My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Wu Wenyue angrily slammed the table: "Li Peifeng, put your pants on!"

"No!"

Li Peifeng instead put down his chopsticks, got up from the table, and strutted toward Wu Wenyue with a swagger, making strange laughter: "I need to teach you a harsh lesson, you money-grubbing gold-digger. Raising the bride price just because you see I have money? How can you go back on your word like that? Besides, the money hasn’t come in yet, and it’s not even that much. Can’t I give it to you once my book earns money? For now, let me give you some interest. Hurry up!"

Wu Wenyue was ashamed and angry: "Still coming forward? I’ll pinch you!"

Huang Tianxuan watched their unruly behavior with deep contempt in her eyes: "You two should have some restraint, we’re eating!"

...

Wu Wenyue’s talk about a one billion dowry was obviously just a joke. After the meal, she was thoroughly lectured by Li Peifeng and didn’t mention it again, or perhaps it was because she had already received part of the interest of the billion dowry, which shut her up.

Plus, Huang Tianxuan also got some benefits, although she seemed somewhat unwilling to accept this interest.

But the look of disgust on her face only made Li Peifeng more excited!

"Brushing teeth again—once after waking up today, once after eating, and now again! You two really... only have that thing on your minds, right?"

Huang Tianxuan said grudgingly and rushed into the bathroom, with Li Peifeng and Wu Wenyue following behind.

"Manning’s coming back the day after tomorrow, cherish these days, you won’t be able to enjoy it for a while, Sister Xuan."

Huang Tianxuan rolled her eyes, speaking in a muffled voice while brushing her teeth: "Enjoy what? Being bullied by you two every day."

Wu Wenyue, washing her face, voiced her opposition: "I have nothing to do with it, it’s all him—this pervert."

"Nothing to do with you? You’re the one always crawling on top of me, suffocating me with your dead weight; I nearly bit my tongue off last time. Are you a female hooligan doing this to Manning as well? I’ve figured it out, when it comes to being lewd and shameless, you’re not much different than Li Peifeng!"

Wu Wenyue blushed and felt aggrieved: "You... Sister Xuan! I’ve apologized to you, yet you mention it again. It was entirely Xiaofeng from behind, I was just..."

"Alright, alright, no need to dwell on this issue."

Li Peifeng couldn’t help but laugh and try to mediate, but watching the two girls, barely clothed, chat while washing up made him want to sneak in some mischief, only to be ruthlessly refused by Huang Tianxuan and Wu Wenyue, and ridiculed to boot.

"Stay away from me, certain someone who’s been excited for 24 hours straight; I’m already late for work."

"Go to your guide and let her calm you down; sharing the love, isn’t it? Oh, are you too scared to touch her?"

Li Peifeng changed the subject: "By the way, when Manning gets back, the four of us can... Stop! Don’t splash water on me!"

"Is it cold?"

"Nonsense, my clothes are wet!"

"Good, it’s meant to cool you down."

...

The water might be cold, but the crude oil market is still hot!

Thursday, March 3rd, at 6 AM, WTI crude closed at $111.38 per barrel, a 4.83% increase.

Li Peifeng’s account’s floating profit, plus principal, reached USD $62 million.

However, at 7 AM after reopening, the crude oil market was overall sluggish; while it made a push towards $120 per barrel, at $116 it quickly fell back, closing Friday morning at 6 AM with a -2.99% decrease.

"I’m back!"

On Friday night at 7:30 PM, Xu Manning returned from her business trip, with Li Peifeng preparing a lavish dinner to welcome her back, aided by Wu Wenyue. Huang Tianxuan had already packed and left by the morning.

Topics at the dinner table, naturally, couldn’t avoid the matter of Li Peifeng trading futures, though Xu Manning had been on a business trip for a week, she’d been in contact with the two almost daily via phone or messaging. Meeting in person now affirmed his big gain, she was happy for him but also worried.

"I noticed crude oil seemed to have fallen a bit this morning?"

"It’s just a temporary pullback; it’s already gone up now."

When Xu Manning asked Li Peifeng when he planned to take profits, he responded with the same answer as a rescue hotline: "120!"

In a conflict destined to be stalemated, given the clear investor sentiment, Li Peifeng was even more confident in his response.

The subsequent crude oil market didn’t disappoint him either - March 5th, Saturday morning, crude closed at $115 per barrel, a 6.43% increase, ending the first trading week of March.

Simultaneously, Li Peifeng welcomed his sleep time for the week, lying in bed swiftly drifting into dreamland, faintly hearing a voice speaking to him; after this weekend, next Monday, and the next, would be the moment of witnessing a miracle!

If fortunate enough, he would see crude oil climb to $120 per barrel, and Li Peifeng would become a billionaire in USD terms!

Dowry, weddings, buying a house, or car—they’re no longer issues.

"But this weekend is bound to be tough, there’s nothing more unsettling than waiting, especially when you’re unsure whether what you’re waiting for will bloom or wither."

Saturday at 11 AM, Li Peifeng woke up full of energy, instinctively picking up his phone, wanting to glance at the WTI crude chart—only to realize he had only slept for five hours and today was not Monday...

"Like a possessed gambler."

Li Peifeng scratched his head, smiling self-deprecatingly.

"Awake?"

Xu Manning, seemed to have sensed him getting up, poked her head out the door: "Cooking eh, I have to head to the company this afternoon, will be home late."

"Okay."

Li Peifeng responded, getting out of bed to put on his shoes and head to the kitchen, but his phone rang—caller: Zhao Qingge.

"Guide?"

"Do you have time tonight?"

"Yes." Li Peifeng eyed Xu Manning beside him eavesdropping and continued: "Do you have plans?"

"Come over to my place tonight."

After saying this, Zhao Qingge paused for a second before slowly adding: "My parents want to meet you, have dinner together... alright?"

Li Peifeng’s expression shifted slightly, but his tone was cheerful: "Sure, absolutely!"

"Alright, drive over yourself, at four."

Once the call ended, Xu Manning crossed her arms, staring at Li Peifeng, casually saying: "Then on Sunday, come over to my house for a meal too, my parents would also like to chat with you."

"No problem!"

Li Peifeng also agreed with a smile, turned his head towards the kitchen, his smile vanished, thinking to himself that Xu Manning was trying to compete over everything!

This weekend was going to be even tougher, not waiting for oil to hit 120, but having to visit two girlfriends’ families. Though thinking positively, might he score some benefits?

"Honey, if I remember correctly, last time when you came to my house, my parents each gave you a big red envelope, right?"

Li Peifeng, rummaging through the fridge, subtly hinted at something!

Miss Xu sneered: "Yeah, are you hoping my parents would give you one too?"

Li Peifeng smacked his lips: "You better have Auntie give one, maybe I could..."

"I’ll give you a pair of red slippers to shut that mouth of yours, maybe it’ll get you to say fewer nonsense!"

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