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

Please close your eyes when it gets dark.

If you can't sleep, keep your eyes open.

Ye Shu opened her eyes wide, comparing their size to the light bulb on the ceiling in the darkness.

He tossed and turned in bed, as if he had lice. He was so uncomfortable that the mattress he was tossing and turning suffered along with him.

I was so tired that my bones felt like they were about to fall apart. I had been yawning non-stop ever since I lay down, and my eyes were sore.

But as soon as I close my eyes, all sorts of thoughts start popping out of my head, and I can't stop them.

It's all about what happened during the day.

The store's increased customer traffic due to the popularity of short videos, Uncle An's passionate speech about how a good man should dare to dream and fight, Aunt Shen's gentle question about when to get the marriage certificate...

These images, like a movie playing in his mind, kept spinning around and around, making him feel uneasy.

And the most deadly thing is Xiaoxue, the way she sat on my lap and hugged me, her cheeks puffed out when she was eating cantaloupe, and her shy goodnight after we talked.

He had so many ideas that he felt like his brain was about to explode.

Ye Shu tried to force herself to shut down, silently repeating to herself, "Stop thinking, go to sleep, stop thinking, go to sleep..."

But it's completely useless.

He attributed it all to the new environment.

Yes, it's because the bed is wrong, the pillow is wrong, the room is wrong, the smell in the room is wrong, nothing is right.

But was it really just a change of environment?

In fact, he knew exactly what was going on.

Perhaps it's because something was missing from her arms when she was sleeping.

They say it takes twenty-one days to form a good habit, and this is how many twenty-one days it's been now; this good habit is really well-established.

He didn't have this habit when he was still living alone. He always felt that sleeping alone meant he could sleep anywhere, anywhere, and he could do whatever he wanted.

He once expressed his disdain and contempt for the way young couples cuddled together to sleep in TV dramas.

How can these two fall asleep while cuddling together?

I can fall asleep!

That's amazing!

I'm still a little unaccustomed to not having this!

If he had a soft, fluffy little Xue in his arms right now, even just lying next to him, smelling her faint fragrance, he would probably be as calm as a rock, and wouldn't be in such a mess now.

"Tsk, sigh..."

Ye Shu frowned, rolled over in bed, closed her eyes, and pressed her head hard into the pillow.

But this pillow isn't comfortable either; the height and firmness are all unsuitable.

Why does it just not fit anywhere?!

If I had known, I shouldn't have been so honest just now. I should have been a little thicker-skinned and begged Xiaoxue for a hug, wouldn't that have made me feel more at ease?

Now look what's happened, I'm stuck here staring blankly, getting nothing but boredom.

The rain outside was still pattering against the window, as if mocking him, this repressed young man who couldn't sleep without a girlfriend.

Ye Shu let out a long sigh. He couldn't sleep, he really couldn't sleep...

Or... I could tell Chen San San to take tomorrow off and not have to go to work...

Moreover, Ye Shu always felt as if she had forgotten something, but she just couldn't remember it for a while.

No one knows how much time passed, but Ye Shu just kept frowning and enduring it with her eyes closed.

Suddenly, the doorknob was gently pressed, and the door was pushed open a crack.

Although the sound wasn't loud, the room was very quiet, with no sound at all. In addition, Ye Shu was still in a state of heightened sensitivity, so he could hear even the slightest sound.

Ye Shu's eyes snapped open.

He was currently curled up on his side, facing the doorway.

Because the room was dark, Ye Shu could only see a dark figure carefully squeezing in through the crack in the door.

The dark figure didn't turn on the light, but moved stealthily and purposefully, heading straight for the bedside.

She walked silently, clearly barefoot on the floor.

Ye Shu didn't even need to look to know who the dark figure was, so he closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. If he spoke now, he would probably scare her.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt his blanket being gently lifted a little, and then a breeze carrying a particularly pleasant shower gel scent wafted in.

Immediately afterwards, a soft, warm body quickly slipped into his bed and buried its head in his arms.

Ye Shu kept her eyes closed and did not move.

The person in Ye Shu's arms seemed to have finally completed their mission, relaxing in his embrace and letting out a long breath against his chest.

The air was hot and humid, and it tickled Ye Shu's collarbone.

Seeing that the person in Ye Shu's arms seemed to have truly relaxed, he gently asked:

"You can't sleep either?"

Upon hearing this, the person in his arms was clearly startled, as her entire body trembled.

Then Ye Shu felt the temperature on her collarbone rise sharply, as if someone had put a heat pack on it; it was getting hot.

After a long while, a soft response came from the location of the hot water bottle.

"Um……"

Her voice was soft, and there was a hint of shyness from being caught.

Ye Shu couldn't help but smile slightly, and he reached out to pull the person in his arms even tighter.

The person in his arms reached out and gently wrapped their arms around Ye Shu's waist, their hands also clutching his pajamas.

Ye Shu lowered her head and took a deep breath from the top of her head.

The familiar scent of that shampoo and her unique, faint fragrance instantly and miraculously suppressed all the tangled thoughts in his mind, the anxieties and pressures about work and life.

Ye Shu felt the jittery nerves in her head gradually calm down.

He let out a long sigh of relief, and his body, which had been tense all day, finally relaxed.

As he relaxed, his eyelids began to grow heavy. He lowered his head, gently rubbed his face against the hair, and softly said:

Sleep well, goodnight.

"Okay, goodnight."

The person in his arms responded with a muffled sound, then pressed their small face tightly against Ye Shu's chest and let out a long sigh.

However, Ye Shu always felt as if he had forgotten something. What was it?

He went over it in his mind again, but he was too comfortable and mentally exhausted. With his lover in his arms, his mind just couldn't process it.

Forget it... If I can't remember, it probably isn't anything important, so I'll stop thinking about it.

Outside the window, the rain is still falling.

But now, Ye Shu can no longer hear.