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

Ye Shu sprayed half of the tea back into the cup and the other half out of his nose.

"Cough cough...!!!"

Ye Shu bent over and coughed for a long time, reaching into the tissue box to pull out several tissues. He coughed and blew his nose until he finally recovered.

Xiao Nuan remained seated beside her, observing the "human respiratory rejection response to irritants." She was completely unaware of how impactful her question had just been.

Ye Shu, having finally caught her breath and still blowing her nose, turned to Xiao Nuan and asked:

"Huh...what is that?"

The "what" he used wasn't something like "didn't hear clearly or didn't understand," but rather something like "Why did you suddenly jump to this topic?"

But it's clear that Xiao Nuan takes the most direct approach when dealing with this kind of problem, assuming that Ye Shu didn't understand her.

So, like a narrator on a science and education channel, she began to give Ye Shu a professional science lesson:

"It's just pure essence..."

"Stop, stop, stop!! I understand! I understand what childbirth is!!!"

Ye Shu quickly raised his hand to interrupt Xiao Nuan's biology lecture; he suddenly felt very tired.

Take a deep breath to calm yourself down, look at Xiaonuan's naturally innocent face, and ask:

"I mean, why did you suddenly bring this up? Having a baby?"

Xiao Nuan blinked, a little confused by Ye Shu's question, but that didn't stop her from answering him:

"Because we are getting married soon, we need to take our family planning into account, and prepare relevant knowledge, plan our time, and assess our resources in advance."

Ye Shu looked at her and felt as if he were talking to an artificial intelligence.

He wiped his face, made a slicing motion with his right hand, and said as he sliced:

"Xiao Nuan, listen to me. We...yes, we will get married in the future. But marriage is the first step. Honey, I think we can consider other things after we're married. Let's take it one step at a time, okay? Let's get married first, and then we can talk about the rest later, do you think that's okay?"

After listening, Xiao Nuan stared at Ye Shu's face for a long time, but she didn't really care about the order of events.

"Can."

Ye Shu let out a long breath, feeling suddenly exhausted both physically and mentally.

He could finally relax and have a sip of tea. He picked up the teacup to drink, but then remembered that he seemed to have spat half a mouthful in. He grimaced and put the teacup down again.

After hearing Ye Shu's words, Xiao Nuan didn't continue drinking tea. Instead, she picked up her phone from the coffee table, tapped it a few times, and then held it to her ear.

Make a phone call? To whom?

Ye Shu watched her from the side. If you exclude Xiao Nuan's occasional outbursts of anger, she's actually quite cute.

The call connected, and Xiaonuan spoke:

"Good morning, Mom. Please get my household registration book ready. Ye Shu and I are going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get married today. We'll be home in about an hour."

Ye Shu was completely bewildered. When did this happen? How come she didn't know about it?

Shen Jingwan on the other side clearly didn't understand what was going on either:

"Nuan Nuan, what did you say? With Xiao Shu... today? Wait a minute, Mommy's a little dizzy... say it again?"

Xiao Nuan wasn't sure what she meant by "not clear," so she repeated herself on the phone:

"Yes, Mom, Ye Shu and I have decided to get married first and then have children. We need my household registration book for the marriage. So we'll go home to get it in a little while."

After Xiaonuan finished speaking, she didn't wait for the other end of the phone to say anything more, and said directly:

"Okay, Mom, I'll hang up now. See you later."

Xiao Nuan put down her phone, gently placing it screen-down on the coffee table, then turned to look at Ye Shu, waiting for his reaction.

Ye Shu, the person involved in the wedding, was completely dumbfounded.

"Xiao Nuan...you..."

Before he could finish speaking, his phone rang, and he knew without even guessing who was calling.

Ye Shu picked up her phone and glanced at it. Sure enough, it was Shen Jingwan calling, and it was a video call.

As soon as Ye Shu pressed the answer button, she saw An Jianxing's flushed face pressed against the screen:

"What happened? Why so suddenly?!"

An Jianxing's loud voice shook the dust out of Ye Shu's phone.

"Your aunt and I don't object to you settling down early, but isn't this too hasty?! Marriage is a big deal! You need to pick a date, make preparations, and... Hey! Why are you pushing me? I haven't even asked you anything yet..."

Before An Jianxing could finish his barrage of questions, the screen suddenly flickered, and Shen Jingwan appeared on the phone screen.

Compared to An Jianxing, she was much calmer, but her expression still showed some confusion as she softly spoke:

"Xiao Shu, what's going on? Nuan Nuan just called to say she needs to pick up her household registration booklet; are we going to register today?"

Ye Shu quickly shook her head at her phone and explained:

"Auntie, that's not true. Xiao Nuan is right next to me. It's all a misunderstanding."

He quickly moved closer to Xiaonuan, including her in the photo, and explained:

"Just now, I was chatting with Xiaonuan, and we got onto the topic of future plans. I said we should get married first, and talk about other things later. But Xiaonuan probably misunderstood and thought I meant we had to get married today, so... she made some long-term plans."

Honestly, he was just having a casual chat about the future!

Hearing Ye Shu's explanation, Shen Jingwan's expression finally softened considerably, and she smiled.

She realized that this was most likely a misunderstanding caused by her very proactive daughter.

"Oh, I see. Auntie understands."

Shen Jingwan smiled and said to Ye Shu, but Ye Shu didn't hear what An Jianxing said next to her. Anyway, Shen Jingwan glared at the person next to her, and An Jianxing stopped talking.

"It's Nuannuan who misunderstood."

"Oh, it's all a misunderstanding."

Ye Shu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly nodded, thinking that Aunt Shen was indeed reasonable.

"Auntie, if there's anything else, I'll go ahead..."

"Hey, Xiao Shu, wait a minute."

Shen Jingwan called out to him, a smile on her face, and said:

"Perfect timing, I was just thinking of calling you later."

Ye Shu nodded:

"Auntie, is there anything else?"

"That's right."

Shen Jingwan laughed:

"Grandpa, after hearing that Nuannuan has finally started dating someone, and that her boyfriend is a pretty nice young man, he's been saying he wants to meet you. He just came over from home today. So, when would you like to come over for a visit?"

grandfather?!

Xiao Nuan also has a grandfather?

After thinking about this, Ye Shu wanted to slap himself. Isn't that obvious? Who doesn't have a grandfather?

Ye Shu turned to look at Xiao Nuan, but she remained the same, showing no reaction.

When Aunt Shen asked, "When is a convenient time?", it was just a polite gesture from an elder. It's incredibly inconsiderate to make an elder wait while putting on airs.

Ye Shu immediately put on a well-behaved expression and said:

"Auntie, what are you saying? Xiao Nuan and I will pack up and head over."

"Okay, then Auntie will wait for you at home. You can have dinner here tonight. Be careful on the road."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the call ended.

Ye Shu tossed her phone onto the sofa and turned to look at Xiao Nuan:

"Xiao Nuan..."

"Um?"

"How is your grandfather...?"