My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Bai Xiaoyang exclaimed, didn’t run, his mind was racing, remembering, learning... After a while, he seemed to have digested a little, and asked with a smile, "Do you usually use this trick to hit on women?"

Li Peifeng smiled faintly, "It’s always them using this trick to hit on me."

Bai Xiaoyang let out a sound of realization, fixated on Li Peifeng’s face, and felt a surge of mixed emotions, mixed with bitterness, annoyance, self-abandonment, resentment, and disappointment spread in his heart yet unable to be expressed, only to realize this feeling was called: jealousy!!

"Actually, I’m really curious about the person you’re going to marry."

Bai Xiaoyang sighed, "You must tell me when you get married, I want to see what kind of woman can make you settle down!"

"Next time, definitely next time."

Li Peifeng gave an enigmatic answer, then seemed to spot an acquaintance and jogged away.

Bai Xiaoyang was puzzled, how could there be a next time? So, I’m not allowed to see the bride this time? Next time... which time is that?

Looking up again at Li Peifeng not far away, he was happily chatting with a female professor in a red robe. The old, oversized academic gown didn’t detract from the professor’s graceful figure and intellectual charm. She held the black academic cap in her hand, her dark red hair was styled in a new Chinese bun, elegant and uniquely captivating.

Taking a few steps forward to bypass the view blocked by Li Peifeng’s back, Bai Xiaoyang also saw the female professor’s face, her skin fair as snow, a pair of phoenix eyes as deep as a clear pool, where cold fish seemed to gather at the bottom chasing the moon playfully, cold enough to make people keep their distance; as her lips parted slightly, her mouth curved slightly upwards, as if often smiling, giving an impression of a spring breeze, yet contradictory...

Zhao Qingge, I’ve attended her class too, got to get a photo with her!

Bai Xiaoyang felt a flash of inspiration, estimating that using Li Peifeng’s mentor’s identity, his little request shouldn’t be refused, and graduating without a photo with this goddess-like professor on campus would be a pity.

"Just now the photo studio called me, said the wedding photos are ready, we’ll go get them later."

"Sure, but could we change the spot you wanted them before?"

Li Peifeng quietly negotiated, "Just hang them in the bedroom, not the living room. Otherwise, if they see them often, they might get annoyed and splash boiling water on them, or scribble all over them with a pen."

Zhao Qingge shook her head lightly, her eyes unyielding, "All rooms should have it, it’s my house, I’ll hang the wedding photos where I want, if they don’t like it, they can move out."

"The house isn’t finished being decorated yet, they won’t move, they’re more likely to just throw our wedding photos out..."

Noticing familiar footsteps behind him, Li Peifeng immediately stopped talking.

"Professor Zhao, hello!"

Bai Xiaoyang politely greeted Zhao Qingge, his body slightly leaning forward, "I’m Xiaoyang, do you remember me?"

Zhao Qingge smiled, "Of course, you’ve perked up a lot... Have you found a job yet?"

"Yes, currently interning at the Shanghai Normal University... um, can I take a photo with you?"

Zhao Qingge glanced at Li Peifeng, then nodded slightly, "Sure, but could you first help us take one, Xiaoyang?"

Bai Xiaoyang enthusiastically agreed, "No problem, I’ll do it."

The teacher and student duo found a photo spot, Li Peifeng chose a stance where they stood shoulder to shoulder but left a few centimeters between them, an appropriate distance that didn’t reveal the depth of their relationship for the camera.

About to take the photo, Zhao Qingge hesitated for a moment, then suddenly held Li Peifeng’s hand and pulled him closer to her direction.

Li Peifeng was stunned, and Bai Xiaoyang was also briefly stunned by the image displayed on the screen, but under Zhao Qingge’s prompt asking ’Are you ready?’, he quickly pressed the shutter.

"It’s done."

Li Peifeng blinked, let go of Zhao Qingge’s hand, and walked towards Bai Xiaoyang, "Send me the photo, okay."

"Ah, yes."

"I’m leaving."

"Yes, goodbye."

Bai Xiaoyang stared at the intimate pair on the screen, already forgetting his previous reason for talking to Zhao Qingge, inevitably a question arose in his heart;

"I remember Professor Zhao is supposed to be Li Peifeng’s mentor, are they... is their teacher-student relationship that good?"

...

"What do you think?"

"Yandu University’s hiring notice has been issued, in a few days I will no longer be a teacher at Beihua Normal University."

Zhao Qingge looked around the campus complexly, "You graduate, I also leave my job, how do you think I feel?"

Completely without obstacles, so a mix of emotions as well as relief?!!

Li Peifeng pondered again and again, "Shall we go home for a bit?"

"Aren’t we going to the photo studio to get the pictures?"

"We could fetch the household registration book first."

"..."