My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 361 - 281: Living Muscles 3

"Professor Zhao is getting on in years, you should take it easy on her."

Did he just say I’m old?

Zhao Qingge couldn’t take that! Absolutely not! Even if she’s bleeding, she’d throw out a firm, "I’ll go!"

Then she made a bet with Huang Tianxuan. The bet was on who could climb the stairs from the first floor to the tenth floor the most times within an hour.

The loser has to agree to one reasonable request from the winner.

Things got interesting real fast!

While Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were on the phone with their son, the game was nearing its end...

"There’s an outbreak in your community? The three of them are quarantined with you? Oh my, how did that happen! Fengfeng, you haven’t been infected, have you?"

"No, none of us are infected. They just happened to be at my place for a meal, so they got quarantined here."

Li Peifeng was undoubtedly the one with the best stamina among the four, leading by at least six laps against the three girls in fifty minutes.

"We’re not short on rice or flour, it’s just that being stuck indoors is a bit boring, so we’re all climbing stairs to get some exercise..."

As he said this to reassure his parents, he sped up his pace to the top floor, all the while calculating the time, waiting to witness the final winner.

Still, Yu Huizhi and Li Qiyuan remained worried, bombarding him with questions.

Li Peifeng dismissed their concerns with a brief explanation, then his parents started asking for his opinion on a camper van.

Such trivial matters didn’t bother Li Peifeng; he casually replied, "Whatever makes you happy," and let them design and choose as they pleased without further input.

His mom, Yu Huizhi, felt relieved and said she’d send him the blueprints in a few days. After some more chit-chat, Li Qiyuan took over the call...

"Is it Huang Tianxuan?"

The question seemed random, but Li Peifeng understood what his dad meant, admiring his ability to figure out who’s around him without being there. But beyond admiration, he was also a bit hesitant: "Yeah, she’s at my place."

Yeah? She is!

Li Qiyuan paused for a moment, his tone becoming incredibly slow and somewhat grave: "Is your advisor quarantined at your place because she came over for a meal too?"

"...She wanted to check on the progress of the project and my thesis."

Li Peifeng mumbled, "Yeah, she really cares about me."

Sheesh, she cares right to your doorstep!

Li Qiyuan knew there was something fishy, but still didn’t want to believe the hidden implications or think too much about it, trying hard to justify Zhao Qingge’s visit to his son’s house.

Perhaps it’s possible Zhao Qingge really does care about Fengfeng,

After all, being her top student, it’s inevitable there’s a deeper bond than with other students, darn it! But she shouldn’t be supervising your thesis at your home, alone with you, unmarried... how suspicious...

"We can talk more about it when I’m home for winter break, Dad. Please don’t ask anymore."

After Li Peifeng said this, he hung up, not just to prevent his dad from getting mad or making his mom suspicious, but also because Wu Wenyue made it to the top floor.

"Huff~ Just now, Uncle and Auntie called you?"

Wu Wenyue, who had reached the top again, was covered in sweat, hands on her knees, speaking with difficulty.

"Yeah, it was them. Have some water."

Having climbed stairs for over fifty minutes, Li Peifeng didn’t feel tired at all. He bent down to pick up a bottle of water he’d placed near the attic door, handing it over, while leisurely admiring Wu Wenyue’s outfit.

Since it was only mid-December and not yet the coldest time, and the stairway enjoyed some indoor heating, it wasn’t too cold, so Wu Wenyue wasn’t wearing much.

She only had two pieces on her upper body, a light grey and white gradient sports bra with crossed straps over her back and a semi-transparent knitted shawl loosely draped over it, slightly open with a high-intensity gathering effect, heaving slightly with her intense breathing; below, her tanned abs and pecs soared; her wasp waist and round hips, paired with gradient grey yoga pants made Wu Wenyue’s already full hips visually even more pronounced.

They even moved rhythmically from side to side!

Li Peifeng drew a sharp breath: "Brother Yue, are those muscles alive?"