Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 99 Welcome to the Adult World

Ziqiao rushed out of the cat cafe and ran as fast as he could towards the Love Apartment.

The scenery before him gradually lost its color, and the surrounding sounds slowly faded into silence. All the beauty of the world seemed to have lost its importance to him now.

Ziqiao always felt like a bird without feet, a tree without roots, having a place to come from but unable to find a home, wanting to take root but unable to find support.

Until I came to Love Apartment.

To be honest, Ziqiao still hasn't figured out what's so great about this place.

It's probably because Guan Gu's gaming skills are quite good. When playing PS4 online with him, I always enjoy the thrill of being carried by a pro.

It might also be because as long as Curry Sauce accompanies him to sneak food from the fridge in the middle of the night, he not only has someone to chat with while eating late-night snacks, but he also won't get scolded too badly if Mika catches him afterward.

No matter how outrageous his ideas were, he could drag any one of Xiaoxian, Nanfeng, Zhanbo, or Wanyu along to make them come true.

Even when encountering unreasonable people in the apartment, as long as you say you are Yifei's friend, these people will suddenly become sensible and polite.

Of course, there's also Mika.

The most important one is Mega.

Ziqiao couldn't understand what was so good about this place, but when so many possibilities appeared in his mind at once, he no longer needed to think about the answer.

Sweat soaked Ziqiao's clothes, and his face grew even paler. His body, which was still recovering from a serious illness, could not support him running for such a long time.

Ziqiao leaned against the streetlight, panting heavily. Sweat dripped down his face, making it hard for him to open his eyes.

Before Ziqiao could even catch his breath, he staggered to his feet, ready to continue on his way.

In my blurry vision, besides the light from the streetlights and the direction of home, there was also a hand holding a tissue.

This left hand is slender and long, fair and delicate, with fingers like scallion roots, soft and boneless, like the most perfect creation of Nuwa.

The only pity is that, under the streetlights, this hand is covered with extremely fine and dense scars.

"south wind……"

"Regulate your breathing and don't speak yet." Nanfeng walked to Ziqiao's right side and handed him a tissue and some water.

Ziqiao took the tissues and water, wiped the sweat off his face haphazardly, and gulped down the water.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Ziqiao spat out the water in his mouth. "Where did you get this lemonade from?"

"Of course I picked it up when I went back to pick up Yifei. I was originally planning to drink it myself, but now you're getting it for free."

Nanfeng smiled like a fox: "It's just right that people who have just finished strenuous exercise shouldn't drink too much water too quickly. Now you can drink it slowly in small sips."

"I never thought that someone as smart as me, Lu Ziqiao, would always stumble over you, you lemonade."

Ziqiao frowned and sipped his lemonade slowly; he really didn't like drinking such sour stuff.

Yifei walked up from behind with a dark face: "In your current condition, you should be grateful that you have anything to drink. If it were me, I wouldn't care whether you live or die."

Ziqiao then realized something was wrong: "Why did you all appear behind me?"

"You'll have to ask Nanfeng about that," Yifei said, pointing to Nanfeng. "If he hadn't been worried about you and told us to stay here and check on things, we would have driven back long ago."

Nanfeng patted Ziqiao's shoulder speechlessly: "Please, before you decide to pursue someone next time, can you at least check where the person you're pursuing is?"

"If you weren't sick and couldn't run fast, all five of us would have to chase after you."

Ziqiao was struck dumb: "So all that running just now was for nothing?"

"Of course." Nanfeng couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

It wasn't until then that Zhang Wei, Curry Sauce, and Yu Mo, who were in poor physical condition, ran up from behind.

"Brother Ziqiao, could you please look more carefully before you run next time?" Curry Sauce said, panting and laughing. "The way you ran out just now, I almost thought you were surrounded by female cats in heat and ran away to protect your chastity."

Ziqiao's pale face was filled with astonishment. He said with some grievance, "So you just watched me running around aimlessly without even thinking to call out to me?"

"We shouted," Yu Mo said, panting, clutching his broad chest. "Who knows what you were doing at that time? We shouted so loudly, and you didn't even react."

Ziqiao was confused. What was he doing at that time?

Oh, it seems like a flashback.

I hate flashbacks!

Before Ziqiao could even calm down, Yifei said coldly, "Alright, he can run and jump now and he's fine. Let's go back. I don't want to stay with him anymore; just seeing him annoys me."

"Lu Ziqiao, I don't know what you're trying to do by chasing after us. But if you're going to repeat the same old excuse, there's no need to say it again. We don't have the time or energy to listen to your nonsense."

"Either you move out obediently next month, or we can all be strangers to each other."

"I won't visit 3602, and please don't come to 3601 to disturb my peace."

"Can't we just part ways amicably?"

Faced with Yifei's cold words, Ziqiao quickly explained, "Yifei, this time it's really different. I've truly, truly repented."

Ziqiao looked genuinely remorseful: "I really know I was wrong this time. I shouldn't have run away from problems and dumped my troubles on Teacher Zeng and everyone else to help me solve them."

"Although it's true that friends help each other and cause each other trouble, these troubles should be solved together, not just dumped on friends and then walked away."

Ziqiao bowed deeply to everyone present: "I'm sorry that my past has caused you so much trouble these past few days. Although the past cannot be changed, I will never let this kind of trouble appear in front of you again in the future."

Yifei snorted, but her attitude softened somewhat: "Your attitude of admitting your mistake now is not bad. I don't know where you were before."

"I didn't understand it before," Ziqiao said, a little embarrassed.

"Hmph, go on." Yifei crossed her arms, tilting her head back to reveal her long, slender, fair neck. "You're not going to tell me this is the only mistake you made, are you?"

"And, of course there's more," Ziqiao quickly added, "I shouldn't have tricked Guangu into going up with me to pick up girls, and I betrayed his trust in me."

"I shouldn't have used Zhanbo's identity to flirt with girls. Regardless of whether these two pretty girls are Yifei's students or not, this behavior could cause trouble for Zhanbo."

"I know I was wrong, and I will definitely correct it."

Ziqiao raised three fingers and swore, "I swear on my dearest aunt that I will never use my friends or use other people's names or identities when I'm picking up girls in the future."

"And when we break up in the future, I will definitely act like a normal person and never disappear or lie again."

"I'll have a proper breakup with her, making sure it's an amicable separation. I absolutely won't let my future girlfriends have any thoughts of revenge, so as not to cause them any more worry."

Yifei was both angry and amused: "Who uses their aunt to swear an oath?"

Ziqiao said seriously, "My aunt and I are very close, I would never joke about her name."

"I don't believe you for a second, and besides, are you implying you're planning to date a bunch of girlfriends?"

Yifei clenched her fists and cracked her wrists. Judging from her posture, she could dislocate Ziqiao's head if he just nodded.

"No, no, absolutely not." Ziqiao nervously took a few steps back. "There's absolutely no talking in groups. Can't I talk to them one by one?"

"That won't work either!" Yifei said angrily. "What about Meijia?"

"Yifei, do you think Meijia still has a chance to be with me in this situation?" Ziqiao complained.

Nanfeng chuckled and added, "I can attest that it's not that he doesn't want Meijia, it's that Meijia doesn't want him."

"If it weren't for the fact that today is rent payment day and couples get a 50% discount, he would have been dumped by Meijia early this morning."

"That's to be fair." Yifei was still unhappy, but there was nothing she could do.

As long as he doesn't cheat or mess around, she can't control Ziqiao's womanizing ways, no matter what.

At most, I'll remind those girls not to waste their time on this scumbag who changes girlfriends more often than he changes pants.

"Yifei, I truly know I was wrong this time, and I'm willing to change. If there's anything else you're unhappy about, I'll accept any scolding or punishment. Please forgive me this time," Ziqiao pleaded.

"snort."

Yifei turned to look at the people behind her and asked, "Since he said that, what do you all think?"

"Let me make this clear first, I haven't forgiven this scumbag yet, but... if you all forgive him, I'll have to go with the majority."

Yifei's words made Ziqiao look at the other four with great interest.

Yu Mo and Zhang Wei didn't live in the Love Apartment to begin with, so they stepped back a few paces to indicate that they wouldn't participate in the decision.

Curry Sauce chuckled sheepishly: "Brother Ziqiao, it seems like you haven't really cleaned the suite properly in the last three months, have you?"

Ziqiao's face stiffened.

"And you seem to have never bought the hand sanitizer, garbage bags, toilet paper, dish soap, etc. that everyone uses in the suite."

Ziqiao: "..."

"You don't even wash your own clothes. After you change, you just pile them up in the bathroom, and then Meijia and I have to wash and dry them for you."

"The sheets and blankets have been worn for three months and you haven't even bothered to change or wash them. Every time you open your door, the room smells terrible."

"Ugh..." Nanfeng, who was a germaphobe, felt more and more nauseous the more she heard it.

The others also looked at Ziqiao with the same disdainful eyes they had for trash.

It truly lives up to the saying, "All that glitters is not gold, but rotten cotton inside."

"And..." Curry Sauce was about to continue her tirade when Zi Qiao quickly interrupted her.

He quickly begged for mercy, "Curry sauce, my dear curry, just tell me what you want, don't expose my shortcomings in front of so many people."

"Brother Ziqiao is straightforward."

Curry Sauce pulled out her phone from her pocket and started recording in front of everyone: "Words are no proof. We'll record this as evidence so you won't deny it later."

Ziqiao protested, "Do I look like the kind of person who would deny something?"

"picture."

Everyone, including Zhang Wei who had only recently met Zi Qiao, nodded in unison.

Ziqiao's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "Fine, you record it!"

"From now on, you will be responsible for cleaning the suite for three weeks every month until you make up for the cleaning duties you owed in the previous three months. Then we will divide the cleaning duties equally."

"it is good."

"And those shared amenities in the suites, you have to buy them when it's your turn, or you'll have to pay for them if you don't."

"no problem."

Ziqiao incurred another extra expense and experienced firsthand the pain Zhang Wei felt today, like he was being forced to make a painful sacrifice.

"Wash and dry your own clothes, and clean your bedroom regularly."

"Sigh..." Ziqiao nodded in agreement weakly.

"And... will you be able to sit up to pee from now on?"

"No! Absolutely not!" Ziqiao's face was filled with rejection. "This is a man's dignity, I absolutely will not agree!"

"But you never pee in the right spot," Curry Sauce complained, feeling wronged.

Nanfeng laughed heartily, adding insult to injury by saying, "I told you your kidney tonic was useless."

"Nonsense! My kidney tonic works wonders! Last time I gave Teacher Zeng a bottle, he almost punched a hole through the bed!"

Ziqiao quickly denied it, saying, "It's not that I can't see clearly, it's just that sometimes I'm not fully awake and can't see clearly... Anyway, this situation will definitely not happen again in the future."

Are you sure?

Curry Sauce was skeptical, her gaze drifting towards Zi Qiao's lower body... and then Nan Feng gave her a hard slap on the head.

"Kids spend all day looking at random things," Nanfeng Education said.

Curry Sauce covered her head and muttered softly, "It's not like he's not wearing pants..."

Seeing Nanfeng about to slap her on the head again, Curry Sauce quickly stepped back, raised her hand, and said, "Since Brother Ziqiao has said so, then I forgive him."

With the votes now tied 1-1, everyone's attention turned to Nanfeng.

"So I'm the key vote now? I'll have to think about that carefully."

Nanfeng smiled so brightly that it sent chills down Ziqiao's spine.

"South wind..." Ziqiao said with a weak smile.

"Hmm?" Nanfeng stroked his chin, seemingly lost in thought. "How did someone wake me up this morning?"

"Godfather... Godfather..." Ziqiao said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

Nanfeng joked, "Can't you hear me? You think you can get away with speaking so softly?"

Ziqiao, his face stiff, cried out, on the verge of tears, "Godfather!"

The other four burst into laughter.

"Great, that's very energetic!"

Nanfeng patted Ziqiao on the shoulder with a look of satisfaction: "You really are a good son to your father."

"Yes, yes, yes," Ziqiao said through gritted teeth.

Just wait and see! A true man is born between heaven and earth; how can he remain subservient to others for long!

[Sooner or later, I'll rise up and become a godfather!]

Nanfeng didn't care whether Ziqiao was genuinely convinced or not; he continued to threaten, "Since you're so good at picking up girls, shouldn't you help your godfather with some ideas for the residents' committee's dating events and couples' competitions?"

"I'd go through fire and water for you." Ziqiao's expression was unfriendly, but he was forced to agree.

"I'm going to a comic convention soon, and I need someone on call to run errands and do all the hard work."

"Hey, that's going too far," Ziqiao said in a low voice.

"We're not going to let you work for free. You'll get three times the market rate, plus travel allowance."

"This isn't about money at all!"

Ziqiao's eyes welled up with tears: "It's only natural for Xiaobu to do things for my godfather, how can it be related to money?"

Nanfeng nodded, touched. "Then this money..."

"But since my godfather is so kind and generous with his money, although I feel ashamed to accept it, I dare not refuse such a gift from an elder!"

Yifei pointed at the two guys and said to the other three, "Did you see that? This is what happens when you hang out with Zeng Xiaoxian. They're all shameless."

Zeng Xiaoxian: ???

[Slander! This is slander against me!]

"Very good." Nanfeng gave an OK sign. "Then I forgive Ziqiao. Two to one, we must obey the majority."

"Hmph." Although Yifei was still somewhat unwilling, she only threatened arrogantly, "Lu Ziqiao, if you dare to do it again, it won't be so easy for you to get away with it."

Ziqiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Definitely, definitely!"

[Mika, this time I didn't run away... and I didn't let you down.]

As Ziqiao was thinking, a warm hug enveloped him tightly. He instinctively covered his forehead, waiting for the sharp rap on the head that followed.

However, this time only the gentle whisper of the south wind, softer than a breeze, lingered in his ears.

"Ziqiao, welcome to the adult world."

Escaping is a child's nature; taking responsibility is a sign of maturity.

Ziqiao paused for a moment, then hugged Nanfeng tightly.

In Ziqiao's blind spot, Nanfeng quietly gave the others an OK sign.

The group exchanged smiles and, taking advantage of Ziqiao's inattention, returned the same gesture as Nanfeng.

【Done!】

Nanfeng and Ziqiao's hug didn't last long, after all, the guy was covered in sweat and Nanfeng was disgusted with him.

Yifei clapped her hands: "Alright, now that everything that needed to be said has been said and everything that needed to be forgiven has been forgiven, let's go back."

"It's getting late, everyone should get ready, wash up, and we'll head straight to Xiao Nan Guo to wait for Zeng Xiaoxian around the same time."

Nanfeng pointed at Zhang Wei: "I'm planning to bring Zhang Wei to the celebration this time, is that alright?"

"No problem, it's just a matter of adding a pair of chopsticks."

Although Yifei didn't know where Nanfeng had come from to have such a good friend she hadn't seen for many years, since Nanfeng wanted to bring him along, she naturally had no reason to disagree.

Zhang Wei looked surprised: "I'm going to Xiao Nan Guo too? No need for that. I can just have a cup of instant noodles."

Zhang Wei had heard of Xiao Nan Guo's reputation. Although he could afford it, he was definitely not willing to spend the money.

Especially considering that I already owe a full eight thousand yuan today.

"Stop talking nonsense. I said I'd provide you with food and lodging tonight. If I just let you eat instant noodles tonight, what will become of my ability to entertain guests in the future?"

Nanfeng rolled his eyes at Zhang Wei. He could see right through this stingy guy's thoughts; he was clearly afraid of having to split the bill.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony," Zhang Wei said, his face indeed showing a lack of politeness.

Even instant noodles cost several dollars a bag, so why wouldn't he eat the free food?

Not to mention that Zhang Wei didn't eat lunch late in the afternoon like Yi Fei and the others; he was already starving at this hour.

So the group of six headed towards the South Windmill. Although there were a lot of people, the place wasn't far from the apartment, and it wouldn't take much time to go back and forth.

Nanfeng asked with some confusion, "Why do I feel like we've forgotten something?"

He turned to look at the others: "Do any of you feel the same way?"

Curry Sauce nodded in agreement: "I also feel like I've forgotten something."

Yifei laughed nonchalantly, "What could you possibly forget when you go to a cat cafe? You wouldn't forget a person, would you?"

"No, that won't happen." Ziqiao counted the people present. "There were five of us here before, and now, apart from you, Yifei, there are exactly five of us left."

"Then everything is fine."

The group continued walking towards the car until Zhang Wei said uncertainly, "Is it possible... I mean, is there such a possibility..."

"I didn't actually come with you?"

The crowd suddenly stopped, and with a loud shout that echoed through the sky, everyone hurried towards the cat café.

"Guan Gu?!!"

This concludes the "Cat Cafe Rescue" episode.

We have a lot to say today, so let's keep it brief.

First of all, this is the only update today. Pigeon went to the clinic today to see a doctor about keratitis. The doctor asked me if I could take medicine, and I said I was still taking cold medicine. He prescribed me eye drops instead.

Today's chapter was written by voice input with my eyes closed, and then revised with my eyes open.

When we'll resume updating twice a week depends on how well Pigeon's eyes are recovering, but it definitely won't be later than this week.

If there's anything that doesn't satisfy everyone, please let us know.

Pigeon's recent adjustments to his sleep schedule and physical training are starting to show results, and I believe updates will soon stabilize, and everyone will have the chance to see the legendary Pigeon updating in bursts.

Next, let's talk about the "Cat Cafe Great Rescue" chapter. It was originally just a transitional chapter. Pigeon kept saying that this chapter was very short, but he was proven wrong.

I want to thank my friend Yuexia Wushi for providing the inspiration; otherwise, Zhang Dapao might not have appeared so soon (which is why I encourage everyone to comment and give feedback—I genuinely care about your opinions!).

Writing this chapter was extremely painful at the beginning because the author's thoughts are similar to Ziqiao's. Pigeons hate all animals except humans, so the cat cafe part also took a lot of effort. Originally, it was just to try to design a comedic plot that could break away from the apartment environment.

Do you think I succeeded?

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