My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 328 - 267: Stir-Fried Li Peifeng, Part 2

"You two, in your next lives, should really become trees!"

Li Peifeng shook his head, made some edits, and hurriedly two hours flew by. After finishing two articles, he sent them to Lu Jing and Lin Zhihui. Just then, the doorbell rang.

...

"Have you decided what to cook for me?"

The visitor was none other than Huang Tianxuan, who came over for a free meal. She was no longer wearing a white coat but a camel-colored overcoat, with tight black jeans and over-the-knee black boots.

Huang Tianxuan took off her coat, revealing the white knit top underneath that accentuated her hourglass figure, her chest barely contained. The top was a form-fitting thin material, faintly showing the straps of her bra.

"Whatever I make is what you eat."

Li Peifeng took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to her, casually saying, "I bought some vegetables and lamb chops at noon. I’ll roast some lamb chops, stir-fry some vegetables, and make a soup... Do you drink?"

"Not today, the driver is on leave, so I drove myself."

Huang Tianxuan bent down, pretending to take off her boots, but while the over-the-knee boots were attractive and made her legs look longer, they had a clear downside: they were hard to take off. At the top, there was a thin lace, and after untying it, there was a zipper running from the knee to the ankle; the boots were tight, and the zipper wasn’t easily opened.

Huang Tianxuan bent over, fiddled with it for a long time, but only managed to unzip one boot halfway before it got stuck.

"Sit on the sofa, I’ll help you."

Seeing her struggle, Li Peifeng’s helpful heart couldn’t resist, but Huang Tianxuan stood up, smiling knowingly, "Are you helping me take off my shoes, or trying to take advantage of me?"

"Helping you take off your shoes is taking advantage of you? Do you have to be so disgusting?"

Li Peifeng mocked, "Forget it, your big feet have been in these boots all day; they must smell horrible. To avoid polluting the air in my house, just keep them on."

"It’s you who has smelly feet!" Huang Tianxuan rolled her eyes, sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, "Take them off then."

*[A bit panicked, as soon as I’m in the door, this little brother wants me to take off my shoes, is he going to ask me to take off my clothes next?!]*

Li Peifeng chuckled inwardly, not wanting to deliberately scare her, he swiftly helped her remove her boots, revealing her feet clad in sports socks, and with his keen sense of smell, there wasn’t much of an odor...

"I always change into sneakers when I work in the lab."

Seemingly explaining herself, Huang Tianxuan put on the slippers and got up, saying, "Let’s cook. I’ll help you. The faster it’s done, the sooner we eat; I’m really hungry."

"Alright, then you wash the vegetables, and I’ll handle the lamb chops."

The two clearly divided the work, starting to bustle in the kitchen. She washed the vegetables while he cut the meat, she cooked rice, and he grilled the chops. There was a warmth in their mundane tasks; though they were still just flirting ambiguously, neither had clarified their relationship, at this moment they were like a couple living together.

However, since Huang Tianxuan hadn’t really cooked before, washing vegetables was fine, but truly helping out was challenging. She couldn’t even cut vegetables properly, looking a bit flustered.

Li Peifeng glanced at the uneven potato pieces on the cutting board, commenting, "The pieces are a bit big, and your knife skills are off."

"Want to do it?"

"I’ll teach you."

So, Li Peifeng stood behind Huang Tianxuan, closely guiding her hand in hand on how to cut vegetables.

"When you hold the knife, place your index finger and thumb on either side of the blade near the handle, and let the other three fingers naturally grip the handle. Got it?"

"Mm."

"Now, follow my strength and try it."

With his chin resting on Huang Tianxuan’s shoulder, Li Peifeng softly whispered by her ear, "Relax your hand, yes."

*thump thump*

In the winter’s short days and long nights, beyond the kitchen window, the sky was no longer bright and the sun and moon no longer shone.

The potato, pinned down on the cutting board and sliced repeatedly by a man and woman working together, if it could speak, the first thing it would shout is: "You dastardly duo, just finish me off quickly!"

Perhaps the heavens couldn’t bear both physical damage and mental persecution on the potato, an unexpected interruption occurred!

*"Ring Ring~~"*

"Your phone is ringing..."

Trying to catch her breath, Huang Tianxuan pushed Li Peifeng away: "Answer the call first."

He really didn’t want to answer!

Even though Li Peifeng hadn’t seen who was calling, he had a premonition that taking this call would lead to trouble. But he took out his phone and looked at it, and indeed, the caller was Zhao Qingge.

"Your supervisor?"

Huang Tianxuan’s tone was subtle: "Aren’t you going to answer?"

Li Peifeng made a shushing gesture, and hesitated before choosing to pick it up.

"Are you home?"

Hearing his supervisor’s first question, Li’s heart tightened once more: "Yes, I’m home."

"Have you eaten?"

"...Just started cooking."

"There’s something about the project I want to discuss with you. Should I come over to your place?"

Li Peifeng glanced at the girl in the kitchen who was intently watching him, his mind racing with thoughts before finally saying, "Alright, you can come over, but Huang Tianxuan is also here. She came over to discuss the progress on drug development with me, so she’ll have dinner here."

Lying about not being home or going out with Old Zhao was completely out of the question, and Li Peifeng was tired of it. He had dreams and avoiding meetings between the girls was just deceiving himself and being an ostrich, not facing problems, which meant they couldn’t be solved.

But since Huang Tianxuan was at his place, he needed a reasonable excuse, couldn’t be too blunt, needed to make it easy for both sides...

Perhaps the excuse was good enough because Zhao Qingge paused briefly, not angry, but asked, "What drug development? Is it the one you gave me last time?"

"Yes."

"I’ll come over shortly."