Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 433 The Thirty-Six Stratagems: Retreat is the Best Stratagem

"Youyou? Youyou, are you alright, Youyou?!?!"

At first, everyone thought that Youyou was deliberately acting to attract their attention so that she wouldn't be teased by everyone to deliver vegetables to Guangu anymore.

After all, everyone had just started teasing her a few times when Youyou's stomach started hurting.

What a coincidence that is in this world!

But when everyone saw Youyou's pale face and her pained expression, they all panicked.

They couldn't tell whether Youyou was acting or if she was genuinely in pain, but in this situation, they couldn't afford to consider whether it was real or fake.

If there's even a one in ten million chance that it's true, they'll treat it as if it were.

The crowd immediately surrounded them, and Guan Gu even dropped what he was holding and rushed over.

They all asked Youyou about her situation, one after another.

"Youyou, are you alright?"

"Where exactly does it hurt? Stomach? Kidney? Or appendix?"

"Does she have food poisoning?"

"Nonsense! Youyou hasn't even eaten a single bite of food, how could she have food poisoning!"

……

"You don't need to say anything more."

With great effort, Youyou opened her eyes, which were tightly closed due to pain, and stretched out her trembling hands towards Zeng Xiaoxian.

"Teacher Zeng, my stomach hurts."

"Could you please take me... to the hospital?"

"Oh? Okay, okay!"

Zeng Xiaoxian was also feeling apprehensive at this moment. He couldn't tell whether Youyou was sneaking back to the apartment to act or if she really had a stomachache. He could only quickly grab his car keys and prepare to help Youyou up and leave.

"Let's go together!"

Everyone said in unison.

Startled by everyone's words, Youyou instinctively shouted in a strong voice, "No need, absolutely not!"

"Ah~~~"

Seeing everyone staring at her in astonishment, she pretended to be weak again: "I mean, it's enough for Teacher Zeng to take me alone, there's no need to trouble everyone else."

"That won't do!"

Without thinking, Yifei said, "Zeng Xiaoxian is a good-for-nothing who is more trouble than he's worth. At most, he can only be a driver."

"If he goes to the hospital, he won't be able to take good care of you. Let's all go together."

Zeng Xiaoxian's expression changed: "Hey, you don't need to drag me into this at this time, do you?"

Ignoring Xiaoxian's complaints, everyone looked at Youyou with concern.

In a panic, Guan Gu helped Youyou up without a second thought and urged everyone to head to the hospital.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, let's get to the hospital right away."

"Yes, yes, let's go to the hospital."

Yifei, Yumo, and the other girls quickly returned to their seats to get their bags. Curry Sauce seized the opportunity, grabbed a chopstick, picked up an abalone, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"No need, no need for that trouble."

Youyou was deeply moved by everyone's concern for her, and she was even moved to tears.

She really didn't expect that so many people would all rush to the hospital for her sake. Youyou was both touched and helpless.

If you all go with us, how will Teacher Zeng and I get back to the apartment?

Feigning weakness, Youyou politely declined Guangu's offer of help and then leaned straight against Ziqiao.

"I guess it's just a minor, sudden illness, so there's no need to trouble everyone."

"If Teacher Zeng can't do it alone... then we can add Zi Qiao as well."

Youyou looked at Guangu: "Guangu, aren't you still drawing when you have inspiration? Don't lose your inspiration because of me."

"And everyone, the dishes haven't all been served yet, it would be such a waste for you to leave like this."

Guan Gu said anxiously, "Youyou, you're already in so much pain, so don't worry about us anymore."

"Yeah, that's right." Yu Mo gently patted Youyou's back: "Inspiration or a big meal, none of these are as important as you."

"Besides, with you in so much pain right now, how can we be in the mood for a fancy meal?"

"right!"

Curry Sauce nodded vigorously, and then with lightning speed, she shoved a large mouthful of "French Kiss to Seal the Deal" into her mouth.

"Let's hurry up and go," Curry Sauce mumbled, his mouth full of food.

I'm not in the mood for a fancy meal right now, really!

I was just having a craving.

"Everyone……"

Youyou wanted to cry but couldn't.

She realized for the first time that sometimes having such a good relationship with everyone could be a happy kind of trouble.

Xiaoxian and Ziqiao exchanged a helpless glance.

If they hadn't figured out at first whether Youyou really had a stomachache, they now understood that she just wanted to sneak back to her apartment.

They had to admit that Youyou's acting skills were superb, and this was a perfectly valid reason that no one could refute.

But Youyou clearly underestimated her importance in everyone's hearts.

Everyone may be joking and making noise, but when it really happens, how could they possibly stand idly by?

As Youyou saw everyone surrounding her and preparing to leave the private room, she knew that if she were taken to the hospital, her confession that night would be completely ruined.

Not only that, but if everyone takes her to the hospital for a series of tests, only to find out in the end that she has no illness at all...

Youyou couldn't even imagine what she would encounter then.

"what!"

She suddenly screamed, startling everyone.

Everyone stared at Youyou nervously, fearing that her unexplained acute abdominal pain would worsen.

To everyone's surprise, Youyou managed to break free from Ziqiao's support and stand up unsteadily on her own.

She clutched her stomach, and a bit of color gradually returned to her face.

"Ouch, it doesn't hurt anymore."

"Ah, it seems I'm all better now."

Youyou slapped her thigh and exclaimed in surprise, "I know! This must be the power of friendship!"

"Because you all love me from the bottom of your hearts, the power of your friendship came together to create a miracle, helping me defeat the disease!"

Everyone was stunned by what they heard.

That reason... Yoyo, you really watched too many cartoons when you were a kid.

The power of friendship is gathered together. You think you are a Celestial Crystal Beast and can become a Friendship Celestial Crystal by absorbing the power of friendship?

In just a few breaths, Youyou's complexion returned to normal, and she became lively and energetic again.

"Ah, it seems the power of friendship is truly amazing."

Youyou looked up at everyone excitedly: "Isn't this amazing?"

What do you think?!

Everyone crossed their arms and stared coldly at Youyou.

Seeing everyone staring at her with unfriendly expressions and their growing dissatisfaction, Youyou shrank back in fear.

"Don't you believe in the power of friendship?"

"Of course we believe it, how could we not?"

The crowd sneered and surrounded Youyou in the very center.

At this moment, Yifei, as the patriarch, was like a furious lion, her eyes filled with unrestrained, burning rage.

She glared angrily at Youyou, almost biting her teeth to pieces.

Yifei shouted, enunciating each word clearly: "Tang! You! You!!!"

Even Nanfeng had to fawn over Yifei when she was in a rage, let alone anyone else.

Youyou was immediately frightened by Yifei and covered her head with her hands, squatting on the spot.

"Okay, I admit I was faking it just now. I, I, I just wanted to play a joke on everyone."

She looked up at everyone, pitifully pleading, "I was wrong, I'm sorry, please forgive me, okay?"

Yifei was amused by Youyou's words: "Tang Youyou, are you joking with our health?"

"Do you know that we, a dozen or so people, were almost scared to death by you alone!"

"Youyou, you've gone too far!"

Yu Mo nodded: "Youyou, you really scared us. I thought you had acute appendicitis and needed to be taken to the hospital for surgery right away."

"Exactly, Youyou, you went too far with this joke."

"We were all so worried about you, Youyou, you went too far!"

……

Seeing everyone start venting their dissatisfaction, Guangu wanted to step forward and say something, but was stopped by Nanfeng.

"Shhh."

Nanfeng made a quiet gesture to Guangu, pointing to the open door of the private room.

Guan Gu was taken aback at first, but after he came to his senses, his eyes suddenly lit up with a dazzling light.

While everyone's attention was focused on Youyou, Guan Gu and Nan Feng, who were on the outermost edge, tiptoed out of the private room without making a sound.

Then they ran wildly toward the parking lot.

As Guan Gu ran, he asked, "Nan Feng, what if we sneak away like this and everyone finds out?"

Nanfeng explained, "Don't worry, everyone is busy scolding Youyou right now, they won't even notice we're not here."

"Once we get in the car, send a message to Wanyu and Zhang Wei and ask them to cover for us."

"If anyone asks where we went, just have Zhang Wei and Wan Yu say we went to the restroom. That will buy us a lot of time."

"Next, we need Zhang Wei and Wan Yu to find a way to buy us more time. By the time they realize we're not in the bathroom, we'll probably have already succeeded."

Guan Gu was overjoyed upon hearing this: "Oh... so this is the 'feint to the east while attacking in the west' stratagem from the Thirty-Six Stratagems?"

"No, it's a matter of retreat being the best option!"

The two ran all the way to Digger Zero.

Nanfeng finally confirmed, "Guan Gu, are you really ready to confess to Youyou?"

"Um."

Guan Gu nodded resolutely.

"I'm ready."

From the moment I fell for Youyou, I've been looking forward to today.

I've been waiting for this confession for so, so long.

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)