Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 55 The Last 48 Hours

Just as Yifei and Yumo, the two sisters, were each lost in their own thoughts at the dinner table, Zeng Xiaoxian, having finished washing up, squeezed into the crowded dining area.

"It's rare to have so many people having breakfast with me, I'm actually a little unaccustomed to it." Zeng Xiaoxian ate his free breakfast, looking like he was getting a good deal but still acting innocent.

Guan Gu didn't understand that Zeng Xiaoxian was just joking, and thought that he was really not used to so many people crowding together: "I'm sorry, Teacher Zeng, but we may have to eat here for the next few days, so I hope you can be more tolerant and try to get used to it."

"Once our table arrives, we'll go back to eat."

"Arigato Gozaimasi".

Zeng Xiaoxian quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I'd be more than happy to have you come to our suite for dinner."

Hu Yifei stomped hard on Zeng Xiaoxian's foot under the table: "Guan Gu, ignore him. He can't say anything nice. I'm in charge of this suite. You can come over for dinner anytime you want."

"Ah, right, right, right." Zeng Xiaoxian forced a laugh through his pain, "You can eat here for as many days as you want, don't worry about tables, it's more lively when there are more people eating together."

Zeng Xiaoxian then asked curiously, "But what happened to the table in your suite?"

The group exchanged glances. They had already explained this matter many times last night, and they had heard it many times before.

Yifei sighed, about to explain.

"Wait a minute," Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly blurted out in Japanese, "Let me guess, is there another problem with the candlelight dinner that Hu Yifei designed?"

Yifei and the others stared at Zeng Xiaoxian as if they had seen a ghost.

How did you know I designed a candlelight dinner?

"How do you know the problem was with Yifei's candlelight dinner?"

"That's really true, hahaha, I really am a genius." Zeng Xiaoxian was extremely proud. "It's easy to guess. Every time she tries to set people up for a date or helps them plan a date, she only has one idea: a candlelight dinner. And every time something goes wrong, she never learns her lesson."

At the dinner table, Zeng Xiaoxian enthusiastically began to expose Hu Yifei's secrets.

"I remember the last time she acted like this was during Wang Tiezhu's date with Tian Erniu. Erniu knew that Yifei was unreliable, so she directly rejected Yifei's idea of ​​a candlelight dinner on her first date with Wang Tiezhu and chose to eat at a couples' restaurant instead."

"She refused to give up and insisted on bringing a pair of candles to light their way. However, because she was in such a hurry, she left the candles on the bus and could only buy a pair of candles from a roadside vendor."

"When the candles were lit, good heavens, all the smoke alarms in the restaurant went off. If the restaurant's sprinkler system hadn't run out of water, everyone in the restaurant would have been soaked to the bone that night."

"Hahahaha... Ah!"

With a sharp stomp from Hu Yifei, Zeng Xiaoxian's duck-like laughter came to an abrupt halt.

Everyone present looked at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to make a sound, and could only keep stuffing food into their mouths.

"Hahaha..." Curry Sauce couldn't help but laugh out loud in the end.

"Hahahaha..." The others could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

"Don't listen to Zeng Xiaoxian's nonsense. My candlelight dinners have never had any problems. Last time, it was purely because that old man selling candles was ripping me off."

"Besides, wasn't it because of this incident last time that we found out that the restaurant was using fire-fighting water illegally? That was a good thing."

"This time, it's the same again. Although it didn't work out, we still caught that big scumbag Ziqiao."

"In short, if there are no external factors interfering, my candlelight dinner will definitely be the most romantic and wonderful."

Yifei confidently declared, "Next time, I'll definitely prove to you that a candlelight dinner is the most romantic date for couples."

"Yes, yes, Yifei, we believe in you."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, but judging from the glances they exchanged, it seemed that no one wanted to be the unlucky one.

"Hah! You guys, you didn't even call me for breakfast!"

With a runny nose, Ziqiao, wrapped up more tightly than a rice dumpling, walked over shakily.

"Hey, who's this? Isn't this our love analyst?" Yifei said sarcastically to Ziqiao in a high-pitched voice.

Yifei has a fiery temper and is typically strict with herself and even stricter with others. When it comes to matters of the heart, she is absolutely intolerant of any imperfections.

Zi Qiao's behavior last night almost caused Hu Yifei's goodwill towards him to drop to zero.

If Ziqiao had only moved in half a month ago, he probably wouldn't even be able to get through the door of 3601 right now.

Three months is indeed enough time to change a lot of things.

It should be noted that Zi Qiao is quite loyal to his friends, except when he is not.

He is quick-witted, has a good eye for people, and most importantly, he is eloquent and persuasive, far surpassing the mediation skills of some emotional radio program hosts.

Over the past three months, Zi Qiao proactively helped resolve many mediation issues that Yi Fei and Xiao Xian couldn't handle at the residents' committee. During this time, the two forged a strong bond of friendship, and Yi Fei owed Zi Qiao a considerable amount of favors.

Meijia is my good friend, but isn't Ziqiao also a good friend?

Yifei's anger last night stemmed from both Meijia's experience and Ziqiao's profound disappointment in her.

While others also condemned Ziqiao's scumbag behavior, they hadn't witnessed it firsthand like Yifei, and therefore didn't have such a deep understanding of it. Besides…

"You're sleeping so soundly, who can wake you up? Bring yourself a chair and have breakfast."

Meijia calmly invited Ziqiao to come and have breakfast. Although her words were quite impolite, they were still much better than anyone had expected.

Because of Meijia's rather ambiguous attitude towards Ziqiao, everyone was unsure how to deal with Ziqiao's cheating.

If the people involved don't care much, wouldn't it be pointless for them to say so much and only make themselves disliked?

"Meijia!" Hu Yifei didn't care whether she would be disliked for no reason; she just couldn't understand Meijia's attitude.

If it were her boyfriend, he would have been hung on the wall long ago.

"Sister Yifei, don't worry about it for now. Ziqiao and I will definitely end things, but not now."

"He's sick, and I'll have to wait until he gets better."

"You... never mind. Anyway, we made quite a scene at the bar last night. I reckon the residents' committee will send someone over in the next few days to check on your relationship. This isn't our responsibility, so you two handle it yourselves."

"Don't worry, Sister Yifei, don't worry, everyone, I know what I'm doing."

Meijia remained calm, as if she wasn't too affected by Ziqiao's betrayal.

She made it very clear to Ziqiao yesterday morning that if he got caught, their fake relationship would definitely not last.

Although Ziqiao was caught by Yifei that very night, which made her extremely angry and disappointed, no matter what, Ziqiao didn't reveal his fake relationship with her under the circumstances yesterday.

Since he was so loyal, Meijia couldn't just stand by and watch him get sick.

Moreover, tomorrow is the rent payment day. Unlike me, he doesn't have a job. Having to pay the full rent and utilities while he's sick would be a real blow to him.

Let's pretend to be a couple for another 48 hours.

48 hours later, he was dating his beautiful girlfriend, and I was his little assistant.

We will not disturb each other and will never have anything to do with each other.

Since Meijia had already said so much, everyone could only pretend they didn't know about Ziqiao's scumbag behavior for the time being and wait for further developments.

At the dinner table, where everyone had their own thoughts, the most carefree and indifferent person was actually the culprit, Mr. Lü Ziqiao.

He glanced at the steamed buns, dumplings, and pickled vegetables on the table, and suddenly shouted, "No, I don't mind you feeding the patient this, but it's going too far to hide all the good food!"

"If you don't want to eat, then forget it. What nonsense are you talking about? Who's hiding any good food?"

Ziqiao protested, "When I walked over, I could smell fried chicken and barbecue, but all I found was steamed buns and pickled vegetables?"

Yifei, already seething with suppressed anger, was instantly enraged when she saw Ziqiao picking a fight and daring to provoke her: "Lu Ziqiao, are you out of your mind? What normal person eats fried chicken and barbecue for breakfast?"

"Sister Yifei," Wanyu, with her keenest sense of smell, and Curry Sauce, who was addicted to delicious food, cautiously raised their hands, "Actually, we smelled it in the hallway too."

"How is that possible? There are more than just nine of us on this floor..."

Yifei paused, and everyone realized what was happening, turning to look in the direction of 3603.

"No way."

"That's impossible."

"How is that possible?"

"We'll know if we just take a look and see," Yifei said, rushing out first, followed closely by the others.

Only Ziqiao remained, sneezing as he slowly ate a meat bun in each hand as he walked.

(End of this chapter)