Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 701 The Auspicious Time Has Arrived

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Nanfeng say that the bonus could not be kept, except for Ziqiao, whose eyes lit up and who immediately clapped and cheered.

"That's right. According to what we say in my hometown, winning the lottery is like finding a free lunch. You should spend it immediately, otherwise keeping it in your hands will bring bad luck."

"Nanfeng, look how unlucky you are now, being dragged down by this 80,000 yuan."

Ziqiao excitedly stepped forward and, as everyone expected, came up with a terrible idea: "How about this, we'll host a lavish pool party tonight, and I guarantee the entire pool will be filled with bikini-clad beauties."

Yu Mo nodded with a smile: "That sounds good, I agree. What do you think, Nanfeng?"

Nanfeng smiled upon hearing this. He had only twisted his neck, not damaged his brain. Even Teacher Zeng wouldn't have been able to jump into such an obvious pit.

"No, I'm not interested in bikini-clad beauties, and the words 'pool party' just sound like a way to squander all my wealth."

He glanced at Ziqiao: "I have my own plans for this 80,000 yuan. Ziqiao, instead of having the leisure to care about me, you should think about whether you and Zhang Wei would be as unlucky as I am now if you actually won the lottery."

"Oh yeah, I won!"

Reminded by Nanfeng, Zhang Wei realized they still had fifty scratch cards to play, and he quickly grabbed Ziqiao's arm to urge them on.

"Hurry up, Ziqiao, if we delay any longer we'll miss the auspicious time."

"Auspicious time?"

Upon hearing this, Yifei couldn't help but sneer at Zhang Wei and Ziqiao, who were dressed in tattered clothes, and said, "What's going on? Are you two beggars choosing an auspicious time to get married?"

"Stop fooling around."

Zhang Wei said, "We only have a little over half an hour left for today's auspicious time, so we need to hurry up and scratch the prize."

"A lucky time for a scratch-off lottery?"

Yifei and Yumo exchanged a glance, and now they also realized that Zhang Wei was starting to go mad.

Some people may appear perfectly fine on the outside, but inside they're completely insane.

Before they could say anything, Zhang Wei got up and went to the kitchen to bring out a stainless steel basin that had been prepared beforehand.

"This washbasin looks so familiar."

Yifei stared blankly at the basin with obvious fire marks for a moment, then realized, "Isn't this the basin I used to burn paper money for my pets? Zhang Wei, where did you find this?"

"Yeah?"

Zhang Wei shrugged: "I was wondering how a perfectly good washbasin could have been burned like this. Well then, I'll requisition it."

Yifei asked strangely, "So, Zhang Wei... you're going to burn paper money too?"

Zhang Wei argued confidently, "No, I'm planning to burn all the scratch-off tickets that didn't win later. That way, I can burn away the bad luck and be myself again."

As a staunch materialist, Yifei scoffed at Zhang Wei's mystical practices: "Zhang Wei, how come you've become even more superstitious than Ziqiao and Meijia, those two江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world) guys?"

"Hey, Yifei, don't talk nonsense. We people in the underworld have brains too."

Upon hearing this, Ziqiao shrugged and silently took a few steps back, indicating that although he and Zhang Wei were on the same side, he couldn't understand Zhang Wei's thought process at the moment.

Yifei crossed her legs and tilted her head slightly, signaling Zhang Wei and Ziqiao to seize their "auspicious day".

"Come on, let's see how much money you two unlucky bastards can actually win after all this crazy stunt."

She looked down and played with her hair with her fingers, saying with amusement, "If you still can't even recoup your costs after all this time, then don't blame me for using your two examples in the class meeting to remind my students not to be superstitious or addicted to gambling."

Nanfeng's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he clapped his hands, saying, "Yifei, if that's what you're saying, I think the residents' committee could also launch some related promotional activities."

"hiss……"

Ziqiao gasped upon hearing this; Yifei and Nanfeng were clearly trying to embarrass him and Zhang Wei.

If they were to spread the word at the university and the residents' committee about how she and Zhang Wei were addicted to gambling and made such a foolish mistake, how would she ever be able to date college students again?

How am I supposed to strike up a conversation with the beautiful women at the apartment bar?

He turned to look at Zhang Wei and asked nervously, "Zhang Wei, are you really confident in your fancy and mysterious methods?"

"We can't let them laugh at us later!"

"Forehead……"

Zhang Wei chuckled awkwardly, "I'm probably only fifty percent sure."

[In his inner world, Zhang Wei covered his mouth and whispered.]

Actually, I found all of this online last night, but whether it's useful or not... I don't know.

However, winning the lottery is either a one-way street; it's either possible or it's not.

So, I told Ziqiao the probability was fifty percent, and that shouldn't be a problem, right?

"Fifty percent?"

Ziqiao glanced at Nanfeng and the other two, who were watching the show with amusement, and knew that he couldn't back down now.

"Damn, I'm betting!"

Ziqiao gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Wei, what do you suggest we do next?"

"oh oh……"

Zhang Wei picked up the scratch-off lottery tickets from the coffee table, casually handed half to Zi Qiao, and said, "What we need to do next is very simple. We just need to take this stack of scratch-off tickets, kneel down and bow to the wealth position."

"Today's wealth position is in the north, so we should face..."

Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment, then looked blankly at Zi Qiao: "Which way is north again?"

Ziqiao's face turned ashen. He scoffed, "You're asking me something like this? How could I possibly know which way is north?"

Yifei couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You two are completely out of your mind, and you actually want to win the lottery? That's hilarious!"

Yu Mo covered her mouth and chuckled, "Yeah, even I know where north is, but you two don't."

As she spoke, she began to point out the errors to Ziqiao and Zhang Wei: "Oh dear, didn't the teacher teach us this in class before?"

"North is up, south is down, west is left, east is right, and north is definitely on top."

Yu Mo gestured for a while, and finally pointed to the ceiling.

"ah???"

Zhang Wei and Zi Qiao were both puzzled. Although they were both completely lost, the north shouldn't be in the sky, right?

Ziqiao raised an eyebrow and asked Yumo tentatively, "Yumo, where do you think Northeast China is?"

"Oh dear, I already said north is up, south is down, west is left, and east is right, so northeast must be in the upper right."

Yu Mo pointed to the upper left as she spoke.

Upon seeing this, Yifei immediately put her hand to her forehead and wailed, "Yu Mo, now I know why you always get lost."

"You can't even tell east from west, north from south, or up from down!"

This person is hopelessly directionally challenged.

"what?"

Yu Mo asked, confused, "Did I get it wrong again?"

Nanfeng smiled and patted Yumo's head: "Good boy, you're such a directionally challenged person who relies on GPS to navigate when you go out. Don't give directions to others next time."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mo pouted in annoyance.

Zhang Wei urged, "Alright, hurry up and tell me where the north is, otherwise the auspicious time will have passed."

Finding north is easy.

Nanfeng grinned mischievously and pointed to himself: "All the buildings in Love Apartment face south. If you want to kneel down to the north, just kneel down in front of us."

Yifei nodded seriously and agreed, "That's right, so you'd better kneel down before us quickly, or you'll miss the auspicious time."

Zhang Wei and Zi Qiao were struck dumb upon hearing this.

So now, if they want to kneel and worship at the wealth altar, they have to worship along with all the people sitting on the sofa?!

Ziqiao tentatively asked, "Why don't you three... move aside for a moment?"

"Yeah, yeah," Zhang Wei said with a fawning smile. "We're just going to offer a prayer, it'll be over soon."

The three of them, Nanfeng, had ambiguous smiles on their faces. They all turned their heads to look around at the same time, pretending that they had not heard Ziqiao and Zhang Wei's request.

Seeing that neither gentle persuasion nor forceful tactics worked, Zhang Wei helplessly nudged Zi Qiao: "What should we do now?"

Ziqiao thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "How about we make do and kneel with our eyes closed?"

Zhang Wei was struck dumb, exclaiming, "Ziqiao, are you really that reckless? Don't you know a man's knees are worth gold?"

"I know."

Ziqiao, who had little sense of morality or shame, shrugged: "A man's knees are worth gold, so now it's time for us to cash in."

Zhang Wei was taken aback when he heard this.

"Huh?"

You know what, you really have to admit, Ziqiao's twisted logic actually makes a bit of sense.

The two exchanged a very complicated look, their straight knees bending and straightening repeatedly.

"No, I really can't kneel down."

Zhang Wei waved his hands repeatedly: "I'm the toughest man in Love Apartment. Money can't corrupt my noble character."

"That's right. I, Lü Xiaobu, only just realized that I also have dignity and face."

"No, no, absolutely not."

"That's right, I don't think skipping one step will make a difference."

"Yes, yes, sincerity is key, sincerity is key..."

……

Seeing Ziqiao and Zhang Wei talking in unison, Yu Mo couldn't help but feel a deep sense of doubt.

"that……"

She pointed behind the sofa: "If you don't want to worship the three of us, why don't you go around the sofa and continue worshiping towards the north?"

Ziqiao and Zhang Wei froze upon hearing this.

That's right.

So what were we even agonizing over just now?

(End of this chapter)