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

"Me try? How can I try?"

Upon hearing Ye Shu's question, Zhi Qiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she reached out from under the covers with one hand, as if afraid he would run away, and grabbed Ye Shu's hand.

She raised her other hand to the side, touched her lips with her fingertip, and looked at him with a smile, her voice soft and gentle:

"I heard... that if you get kissed by someone you like at this time, it can stop the pain. Little Shu, why don't you... give it a try?"

Ye Shu was speechless. She looked at Zhi Qiu's face, which was as white as paper, but the smile in her eyes was clearly unconcealable. The tension in her heart eased up a lot.

"I see you're not in pain anymore, yet you still have the leisure to tease me."

As he spoke, he was about to get up and check on the porridge.

"Eh!"

Zhi Qiu suddenly tightened her grip on Ye Shu's hand, preventing him from leaving. Perhaps the sudden movement was a bit too forceful, because it actually caused her stomach to ache.

Zhi Qiu's eyebrows furrowed immediately, and her expression changed.

Ye Shu immediately froze, too afraid to move.

"What happened? Did we get sidetracked?"

Taking the opportunity, Zhi Qiu continued to hold his hand, her other hand covering her lower abdomen. She looked up at him, her voice tinged with a hint of grievance:

"But... my stomach really hurts... Little Shu, can you bear to watch me suffer like this, without even trying to help me?"

As she spoke, she shook Ye Shu's arm.

Seeing her pitiful state, Ye Shu knew perfectly well that she was using this as an excuse to make a fuss, but seeing her expression, he couldn't bring himself to harden his heart.

It's my girlfriend, so I might as well kiss her. I'm not losing anything.

"Then... shall we give it a try?"

"Uh-huh!"

Zhi Qiu immediately nodded, released her grip on his hand, and even closed her eyes cooperatively.

Ye Shu suddenly had the illusion that he was the innocent girl who had been abducted. He pursed his lips, slowly bent down, and got closer to that face.

The faint scent emanating from Zhi Qiu greeted him, making his heart beat a little faster.

Perhaps the wait had been a bit long, Zhi Qiu urged softly:

"Little Shu, hurry up! Your sister is waiting for the pain relief..."

Ye Shu held her breath and gently kissed Zhi Qiu's soft but slightly cool lips.

It was just a light touch, like a dragonfly skimming the water, a fleeting moment.

Ye Shu felt that he had completed his mission and even made a profit... Just as he was about to withdraw his millions,

Zhi Qiu, who had been obediently closing her eyes and looking like she was ready to be picked, suddenly opened her eyes.

That look in his eyes inexplicably brought a phrase to Ye Shu's mind: "You've offended the abbot and you think you can just run away?"

The next second, Zhi Qiu suddenly raised her arm and wrapped it around Ye Shu's neck, pulling his head back down as he had just raised it, and then took the initiative to come closer.

"Hmm!"

Ye Shu's eyes widened instantly. He instinctively tried to look up, but his arms held him firmly in place.

Zhi Qiu's kiss was very bold. Ye Shu felt as if she had been electrocuted. She wanted to struggle consciously, but her body had already betrayed her and she couldn't muster any strength.

……

"Reporting to command, the target has been eliminated. Sniper mission complete. Requesting withdrawal."

Ye Shu lay prone in the thick snow, wearing a white cloak that blended seamlessly into the surroundings.

The cold wind howled in my ears, and the surroundings were a blanket of white snow. My body was stiff with cold, but my hand holding the sniper rifle was as steady as a statue.

Ye Shu's face was pressed against the butt of his rifle, his eyes fixed through the sniper scope on a figure that had just fallen on the distant hillside.

A buzzing sound came from the headphones, followed by a steady voice:

"Well done, Night Owl. Target cleared. Evacuation authorized. Return to the rendezvous point via the original route. Stay concealed."

With the mission accomplished, Ye Shu's tense nerves relaxed slightly. He stretched his almost frozen body and prepared to begin the evacuation.

However, just as he got up from the snow...

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground beneath our feet began to shake, and the snow on the surrounding trees was shaken off. A muffled thunderous sound came from the foot of the mountain, instantly drowning out the wind and snow.

Ye Shu looked down the mountain and saw that the coniferous forest, which was originally as quiet as a painting, was now falling down in large sections, like dominoes that had been pushed over by a hand.

The towering trees were now as brittle as matchsticks, and the cracking sound was very clear even from this distance.

The snow was swirled up, forming a snow fog, and behind this rolling snow fog and the flattened trees was a torrent of steel.

One, two, ten, a hundred... countless tanks, densely packed and overwhelming, like a reversed mudslide, were rolling down the hillside towards him, crushing everything in their path.

Damn it, run! We have to get out of here!

Ye Shugang turned around and looked at his retreat route, and was instantly stunned.

The same scene unfolded on the slope behind us, now covered by the same torrent of steel.

Countless tanks surrounded him from all sides, completely trapping him on the small hillside, until Ye Shu saw Zhi Qiu smiling at him from a tank, and then the next second he was swept in...

"Ha...haa..."

It wasn't until Ye Shu felt like he was seeing stars that Zhi Qiu finally released her arms from around his neck.

Ye Shu's mouth was slightly open as she gasped for breath, her eyes unfocused and her mind a jumbled mess.

What did he just see?

Is it a hallucination? It must be a hallucination! The kiss was so intense it triggered my brain's protective mechanism, and it started playing out its own little drama.

He moved the tip of his tongue; it seemed to still retain a soft sensation and a hint of sweetness.

Seeing his dazed expression, Zhi Qiu waved her hand in front of his eyes:

"What's wrong? Little Shu, give me a kiss... or did it make you silly?"

"No...it's just...your tank is too powerful..."

Ye Shu was still recovering from her shock when she blurted it out without thinking.

"tank?"

Zhi Qiu clearly didn't understand what a tank was, but she quickly figured it out herself. She squinted her eyes, a little embarrassed, and gently punched Ye Shu on the shoulder.

"Little Shu, really... I didn't use that much force just now."

"Um... um..."

Ye Shu realized the stupid thing he had said, and judging from Zhi Qiu's expression, she must have misunderstood something. He was certain that the tanks the two of them were talking about were definitely not just one.

Seeing his expression, Zhi Qiu's eyes narrowed even more, and she spoke to Ye Shu in a tone befitting a mischievous older sister:

"Sigh, these folk remedies are really unreliable... Little Shu, a kiss doesn't seem to be working, my tummy still hurts... You'd better go and cook some porridge, I'm hungry..."

Reminded by her, Ye Shu suddenly remembered that there was still a pot on the stove, so he got up and rushed out.

"Oh no! The porridge!"

Only after confirming that Ye Shu had indeed run to the kitchen did Zhi Qiu's mischievous smile slowly fade. She let out a long breath, then burrowed into the covers, leaving only her eyes peeking out as she stared at the doorway.

My heart was pounding, and my face was burning hot; I knew it was bright red without even looking.

She... just now... it seems like she kissed me more than once?

Zhi Qiu slowly stuck out a little bit of her tongue and gently licked her lips.

Just now, she wrapped her arms around Ye Shu's neck, preventing him from escaping, and then kissed him. Then, as if possessed, she...

Zhi Qiu shrank her burning face even deeper into the blankets.

How embarrassing! I only meant to tease him, how... how did I... stick my tongue out?!

But... Little Shu didn't seem to resist just now.

Does that mean... he actually... likes it too?

In the kitchen, Ye Shu saw the millet porridge spilled all over the stove and quickly lifted the lid to clean it up.

As he stirred the porridge in the pot with a spoon, he couldn't help but drift off into thought.

That kiss just now...

He pursed his lips again and licked the corner of his mouth.

There seemed to be a lingering soft touch there, damp and warm, carrying Sister Zhi Qiu's unique scent, and a touch of... a deeper entanglement.

Was I just forcibly kissed? And was there something in my mouth just now?