Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 136 Fei's Innovative Cuisine

Although the main door and balcony of apartment 3601 are now locked from the inside, the doors and windows of the four bedrooms are still open, and there is a range hood running at full power in the kitchen. I estimate that in another five or six minutes, the smell will not be so nauseating.

As the smell faded, Yifei's gagging gradually subsided. Taking advantage of the fact that Yifei hadn't fully recovered, the group quickly and quietly opened the door and tiptoed towards room 3602.

"I never expected Yifei's combat power to be at its peak, yet her poison resistance is so low." Zeng Xiaoxian excitedly jabbed his palm, raising his eyebrows as he laughed. "Does this mean we can finally turn the tables and become the masters?"

Ziqiao patted Zeng Xiaoxian on the shoulder with a sympathetic look: "Teacher Zeng, I understand that you want to overthrow the domineering rule of the female devil, but you have to understand that no matter how weak Yifei is, she is not someone we can take advantage of."

"And this time..."

"This time it was because we ambushed them, and Yifei doesn't hit women. Do you think Wanyu and the others will still mess around with us next time?"

Zeng Xiaoxian looked at Yu Mo and the other three girls, who waved their hands repeatedly to refuse.

Just kidding, Yifei just doesn't hit women, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have other ways to deal with them.

The playful fighting between girls, that's something else...

It sparks the imagination.

In short, without any legitimate reason, the four of them would absolutely never challenge Yifei.

"Sigh, I thought the world had changed for the better."

Seeing that Yu Mo and the others were unwilling to cooperate, Zeng Xiaoxian's plan to overthrow the Great Demon King was stillborn just as it was getting started.

Just as Xiaoxian and the others were talking, Hu Yifei walked in, her face pale.

"You guys are really something, locking me up alone in room 3601." Yifei pointed and threatened, "You... Zeng Xiaoxian, you just wait, if you're so capable, you'll have to sleep with one eye open from now on."

Zeng Xiaoxian rubbed his ears to make sure he hadn't misheard, then shouted angrily, "Hu Yifei, are you kidding me? Everyone was involved in this, why are you only targeting me!"

Why?

"Who told you to shout the loudest just now?"

Hu Yifei pursed her lips fiercely and walked towards Xiaoxian. Zhanbo, who was sitting next to Xiaoxian, stood up with great insight and smiled obsequiously at Yifei, "Big sister, please sit down."

Yifei sat down and put her hand on Zeng Xiaoxian's shoulder, her smile both charming and dangerous: "If you want to change the world, you'll have to show some ability."

"Either you're smarter than me, or you're stronger than me, otherwise what makes you think you can become the master?"

Curry Sauce cautiously said to Yu Mo and Wan Yu on either side, "So it turns out Sister Yi Fei was eavesdropping outside the whole time. Luckily, the three of us didn't agree."

Yu Mo and Wan Yu patted their chests, still shaken; it was a close call.

Xiaoxian stiffly turned his head, staring intently at Nanfeng and Ziqiao with pleading eyes.

Help me!

[You two, one in charge and the other inciting the crowd, each bears more responsibility than I do. You can't abandon me!]

Nanfeng and Ziqiao, on the other hand, acted as if it were none of their business.

Teacher Zeng's experience tells us that when a group commits a crime, the person most likely to be targeted is often not the one who committed the biggest crime.

Instead, it's those who jump the most energetically and bounce the most joyfully, like him.

"Yifei..."

Zeng Xiaoxian's fawning smile was tightly covered by Yifei, who said softly, "It's okay, we have plenty of time."

"Everyone, let's go and begin our test of endurance." Yifei got up and walked towards 3601.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and then headed towards 3601.

……

Although the peculiar smell that permeated 3601 has not completely dissipated, it is now a smell that humans can tolerate.

Everyone gathered around the dining table. Wanyu looked sullenly at her open bedroom door: "Looks like all four of us will have to change our sheets and duvet covers tonight... Nanfeng, you didn't open my closet, did you?"

The south wind shook its head.

Wan Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, the clothes shouldn't have too much of a smell. Putting some lemons in the closet should still save them. Nan Feng..."

Nanfeng gave an OK sign: "I have plenty of lemons."

Yifei's light cough interrupted everyone's conversation. After regaining her composure, she said with a sinister smile, "Everyone, the content of Lao Zhi's test is very simple."

"That means each of you will have to taste my innovative Filipino dishes. Those who are full or unable to eat are out, and the last one standing is the winner of this test."

Everyone nodded in agreement, unsurprised.

From Yifei forbidding them from going out for meals to the strange food smell in room 3601, if everyone still doesn't realize that this test is related to food, then they are being rather foolish.

However, knowing this was one thing, but upon hearing the news, the hearts of all the participants finally sank.

The name "Filipino innovative cuisine" sounds ominous and sinister.

But before everyone's hearts completely turn cold, there is one last question.

"What does the Trial of Labor have to do with eating?" Yu Mo asked on behalf of everyone. "I thought the Trial of Labor was a housework competition."

Yifei retorted defiantly, "What's the point of having a competition to do housework? And haven't you ever heard of hard work and perseverance?"

"This proves that those who can endure hardship are naturally the most hardworking. What's wrong with calling this a test of labor?"

With a gloomy and miserable face, Guan Gu said, "I don't know what it means to be hardworking and enduring hardship, but I do know an idiom called 'Nonsense Pigsy'."

"That's nonsense," Mika corrected.

Curry Sauce couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaim in admiration, "Sister Yifei's ability to make up stories is almost on par with Brother Ziqiao's!"

"So, when it comes to hard work and endurance, others focus on endurance, while we emphasize endurance?" Zeng Xiaoxian looked at the others. "Do you think this is reasonable?"

"Whether it's reasonable or not is not important." Yu Mo looked at the contestants in front of her with sympathy. "If even Yi Fei thinks that what she made was hard work... then good luck to you."

The temperature inside the room plummeted to freezing point after Yu Mo's words, sending chills down everyone's spines.

Ziqiao patted Nanfeng on the shoulder: "Didn't that previous bride have absolutely no cooking skills?"

Nanfeng nodded: "The only time I ever cooked was when the fire shot three zhang high and even burned the range hood."

"That makes sense," Ziqiao guessed. "Yifei probably set up this test to tell the groom: either you have to be able to endure hardship and eat the dishes your bride makes, or you have to be hardworking and honestly take over the kitchen."

Nanfeng gave a thumbs up, thinking that Ziqiao's guess was quite reasonable.

As Yifei ran into the kitchen and brought out a plate of food that was completely covered, the trial of labor officially began.

Yifei proudly announced to everyone: "Everyone, you should be glad that you have the opportunity to be among the first diners of innovative Filipino cuisine."

"Believe me, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you can even proudly have this achievement engraved on your tombstone: A great taster of Filipino innovative cuisine."

"Yes, this achievement, if engraved on a tombstone, would truly ward off evil spirits. No demons or monsters would dare approach," Nanfeng praised expressionlessly. "When I die, you must remember to engrave it on my tombstone so I can enjoy peace forever."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Yifei was too lazy to listen to their complaints and sarcasm anymore, so she simply opened the lid.

A seemingly ordinary plate of shredded potatoes appeared before everyone's eyes.

"It seems like... without you guys..."

"..."

"...Is it really that scary?" The senior apprentice, who didn't know much about Yifei's cooking skills, made a premature judgment.

Meijia came over with a plate and bowls and divided the plate of shredded potatoes into eight equal portions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy our appetizer, 'Double Happiness'," Yifei said.

Everyone looked at each other, hesitant to pick up their chopsticks.

It's just a plate of shredded potatoes, where does this double happiness come from?

"How about... the captain goes first?" Seeing that dragging this out wasn't going to work, Zeng Xiaoxian suggested, upholding the principle of "better to sacrifice your friends than yourself."

This proposal was unanimously approved by all participants except the two team captains.

The eldest brother and Ziqiao looked at each other, each wanting the other to eat first, but neither willing to back down in front of the other.

The two of them could only bite the bullet and pick up a shredded potato, observing it for a long time without being able to figure out anything. When they brought it close to their noses, Ziqiao could only smell a familiar fragrance and a pungent spiciness.

"Please," Yifei said.

The two gritted their teeth, forced themselves to stuff the shredded potatoes into their mouths, and swallowed them without even chewing.

Even so, the two of them still fell victim to the virus.

Ziqiao covered his cheek, looking like he was about to burst from crying, tears streaming down his face: "No, I can't take it anymore!"

He squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his fists tightly: "Water..."

The eldest brother silently took off his glasses and kept rubbing his face with his hands: "Oh my god..."

Everyone looked at Yifei in horror at the sight of Senior Brother and Ziqiao. Was this appetizer really that scary?

Meijia and Yumo quickly poured a glass of water for Ziqiao and their senior brother.

The two picked up their cups and started chugging water until they had a full cup in their stomachs, at which point Ziqiao and Master regained their ability to speak.

"Hu Yifei, you, you actually tried to fool me with ginger!" Ziqiao shouted angrily.

Yifei crossed her legs: "I already told you it's 'double happiness,' it's hot and sour shredded potatoes with ginger, what's wrong with that?"

The eldest brother nodded silently and added, "What I ate was..."

"..."

"...It's shredded potatoes. But the sourness and spiciness are both off."

Nanfeng leaned closer and took a sniff; the smell of these shredded potatoes was all too familiar to him.

"Adding ginger to shredded potatoes is one thing, but who taught you to change the sour and spicy flavor of hot and sour shredded potatoes to lemon and mustard?"

"Ah!!!" everyone exclaimed.

Yifei shrugged: "Regular hot and sour shredded potatoes are too boring, so I wanted to make some changes. Otherwise, how can it be called Filipino innovative cuisine?"

"Besides, ginger, lemon, and mustard are all good things."

"And wouldn't it be even more delicious to replace vinegar with lemon, and to replace chili with wasabi?"

Seeing Yifei excitedly take out her phone and open the memo app, Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly realized what was going on.

"I get it, she's using us to test her new dish."

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