Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 535 Where Did the Mirror Come From?

Upon hearing Nanfeng's words, Xiaohei tensed up instantly. He pushed Nanfeng away and said in a flustered yet determined tone.

"Nanfeng, it's best if you're happy, but bro... I'm fucking straight!"

Nanfeng was stunned for a moment, then his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"I'm a fucking straight man too!"

Xiao Hei breathed a sigh of relief, but when he saw Nan Feng's displeased look, he guiltily offered an explanation.

"You can't blame me for overthinking this. If you were suddenly hugged by your best friend and he said, 'I've never felt so happy,' you'd panic too!"

Nanfeng was speechless: "Xiao Hei, you not only misunderstood my orientation, but you also insulted my aesthetic sense."

Upon hearing Nanfeng's words, Xiaohei's inexplicable competitive spirit flared up instantly. He retorted defiantly, "What do you mean by insulting your aesthetic sense? Am I not handsome?"

Nanfeng carefully examined Xiao Hei: "Your looks... are probably still ranked after Teacher Zeng's."

"Depend on!"

Xiao Hei looked very unhappy.

Nanfeng patted Xiaohei on the shoulder and joked with a smile, "It's okay, it doesn't matter if we think you're handsome or not, as long as Sadako thinks your chubby face and chubby hands are cute."

Xiao Hei was startled upon hearing this: "How did you know? Didn't I soundproof my suite?"

Nanfeng smiled smugly: "Foolish little black, do you think you can hide the fact that you and Sadako are having an affair just because you soundproofed your suite?"

"Your suite has been soundproofed, but Sadako's suite isn't. Even if her suite is soundproofed, her best friend's suite isn't."

"Even if her best friend's suite is soundproof... we have Youyou and Meijia, two active gossips, on the sixth floor."

"You still want to hide it? You can't hide it anymore."

"Fuck!"

Xiao Hei cursed under his breath.

Nanfeng ignored Xiao Hei's curses and looked at everyone inside the Dream Machine, asking in confusion, "I'm all awake, why aren't they awake yet?"

Xiao Hei explained, "Everyone got up early this morning and messed around, so they're all incredibly sleepy. Their sleep quality in their dreams isn't good either, so I set up a sleep mode for them so they can get a good night's sleep after exiting the dream world. They're sleeping soundly right now."

"Understood."

Nanfeng nodded. He glanced at the time and realized it was almost afternoon.

"This dream device is really addictive; it even made me miss my morning exercise," Nanfeng complained casually.

Xiao Hei glanced at Nan Feng expressionlessly: "How dare you say that?"

Nanfeng smiled sheepishly: "This was an accident. Next time, I will definitely pay attention to the time and never get lost in the dream world."

"Do I need you to pay attention to the time next time?" Xiao Hei said through gritted teeth. "I'll design a dream anti-addiction system right away. As soon as the time is up, I'll kick you all out!"

"It saves me from worrying all day long about the Dream Machine overloading and crashing."

"Do you know how much time I'd have to spend repairing a dozen machines if they all broke down at the same time, not to mention the repair parts?!"

Xiao Hei glared fiercely at Nan Feng: "For a genius like me to waste my time on this kind of thing is tantamount to murdering my life and my value!"

"No, you're jeopardizing the precious wealth and bright future of all humanity!"

"Hey, come on, that's way too much!"

Nanfeng was stunned. He had just been having a little longer of a beautiful dream. How did he become the culprit who was plotting against the future of all mankind?

However, in a sense, Xiao Hei's words make a lot of sense.

Although the birth of the Dream Device was full of chance, if he could really improve it into a universal device that everyone could use, then Xiao Hei's name would surely be engraved in human history, making him one of the greatest inventors.

Nanfeng frowned.

...Speaking of which, what was Xiao Hei's name again?

Plain boiled water...?

Never mind, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I've known him for two years, and he's hardly ever mentioned his name.

Xiao Hei, of course, had no idea that Nanfeng had almost forgotten his name. He hummed a few times and gestured for Nanfeng to come and sit on the sofa in the living room with him.

As soon as Nanfeng sat down, Xiaohei took out his phone from his pocket and started recording right in front of him.

"Please describe in detail what happened in your dream, and what happened to other people you know, so that I can make further improvements to the Dream Device."

Nanfeng saw that Xiao Hei's expression instantly became serious and earnest, and knew that he had entered the "bloodless, tearless, emotionless inventor weirdo" mode.

It has to be said that Nanfeng really admires Xiaohei's personality and self-control, which allows him to be funny when he needs to be and serious when he needs to be.

He smiled, then his expression turned serious, and he told Xiao Hei as many details as possible about what happened in the dream.

During this process, Xiao Hei would occasionally interrupt Nanfeng and ask him a series of unexpected or unrelated questions.

Nanfeng was bewildered by these mind-bending questions, but he still tried his best to cooperate with Xiao Hei's questions.

After an unknown amount of time, as Xiao Hei finished recording, Nanfeng leaned back on the sofa with vacant eyes, pressing his throbbing temples with both hands.

"Ah~~~"

Nanfeng wailed, "It's finally over."

"Can you stop looking like you've been played with every time you cooperate with me on a survey?" Xiao Hei said, reverting to his goofy self. "Please, put some effort into it. You were just contributing to the common good of all mankind."

Nanfeng waved his hand weakly: "I know those words well. Back when I was still in school, my advisor used the same tone when he was making empty promises to me."

He raised his eyes and asked, "So, was what I just said helpful to you?"

"It will definitely be helpful, but I need to combine other people's answers to determine how to improve the Dream Machine."

Xiao Hei glanced at the time, stood up and said, "The sleep mode of the Dream Machine is about to end. Let's go see if they'll give me any unexpected little surprises after they wake up."

"An unexpected little surprise?"

Nanfeng pondered these words carefully, and for some reason, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Nanfeng had a vague feeling that if there really was a surprise, then this little surprise... would probably be a bit shocking.

The two returned to where the Dream Machine was, just as all the hatches slowly opened. Everyone groggily opened their eyes and stepped out of the Dream Machine.

Meijia and Ziqiao, who were standing close by, subconsciously exchanged a glance, then clicked their tongues and turned away.

Zhang Wei turned around and looked at Meimengyi, his expression seemingly both satisfied and wistful.

After coming out, Xiaoxian looked around in confusion. After a while, he suddenly widened his eyes and froze on the spot.

Yifei and Yumo closed their eyes, clutching their dizzy heads, and staggered so much that they almost couldn't stand up.

"Where are we?"

Curry Sauce was still a little dizzy. She looked around at everything in a daze, unable to distinguish between a dream and reality.

"Everyone," Nanfeng said, opening his arms to the crowd, "Welcome back to reality."

Apart from Xiao Xian, who was stunned, and Yi Fei and Yu Mo, who were extremely dizzy, everyone smiled at each other and went forward to hug Nan Feng and Xiao Hei.

After everyone finished hugging and dispersed, Curry Sauce suddenly seemed to remember something. She covered her neck, pointed at Youyou, and shouted.

"I remember now, Sister Youyou, you slit my throat!"

"what?"

Youyou was startled by Curry Sauce's shout. Before she could react to what Curry Sauce was talking about, Zhanbo loudly echoed from the side.

"Yes, Youyou, you even stabbed my kidney!"

Ziqiao and Meijia seemed to recall some unpleasant memories as well, their unfriendly gazes fixed on Youyou. Clearly, they too had been ambushed by the murderer.

"I?"

Youyou felt incredibly wronged. It was clearly Zhang Wei's imaginary parents who did the dirty work, so what did it have to do with her?

She was about to explain, "You brought such high-speed machinery into China. Remember the principles I gave you when you were little."

"what?"

Everyone was stunned as they listened to Youyou's incomprehensible and nonsensical words.

What exactly is Yoyo saying?

Youyou was also frightened by her own incoherent and illogical words.

She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "I'll make your eyes into canned goods and offer them on sale—buy two, get one free!"

Everyone: "..."

Everyone's faces were full of question marks. They looked at Youyou in confusion, unable to understand what she was talking about at all.

What does it mean to sell canned eyes at a discount, with a buy-two-get-one-free offer?

Does she think everyone is some kind of three-eyed Erlang Shen?

Youyou covered her mouth in horror, shaking her head in fear, completely bewildered as to why she had suddenly become so strange.

Everyone gathered around Youyou and asked her all at once.

"Youyou, what's wrong?"

"Youyou, are you alright?"

"long……"

Nanfeng, standing to the side, stroked his chin thoughtfully. Although it was the first time he had seen Youyou in this situation, he felt a sense of familiarity about the scene.

It's like...

Nanfeng had a sudden flash of inspiration. He clapped his hands and realized where this familiar feeling came from.

Isn't this just like the strange side effects that would occasionally appear during the few days I was tested in the Dream Machine (formerly the treatment chamber)?

Nanfeng immediately looked at Xiaohei, who nodded with a strange expression.

"Everyone, make way," Nanfeng urged quickly. "Let Xiao Hei check on Youyou and see what's wrong with her."

Then everyone remembered that there was an all-powerful little black guy here, so they quickly moved aside to let him squeeze in.

Zhanbo and Wanyu thought about it and realized that there was no point in just standing there watching, so they turned around to help Yifei and Yumo, who were feeling dizzy.

As for Teacher Zeng, who was in a daze, he seemed perfectly fine, so let him stand there quietly by himself for now.

Xiao Hei came up to Youyou and reached out to Nanfeng behind him, saying, "Nanfeng, lend me the smart bracelet I gave you before."

Nanfeng decisively took off the bracelet and handed it to Xiaohei.

Xiao Hei first gestured for Youyou to put on the bracelet herself, then said, "Youyou, don't worry, I assure you that your current situation is definitely not a big problem."

"You know about Nanfeng's messy reactions and his strange, uncontrollable complaints before, right? You're probably in a similar situation now."

"These minor problems usually recover in one or two days, or three to five days at most, so you don't need to be afraid."

Upon hearing this, Youyou, who was wearing the bracelet, blinked and then looked up at Nanfeng beside her.

Nanfeng nodded emphatically to her: "I've been having some strange episodes for a day or two every two weeks lately, but they're all minor issues, and I usually get better after a good night's sleep."

Guangu and Ziqiao, who were standing right next to Youyou, patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry, we're here for you."

Only then did Youyou, who had been panicking, feel relieved.

Xiao Hei continued, "Youyou, try saying what you want to say, one word at a time."

Youyou nodded and said, "Close..."

After saying that word, Youyou frowned, looking troubled, as if she was struggling with her instincts.

Everyone waited silently, and after about five seconds, Youyou finally uttered the second word.

"valley……"

……

Five seconds later, she slowly uttered the third word.

"you……"

……

"indivual……"

"mix……"

"Egg!"

Youyou took half a minute to say those six short words.

Everyone's faces were filled with helplessness, and Guan Gu was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Even at this point, judging from Youyou's words, why is she still angry with me?

Curry Sauce couldn't help but look up at the sky: "My God, there's actually someone in this world who speaks even slower than Senior Brother."

Zhang Wei nodded in agreement: "If Senior Brother knew, he would be very happy."

Hearing Curry and Zhang Wei's words, Youyou suddenly became anxious: "Eating grapes without spitting out pineapple seeds!"

Ziqiao patted Youyou's hand: "Auntie, you'd better not open your mouth now."

"We'd rather listen to our senior brother recite tongue twisters than listen to you talk."

Already irritated, Youyou stomped on Ziqiao's foot viciously upon hearing this, and Ziqiao's face instantly turned ashen.

Standing next to Ziqiao, Meijia gloated and mocked, "Serves him right."

Next, Xiao Hei conducted a few simple tests on Youyou, and the smart bracelet on Youyou's wrist also sent the detected information to Xiao Hei's phone.

"It's nothing. It's probably just a minor problem caused by over-excitement, like the previous Nanfeng incident. It will resolve itself in a few days."

Xiao Hei looked down at the information on his phone and said.

Guan Gu sounded a little anxious: "What does it mean?"

"...Guan Gu, your Chinese is...tsk tsk tsk."

Xiao Hei patiently explained, "'Should' means 'probably,' 'about,' or 'basically.' Do you understand now?"

"No, I know what 'should' means."

Guan Gu waved his hands repeatedly: "I'm asking if there's no way to be sure?"

"Oh, yes, that's available too."

Xiao Hei pointed to a closed door on one side: "There is professional equipment inside. If you are not at ease, you can check it in detail."

Ziqiao asked curiously, "Xiao Hei, you're an inventor who researches mechanics and artificial intelligence, what are all those diagnostic devices in your room for?"

Xiao Hei chuckled upon hearing this, while Nan Feng looked embarrassed.

To put it another way, all the equipment that Youyou will use to check later will be covered in the smell of the south wind.

Seeing that Xiao Hei was willing to give Youyou a more detailed examination, Guangu quickly bowed and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"It's no big deal."

Since Guan Gu wanted peace of mind, Xiao Hei didn't have any objections.

He continued, "Checking one person is the same as checking a group. Does anyone else think they have a problem? Let's just line up and get checked together."

After a moment of silence, everyone turned their attention to Yifei, Yumo, and Xiaoxian, who had all been acting strangely from the beginning.

Xiao Xian had already come to his senses. He smiled faintly and said, "It's not a bad idea to get a checkup. I also happen to want to know what exactly happened to me."

"Um?"

Ziqiao, Meijia, Zhanbo, and Curry Sauce felt that Teacher Zeng's tone was very strange, completely different from his usual self.

Nanfeng, whose hearing is extremely sensitive and who can even tell whether someone is lying from their tone and rhythm, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

He asked incredulously in a low voice, "Teacher Xian?"

"Um."

Zeng Xiaoxian, finally unable to contain his joy, laughed loudly and said, "It seems Zeng Xiaoxian will be taking a few days off."

"Well, one can't speak, and the other has simply gone insane."

While Ziqiao was still complaining, Nanfeng, Wanyu, Youyou, and Guangu stared at Xiaoxian in the suit with disbelief.

How did Teacher Xian suddenly appear?!

Just as Nanfeng and the others felt as if they had been struck by lightning, the persistent dizziness in Yifei and Yumo's minds, who had been keeping their eyes closed, finally began to slowly disappear.

Zhanbo asked with concern, "Sister, Sister Yumo, are you two alright?"

Yu Mo let out a long breath, waved her hand casually, and said, "I'm just a little dizzy, it's no big deal."

"If I can't even stand this, then all my twenty years of martial arts training have been for nothing."

Yifei's tone was unusually gentle: "Zhanbo, I'm fine. Anyway, I don't have to work today. I'll just go back to 3604 and lie down for a while."

They opened their eyes and instinctively looked at each other.

"Wow, where did this mirror come from?"

Yifei and Yumo said in unison.

Here they come!

A new chapter begins. As Pigeon has already mentioned, these chapters are a little bit unscientific.

I'm still updating once a day. Yesterday's 10,000-word post almost killed me. My legs are killing me now, and I need to rest for a few more days.

The doctor advised that the pigeons should be kept in the air for at least two weeks, and that they should be back to normal by the 23rd.

(End of this chapter)