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

After finishing their dumplings, Ye Shu and the others stayed on the sofa for a while before preparing to return to Yunduan Garden.

Because there was simply not enough room in the villa for Qin Lili to stay in.

The guest room where Qin Lili used to stay is now occupied by Ye Guoqiang. If she stays overnight, someone will have to sleep on the sofa. Who could it be? It's hard to guess.

"Mom, Dad, we'll be going now, we'll come back tomorrow."

Ye Shu greeted the three elders, and Shen Jingwan got up to see them to the door, not forgetting to give them some instructions:

"Drive slowly and be careful on the road. Send your mom a message when you get home."

The three of them went outside, and it was already completely dark. The drawbacks of this villa area were not apparent during the day, but they became apparent at night.

The three people were walking along this road in the villa area towards a public parking lot. They wondered who designed the streetlights in this area. They only considered the artistic design and did not consider the practicality at all. As long as they could light up, that was fine.

The light bulb, which wasn't very bright to begin with, was embedded in a rectangular lampshade with a hollow center. The light only shone on a small area below, making the road look like it was bald, with patches of light and shadow.

In addition, many houses in this area seemed to be empty, the courtyards were pitch black, and there was no light in the windows. At first glance, it really looked like a scene from a ghost movie, except that there was a white-clad female ghost standing at the window.

This is the first time in all these years that Xiaoxue has walked this road so late.

It wasn't that she never went out at night before, but her parents would always drive her around, and they would be on the main road in just a few minutes. It's nothing like now.

As she walked alone, that uneasy feeling in her heart felt like grass was growing inside.

She clung tightly to Ye Shu's arm, pressing herself close to his side, her eyes fixed on Qin Lili's back as she walked ahead, wanting to look behind her but not daring to turn around.

"Ye... Ye Shu..."

Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke, her hands gripping Ye Shu's arm tightly as she whispered:

"You...you look back, is anyone following us?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shu turned around and looked back. Apart from the row of streetlights, there was nothing else behind him.

"Nobody's here."

He turned around, and when he pulled his arm out of Xiaoxue's arms, Xiaoxue panicked for a moment, but then Ye Shu put his arm around her shoulder and walked forward with her in his arms:

"Are you scared?"

Xiaoxue grabbed Ye Shu's sleeve with one hand and said to him somewhat shyly:

"I always feel... that someone is following me..."

There's nothing there, don't overthink it.

But as soon as Ye Shu finished speaking, Qin Lili, who was walking and humming a song ahead, suddenly stopped and stood there motionless.

When the two people behind her saw her stop, Ye Shu assumed she had untied her shoelaces or forgotten something, so she asked:

"What happened? Did you leave something behind?"

Qin Lili didn't reply or even turn her head.

Xiaoxue, nestled in Ye Shu's arms, watched Qin Lili's retreating figure, wondering what was wrong.

But the next second, Qin Lili suddenly turned around, her movements as if she were being controlled, like the kind of movements in horror movies where someone is possessed by a ghost, like a cassette tape, choppy and jerky.

His eyes rolled upwards, his mouth was wide open, and a series of "click...click...click..." sounds came from his throat.

Immediately afterwards, he raised both arms and stretched them forward, his fingers forming a choking gesture like chicken claws, and lunged straight at Xiaoxue.

"Aaaaaaah!!!!!"

A loud bang, loud enough to echo throughout the entire villa area, exploded from beside Ye Shu, and then Xiao Xue desperately shrank behind Ye Shu.

Ye Shu's ears were ringing from Xiao Xue's shout. He looked at Qin Lili with a speechless expression that seemed to say, "How old are you and you're still playing this?"

Then I felt like someone had lifted up the back of my shirt, and then Xiaoxue crawled into my clothes, pressed her face against my back, wrapped her arms around my waist, and made the collar of my shirt get stuck around my neck. It was so uncomfortable.

Seeing Xiaoxue so frightened, Qin Lili revealed a sly smile and laughed loudly at Xiaoxue:

"Xiaoxue, it's been so long, why are you still so timid? I saw you dared to go out today, I thought you had developed some courage."

"Sister Lili! You...you!"

Hearing Qin Lili's laughter, Xiaoxue crawled out from under Ye Shu's shirt, her face pale and tears already streaming down her face.

Whether out of fear or anger, he talked to Qin Lili for a long time but couldn't get a straight answer.

Finally, she suddenly broke down, crawled under Ye Shu's arm, went around to Ye Shu's front, buried her head in his arms, hugged his waist tightly with both hands, buried her face in his chest, and started sobbing. She cried so pitifully.

Well, things have gone too far.

Qin Lili's smile froze on her face as she watched Xiaoxue sobbing in Ye Shu's arms. Feeling a little helpless, she scratched her head.

When she came back today, she had seen the changes in Xiaoxue. The progress was so great that she even doubted whether it was really Xiaoxue anymore.

Last time this girl went out, she had to wrap herself up like a dumpling; she could faint if there were even a few people around.

She was surprised to see the girl go out in casual clothes today, and she seemed much more lively. She thought the little girl had finally developed some courage.

But to my surprise, I still ended up crying from fright.

But whether it's good or bad has absolutely nothing to do with her scaring people!

Just now, not to mention Xiaoxue, Ye Shu's hair stood on end. He almost gave her a Russian slap, then grabbed Xiaoxue and ran away.

Seeing Xiaoxue crying so miserably, Qin Lili looked pleadingly at Ye Shu, who was staring at her with disdain.

While patting Xiaoxue's back, Ye Shu said to Qin Lili:

"Why are you looking at me? You caused this mess, so you have to make up for it yourself."

Seeing that Ye Shu was unwilling to help, Qin Lili had no choice but to bite the bullet and approach Xiaoxue, coaxing her gently.

Her voice is actually somewhat androgynous, probably from years of shouting outside, but now she's managed to make it sound like that.

"Xiaoxue, I was wrong, so wrong. I promise I'll never scare you again. Please forgive me, okay?"

"Waaaaah..."

Xiaoxue twisted her body forcefully in Ye Shu's arms to express her attitude.

"How about I treat you to ice cream? You can have as much as you want."

Qin Lili attempted to lure him with delicious food.

But Xiaoxue's reply was still a combination of whimpering and twisting, this time with even more force, which caused Ye Shu to sway.

Qin Lili was truly at her wit's end.

She's just not good at handling other people crying, especially when she's the one who made them cry.

She had no choice but to put her hands together in front of Ye Shu and frantically gesture, begging for help.

Ye Shu sighed. If only you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? You've just provoked me, and now I've made you cry and I have to comfort you myself. I've already tried to comfort you with all the comforting words I could think of today.

Saint Seiya won't be defeated by the same move, and Xiaoxue won't be coaxed by the same set of words on the same day.

Ye Shu could only hold Xiao Xue in her arms and whisper comforting words:

"Don't worry, don't worry, Sister Lili was just joking. She's just asking for trouble. You can give her a good beating later!"

As he spoke, Ye Shu glanced at Qin Lili.

Qin Lili wanted to refute Ye Shu's words, but after glancing at Xiaoxue, she gave up.

"Let's ignore her and keep walking forward to a bright place. We're almost on the main road, it'll be bright and crowded there, so it won't be scary."

As Ye Shu spoke, he carried Xiao Xue and slowly moved forward step by step.

Xiaoxue remained in the same position, tightly embracing Ye Shu, and retreated step by step.

Watching the two of them move so strangely, Qin Lili thought to herself, "Your posture is what's scary, isn't it?"