Chapter 1404 - 1404: The Ordeal of Aspergillus oryzae

"We asked him, but he just wouldn't say. He kept insisting it'd be way too embarrassing to talk about." Hui Shiba leaned close to Xiao Feng's ear and spoke in a low voice.

Embarrassing?

Xiao Feng's curiosity instantly spiked.

"I ran into it too." Aspergillus oryzae let out a long sigh. "This morning when I got up to use the toilet, Lu Lishuang started banging on the door…"

He paused at that point, and everyone around him stared wide-eyed, gossip flames blazing in their eyes.

"The hell?"

"No way!"

"That happened too?"

Xiao Feng waved his hand, cutting off the heckling, and snapped, "Quiet, all of you. Let Old Kai tell us what actually happened."

Hearing that, a bunch of heads bobbed like little chicks pecking at rice, faces full of anticipation.

After a long moment, Aspergillus oryzae seemed to have finally steeled himself, and started recounting the experience that he found too humiliating to put into words…

[Aspergillus oryzae got up in the morning to use the toilet. He'd barely squatted down when someone started pounding madly on the door from outside.

He shouted, "Someone's in here!" but the knocking only got more frantic.

Fed up, Aspergillus oryzae had no choice but to unlock the door.

What he didn't expect was that the moment he'd opened it just a palm's width, something that was smoking got tossed in through the crack.

Aspergillus oryzae jumped, completely caught off guard, with no time to dodge.

Luckily that smoking thing didn't land on him, but dropped into the toilet bowl right under his ass…

The only reason it could drop into the bowl was because Aspergillus oryzae couldn't get used to sitting toilets, so he always planted both feet on the rim and did his business in a full squat.

Faced with this situation, he hurriedly lowered his head to look.

That one look nearly made his eyeballs pop out!

In his field of view, the water in the toilet was "gulu gulu" rolling up and down, like it was about to boil.

Looking closer, he finally realized that the smoking thing was actually a firecracker!

And just as he figured out what it was that had fallen into the toilet…

"Boom!"]

Once they understood Aspergillus oryzae's ordeal, the courtyard fell so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone looked at each other, each seeing dawning comprehension in the other's eyes.

They finally understood why Aspergillus oryzae's walking posture was so damn weird today…

As the leader, Xiao Feng opened his mouth several times, wanting to offer some comforting words, but had no idea how to even start.

Still, if Aspergillus oryzae's experience were made into a micro-movie, he could definitely suggest a few titles.

For example: "The Anus Priority," "The Sorrow of the Balls," "Bathroom Horror"…

Time passed.

Aspergillus oryzae's old bro, Lao Ha, was the first to show concern. "Old Kai, is your little flower okay?"

The moment he said that, the courtyard went quiet again.

After a short while, someone finally couldn't help it and let out a snort of laughter.

Then, shoulders started jerking one after another as people failed to hold their laughs in.

"I'm gonna choke you to death!" Aspergillus oryzae grabbed Lao Ha by the neck with both hands, but in the scuffle his big motions knocked Lao Ha's cap off.

A shiny, glistening "braised egg" appeared before everyone's eyes.

Seeing the bald version of Lao Ha, Xiao Feng held it in for a long time but still couldn't resist; he laughed, not very kindly.

Lao Ha felt humiliated himself and got pissed, and the two started grappling with each other.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Xiao Feng slipped out of the crowd and into the villa, his expression already turning dark.

With a big battle right around the corner, Lu Lishuang pulling this kind of stunt was about as blatant a sabotage move as you could get.

It's only been one day and his subordinates' mental states were already shaken, close to exploding.

Let this keep going and there'd be no need to fight the Devil's Concentration Camp—everyone could just each take a block of tofu and bash their own brains out!

"Hold up…" Just as Xiao Feng was about to go up the stairs, he heard a familiar, weak voice.

He turned his head and saw Xue Nuofu outside the bathroom door, one hand braced against the wall, his face slightly pale.

"Old Xue, did you get hit by Lu Lishuang too?" Xiao Feng hurried over and helped Xue Nuofu onto the sofa.

Just looking at his face was enough to give you a scare.

"What did Lu Lishuang do to you?" Xiao Feng asked.

Xue Nuofu spoke feebly, "At lunch, in my bowl, there was… urgh!"

Xiao Feng took a deep breath, forcing down the urge to storm upstairs and settle Lu Lishuang with one strike.

He was also genuinely curious what Xue Nuofu had seen in his bowl.

Just from him barely getting through the opening line and already dry-heaving…

Could it be…

In an instant, three characters appeared one after another in Xiao Feng's mind.

Rice, field, common.

But Xiao Feng quickly dismissed that possibility.

Sure, Lu Lishuang was capable of doing that kind of thing, but Xue Nuofu wasn't exactly a pushover either.

If she really had gone that far, Xue Nuofu would probably already have thrown the "big picture" out the window, turned himself into a "four-surnamed house-slave," and gone all out trying to kill Lu Lishuang!

Prioritizing the bigger picture was fine, but there's got to be a limit to that too.

As if he'd read Xiao Feng's mind, Xue Nuofu panted and said, "Quit guessing wildly. It was a… rat's head."

A… rat's head?

Xiao Feng patted Xue Nuofu's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Old Xue. I'll get you—and everyone—a proper answer."

With that, he headed upstairs.

On the third floor, he saw that Lu Lishuang's door was cracked open.

Xiao Feng looked up along the door gap and sure enough, there was something set on top of the door.

He said in a low voice, "Before I come in, you'd better pack up every little trap you've set. Otherwise… I won't let you take part in the upcoming showdown with the Devil's Concentration Camp."

Honestly, using this kind of threat, Xiao Feng himself felt extremely awkward.

But there was no helping it. When you're dealing with someone like Lu Lishuang, who doesn't even fear the Law of True Fragrance, you have to prescribe the right medicine.

And up to now, the only leverage Xiao Feng really had was barring her from the fight against the Devil's Concentration Camp.

"Hold on, give me two minutes."

From inside the room, Lu Lishuang's voice drifted out, followed by a barrage of "clang-clang, crack-crack," "shhhh-crash" noises.

After a short while, the door opened, and Lu Lishuang poked her head out from behind it. She blinked and said, "Or… you wanna wait a bit longer?"

"Don't test my patience!" Xiao Feng growled, his voice heavy.

Lu Lishuang hesitated for a moment, then swung the door fully open. "Then come on in. No matter how much you stare, I'm not going to lose a chunk of flesh."

As Xiao Feng stepped one foot into the room, he froze.

Could it be…

With that thought in his head, his gaze was already out of his control, drifting toward the doorway.

"Gulp~"

Xiao Feng's throat moved involuntarily.

He'd already more or less guessed what he was about to see, but when he actually laid eyes on that perfectly proportioned, snow-white body, smooth like carved jade with not a single flaw…

He had to admit, his heart did speed up.

By comparison, Lu Lishuang's composure was downright terrifying!

She dressed at a leisurely pace, humming some unknown tune as if her mood was excellent.

"Do you always have this habit of running around the house naked?" Xiao Feng's old face flushed as he rubbed his nose, fishing for something to say.

After all, he'd just stared for quite a while without blinking; thinking back on it made him feel a bit ashamed.

"I just finished showering. Took off my clothes, hadn't had time to put on new ones yet, and then I heard you yelling outside the door."

"Shower?" Xiao Feng glanced at Lu Lishuang's fiery red long hair—there wasn't the slightest sign of dampness.

He muttered inwardly: If her hair had still been wet, I wouldn't have chosen to come in.

This absolutely isn't me making excuses…

Absolutely not!

Lu Lishuang sat down on the sofa in the corner by the wall, picked up her water cup, and took a sip. "You came to me to get justice for your guys, didn't you?"

"..." Xiao Feng.

He had to admit, Lu Lishuang's reaction really was beyond what he'd expected.

He'd thought she would deny everything, then dodge and gloss over it with jokes and deflection.

But her bringing it up herself was completely outside his predictions.