Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 152 The Unyielding Spirit of Lü Ziqiao

"Hey, what are you all talking about? Can I join in?" Guan Gu asked, holding an ordinary shoebox.

After repeated confirmations from the doctor, Guan Gu, who went to the hospital for a check-up yesterday, was finally able to get rid of his wheelchair and regain the ability to walk freely.

However, he seemed to have fallen in love with the Flying Star wheelchair that could speed around, and he looked reluctant to part with it when he returned it to Xiao Hei.

That's why he was invited by Xiao Hei to participate in a Flying Star wheelchair racing competition that was scheduled to take place at an unknown time.

As for the current situation of this race...

According to Xiao Hei, the problem is that there isn't enough money, the participants are undecided, and there are no sponsors yet.

Even though Guan Gu was very much looking forward to it, Nan Feng still hoped that this wheelchair racing competition with a starting speed of 70 miles per hour could be held as late as possible.

Yifei waved for Guangu to sit down: "Of course, we're listening to Ziqiao make his wish."

"Make a wish? Could Ziqiao be Aladdin?!" Guan Gu was taken aback.

Nanfeng looked down at his phone, a mischievous smile playing on his lips: "No, Ziqiao should be Turtle Prime Minister."

"Wow, I didn't know the Turtle Prime Minister was so amazing." Guan Gu sat down and looked curiously at Nan Feng, who was scrolling through his phone. "Nan Feng, you look like you're very busy."

"Yes, you've been looking at your phone ever since we sat down."

Yifei put her arm around Nanfeng's shoulder and curiously glanced at the car. Then she looked up at Nanfeng and asked, "You're buying a car? Didn't you just buy yours in January?"

"Buy a car?" Everyone looked at Nanfeng curiously, knowing that buying a car and a house have always been two major events for Chinese people.

Nanfeng nodded: "I just got my driver's license at the beginning of last year, and the car I bought this year was a used one to practice in. Now that my driving skills are pretty good, it's time to get a new car."

"Have you decided what car you want to buy?" Yu Mo reminded Nan Feng, afraid that he might not understand. "If you're not planning to change cars as frequently as Zi Qiao changes girlfriends, you should be more careful when choosing a car."

Looking at the dazzling array of car information on his phone, Nanfeng sighed, "I'm not very interested in cars, so I don't know much about them. I just bought this one randomly."

"However, this time I'm buying a new car to use for a long trip during the Spring Festival, so I really need to do some research."

"Anyway, it's not like I'm in a rush to change cars right now. I can take my time looking and choosing one. It shouldn't be a problem to buy one before the Spring Festival."

Yifei rolled her eyes at Nanfeng: "Going on vacation during the Spring Festival? Are you out of your mind?"

"You all go back home for the New Year. I can't stay with my old man for more than three days before we start arguing. After spending New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with him, what else can I do if I don't go on a trip?" Nanfeng's tone was unusually aggrieved.

Guan Gu thought for a moment and asked, "I remember Curry Sauce and Wan Yu said there would be a car show nearby in about two weeks. Do you want to go check it out?"

"These two part-time workers are really familiar with this area."

Nanfeng thought about it and decided that it wouldn't hurt to go to the auto show when he had some free time.

"Let's not talk about things that far ahead. Guan Gu, what's in that shoebox of yours?" he asked, pointing to the unremarkable shoebox.

Nanfeng didn't believe that Guangu was the kind of person who would show off with new shoes.

Guan Gu's eyes lit up at the mention of this. He casually carried the shoebox over, waiting for everyone's question: "Why don't you guys guess?"

"Let me guess, let me guess!" Yifei eagerly answered, "It's shoes!"

Everyone: (⊙﹏⊙).

Guan Gu couldn't believe that Yi Fei would give such an answer: "If it's shoes, do I even need to guess?"

Without waiting for their answers, he eagerly lifted the shoebox lid to reveal the answer.

A small brown puppy appeared before the group.

"What an adorable little guy!" Yifei excitedly went over to pet the puppy.

Ziqiao has never been a big fan of furry animals, so he just casually whistled at the little guy.

Yu Mo also went over to pet the puppy: "Guan Gu, did you buy this puppy or find it?"

"Of course I bought it; it's a gift I gave to Mika."

Yifei excitedly hugged the puppy and praised Guangu, "Guangu, you're so good to Meijia. She'll be ecstatic if she finds out."

Guan Gu smiled broadly, feeling confident that his next request was almost certain to be granted.

Nanfeng watched as Yifei hugged the puppy, and he instinctively got up and moved away.

Seeing the surprised looks on everyone's faces, Nanfeng awkwardly made up an excuse and said, "Guan Gu, I'll go and call Meijia over for you."

"Wait a minute!"

Guan Gu stood up and pulled Nan Feng aside: "Don't tell Mei Jia yet. I want to give her a surprise. I want to give it to her tomorrow."

Nanfeng noticed Guan Gu's evasive gaze and thoughtfully looked down at Zi Qiao on the sofa.

At this moment, Ziqiao also looked up at Nanfeng with a grin, and the two foxes instantly reached a consensus.

[Guan Gu has a problem!]

Ziqiao feigned curiosity and asked, "Guan Gu, tomorrow isn't a holiday or a festival, and it's not Meijia's birthday either. Why do you insist on giving it to her tomorrow?"

"Um...she's been busy these past two days and is very tired. I want her to get a good night's sleep. It would be best to give it to her tomorrow."

"Really..." Ziqiao turned to look at Nanfeng, "What do you think of our human lie detector?"

Nanfeng subtly bypassed Yifei, who was holding a puppy, and sat down next to Ziqiao: "It's really rare. I never thought that one day, Guangu, you wouldn't have a single word of truth in your mouth."

Ziqiao rubbed his hands together, threatening, "Liar Guan Gu Shenqi, confess the truth now, or else..."

"Otherwise, we'll have to go call Meijia," Nanfeng added with a smile.

Guan Gu couldn't withstand the combined efforts of these two cunning old foxes, so he could only sigh and honestly tell them the truth.

"Actually, I'm attending a comic book fan forum tomorrow, and I'll also be helping to create some garbage for my upcoming comic book..."

"It's all about creating hype." Yu Mo looked at the bright yellow cocktail in her hand and immediately lost all desire to drink it.

"Okay, let's build momentum."

Guan Gu continued, "Anyway, this gathering of comic book enthusiasts is quite important to me, but Mika absolutely has to come with me."

"Then why don't you let Mika...?"

Yifei stopped halfway through her sentence. Everyone knew that Meijia would go crazy in crowded places.

Last time I saw Garfield cosplay, even six security guards couldn't stop her, and in the end, they had to drag her away themselves.

Yifei patted Guangu on the shoulder sympathetically: "It must be tough being a personal assistant like this."

"Yes," Guan Gu nodded with a sorrowful expression, "but I can't just order Meijia not to go; that would hurt her too much."

"So I'm going to give this puppy to her. If she sees this puppy, she definitely won't be interested in going to the anime forum with me."

The group couldn't help but look at Guan Gu with new respect; his indirect approach to achieving his goal was brilliant.

Yu Mo asked疑惑地, "Given Mei Jia's personality, if you give her this puppy, she'll be excited for at least three days. So what's the difference between giving it to her today and giving it to her tomorrow?"

"That's the problem. Do you think we can get a good night's sleep if she sees this little dog tonight?" Guan Gu said wearily.

Ziqiao leaned back on the sofa and laughed gleefully: "Luckily, I'm still staying at 3603, which is a good opportunity to avoid Meijia's crazy period these past few days after you gave her the puppy."

Nanfeng said expressionlessly, "Yes, someone is staying in my suite and refusing to leave, which is quite a headache for me."

"It's not that my senior brother left in a hurry. All the easels, paints, and local specialties from XJ that he brought back from his field trip are in my bedroom. I can't stand this smell."

"Anyway, your bed is comfortable enough. I'll move back in after my senior brother comes back and moves all his stuff out."

Ziqiao smiled ingratiatingly, "Besides, haven't I been cleaning your suite these past few days?"

Nanfeng didn't even blink: "If what you mean by cleaning the suite is just helping me press the buttons on my robot vacuum and dishwasher, then there's really no need for that."

Ignoring Nanfeng and Ziqiao's bickering, Yifei stroked the puppy and assured Guangu, "Don't worry, Guangu, we'll definitely keep this a secret for you."

"Keeping it a secret might not be enough..." Guan Gu scratched his head sheepishly and finally revealed the reason why he had come to the bar with the shoebox.

"As you all know, Mika comes into my room more often than she comes into her own room, and Curry Sauce is currently preparing for her Mandarin exam and can't help her."

"So, could you guys help me look after this little guy for one night?"

The group was taken aback upon hearing this.

Guan Gu looked at Yi Fei, who clearly loved puppies the most, with expectant eyes: "Yi Fei..."

"No way..." Yifei quickly put the puppy back in the cardboard box. "I'll be alone in room 3601 tonight. Are you going to leave me to take care of this puppy all by myself?"

"No, please!" Nanfeng and Yumo shouted in unison.

Yu Mo held Yi Fei's hand and said seriously, "Yi Fei, you don't need to worry about taking care of the puppy."

"The puppy is still young, it hasn't had a chance to see this beautiful world properly yet, you should let it go."

While Yu Mo was earnestly admonishing Yi Fei not to have too many ideas beyond her capabilities, Nan Feng lowered her head and whispered an explanation to the puzzled Zi Qiao and Guangu.

"Apart from Zhanbo, no plant or animal that falls into Yifei's hands has ever lived for more than three days."

"Never!"

Guan Gu was so frightened that he quickly hugged the puppy tightly.

It would be a terrible mistake to hand the puppy over to Yifei.

Ziqiao asked, puzzled, "I know Teacher Zeng has to work the night shift, but why is Yifei the only one left in room 3601 tonight?"

"Zhanbo is working overtime tonight, and Wanyu is working the night shift. We don't know when they'll be back," Nanfeng continued to explain.

Guan Gu then looked at Yu Mo with anticipation: "Yu Mo..."

"Me? I can't either!" Yu Mo waved her hands repeatedly. "The only difference between me and Yi Fei in this regard is that I only had one pet die, so I know I'm not suited to keeping pets."

Before Guan Gu could even look at Nan Feng, Yu Mo had already said, "Nan Feng doesn't like fluffy things getting too close to him."

"How come I didn't know about this?" Yifei looked at Nanfeng in surprise. "I remember you didn't have this problem when you were a child?"

Nanfeng narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a faint smile, "People change. Anyway, I've really disliked fluffy things getting too close to me these past few years."

Yifei was stunned for a moment, and when she realized what had happened, she wanted to slap herself hard.

Guan Gu lowered his head and said dejectedly, "If none of the three of you can do it, what am I supposed to do?"

As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Ziqiao watching the scene unfold out of the corner of his eye.

Now that things have come to this...

Guan Gu held Zi Qiao's hand tightly and called out emotionally, "Zi Qiao-kun."

Ziqiao was startled and immediately jumped up from the sofa.

He stammered, "Wait, wait a minute, you don't mean you want me to take care of your dog, do you?"

"Besides you, I can't find anyone else."

Guan Gu smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Zi Qiao Jun, you can't just stand by and watch me die."

"So what if no one takes care of it for one night? It's not like it'll die!"

I said I would die.

Guan Gu pretended to be mournful and said, "If my plan falls through, tomorrow's forum will definitely be recorded in history, and I, Guan Gu Shenqi, will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the anime industry forever."

Nanfeng muttered under his breath, "Guan Gu, that Japanese guy, instead of studying Chinese properly, is now learning military strategy. This tactic of retreating to advance is brilliant."

Ziqiao knew that Guangu was playing the victim, but he also knew that if Meijia really showed up at the party... no one could guarantee what would happen.

"But I don't like dogs at all, and I've never taken care of a dog."

Ziqiao hesitated for a moment, then looked at the little thing in Guangu's arms and shivered.

He simply couldn't imagine himself taking care of a puppy; it was too outrageous.

"It doesn't have to be your preference, as long as you don't hate it," Guan Gu pleaded.

"Please, Ziqiao, this comic book fan forum gathering is very important to me."

"My senior brother has already gone to Japan to help me with things, and I absolutely cannot hold him back while I'm in the country."

Ziqiao tentatively touched the puppy, and just then, the puppy turned its head and gently licked Ziqiao's hand.

"Ugh..." Ziqiao still felt uncomfortable all over; the word "take care" was too abstract for him.

Ziqiao firmly refused: "No, no, absolutely not."

"Don't worry, Ziqiao, you don't need to worry about taking care of the puppy by yourself. We'll all help you." Nanfeng patted Ziqiao on the shoulder.

"It's not about how many people are supposed to take care of it. Don't you all think it's a bit absurd to expect me, Lü Xiaobu, to take care of a dog?"

Everyone nodded in unison instinctively, but then quickly shook their heads after realizing what they had said.

"How could this be..."

Ziqiao waved his hands repeatedly in refusal: "Guan Gu, you should find someone else."

However, Guan Gu gave an OK sign: "Zi Qiao, I believe you can do it."

"Guan Gu, let me tell you, this isn't something you can just decide to do because you think it's okay. No one can force me to do this unless I'm willing."

The unyielding Ziqiao displayed an image of being unmoved by wealth, poverty, or power.

"You've misunderstood." Guan Gu made the OK sign again.

"I mean, thirty braised pork hocks."

"All done!"

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)