My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 366 - 283: Turning Away and Reunion (Part 2)

"If you don’t say it now, she’ll be even angrier when she finds out later."

Li Peifeng casually responded and stepped closer to the bathroom...

"Someone’s in here!"

Zhao Qingge’s voice, mixed with the sound of the shower spray, came from inside. Li Peifeng gently pushed the sliding door, but it was locked!

"Are you showering too?"

"Obviously!"

Zhao Qingge’s chiding tone made Li Peifeng a bit dissatisfied, silently noting that Old Zhao needed a lesson. He pondered how to deal with him in his dreams and turned to leave.

Luckily, the house had two bathrooms and two showers. Li Peifeng stepped into the master bedroom currently occupied by Wu Wenyue.

The two were still on the bed stretching their leg muscles in a rather strange position. Huang Tianxuan lay on her back, her right leg flat and unmoving, while Wu Wenyue straddled her, her shoulder lifting Tianxuan’s left leg, left hand pressing down on the upper side of her left knee’s quadriceps, and right hand pressing the left toe, pushing down with her body.

The pressure seemed a bit much, making Huang Tianxuan wince in pain and cry out, "It hurts, lighten up, lighten up..."

"Take a deep breath. If it doesn’t hurt now, it’ll hurt more tomorrow."

Wu Wenyue eased up a little, glancing at Li Peifeng who had entered the room, "What are you doing?"

"Continue, I’m just taking a shower."

Li Peifeng grabbed a towel from the closet and went into the bathroom of the master bedroom, "It’ll be quick, five minutes."

Under normal circumstances, Li Peifeng’s shower time was about five minutes, but today he was delayed, mainly because he was video calling Xu Manning while showering.

After all, she had just hung up the phone, and she was probably still mad. If he didn’t use some charm to soothe her, Xu Manning’s anger might only grow.

The video call connected, and Xu Manning’s background seemed to be a hotel room. Initially, she was silent with a cold face, but upon seeing Li Peifeng’s surroundings and his actions of undressing, her expression shifted a little...

"What are you doing?!"

"Didn’t you say you wanted to video chat while I shower? There’s no one beside you, right?"

"No one..."

The power of the handsome man’s charm was indeed remarkable. While Xu Manning was still angry, she didn’t hang up the video chat like she did the call, instead, she stared intently at the screen.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Peifeng showered while recounting the reasons the four were banned from home. He placed his phone on the sink cabinet, with the camera conveniently aimed at his upper body, so the video went on uninterrupted.

"Oh."

Xu Manning knew the nuances but realized that with over a thousand kilometers separating them, an outburst would be useless, so she chose not to say much and just said, "Tilt your phone camera down a bit."

Li Peifeng wiped his hands, picked up the phone, and tilted it downward, "Like this?"

"..."

Xu Manning bit her lip, about to say something when Wu Wenyue’s voice urged from outside, "Are you done yet? Hurry, I need to shower too."

"You can use the shower outside. She should be done by now..."

"Your professor is done, but Tianxuan just went in."

Xu Manning blinked inside the phone and interjected, "You could shower together, you know."

"Who are you talking to? Manning?"

"It’s me," Xu Manning responded, then said to Li Peifeng, "Let Yueyue in to shower with you."

Trying to watch a naughty video, huh?!

Li Peifeng resisted the urge to roll his eyes, turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around himself, "I’m done showering. If you want to see her, call her. Showering with us can wait until you come back."

Her demands unmet, Xu Manning looked displeased, "Fine, when I get back, I’ll deal with you!"

The video call ended, and the next moment, Wu Wenyue’s phone rang.

As expected, Xu Manning’s video call went straight to her.

Wu Wenyue retrieved her phone from the bedside and said to Li Peifeng, "Don’t leave yet, help me scrub my back later."

Li Peifeng frowned slightly, watching Wu Wenyue connect to Xu Manning’s video call, feeling even more tense, "You want me to scrub your back while you’re video chatting with her?"

Wu Wenyue raised an eyebrow playfully, "I don’t mind if you want to do something else."

From the phone, Xu Manning seemed excited, whispering, "Scrubbing sounds nice, do it quickly."

Li Peifeng hesitated, glanced at the door, and locked it. He reasoned that in the master bathroom, the soundproofing was slightly better, and with caution, the other two in the house wouldn’t find out, so he ultimately followed Wu Wenyue into the bathroom.

"Is it okay to place it here?"

Wu Wenyue put her phone on the sink cabinet, seeking approval.

At some point, Xu Manning had already snuggled into her covers, lying on her side and watching the phone, nodding slightly, "Okay, where’s hubby? Let him get in the frame!"

"Can’t get enough of this?"

Li Peifeng jokingly scolded, and Xu Manning, unfazed, blushed and reminded, "Last time you two didn’t interact with me enough, make sure to talk to me more this time, get it?"

"Got it."

Li Peifeng scrubbed hard, and although Wu Wenyue had great endurance, she often couldn’t have a normal conversation with Xu Manning, involuntarily crying out in pain.

Fortunately, the shower was louder, with the rushing water drowning out their sounds.

In the cramped bathroom, the warm yellow glow of the bathroom lights elevated the room’s temperature, turning the water into swirling steam.

Amidst their entwining, more water splashes, or perhaps heartbeats like soft flowing water, evaporated into skyward clouds under the yellow light, sending a letter of longing to another lonely soul a thousand miles away.

"Remember, keep the cup full of wine, remember, keep the loved ones forever."