Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 591 The Former Emperor and the Prime Minister of Chu

Early on the 12th, Yifei pulled Yumo to the kitchen of 3601.

"Yu Mo, given your terrible cooking skills, since there are still two days until Valentine's Day, I'll introduce you to the ingredients for making homemade chocolate."

"Let's familiarize ourselves with the process and try a few more times so that we can make the most perfect, delicious, and heartfelt homemade heart-shaped chocolates on Valentine's Day!"

Upon hearing Yifei's words, Yu Mo's expression instantly fell. This familiar sentence structure reminded her of that terrible interactive drama that flopped quietly not long ago.

But I'm just making chocolate, so it shouldn't be a repeat of the interactive drama's disastrous state... right?

Yifei had no idea what Yumo was thinking. She pointed to several plates on the stove: "These contain cocoa beans, almonds, creamer, and jam..."

"etc!"

Yu Mo quickly stopped her, "Yi Fei, you're talking too fast! I can't even tell the difference between cocoa beans, almonds, and creamer!"

"...Huh?" Yifei looked down at the plate on the stove in surprise.

Dark brown cocoa beans, almonds shaped like melon seeds, and pure white creamer... Couldn't Yu Mo recognize such obvious things?

OK.

Yifei sighed and put her hand to her forehead. She suddenly realized that teaching Yumo how to make homemade chocolate was a long and arduous task.

"Looks like my 'foolproof' tutorial needs to be made even more 'foolproof'."

Yu Mo smiled awkwardly upon hearing this.

She ate plenty of chocolate when she was still overweight, but she had never actually seen cocoa beans before. To be precise, she had never been to the kitchen, so how would she know what they were?

Just as Yu Mo was feeling awkward, Zeng Xiaoxian walked in carrying his briefcase.

He asked curiously, "Wow, what's this that smells so good?"

"Can't you see that?"

Yifei laughed and teased, "I'm making explosives. Once they're done, I'll blow you up!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxian decisively pulled a small fire extinguisher from his briefcase and held it up in front of him as if it were a get-out-of-jail-free card.

"Sigh, it seems I'm still a cut above the rest."

Xiao Xian proudly showed off the fire extinguisher in his hand: "This is the latest carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. It can extinguish fires in three seconds. It can injure people from a distance and can be used for self-defense up close."

"Whether it's for home storage or to carry with you while traveling, it's always good to be prepared."

Yifei glanced at the fire extinguisher in Zeng Xiaoxian's hand, and then she laughed even harder: "Oh, you're really afraid of dying, you even carry a fire extinguisher with you."

"What? This is for promotion and sales."

Xiao Xian sat at the dining table and complained, "This is a task assigned by the subdistrict office. As the vice chairman of the residents' committee of the apartment under the subdistrict office, I naturally have to set an example."

Yifei sneered. She didn't believe that Zeng Xiaoxian had nothing better to do than help sell fire extinguishers on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

"Set an example?"

"Why don't you set yourself on fire first? I want to see if I can save you in three seconds."

Zeng Xiaoxian grinned mischievously: "I'm doing this all for everyone's safety."

"How about you buy a bottle and keep it in the suite?"

"In case another tragedy occurs where a table is burned, you won't have to go back and forth between the two suites to fetch water to put out the fire like last time."

Yu Mo adjusted her glasses and smiled slyly: "Unsolicited kindness is either a trick or a theft."

"Teacher Zeng, it's just promoting fire extinguishers, you're being a bit too enthusiastic."

"Tell me honestly, what exactly happened?"

No way.

Zeng Xiaoxian said hesitantly, "Can't I just contribute to the fire safety of the apartment building?"

Upon hearing this, Yifei and Yumo exchanged a smile, and then began to discuss how to make their own chocolate.

"Yu Mo, let me tell you, you need to grind these cocoa beans into powder first, like using this meat grinder..."

"Oh." Yu Mo nodded. "Using a meat grinder...why not a juicer?"

"Forehead……"

Yifei was a little embarrassed: "I broke the juicer in our suite last time when I used it to grind meat, so I bought a meat grinder."

"Oh..." Yu Mo understood.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you guys please talk to me?"

"And another thing, you two are really something – one dares to say it, and the other dares to believe it! Who grinds cocoa beans with a meat grinder?!"

Yu Mo turned to Zeng Xiaoxian: "Then what should we use?"

"Of course, you use a soymilk maker or a high-speed blender to grind soybeans. What else can you use? Chop them up with a knife?"

"oh."

Yu Mo nodded repeatedly, but when she saw Yi Fei also nodding thoughtfully, her heart sank.

[Does Yifei seem a little unreliable?]

【Pah! She's so unreliable!】

Yu Mo immediately smiled sweetly at Zeng Xiaoxian: "Teacher Zeng, what do we do after grinding the cocoa beans?"

"After grinding the cocoa beans, of course..."

Zeng Xiaoxian paused, then suddenly realized, "Why am I telling you this? The important thing right now is the fire extinguisher!"

He beckoned to Yifei and Yumo to sit down, and then honestly explained to them.

"Here's the thing, the chairman of the residents' committee has emigrated, and the position of the head is now vacant. I am competing with two other vice chairmen for the position."

"The neighborhood leaders have instructed us to mobilize every household to buy fire extinguishers; whoever has the best sales performance will be the next chairman!"

[In his inner world, Zeng Xiaoxian proudly held up his own headshot and said...]

The chairperson of the residents' committee enjoys a free parking space and can have their photo displayed in the apartment lobby!

"Such a great opportunity, of course I, Zeng Xiaoxian, would gladly accept it!"

Hahaha, hahaha...

"Is the vice-chairmanship position filled through a competitive process?"

As a member of the residents' committee, Yifei casually sentenced Zeng Xiaoxian to death: "Among the four vice chairmen, in terms of ability, achievements, intelligence, popularity, and prestige..."

"Oh, and most importantly, there's sponsorship and attracting tenants for the apartment complexes. The three of you combined aren't even enough to make Nanfeng look bad. What's the point of comparing them?"

"But Nanfeng forfeited."

Zeng Xiaoxian chuckled, as if he had already secured victory as long as Nanfeng voluntarily withdrew.

"Nanfeng said that we are evenly matched in terms of ability, but in terms of seniority, he can't even compare to me."

"Not to mention I'm a public figure, with a very high level of fame."

"From both a moral and logical standpoint, I should be the one to be the chairman."

He crossed his legs and said smugly, "Nanfeng told me to feel at ease competing for the chairmanship. He is willing to be my prime minister and assist me, serving me faithfully and risking his life for me."

"To dedicate oneself wholeheartedly to the cause, even unto death!"

Xiao Xian straightened his back smugly, pointed to himself with his thumb, and looked down at everyone with his nose in his mouth: "Now you know who Nanfeng admires the most, right?"

"That's right, it's me!"

Yifei and Yumo exchanged a glance, their faces clearly showing disbelief.

How could such sycophantic words possibly come from Nanfeng?

Furthermore, you, Zeng Xiaoxian, haven't even won the election for the chairmanship of such a small residents' committee, yet you already think you're the emperor?

Have you no shame?!

In his inner world, Nanfeng wore a stern face and made a big "X" with his hand.

[I hereby formally refute this rumor: Teacher Zeng is talking complete nonsense!]

[His sycophantic talk about serving me hand and foot, risking his life for me—that's definitely not my words; it's all his imagination.]

[...However, it was indeed I who encouraged him to run for chairman, saying I would be his prime minister to assist him.]

Nanfeng shrugged, a slight smirk playing on his lips, revealing a villainous, wicked smile.

As I said before, the chairman of the residents' committee is just a giant mascot and a huge punching bag.

He had to withstand pressure from the landlord and the neighborhood committee, while also bearing the responsibility for the will and interests of the residents' committee and all the apartment's residents.

Only a fool would happily take a job where they're caught in the middle, pleasing neither side.

However, ever since Teacher Zeng became the deputy director of the channel, he has become increasingly obsessed with officialdom.

I couldn't persuade him otherwise, so I had no choice but to let him compete for the position.

[Given his abilities, without help, he probably won't be able to compete with the other two vice chairmen.]

[But I'm different. I have good interpersonal relationships, prestige, ability, and irreplaceable value. No matter which of the three becomes chairman, they will most likely have to consider my opinion.]

In short, let whoever wants to sit in this emperor's (chairman's) position sit there; I'll just obediently be my prime minister—isn't that wonderful?

[As Nanfeng spoke, he put his hands on his hips, looked up at the sky, and laughed loudly.]

Hahaha, hahaha...

Suddenly, Nanfeng's loud laughter stopped. He frowned, muttering to himself in confusion.

[Your Majesty, Your Excellency... why do I feel a little uneasy?]

Just as Nanfeng was pondering what was amiss, he heard a commotion among the soldiers around him.

He instinctively shouted: "Where is my son, Fengxian?"

The next moment, Zi Qiao appeared wearing a three-pronged purple-gold crown, a red cotton robe adorned with flowers from Sichuan, a beast-faced chainmail armor, a lion-headed belt, and carrying a halberd. He rode a Red Hare... a shared bicycle.

Unfortunately, Shanghai doesn't allow horses to be kept.

[Ziqiao was seen riding his bicycle with one hand, pedaling hard as he rode towards the south wind.]

[Lu Xiaobu is here!]

[You traitor from Chu, prepare to die!]

I'm coming

(End of this chapter)