My System Forces Me to Live off Women

Chapter 504 - 333: Red Carpet Turmoil (Part 3)

"Nazha, look over here, give us a smile."

"Here, please come a little closer."

The sound of camera shutters clicked incessantly, and some photographers were calling out reminders. Of course, many people had their lenses focused on Li Peifeng, throwing all sorts of requests at him.

"Li Peifeng, don’t wear the suit, yes, just hang it on your arm like that."

"Could you give us a colder expression?"

"Put your hand on the shirt buttons, could you please undo the first two? Show a little! Please!!"

Such a hassle!

Li Peifeng resisted the urge to roll his eyes, cooperating for a while. Before long, Guli Nazha walked up to him again, gently reminded him, "A group photo, don’t forget."

Of course, Li Peifeng wouldn’t forget. In fact, the two had practiced many poses for group photos before, mostly with Guli Nazha holding his arm, maintaining a proper distance. They posed one by one, looking quite in sync.

"Could you two get a bit closer?"

"Li Peifeng, your hand is too far from Nazha."

Li Peifeng remained unmoved, keeping a cool demeanor, wanting the photoshoot to end quickly. But Guli Nazha slightly pinched his arm while pulling herself a bit closer.

Li Peifeng turned his head to look, and Guli Nazha flashed a bright smile, red lips and white teeth, charmingly shining. Her gaze lowered slightly, sweeping over her waist, as if signaling something.

"..."

Li Peifeng thought for a moment, reassuring himself for the sake of the picture, and placed his hand on Guli Nazha’s waist without touching it, just a brief gesture, then he and Nazha slightly bowed to express their thanks.

"Alright, thank you media friends, and welcome to Guli Nazha and Li Peifeng’s arrival."

Liu Shuyue and Chen Hai, the hosts, now stepped to the center, the former handing an extra microphone to the two, while the latter directly said, "Actually, since you two stepped on the red carpet, Shuyue and I couldn’t stop guessing. Nazha, are you his fan? Or did you know Li Peifeng before? Otherwise, why walk together?"

Guli Nazha took the microphone and smiled, shaking her head, "Yes and no, because we first met only during the rehearsal two days ago. I even thought he was an artist like me at first, making it a bit awkward. After finding out he was an author, I went to read his books, which are quite interesting. Like ’Demon CEO Falls for Me’, ’Runaway Empress’, and ’Bald Girl’, including his ongoing series ’Chronicles of Sword and Magic’, I’ve read them all."

Chen Hai nodded in realization, "I see, so you became his fan after meeting him. Which of his works do you like the most, Nazha?"

Guli Nazha thought for a moment and said, "The ongoing ’Sword and Magic’, it’s his new book. There’s not much content, so I finished it quickly and even tipped him as a Silver tier patron for more updates. It’s quite different from the web novels I’ve read before; it’s beautifully written and profound, highly recommended!"

Liu Shuyue exclaimed in surprise, then teased Li Peifeng, "Did you hear that, Peifeng? Nazha is urging you to update more often, you should feel pressured to keep updating!"

Li Peifeng smiled slightly, putting on airs for the program’s effect, "There is pressure, but fairness is important. Other readers are also urging me to update, I cannot just update more because of Nazha’s request, that wouldn’t be fair to other readers. But of course, following the usual Silver tier customs, I’ll add one more Chapter today."

"Just one Chapter?"

The two hosts were momentarily speechless before Chen Hai laughed, "Perhaps this is what it means to remain untainted by fame and fortune, unaffected by poverty and power, unyielding to force. The air of the grandmaster, truly terrifying!"

Guli Nazha squinted her eyes slightly, appearing somewhat displeased, but surprisingly, she praised Li Peifeng, "Actually, he’s very diligent. Our first meeting was because he found the rehearsal stage too noisy, so he wanted to find a quiet room backstage to write, and then he knocked on my dressing room door."

Liu Shuyue was surprised, "Is that so? And then you let him in, Nazha?"

"Of course not."

Guli Nazha smiled, "I was doing my makeup at the time, it was inconvenient, and my assistant didn’t open the door either, just said someone was outside. He apologized and left. But when I finished makeup, he was still at my dressing room door, and we chatted briefly... Hmm, barely a chat before he asked for my WeChat."

"Oh?"

The hosts’ eyes lit up like a cat spotting a laser pointer, or a hungry dog seeing a bone. They sensed there was a lot to dig into here, so Chen Hai purposely probed, "Li Peifeng, mind explaining why you asked for Nazha’s private WeChat back then?"

Liu Shuyue also pressed, "Did our Nazha’s beauty leave you captivated?"

Oh, Nazha, you really don’t let any opportunity slip, huh?! Want to flaunt your irresistible charm, make others think I’ve fallen for you?

Li Peifeng glanced at the slightly raised brow of Guli Nazha, feeling the frantic vibrations of his phone in his pocket, calmly explained, "Nazha’s manager initially gave me her business card, but I didn’t have such things, so I showed my QR code as a courtesy. That’s all, don’t misunderstand, and I hope Nazha’s fans don’t overthink it, please let me off the hook~"

Most importantly, he hoped the four viewers watching the live stream wouldn’t overthink it either!!

But it was impossible not to overthink. Li Peifeng, after all, had a notorious past; those sitting before the screen had already started imagining wild scenarios.

Especially Miss Xu and Wu Wenyue; the more they thought, the angrier they got. With nowhere to vent their anger, they wanted to call Li Peifeng, but his phone was unreachable, and he wasn’t replying to messages; feeling helpless, they continued watching the live broadcast.

By now, Li Peifeng and Guli Nazha had left the red carpet, no longer appearing on screen, but on-screen comments were still shipping them, stoking Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning’s fury, who couldn’t help venting in their group chat of four...

Wu Wenyue: "(Angry)(Angry)(Angry) This jerk never changes no matter where he goes!"

Xu Manning: "I’m booking a flight to Shanghai, I’m gonna kill him!!"

Though Zhao Qingge was also angry, she remained rational, "Don’t find him, we have an agreement. And maybe this is his deliberate provocation, you guys need to stay calm."

Huang Tianxuan: "Exactly, it’s obvious provocation, Wenyue, and Manning, take it easy. Not only shouldn’t you find him, but also need to maintain your previous stance, react with calmness like a gentle breeze brushing the mountains."

After sending this, Huang Tianxuan hesitated for a moment but still took a screenshot of the group chat’s messages and forwarded it to Li Peifeng.

Huang Tianxuan: "Time to wrap up the act, otherwise, the audience will start to leave."

There’s a mole in the group of four!

When Li Peifeng received the mole’s report, he had already entered the audience seating area.

Although the event organizer probably arranged for him and Guli Nazha to sit together to create buzz, it didn’t stop him from scrolling through his phone.

One missed call from Zhao Qingge, two WeChat messages, both restrained: "You asked me to watch the live stream just to see the celebrity partner you found?!" "Not bad, you two look great on camera!!!"

Even though Old Zhao was usually so rational, the sarcasm hinted she was a bit upset too.

As for Wu Wenyue, there were three missed calls, four WeChat messages—straightforward and full of profanity, which Li Peifeng barely glanced at before shifting to Xu Manning’s chat window.

This one’s even more of a heavyweight—five missed calls, three missed voice messages, a dozen WeChat voice messages, each over twenty seconds long. Li Peifeng converted them to text for a glance—all filled with expletives!

The last one, Huang Tianxuan, neither called nor sent voice messages, but she sent many long texts via WeChat criticizing Li Peifeng from all angles, from when they met until now, from his car accident amnesia act to Sanwei Bookstore, ending with a screenshot of their group chat and some well-meaning advice.

Clearly, their composure had broken!!

Li Peifeng felt relieved, comforting each of them with WeChat messages, saying things like, "Don’t worry, Guli Nazha and I are just putting on a show for the occasion." Before long, he got responses and used the chance to chat with the four girls smoothly.

What they chatted about wasn’t important, what mattered was they finally broke the ice!

"Are you writing?"

Seeing that Mr. Li hadn’t spoken to her since sitting down and was just typing away on his phone, Guli Nazha’s curiosity made her want to peek over. Still, she feared the cameras might capture it, sending gossip flying, so she probed verbally instead.

"Yeah."

Li Peifeng focused on replying to messages, casually saying, "Setting the stage for the climax of the next Chapter."

"..."