The landlord has multiple personalities and wants everyone to pay him.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat subtle.

The fried egg was golden brown, the sausage was crispy and fragrant, and the milk in the glass emitted a delightful aroma.

But Ye Shu just couldn't eat the warm and harmonious breakfast on the table; she just felt uncomfortable all over.

It was all because of Xia Qing, who was sitting across from him.

From the moment she sat down, Xia Qing would occasionally glance at him with a meaningful look that seemed to be both smiling and not smiling.

She was indeed eating breakfast, but the corners of her mouth were always turned up, and her eyes had a "I know everything" feeling to them.

His gaze was like it had tiny hooks, constantly scratching at Ye Shu.

Ye Shu tried to interpret her smile, hoping to glean something from it. But the smile was too layered, too mysterious; he couldn't glean anything beyond "expressing the author's homesickness."

He had a feeling that he had been caught red-handed doing something wrong, but he didn't even know what wrong he had done.

"Cough."

Ye Shuqing cleared her throat, finally unable to bear the torment any longer, and looked up at Xia Qing:

"Um... Sister Xia Qing, why are you staring at me like that and laughing? Is there something on my face?"

Xia Qing blinked, forked a small piece of fried egg and put it in her mouth, deliberately chewing slowly, just to stretch Ye Shu out, before slowly speaking:

"It's nothing. You're handsome, and you make my meal more appealing, is that so wrong?"

......

Ye Shu was speechless for a moment.

After a while, Xia Qing looked over again, this time scrutinizing him from head to toe, as if she were meeting him for the first time.

Ye Shu put down her milk glass, a little anxious:

"Hiss, what's wrong? I feel like there's something strange about your eyes."

"Is there?"

Xia Qing raised an eyebrow, glanced at the milk cup in Ye Shu's hand, picked up her own milk, took a sip, and licked the milk off her lips.

"I'm not telling you, what can you do about it?"

Ye Shu was at a loss. Yes, what could he do? He couldn't stretch her out or flatten her.

He could only find a breakthrough through Tang Xiaotao. Ye Shu knew all along that she was definitely involved in this, there was no doubt about it.

Tang Xiaotao hadn't said a word since the beginning and was now focused intently on the sausages on her plate. Her head was buried low, almost touching the plate, and she looked guilty, as if she was afraid of making any eye contact with Ye Shu.

Watching her imitate an ostrich, Ye Shu couldn't get angry at this younger sister she had grown up with; at most, she felt a little helpless.

Looking at her "I'm wrong, but I won't say it" attitude, I actually found her kind of cute.

In an attempt to change the subject, Ye Shu began by saying:

"Xiao Tao, I'm free today, let's go out and have some fun. I haven't been able to take you out properly these past few days."

Tang Xiaotao looked up at Ye Shu and said:

"Really?! Perfect, I was planning to go home tomorrow, I've already bought the tickets, I'll have some fun before I leave."

"tomorrow?"

Ye Shu put down her fork, her brows furrowing slightly:

"Why the rush? You're leaving after only a few days? Didn't you say you wanted to stay a while?"

Xia Qing also looked at Tang Xiaotao. She had a good first impression of this sister-in-law. She was straightforward, a little clever, and... she also had a lot of valuable information. It was a real pity that she was leaving so soon.

Tang Xiaotao smiled and said a little shyly:

"Oh dear, I've been eating and drinking here for free for so many days, I'm starting to feel bad about staying any longer. Besides..."

She pouted and complained:

"Besides, seeing you two showing off your love all the time is really making me sick of this dog food. Look at you and Sister Zhi Qiu on the sofa yesterday, the way you were hugging and cuddling, sigh..."

Clang!

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Qing dropped the fork from her hand and it fell onto the plate.

Ye Shu was a bright child; the moment he heard the sound of a fork hitting a plate, the word "Oh no!" immediately popped into his head.

Good news: His hunch was right. Bad news: He can only hunch now.

Almost at the same time, Ye Shu felt a sharp pain in his shinbone.

"hiss!"

He was in so much pain he almost jumped up. He quickly bent down to rub his leg, and when he looked up, he met Xia Qing's face, which looked like an angry Vajra.

"Sister Xia Qing, I can explain!..."

Ye Shu grimaced in pain, but before he could finish speaking, a second kick came, then a third, a fourth...

Xia Qing's Shadowless Kick targeted the most painful spots on his calves. Although Ye Shu was in pain, it didn't dampen his spirits. He thought to himself, "That's what you call a Hundred-Crack Kick! I've cracked a hundred legs for you. From now on, don't call me Xia Qing, call me Chun Li..."

As Xia Qing kicked, she forced out words through gritted teeth, each one sharp and cutting:

"Wow! Ye Shu! You two are hugging and cuddling on the sofa, huh? You're making pretty good progress!"

She kicked it so hard that the dining table rattled loudly. She wasn't angry that Ye Shu and Zhi Qiu were hugging and cuddling; she was angry that she wasn't the first!

Although she was somewhat angry with herself, she just wanted to vent on Ye Shu right now, and that's how unreasonable she was.

"What else did you do? Tell me!"

Unable to withstand Xia Qing's kicks any longer, Ye Shu moved a chair back two steps, getting out of Xia Qing's attack range.

"It's not what you think... Ah! That's Sister Zhi Qiu... Ouch! Don't kick her!"

"Thump!"

With a muffled thud, Xia Qing's kick missed its mark and landed squarely on the solid wood table leg.

"Ugh...!"

The man who had been so aggressive just moments before suddenly groaned and slumped onto the table, his shoulders hunched in pain.

Tang Xiaotao watched the two of them. On one side of the table, Ye Shu was hunched over, grimacing and rubbing his leg. On the other side of the table, Xia Qing was also bent over, her hand under the table, tightly covering her toes.

Looking at this symmetrical scene, Tang Xiaotao silently buried her face in the plate, pretending to be a mushroom, and quickly recited in her mind:

"I'm sorry, bro, I really didn't mean it. You'll forgive me, right? Help! Help! Help..."

After a while, Xia Qing recovered, wiped away the tears from the pain, stood up, took a few steps to Ye Shu's side, and grabbed his arm.

"Come on, follow me."

"Wait a minute, my leg still hurts..."

"You need to explain clearly if it hurts!"

Xia Qing didn't give him a chance to plead, dragging and pulling him up from the chair and leading him towards the bedroom.

Before leaving, Xia Qing didn't forget to say to Tang Xiaomogu:

"Xiao Tao, take your time eating. Your brother and I have something to talk about."

After saying that, he pulled Ye Shu into the bedroom, slamming the bedroom door shut so hard that the paintings on the wall almost fell down.

In the restaurant, Tang Xiaotao was left alone. Facing the breakfast spread on the table, and listening to the faint voices coming from the direction of the bedroom, she picked up a piece of bread and took a bite.

Since things have come to this, let's eat first...

She has started to seriously consider whether it is too late to change her ticket now.