My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 212 - 194: A Promising Future

Xu Manning's house is 120 square meters, with three bedrooms, two living rooms, and two bathrooms. Since it's on the ninth floor, the top floor, it also comes with an additional attic and terrace, adding up to more than 150 square meters. However, no one has lived there since she moved out, and it has gathered a bit of dust.

Taking advantage of having no classes today, Li Peifeng spent the entire morning cleaning the house and organizing his belongings. By noon, the whole room was completely transformed.

Feeling quite pleased, he took a few photos in what was now his bedroom and sent them to Zhao Qingge;

"Hey, I've moved out. No more living with them."

Zhao Qingge replied quickly, "Which neighborhood is this?"

Li Peifeng simply sent a location pin and then asked, "Can my research assistant funding go back up to the original four thousand?"

Zhao Qingge: "You live alone? How much is the rent?"

Li Peifeng: "It's a friend's house, they gave me a good deal, five thousand bucks."

He remained vague, and Zhao Qingge didn't probe further to find out whose house it was, simply replying, "Not bad."

Li Peifeng: "(Cautiously) So can my research assistant funding go back to the original four thousand?"

Old Zhao did not give a straight answer, so Xiaoli naturally had to continue probing. After a moment, Zhao Qingge finally said, "Wasn't your funding always four thousand? It will be paid tomorrow."

Aha~ My dear! Singing love songs with you~ Watching the most beautiful fireworks~

Li Peifeng was secretly pleased, knowing that moving out was indeed the right decision. With this move, Old Zhao was pacified quite quickly, letting bygones be bygones!

Li Peifeng: "I'll send the photo of Xu Manning and me to your mom later. She was asking me about matchmaking this morning."

Zhao Qingge: "As you like."

After thinking for a moment, Li Peifeng also invited Old Zhao to dinner in the evening via WeChat, intending to strengthen the teacher-student relationship and discuss new topics. It was both personal and professional, though Zhao Qingge didn't reply.

"Still mad at me?"

Feeling a bit regretful, Li Peifeng didn't persist and instead found an old photo with Xu Manning, sending it to Li Xin.

He spent some time explaining things to Li Xin.

"Thanks for your concern, Auntie. But my ex-girlfriend suddenly wants to get back together. We broke up back then out of impulsiveness, so..."

Li Xin: "Oh, is this your ex-girlfriend? Where is she from?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

As expected, Li Xin was quite suspicious, asking all sorts of questions on WeChat about Xu Manning to confirm that Li Peifeng wasn't deceiving her. Only then did she reluctantly agree not to introduce new girls to him.

With the morning's tasks done, Li Peifeng drove back to Jintian City, mainly to return the car and to grab a free lunch.

Although he had moved out, he couldn't let his heart move as well; he had to leave part of it there, otherwise Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue would definitely be dissatisfied.

"Thoughts like feathers~ Floating more and more carefree~"

"What troubles are there, aside from heartbeats, there's nothing big~"

On the road, driving his car and listening to fast-paced songs, Li Peifeng felt completely relaxed.

"The sun is bright, the water is gentle. Though a dream has passed, it's only for a better reunion next time."

"Life is worth living, the future is promising!"

...

...

"You're going to go viral."

At twelve o'clock, when Li Peifeng arrived at Trinity Studio, Wu Wenyue didn't ask how the move went, or how he felt about the new place, and the first thing she said was this, which left Li a bit confused.

It wasn't until he followed Wu Wenyue's instruction to take out his phone and watched the video under the 'Wu Wenyue' account, that he understood what was going on.

"Men would feel ashamed watching this, women would shed tears."

The copy was perplexing, but the key point was the finished video was really good. It used the original sound, which was Li Peifeng singing a cappella the segment of "Huo Yuanjia." Wenyue's dunk was also very impressive, until the hoop was broken, and the backboard shattered—the entire video's rhythm exploded with them.

As for the subsequent fall that could have affected the video's impact, it was naturally edited out. The data performance was quite good.

Apart from comments praising Wu Wenyue's impressive dunking skills, saying things like even a girl can break a backboard, there were also praises from female basketball team athletes, as well as some about Li Peifeng...

"Secretary, find out who this singing young man is. Is he from Beihua University as well?"

"Unbelievable, what kind of divine voice is this? Singing a cappella rap made me shiver all over! Even more amazing is this face, a masterpiece of the Creator!"

"I want his Douyin account within three minutes!!"

Then, in the comments, one of Li Peifeng's readers appeared, directly revealing his pen name...

"This handsome guy's pen name: A Couple of Breezes in the Mortal World, Endpoint Author, with works such as... (smirk) Boss, did I catch you here? Go back to writing!"

"Seriously? There's such a handsome online writer, and he writes in the female genre?!"

Li Peifeng was eating a packed lunch while reading the compliments in the comments. As he was getting into it, Wu Wenyue said, "This video was posted at 8 p.m. last night, and in 22 hours, it's gotten 1.4 million likes, 80,000 comments, 40,000 saves, and 250,000 shares, breaking ten million views. It's currently ranked fifth on the trending list."

"How much did you spend on promotion?"

"Six thousand," Wu Wenyue beamed, "Gained six hundred thousand followers, and the number's still climbing!"

"That's great," Li Peifeng nodded repeatedly, "Spend another ten thousand, see if you can push it to the top three on the trending list. If not, forget it. I noticed some local women's basketball teams are inviting you for tryouts in the comments. You've actually caught the attention of the professionals now after retiring."

"I'll pass on the tryouts," Wu Wenyue pursed her lips, "Even if I'm not injured, I don't want to pursue a professional sports career anymore. The effort and reward aren't proportional. Being an influencer suits me just fine! People are already contacting me for ads on StarMap..."

"Hold on a bit longer, you're in your growth phase, and followers are still increasing. Prices will go up in a while. Monetization should wait until your refereeing video is out. That basketball game is the day after tomorrow, right? Take some videos and photos then, stir up the hype again, have your followers surpass two million, and then solidify your position before taking on ads."

Although Li Peifeng had a system task as the "Savior of Rock-Bottom Women", which required him to help Wu Wenyue achieve a savings of a million or a monthly income of fifty thousand, there was no time constraint. Li Peifeng wasn't in a rush, so he suggested long-term strategies.

"That's what I was thinking too."

Wu Wenyue pointed at the phone screen, "A lot of people in the comments are looking for you. Should I pin a comment and tag your account to direct some traffic your way?"

"You should've done that earlier."

Li Peifeng pondered, "When you released the video, you should've tagged my account, indicating it was a collaboration. That would maximize the traffic. I could've diverted some of that to my books, maybe increase my novel subscriptions as well. With so many people in the studio, there's definitely enough manpower to manage two accounts. I could occasionally join you in making videos, and maybe I'll become a big influencer too. Wouldn't that be great?"

Wu Wenyue stared at him, and after a moment of silence, she softly said, "The ones looking for you are mostly young ladies."

"Oh..."

Li Peifeng touched his chin, his expression peculiar, "So, Brother Yue, you want to keep this hidden gem out of sight from other women, avoid attracting trouble and jealousy?"

"I'm worried that if you start making short videos, you'll lose focus, affecting your writing performance."

Wu Wenyue looked straight ahead, "You can't lose a watermelon in order to pick up a sesame seed, right?"

"You're absolutely right!"

Li Peifeng couldn't hold back his laughter, "Post it if you want, or don't, it's really just a small amount of traffic."

Wu Wenyue glanced at him and, after a moment, pulled out her phone and typed in the comment box below the video;

"Collaboration with @Li Dafeng, a big mama's boy, girls stay away, boys go ahead..."

Li Peifeng clearly saw and immediately grabbed the phone, caught between laughter and tears, "What do you have against me? Do you really need to do this to me?!"

Wu Wenyue snorted, "Then you do it yourself, I'm not involved."

Li Peifeng deleted the second half of the sentence, leaving only 'Collaboration with @Li Dafeng' and pinned it, then returned the phone to her, asking, "Are you guys going out to shoot videos later?"

"In ten minutes."

Wu Wenyue checked the time and looked up, "Do you want to join? Not writing?"

"..."

Li Peifeng stealthily moved to the door, locked the bedroom door from the inside, and then walked over to Wu Wenyue with a mysterious expression, lowered his voice, "I want to do something unfilmable with you!"

Undoubtedly, Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning were still mad at him. What to do?

Li Peifeng's idea was simple. Wait for them to be alone, then deploy some male charm to win them over one by one!

Breakups mend, everything perfect, absolute ecstasy...

Now was a good chance!

"What are you, a pervert, trying to do?!"

Wu Wenyue's face changed, frowning tightly, "I warn you, I'm really annoyed with you right now, and still mad. Don't provoke me, everyone's outside!"

"Yes, that look of disgust, keep going!"

Li Peifeng excitedly hugged Wu Wenyue, leaned in and rubbed against her, and whispered around her ear with a lingering tone, "Please despise this piece of garbage, but while you despise me, please kiss me too."

"..."

"I will submit to you, you'll be loyal to me!"

"What the hell are you babbling about... uh."

Wu Wenyue cursed and bit Li Peifeng on the face, biting gently yet firmly, her eyes glazed over and moist, "You're so... so damn annoying."

"Brother Yue, say you love me..."

"I won't, you annoying jerk, heartbreaker, hypocrite..."

Ah~ Ah~

Li Peifeng screamed inwardly, unwilling and annoyed, damn it, just ten minutes, definitely not enough for me to unleash my potential!