"I truly don’t understand. How can she, as a teacher, do such a thing? Uncle and Aunt, you are also teachers. Do you think she’s right? If, at your school, it’s found that a teacher behaves like this, shouldn’t they be punished? If the person in question isn’t single, wouldn’t they be fired for ruining another’s relationship?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent. Zhao Qingge’s face flushed, tightly clutching her bag.

Yu Huizhi and Li Qiyuan didn’t dare reply either; they remained silent, even Xu Manning felt that these words were a bit too much.

There’s no need to escalate internal conflicts; wielding the flag of morality to criticize someone seems very despicable. After all, Zhao Qingge is also a woman, and this matter is a dispute among a few people, why use such a method to force someone to give ground?

But on the other hand, Xu Manning also understood Wu Wenyue. If Yueyue hadn’t said it, she would have. There was truly no other way; since Zhao Qingge dared to confront Li Peifeng’s parents and force him to make a choice, they could only go big, vying for Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi’s support by attacking Zhao Qingge’s weaknesses, to show the legitimacy of her and Li Peifeng’s relationship.

It’s purely a life-and-death struggle; kindness? That’s too much of a luxury!

"I ruined your relationship?"

Finally, Zhao Qingge spoke, still in a calm tone: "Does that kind of thing really exist among you three? And I remind you, even though I brought Li Peifeng to meet my parents, I am still Li Peifeng’s mentor, and there is nothing intimate beyond a teacher-student relationship between us..."

"That’s nonsense, I personally saw Li Peifeng kiss you many times!"

Wu Wenyue spoke emotionally, and Xu Manning, with red eyes, turned to complain to Yu Huizhi: "What Yueyue said is true. Auntie, I saw it with my own eyes. We were having a meal, and suddenly Li Peifeng just went for it. And it wasn’t only Zhao Qingge, he also kissed Huang Tianxuan in front of the two of us, even sticking out his tongue. We’ve caught him alone with Huang Tianxuan before, she couldn’t run in time and hid in the wardrobe..."

"Really?!"

Yu Huizhi’s face turned horrified, like she was listening to a ghost story. She envisioned each terrifying scene depicted by Xu Manning, and even constructing just the first one in her mind made her shiver, her rationality vanished, and her brain short-circuited.

"Kissed, just kissed."

Zhao Qingge’s lie was exposed, her face alternated between red and white, and she slightly lowered her head before boldly raising it again, speaking resolutely: "Then what? If you dare, report me. I actually want to resign and can’t even manage that. But I’ll warn Wu Wenyue, you shouldn’t think you’re so righteous either. The messy romantic situation between you three, other classmates don’t know it yet, but if they do, it will be a major scandal in school. Then you’d better forget about being famous online; wait to be cyberbullied!"

"You..."

The war commenced, and both sides immediately engaged in a round of nuclear deterrence.

Truth be told, Li Peifeng didn’t expect Zhao Duoduo to be so bold, directly retorting fiercely back, causing Wu Wenyue’s face to change, while Xu Manning cried and tugged at Yu Huizhi’s arm, "Auntie... look at her! She’s still audacious enough to scold us? Wah wah wah..."

Crying while kicking at Wu Wenyue, Wu Wenyue quickly caught on and immediately pouted, covering her eyes pretending to wipe tears, her voice wavering: "Uncle, Aunt, you both witnessed it, she’s actually threatening us."

What’s with the crying? Crying from night till dawn, dawn till night, can it kill the rival with cries?

Yu Huizhi snapped out of it but had nothing to say, stammering: "Don’t argue, let’s chat nicely, no need to argue. Qingge, you... you, um... have some fruit."

Li Qiyuan’s expression was grim, continuously giving Li Peifeng meaningful looks.

[Hurry up and get them out of here, don’t add to our misery at home!]

They couldn’t let the three girls stay in the house any longer, or else a real fight could break out in front of their parents.

"I’ll take you to the hotel."

Li Peifeng held onto Zhao Qingge, trying to stand up and quietly persuaded: "Let’s talk about this privately."

"No, we can’t let her leave!"

Wu Wenyue was the first to disagree, putting down her hands from covering her eyes to block them, and said through gritted teeth, "Today, before Uncle and Aunt, Xiaofeng, you must make a decision and speak clearly."

"Speak."

Zhao Qingge didn’t get up either, her eyes didn’t even glance at Li Peifeng, she shook off his hand: "If you don’t make things clear, I’m not leaving either!"

While speaking, Zhao Qingge kept staring at the bags of the two girls; the red envelopes given by Yu Huizhi were not able to be snatched away, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning packed them into their own bags...

They were supposed to be mine!

"Choose them or choose me?"

Zhao Qingge took a deep breath: "Say it clearly in front of your parents, it’s good for you, good for me, and good for them."

Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue ceased their three-quarters-fake crying, and everyone’s gaze fell on Li Peifeng.

The living room went silent, returning to an eerie dead silence, Li Peifeng also realized he can no longer evade with jokes; the matter had come to this point, avoiding it was impossible, he would ultimately have to face this issue.

But Li Peifeng still wished to try to delay it a bit longer!

"At least, at least give me a bit more time to think about it."

Li Peifeng sighed lightly: "I’ll give you an answer in a couple of days, okay?"

"That might be best, Qingge, Wenyue, Manning..."

After a long silence, Li Qiyuan finally spoke, calling out each girl’s name, then said deeply: "We know about your situation with Fengfeng now. Uncle and Aunt formally apologize to you all here; it’s our fault for being unable to guide our child properly, causing you distress."