Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 360 The Mischievous Hero

Seeing the call connected, Zeng Xiaoxian immediately put a finger to his lips to signal, "Shh! Shh! Shh! You guys absolutely mustn't say anything."

Before the two could reply, Xiaoxian covered the phone receiver and said, "Hello, it's me, Zeng Xiaoxian."

"Listen to me, you must not say anything from now on, because I'm afraid that if you open your mouth, I won't have the courage to speak."

Xiaoxian took a deep breath, and a fleeting moment of clarity returned to his drowsy mind.

He clutched his chest, where his heart was pounding.

When Xiaoxian realized that he was confessing his feelings to Yifei, his heart, which was originally just for supplying his bodily functions, turned into a big drum, and the thunderous heartbeat was the war drum that signaled the start of his entire army's preparations for battle.

Yifei, did you hear that?

This is the sound of my heartbeat, and it is also the prelude to our future.

"Yifei, Ziqiao is right, I shouldn't run away anymore."

"I don't know when I started to have feelings for you. Maybe it was when I first met you, or maybe it was every single second we spent getting to know each other."

Xiao Xian gently closed his eyes, and scenes from the past flashed through his mind.

The awkward scene when the two first met, the struggle and counterattack after signing an unequal treaty with Yifei, the funny memories of bringing Tiezhu and Erniu together, and the open and covert struggle between the host and the director at the wedding.

Gradually, these absurd memories also acquired a touch of farewell.

When the four factions besieged Love Apartment, Yifei's sparkling eyes; the ambiguous actions between the two when making the perfect face for Nanfeng; the watch she gave herself on the night of the "Mr. Makeover"; accompanying her back to see her parents as her fake boyfriend during the Lunar New Year; and the girl who seemed exceptionally gentle on that gloomy rainy day...

It wasn't until memories flooded back like a tsunami that Xiaoxian suddenly realized that the more than 1,200 days they had known each other were as profound as an endless poem of praise.

"I've always wondered why my life only has color in Love Apartment."

"Why is it that when I see you, my body finally has a soul?"

During the time when he stubbornly refused to admit that he liked Yifei, he kept saying, "How could anyone in this world like Hu Yifei?"

After all, she was domineering and assertive, competitive, liked to cheat when she lost, and always thought she was right.

She was as proud as the dazzling sun in the sky, and in front of her, ordinary people like myself could only be reflected as shadows of inferiority.

But the person he loves is Hu Yifei.

I love her for her resilience, her spirit, her brilliance, and the strength within her that will never bow to difficulties or failures.

He had complained to Nanfeng countless times about Yifei's pride and competitiveness, yet he himself wished that she could always be so proud and competitive.

Because this is Hu Yifei, a beautiful and charming red rose who, even after he was pricked and wounded all over by her thorns, still won him over.

"Yifei, you have stolen my heart, you have made me fall deeply in love."

"I'm an idiot, the biggest idiot in the universe. How could I be so stupid as to only dare to admit my feelings for you now? How could I be so stupid as to only dare to confess to you now?"

"Yifei, no, if I could, I would like to call you 'darling'."

"Darling, leave the man you're dating now and come back to me."

"I want to eat your fried rice with eggs. I want to eat your fried rice with eggs for the rest of my life."

"Is that okay?"

……

In room 3604, thunderous applause erupted, and everyone couldn't help but cheer.

"That's great, Teacher Zeng, you finally said it."

"Well done, Teacher Zeng! We never expected you to secretly boost our scores behind our backs!"

"Well done, Teacher Zeng! I knew you wouldn't let us down."

As the applause around him grew louder and louder, Zeng Xiaoxian felt like he was dreaming.

His face flushed, he was panting, his heart was racing, and a surge of heat rushed to the top of his head. In that instant, Xiaoxian felt as if he had drunk a whole case of vodka and was starting to feel dizzy and want to get drunk.

He raised one hand and clenched his fist, silencing everyone present.

Xiaoxian looked nervously at Zhanbo and Wanyu: "So, so I really confessed to Yifei last night?"

"Um."

Zhanbo and Wanyu nodded with strange expressions, their faces showing no joy whatsoever.

"Wait, wait."

Xiao Xian clutched his chest and said, "Give me a moment to catch my breath."

At that moment, all sorts of random thoughts flashed through his mind.

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"alright!"

Xiaoxian took a deep breath and mustered his courage to ask, "So, so, so..."

"Teacher Zeng, are you trying to ask me how my sister responded to you?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The others also moved closer and closer, craning their necks and tilting their ears, eager to be the first to know the news.

Meijia, Youyou, and Yumo had already decided that once Zhanbo announced the good news, they would all cheer together.

……

When Zhanbo and Wanyu saw Zeng Xiaoxian hang up the phone, they couldn't wait to ask him more questions.

"Teacher Zeng, Teacher Zeng, how did it go? Did my sister agree?"

Zeng Xiaoxian's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, bursting into tears.

She said she was sleepy and sleeping, and that they could talk about it tomorrow.

"ah?!!"

Zhanbo and Wanyu exclaimed in unison.

……

"yeah!"

Before Yu Mo, Mei Jia, and You You could even process what Zhan Bo had just said, the three of them instinctively stood up and cheered.

"Congratulations, Teacher Zeng," the quick-witted Meijia blurted out the blessing.

When they saw that everyone on the sofa was covering their faces and waved for them to sit down, Yu Mo and the other two realized that Zhan Bo had just delivered terrible news.

No one could believe that Yifei had gone on a date with someone for the first time and then didn't come home that night.

Given Yifei's fighting prowess, there's no possibility that she'd worry about being out alone at night.

So it goes without saying what it means if she spends the night outside.

Yu Mo muttered to herself, "That's impossible. Yi Fei isn't that kind of person."

At this moment, Zeng Xiaoxian's fists were clenched so tightly they turned blue and white, and his face was also faintly green.

He looked at everyone, a hideous smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, his eyes filled with utter heartbreak.

Everyone started offering their own words of comfort to Zeng Xiaoxian.

"Teacher Zeng, take care."

"Teacher Zeng, please accept my condolences."

"Teacher Zeng..."

"Are you holding a memorial service for me?"

He chuckled dryly a few times: "Hehe... I'm fine. It's nothing, just a small matter."

"Besides, I'm hungry, and no one says Yifei has to accept my confession, right?"

Although Zeng Xiaoxian spoke very casually, his deep voice always made people feel like his throat was about to burst into flames.

Xiao Xian's voice also began to tremble, but he stubbornly smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

"Even if I confess my feelings and it doesn't work out, we can still be friends, right?"

An eerie silence fell over everyone.

Can you still be friends after a failed confession?

Life isn't a TV drama!

Moreover, how could someone as awkward as Teacher Zeng possibly remain friends after a failed confession?

"Um, Teacher Zeng..."

Although Zhanbo looked reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and said.

"Later, you cried and made a scene, insisting on going out to find my sister."

"Wanyu and I tried our best to stop you, but you turned around and knocked us both unconscious with a chop to the neck. We only woke up now."

Zeng Xiaoxian was struck dumb: "So you're saying..."

He swallowed hard. "So, it's possible I saw Yifei last night, and the aches and pains all over my body, along with the huge bump on my head, were probably caused by Yifei?"

Even the famous detective Guan Gu Shenqi couldn't stand Zeng Xiaoxian's reasoning: "Teacher Zeng, the probability of what you just said is too low. If you ask me, it's more plausible that you fell down on the street drunk and hit your head on the ground."

"That's not important!"

Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly screamed like a madman: "I can't possibly wait until Yifei wakes up today and then ask her what happened last night and whether I bumped into her last night, can I?"

Xiao Xian completely ignored the large bump on his head and frantically scratched his head, grimacing as he spoke.

"No, no, absolutely not!"

"I feel uncomfortable just thinking about that scene, and I even feel like I'm having an allergic reaction."

He hurriedly stood up and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry."

"I really can't stay in this Love Apartment anymore, I have to leave. Hope we meet again in the next life."

As he spoke, Xiaoxian was about to run out the door.

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and pulled Zeng Xiaoxian back.

Guan Gu advised, "Teacher Zeng, calm down. You must calm down."

"As the saying goes, one smiles broadly when their father-in-law dies before them..."

"That's called remaining calm even if Mount Tai collapses before you!"

Zeng Xiaoxian roared, "Didn't we teach you this proverb when the four major factions besieged Love Apartment? How can you use the same joke twice?!"

Guan Gu smiled sheepishly: "I still think the saying 'father-in-law dies first' is easier to remember. The saying 'Mount Tai collapses before you' is too hard to remember."

Xiaoxian grabbed Guangu's hand and said, "Guangu, I know you want to persuade me to calm down."

"But for me, this is not a small matter like Mount Tai collapsing; my sky is about to fall!"

"Just let me go."

Youyou quickly added, "Teacher Zeng, maybe things aren't as bad as we think. It's very possible that you misheard after drinking last night."

"What Yifei said last night wasn't sleep, it was...it was water!"

"She meant to say it after she finishes drinking the water, so please don't rush her."

"Thank you, Youyou."

Zeng Xiaoxian smiled wryly and said, "If my IQ were a third lower, I would still be willing to believe the possibility you mentioned."

"Teacher Zeng, please listen to me..."

Just as everyone was trying to persuade Xiaoxian to stay, Ziqiao and Curry Sauce walked in together.

"Teacher Zeng, I heard that you used my phone to call Curry Sauce last night and then confessed your feelings to Yifei. You're really something."

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked and shouted.

Ziqiao raised an eyebrow: "Are your ears already malfunctioning this early in the morning?"

He patiently repeated, word by word, "I said, Teacher Zeng used my phone last night to call Curry Sauce and then confessed his feelings to Yifei!"

"Do you understand now?"

Except for Xiaoxian, everyone nodded emphatically: "We understand."

Teacher Zeng, you really are more trouble than you're worth!

Everyone ignored Xiaoxian and sat back down on the sofa, clearly very unhappy with the blunder he had caused.

Seeing this, Zeng Xiaoxian could only laugh awkwardly: "It was a misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, isn't that great?"

Yu Mo rolled her eyes at Zeng Xiaoxian: "Didn't you want to leave? Now you can leave, no one will stop you."

"If you're going to leave, then leave now. I get annoyed just looking at you."

"Yu Mo~" Xiao Xian smiled obsequiously at Yu Mo.

Unfortunately, Yu Mo wasn't buying it at all. She spat at Xiao Xian in annoyance, "Pah, you idiot!"

(End of this chapter)