After sending this message, Miss Xu wasted no time rushing downstairs to drive to Jade District, heading towards Li Peifeng’s house.

She had a fiery temper, she couldn’t tolerate it.

After a half-month business trip, she came back to find out she got cheated on multiple times, and the female lead was even bragging about it; who could tolerate that!

Having gone through the ordeal of living together during quarantine, Wu Wenyue had calmed down and said, "Sister Tianxuan, just ignore him."

Huang Tianxuan: "But the key point is the flower language of jasmine; giving someone jasmine means advising them to stay. Doesn’t sending these flowers convey that meaning? And writing those sappy poems—didn’t he do the same for you before?"

Like hell, he did!!

And so Xu Manning floored the gas pedal, taking just two minutes to get from Jintian City to Jade District. As she arrived and was in the process of ’collecting rent’ and fixing Li Peifeng, Huang Tianxuan was still chatting with Wu Wenyue and had even switched from group chat to video call...

"Why isn’t Manning talking in the group?"

"I just saw her go downstairs and drive out of the compound..."

Wu Wenyue, sitting in her studio office, perhaps exhausted from a long day, looked visibly tired: "I guess she’s gone to see Li Peifeng."

"Really?" Huang Tianxuan had a peculiar expression: "Manning wouldn’t have gone to argue with him, would she?"

"What else?"

Wu Wenyue chuckled helplessly: "Could she have gone to tell him jokes instead?"

Huang Tianxuan blinked: "Wenyue, are you still giving him the cold shoulder?"

"Yeah, no time to bother with him."

Huang Tianxuan pursed her lips, her tone more conciliatory, as if she was trying to counsel: "Actually, you shouldn’t be too angry. Li Peifeng just sent me flowers and wrote me a poem. I ignored him and didn’t give him any chances, so that’s as far as it went."

You didn’t give him a chance? Was the ten thousand dollars a dog’s tip?!!

Eagerly sticking to him, paying ten thousand and two hundred fifty bucks and receiving a bouquet of jasmine in return, he’s so smug he wishes the whole world knew...

After a long day of photoshoots, Wu Wenyue felt physically and emotionally exhausted. Even if she had pent-up anger, she was too tired to unleash it, so she feebly replied, "It’s alright, I’ve already gotten used to it."

"Actually..."

[Sister, do you believe I’ll harm you too?!!]

Who? 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

What the heck?

You want to harm me from miles away? Maybe unlikely, but the harsh words already feel like they’ve crossed distances. Who knows what other extraordinary abilities the other side has...

Bewildered, Huang Tianxuan was still on the video call with Wu Wenyue, who didn’t notice her expression and seemed ready to hang up: "Alright, Sister Tianxuan, let’s leave it at that. I need to head upstairs for a brief end-of-term meeting with the staff. We can chat some other time."

"Wait a moment."

Huang Tianxuan hesitated: "Maybe... you should also head over to Peifeng’s, just in case he and Manning get into a physical fight while arguing."

Wu Wenyue shut the door and looked earnestly at her phone screen: "Really?"

Her facial expression was clear: Isn’t this the outcome you wanted?!

Huang Tianxuan sighed softly: "I was just kidding around. I honestly don’t want you both to break up because of me... Wenyue, you should understand what I’m truly thinking."

Simply can’t get it, so why not destroy it instead!

Wu Wenyue silently rebuked in her heart, wanting to say something, but before she spoke, Huang Tianxuan’s sincere expression reminded her of previous heart-to-heart talks with several girls in Shared Dream. She nodded slowly: "I understand, I’ll head over after my meeting."

Concerned, Wu Wenyue streamlined the meeting. She initially planned to discuss work over the winter break but could only postpone it until tomorrow. She spoke briefly before heading downstairs to drive to Li Peifeng’s house.

On the way, she pondered whether Huang Tianxuan’s worries would come true. The conclusion was no; Xu Manning wasn’t stupid—she knew Huang Tianxuan was exaggerating. But Li Peifeng’s actions were real, and he definitely deserved some scolding; a physical altercation between the two wasn’t out of the question either.

Because Xu Manning had been away for so long, she hadn’t seen Li Peifeng for over half a month. Upon returning, she learned of his behavior during the quarantine period from Wu Wenyue, resulting in pent-up anger. And now, faced with such a situation, it’s definitely a scenario of adding fuel to the fire. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone directly to confront Li Peifeng without saying anything to anyone in righteous indignation.

Sure enough, when Wu Wenyue arrived, she saw Li Peifeng and Xu Manning in the living room tearing at each other.

"Take your filthy hands off me! Don’t touch me!"

"Hey, don’t bite, don’t bite, you’re hurting me!"

"Hurting is exactly what I want, or else will you remember it?"

"Ahhh, Li Peifeng, let go of me!"

Both were red-faced from the fight, engaging in physical skirmishes and verbal attacks, with Xu Manning clearly taking the lead, fully displaying her feline-like attacking methods: clawing and biting.

Li Peifeng, like a bear, could only defend passively, occasionally hugging Xu Manning closely to prevent her from attacking. His thick skin seemed capable of holding up for a while.

"Alright, stop it, both of you."

Seeing that her entrance didn’t halt them, Wu Wenyue stepped in to intervene, finally managing to separate them.

"So disgusting!"

Xu Manning’s face was flushed with anger as she pulled out a tissue from the coffee table, wiping away Li Peifeng’s leftover saliva from her face with disdain, angrily sitting on the sofa, then crumpling the tissue and throwing it at Mr. Li, proceeding to adjust her underwear.

"Those filthy paws are so unruly!"

Wu Wenyue sat beside her, glancing at the still-complaining Xu Manning, then at Li Peifeng, mocking, "Heh, if I’d arrived five minutes later, would you two have been naked?"

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Xu Manning, still infuriated, glared: "With how outrageous he has been, would I even have the mood for that? And why are you, Yueyue, so indifferent as if nothing happened? Shouldn’t you be joining me in teaching him a lesson? Yet, you’re playing the peacemaker?!"

Hearing this, Wu Wenyue’s expression turned complex. After a moment of silence, she shook her head: "That... doesn’t solve problems. Anger, quarrels, fighting; they are all essentially escapism."

"..."

"I used to hit him, even threatening him with a knife, which was also escapism! But now, I don’t want to escape anymore, I’m exhausted, I want to really solve these issues, Manning, do you understand?"

Xu Manning pursed her lips but stayed silent. The scene fell into silence.

The atmosphere was no longer tense, but Li Peifeng felt even more alarmed inside.

Wanting to solve the issue now, if the issue isn’t handled, does it mean dealing with the one causing the issue? How to deal with it?

I don’t dare to even imagine!!!

Thus, Mr. Li immediately changed the topic, bringing up his own concerns: "Manning, did you sneak out? Technically, you should still be in quarantine, right?"

Sneaking out during quarantine isn’t a minor issue; there are legal consequences. Li Peifeng was quite worried until Xu Manning’s unsympathetic explanation set him straight.

It turns out the cities Xu Manning visited during her business trip didn’t have a severe outbreak, so after returning to the Capital, the home quarantine period wasn’t the usual fourteen days but ten. Today just happened to be the end of the period, supposed to be a happy occasion, planned to celebrate with Wu Wenyue after her work shift, but instead...

"Sniff~ sob~"

Instead, Xu Manning ended up crying, sobbing into Wu Wenyue’s arms, tears streaming down, suppressed sobs pulling at the heartstrings.

"Ding~"

Her phone chimed with a WeChat notification, and Li Peifeng glanced at it—it was from Bai Xiaoyang.

"Nine-Headed Bird Restaurant, everyone’s here ahead of time, when are you arriving?"

After a brief thought, Li Peifeng replied, "Soon, but I might bring two friends. If it’s alright, I’ll treat everyone tonight, let’s save the club funds for our next gathering. Is that okay?"

Bai Xiaoyang: "Sure, the more the merrier, and there are actually members from other clubs joining us today too. You know many of them already, so if you want to host, I’m not stopping you. It’s a great chance to show off as a big spender!"

Immediately sensing something amiss, Li Peifeng asked, "Them? Just how well do I know these people?"

Bai Xiaoyang: "(smirking) How would I know that, buddy?"