Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 153 Hu Yifei Suffers the Biggest Blow in History

Ziqiao quickly scooped the puppy and shoebox into his arms, patting his chest and promising, "Guan Gu, don't worry, I'll take good care of the puppy tonight."

Nanfeng covered her forehead in shame.

He had thought Ziqiao was a tough guy, but it turned out that thirty braised pork knuckles had bent his tough frame.

So, your bones are actually made of aluminum, right?

Seeing that Ziqiao agreed, Guangu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Guan Gu patted Zi Qiao on the shoulder with a sigh of relief: "Zi Qiao, I'll leave the puppy to you. I'll give you the thirty braised pork knuckles the day after tomorrow."

"Yifei, Nanfeng, Yumo..." Guangu looked at them expectantly.

Although Ziqiao patted his chest and assured him, he was still really worried about leaving Ziqiao to take care of the puppy alone.

Just as Ziqiao himself said, the words "Lu Ziqiao" and "take care of" are indeed not very related.

Before coming to the bar, Guan Gu hadn't even considered that Zi Qiao could help him take care of the puppy, but now there was really no other way.

If Nanfeng and the others could help take care of him, Guangu would feel much more at ease.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of the puppy for Ziqiao." Yifei understood what Guangu meant, and she readily nodded in agreement.

Yu Mo and Nan Feng smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.

Guan Gu excitedly clasped his hands together and said, "Yi Fei, Nan Feng, Yu Mo, I will never forget your great kindness."

"It's nothing, Guan Gu, you're too kind," Yu Mo said with a smile.

Guan Gu couldn't contain his joy; "Hahaha, then I'll go back and prepare for tomorrow's forum gathering, arigato."

After he finished speaking, he waved to the crowd and left.

Ziqiao stared in astonishment at Guangu's departing figure: "Wait, why is it that everyone else is grateful and will never forget your kindness, but I'm the only one who isn't?"

Yifei smiled and patted the puppy in Ziqiao's arms: "Your great kindness has already been exchanged for thirty braised pork knuckles, Ziqiao-kun. You can't be too greedy."

"That's true, thirty braised pork hocks would be more practical."

Ziqiao casually petted the dog, only to have it turn its head and lick his hand.

“Eh…”

Ziqiao picked up a tissue from the coffee table and wiped his hands with disgust: "Why does this dog always lick people? It's so dirty."

"What do you know? A dog licking a person's hand is a way of expressing affection. It looks like it likes you a lot." Yifei rolled her eyes at Ziqiao.

Ziqiao disagreed with the dog's preference and instead said with a troubled look, "Right now, I just want to know if this dog's saliva is clean and if it has fleas."

"Don't worry, Guan Gu was probably bought from a legitimate pet store."

Nanfeng was texting with his head down. After a while, he looked up and said, "Guan Gu said that the dog has had all the necessary vaccinations and cleaning done. He told you not to worry."

Ziqiao sighed, "Guan Gu really went all out this time. He's really been generous to Meijia."

"This is something Meijia deserves. Not to mention Guan Gu's food, clothing, housing and transportation, she takes care of everything in the entire 3602, inside and out."

"Although she sometimes does things in a good way but ends up doing bad things, like burning Guan Gu's pants, she would never let Guan Gu go without pants, even if she had to borrow from someone or pay out of her own pocket."

Yu Mo took a sip of her cocktail and looked at Zi Qiao with a slight buzz: "Mei Jia's goodness is clear to me, even though I've only known her for less than half a month."

"Guan Gu isn't a heartless person, how could he not understand?"

Ziqiao was a little dazed when he heard Yu Mo's words. In his memory, Meijia had always been a pretentious old hand who ate lollipops, read comic books, and hugged dolls.

How come in Yu Mo's mouth she became a hardworking, busy old ox?

Could it be that she has really grown up?

Yifei continued to tease the puppy.

Each time she petted the puppy, it would obediently remain still and make a soft whimper.

No matter how she tried to coax him, the puppy wouldn't even glance at Yifei, let alone lick her hand.

Yifei looked at the puppy that kept rubbing against Ziqiao's arms and suddenly felt bored.

She leaned back on the sofa and complained, "It's so strange, why does this dog like Ziqiao so much?"

Nanfeng simply watched the puppy quietly. As long as the fluffy thing didn't get too close to him, he still really liked animals.

Seeing that Yifei couldn't help but complain, Nanfeng hesitated for a long time before telling the truth.

"Yifei, do you think it's possible... that animals are much better at sensing danger than humans?"

"What do you mean?"

Nanfeng pointed at the puppy: "Every time you touch it, it doesn't stay still obediently, but is too scared to move."

"Its cries were full of fear and terror, the kind of cries I usually only hear from dogs that are about to die."

"Nonsense, I'm not that scary," Yifei immediately retorted.

The three of them, Nanfeng, Yifei, all looked at her with a hesitant expression.

Aren't you afraid that you don't know your own limitations?

The three men's overly direct gazes made Yifei feel insecure. She suspiciously moved back a little, and saw that the little dog became more and more active as she retreated, even managing to crawl out of the shoebox and into Ziqiao's clothes.

Yu Mo sighed: "Facts speak louder than words."

Yifei froze for a moment, then slapped the sofa and screamed, "So all those birds, rabbits, fish, squirrels, money trees I kept when I was little..."

She couldn't even listen to what she was saying anymore.

"Oh my god."

Yifei's face was ashen, and her eyes were lifeless.

Rationally, she knew that Nanfeng was probably right, but emotionally, she still couldn't accept this cruel fact.

Yifei even considered taking the puppy back to test it again to see if it was really her problem.

But when she thought about how this was a gift that Guan Gu was going to give to Mei Jia, she kept recalling the cold, stiff corpses of her previous pets.

Yifei silently moved a little further away from the puppy.

"No wonder I've only been able to support Zhanbo since I was a child." Yifei waved her hand dejectedly. "Oh well, at least with Zhanbo around, the creatures I raised haven't all perished."

Yu Mo rarely saw Yi Fei looking so lost and dejected. She hugged Yi Fei and comforted her, "Yi Fei, it's just that the puppy is too young right now. It can't understand that you are harmless to it and that you actually like it very much."

"Wait until the puppy is a little older, then you can gradually treat it well, and it will come to like you."

Yifei pouted: "What if..."

"never mind."

She pretended to be nonchalant: "Actually, I don't particularly like keeping pets. Keeping pets is such a hassle. When I was little, Zhanbo took care of them."

"Besides, this is Mika's puppy. What does it matter to me whether it likes me or is afraid of me?"

Yifei's voice grew louder and louder, until she finally shouted, "Anyway, you guys just need to take good care of this puppy. I don't have to do anything and I'll have a lot of free time."

As she spoke, she picked up her bag and got up to leave.

Seeing this, Yu Mo asked anxiously, "Yi Fei, where are you going?"

"I'm going to buy paper money for my dead birds, rabbits, fish, squirrels, money trees... and other poor little creatures!"

Seeing Yifei rush out of the bar, Ziqiao finally dared to ask, "She actually really likes pets, right?"

The remaining two nodded in unison.

How could someone who doesn't like pets possibly raise them again and again, only to have them die one after another?

Do you really think she's a ruthless female demon who loves to destroy living beings?

From birds to rabbits, then to fish and squirrels, and finally even money trees, she has kept everything she could, just wanting to have her own little pet, even if it's just a small plant.

Later on, Yifei subconsciously guessed that the problem might be hers, and even entrusted the pet to Zhanbo to take care of.

The result... that's the result.

Ziqiao looked at Nanfeng: "Then you should have told her sooner."

Nanfeng rolled her eyes at Ziqiao: "Early? How early? She was only about ten years old when she got a pet. Guess how old I was back then?"

Ziqiao was speechless.

The child could never have imagined that the truth would be like this. When Nanfeng grew up and guessed the truth, Yifei was so heartbroken that she never kept pets again.

If it weren't for the fear that Yifei would scare the newborn puppy to death, Nanfeng would have kept the truth to himself.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about these sad things anymore." Ziqiao didn't like this slightly melancholic atmosphere. He picked up the puppy and asked the two of them, "Can either of you tell me how to take care of this little guy?"

Nanfeng laughed and said, "Give me your phone."

Ziqiao, puzzled, took out his phone and handed it to Nanfeng. Nanfeng muttered something and made some strange, scribbling gestures in the air before finally pointing at Ziqiao's phone.

"Alright, your phone has been enchanted. It can now answer all your questions."

"What do you mean?" Ziqiao was completely baffled.

Yu Mo downed the cocktail in her glass in one gulp.

"Nanfeng means you should search it on Baidu yourself."

She teased, "Ziqiao, times have changed, you need to keep up with the technological trend."

"Although Baidu is unreliable, it's still better than us two laymen."

Nanfeng and Yumo stood up at the same time. Nanfeng patted Ziqiao on the shoulder: "We need to go see how Yifei is doing. We're both worried about her in this state."

We might stop by to visit Wanyu, who works the night shift, on the way. You take the puppy back to 3603 first, we'll head back shortly.

"You two are really in sync. I've never seen you discuss this from beginning to end. How did you manage to arrange all the follow-up plans?" Ziqiao muttered.

"No need for tacit understanding, because caring for and looking after the people you care about is a human instinct." Nanfeng smiled and waved goodbye to Ziqiao.

Yu Mo, still worried, gave Zi Qiao a few more instructions: "Try not to let the puppy out of your sight. We'll come back as soon as we're done."

With that, she left the bar with Nanfeng.

Ziqiao seemed to be deep in thought: "Caring for and looking after those we care about is a human instinct..."

He lifted the puppy high in the air for the first time, meeting the little one's innocent gaze.

The little guy gently rubbed his head against his hand, making Ziqiao a little itchy.

"But you're not a human, you're just a dog," Ziqiao complained casually.

He put the puppy back in the shoebox and prepared to leave the bar, but was stopped by a waiter.

"Sir, please settle the bill for tonight. The total bill for the four of you is..."

Ziqiao was struck dumb. He gritted his teeth, paid the bill, and then gently patted the shoebox before speaking.

"Little one, I was wrong."

"You're definitely not human, but those two are the real dogs!!!"

I'm coming

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