My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 343 - 273: All Acquainted_3

He Yimeng laughed, "Your romantic luck is really flourishing. Tell me, how do you feel about soon living with three beautiful women?"

"No thoughts! Have you chatted with them?"

"Just casually chatted a bit." He Yimeng pondered, "Mainly about Huang Tianxuan. I feel like Dr. Huang could be a potential client of mine, but I didn’t expect that your supervisor and my supervisor actually know each other."

Li Peifeng recalled He Yimeng talking about her supervisor, the deputy dean of the School of Psychology, an elderly lady with a head full of silver hair—very kind, yet strict.

"It’s not surprising they know each other, since my supervisor comes from a family of academics."

"But I have some bad news for you. You might have to find a new partner tomorrow."

Li Peifeng was puzzled, "Why?"

He Yimeng kept her eyes on him and, seeing that he wasn’t disappointed, pouted slightly under her mask, "Because Sister Zheng agreed to let me set up a ’Psychological Assistance Service Center’ in the community, and she even plans to help renovate that garage temporarily. She’ll also donate some of the old desks and chairs from their community. If all goes well, the ’True Feelings’ studio will be running tomorrow, serving most residents except those closely contacted with the virus."

"That’s great news!" Li Peifeng laughed, "But I’m curious, how did you convince her to support you so strongly?"

He Yimeng shrugged, then shook her white head, looking unexpectedly cute, and said innocently, "I don’t have that much influence. I had my supervisor contact the community leaders on behalf of the school. But it comes at a cost. From now on, I have to provide free psychological consultations for Taipingzhuang Community twice a year. Also, during this lockdown, the community leaders will invite the media to cover the event."

"Got it!"

Li Peifeng could already imagine how the media would report on it, with lines like:

"Heartwarming actions in the battle against the pandemic."

"Dispersing the pandemic’s mental haze, Taipingzhuang Community ensures residents’ psychological health during the outbreak."

Maybe even Beijing Hua Shi’s public account and website would report it, with something like "In the face of a ruthless pandemic, kindness remains—Beijing Hua Shi’s psychologists in action."

A win-win. It’s a win-win. The school gains fame, the community gets credit, and the residents receive aid...

"This also seems like an opportunity."

Li Peifeng wiped the fog from his goggles and suggested, "Why not let your filming team come in as well? In the meantime, you could shoot some videos, and then promote them. Maybe your video account could have a great start."

He Yimeng was stunned, her eyes somewhat bewildered, "Are you serious? Can we really do this? Wouldn’t it be problematic?"

Li Peifeng countered, "What’s the problem? You’re genuinely fighting the pandemic, genuinely volunteering, and will genuinely provide psychological support to the residents. They’re already going to promote you, so why not do some advertising yourself? Isn’t it worth spreading the word about good people doing good things?"

"That’s not the case."

He Yimeng’s eyes were puzzled, gradually clearing up, "Perhaps it’s about the original intention. If my intention to volunteer wasn’t right or it was purely for helping others, then... still no. This would be like exploiting others’ misery. I’ll just take some casual shots myself, no need for any promotion."

Li Peifeng spoke with a tone of relief, "Just as I expected, you’re still so kind and full of righteousness."

He Yimeng acknowledged, "But you’re surprisingly becoming more and more unscrupulous."

Li Peifeng waved his hand, "That was just a test for you. If you agreed to that, you’d surely breach contracts for greater benefits in the future. As actors become bigger influencers, make more money, they become dissatisfied with revenue-sharing clauses, poach teams with high salaries, burn bridges and go solo, end up in legal battles with their former companies. This is common in the industry, but Wenyue and I certainly wouldn’t accept it."

He Yimeng was silent for a moment, her eyes playful.

[What if I poached you and we soared together? Would you accept that?]

Li Peifeng sensed what she was thinking, his eyes cautious, "I warn you, only I get to test you, you don’t get to test me!"

Could he actually guess what I was thinking?

He Yimeng was slightly taken aback, a smile in her eyes, "Why’s that?"

Li Peifeng replied righteously, "Because I can’t stand the test!"