wistfully, "She’s redefined us all."

"... and also healed us, perhaps."

Xu Manning fell silent and then asked Wu Wenyue what exactly she wanted to say.

Wu Wenyue paused for a moment, then got back to the point, looked at Xu Manning seriously, and said, "Lately, I’ve been thinking, maybe our relationship can stand without Xiaofeng’s. I’ve grown used to your coquettishness, your tantrums, your saying one thing but meaning another to be nice to me. If one day that jerk really leaves us, not registering and marrying us, but ends up with Old Zhao or Tianxuan, we’d be fine too!"

Really? If that kind of situation actually happened, you’d not be able to sleep unless you took out Li Peifeng?

Xu Manning’s eyes were suspicious, feeling her words were somewhat against her will, doubting how sincere Wu Wenyue was. But then she softly spoke again.

"Manning, I love you. If that day ever comes, marry me, and I will take care of you for a lifetime! The two of us can still build a warm home..."

Oh, so bittersweet, so aggrieved, yet so touched!

Xu Manning suddenly thought of the future Wu Wenyue painted, of being abandoned by Li Peifeng, left with only the two girls clinging to each other for warmth... so tragic!!

So Miss Xu’s eyes welled up again, and tears pattered down as she just uttered a single word "okay" before nodding wildly, then hugged Wu Wenyue and wailed, "Yueyue~ but you... you’re more comfortable to hug than not having a husband, his alien succubus body is so hot, so soft."

"You little harlot, you truly have no backbone!"

Wu Wenyue’s eyes also welled up, disregarding the disparaging remarks from the other as they held each other and cried.

"Knock knock~"

A very untimely knocking sounded.

"Open the door."

Li Peifeng said in a deep voice, "The alien succubus is here."

So, you know how to show up?

The two girls immediately fell silent, exchanging a glance, half a minute later, they calmed their emotions and wiped their tears before Wu Wenyue stood up to open the door but didn’t let him in right away, instead, she said calmly, "If you have something to say, say it. If not, don’t come in..."

"Can I not come in?"

Li Peifeng used his physical advantage to wedge himself inside, smiling as he pulled out his phone, "You were proposing to Manning; that’s something big that I have to record on video!"

"Come on, say that confession again for the camera, give me a good jab! The grievances you felt, let me experience them too, alright?"

Wu Wenyue remained expressionless, "Get out, is it the same in essence?"

Xu Manning sneered, "He wants to see it, Yueyue, just do it again, it’s no big deal. Don’t act like the world stops revolving without him, we can live just as well without you!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Li Peifeng nodded repeatedly, sitting beside Xu Manning, he addressed Wu Wenyue, "Let’s go, Brother Yue, bring out that affectionate look from before, just pretend I’m not here."

"Yueyue!"

Wu Wenyue initially didn’t want to continue the act, but Xu Manning urged her, and along with Li Peifeng’s provoking, it stirred her fighting spirit, fine, then, you proposed to Zhao Qingge in front of us, so what’s wrong with me proposing to Xu Manning in front of you? You want a look, I’ll give you one!

With that thought, Wu Wenyue immediately sat on the other side of Xu Manning, lifted her hand, flaunted it a bit in front of Li Peifeng, then said, "I’ll say it again, it’s still that speech, Manning, our relationship can exist without Xiaofeng!"

"So, Manning, I love you, marry me..."

Li Peifeng, holding his phone, calmly interrupted, "Aren’t you missing a step? Weren’t you kneeling on one knee earlier?"

"Yes." Xu Manning straightforwardly nodded, "Yueyue, you... Alright, go ahead, quickly!"

Li Peifeng gave a slight hum, "Kneel, I knelt to Old Zhao back when. You leave out one step and I won’t fully empathize with your grievances."

Wu Wenyue hesitated for half a second, then stood, faced Xu Manning, knelt on one knee, and with undiminished affection, said, "Manning, I love you, marry me, I’ll take care of you for a lifetime! The two of us can still build a warm home... Li Peifeng, shut the hell up!"

Halfway through the words, Wu Wenyue’s expression turned to shock because Li Peifeng put down his phone and suddenly leaned in to kiss her proposal target.

"Mm... let go!"

Xu Manning remained steadfast, putting up a strong struggle, but she had neither the strength nor reflexes of Li Peifeng, and could only be humiliated while turning beet-red!

"You shameless bastard!" Wu Wenyue fumed, grinding her teeth nearly to pieces, as she stood to separate the two, only to be subdued by Li Peifeng with a single hand.

"Speak, who are you really going to marry?"

Li Peifeng multitasked, even taking the time to put Xu Manning on the spot, Miss Xu, tongue-tied and unable to utter coherent syllables, but her eyes, meant to be angry, turned a bit drowsy and coy.

Alright, you still understand the situation!

Li Peifeng used his right hand to push Wu Wenyue into their embrace, bowing his head intending to kiss again, "Your fiancée is really something, now let’s see what’s going on with you!"

But Wu Wenyue had a fiery temper, her eyes blazed, her mouth opened to bite his face, he failed to kiss her, almost losing a chunk of cheek.

"You still want to abandon me and form a family with Manning alone, did I agree to that?"

"What’s your consent worth? Let go of me and Manning, or I will shout! When Old Zhao sees this, the ring’s going into the lake!"

Li Peifeng gave up on kissing, moved to unfasten his clothes, all bark and no bite, "Like to shout huh? Like to propose huh?..."

"No!" Xu Manning was scared stiff, trembling all over, but her eyes gleamed with... hmm, probably the undried glittering tears!