AFMVSS – CH07, P2

——Long legs are indeed something to be proud of.

——So corgis can only be praised for being cute.

System: ?

Wasn’t this saying her legs were short?

Watching Chu Shuangye’s self-intoxicated appearance, it almost couldn’t catch its breath.

At that moment, it felt like a mother-in-law seeing her son-in-law during New Year’s – the kind of son-in-law who didn’t satisfy the mother-in-law in any aspect yet whom the daughter loved to death.

Admittedly, the dog man’s recent behavior was indeed somewhat abnormal.

First actively calling to agree to pick her up, then speaking up for her at the family dinner, and afterward even asking if she wanted to go shopping.

But all of this—

Still wasn’t enough to make the system believe in the “villain secretly in love script” nonsense.

It firmly believed in its understanding of the original plot.

And Chu Shuangye’s thinking was complete fallacy!

But the way she was now, she didn’t seem like someone who could be persuaded anytime soon.

No, it had to go to the System Headquarters to investigate this dog man’s identity.

Last time it discovered it couldn’t use time freeze near Feng Mingzhang. This indicated there must be something suspicious about him.

If the mountain won’t come to me, I’ll go to the mountain.

If it couldn’t persuade Chu Shuangye, it refused to believe it couldn’t handle Feng Mingzhang!

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Feng Mingzhang had been so busy lately that he was dizzy, even his time contacting friends was counted in minutes.

During his time studying abroad, he had collaborated with several classmates to develop office software.

Recently they were expanding their user base from office workers to students, so they had specifically added new Q&A sections.

Chu Haoqi had endured many days without disturbing him, finally waiting until the day the latest version of the app went online before knocking on Feng Mingzhang’s office door.

What had kept him from letting go for so long – was it so-called brotherhood?

No, it was his gossip-hungry heart that had been burning fiercely for a whole week!

“Feng, do you still consider me a friend or not? When you were forced to get married, weren’t we all worried about you?”

“And what happened? You don’t tell us anything about your current situation. I feel like a complete sucker! Even people being sent off get a few words of safety reports, but what about you?”

“Honestly, have I forced you to share any gossip in all this time since you got your certificate? If I hadn’t happened to hear about it a few days ago, were you planning to tell us nothing at all?”

“Chu Peiqi, can you calm down a bit?” Feng Mingzhang’s head ached from the noise. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples.

There were too many questions asked all at once; he could only pick the easiest one to answer.

“Yes, aren’t you forcing me right now?”

Chu Haoqi: “…”

“Don’t call me Chu Peiqi!”

“Fine,” Chu Haoqi gritted his teeth, “You’re noble, you’re carefree, you’re amazing!”

“I came here today just to see if you’d worked yourself to death these past few days!”

A phone message notification sounded. Chu Haoqi quickly glanced at it, then showed a slightly roguish smile, “But seeing you’re living quite properly now, I won’t disturb you anymore.”

“Where are you going?” Feng Mingzhang asked casually.

Chu Haoqi had been waiting for this question.

“Of course, I have a date with a beauty.” He smugly put away his phone, “But I won’t tell you the specific details.”

“After all, how does that saying go – the desire to share always depends on responses to continue.”

Feng Mingzhang: …

“Oh right,” Chu Haoqi suddenly leaned back in, “there’s a gathering tonight.”

“Third Son Sun is opening his bar and asking if you’ll honor us with your presence.”

Feng Mingzhang pondered briefly, “Ah Lie’s former classmate?”

“Yeah.” Chu Haoqi understood Feng Mingzhang well.

In others’ eyes, he was unrestrained and unconventional, truly a leader among the dandy young masters of Ze City.

But only their few friends knew that while Feng Mingzhang loved to have fun, he didn’t like playing with outsiders.

TL:

“Peiqi” (佩奇) in this context is likely a reference to “Peppa Pig” – the popular children’s cartoon character. In Chinese, Peppa Pig is called “小猪佩奇” (Xiao Zhu Peiqi), literally “Little Pig Peiqi.”

Chu Haoqi doesn’t want to be called “Chu Peiqi” because:

It’s feminizing – Peppa is a female pig character, and calling a grown man by this name is emasculating

It’s infantilizing – Peppa Pig is a children’s show, so the nickname makes him sound childish

It’s mocking – Feng Mingzhang is essentially calling him a “little pig,” which is both insulting and playful teasing between friends

This is a common type of wordplay humor in Chinese where someone’s real name (Haoqi 皓齐) gets replaced with a similar-sounding but embarrassing reference (Peiqi 佩奇). It’s Feng Mingzhang’s way of playfully mocking his friend, especially since Chu Haoqi was being dramatic and demanding answers about Feng Mingzhang’s marriage situation.

The nickname works because both names end in “qi” (齐/奇), making the substitution sound natural while being deliberately ridiculous.