[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-ultimate-men-s-apartment":3,"chapter-the-ultimate-men-s-apartment-the-ultimate-men-s-apartment-chapter-187":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Premium Men's Apartment",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1927915,2624,"Chapter 187","the-ultimate-men-s-apartment-chapter-187",187,"\u003Cp>But, is this really okay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wants is family, the warmth of family. But what are they now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wants, can she really give it, can she afford to give it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\" Seeing He Lele somewhat distracted, Qin Zhixiu asked with a mouthful of foam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lele handed him a cup of water to rinse his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhixiu... go back to the apartment, Jiji will be worried.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Are you angry? I'm sorry, last night I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" her small face slightly red, \"I was willing last night, I just feel that the way things are now is not good for you or for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't want me anymore?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\" He Lele reflexively denied. Every time he said such things about being abandoned, it made her heart ache until it almost knotted into a ball. Raising her hand to gently stroke his slightly furrowed brow, she forced herself to calm down, \"If what you really want is pure, lifelong family affection, we must maintain an appropriate distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" His heart cracked with pain; he didn't want that damn distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because in the future... you will always have a wife you love, cute children, and a complete little family. I don't know if you will still need a relative\u002Ffriend like me by then, but if there is something between us besides family affection—\" He Lele licked her lips, finding it hard to speak, \"if there is this kind of physical relationship, I won't be able to face your wife and children.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wife, children... a complete home, \"...\" Qin Zhixiu didn't know how to express himself. After thinking for a moment, he turned and ran out, and in the blink of an eye, he ran back with a bewildered little kitten in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We... are also a complete home, there won't be anything you can't face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing softly, He Lele smiled faintly and shook her head, \"It's different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it's friendship or family affection, in front of a small family, it has to take a backseat. Just like her and Lingyu, even if they are inseparable now, Lingyu will eventually have a lover and children, another world. By then, neither the time spent together nor the focus on her will be like it is now. She cannot... be so dependent on Lingyu anymore, cannot disturb Lingyu's life too much. She must have the awareness to get used to the feeling of being alone again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhixiu, although he now craves the meager family affection she gives, once he finds his destined lover and has the fruits of love, his wife will give him more, and she will become dispensable to him. Even now, if she lets them continue living in such a chaotic way, she will be seen as a stain and a burden by him in the future. By then, let alone her family affection, he probably won't even want her friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can't we... form a home?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two pairs of equally pure and innocent eyes tore at He Lele's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shall we... get married?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling the corners of her mouth in a bitter smile, He Lele turned her back to the man and the cat to brush her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to cut off all ties with me right now, then you can continue with your joke just now.\" He Lele pulled out her toothbrush and warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at her cold, stern expression in the mirror, he didn't dare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you know, I know, and the whole world knows, you deserve a better woman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't say you don't care about my past, don't care that I once... did work like a prostitute.\" Rinsing the foam from her mouth, every word of He Lele's was clear and calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a marriage has a thorn buried in it from the beginning, it will definitely have a day when it erupts. I don't want to deceive others to gain happiness, nor do I want to become someone's wife while carrying inferiority and guilt, so in this life, I will not get married.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not letting herself harbor extravagant hopes, nor giving others a chance to hurt her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not begging for others' pity, not living humbly on her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even alone, she can make herself face every day with a smile!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C% END IF %>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writer's words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly felt~~ I seem to... perhaps... really... be a wicked stepmother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cough cough~ running away while holding a pot on my head~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Went to see a movie today, came back late, won't go out tomorrow to see if I can write more~~ Love you all!! Mwah!!) Night night~~ Sweet dreams!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>P.S. \"Escape Plan\", although the male lead is Stallone~~ but Schwarzenegger really steals the show~~~ and the beard look is just a handsome uncle~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>☆, (8 Fresh Coins) Chapter 199: Rascal Jiji\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhixiu didn't leave; he said, \"Let me think.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After withdrawing the last bit of money from the card, taking the kitten to get its vaccinations, and buying \"her\" belongings, He Lele looked at the balance in her wallet; it was probably enough for a week's worth of groceries. Fortunately, the money from her voice-acting part-time job would arrive at the end of the month. If it were just her, she was confident she could hold out until payday, but adding Qin Zhixiu and the kitten... it seemed she would have to find another daily-paid part-time job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she needed to check the text materials for next month's voice-acting tasks, after the two of them and the cat had lunch, He Lele carried her laptop to campus to use the Wi-Fi. She didn't know if the place she found was too remote or the signal was bad, but the internet speed was very slow. While waiting for her email to open, He Lele's gaze naturally drifted toward the man and the cat beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bench, Qin Zhixiu was wearing student-style sportswear, his hat brim pulled low and wearing a mask, looking a bit strange, but the snow-white kitten was playing between his hands and on his knees, the man and the cat occasionally exchanging glances, the kitten letting out milky, delicate cries, Qin Zhixiu letting out relaxed, magnetic low laughs. Such a warm and sunny scene made one feel that life was so beautiful and happy just by looking at it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you done?\" Qin Zhixiu tilted his head to look at her, and the kitten tilted its head along with him, very in sync.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah? Oh! Not yet.\" He Lele hurriedly returned to her senses to check her email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight spread over her fair and tender skin, as if glowing with a hazy halo, occasionally flashing with a few dazzling, fine, fragmented rays. Her star-like eyes, always peaceful and calm, were focused on the computer screen, her elegant eyebrows slightly moving, as if she had encountered a problem that required careful consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\" Qin Zhixiu asked subconsciously. He used to... never care about what others encountered, except for Du Wei. Because—no one would care about his concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lele thought for a moment and turned the screen toward him. Her part-time company had recently taken on an imported animation dubbing project and was looking for voice actors. They said her voice was very suitable for a character in it and asked if she was interested in trying. When she first looked for a part-time job, because she was afraid of encountering scammers, she only looked for local ones. Perhaps it was precisely because it was local that the company thought of giving her this opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's great! Go give it a try!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I, for animation dubbing or something—\" She had watched some tutorials, but the distance between pure theory and practice was usually not small!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhixiu held the kitten in one arm and pulled He Lele up with the other, \"Let's go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, He Lele paid the taxi fare with a bitter smile; two days' worth of grocery money was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhixiu brought her to the exact place where they recorded songs the previous two times. After asking the front desk lady to make a call at the building's service desk, that mustachioed recording engineer took them up, and then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cramming!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time He Lele walked out of the building in the evening and was hit by the cold wind, she finally recovered a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The little girl is not bad! Quite talented. It would be even better if you could let go a bit more.\" The middle-aged female teacher who had taught her intensively for nearly seven hours pinched her cheek and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tha, thank you, Teacher Ou.\" He Lele was caught off guard again. Because in the recording studio, this Teacher Ou was simply Spartan in her education, her whole face like a door god. She didn't expect her to be... so kind outside the studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, if you have any questions, find me anytime. You didn't drive here? Where's Jiji? Jiji has been running here diligently for the past two days, why didn't he come with you today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lele was stunned. That's right, Qin Zhixiu just came out like this; Jiji must have received the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Zhixiu smiled and looked behind He Lele.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the square pillar behind her, Jiji was leaning against the pillar in a beige trench coat, looking both dashing and decadent, exhaling blue smoke. Seeing He Lele turn back to look at him, he stared at her for a while before pressing out the cigarette butt on top of the trash can and raising his hand to greet Teacher Ou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing He Lele's strange expression, Teacher Ou tactfully slipped away, leaving He Lele swallowing her saliva in bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiji curled his lips, leaned over to He Lele's neck, and greedily took a deep breath, scaring her into taking a step back, looking at him vigilantly, not knowing what he was going to do again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Jiji tilted his head slightly and exhaled that breath. \"Let's go, let's go get a late-night snack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get, get a late-night snack? He Lele was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, a late-night snack, and it was at a night market eating grilled skewers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Lele's heart was about to jump out, but the idol was not nervous at all, eating happily at the open-air food stall, while the manager, who should have ordered the idol to pay attention to his image, safety, and influence, was actually having a leisurely time teasing the cat there! He even took the liberty of naming the little kitten—Red Bean? Bean your head! It's a white cat, okay! Is he colorblind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Got an opinion?\" Jiji said while squinting at her with a cigarette in his mouth, pulling out a lighter to light it, looking as rascal-like as possible. If it were before, his handsome look while smoking was legendary in the entertainment scene. Even those women who didn't like their male companions smoking had to admit that Young Master Ji's movements while smoking were elegant and full of demeanor, handsome enough to make women's hearts melt and legs go weak. But now, his look—at most, he was just a handsomer street thug, completely unrelated to elegance or demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was precisely this kind of Jiji that made He Lele feel very uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writer's words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something came up today and delayed me~~~ the second update will be late~~ ladies, sleep early~~ read it tomorrow morning~~ it's cold, rest early~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Love you all!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you ladies for your continued support~~~ thank you for your tickets~ comments~~ sponsorship and gifts~~~ group hug!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>☆, (8 Fresh Coins) Chapter 200: Cooperating to Film\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It, it's a white cat.\" He Lele argued softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then call it White Bean?\" Jiji's tone rose slightly at the end of the sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh...\" Qin Zhixiu laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brat, do you know where your car is right now?\" Jiji put the lighter on the cigarette box on the table, took a puff of his cigarette, and asked Qin Zhixiu irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been busy and ignored him for the past few days. This morning, he checked the location of the tracker and almost dropped the cigarette in his mouth—Southern Vietnam! Qin Zhixiu's passport was with him, but the car was in Vietnam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought you were sold, I almost called the police. But then I thought, if someone kidnapped you, they might serve you good food and drink for a few days and end up being sold by you instead. By then, it would be hard to say who the police would catch. You brat, you're something, you don't even want your car!\" He knew Qin brat treasured that motorcycle of his, so he installed the tracker in the car. Now it seems, it would be safer to just implant it into his body! No, perhaps... it should be implanted into someone else's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squinting at the little woman eating a hot dog sausage in small bites, her pink mouth opening and closing... Jiji's lower abdomen tightened, he took a fierce puff of his cigarette, then threw it on the ground and crushed it, eating the skewers as if venting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them were eating when the two tables next to them started arguing for some reason. It was normal for people to get drunk and cause trouble at night food stalls, and most people would consciously stay far away when they encountered it. The three of them tacitly picked up their plates and prepared to change tables. Sure enough, just as the three of them left, a figure was pushed and knocked over their original table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiji was stroking the cat's fur while eating skewers, watching the fun, when he suddenly remembered something. He felt his pocket, then looked at the overturned table—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting \"Red Bean\" into He Lele's arms, Jiji strode toward the \"war zone\".\u003C\u002Fp>",2309,"2026-06-14T03:55:58.348Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bb61c0d61e358f128d9c87159ef949a0f04d14a1f566595ae08d92b7d59e5286","the-ultimate-men-s-apartment-chapter-188","the-ultimate-men-s-apartment-chapter-186",301,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-ultimate-men-s-apartment-cover.jpg"]