Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 524 The Murderer Appears

Xiao Xian's eyes twitched slightly as he listened to Guangu's agonizing screams.

It's truly thanks to this being a dream world that the deeper the dream, the stronger the pain becomes.

Otherwise, Guan Gu would have been pinned to the wall by Mario's belly impact, and even if he didn't suffer a full set of fractures, he would have been in so much pain that he would have passed out.

He should be thankful that he can even howl now.

However, thinking about it from another perspective, perhaps it was precisely because the pain sensation in shallow dreams was weakened that Guan Gu didn't faint from the pain immediately, but instead continued to suffer in a state of conscious awareness...

Poor Guan Gu.

Xiao Xian sighed; even he couldn't help but feel sorry for Guangu at this moment.

"Oh my god, Guan Gu."

Mario realized he had messed things up when he saw this, and he hurriedly covered his mouth and backed away.

"Stop retreating, let's get him out of here first."

Xiao Xian stepped forward and, together with Mario, grabbed Guan Gu's arms from either side, pulling hard with all their might.

However, Guan Gu was now completely embedded in the wall. The two people's pulling not only failed to pull him out of the wall, but also made the already broken Guan Gu feel even more pain.

He felt as if the two men were on either side of a broken-down robot, forcibly cutting off his arms with chainsaws.

Perhaps the only difference between myself and a scrapped robot is that I can still feel pain.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Sekiya, who was in agony, suddenly felt an inexplicable grievance in his heart. He cried loudly and started speaking in Japanese: "private はあなたたちに出を作ってもらいます. privy はまずこの哥とprivate"の新しい Comicsの话をします. Private はファンにサインやハグをしない Comics. Homeではありません。

Holding the painting in his arms, Xiao Nanfeng curiously poked his head out and asked, "What kind of bird language is he speaking?"

Mario awkwardly explained, "Guan Gu said, 'I just wanted you all to line up so I could finish talking to this little boy about my new comic. I'm not some comic artist who doesn't sign autographs or hug fans, why are you all being so violent towards me!'"

「あなたは unexpected にも日本语を知っていて?privately aware of っていて、あなたはきっとずっとprivateに対して悪奇みをしたいファン! (You actually understand Japanese? I understand, you must have always wanted to be a fan who is plotting against me!)"

Clearly, Guan Gu, still lost in his dream, had already mentally categorized Mario as one of his fanatical, obsessive fans from Japan.

"Oh……"

Xiao Nanfeng nodded silently. He swallowed hard, looking at the two people who were still gritting their teeth and pulling with all their might.

If they keep pushing like this, Guan Gu's arms will definitely be dislocated by these two guys who only know brute force.

"I have an idea."

He raised his hand tremblingly and said, "If you can't pull him out of the wall, then how about... we try tearing down the walls around him?"

The two who were still shouting "One, two, three, pull!" were taken aback by what they heard. Xiaoxian awkwardly let go of his hand, coughed lightly, and said, "Although I think it would be easier to pull him out, tearing down the surrounding walls... is also a good idea."

Xiao Nanfeng couldn't help but laugh: "With your stubbornness, are you planning to knock the whole wall down with your beak like a woodpecker later?"

"Cough cough..."

Xiao Xian didn't want to say anything more to this brat, so he turned to look at Mario.

"Hey... Mario, let's get this wall down right away."

"it is good."

Mario nodded repeatedly.

So the two of them started to dismantle the wall using their own methods, and during this process, Guan Gu continued to speak fluent Japanese.

He cried and cursed at the same time. After cursing, he began to regret why he was so famous and why he didn't know how to protect himself. In the end, he encountered such a perverted fan.

Guan Gu regretted it, regretted it... Mario's almost illusory figure gradually became solid.

"Mario? What are you doing here?"

Guan Gu grimaced in pain, but still stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Guan Gu, you're finally awake!"

When he saw Guan Gu wake up, Mario was overjoyed and instinctively wanted to give Guan Gu a warm hug.

"Mario, stop!"

When Guan Gu saw Mario about to pounce on him again, his voice became sharp and trembling.

Xiao Xian quickly hugged Mario, but even though he was a 1.8-meter-tall man, he was holding Mario, who was only 1.55 meters tall, so Mario ended up dragging him along.

This is unbelievable! Is Mario really that strong?

Sure enough, game characters like this are the worst!

Although Xiaoxian couldn't stop Mario with his strength, his act of hugging Mario prevented Mario from impulsively launching a second belly thrust.

"Mario, calm down."

Xiao Xian genuinely began to pity Guan Gu's tragic fate. He patted Mario's shoulder in a cheeky manner and said, "Guan Gu was bumped into by you just now, and he still hasn't come out of the wall."

"If you run him over now, you might as well let the killer kill him."

Upon hearing this, Mario awkwardly scratched his head.

Seeing that Mario was still, Xiaoxian tried to take a deep breath, hugged Mario's big belly, and lifted him up with all his might.

He strained with all his might, his face turning red, but even so, Mario remained completely still.

Damn, this guy must weigh at least 300 pounds!

Xiao Xian found it incredible that someone who was only 1.55 meters tall could weigh at least 300 kilograms.

Mario noticed that Xiaoxian seemed to be trying to hug him, but to no avail. He tentatively asked, "Do you need me to use the Shrinking Mushroom to shrink me down?"

"Need not."

Xiao Xian reluctantly withdrew his hand, straightened up, and was about to say something to ease the awkwardness when he suddenly froze.

"Mario, what did you just say?"

"I asked, do you need me to use the Shrinking Mushroom to shrink myself down?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian's forehead veins throbbed violently, and at this moment, his expression strangely mirrored that of the real Zeng Xiao Xian.

He squinted his small eyes and gritted his teeth, saying, "Since you can conjure up shrinking mushrooms, why didn't you just conjure one up and feed it to Guan Gu?!"

“Eh…”

Mario suddenly realized: "Oh right!"

If they could shrink Guan Gu using the Shrinking Mushroom, then the two of them wouldn't have to resort to pulling and tearing down walls with their bare hands.

"Oh."

Xiao Nanfeng scoffed under her breath, "What two idiots..."

Xiaoxian: (⊙⊙)

Mario: (⊙﹏⊙)

After busying himself for half a day, Mario hurriedly used the Shrinking Mushroom to shrink Guan Gu. Xiao Xian carefully carried the shrunken Guan Gu over the wall, and then Mario used the Grow Up Mushroom to turn Guan Gu back to his original size.

With his body feeling like it was about to fall apart, Guan Gu lay helplessly on the ground, letting out a long sigh filled with mixed emotions.

"Now I understand what it feels like for Sun Wukong to be trapped under the Five Fingers Mountain and unable to move."

He turned his head with difficulty, looking at Mario, who shouldn't be there, and Zeng Xiaoxian, who seemed a bit off, and asked cluelessly, "So what exactly is going on?"

Xiao Xian hesitated for a moment, then said, "Um... Mario, you should explain to Guangu."

"Oh……"

Although Mario is simple-minded and a bit silly, he can still explain what happened without any problems.

As he recounted his story, Guan Gu quickly learned everything.

Also aware of everything was "Xiao Xian," who was deep in thought on the side. He really hadn't expected Zeng Xiaoxian to be quite reliable at times.

Unfortunately, his plan conflicted with his own.

"...That's how it is."

Mario explained the whole story, then asked, "Guan Gu, how did you end up with Xiao Nanfeng?"

Before Guan Gu could answer, Xiao Nanfeng pulled out a scroll from his pocket and said, "I was originally going up the mountain to find you, but I happened to run into the great cartoonist Guan Gu Shenqi."

"Look, he even gave me a cover image of a new comic book."

As Xiao Nanfeng spoke, she unfurled the scroll, revealing that the painting still featured the apartment's residents in chibi style, but this time they were all finally depicted on the same canvas.

The background of the entire picture is the familiar sixth-floor suite: the bright blue 3601, the dark brown 3602, the black and white 3603, and the turquoise 3604.

Strictly speaking, the living rooms of the four suites are not in a straight line, but in Guan Gu's paintings, these four living rooms are laid out as a long scroll, and the walls separating the living rooms are deliberately ignored.

Guan Gu skillfully transitioned the spaces between the living rooms using his techniques and painting methods, making these four brightly colored and unrelated areas blend together seamlessly, as if they were a unified whole without any barriers.

The chibi-style anime figures in the apartment have become more three-dimensional and closer to the fantasy style of Guan Gu's new comics, evolving from the original sketches.

Little South Wind asked excitedly, "How is it? Isn't this painting very well done?"

Having recovered from the pain, Guan Gu sat up, supporting himself with his hands: "That's right, this is the amazing new work of my great cartoonist Guan Gu!"

"Then you'll have to work harder. Fantasy comedy digital comics aren't that easy to draw."

As Xiao Nanfeng puts away the painting, she excitedly says, "My father's birthday is coming up soon, and I originally planned to find the legendary Frostmourne as a gift for him, but now it seems that this painting is also very suitable."

Xiao Xian coldly retorted, "Giving Frostmourne to your dad, you really are a filial son."

Xiao Nanfeng scoffed: "It's because he likes these weird and wonderful things."

Guan Gu looked at Xiao Xian with a hint of doubt. This kind of吐槽 (tu cao, a form of sarcastic commentary) was not Teacher Zeng's style.

Detective Guan Gu, the amazing student, started racking his brains again.

Xiao Xian clapped his hands and said, "No matter what, now that we've found Xiao Nanfeng, let's hurry up and meet up with Youyou and Wanyu."

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Xiao Nanfeng's hand, but Xiao Nanfeng instinctively backed away.

"Only three-year-olds need adults to hold their hands. I'm eight years old now and I can walk by myself."

"So where are we going to play now? Shall we go to the Zhenwu Hall to find Master Zhang?"

Xiao Xian reluctantly lowered his hand. Before he could even answer, Wan Yu and You You raised their hands and shouted excitedly at them.

"Teacher Zeng, Mario!"

Youyou and Wanyu rushed to Xiaoxian and Xiaonanfeng, bent down, and asked breathlessly, "We've finished what we were doing. What's next?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian couldn't help but let out a very faint, wicked smile: "Next..."

Our famous detective Guan Gu keenly noticed that the smile was completely unlike Zeng Xiaoxian's. Combining this with Mario's earlier words, his detective brain worked at lightning speed, and in the blink of an eye, he deduced the truth of the matter.

"Be careful, Yoyo! He's a serial killer!"

Guan Gu shouted anxiously, but it was too late.

With the sound of a sharp weapon tearing through clothing and piercing flesh, a short sword pierced straight through the heart, its blood-stained tip emerging from the back.

As one hand gripped the hilt of the sword and twisted it sharply, the pierced heart was instantly torn to pieces, and gushing blood spurted out.

"Feel sorry……"

The hand gripping the short sword slowly loosened, a look of reluctance on Youyou's face, yet she still whispered, "Reality belongs to you, and to us..."

"We were lost in a beautiful dream."

Xiao Xian, who had been fatally struck, fell straight to the ground, lifeless. Even as he fell, a faint smile remained on his face.

"What?!?!"

Guan Gu stared wide-eyed, watching incredulously as "Youyou" suddenly launched an attack, plunging a short sword into Xiao Xian's chest.

The assassination was elegant and precise; it was clear this wasn't the first time someone had killed someone.

Guan Gu finally understood who the real killer was.

But, but...

He exclaimed incredulously, "No way, I can deduce this wrong?!"

Why is the murderer Youyou when Teacher Zeng in front of me is acting so strangely?

I can't understand it! I can't understand it!

Seeing that "Youyou" was about to kill Xiaoxian, Mario nervously shouted to Wanyu, "Wanyu! Watch out!"

"……Feel sorry."

Almost the instant "Youyou" made her move, "Wanyu" stepped forward and chopped Xiaonanfeng in the neck with a chop, knocking her unconscious and holding her in her arms.

Wan Yu sighed: "I'm sorry, but we absolutely have to take Nan Feng with us."

Guan Gu was even more shocked by what he saw.

「なんですか?（What?）」

Even Mario was stunned. He pointed at "Youyou" and "Wanyu" in front of him in astonishment and stammered, "A serial killer... there are actually two of them?"

"Feel sorry."

This is the third time "Wanyu" has apologized. It seems that she is less willing to do this than "Youyou".

"Youyou" urged, "Stop apologizing, let's hurry up and take Nanfeng away."

Guan Gu and Mario were too far away from them; if they wanted to leave, the two of them would never be able to catch up.

As long as the south wind can be taken away, this beautiful dream can continue as long as possible.

This is not only for them, but also for...

"Then I'm afraid you two will be disappointed. Not only can you not take Nanfeng with you, but you two will also have to stay here today."

Everyone stared in shock at the familiar voice.

Everyone except Mario turned to look at Zeng Xiaoxian, who lay lifeless in a pool of blood.

The pierced Xiao Xian turned into specks of light and disappeared, and a brand new Xiao Xian appeared not far from Youyou and Wanyu.

"Mario's life-giving mushrooms are really useful, but unfortunately, you can only create a maximum of eight in a dream. Otherwise, we could have easily won the game without any strategy, and I wouldn't have taken this sword for nothing."

"Damn it, it hurts like hell!"

While complaining, the newly transformed Xiaoxian snapped his fingers, and his ancient costume instantly transformed into a sharp gray suit.

"Top-quality suits are still the most comfortable to wear."

Xiao Xian, dressed in a suit, raised an eyebrow, bowed slightly to the two of them, and then gave a smug, wicked smile.

"We've finally caught you two. How should we address you?"

"Are they Zhang Wei's imaginary companions? Or... Zhang Wei's parents?"

Here it comes!

Tomorrow, Pigeon is going to the provincial hospital to see a doctor to check on her leg, as it keeps getting worse.

But don't worry, everyone, I will resume normal updates as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)