My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 52 - 50: Sudden Mission

What if I told Zhao Qingge that I knew "Yun Xin Yue Xing" was her?

Li Peifeng was curious, but survival instinct held him back from doing so.

He’d die, really die.

So, Li Peifeng just gave a small chuckle and let it go.

For this offline book club meeting, Li Peifeng designated the volunteer from Zhijiang, "Old Huang from next door," as the organizer, and during the waiting time at the airport, he kept discussing related matters with him. Before boarding, the two had roughly finalized the plan.

After confirming everything was correct, Old Huang mentioned everyone in the group and sent a message.

"Important notice!"

"On October 11, the author ’Mortal Breeze’ will hold an offline book fan meeting in Hangzhou, Zhijiang. All book fans are invited for a free meal. The cost of train tickets within the Zhijiang area will be reimbursed, and for book fans outside the area, regardless of the distance, a travel reimbursement of 600 yuan will be provided. I’m compiling the number of participants, so those interested please message me privately so I can book the hotel and plan the meeting flow."

Li Peifeng had considered the travel reimbursement matter.

[Rising Wind and Water]The chat group consisted of those who sent him red packets that day, numbering a total of just over seventy people.

If twenty of them could actually attend the meeting, that would be a lot; society nowadays just doesn’t have that many people with spare time, so the travel expenses would be just over ten thousand yuan.

He could find a nice hotel and arrange two tables of good meals, with each table costing twenty thousand yuan. Everyone could have a great time eating.

Including other activities like karaoke or sightseeing, a budget of sixty thousand yuan would definitely suffice.

"It’s just a month’s manuscript fee, I can manage that."

After seeing the notice, Li Peifeng didn’t have time to check the group members’ reactions before switching his phone to airplane mode as he had to board the plane. With nothing else to do, he started typing away.

Zhao Qingge was still reading, but it was a different book now, "The Metabolism of Modern Dong Society."

Sometimes Li Peifeng really admired his mentor, how hardworking she was.

She was either reading or writing papers and discussing topics every day. Despite being so busy, according to his estimate, Zhao Qingge could still read seven books a week, basically one a day.

And her hair remained so black and lush, her face as fresh as a lotus just blooming. You have to give it to her; there’s talent involved in this.

"This book is not bad."

Engrossed in her reading, Zhao Qingge murmured to herself: "Actually, the development patterns of human societies are largely consistent, always repeating, always making the same mistakes. Even in a magical world with an eight-thousand-year history like Narnia, it’s the same..."

Realizing she had misspoken, Zhao Qingge stopped halfway.

"Right."

Li Peifeng hadn’t realized it either, nodding in agreement: "I read this book a long time ago. Back then, when I was studying at Clarence College, I recommended it to you..."

The two exchanged a knowing glance and fell into silence.

It seems, there was no avoiding this hurdle after all!

"About, about that dream, do you know what’s going on?" Li Peifeng decided to play the villain first, like a thief crying to catch a thief.

"I don’t..."

Zhao Qingge hesitated for a moment but still took on the role of a mentor enlightening her student, calmly saying, "I guess it’s a shared dream. The probability of this happening is very small, but not zero."

"In psychology, it’s believed that when some people experience the same things on the same day, they might have similar dreams. When they talk about it after waking, the more they talk, the more similar it seems, like having the same dream. In reality, because dreams are made of fragments of memories, they are woven together by consciousness while awake. In short, it’s a phenomenon of self-deception by the brain!"

"Yes, it’s fake."

Li Peifeng nodded in deep agreement: "It’s all fake, I don’t believe it either!"

Just as they finished speaking, they saw a seemingly happy family of four entering the cabin, heading to their seats in the row in front of them.

It was a couple around thirty-five or thirty-six years old, both quite decent looking, but their attire carried a nouveau riche flair, with brightly colored clothes emblazoned with obvious big logos, luxury items from head to toe. The man wore a golden watch on his wrist, and the woman was adorned in jewels and gold.

However, the two little children they each held by the hand were particularly cute and charming, one boy and one girl, both around six or seven years old.

"That’s..."

Zhao Qingge’s eyes suddenly lit up with excitement: "That little girl, look!"

As she spoke, she quickly tapped Li Peifeng’s hand, and he followed her gaze.

The little girl among the family of four had a fair complexion, with delicate willow-leaf eyebrows and innocent big eyes that revealed her pure inner world. Her small nose and mouth were extremely cute, and her high ponytail added to her charm.

She wasn’t just a girl; she was a beautiful jasmine flower, pure and flawless, fresh and elegant.

Li Peifeng also noticed this little jasmine, and the fragments of memory from his dream surged like a tide, leaving him so shocked that he didn’t know what to say: "This, looks like!"

Like whom? Like their daughter, Li Ruyun.

Of course, it was the daughter in the dream.

However, there was still a slight difference. The large rainbow lollipop in the girl’s hand disrupted the atmosphere a bit. Her little left hand was held by her father, and in her little right hand she held a lollipop, enjoying it with great delight.

"Ah~ we’ve arrived."

The lady held her son’s hand and sat in the innermost seat, her smile beaming, "We’ll be at grandma’s house soon, Zhuangzhuang, are you happy?"

Zhuangzhuang inexplicably pouted, looking disinterested, but still reluctantly said, "Happy."

"We’re here too."

The husband followed closely, placed their daughter next to the lady, and sat on the outside. He took out a wet wipe casually and indulgently to wipe the girl’s face covered in sugary water, asking, "Qiaoqiao, are you happy?"

"I’m very happy!!"

The little girl named Qiaoqiao was full of joy, "Grandma’s house is fun!"

Unexpectedly, Zhuangzhuang glanced at Qiaoqiao, especially at that lollipop, pouted even more, and his eyes turned red, "Favoritism, Dad, you’re being biased, only buying candy for my sister and not for me. I want candy too!"

Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge shifted their gaze from Qiaoqiao’s face to Zhuangzhuang and couldn’t help but marvel at how both kids were cute like carved jade, almost like rare dragon and phoenix twins since they were about the same age.

"Little boys eating candy? Aren’t you afraid of cavities?!" His father was somewhat stern with Zhuangzhuang, a stark contrast to his indulgence with Qiaoqiao.

"Hehe!"

After saying that, Qiaoqiao deliberately swung the lollipop in front of Zhuangzhuang’s eyes, made a face with her tongue out, and said, "lualua bleh~"

It’s one thing to hurt someone, but you still had to crush their spirit?

Zhao Qingge and Li Peifeng couldn’t resist laughing. Their daughters were never this mischievous.

Stimulated by this, Zhuangzhuang couldn’t hold back anymore, his pout so big you could hang three pounds of meat on it, tears streaming down as if they were free. Yet he was sensible, refraining from making a fuss in public and just sobbing softly...

The sound was small and trembling, both aggrieved and sad, evoking deep sympathy.

His mom felt heartbroken, "Alright, alright, I’ll buy you some after we get off the plane, okay?"

"Stop crying, big boys only know how to cry," the man said dismissively, evidently having seen this before: "Aren’t you ashamed? All this for candy, and you don’t remember all the toys I bought you before?"

"Waa~"

He was okay when he didn’t speak, but as soon as he did, the previously calm Zhuangzhuang suddenly cried out loud, "Nonsense, you’re talking nonsense, boo-hoo, those were all for sister... I can only play with what she doesn’t want... broken barbie dolls, wrecked blocks, and a piano with no keys!"

"I want construction sets, remote control cars, trains, and toy guns, toy cannons, and you won’t buy them for me!"

Goodness, thinking about driving and shooting at such a young age!

Li Peifeng clicked his tongue in amazement, put down his phone, and continued watching the situation with Zhao Qingge.

The man’s face visibly turned sour being chided by his son, especially with the child crying out loud in public drawing the attention of surrounding passengers. The stewardess seemed ready to come over any minute, and his tone carried a hint of rebuke, "Shut up! When I was young, I didn’t have any of these things to play with, and you’re still not satisfied? Plus, as the older brother, as a boy, you should make way for your sister..."

"Right! Brother should make way for me!" Qiaoqiao giggled, then extended the lollipop in her hand toward Zhuangzhuang with her eyes wide open and looking somewhat reluctant, "But I’ll also take care of my brother. Brother, do you want it? I can give it to you if you want!"

"It’s all slobber!"

Zhuangzhuang glanced at it and started wailing pitifully, "You’re giving me something you don’t want again!! I don’t want it! I don’t want your leftovers!!"

"If you don’t want it, fine, I won’t give you any leftovers in the future! Stinky brother, born a few seconds before me, yet still my brother..."

Qiaoqiao huffed, muttered a couple of lines, and contentedly resumed eating her candy.

"Stop crying, or I’ll get mad!" The man roared with a stern face, upraising his voice to reprimand his son again.

Perhaps Zhuangzhuang understood the consequences of his dad getting angry, for his cries gradually weakened, replaced by sniffling sobs.

The lady, heartbroken, took out tissues to wipe the tears off her child and couldn’t help but complain to her husband, "Sun Dabao, I’ve had enough. They say to raise sons with frugality and daughters with abundance, but not like this!"

Sun Dabao justified, "This is how it should be done. I grew up like this; you don’t need to intervene."

"What do you mean I don’t need to intervene, they’re my children too."

Subsequently, the couples started debating about their children’s education method, not too loudly as not to affect others, but sitting in the rear, Zhao Qingge and Li Peifeng could hear everything clearly.

Zhao Qingge shook her head, kept reading her book, but couldn’t resist glancing at the little girl Qiaoqiao from time to time.

Li Peifeng was completely taken aback...

[Red Alert!]

[A malicious event of gender discrimination has occurred, how could the host remain inactive?]

[The idea of raising sons with frugality and daughters with abundance is a fundamentally severe discrimination and oppression on both genders! Why should boys be raised frugally while girls lavishly? When can boys stand up?!! How can children grow healthily with such discriminatory treatment?]

[Emergency Mission: Quiet! Let Me Speak Fair Words!]

[Mission Description: Make Sun Dabao and Wu Jiaojiao realize their child-rearing methods are wrong and improve their deep-rooted perspectives.]

[Mission Reward: Two raffle opportunities.]

"Hiss~ System, you are terrifyingly powerful!"

Li Peifeng leaned back, inhaled sharply, "Gender equality, starts with children?!"