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

It seems like there's a fixed routine for celebrating the Lunar New Year every year.

Before the New Year, I rushed home in a hurry, and then celebrated New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with great fanfare. But by the second and third days of the New Year, the excitement wore off, and the days became a bit boring.

The TV in the living room is always on, playing those Spring Festival special programs on a loop.

The host's bright red and purple clothes, his fake smile that seemed welded to his face, and the occasional canned laughter in the background all added a bit of festive atmosphere to the New Year.

An Jianxing and Shen Jingwan originally planned to say goodbye on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Everyone here is a sensible person; they know in their hearts that if they stay, it will actually be a considerable burden on the Ye family.

The Ye family also knew that these two were big bosses from the city, living in villas and driving luxury cars.

Ye Guoqiang had also personally witnessed An Jia's living environment, and there was indeed a significant gap in material conditions.

But there's no way to change the fact that they live together now, so the only thing we can do is put two more mattresses on the kang (heated brick bed) for the two of them at night to make it softer.

Therefore, the Ye family had to put in extra effort in terms of food, for fear of neglecting the two of them.

These past few days, the dishes on the table have never been the same; every meal has been a hearty dish.

What is chicken, duck, fish and meat? That's called wild delicacies from the mountains. As long as it can be obtained locally, they will find ways to put it on the table.

Ye Shu's hometown is not near the sea, and seafood is expensive and hard to find. An Jianxing and his wife repeatedly tried to stop them from buying seafood. After all, the two of them lived by the sea and didn't need it.

Ye Guoqiang managed to acquire quite a few river fish and shrimp, so he could be considered to have aquatic products.

But the lavish meals they were treated to made An Jianxing and Shen Jingwan a little restless.

They were guests, not there to eat the food of landlords and rich people, and feeling bad about it, they said they wanted to leave.

As a result, the Ye family could not agree to it at all.

Ye Guoqiang held An Jianxing's hand, his eyebrows raised:

"No, no, how can you leave on the second day of the Lunar New Year? The holiday isn't over yet! Aren't you insulting me?"

He patted An Jianxing's arm, his face clearly showing reluctance:

"Brother, stay a couple more days. Let me tell you, I still have some good stuff I haven't brought out yet. I was planning to slowly bring it out to entertain you, but who would have thought you'd be in such a hurry to leave? Stay a couple more days."

An Jianxing also made up an excuse, saying that there seemed to be some work to be done in the south of the city.

But as a chairman, he usually relies on his team to run the business, and he's practically a hands-off manager. What urgent matter could he possibly have during the Lunar New Year? This lie does seem rather unbelievable.

Ye Guoqiang wasn't stupid; he immediately recognized it as an excuse and didn't take it seriously.

"What could be so urgent during the Lunar New Year? Even if something is urgent, postpone it. Listen to me, stay a few more days."

As he spoke, he pointed to the tile cover in the kitchen and said mysteriously:

"There's still a lot of good wine stored in that cellar. It's all wine that Xiao Shu's grandfather used to collect and couldn't bear to drink. If you leave, you won't be able to find it anywhere else."

"This old nose" is a local dialect term meaning "a lot".

An Jianxing was also a good drinker, and he had gotten along really well with Ye Guoqiang these past two days. When he heard that there was something good that couldn't be bought elsewhere, his eyes lit up, and his determination to leave wavered.

His main concern was that he didn't want to cause trouble for the other party. Now that the host had put it this way, insisting on leaving would make it seem like something was amiss, so An Jianxing took the opportunity to back down.

"Well... I can't get this anywhere else, I have to give it a try."

"That's right!"

Seeing that he had given in, Ye Guoqiang patted the back of his hand:

"Stay two more days, and I'll get you some really cool stuff that you can't buy anywhere else with money."

Ye Shu could tell that although his father and Uncle An had a different background and social status, they were really compatible in temperament and personality.

In fact, the two have only met twice and drunk heavily three times, but now they are as close as brothers.

But sometimes, isn't fate just that wonderful?

Thinking of this, Ye Shu turned to look at An Suxue next to him and remembered a popular internet phrase from when the internet was just emerging in China.

Fate, amazing.

On the other side, Shen Jingwan was also being pulled along by Ye Shu's grandmother:

"Honey, stay a few more days. It's so boring going back to the city. There's nothing much to do here, so just relax and have some fun. You've raised your child so well, let's chat a bit more."

Shen Jingwan couldn't resist the old man's urging to stay, and seeing that her husband had already surrendered, she couldn't bring herself to say anything to refuse.

So, the Ye family's enthusiasm forced them to put an end to the plan of leaving.

Aunt Ye Shu and the uncles weren't too upset when they heard that the An family wasn't leaving. After all, they were in-laws of the third son's family, and northerners are known for their open-mindedness and generosity; they considered everyone a guest and were afraid of not being treated well.

Let's leave aside the details of how lively things were in the outer room for now.

The young couple huddled together on the kang (heated brick bed) in the inner room seemed rather bored.

The skits on TV are all based on internet memes that have been overused this year; you can basically guess the punchline after hearing the first line.

Ye Shu's eldest and second eldest brothers were so bored that they took out the deck of cards and slammed them onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Xiao Shu, let's play a round."

It's obvious that they've forgotten the pain of being dominated by Xiao Nuan; they've already forgotten the fear of being controlled by her.

This shows that gambling is absolutely forbidden; it's a positive message.

Unfortunately, it wasn't the fortune teller Xiao Nuan online today, but rather Little Rabbit An Su Xue.

Her fever has subsided, but her clinginess is worse than usual. She's as if she's glued to Ye Shu, clinging to his arm and clutching the hem of his clothes with both hands, as if afraid he'll run away.

Ye Shu shrugged at her two older brothers and tapped the head on her chest with her chin:

"Looking at the situation, does it seem like you have a free hand to touch the cards?"

The two older brothers glanced at Xiaoxue in Ye Shu's arms, then stole a glance at the person next to them who was looking at clothes on their phone with Xiaotao. Their eyes, whether it was envy or sigh, were certainly full of vicissitudes.

Left with no other option, the older brother asked the three people over there:

"Ranked matches?"

"Walk!"

Xiao Tao was obviously bored long ago. Seeing this, the five of them picked up their phones and rushed to the east room to play games, leaving the small room to Ye Shu and Xiao Xue, the two who exuded the sweet smell of love.

The room quieted down. An Suxue had left her phone at the villa in Nancheng, and now she could only stare helplessly at it.

Ye Shu held her phone between the two of them, found a comfortable position, and started watching videos.

"What would you like to see?"

An Suxue snuggled against his shoulder, her voice soft and sweet:

"Whatever you want to watch, I'll watch whatever you want to watch."

Actually, she doesn't care at all what videos are on her phone; to her now, they're all the same.

Because she likes the current atmosphere.

The kang (heated brick bed) was warm, Ye Shu's body heat was beside me, and her breathing was right next to my ear...

This feeling is so comfortable. I don't need to talk, I don't need to deliberately find topics to talk about, and I don't need to think about anything.

Just being near this person, feeling his presence, even just sitting there, made An Suxue feel incredibly sweet inside.

"This cat is as fat as a little piglet."

Ye Shu swiped through a video and said something to An Suxue.

"Um……"

An Suxue didn't even look at her phone screen, but she still responded and rubbed her face against his shoulder even harder.