"Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"
On the phone screen, both girls were present. Wu Wenyue was wearing a bathrobe with a serious expression, while Xu Manning was wrapped in a quilt, her pretty face tense.
Their hairstyles were a bit ssy, as if they had just woken up... no, they hadn’t even gotten up yet!
Li Peifeng appeared calm: "I didn’t hear it earlier. Were you two taking advantage of Saturday to sleep in?"
"Don’t change the subject. Where are you now?"
After Wu Wenyue finished speaking, Xu Manning added sharply, "Switch to the rear cara and pan around so we can see."
"I’m strolling around West Lake, planning to buy you guys so gifts later."
Li Peifeng obediently complied, switched to the rear cara, and captured the garden scenery around Lingbo Hall.
Seeing the scene on the screen, the two girls’ expressions softened slightly.
"Is he really all by himself?"
"What’s so great about walking alone! Aren’t you with your supervisor?"
"You know she’s my supervisor?" Li Peifeng retorted, "Walking around West Lake with my supervisor? Does that even make sense?!"
Xu Manning snorted softly, "Why not hit on a couple of beauties to join you if worse cos to worst, walking alone is so pitiful."
Wu Wenyue expressed sympathy, "If not, you can walk around while video calling us. Isn’t it boring to wander West Lake alone?"
Li Peifeng shook his head, "You have no idea how enjoyable this solitude can be! Okay, I’ve answered your question. Now, could you answer one of mine?"
Then he half-smiled and asked, "Please tell , why did you take over a day after my plane landed to call , and with this interrogative tone, no less?"
"?"
"Huh?"
Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning were caught off guard by the question.
Director, aren’t these lines mixed up?
Li Peifeng continued, "And you both video-called looking so disheveled, do you an to provoke by just waking up or finishing sothing?"
"Congratulations, you’ve successfully pissed off!" Li Peifeng said in a flat tone, nodding affirmatively in the end.
Wu Wenyue was annoyed, "No, we didn’t, you’re making stuff up!"
Xu Manning was also angry, "We just woke up, and now you have the nerve to backstab us. We waited so long for you yesterday; when you got off the plane, you didn’t even call us..."
"Why just waking up?"
Li Peifeng questioned, "Wu Wenyue, such a disciplined person, considers 7:30 as late. Why is it that after I left, you two alone end up sleeping till noon? What did you do last night while I wasn’t there?"
"..."
The two won’s expressions froze, not knowing how to respond, when Li Peifeng continued to berate them.
"Did you ignore completely once I was gone?!"
"Nonsense!"
"Utterly baseless!"
Wu Wenyue’s eyes flickered, "We’re getting up; enjoy your walk!"
Xu Manning simply picked up the phone and pointed the cara at the ceiling, "I’m ordering so takeout; haven’t eaten yet, so I’m hanging up. Rember to eat on ti!"
"Eat? I’m already full of anger; I’ll settle this with you when I’m back!"
Li Peifeng left that threatening remark, and the other side hung up first. He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief...
The reverse tactic worked so well mainly because they first showed a flaw, which he imdiately seized on to amplify the issue.
"These two silly beautiful won, I’m not hiding it from you because I’m afraid you’ll get jealous but mainly because I’m afraid you’ll get envious! I have so many female book fans, what if you fancy one and forget about ..."
Composing himself, Li Peifeng returned to Lingbo Hall, discovering that the won had already started drinking.
Originally, Li Peifeng and Huang Tianxuan agreed to have just six bottles of rice wine, placed in the dining room as a formality, preferably not to be consud, but if soone did drink, they would help themselves.
When the book club started, considering they were all girls, and relatively young, for safety reasons, Li Peifeng and Huang Tianxuan deliberately forgot about the wine. Who knew soone would want to take a sip, to indulge in a bit of tipsiness?
Who was it? Who was it exactly?!
"Look everyone, Xiaofeng is finally back!"
Lu Yao picked up a glass full of rice wine, smiling brightly, "You took so long on the phone; we don’t even want to ask which girl called, it’s too exhausting... However, shouldn’t he be penalized with a drink?! Don’t you think?!"
"Yes! Yes!"
"He must be penalized, one glass isn’t enough, it should be three!"
The female book fans chid in with smiles, and seven or eight of them already had their glasses filled with wine, including Lu Yao.
Li Peifeng understood instantly, this was very likely his top fan, Big Sis, trying to stir the waters and extract , to see if that 28 cm photo was real...
"No way, I haven’t updated the book today."
Li Peifeng waved his hand with a smile, "If I drink too much, it’ll delay things."
"Lies, don’t you have even one Chapter in reserve?"
"And missing a day doesn’t matter either!"
"You don’t need to update; we’ve granted you leave!"
The many female book fans were surprisingly unanimous.
Huang Tianxuan also pulled him aside, whispering, "Drink a bit. If you don’t, they definitely won’t let you off. If you drink too much, give a signal, and I’ll pull you away."
Li Peifeng frowned, "I’m fine with it, but with so many girls here, unfamiliar with the place, getting drunk here..."
"Don’t worry."
Lu Yao handed a glass to Li Peifeng, holding his arm, laughing, "Sis has a beauty salon here in Hangzhou too. I’ve already arranged it, so after drinking and visiting West Lake, once we’ve had enough fun, a large bus will take us to my place for spa treatnts, all expenses covered!"
"Sister Lu is so generous!"
"Co, let’s all raise a glass to thank Sister Lu."
Whether it was wine or soft drinks, the female book fans all raised their glasses to express their gratitude, while Huang Tianxuan frowned, seemingly a bit unhappy.
"No need to be so polite; our gathering here is a bond of fate."
Lu Yao also raised her glass in return, taking a light sip, then seed to rember sothing important, looked at Li Peifeng with half-genuine, half-pretend regret, "Little brother won’t bla for overstepping, right? I just want everyone to have a good ti. If you have any other plans, I’ll follow your lead."
No wonder!
Now Li Peifeng completely understood. It seed that just in this short mont, Lu Yao, the oldest woman present, used her experience and benefit to seize the role of host at the book club from Huang Tianxuan!
But that’s not necessarily bad, preventing the book club from having a poor start and end. Now, after dining at the state guesthouse, visiting West Lake, facials done, and then returning ho, being a book fan of mine is truly a blessing...
"How could I? I’m more than happy."
Li Peifeng raised his glass too, boldly saying, "Today, let’s toast with the rising sun to celebrate the east wind!"
"Well said."
Lu Yao seed to be expecting these words, smiling as she said, "Co, let’s everyone line up to toast a drink or two to the wind! If there’s no wine in your glass, use a soft drink."
Li Peifeng suddenly felt uneasy, realizing they truly planned to take turns drinking him under the table...
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