Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 160 3603 The Unknown Secret

Yifei stomped her foot, trying to calm herself down: "Now is not the time to discuss who will not let you go. The most important thing is to find the braised pork knuckle."

"I want to see the dog alive or dead!"

Ziqiao stared blankly, his mind wandering to distant places.

That's really lame; it's one thing to not be able to take good care of people.

They can't even take good care of a dog.

How embarrassing! How embarrassing!

"Lu Ziqiao, are you listening to me, Lu Ziqiao?" Yifei waved her hand in front of Ziqiao's eyes.

Seeing that Ziqiao was ignoring her, Yifei put her arm around Ziqiao's shoulder and gently pressed it.

"It hurts, it hurts..."

Ziqiao, clutching his shoulder and grimacing, sat up: "Hu Yifei!"

"Lu Ziqiao!"

Yifei, hands on her hips, roared like a lion: "Let me tell you, now is not the time for you to lie in bed and be lazy."

She fiercely pulled Ziqiao out of bed: "Who hasn't made mistakes? You just didn't close the door and the braised pork knuckle went missing. I've killed far more pets than you have."

"If I had to lie in bed like you every time, how could I possibly live?"

"Your brain is so sharp, it's not meant to be filled with water."

"Get me some ideas right now, you bastard!"

Ziqiao was being grabbed by the collar and shaken violently by Yifei. He was on the verge of tears: "No, big sister, calm down."

"I was just thinking of a solution!"

Yes, I was a little frustrated just now.

But he's Lu Ziqiao. Does he really think he'll be depressed for too long because of something like this?

nonexistent.

Upon hearing Ziqiao's words, Yifei suddenly let go, and Ziqiao fell back onto the bed.

He got up and said, "First of all, I need to make one thing clear: your hearing is definitely not as good as Nanfeng's, but you are still a martial artist, so you are sharp-eared and sharp-eyed."

"You were sitting on the far left of the sofa, with your line of sight directly towards the bedroom. If a dog had run out the door right in front of you, you wouldn't have noticed it at all, right?"

"That's right." Yifei nodded.

Ziqiao clapped his hands and said, "That's good. The door to 3603 is locked now, and the French windows on the balcony are not open. No matter how much the braised pork knuckle runs, it can't get out, right?"

"And judging from its previous condition, it's impossible for it to starve to death within an hour, right?"

"That braised pork knuckle is most likely still hiding somewhere in 3603. As long as we find it, everything will be fine, right?"

"What if it comes out of the window..."

Before Hu Yifei could finish speaking, Ziqiao looked at her as if she were an idiot: "In the dead of winter, everyone just opens a crack in the window to let in some fresh air. Who would open all the windows?"

"Braised pork knuckle is a small dog, not strong enough to reach the window."

"Besides, it's a dog, not an idiot. Why would it jump off a building for fun when it's full and has nothing better to do?"

Yifei touched her nose, somewhat embarrassed: "I was just worried and confused."

"Alright, now send a message to Yu Mo and tell her to coax Wan Jia to get her beauty sleep and then go to Guangu to get the dog's food."

"It would be even better if the food had a strong aroma, so we might be able to use the scent to lure the puppy out."

"I sent a message to Nanfeng to inform him that the braised pork knuckle was missing from 3603."

"If we can shout it out, that would be best. If we can't shout it out, we'll turn 3603 upside down until we see the dog alive or dead!"

"We'll do as you say!"

Yifei hurriedly walked out of the bedroom, taking out her phone while calling out for braised pork knuckle.

Ziqiao quickly took out his phone and started rummaging through drawers and cabinets: "It's unbelievable how taking care of a dog is so troublesome."

"well……"

The two called out for a long time but received no response from Jiang Zhouzi. They could only turn the bedroom and living room where Zi Qiao was staying up inside and out, searching every place that looked big enough to fit a small dog.

However, the whereabouts of the braised pork knuckle remain unknown.

"Yifei, open the door, it's me," Yu Mo said softly, knocking on the door.

Yifei came out of the bedroom where Ziqiao was staying and closed the door tightly to prevent Jiangzhouzi from running back to the places they had already searched without their knowledge.

She jogged in and led Yu Mo inside, then locked the door behind her. "So, you didn't tell Guangu about the lost puppy, did you?"

Yu Mo shook her head: "No."

"What about food? Did you bring any food?"

Yu Mo shook her head: "No."

She added with a wry smile, "There were some, but Guan Gu ate them all."

Yifei: (⊙⊙)?

Yifei: w(Д)w!

She rubbed her ears to make sure she hadn't misheard: "Guan Gu's side again... never mind, let's look for the dog first."

Yifei waved wearily.

She originally wanted to ask if there was another problem with Guan Gu, since a normal person wouldn't eat all the dog biscuits for no reason.

But right now, Yifei is completely focused on the missing braised pork knuckle and can't pay attention to what's happening over there.

Having witnessed the deaths of many small pets, she would never allow such a thing to happen again.

Absolutely not!

"What's going on now?" Yu Mo asked anxiously.

Yifei pointed to the messy living room: "We searched the living room and the bedroom where Ziqiao is staying, but we couldn't find the braised pork knuckle. We also searched the bathroom but didn't see the puppy."

"It should be in one of the remaining three bedrooms."

Ziqiao calmly came out of Nanfeng's bedroom and slammed the bedroom door shut.

"Ziqiao, is the braised pork knuckle in Nanfeng's bedroom?"

Ziqiao walked to the messy sofa, picked up a bottle of wine, and poured it into his mouth.

"Ziqiao? Ziqiao? Ziqiao!"

Yifei was almost frantic: "What are you thinking now?!"

"...No, I was almost scared to death by Nanfeng's bedroom."

Ziqiao came to his senses and exhaled a breath of stale air. He clutched his chest and said with lingering fear, "That room was so quiet that you could hardly hear a sound. When I first went in, it was like I was deaf."

"The worst part is that I can still hear my own breathing and heartbeat echoing in my ears, and I can even faintly hear the sound of my intestines moving..."

"That's terrifying! Does Nanfeng usually sleep in this kind of environment?"

"This is not normal, otherwise it would be very difficult for him to fall asleep with his hearing."

Yifei didn't have time to explain these things to Ziqiao and Yumo: "You can ask Nanfeng about this when he comes back. Ziqiao, did you see the braised pork knuckle in Nanfeng's bedroom?"

Yu Mo gently hugged her best friend, who was starting to lose her temper: "Yi Fei, calm down. If Zi Qiao found the braised pork knuckle in Nan Feng's bedroom, how could he not bring it out?"

Yifei paused for a moment, then apologized to Ziqiao: "I'm sorry, Ziqiao, I was too hasty."

"It's nothing." Ziqiao waved his hand absentmindedly. "I think if the remaining two rooms are in the same condition as Nanfeng's bedroom, we don't need to look anymore."

"After all, even I, a grown man, would be a little scared to go in with this level of soundproofing, let alone a small dog."

"That makes sense." Yu Mo nodded.

Yifei pointed to the room opposite Nanfeng's bedroom: "This is Nanfeng's own studio, which is full of professional dubbing equipment and other music production equipment."

"To keep it quiet, the same sound-absorbing materials are used in this room as in the bedroom."

Ziqiao pointed to another half-closed room: "What's this room used for?"

Nanfeng had always lived alone in his suite, and it had never been as lively as it was now. So even though Nanfeng was very meticulous, he had not developed the habit of closing the door behind him.

Although Ziqiao stayed at Nanfeng's place for a short time, freeloading on food, lodging, and even a suit, he spent his days and nights chasing girls and didn't actually spend much time in 3603.

Moreover, a seasoned veteran like Ziqiao still has some sense of propriety.

He could eat all the sandwiches in the refrigerator, and he could shamelessly try to borrow a suit from Nanfeng's closet when Nanfeng was in the bedroom, but he would never go into places he shouldn't go.

Not all people in the underworld have such a strong curiosity as Meijia. In fact, Meijia caused trouble one after another because of gossip when she was in the underworld.

"This one..."

Yifei paused for a moment: "I really don't know what this room is for, maybe it's a guest room."

"Let's go in and take a look."

Ziqiao got up from the sofa and slowly walked towards the mysterious room.

Yifei rushed over swiftly and decisively, pushing open the slightly ajar door.

As the lights were turned on, a variety of musical instruments came into view.

"So this is where Nanfeng stores large musical instruments." Ziqiao hugged the enormous instrument case against the wall. "It's quite heavy. What's in here? A bass or a cello?"

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

Yifei touched the large violin case: "Do you think it's possible for the braised pork knuckle to have gotten inside?"

Ziqiao: ...

Yu Mo: ……

"Yifei, the braised pork knuckle probably can't open the violin case, crawl inside, close it, and then put it back in its original place, right?" Yu Mo whispered a reminder to the anxious Yifei.

"...That's true."

Yifei smiled awkwardly: "Since there's no dog in the violin case, Ziqiao, you should put the violin case down. These large musical instruments are all very expensive."

"If you accidentally break it, Nanfeng will force you to sign a contract of servitude."

Ziqiao was initially dismissive: "Nanfeng used to play the piano, these instruments are just for casual play, how expensive could they be?"

"Are you questioning Nanfeng's vocal talent and abnormal hearing? What difference is there between a poor-quality instrument and noise to his ears?" Yifei kindly explained to Ziqiao.

Although Ziqiao, being an experienced old hand, wouldn't be so clumsy as to make a stupid mistake, she was genuinely worried that Ziqiao might cause trouble again due to a misjudgment.

And the whereabouts of the braised pork knuckle are still unknown.

Upon hearing this, Ziqiao almost trembled. He carefully put the violin case back in its original place and said, "I was presumptuous."

Yifei urged, "Alright, let's hurry up and find some braised pork knuckle."

"These are all large musical instruments; if it really wanted to hide here, there wouldn't be much room for it to hide."

So the three of them, while shouting for braised pork knuckle, carefully searched the instrument storage room.

Yifei crouched down, searching for the puppy under the timpani and marimba. Ziqiao stood on tiptoe, looking down into the gap between the vibraphone and the wall. Yumo circled around the harp and snare drum, which were taller than her, looking around.

The three, having found nothing, eventually gathered in the upper right corner.

Unlike the other large musical instruments stored there, this corner was covered by a large white soundproof cloth.

"What's covered inside is..." Yu Mo hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

Ziqiao whistled: "Even a layman like me can see that this is just a piano covered up."

Yifei couldn't care less about any of that right now. Staring excitedly at the wriggling thing wrapped in the white soundproofing cloth, she exclaimed, "It's braised pork knuckle! How did it get inside the soundproofing cloth?"

Ziqiao pointed to the drum set next to him: "I guess he used this thing as a step to jump up, and then he couldn't get out after crawling in."

The soundproofing material is of pretty good quality; they only heard the dog barking when they got quite close.

Yu Mo breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily, this soundproofing cloth wasn't just covering the piano, but it covered the entire corner, otherwise the braised pork knuckle would have suffocated long ago."

Feeling sorry for her, Yifei squatted down and grabbed a corner of the white cloth. With a gentle pull, the entire piece of white cloth was quickly torn off.

A pure black piano came into view, and the braised pork knuckle was lying on the piano key cover, constantly wriggling.

After the white cloth was torn down, Yu Mo and Zi Qiao saw that behind the black piano there was a brown cabinet against the wall, which was filled with all kinds of trophies and certificates.

There were so many trophies and certificates that they couldn't all fit in one cabinet; the extras were neatly arranged in plastic display boxes on the front lid of the piano.

First place in the singing competition at Chunhuahua Kindergarten, first place in the arts performance at the Foreign Language Primary School, first place in the neighborhood children's piano competition...

The Pearl River Kayserburg International Piano Competition for Youth, the O'Müller International Piano Competition, the Chopin International Children's Piano Competition, the Chopin International Piano Competition...

From small kindergarten singing competitions to prestigious international competitions, all of Nanfeng's honors from the past eighteen years are neatly displayed here.

It was covered and buried by a thick white cloth.

"So many trophies and certificates... no wonder they covered them with such a big white cloth," Yu Mo muttered to herself.

"This piano looks incredibly expensive... It's such a waste to leave it here unused." Ziqiao said thoughtfully.

Yifei didn't care about anything else. She tentatively stood up and tried to hug the braised pork knuckle.

But the braised pork knuckle had just escaped danger when it saw the female devil Hu Yifei appear in the distance. Instinctively, it climbed up the curves on both sides of the piano.

To the astonishment of the three, it leaped toward the top cover of the piano, crashing straight into the dense array of trophies and certificates on it.

"No!!!"

The three people's screams couldn't change the fact that the trophies and certificates tumbled down with a crash. Fortunately, these items were all in display cases, and the height of the piano's front cover wasn't too high. Apart from some boxes being deformed, the trophies and certificates inside were intact.

Seeing that the braised pork knuckle had caused trouble, Yifei, who was initially worried that getting too close to the puppy would scare it, finally hardened her heart.

She rushed forward and grabbed the braised pork knuckle that was trying to escape. The panicked puppy was held in Yifei's arms and then dared not move anymore.

Yifei gently patted the puppy's head: "Do you know how big of a mess you've gotten yourself into?"

"It's just bumping into a pile of trash, what big trouble could it cause?"

"Bullshit, Lu Ziqiao, stop spouting nonsense!"

Yifei turned around and stared at Lü Ziqiao, who quickly waved his hand to indicate that he hadn't said those words.

The three of them realized what was happening and stiffly turned to look at the door.

A tall figure, eyes slightly narrowed, waved to them with a bright smile.

With the doors and balcony of 3603 locked from the inside, who else could be so brazenly entering like this?

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)