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

Ye Shu seemed to have finally understood the joy of shopping, and also understood why Sister Zhi Qiu was so energetic when she was picking out clothes for her earlier.

His initial motivation was wrong. The thrill doesn't come from the purchase itself, nor from the feeling of satisfaction derived from buying something. Rather, it comes from the sense of accomplishment that comes from having the power of life and death over something.

Of course, this right is limited to letting them choose things.

I've already visited three hat shops.

The first store I went to was the one with the brand I couldn't understand, and once again, the saleswoman's feelings were wasted.

When the young lady saw Ye Shu and Zhi Qiu return, and even caught a glimpse of the three bags of clothes Ye Shu was carrying, she felt incredibly warm-hearted and offered him exceptionally attentive service.

But Ye Shu had no particular requirements for his T-shirt, which cost only a few dozen yuan and included shipping; as long as it covered his body, that was enough.

But when it comes to picking things out for Zhi Qiu, his eyes suddenly go from having presbyopia to needing a microscope.

Those hats, whether hanging on the wall or worn on mannequin heads, all look quite convincing, with a sense of design and decent-quality fabric.

But when Ye Shu put this thing on Zhi Qiu's head, he always felt that something was missing.

As for what was wrong, he couldn't quite put his finger on it, he just felt something was off.

Either the curve of the hat brim made Qiu Jie's face look less small, or the color didn't match her temperament; in any case, it was just missing that little bit of soul.

After visiting three stores, Zhi Qiu, with her good temper, kept putting one hat after another on her head, and every now and then she would turn around and ask Ye Shu:

"Honey, how's this one?"

Ye Shu would cross his arms, rub his mouth with one hand, furrow his brows, examine it carefully, and then shake his head in the end.

Today, Zhi Qiu is wearing a white, sophisticated-style dress paired with strappy high-heeled sandals, making her look very charming.

Although Sister Zhi Qiu's biological age is not yet at the point where she should use this term, it is an inner feeling.

Ye Shu was someone who could fully feel this, and now, in his opinion, these ordinary hats were not worthy of his wife.

Ye Shu's vision is so high in some aspects that even he admires himself.

It's amazing how his patience just keeps flowing out like a wellspring, as long as he's not the one trying on clothes himself.

The way he was practically throwing a tantrum in the clothing store is gone. He's full of energy now. Ah Ye is really strict.

Just as he picked up another hat, his cell phone rang in his pocket.

When I took it out, the only note on the screen was "Mom".

Ye Shu answered the phone, picked it up and put it to her ear:

"Hey, Mom, what's wrong?"

Shen Jingwan spoke gently on the other end of the phone:

"Nothing much, just asking where you two went. It's almost one o'clock, are you coming back for lunch?"

Ye Shu glanced at his phone and, sure enough, it was already past 12:50.

I just suffered in the clothing store, and then I devoted myself to helping Sister Zhi Qiu pick out a suitable hat, and I didn't even feel hungry.

He looked up at Zhi Qiu, who was still trying on hats in front of the mirror, and said into the phone:

"Ah... Mom, then... let's not go back. We'll just find somewhere to eat outside. You two eat, don't worry about us."

Shen Jingwan didn't ask any more questions, just told her to be careful and then hung up the phone.

Ye Shu put away her phone and walked to Zhi Qiu's side. Zhi Qiu was facing the mirror, her head slightly turned, holding a beige wide-brimmed hat and gesturing with it.

"Sister Zhi Qiu."

Ye Shu leaned closer and whispered:

"Are you hungry? How about we find somewhere to eat? It's already past one o'clock."

Zhi Qiu ignored him and continued to stare at herself in the mirror, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she was wondering if the hat would make her face look big.

"Sister Zhi Qiu?"

Ye Shu called out again and gently touched her arm.

Still no response.

Ye Shu paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered, and quickly whispered in Zhi Qiu's ear:

"Honey, shall we go eat first?"

Sure enough, calling me "wife" had an immediate effect.

Zhi Qiu's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and the corners of her mouth curved into a slight smile. She put down the hat in her hand and said to Ye Shu:

"Okay, honey."

The two were calling each other "husband" and "wife" on one side, while the shop assistant next to them twitched his lips, silently hung the hat back up, having done all that work for nothing.

To be honest, it's not that Ye Shu didn't want to call her "wife," it's just that he's gotten so used to calling her "Sister Zhi Qiu" that it slips out of his mouth without him even realizing it.

There are plenty of restaurants upstairs in this mall, which is good, saves me the trouble of going out.

However, since it was lunchtime, the place was packed with people, and there were already queues in front of many restaurants. I found out that the wait would be two hours.

The two wandered around for a while and finally randomly chose a shop that looked relatively quiet and went inside.

The sign above the entrance reads "Deep Sea Fishing Port," and you can tell from the name that it's a place to eat seafood.

However, Ye Shu kept his distance from seafood from the bottom of his heart.

His hometown is near mountains but not the sea. Although there are aquatic products, they are all freshwater fish caught from the river, and the key is to stew them.

As for seafood, like prawns, crabs, and scallops, he'd seen them in his hometown, but they were too expensive; he'd only seen them, never eaten them.

The first time he had ever eaten seafood in his life was when he came to Nancheng for university.

I remember that time they went out to have a better meal, and the guys went into a seafood restaurant near the school.

Watching the others sip beer and eat seafood, exclaiming "So fresh!", their expressions were as blissful as if they had just eaten the elixir of immortality from Laozi.

Ye Shu was curious at the time. He had never eaten it before. Seeing how they were eating this gout meal as if it were dragon meat, he also picked up a piece of meat he didn't know what kind of meat it was and put it in his mouth.

As a result, he couldn't taste any umami flavor at all, and the fishy smell almost killed him.

He quickly spat out the piece of meat and rinsed his mouth with beer.

Han Yang and the others even said to him that this was because wild boars couldn't get used to eating fine food.

Later, when Ye Shu brought back river fish from his hometown during his vacation, didn't you all complain that it had a muddy taste?!

This might be due to not being used to the local environment.

The two entered the restaurant, which had a rather elegant ambiance and wasn't crowded. Of course, this wasn't a good thing for the owner.

They found a seat at random and the waiter immediately came over with the menu.

Ye Shu took the menu, flipped it open, and saw that it was full of fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, and the pictures looked pretty good, but he was completely dumbfounded.

He doesn't even know which of these things tastes good and which doesn't.

He frowned, searching for a long time without finding anything, his expression even more troubled than when he was picking out a hat for Zhi Qiu earlier.

Zhi Qiu watched from the side, smiled slightly, reached out and took the menu from Ye Shu's hand, and began to order for herself.

As Ye Shu watched this scene, she suddenly felt as if time had turned back.

This scene is so familiar. Back then, Sister Zhi Qiu was also sitting across from me, seeing that I didn't know what to order, so she took the menu and ordered a whole table of dishes.

At that time, she was a mature and intellectual woman who took care of her younger brother, Sister Zhi Qiu.

Now, she is the Zhi Qiu who will act coquettishly in front of him and force him to call her "wife".