Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 20 Fish of Dianshan Lake

Ziqiao hurriedly put the specially made lemonade back into the insulated box. He looked at Nanfeng, who was drinking the lemonade without changing his expression, and said with admiration, "Just how much do you love lemonade?!"

Nanfeng put down the lemonade and said with a smile, "Lemons are a good thing. The vitamin C and vitamin E in them can help enhance blood circulation in the brain and help maintain the normal functioning of the brain."

"It can also help us strengthen our memory and improve our brain's responsiveness and flexibility."

Ziqiao scoffed, "I don't have a goldfish head like you. So you were just trying to improve your memory?"

"No, actually I wanted to improve blood circulation in my brain."

"You're kidding me!"

Nanfeng wasn't annoyed. He simply stood up and called to Ziqiao, "Have you rested enough? If you have, we'll get ready to spread the material and cast the line."

Ziqiao reluctantly left his little stool, sighing, "Sigh, I should have just let Meijia teach me a lesson."

……

As we all know, fishing is an activity that requires a great deal of skill, and the biggest challenge is figuring out the most comfortable position to look at your phone after casting the line...

A true fishing master doesn't just throw out bait and cast their line before turning on their phone to search for TV shows.

But for Nanfeng and Ziqiao, two newbies who had never fished before, it seemed like there was nothing they could do except look at their phones.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, fishing immortal, please show your divine power..." Ziqiao muttered to himself while staring at the fishing float.

Suddenly he turned to Nanfeng and asked, "Which immortal should one pray to for fishing?"

Nanfeng has always pursued an art-oriented education since childhood. While she can certainly grasp the academic subjects, she is not an expert in them.

So he casually replied, "Jiang Ziya, I think he's the most famous one."

"No way, no way. His fishing skills are definitely worse than ours. Otherwise, how come he hasn't caught a single fish in decades? I don't have that kind of time." Ziqiao resolutely refused, and then he suddenly had another idea.

"Do you think Lord Guan would care about this?"

Nanfeng sneered, "If I were Guan Yu, I definitely wouldn't protect you. You have to help you fight God and also help you catch big fish. You're just causing trouble for the old man all day long."

"You don't understand. Lord Guan is the most loyal and righteous man. Considering that I'm tightening my belt to save money to buy offerings, he will definitely protect me."

Lu Ziqiao was very confident about this.

Nanfeng's opinion of Ziqiao changed somewhat: "I didn't realize someone like you would go hungry to save money?"

Ziqiao blushed and gave an awkward laugh.

Nanfeng sensed something was wrong from the laughter. After a moment's thought, his expression changed: "What kind of belt are you tightening?"

Ziqiao dared not reply.

"Hehe..." Nanfeng opened the insulated box, scooped up a handful of ice cubes, and threw them at Ziqiao next to him: "I should really stuff these ice cubes into your brain and freeze all those filthy thoughts of yours."

"Don't accuse me, I'm being very sincere." Ziqiao blocked the ice block that Nanfeng threw with his hand. With his sharp eyes, he even noticed that his fishing float was moving while dodging it.

"Here it comes, here it comes, my fish!" Ziqiao quickly grabbed the fishing rod and began reeling in the line with lightning speed.

"Slow down, slow down..." Nanfeng's reminder was only halfway through when Ziqiao's fish got off the hook because of his overly hasty actions.

"I told you to slow down," Nanfeng mocked. "If you ask me, you should stop watching dramas on your phone and figure out how to fish first."

"This...this was just a mistake."

I don't know if being stubborn is a tradition of Love Apartment, but Yi Fei, Xiao Xian, and Zi Qiao are all the same in their stubbornness.

"Then keep up the good work." Nanfeng continued to lean back in the recliner, feigning sleep, appearing detached from worldly affairs.

While pretending to be nonchalant, Ziqiao secretly glanced at Nanfeng. Making sure she wasn't looking at him, he quietly changed the TV series on his phone to "Fishing Guide."

A moment later, the unusual sound of flowing water made Nanfeng open his eyes, and upon closer inspection, he saw that his fishing float had indeed moved.

"What did the video say again?" Nanfeng asked as he tried to recall, reeling in the line. Even after the fish got off the hook, he still couldn't remember what the video had said.

Ever since that blood clot appeared in his brain, his memory has been very poor. Unless he tries very hard to remember, he forgets many things as soon as he closes his eyes.

"You're not good at this either," Ziqiao mocked while scrolling through videos. "How about we have a competition to see who catches the first fish?"

"You're so childish, Lu Ziqiao. You're really childish." Nanfeng looked down on Lu Ziqiao's childish behavior.

"If you catch it first, I'll consider yourself amazing!"

"Deal!" Nanfeng agreed decisively. There's probably no boy in the world who could resist your powerful temptation.

So Ziqiao and Nanfeng, one with keen eyesight, the other with superhuman hearing, both became extremely focused.

Suddenly, both of them looked at Ziqiao's fishing rod at the same time.

"Hehehe, looks like this first fish is mine." Ziqiao excitedly started reeling in the line.

This time, the hook didn't come off, but instead of a fish, it caught water plants.

Nanfeng sneered, "Hehehe, it seems someone's head fish is as useless as his head."

"Just you wait and see." Ziqiao cast his fishing rod again and began to clasp his hands together and mutter incantations.

Perhaps Ziqiao's prayers really worked, because a large fish, estimated to be sixty or seventy centimeters long, swam towards the direction of Ziqiao's fishing hook.

"My God, it's so big! If we can catch this, Meijia will definitely go all out today." Ziqiao's eyes lit up as he excitedly rubbed his hands together. "Come on, come on, my darling."

If Ziqiao hadn't known that Nanfeng was waiting to see him make a fool of himself, he would have already started drooling.

As the large fish approached, both of them instinctively began to hold their breath.

Ten meters, five meters, one meter...

closer, closer...

Under the expectant gazes of the two, the big fish was now only a fist's distance from the bait.

"Yes!" Ziqiao clenched his fist and cheered softly.

And then... and then that was it.

In broad daylight, under the clear sky, the big fish began to circle around Ziqiao's fishhook!

Spin around!

Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, three circles to the right, three circles to the left.

It, it, it just won't bite!

"No way, these are my homemade earthworm cookies, practically an aphrodisiac for fish bait! How come it's not even tempted? Is this even a fish?"

Nanfeng seemed to understand something, muttering to himself, "Now I know why this fish can grow so big; it's truly clever."

Just when the two thought that the fish circling around Ziqiao's hook was the most outrageous thing, something even more outrageous happened.

The big fish seemed to regard Ziqiao's fishhook as a marker of its territory, circling around it. Any fish that tried to swim over were chased away by the big fish with its tail.

Even Ziqiao, who wasn't particularly intelligent, realized that if the fish stayed around his hook all night, he would probably go home empty-handed.

"Do you think this fish is a bully among fish or a hero who saves its kind?" Nanfeng found this question very interesting.

"Whether it's a bully or a hero, can't it be less cunning?" Ziqiao scratched his head, he had already cast the ditch several times, but this big fish with excellent eyesight had found it every time.

Ziqiao glared at Nanfeng with a fierce look: "Tell me honestly, is this fish your accomplice? Did you send it to torment me?"

"Are you really going to be driven crazy by a fish? If I had that kind of ability, I'd just let it bite my hook."

Nanfeng patted Ziqiao on the shoulder with feigned regret: "I guess it's because you've done so many bad things that even Guan Yu couldn't stand it anymore and specially sent a fish to punish you."

Ziqiao stared at the large fish, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light that almost materialized: "If this weren't a no-fishing zone, I would have gone down and caught it!"

Nanfeng seemed to be deep in thought, and was about to say something when he saw a group of fish swimming towards his fishing rod in a dark mass, numbering about twenty or thirty.

Nanfeng's lips curled into a smug smile, like a proud cat: "Hahaha, it seems Lord Guan still prefers me."

But soon, his smile vanished.

The fish, like an army obeying orders, stood silently less than 30 centimeters in front of the hook, blowing bubbles. Even when the south wind scattered a bunch of fish food in front of them, it could not change their determination to hold their ground.

"Are all the fish in this Dianshan Lake really sentient beings? How did Xiao Hei catch that fish?" Nanfeng cursed under his breath.

As a novice, he had long been mentally prepared for the Air Force.

But even the best mental fortitude can't be manipulated by a group of fish like that!

You are fish, you are a school of fish!

Why do you need to be so shrewd? Are you preparing to re-evolve and compete with humans for the position of Earth's dominant power?

Nanfeng turned to Ziqiao and asked, "Why do I feel like they're even smarter than Meijia?"

Ziqiao gave Nanfeng a thumbs up: "Your feeling is right. If it were Meijia, she would have taken the bait long ago."

"Well... how about you tie a lollipop to a string and put it by her bedside tomorrow morning, and see if she bites it?"

"And then take photos as blackmail for your embarrassing past?" Ziqiao was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. "What a great idea... How strange, why didn't I think of this method?"

Chen Meijia, this time I'll see if you, you stupid fish, will take the bait!

"The second half was your own idea, it has nothing to do with me." Nanfeng quickly cleared himself of suspicion. If Ziqiao really messed things up, he couldn't take the blame.

"Alright, alright, we can talk about that later. The important thing is, what should we do now?" Ziqiao looked at the fish around his fishing rod with a pained expression. "These fish aren't taking the bait themselves, and they're blocking the way for other fish to bite. We can't just sit here and wait, can we?"

Nanfeng lowered his head and remained silent, then suddenly had an idea as he looked at the pebbles at his feet: "Ziqiao, how about we increase the bet?"

"What do you mean?"

"If I catch the first fish, all the fish you catch today are mine; if you catch the first fish, all the fish I catch today are yours."

"The moment you say that, it means you've come up with a solution. Only a fool would gamble with you like that." Ziqiao's IQ might not be online, but his EQ is definitely among the best in the apartment.

Ziqiao said he stopped playing this game when he was nine years old because it was such an obvious trick.

You can say whatever you want, but I'm not falling for it.

Seeing that Ziqiao was shrewd enough not to fall for the trap, Nanfeng felt that she might have been misled by the average IQ of the apartment.

Strangely enough, apart from Meijia and Curry Sauce, everyone in the apartment has a high level of education, and even Zeng Xiaoxian has a double master's degree in history and philosophy from National Chiao Tung University.

But even with such a simple trap, Nanfeng predicts that everyone except Ziqiao will fall for it.

However, Nanfeng was not disappointed. He always believed that there was plenty of time. If he could trick you today, he would trick you; if he couldn't, he would just trick you again in a few days.

Anyway, until you get revenge for the memo that says "You offended Nanfeng and still want to escape," you're bound to suffer a loss sooner or later.

I, Nanfeng, hold a grudge extremely.

Seeing that he couldn't fool Lü Ziqiao, Nanfeng picked up a pebble and threw it behind the school of fish.

Fish are fish; you should at least respect the laws of nature.

If the fish can remain standing still under these circumstances, Nanfeng will immediately issue an alarm.

Hello, is this a police officer?

There are fish in Dianshan Lake that seem to be coming to life!

(End of this chapter)