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

It's 1:30 a.m. and the living room is quiet.

Ye Shu lay on the sofa, her eyes wide open like light bulbs, staring at the chandelier on the ceiling, unable to fall asleep at all.

He felt his brain was boiling, bubbling and gurgling, and in every bubble was the same face, the same sensation.

Ye Shu subconsciously pursed her lips, feeling as if a faint trace of the previous sensation still lingered there. Her mind replayed the scene from just moments ago like a movie.

Did she kiss me?

Did she kiss me?

Is...is that so?

His memory was still of An Suxue, her eyes red-rimmed, looking straight at him, and saying, "I like you very, very, very much." Then he felt as if An Suxue had wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head down with a force.

Then... my mind went completely blank, only that sensation remained...

When he came to his senses and looked up, he saw An Suxue, as if realizing how daring she had been, quickly take a step back. Then, her little face in her pajamas turned bright red, like an iron pot on a fire.

She lowered her head, not daring to look at herself anymore, her fingers fiddling with the sleeve of her nightgown, and hummed softly:

"Um...you...you can go out now...I...I want to go to sleep..."

Ye Shu's arms were still hanging in mid-air in an embracing position. His mind was still reeling, and he could only nod.

"Okay, sure."

The short walk from the bedroom to the living room felt like Ye Shu was floating, her feet feeling like they were stepping on cotton, unsteady and unsteady.

Only then did his heart belatedly begin to pound wildly in his chest. The sensation on his lips, mixed with the dizzying feeling in his heart, made him feel as if he had drunk too much, as if he were in a slightly tipsy daze.

He remembered seeing a guy on TV when he was little. He couldn't remember exactly what he sold, but the word "GG" stuck in his mind.

"Want to know what kissing feels like?"

He remembered that "好" was a pun on "GG". At that time, he was young and ignorant, and he just felt that the sentence was strange and a little embarrassing.

But now...

Ye Shu raised her hand and touched her lips.

He knows now.

The feeling of kissing...

It's hard to describe this feeling in words. If I had to, it would probably be like... the part of my lips that touched it was very soft, a bit like cotton candy, a bit like jelly, and with a hint of the saltiness of tears.

But inside, it felt like a spoonful of boiling honey had been poured over him. The cloying sweetness exploded from his heart, instantly spreading to every part of his body, making his hands and feet numb, his ears burning, and his whole being feel lightheaded, wanting to fly to the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun, the world waiting...

To be honest, this was Ye Shu's first kiss.

For the first time, he was kissed by a girl in such an unexpected and heartfelt way.

He rolled over, buried his face in the sofa cushions, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, repeating this cycle over and over.

But the unruly little deer in her heart was still running around aimlessly, as if it had gotten lost, and the touch on her lips was haunting her.

But his lips betrayed him, uncontrollably curving upwards. He could feel his cheeks aching from smiling so much, but he just couldn't stop.

A sense of accomplishment, a feeling of "I've been through this too," emanated from the seams of the cushions, accompanied by a barely suppressed chuckle.

"Hehe...hehehe..."

To be honest, in the middle of the night, that kind of silly laughter was pretty eerie.

Just as he was still expelling his intelligence along with his laughter, a noise came from the direction of the bedroom.

The door to Ye Shu's bedroom was quietly pushed open a crack. Tang Xiaotao peeked out, looked around, and then tiptoed out, quickly walking to the sofa.

She crouched down, leaned close to Ye Shu's head, and whispered:

"Bro, what are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Are you having a fit of madness staring at the sofa? And why are you laughing so creepily?"

"what?"

Ye Shu was startled by Tang Xiaotao. He shuddered and suddenly lifted his head from the cushion. The movement was so big that his neck hurt.

He quickly composed himself, forcibly suppressing the corners of his mouth, and cleared his throat:

"Ah... well, it's nothing, I... I just stretched, maybe I made a bit too much noise. What's up? Aren't you going to sleep?"

As he spoke, he sat up and pretended to stretch his shoulders.

Tang Xiaotao sat on the sofa, looking at Ye Shu:

"I think I just heard Xiaoxue crying in her room, she was crying really hard... Is she okay? Did you bully her?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shu replied:

"It's nothing, really nothing. It's just... we talked about something, and I got a little emotional. I'm fine now, so don't worry about it. Go back to sleep, you still have to go tomorrow..."

He wanted to say, "Are we still going to play tomorrow?", but then he thought about how it might not be anyone else tomorrow, so he swallowed his words.

"Go to sleep!"

Tang Xiaotao clearly didn't believe it. She knew Ye Shu too well; the two had grown up together. She didn't say anything, but instead moved closer, squinted, and, in the light of the floor lamp in the corner, scrutinized her older brother's unnatural face.

"You really didn't fight? Bro, why is your face so red? And your expression... tsk, something just doesn't look right. Want me to help you comfort her? It's best to comfort a girl after she's finished crying; I have a lot of experience with that!"

"Really, you don't need to!"

Ye Shu subconsciously leaned back, avoiding her sister's gaze, but her tone carried a sense of having been caught and an attempt to forcefully suppress her:

"We're perfectly fine! Nothing's wrong! Don't pry into things at such a young age! It's so late, go back to your room and go to sleep! Go!"

Seeing her older brother clearly panicking but trying to maintain a serious demeanor, as if he'd bite her if she asked any more questions, Tang Xiaotao pouted. She slowly got up, still a little unwilling to give up, and asked as she walked:

"Are you really alright?"

"I'm really fine!"

Ye Shu replied, and fired a death ray from his eyes that seemed to say, "Go back to sleep."

Only after the bedroom door was closed did Ye Shu breathe a sigh of relief, and his shoulders slumped.

He raised his hand and wiped his face.

"Is it that hot?"

He felt a little embarrassed and a little amused.

After a while, the heat on his face subsided a little. He lay back down on the sofa, looking at the chandelier on the ceiling. His mind started replaying the "Player of the Game" moment again, and the corners of his mouth began to turn up in a smile.

It's not that he doesn't want to tell his sister the truth, but it's hard for him to admit to her in person, "Your brother just received a precious kiss, and I'm currently savoring it and laughing like a fool."

He can't.

Ye Shu pulled the blanket next to her and covered her mouth, which was beginning to turn up again.