My System Forces Me to Live off Women

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The subtleties of time might not be felt by the young. It’s something that flows through everyone in the same manner, yet each person experiences it differently.

For Li Peifeng, who stays awake for 160 hours out of 168 each week, his approach to time is more calm and collected.

Apart from his time spent on writing every day, Li Peifeng occasionally visits his mobile game company or checks on the other two companies responsible for the animation, comic, and film adaptations of "Sword and Law".

But he dedicates most of his time and energy to the girl beside him.

Stabilizing and deepening emotional connections with her is what Li Peifeng values most.

Under his management, the four girls living together have never had any major arguments, but as the saying goes: when living together, it’s inevitable for the ladle to bump the pot bottom.

Even between a couple, cohabitation involves some clashes, let alone when a villa houses one man with four women?

No matter how hard Li Peifeng tries to avoid conflicts, small skirmishes are inevitable.

Especially since Zhao Qingge was proposed to, her demeanor seems to have taken on a subtle change—in simpler terms, her possessiveness increased with a greater sense of a lady-of-the-house attitude, indirectly leading to more frequent minor altercations than before the trip...

The situation began when, after dinner, Zhao Qingge ordered Li Peifeng, ’It’s about time you sleep today, back to the master bedroom,’ implying he should sleep in the same room and bed with her.

It might appear as a desire to grow closer to Li Peifeng, but really, Old Zhao wanted to keep Li Peifeng tightly in her palm, preventing him from sneaking into the other three girls’ rooms to cause trouble in the middle of the night.

Li Peifeng hadn’t said anything yet, but the other three affected weren’t pleased. Xu Manning was the first to speak, sarcastically: "Someone’s planning on occupying the pit without pooping again."

Wu Wenyue added, "Maybe she got used to sleeping together those two days during the trip, and now feels uncomfortable with a missing man in bed."

Huang Tianxuan laughed, "That night on Sapu..."

That night sleeping in the RV at the foot of Sapu Mountain remained a thorn in Zhao Qingge’s heart. With Huang Tianxuan bringing it up, her face immediately darkened, and she angrily shouted for silence.

Li Peifeng could tolerate her attitude, but those three weren’t having it, raising their voices in response.

"What? Why are you shouting?"

"Put away that engagement ring. It’s just a proposal, isn’t it? Eventually, you’ll break up. Why are you so full of yourself? Have you forgotten how we agreed on things initially?"

"She didn’t discuss it with us. I think she’s planning on monopolizing."

"Shameless, aren’t you supposed to be his mentor? Have you forgotten? Where’s your professionalism? I’m embarrassed for you!"

One mouth can’t compete with three, so Zhao Qingge didn’t open her mouth to counter. She got up from the table, went upstairs to the master bedroom, and shortly returned downstairs with a large book. She slammed the ’property ownership certificate’ onto the table, declaring decisively, "This is my house. If you keep arguing, you’re out!"

It was indeed a trump card, but the three girls remained undeterred, either chuckling coldly or showing disdain. Xu Manning even turned to Li Peifeng to question, "She’s kicking us out, aren’t you going to do something? If you don’t, I’m leaving. We have plenty of houses, it’s not like we enjoy living here!"

There’s been plenty of arguments among them, and Li Peifeng has often been the appeaser, but he was somewhat tired of it. Still, he calmly continued eating: "None of you need to leave. After dinner, I’ll leave. I’ll just find a hotel to stay for a night."

Xu Manning paused, not expecting this reaction from Li Peifeng. Meanwhile, Wu Wenyue sighed, "Do you need a hotel? Just find any random girl out there and crash at her place. This place can no longer offer you warmth!"

Huang Tianxuan frowned, "Peifeng, is this your attitude towards solving problems? Are you showing your true colors now? What will you do in the future?"

Zhao Qingge genuinely got upset, staring at Li Peifeng expressionlessly.

Li Peifeng glanced at her, then around the room: "What if I just don’t sleep, okay? I’m not tired today."

"What about tomorrow? The day after?"

Zhao Qingge spoke slowly, "What about after we’re married? Do you still plan to sleep separately then?"

"Actually, I was thinking of ordering a specially made bed for five people by then..."

"!!"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, Li Peifeng realized he’d slipped up, and quickly shoveled a large spoonful of rice into his mouth.

"Li Peifeng, you need to explain this to me!"

Zhao Qingge’s face was pale with anger, wanting to know what he meant by the specially made bed, when suddenly, Li Peifeng’s phone began ringing.

It was a video call. The caller, Yu Huizhi!

"Hi, Mom?"

Li Peifeng quickly answered the call and moved the camera to sweep across the girls’ faces. Their expressions uniformly turned into awkward fake smiles.

"Hello, Auntie."

"How’s your health, Ma’am?"

"We’re fine too."

Yu Huizhi responded politely and, upon seeing Li Peifeng’s face reappear on the screen, asked tentatively, "Fengfeng, what are you all up to?"

"Having dinner."

Yu Huizhi muttered, ’I thought you were having a quarrel,’ and then smiled, "The TV show ’Evil Boss’ has aired, and its ratings are pretty good. Have you all watched it yet?"