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

Why does my heart hurt?

Of course, I'm not referring to angina or myocarditis, which are pain caused by medical conditions. It's not the same thing. I'm talking about emotional pain.

And you should also note that it's heartache, not heartache.

Feeling sorry for someone is that tender feeling of wanting to feed a cat that has a limp or a dog that can't get food when you see it on the street.

What is being described here is heartache, excruciating pain, the kind of pain where someone slowly carves out the flesh of your heart with a dull knife.

Ye Shuzhen had indeed experienced this feeling. The first time he felt heartache in his entire life was on the day his mother passed away.

That day, he stood by the ward, watching his relatives bustling around, putting his mother into a bag.

He didn't cry at the time, or perhaps he had forgotten to cry. His mind was blank, buzzing, and he just stared at his mother's face, standing there blankly.

At that moment, when he heard a relative comforting him, it dawned on him that his mother had passed away.

In an instant, he felt as if his lungs had stopped working, as if something had hit his chest, and he couldn't catch his breath. He opened his mouth wide, but he just couldn't say a word.

Just as he was about to choke back his tears, he suddenly felt as if someone had stabbed his chest hard with a screwdriver. Not only did they stab him in, but they also slowly twisted it around. The pain made his legs go weak, and he burst into tears.

That was the first time in his life he had ever known what heartbreak was.

It wasn't just physical pain; it felt like a piece of my heart had been ripped out, and even my breath tasted bloody.

Later, after meeting them, Ye Shu found that her heart seemed to be connected with theirs as time went by.

This isn't some rhetorical device from a novel; it's a genuine feeling.

Xia Qing enjoys drinking beer, and he also feels great.

Xiaoxue cried in grievance, and he also felt depressed.

Xiao Nuan discovered that Xia Qing had stolen and eaten the nuts she had hidden. Even though he didn't show any emotion, Ye Shu felt a little frustrated along with her.

Now, with his heart pressed against Zhi Qiu's chest, he automatically ignored the sensation in his palm and directly touched Zhi Qiu's heartbeat, and his own heart ached faintly as well.

Zhi Qiu looked at Ye Shu, tears welling up in her eyes:

"Little Shu... I know it's wrong to think like this, but I just can't help it. Xiaoxue, Xiaqing, Xiaonuan, and I are practically the same person, but I just don't want to share you with them... I'm just that selfish."

As she spoke, her voice trembled more and more:

"The thought of you and Xiaoxue having a wedding, and... and being together... makes my heart ache unbearably... I'm sorry... I tried to pretend everything was alright, to pretend I didn't care, but... I really can't keep up the act anymore..."

Ye Shu looked at her, and for a moment he really couldn't find any words of comfort.

He wanted to tell Zhi Qiu "I love you," but he had already said it to all of them to death. How could Zhi Qiu not know that he loved her?

Saying this now is like farting; it has no flavor at all and certainly won't have any effect.

His mind was a bit of a mess right now; he couldn't quite figure out what was bothering Zhi Qiu.

Is it a possessiveness of oneself? Or, like Xia Qing, a feeling of falling behind, a sense of inequality, and a fear of being left behind?

"Sister Zhi Qiu, I..."

He spoke up anyway, wanting to say that he loved her and would never hate her. He knew saying it wouldn't have any effect, but saying it was better than doing nothing.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, it was blocked.

I still remember the first time Ye Shu kissed me; it felt as sweet as honey.

But today's kiss felt as salty as seawater.

"I'm sorry... Little Shu... I know I'm being selfish... Please don't hate me... I really... love you so much..."

Zhi Qiu kissed him while crying, and the more she talked, the more emotional she seemed to become. The kiss was continuous, from her lips to her chin, then to her face and forehead; everything in sight was kissed by Zhi Qiu.

Normally, if Zhi Qiu kissed him like this repeatedly, Ye Shu would have been incredibly shy, secretly overjoyed.

But now he felt no joy at all; his face was filled with heartache, because along with the kiss from Zhi Qiu, his face was also covered in Zhi Qiu's tears.

Although Zhi Qiu usually appears mature and reliable, and seems to think things through very well.

But only after spending a long time with her will you realize that she is actually the most vulnerable one among them.

For example, Xiaonuan never holds back. If she feels uncomfortable, she will bring it up herself. Before she brings it up, she has already thought of a solution. All she has to do is follow it. She never wastes time internally.

Xia Qing, on the other hand, is purely resilient. She keeps everything bottled up, but her capacity for negative emotions is very small. If she can't hold it in for even a moment, she'll resort to flipping the table and venting her emotions in a suicidal manner.

Although Xiaoxue usually seems the most vulnerable, she has a passive skill: she can escape. When faced with something really difficult or something that makes her sad or scared, she can choose to hide and leave it to others.

But Zhi Qiu was different. From the moment she appeared, she positioned herself as the eldest sister among them.

Mature and reliable is her persona. She is always thinking about how to maintain the balance among several people, hiding all her negative emotions very well, and never showing them at all.

However, people with this kind of personality often experience greater side effects from the backlash of negative emotions.

For example, right now, Zhi Qiu is crying while kissing Ye Shu's face repeatedly, saying "Sister loves you, I'm sorry, don't hate sister" over and over again, her emotions are very unstable.

Moreover, as she spoke, she grabbed Ye Shu's hand and pulled him towards her, indicating that she intended to completely surrender herself to Ye Shu right there and there, hoping to keep him in this way.

Although Ye Shu was indeed very interested in matters between men and women, he could still distinguish between different situations.

Last time, Xiaoxue and I were mutually attracted and it was a matter of mutual affection.

But can it be the same this time?

Although Ye Shu didn't know what Zhi Qiu was thinking, she was clearly being driven to the brink of collapse by the thoughts in her mind. Her mind was now filled with thoughts of selfishness, Ye Shu hating her, and wanting to abandon her.

She was afraid that Ye Shu would leave her, and wanted to use her body to keep Ye Shu there.

Zhi Qiu successfully cornered herself, and her usual ease and composure were nowhere to be seen.

"Sister Zhi Qiu, calm down, listen to me..."

Ye Shu pulled her hand away from Zhi Qiu's hand, cupped Zhi Qiu's face in her hands, and told her to stop.

But Zhi Qiu was clearly emotionally broken and wouldn't listen to him at all. Ye Shu had no choice but to yell at Zhi Qiu:

"Zhi Qiu! Listen to me!"

This was the first time he had spoken to her so loudly. Zhi Qiu was startled by his shout and stared at him with tears in her eyes.

Ye Shu cupped her face in his hands and said very seriously:

"Sister Zhi Qiu, I, Ye Shu, have never disliked you, not even a little bit. I've never thought of leaving you. In this life, the next life, and the life after that, I'll be with you, do you hear me?"

Zhi Qiu's tears were still falling, but her gaze was no longer unfocused; she just stared blankly at him.

Ye Shu quickly seized the opportunity and said to Zhi Qiu:

"If you repeat to me, we will always be together. We will love each other. Ye Shu will always love you."

"We...will always be together...we love each other...Ye Shu...will always love me..."

Say it again!

Ye Shu deliberately kept a straight face, but inwardly she breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhi Qiu repeated it softly and blankly again, but this time the tears had indeed stopped, and her emotions seemed to have calmed down considerably. After speaking, she said with a hint of grievance:

"Little Shu...you were mean to me just now..."

Ye Shu breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, no matter how difficult the problem, writing down the final answer first is always effective.