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

Underfoot was a gray, mottled terrazzo floor, and on either side were walls painted half-light green.

Ye Shu lowered her head, looked at her feet, and walked forward along the corridor she had walked countless times.

This is his high school. He knows this place so well that he could find his classroom with his eyes closed. It's the third door on the right in front of him.

He walked to the classroom door, not even looking up at the sign on the door frame, his body already turning away.

However, just as he turned around to go in, he found Xia Qing squatting there with her back to the door.

Ye Shu was a little confused. He walked over and squatted down next to Xia Qing, looking at her and asking:

"Sister Xia Qing, why aren't you doing anything? What are you doing squatting here?"

Xia Qing looked up and said with a hint of helplessness:

"I didn't do my homework yesterday, so I got punished."

Operation?

Ye Shu's mind went blank for a moment. What homework? Did he have homework last night? But he had absolutely no recollection of doing any homework!

"Damn it, I still have homework!"

He didn't even bother to comfort Xia Qing anymore; he got up and rushed towards his seat.

He plopped down on his chair and started rummaging through the desk.

After searching for a while, he was stunned because he couldn't remember what homework had been assigned yesterday.

Ye Shu was at a loss, so he reached out and patted the shoulder of the girl in front of him.

"Sister Zhi Qiu, Sister Zhi Qiu, what homework did you assign yesterday?!"

Zhi Qiu turned around, looked at him with a smile, and asked:

"Hmm? Little Shu probably didn't... do his homework either? There was so much homework assigned yesterday."

"I really don't know! I have absolutely no recollection of it."

Ye Shu was almost in tears. Honestly, he had no idea what kind of homework it was!

But whatever it is, it's too late to write it now, there's nothing I can do.

He turned to the person beside him and said:

"Xiao Nuan, quick, it's an emergency! Let me copy your homework, any subject will do, just give me one to copy!"

Xiao Nuan didn't say anything, but silently pushed a workbook over.

Ye Shu lowered her head and squinted at the workbook, trying to see what it was.

However, for some reason, the workbook was a blurry mess. Ye Shu stared so hard his eyes almost popped out, but he still couldn't make out what was written on it. It was as if someone had blurred it out.

"What...what is this?!"

Ye Shu panicked. Without even turning his head, he handed the workbook directly to Xiao Xue, who was standing on the other side of him.

"Xiaoxue, you read it to me, and I'll write it down."

Xiaoxue responded, then picked up the workbook, glanced at it with her head down, but didn't say anything.

But Ye Shu didn't pay attention to this detail. He just lowered his head to write, only to find that he didn't even have a pen in his hand.

The more anxious he became, the more anxious he became. He quickly rummaged through the table again, trying to find a pen.

Where's my pen? Where's my pen?

But just as he was looking for a pen, he suddenly remembered something.

and many more……

Not right.

Xiaoxue and Xiaonuan beside me, Sister Zhiqiu in the front row, and Sister Xiaqing squatting by the door...

How did they end up here together? In their own high school classroom?

When did they become my high school classmates?

Thinking of this, Ye Shu slowly raised her head, only to find that the classroom, the workbook, the desk she had been flipping through just a second ago, and the girls next to her... had all disappeared in an instant.

He felt as if he were floating in outer space, with nothing around him but emptiness.

And the wet feeling on my right cheek.

It felt like something warm and furry was rubbing against my ear, making soft, squeaking noises.

Ye Shu suddenly opened her eyes and stared blankly at the chandelier in front of her.

He lay on the sofa, covered with a thin blanket, and could indeed feel the warm, furry texture on his right cheek.

He turned his head and saw the potato chips licking and rubbing against his right cheek, making little noises. Seeing Ye Shu's reaction, the little tail slapped loudly on the sofa.

Ye Shu stared at the potato chips for a while before he finally snapped out of it.

Instead of saying something like "It was just a dream" like in the movies, he actually found it a bit funny.

Especially when I think of Xia Qing squatting by the door with a depressed look on her face.

He was about to laugh when a yawn popped out first.

"woke up?"

Xia Qing's voice came from above her head.

Ye Shu looked up and saw Xia Qing sitting on the sofa above her, examining a bone toy in her hand.

"They don't even cover themselves with anything when they sleep, the air conditioning is on, aren't they afraid of catching a cold?"

After she finished speaking, she waited a few seconds, but found that Ye Shu lying next to her did not react at all. She turned her head and saw Ye Shu maintaining that slightly awkward posture, staring straight at her with eyes that looked like she hadn't woken up yet, but also like she was holding back a laugh.

Xia Qing was puzzled by his gaze and asked:

"What are you looking at? Don't you recognize me?"

"no."

Ye Shu sniffed, propped herself up on the sofa, rubbed her neck, and laughed:

"I just had a dream that I was still in high school, and you, Sister Zhi Qiu, Xiao Nuan, and Xiao Xue were all my classmates."

Upon hearing this, Xia Qing turned to look at him:

"and then?"

Ye Shu recounted her dream from beginning to end, including the fact that she hadn't done her homework, Xiao Nuan's mosaic notebook, and how everything disappeared in the end.

Xia Qing looked indignant after hearing this:

"Why? Why do I have to be squatting at the door in my dream because I didn't do my homework? I'm a really good student!"

Ye Shu just smiled and was about to say something when he saw the large plastic bag in front of Xia Qing.

The plastic bag was half empty, and the contents were laid out on the ground.

A soft dog bed, a puppy potty, a big bag of pee pads with paw prints on them, and the rest of the puppies are a bunch of puppy toys, dog food and treats.

"You bought so much?"

Ye Shu yawned again, reached for a tissue to wipe his right cheek, which had been licked wet, and then picked up a hamburger-shaped rubber toy that made a squeaking sound when squeezed.

He originally thought that raising a puppy was not that complicated. It was just like raising a dog back home: a place for it to sleep, some food for it, and taking it for walks every now and then.

Xia Qing looked at the bag of things and said:

"Is it alright? Is this a lot?"

She began pointing to the things on the ground and listing them one by one:

"We need a dog bed, right? It's too cold to sleep on the floor. He's still young, so he probably won't be potty trained yet. We'll need to prepare a potty and pee pads, and a few toys too. The vet said he can't eat human sausages at this stage, so we're giving him the recommended puppy food. Canned food and treats are for training."

After she finished speaking, she turned to Ye Shu and said:

"When I took Potato Chips to get dewormed, the vet said that it was too small and needed to be observed for a week after the deworming before it could be vaccinated. I figured I was already out, so I went and bought some things."

"Did you buy some?"

Ye Shu looked at the bag of things and smacked his lips.

In his opinion, most of these things were unnecessary, but since Xia Qing was happy with them, why should he object?

He thought about it and squeezed the hamburger toy in his hand again.

Potato Chips, who had been lying on the sofa, heard the noise and slowly crawled over. It scratched Ye Shu's leg with its little paws, its eyes fixed on the toy in his hand, its tail wagging so hard it was almost blurry, and it was whimpering anxiously.

Ye Shu handed it the toy, which was almost as big as its head, and the potato chip immediately grabbed it with its paws and began to bite it intently.

I must say, she is quite cute.