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

"I'm back. Have you eaten yet...?"

That evening, Qin Lili opened the gate of Yunduanyuan and found that the living room was dark, with only the floor lamp in the corner lit up.

The room was quiet, except for the sound of potato chips munching on toys in their nest.

Not home? Or already asleep? Going to bed so early?

Qin Lili was carrying a bag of barbecue she had bought on her way back from Ling Qianxue's place; she planned to have a drink with Ye Shu and the others when she got back.

She put the bag on the coffee table, and the potato chips immediately perked up from the doghouse, came over attracted by the aroma, wagged their tails, and scratched at Qin Lili's slippers with their little paws.

"Little glutton."

Qin Lili loves animals. She bent down and patted Potato Chip's head, even pinching its ears:

"Don't rush, let me see if they're home."

She got up and walked towards Ye Shu's bedroom, thinking that even if he was asleep, she should still ask him. Anyway, it was still early, so they could get up and have a late-night snack and a few drinks together, which would be quite pleasant.

As soon as he reached the door, before he could even raise his hand to knock, a muffled groan came through the door.

It was a girl's voice, and it sounded like a muffled groan that was being forced out of her throat but couldn't hold back, with a slight tremor.

Qin Lili stopped what she was doing and raised an eyebrow.

Then she heard Xiao Nuan's soft voice, but now there seemed to be something more to it:

"Ye Shu...be gentle..."

"Just bear with it a little longer, it'll be over soon."

？ ！！

Qin Lili's eyes widened suddenly, and she grinned, looking a little embarrassed.

It seems I came back at the wrong time.

Ye Shu, Ye Shu, this is not right of you. You usually look like a gentle and weak young man, how come you don't know how to cherish women at this time?

She never expected the second one to be Xiao Nuan. She had thought it would be either Zhi Qiu or Xia Qing. Xiao Nuan was usually quiet, but things had progressed so quickly.

Sure, things are getting interesting.

She was still thinking about it when another soft hum came from the room, intermittent and intermittent.

Qin Lili stood at the door, her ear instinctively darting towards the crack in the door before she quickly pulled it back; she had realized what was happening.

What am I doing right now? Eavesdropping at someone's door? It feels a bit creepy.

She really didn't want to do eavesdropping, nor did she bother to do it.

Although Qin Lili is mischievous, she still has basic principles. She only cares about the outcome and doesn't care about the details.

Fortunately, the two people inside were busy and didn't notice the extra listener at the door.

Looks like I'll have to spend the night out. I'll go out and book a hotel for the night.

Qin Lili bit her lip, held her breath, and tiptoed backward.

When they came over, they were swaggering around, completely unconcerned.

Now look at them, acting like thieves. They're not even wearing slippers anymore, just carrying them in their hands, not daring to let their heels touch the ground, not daring to make the slightest sound.

As she turned to walk back, the potato chips on the coffee table, smelling the barbecue, were incredibly tempted. Seeing that Qin Lili hadn't paid any attention to her all day, they thought she wasn't going to give them any, and started whimpering anxiously.

After whining for a while to no avail, the potato chip barked at Qin Lili.

The crisp sound startled Qin Lili. She quickly held up a finger to her lips, gritted her teeth, and whispered:

"Shh! Are you trying to get me killed?!"

But what good is shushing a dog? It can't even understand human speech, let alone gestures. It understands even less.

It knew that the person in front of it could give it meat, but it wasn't.

So it tilted its head and barked at Qin Lili three times in a row.

Qin Lili stood at the bedroom door, holding slippers in her hand, looking at the self-righteous little glutton in front of her, and closed her eyes in despair.

"Why are the potato chips making such a loud noise? I'll go check it out."

Ye Shu's voice came from inside the house, followed by the clattering sound of slippers walking towards the door, getting closer and closer.

Qin Lili shuddered.

Spicy!

What to do?! Hide? Where can I hide?

She glanced at the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows, thinking, "How about a surprise appearance by a king from the sky?"

Stop joking around. There's no haystack or puddle downstairs. If you go down there, you'll fall into the back room!

Before she could think any further, the bedroom door had already opened.

Qin Lili reacted incredibly quickly, immediately closing her eyes, turning her head to the side, and waving her hands towards the bedroom door:

"No! Listen to me, I... I just got back! I just wanted to call you guys out for a late-night snack... I didn't hear anything! I really didn't hear anything!"

She's speaking so fast it's like she's rapping; she's practically swearing an oath under the light.

"Sister Lili, what's wrong?"

Ye Shu's somewhat confused voice came from behind, which startled Qin Lili. She narrowed her eyes and slowly turned to look at Ye Shu.

Ye Shu stood at the door, dressed properly, wearing his gray loungewear T-shirt and a pair of shorts.

Qin Lili opened her eyes and scanned Ye Shu from head to toe.

Her face wasn't red, her breathing wasn't rapid, her hair wasn't messy, and her eyes were as clear as a college student's.

This situation...something's not right.

Logically speaking, if he were really doing something important with Xiao Nuan, and he was interrupted, Ye Shu should be furious right now.

But Ye Shu's innocent look, as if saying "Why are you explaining so much to me?", doesn't seem like she's angry at all.

Qin Lili looked at Ye Shu and tentatively asked:

"What...what are you doing in the house?"

Ye Shu blinked:

"Xiao Nuan twisted her ankle, I rubbed it with some liniment, what happened?"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and waved it. He was wearing a disposable plastic glove with yellow medicinal oil stains on it.

As he swayed, Qin Lili finally smelled a rather pungent medicinal odor.

……

To be honest, Qin Lili felt like she had swallowed a fly.

So that muffled groan just now was because the medicated oil hurt?

Was the phrase "be gentle" meant that he was upset because he was using too much force?

"Just bear with it a little longer"...aren't you just overthinking it?

She was just outside imagining all sorts of unexpected romances, and this is what she heard?!

Qin Lili took a deep breath and exhaled the speechless feeling in her heart:

"It's okay, it's fine... We'll go out for a late-night snack, some barbecue, after we're done."

After saying that, she threw the slippers she was holding on the ground with some disappointment, put them on, and didn't care about the sound of her footsteps anymore. She strode towards the sofa.

Ye Shu responded and then turned and went back to her room.

Qin Lili plopped down on the sofa, reached out and picked up a skewer of meat, tore off a piece of meat and put it in her hand before bending down to feed it to the potato chips.

The potato chip wagged its tail and started eating in her palm, its tail wagging so happily.

Qin Lili watched as she happily ate the potato chips and muttered something.

"What a waste of emotion, I should have just fed the dog."