My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 447 - 315: This Isn’t Home!

"Pair of twos."

"Four threes, can’t beat that? Consecutive pairs, I win!"

"Auntie, you are too good at this, winning three times in a row as the landlord."

"Hahaha, can’t help it, just lucky. Come, let me give you both paper strips."

"Can we make them shorter...?"

"No, no, short ones don’t look good. Be good, wet them and stick them on your face yourself."

In the east-facing side bedroom, aside from the sound of shuffling poker cards, there was the sound of three women talking and laughing.

"Playing poker now?"

Li Peifeng was slightly surprised, and upon thinking about it, guessed it was his mom’s idea.

With two ’future daughters-in-law’ at home, Yu Huizhi, as the host, certainly had to keep them company and chat. While Li Peifeng chatted with his dad, Yu Huizhi chatted with Xu Manning and Zhao Qingge.

She wanted to deepen her understanding of the two girls, and through them, learn about her own son.

The point that baffled Li Qiyuan also puzzled Yu Huizhi.

Why did the girls not give up even after her son’s excessive behavior? Normally, if a man acted like that, the woman would have left and found someone else.

After all, three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged men are plentiful. Moreover, the girls around her son were all outstanding, with each being better than the last. Why get stuck on one tree?

With these doubts, Yu Huizhi subtly questioned Zhao Qingge and Xu Manning but didn’t get any clear answers.

Also, Yu Huizhi was not skilled at chatting with the two ’future daughters-in-law,’ fearing a slip of the tongue might spark a quarrel between Zhao Qingge and Xu Manning. So she eased the tension by playing cards and chatting at the same time.

"Now it’s time for the truth-telling session..."

Yu Huizhi beamed, while Zhao Qingge and Xu Manning had three paper strips stuck on their faces. Although they were smiling, they appeared quite helpless, obviously holding a grudge over losing three consecutive rounds.

Yu Huizhi had three great hobbies in life: painting, beauty care, and playing cards.

She excelled in poker, mahjong, Pai Gow, and other games, so the two girls were naturally no match for her.

"If they play a few more rounds, my mom will probably know the color of their underwear."

After heading downstairs, Li Peifeng came to the side bedroom first and slowly opened the door. As expected, three women were sitting on the bed playing poker, and the scene was quite amusing.

Seeing Li Peifeng peeking in, the two girls’ expressions changed slightly. Zhao Qingge quickly turned and covered her face in one swift motion.

Xu Manning directly shooed him away: "Get out, what are you looking at?"

The three small paper strips on her face were stuck firmly, fluttering gently with each breath, like talismanic charms on a zombie.

Li Peifeng laughed and said, "We’re about to make dinner and wanted to see if there’s anything you want to eat."

Yu Huizhi paused for a moment and asked when Huang Tianxuan would arrive. After Li Peifeng answered honestly, Miss Xu nonchalantly said, "Why not call Huang Tianxuan and ask what she likes to eat and make that."

The sarcasm in her words was obvious to anyone, making the atmosphere instantly awkward. Li Peifeng glanced at her and said, "She said it’s up to you. You can have whatever you like."

In reality, Huang Tianxuan hadn’t said that; she just said "whatever," but it didn’t stop Mr. Li from fabricating a decree to make Xu Manning feel embarrassed.

The atmosphere grew more awkward, and Yu Huizhi chuckled, "Let’s just have your dad decide, and preferably cook a fish, I feel like eating fish."

"Alright."

Zhao Qingge turned her head again, the paper strips on her face completely gone: "Do we need to go grocery shopping?"

"Yeah, we’re just about to go."

"I’ll come along, I need to go out for a bit too."

...

Zhao Qingge went out not to buy groceries but to get gifts for Li Yu’s parents. She left in a hurry and forgot to take care of that, so she planned to make up for it.

This resulted in the scene of Li Peifeng and his father walking downstairs to buy groceries, while Zhao Qingge drove out of the complex.

"Where is she going? Did she tell you?"

Old Li was puzzled, and even though Zhao Qingge said nothing when going downstairs, Li Peifeng could understand what she was thinking.

He watched the BMW drive further away and sighed, "Dad, you better withdraw more money."

"Huh? Why withdraw money? Do we need cash to buy groceries?"

Li Qiyuan didn’t grasp the deeper meaning, and Li Peifeng didn’t reveal the reason either. On the way to buy groceries, he detoured to a bank, withdrew 48,088 yuan in cash from his card, and bought an oversized red envelope to put the money in.

By 4 PM, father and son returned with groceries and started chopping vegetables when Yu Huizhi rushed into the kitchen.

"Qingge bought a carload of home appliances, they’re downstairs, she said it’s to furnish our new home."

"What?"

Li Qiyuan was completely dumbfounded and quickly went to the kitchen window to look downstairs. He saw Zhao Qingge standing next to the BMW waving at him, with a Great Wall pickup truck parked next to it, loaded with large boxes. Judging by the size and shape of those boxes, the appliances on this truck included at least a refrigerator, TV, two air conditioners, a range hood, and a stove...

"Why did she buy all this?"

Li Qiyuan was at a loss for words, and Yu Huizhi sighed, "She’s waiting downstairs, I told her to return them but she refused. Fengfeng, take Qingge to the new house to unload the appliances..."

"I don’t know the address."

Li Peifeng put down the knife and calmly said, "Mom and Dad, you’ll have to lead the way, let’s all go together."

"Can’t you convince her to return them? What’s the point of buying appliances out of nowhere?"

"If you can’t persuade her, how can I?"

"Sigh."

Yu Huizhi was filled with unease, thinking how no girl meets her boyfriend’s parents for the first time and buys all these things. Without knowing the backstory, someone might think the couple is about to get married, with the man buying the home and the woman paying for the renovations.