Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 481 Alexandre Dumas: They must be in true love!

"Phew, we finally escaped."

Yifei wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, leaned against the wall, and kept fanning her burning cheeks.

If I had known this would happen, I should have made Zeng Xiaoxian hand over his phone obediently.

No, it's his fault for not explaining things clearly earlier.

That's right, it's all Zeng Xiaoxian's fault, and has nothing to do with me.

Absolutely not!

Yifei, who was good at blaming others for their mistakes and never looked for the cause in herself, suddenly felt refreshed and even her body felt lighter.

This is the benefit of being lenient with oneself and strict with others!

She strode confidently toward the sofa area of ​​the bar, just in time to see Guan Gu scanning Alexandre Dumas's phone.

Yifei raised an eyebrow, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

She stepped forward and said, pretending everything was normal, "I'm back."

Welcome back.

Guan Gu looked up and saw that only Yi Fei had returned alone, which aroused his curiosity: "Why are you the only one back? Where are Mei Jia and the others?"

Upon hearing this, Yifei's face flashed with embarrassment. She coughed lightly and said, "Meijia and Wanyu have decided to help Zeng Xiaoxian cancel his magazine subscription. They probably won't be back until very late."

"Souga." Guan Gu nodded.

Seeing this, Yifei casually asked, "Guan Gu, you and Zi Qiao's godfather are getting along well. You added each other on WeChat so quickly."

No, that's not it.

Guan Gu explained happily, "Zi Qiao's godfather said he has the best digital display from abroad that he can sell to me, and I'm just paying for it right now."

"A pen display?"

Yifei said "Oh," and then added, "You mean one of those professional drawing tablets used for computer drawing, right? But Guangu, you never use those kinds of things, do you?"

In her memory, Guan Gu has always been a traditional hand-drawing artist, and he looks down on modern high-tech drawing tools and software.

According to Guan Gu, every stroke the painter makes on the canvas explores and expresses the character's emotions and psychological state, and every arc expresses the rhythm and dynamism of the painting more freely.

In short, the raw and wild pleasure of drawing on a canvas is incomparable to the flashy gadgets of modern technology like drawing software and pen displays.

Meijia had previously recommended these technological products to Guangu, but he refused them all. How come Guangu was persuaded by Dumas in less than ten minutes and started to embrace the glorious mechanical evolution?

Before Guan Gu could reply, Dumas cheerfully explained, "Yi Fei, you're not a cartoonist, so of course you don't know that the decline of physical comics has been going on for quite some time."

"Kids these days won't get excited and read a comic book over and over again for days just because they bought one."

"Digital comics are now the direction of transformation and the mainstream trend of the entire industry. Comic artists who cannot adapt to the changing times will starve to death."

Guan Gu nodded, indicating that Dumas was absolutely right.

If this were during the peak of the comic book industry, and his "Love Triangle Cat" had partnered with the publisher of the creator of Doraemon for publication, the earnings would have guaranteed him a comfortable life for at least half his life.

But right now, I still don't earn enough to buy a decent apartment in Shanghai, and I don't have the financial means to support Youyou.

The feeling of being crushed to dust by the wheels of time when he had done nothing wrong put immense pressure on Guan Gu.

Especially after getting together with Youyou, the chauvinistic Guan Gu increasingly hoped that his career could advance further, rather than being eliminated by the times.

This is also why, after being guided by Alexandre Dumas, he decided to try his hand at digital comics.

Upon hearing Dumas's words, Yifei's expression grew increasingly strange.

"Godfather, I don't think I've introduced myself to you yet. How do you know my name is Yifei, and that I'm not a cartoonist?"

Alexandre Dumas remained calm, and even his tone of voice showed no obvious change.

He explained as if he were a kind and gentle elder: "Although you didn't introduce yourself, you basically said each other's names when you went to the restroom just now."

"Hehe, don't let my age fool you, I'm not old at all."

"My sun will never set."

Dumas glanced at Fei and chuckled, teasingly saying, "As for why I know you're not a cartoonist... it's because there's absolutely no hint of artistic talent in your expression."

"I……"

Yifei was speechless. She felt that Dumas' last sentence was an insult to her, but she couldn't find any evidence or reason to refute it.

Because her drawing skills are indeed... very average.

Just how ordinary is it?

Even if you stuck a pen into Guan Gu's butt, it would still draw better than you.

Yifei sat down dejectedly, but inwardly she was extremely wary of Alexandre Dumas.

She didn't ask this question to expose the fake godfather immediately, since he could easily answer the question by simply making up a lie and saying that Ziqiao had mentioned it to him.

But his sudden question didn't even startle the other person; he calmly resolved the situation.

This typical cunning behavior immediately put Yifei on the edge of her seat. She was now certain that this fake godfather was definitely not some random extra that Ziqiao had just picked up.

It seems Zi Qiao takes this competition very seriously, as he even went to the trouble of inviting a veteran actor.

Yifei's eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit once again, and her chest heaved with an unwavering determination to win.

[In her inner world, Yifei said with barely suppressed excitement.]

[Excellent! Very good! That's the kind of challenging competition we need to truly appreciate!]

The more difficult the competition, the stronger the thrill of victory!

[I, Hu Yifei, am determined to win this competition!]

[Then she put her hands on her hips, looked up at the sky, and let out a laugh like that of a wicked witch from a fairy tale.]

Hahaha!!!

Alexandre Dumas looked at the girl in front of him who was inexplicably hostile and full of fighting spirit, his eyes filled with doubt.

He thought that after decades of wandering the world and weathering all kinds of storms, what strange things hadn't he seen?

Ironically, he had never seen anything like this before.

Alexandre Dumas thought it over and over and couldn't figure out where he had offended the girl named Yifei. Even if he had accidentally offended her, she shouldn't have shown such hostility.

Could it be... that she's mentally ill?

It doesn't look like it.

After much deliberation, Alexandre Dumas concluded that Yifei's hostility towards him did not stem from her intellectual disability, but rather from some other reason.

But if it wasn't my fault, what else could it be?

As Dumas pondered the matter, his eyes suddenly lit up and he realized the answer.

Since it wasn't because of me, it must be because of Ziqiao.

So what kind of person would show hostility towards him just because he is Ziqiao's godfather?

That must be Zi Qiao's ex-girlfriend!

Dumas suddenly understood, and at the same time felt very disappointed with Ziqiao's behavior in the years since he left him.

You should know that Ziqiao is his proudest godson and also his most outstanding wingman.

Back in the day, the father and son roamed the world together, braving wind and rain, living a carefree and unrestrained life, galloping on horseback and sharing in the world's splendor.

He imparted all his unique skills to Ziqiao, believing that Ziqiao was the successor to his great cause and spirit.

It seems that this guy has completely wasted all the dating tips he was taught.

Now he not only stays obediently in this small place, living the life of an ascetic who only picks up one girl at a time, but even his eye for women has greatly decreased.

It would be a waste to teach him my fleeting glimpse of beauty.

It wasn't that Dumas thought Yifei wasn't pretty or had a good figure, or that she didn't meet the standards of beauty.

However, Ziqiao shouldn't provoke a Valkyrie like Yifei, who is clearly someone who can only accept widowhood, not divorce, and even less betrayal.

Even if he did it for stamp collecting, it's still not acceptable.

You can find someone with a bad temper, or someone with high fighting skills, but you can't find someone with both a bad temper and high fighting skills.

For fast-paced people like them, isn't this tantamount to suicide?

As a result, Ziqiao is now in a terrible situation. Not only has he gotten together with this ex-girlfriend, but they're also living together.

Huh?

Alexandre Dumas sensed something was wrong.

If Yifei is Ziqiao's ex-girlfriend, then given her temperament, it would be an act of great mercy for her to never speak to Ziqiao again.

But now the two of them are actually living together as roommates... This is simply unimaginable.

Then there's his good-for-nothing godson. Although his eye for women isn't what it used to be, he's always been timid... clever.

Anyway, given his personality of always running away from problems, this time he actually didn't choose to stay as far away from his violent ex-girlfriend as possible, and even lived with her for a year without moving.

Something's not right. Something's extremely, extremely, extremely wrong.

Alexandre Dumas felt he must have guessed something wrong; perhaps they weren't ex-boyfriends and girlfriends at all.

Their relationship must be one of love and hate, lingering and inseparable, a complex mix of emotions, an endless entanglement, a true love where you love someone but can't express it!

Alexandre Dumas's eyes suddenly lit up; he felt he had discovered the whole truth.

Yes, only true love, something irrational, could make this seemingly proud and irritable girl let go of the hurt Zi Qiao had caused her, and allow her to continue living with Zi Qiao as friends with incredibly complicated feelings.

Only true love, something irrational, could make Ziqiao, a wanderer of the martial world, choose to settle down. He knew that the girl in front of him was someone he shouldn't love and couldn't love, yet he still couldn't help being attracted to her.

He went against his nature and defied his instincts, just to stay by her side a little longer, much longer.

It seems that Yifei and Ziqiao truly have a touching and genuine love.

As a seasoned womanizer who had experienced countless relationships, Alexandre Dumas instantly pieced together the love story between the two of them in his mind.

From the very beginning, when Ziqiao accidentally tricked Yifei, the two bickered and competed with each other to outdo the other.

From getting to know each other and falling in love, to infidelity... their love was passionate and tender. The two watched the stars and the moon together, talking about everything from poetry and songs to life ideals. Ziqiao put his arm around Yifei's waist and made a romantic vow on the mountaintop: "Until the mountains have no peaks, until heaven and earth unite, I will never part from you." Then they kissed each other deeply.

Finally, as the initial passion fades, Ziqiao and Yifei are forced to confront the fundamental incompatibility between their nature and instincts. They constantly argue, break up, reconcile, argue again, break up again, and reconcile again...

Yifei hid in the bathroom, weeping uncontrollably, while Ziqiao held a wine glass, gazing at the moon alone. In the end, both decided to let the other go, yet they could never truly leave each other...

Almost instantly, Alexandre Dumas had already written a three-million-word melodramatic love story for them in his mind.

This explains everything.

The reason why Yifei is so hostile and combative towards her is that Ziqiao must have mentioned her when they were dating, making Yifei feel that she had led Ziqiao astray and made him a scumbag.

The fighting spirit in her eyes was telling herself that she could definitely overcome her attempts to educate Ziqiao, and make him turn over a new leaf and reform.

Excellent, that's a flawless line of reasoning.

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)