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

Looking at An Suxue's sleeping face so close to his, Ye Shu immediately activated the highest level of alert in his mind.

Oh no! This situation, this posture, this shared bed... something terrible is definitely going to happen! Time to get out of here!

He held his breath and slowly moved his body, trying to pull himself out of bed. But as soon as he moved, it seemed he disturbed the person sleeping next to him.

"Um......"

An Suxue wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction in her sleep, her brows furrowing even more tightly.

Then, as if realizing the cushion beside her was trying to escape, she unconsciously reached out her right hand and, with a soft thud, firmly placed it on Ye Shu's chest, just enough to hold it down. Then, she lifted one leg and straddled it, pressing it down on Ye Shu's calf.

The seal is complete!

Ye Shu instantly turned into a mummy, too afraid to move.

He felt the warmth of a hand on his chest, the weight of a girl on his legs, and the girl's sweet fragrance in his nostrils... He wanted to cry but had no tears.

God, just give me a knife already, just kill me already, why are you torturing me like this!

Even in her sleep, An Suxue sensed that something was off about the pillow. Her eyelashes fluttered a few times, and then she slowly opened her eyes.

My vision was initially blurry, then it became focused.

The first thing I noticed was Ye Shu's face, which was filled with despair, as if to say, "It's all over," "It wasn't me," and "Let me explain."

"Um……?"

She let out a lazy nasal sound, her eyes still hazy from just waking up. Recognizing this face, she instinctively called out:

"Ye Shu...?"

The moment the name was uttered, the brain completed its startup process...

"Ye Shu?!"

She looked down again and realized that the two of them were now lying in the same bed, and under the covers... it felt like they were embracing!

Ye Shu also realized from the state that the one controlling the body was definitely not An Suxue, as An Suxue's voice could not possibly be so strong.

"Xia...Sister Xia Qing?"

"rogue!"

Xia Qing sprang up from the covers like a firecracker, grabbed a pillow and started throwing it at Ye Shu.

"Pervert! Beast!"

As she smashed the items, her voice trembled with rage, her cheeks flushed red with anger and shame, and her eyes practically spitting fire.

"Well done, Ye Shu! You've really gotten bold! Sneaking into my room while I was sleeping to do this disgusting thing! You're asking for trouble! You're a beast in human form! A hypocrite! A degenerate scoundrel!"

She unleashed every curse word she could think of, waving the pillow in her hand with ferocious force, like Li Yuanba's golden hammer, though it wasn't very lethal.

Ye Shu could only raise her arm to defend herself:

"No! Sister Xia Qing! It's a misunderstanding! Listen to me... Ouch! Stop hitting me! It's a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding my foot! I caught them red-handed! The evidence is irrefutable!"

Xia Qing was panting heavily, her chest heaving violently, whether from exhaustion, anger, or... something else, it was hard to tell.

She seemed to have gotten tired of hitting him, so she dropped the pillow in her hand, but her eyes still looked fierce, as if she wanted to devour him.

Ye Shu also lowered his arm and said to Xia Qing:

"Sister Xia Qing, look carefully, this is my room."

"Huh? What? Your room? This is clearly... your room???"

Xia Qing was also stunned. Only then did she realize that the surrounding environment was... not her room after all.

"..."

Time seemed to stretch out at that moment, with every second filled with an awkwardness that made one want to dig their toes into the ground.

Xia Qing's anger quickly faded, replaced by a strong premonition that mixed shock, confusion, and "something seems wrong."

No, if he had sneaked into my room, I should be on my bed right now, not on the floor... This thought forced her to suppress the urge to continue.

But should she just let it go like that? Were the two really hugging just now? She needed to find out.

"Then... then why are we here...?"

She paused for a moment:

"Will they...lie together?"

She originally wanted to ask "why did you sleep together?", but she was too embarrassed to say the words "sleep together" and tried a slightly more euphemistic way of putting it, but her face flushed instantly.

Ye Shu scratched her hair, which was a little messy from being hit, and wore an innocent expression that said, "I'm a victim too."

"It rained heavily and thundered last night. An Suxue was scared and didn't dare to sleep alone, so she came to stay with me for the night. I let her sleep on the bed, and I slept on a makeshift bed on the floor, right here."

He pointed to the slightly disheveled bedding beneath him, then glanced back at the bed:

"I don't know either... uh, how did you get down here..."

Xia Qing looked in the direction he was pointing.

Yes, they are indeed on the floor now, and on the bed... the air-conditioning quilt that belongs to An Suxue is still lying there perfectly fine.

She looked down at her pink, fluffy pajamas with bunny ears...

So... it wasn't Ye Shu who sneaked into her room with malicious intent, but rather she herself crawled into Ye Shu's bed in the middle of the night?!

So embarrassing! Xia Qing clutched her fluffy pajamas, wishing she could disappear into the ground. She'd been chasing after the pervert for ages, only to find out she was the pervert herself.

I was so shocked when I sat up in my deathbed that I realized I was the clown myself.

"Cough... um..."

Xia Qing cleared her throat, the blush on her face changing from a bright red of anger to a deep red of shame. Her eyes darted around, not daring to look at Ye Shu again, and she awkwardly got up from the ground.

"I...I understand. Um...I wronged you, I'm so sorry. I...I'll go back to my room now!"

After saying that, Xia Qing practically darted out of Ye Shu's room, forgetting even to grab the small blanket from the bed.

Ye Shu sat on the ground, listening to the slightly unsteady footsteps outside the door until they completely disappeared. Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief and wipe away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

On the other side...

Xia Qing practically burst into the room, slamming the door shut behind her. Leaning against the cold door, she gasped for breath. Her face, ears, neck… all the exposed skin was burning hot, so red it seemed to glow.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

She threw herself onto the bed, buried her face in the pillow, opened her mouth but only let out a soft scream, angrily pounded the mattress with her right hand, and kicked her legs restlessly a few times.

What kind of mess is this?!

Why?! Why did I sneak into Ye Shu's bed in the middle of the night?! And...and we even hugged each other!

The worst part is, I didn't know anything at all! The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was his stupid face, and then I had the audacity to call him a hooligan and beat him up!

How embarrassing! So incredibly embarrassing! I've never been this humiliated in my life! How am I ever going to face him again?! That guy must be laughing his head off inside!

Shame, frustration, anger at herself, and a vague, indescribable feeling—all these emotions swirled wildly in her heart like a tangled mess, burning her so intensely that she felt as if she were about to evaporate.

No! This can't be left like this!

She got up and grabbed a notebook covered in sticky notes from the bedside table; it was their message board.

She grabbed the notebook and scribbled on it:

[Xiaoxue! Why did you sneak into Ye Shu's bed last night?! What are you trying to do?! You'd better explain yourself clearly!!!]

After finishing writing, she slammed the notebook shut, slammed it back onto the bedside table, and then threw herself back into the pillow.

Oh no, I'm too ashamed to go out today.

That idiot Ye Shu, she'd better have forgotten everything that happened this morning!

Is that possible?