Love Apartment: Yifei is my junior aunt

Chapter 82 A Talented Person is Envied by Heaven

Three months have passed since Love Apartment changed its name and implemented a policy of halving the rent and waiving all utilities for couples staying there.

The changes over these three months might not be so noticeable for new tenants like Ziqiao and Guangu who have only recently moved in, but for Nanfeng, who has been living here for almost a year, the changes are enormous.

The most noticeable change is the young couples that can be seen everywhere along the way.

I don’t know when it started, but the number of young tenants in Love Apartment has completely overwhelmed the number of tenants over forty years old, and even the members of the residents’ committee are increasingly young.

The influx of a large number of young people has directly led to a dramatic change in the surrounding business ecosystem, and the business district in this area is moving towards diversification and a more youthful direction.

Although this change will take at least several years to be fully completed, the first signs can already be seen in three months.

Of course, if seniors feel they can't get used to the lifestyle and entertainment of these young people, they can also consider the nearby senior apartments.

After all, even the guys from the Sunset Red Apartment have fought their way here.

[The Sunset Red Apartment complex is about to become the only venue in Shanghai specifically for square dancing. It will feature lead dancers from experienced square dance troupes and host a square dance competition every six months, sponsored by Brain Gold (a popular health supplement), with generous prizes and full medical insurance coverage.]

[The Sunset Red Apartment offers a 50% rent reduction for seniors aged 60 and above upon presentation of their ID card. The apartment has a dedicated service center to assist seniors with tasks such as paying rent and utilities, online hospital appointments, and troubleshooting phone and appliance malfunctions—all tasks that can be cumbersome for them.]

[The Sunset Red Apartment boasts the only gossip room in Shanghai, filled with a weekly gossip newsletter compiled by professionals—absolutely authentic! Absolutely explosive! Absolutely down-to-earth!]

By the way, this week's tabloid headline is: [Shocking! Former priest faces gang persecution; four major factions declare even God can't save him!]

To be honest, GG from the Sunset Red Apartment did a really successful job.

In the past three months, Nanfeng has heard that many elderly residents of Love Apartment have moved to Sunset Red Apartment.

It doesn't matter, since the landlord of both apartments is the same person anyway.

……

In Winnie the Pooh's Town, the round-faced waitress, hearing the wind chimes at the door, habitually looked up and smiled, saying, "Welcome to Winnie the Pooh's Town..."

The round-faced girl stared in surprise at the strange group of five people in front of her, and for a moment she forgot to say a word.

She had been working here for a month and thought she had seen quite a few strange customers, but she had never seen such a bizarre scene before: four handsome men and beautiful women escorting a bespectacled man who was covering his crotch as he walked in.

Especially the bespectacled guy in the middle, a tall man of 1.8 meters, clutching his crotch and taking small, shuffling steps, groaning with each step.

It felt like every step he took was excruciating, as if he had pulled out his balls.

No, brother.

If you're really that uncomfortable, can't you come to the cat cafe on another day?

Is your cat addiction acting up?

"Welcome to Winnie the Pooh Town."

Fortunately, the round-faced girl was a very competent waitress. She quickly came to her senses and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please follow me this way. We need to sanitize our hands first, and then put on shoe covers."

"If you're worried about cat hair sticking to your clothes, we also have disposable plastic covers that you can just put over your clothes."

"Excuse me, do you have any guests with asthma or allergies to cat hair or dust?"

One of the five, a pretty young woman with tanned skin, brightened up upon hearing this: "Can these two types of customers get a discount?"

Round-faced girl: "..."

"Miss, you're joking. We don't recommend that people with a history of asthma or allergies to cat hair and dust come to the cat cafe."

Nanfeng tapped Curry Sauce on the head and explained politely to the round-faced girl, "Her cerebellum is not fully developed, so don't worry about her."

Yes, these five so-called weirdos are none other than the five from Nanfeng who came to the cat cafe seeking inspiration. The one in the middle, the successor of the "crotch-covering school," is none other than Guan Gu, the amazing student who just performed the splits.

After giving Guan Gu a new pair of sturdy and durable pants, Nanfeng and the other three divided the contents of his backpack into four parts. Although each part was still quite heavy, at least the tragedy of him being crushed by the backpack would not happen again.

Nanfeng was originally planning to go downstairs to Xiaohei's place to borrow a wheelchair for Guangu, but Guangu, who was bursting with pride, refused the idea very firmly. So the four of them could only let Guangu slowly make his way to the cat cafe called Winnie the Pooh Town.

There weren't many staff members at Winnie the Pooh Town. Besides the round-faced girl who had greeted Nanfeng and his group earlier, there was also an oval-faced girl and a muscular young man making drinks and cakes behind the counter.

Of course, the staff here are referring to these hardworking, honest people who earn their wages through hard work.

This excludes those four-legged creatures who sell their bodies and fawn over others for food.

After Nanfeng and his group finished disinfecting, put on shoe covers, and donned disposable plastic gowns, the round-faced girl politely led them through the counter, around the entrance, and into the real Winnie the Pooh Town.

Passing through the counter and around the entrance hall, a tiny town belonging to cats comes into view.

The cats' homes are designed as various cartoon-style buildings: residences, hospitals, shopping malls, supermarkets, banks... These unique buildings of different heights and sizes are placed in fixed positions on the right side of the cat cafe with excellent spatial sense.

The fixed positions and angles of these distinctive buildings allow every guest to see the entire town at a glance as soon as they pass through the entrance hall, without feeling abrupt due to the disproportionate size of the cartoon-style buildings.

In addition to the cat houses designed as buildings, the cat trees for the cats have also been designed as a common feature in the cartoon town.

For example, the city fountain in the very center of the town is a giant cat tree, where cats can climb up the "water streams" that spread out at different heights and curl up at the top of the "water column" to sleep soundly.

In addition, there are old oak trees next to the school and rolling hills in the farthest part of town, all of which are cat trees for cats to climb and jump on.

Looking around, there are more than a dozen cats of different sizes, colors and breeds living in this town. Some cats carefully walk on the cartoon-painted paths on the ground and wander through every corner of the town.

Some cats are incredibly audacious, climbing directly onto rooftops and scaling walls like unparalleled felines with superb agility.

Some cats curled up on oak trees, hills, and fountains, gently swaying their tails and emitting lazy meows.

But whether they are cautious or audacious, or even just lying quietly in the sun.

No matter what kind of cats they are, they are all residents of this town, and they are all masters of this town.

This is a fantasy town, and the cats are the only reality in this fantasy town.

"Wow!" Yu Mo and Curry Sauce were greatly shocked.

"Siguni!" A strange light flashed in Guan Gu's eyes. He knew that he had come to the right place today.

Nanfeng nodded in approval, saying, "I knew it! Why would a cat cafe be called Winnie the Pooh Town? It's actually quite interesting."

If the five of them had come from the other direction, they would have been able to see this scene through the glass outside the gates of Winnie the Pooh before they even reached the town.

Of the five, only Ziqiao was uninterested in these fancy things. His eyes darted around, and it was unclear what mischief he was up to.

"Would you like to sit on the first floor or on the second floor?" the round-faced girl asked considerately.

The cat cafe is divided into two areas by the railing surrounding the cartoon town. The right side is the area with the cartoon town visible through the glass, while the left side is divided into two floors, both of which are for guests to rest, eat, and pet the cats.

Nanfeng looked up and saw two girls leaning against the railing upstairs, stretching out long cat toys to tease the cats in the town.

One of the cats seemed to get playful too. It ran straight to the innermost part of the town, jumped over the fence, climbed up the stairs, and came to the second floor to pounce into the girls' arms, eliciting laughter from them.

"Never mind whether it's the first floor or the second floor, can we go into the town and have some fun, take some pictures?" Curry Sauce asked excitedly.

Yu Mo nervously clenched her small hands, waiting for the round-faced girl's answer.

If the town area hadn't been fenced off, the two of them would have rushed in to take photos immediately.

"Of course you can, but the town is relatively small, so for safety reasons only two people can go in at a time."

"If there are many customers, there may be a queue. Each customer will stay inside for ten minutes before coming out to let the people in the queue in."

The round-faced girl explained patiently.

"Can we go in now?" Yu Mo asked, looking eager to try.

"Not now. Two other guests wanted to go in for a visit, but one of them went to the restroom first, so you'll have to wait a little longer."

The round-faced girl said politely, "However, if you like any of the cats, you can lure them out with a cat toy or pick them up now."

"Don't worry, our cats have been in this line of work since they were kittens, and even their parents used to be cats in cat cafes."

"Absolutely experienced, gentle-tempered, and knows how to handle things."

Ziqiao couldn't help but chuckle: "So this isn't Winnie the Pooh Town, but the Wheat Fragrance Family (the Family of Selling Goods)."

The round-faced girl looked at Ziqiao with a puzzled expression.

Nanfeng stared at Ziqiao with an expression that said, "You must have some serious illness."

Ziqiao spread his hands: "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

[A strange group of people.]

The round-faced girl muttered to herself, but her face remained all smiles: "You can find a seat first, have something to eat and drink, and I'll remind you when those two guests have finished their tour."

"Should we go to the first floor or the second floor?" Curry Sauce asked.

"Second floor, of course it's the second floor!" Ziqiao glanced at the two incredibly beautiful girls on the second floor without leaving a trace. "Different angles bring different aesthetics. We can see all sorts of angles from the first floor as we walk up the stairs."

"But if we don't go to the second floor, we'll completely miss the panoramic view from there."

Not only that, but if we didn't go to the second floor, we would have missed those two incredibly pretty girls there.

Guan Gu listened to Zi Qiao's words thoughtfully: "What Zi Qiao said seems to make some sense. I didn't realize that Zi Qiao had such insights into art. It's truly rare."

"Right? That's a very insightful observation." Ziqiao said smugly, never expecting that his casual remark would be praised by Guangu. It seems I do have some talent.

Am I really an overlooked artist?

"No, that's very basic. But for someone with your level of education to express such an insight is already quite remarkable."

Ziqiao: "..."

"Hmph, to be honest, I once dreamed of becoming a painter. My blue rooster drawing when I was little was even displayed on the honor roll in kindergarten." Ziqiao sighed, "It's just a pity that my family held me back."

Upon hearing this, Guan Gu was instantly moved: "Is it...is it because of your father?"

Could it be that Ziqiao, like me, has a domineering and authoritarian father? Is he determined to have Ziqiao follow in his footsteps and thus constantly hinders Ziqiao's artistic creation?

Ziqiao's eyes widened: "How did you know?"

Guan Gu sighed inwardly.

【really.】

I never imagined that Ziqiao would have such a similar experience to mine. Perhaps the only difference between us is that I persevered, but Ziqiao didn't.

Why must every artist face these setbacks and obstacles in their journey to becoming an artist?

Or is it that only such setbacks and obstacles can forge an artist?

Guan Gu felt he had a breakthrough; in Chinese idioms, it would be called a complete enlightenment.

He laboriously took small, quick steps forward, put his arm around Ziqiao's shoulder, and comforted her, "It's okay, Ziqiao. Actually, I used to be just like you..."

"What!" Ziqiao's eyes widened even more.

"You also secretly watched your dad's adult films?"

"That's right, me too..." Guan Gu paused halfway through his sentence.

"What?!"

Ziqiao sighed, looking as if the heavens were jealous of his talent, "Actually, I once dreamed of becoming a painter, but my family held me back."

"If I hadn't accidentally seen my dad's collection when I was a child, I wouldn't have known that photography was much more interesting than painting."

"From then on, my dream changed from being a painter to being a beautiful photographer."

"The heavens are jealous of talent."

"Hehe..." Guan Gu laughed menacingly.

Ziqiao suddenly realized what he meant: "Wait a minute, aren't adult films everywhere in Japan? Why would you need to peek at your dad's?"

"Lu Ziqiao..."

"You bastard!"

Guan Gu angrily kicked Zi Qiao, who was caught off guard and fell on his backside.

"Oh, my butt!"

What did my butt do to deserve this today? I keep either slipping and falling on my butt or getting kicked.

[This time it's even better; first he gets kicked, then he falls on his butt.]

Why is that?!

Guan Gu remained motionless, still in the position of kicking Zi Qiao.

"Guan Gu is... posing?" Curry Sauce quickly took out her phone to take a picture of Guan Gu.

Nanfeng guessed, "No, he probably moved his thigh too much and pulled his balls again."

Yu Mo urged, "Then what are we waiting for? Quickly help him sit down."

The round-faced girl stood there dumbfounded, still unable to process what had just happened.

How did they manage to change things so drastically just because of a question about whether to go to the first floor or the second floor?

Is the problem with them, or with me?

The round-faced girl was bewildered.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

[Wait, what are they doing?!]

Here it comes, a chapter of 4,400 words.

I need to ask for leave today, so I'll only be posting this one update.

From the day I went to buy a cake for my mother's birthday, I ended up freezing and shivering like a silly pigeon, and I caught a cold the next day.

I didn't take it seriously before, but these past few days have been filled with a series of events, from Thursday through the busiest Saturday and Sunday. Today I just couldn't hold on any longer.

I've been writing this chapter since 1 p.m., and I'm feeling dizzy and my head is about to explode.

This situation not only means that typing speed cannot be guaranteed, but also that quality cannot be guaranteed.

Although 4,400 words can be pieced together to make two chapters, my brothers know that I usually write more than 3,000 words per chapter, so there's no need to fool everyone like this.

One update is one update. I really can't keep going today. Not only today, but tomorrow might also be the same amount of updates as today. Give me some time to recover. I will try to make up for it with more updates starting the day after tomorrow.

I am very sorry, and I ask for your understanding.

Your friend, Sweet Potato Pigeon.

(End of this chapter)