Chapter 682 - 392: Old Li Arrives (Part 2)

"We can get the certificate first."

Huang Tianxuan was straightforward: "I’m in a hurry, and I want to get the certificate first. Once we have the certificate, pregnancy will naturally follow. Then I can use the excuse of being too busy with work and studies to tell them to postpone the wedding for a year. During this year, you and they can handle it; I don’t care who goes first or last among you, but you all must try to minimize the impact of the wedding. If news gets out, I’ll be in big trouble."

Wu Wenyue thought for a moment and suggested, "Even if you minimize it, there’s a risk of exposure... If it doesn’t work out, just tell your uncle and aunt that the scumbag cheated during the marriage, and you’ve divorced him. Then act low-key afterward; it’s not a big deal..."

"What do you mean ’not a big deal’?!"

Xu Manning angrily slapped Wu Wenyue’s thigh: "How can you still help her come up with ideas? Didn’t we say we wouldn’t take her?! It must be that during my business trip, you hooked up with that Huang behind my back, right?"

"No, really..."

"Swear!" Miss Xu pointed her right index finger at Wu Wenyue’s nose, her eyes full of distrust: "Swear on your chest, say that if you’re lying, you’ll turn from a steamed bun into a peanut!"

How could she be so vicious?! A peanut, a peanut indeed!

Wu Wenyue shivered with disgust just hearing that: "Manning, you’re too much!"

"You little thing, stop being so noisy."

Huang Tianxuan gently pushed away Xu Manning’s hand pointing at Wu Wenyue and said slowly: "To be honest with you, your Yueyue is quite bouncy, very smooth, and a bit heavy. But whether it’s the feel or other aspects, I quite like it..."

"What?"

Xu Manning’s eyes were filled with horror and disbelief: "You, slut, say that again?!"

Huang Tianxuan’s expression was subtle: "Say what? Talk about my experiences staying here during your business trip? Come on, that would make me seem a bit pathetic... Oh, by the way, should I pay you rent?"

"Shameless, absolutely shameless! Is your face so bad that it’s falling off due to poor digestion? Your lack of virtue will make you infertile!!"

Xu Manning, driven by anger and evil thoughts, reached over Wu Wenyue to grab Huang Tianxuan’s chest: "I’ll squeeze you to death!!"

"Still want to get physical? Hey, you can’t reach it! Annoying, isn’t it?"

"Alright, enough, stop fooling around!"

The three on the sofa tangled together, Xu Manning baring her fangs and claws, kicking and punching while Wu Wenyue was busy stopping her, and Huang Tianxuan dodged with a smile.

Am I the only extra here?!

Zhao Qingge frowned, her face cold as ice. She withdrew her gaze and looked at Li Peifeng across from her, trying to call out to him internally to wake him up, but Li Peifeng wasn’t using [Connected Hearts] at the moment, so he didn’t hear. Helpless, she had to speak up: "Did you become mute?"

Li Peifeng slightly opened his mouth, imitating an aimless babble; he really didn’t know what to say at this point.

Originally, this trip to the Zhao family, after having dinner with Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin, left Li Peifeng somewhat lost in thought. Because they both suggested meeting each other’s parents and discussed Li Peifeng’s future plans, it was enough to stir up unsettling emotions deep within him.

Moreover, before going upstairs, when he was talking with Zhao Qingge in the car, he was deeply influenced by her words and emotions. In a moment of shared sentiment, Li Peifeng suddenly felt that the four of them getting married was as hard as climbing to the sky and would definitely cause severe damage to them, making him feel guilty and self-reproachful, leading to a desire to give up.

And when he thought about it carefully, he realized that not only was he escaping issues like a few people getting married, family, and opinions of people around them but also the problem of time...

Even if the five of them overcame all difficulties and ended up together, getting married, having children, and living a happy life, how long could it last?

Not a hundred years, but just another sixty or seventy years until all four girls reached old age. Even though the elixirs obtained from the lottery could help delay their aging, ultimately, the longevity effect of Li Peifeng’s body transformation was better.

If the rewards from the lottery wheel remained the same as before, mostly targeting Li Peifeng himself, and the quality of the elixirs didn’t improve, then Li Peifeng would face a very peculiar reality; he would eventually be ’younger’ than his children and become the ’son’ or ’grandson’ of his wives.

Li Peifeng might not think this was a big deal, but they might not be able to accept it easily in the future. Even if they could accept it and they all grew old happily, when the girls reached the end of their lives and only Li Peifeng remained, he would face even deeper despair...

Reality is not a cultivation novel.

Even stones are eroded and weathered by time, let alone the more fragile human heart, which will inevitably age and move into twilight.

Amidst the flood of thoughts, the three girls stopped their squabble, and Xu Manning glared at Li Peifeng, questioning what good deeds the three of them had done while she was on her business trip.

Wu Wenyue and Huang Tianxuan were more focused on Zhao Qingge, who tactfully suggested she learn to let go, noting that the current number of marriages for her and Li wasn’t the most appropriate; adding one more person could easily lead to problems.

But Old Zhao completely ignored it and just kept staring at Li Peifeng. Seeing him silent for a long while, she stood up as if intending to leave.

"Hold on."

Li Peifeng grabbed her back into her seat, sat back on the small stool himself, and sighed lightly: "After I went to college, I had this idea, probably because I’ve read a lot. Having experienced several deaths among those around me, and with material sufficiency, I’ve been liked all my life, self-proclaiming to have a brain ’wise enough to reject advice and eloquent enough to cover up faults.’ I felt life was meaningless, everything was just a fleeting moment. Later, I realized this wasn’t right, so I started searching for the meaning of my existence, writing being one of the ways, and another was chatting with girls..."

Wu Wenyue interrupted: "Get to the point. If you want psychological counseling, find someone else. Just tell us what you really want."

Are you seriously pushing him towards He Yimeng on purpose?

Huang Tianxuan secretly thought it was bad, giving a subtle tug at her, showing a gentle smile: "Peifeng, you continue, say whatever you want."

After being interrupted, Li Peifeng lost the mood to ramble. He tilted his head, thought for a moment: "Let’s get to the main point then. The endpoint is that Brother Yue, your method is quite excellent; it completely compensates for the shortcomings of my previous plan. I’m very grateful and want to kiss you over eight hundred times to express my emotions, but I’ll remember this merit for now..."

With that said, he looked toward Zhao Qingge, probing: "So I plan to stick with my previous idea but have modified the details to minimize the impact."

"After graduating, I’ll still marry and hold a wedding banquet with you first. Considering the mentor-student relationship we had before and the status of uncle and aunt, we certainly won’t invite too many people to attend, at most just invite relatives to witness it. Ordinary friends and colleagues, we’ll try not to invite them. They’d also suggest we keep a low profile, so the probability of word getting out about this first wedding banquet is very low."

"After dealing with the wedding banquet, I will then follow the plan that Wenyue and Sister Tianxuan just discussed, but it’s best to ensure at least half a year between each wedding banquet; this way, even if the news leaks, everyone can explain to their families and outsiders by saying they’ve divorced me... But during the holidays, I’ll definitely visit as an ex-husband; I will never give up!"

You declare your love to me openly, I’ll say confidently that I can’t do without you.

Just as Li Peifeng had begun to entertain pessimistic thoughts, they were smothered by Wu, Xu, and Huang’s combined efforts. Wu Wenyue even came up with a seemingly executable solution, so he absolutely couldn’t mess it up. Whether it’s his first marriage, second marriage, third, or fourth... he was set on marrying them all!

What if it got exposed? The girls weren’t afraid; why should he be? Face mountains, open mountains; meet water, chart a course!

Zhao Qingge felt somewhat helpless about this, turning to look seriously at the three people beside her. Huang Tianxuan began to warn, saying something like Professor Zhao, your scholarly family should consider carefully and never agree to his proposal; Xu Manning, angered, rose without a word and stormed off to her bedroom, slamming the door shut; Wu Wenyue, on the other hand, walked over to Li Peifeng, pulled him up, and whispered to him through gritted teeth: ’Now, you bastard, you absolutely have to add to the dowry, I want more than theirs... ’

Feeling so exhausted, life indeed seemed to lack meaning.

Zhao Qingge fell into confusion, into hesitation, staying still like being frozen in time.

[If you have any opinions, feel free to share, I’m listening.]

In the next moment, Li Peifeng used Connected Hearts, sitting beside Zhao Qingge after comforting Wu Wenyue, indicating his concern. The sofa was quite crowded...

Zhao Qingge took a light breath, as if she summoned up enough strength to speak, though her demeanor was also rather listless: "Why don’t you think about how you’ll face tomorrow’s family meeting first."

...

Weekend, 9:30 AM, in front of the South Station plaza in the Capital.

The area was swarming with people, traffic crisscrossing. Li Peifeng had just parked the car, opened the door, and got out to wave at an older handsome man walking out from the platform not far away.

"Dad, over here!"

Li Qiyuan turned his head and saw his son. He only had a single shoulder bag on, and he quickly walked over, casually tossing his bag;

"Where’s the money? Why haven’t I received it yet?!"