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

Q: What's the most annoying thing in summer?

A: I have to get up early to go to work.

B: Since I couldn't order takeout at midday, I had to go downstairs to buy food under the scorching sun.

C: No object

……

That's right, it's a mosquito.

Who exactly researched mosquitoes?

Ye Shu never understood the purpose of mosquitoes' existence in the world; they were simply harmful and had no benefit whatsoever.

During the day, you can't see it anywhere; it just hides away.

As soon as the lights are turned off at night, this thing immediately comes into play.

But you can just say he sucks blood and that's fine, let him suck it, how much can he suck at most?

But this thing is really despicable. After sucking your blood, it spews poison into your blood vessels. The bites are so itchy that they're unbearable. Scratching too lightly won't help, and scratching too hard will break the skin and cause bleeding, leaving a scar.

In the summer, I wear short sleeves and shorts, but my arms and legs are covered in scars. People who don't know me might think I've been poisoned by some terrible poison. I look awful.

Even worse, it keeps you from sleeping.

If he were the kind of person who falls asleep the moment his head hits the pillow, that would be fine, it wouldn't be a problem. But Ye Shu is different; he always needs to spend about ten minutes preparing before going to sleep.

For example, first hug the person in your arms, smell the scent of her shower gel, then think about what you did today, then plan what you will do tomorrow, and then think about other random things, letting your mind slowly turn around, before you suddenly fall asleep without even realizing where you were thinking.

But this buffer period is the most agonizing.

These mosquitoes, I wonder if it's just Ye Shu's imagination, seem to have evolved.

Mosquito coils, mosquito repellent, and floral water have all become useless.

When Ye Shu lived in a rented room before, the screen on the window was broken. The landlady didn't care, and he didn't want to pay for the repair, so he just endured it. Every night, mosquitoes would swarm into the room, so Ye Shu bought a box of mosquito coils.

As a result, the mosquito coil was completely useless. Ye Shu almost choked to death, but the mosquitoes still flew as usual, without any delay.

What's most infuriating is that this thing seems to have become intelligent now. As soon as the lights are turned off, it immediately starts buzzing in my ear, making my head ache.

But as soon as you turn on the light, it stops flying. It either hides in the folds of the curtains or squeezes into the crack of the bedside table, making it impossible for you to find it.

As soon as I turned off the light and lay down, it started buzzing in my ear again.

Ye Shu is the kind of person who naturally attracts mosquitoes. I don't know who told me this before, but I think it's because type O blood is the most attractive to mosquitoes, because type O blood is sweet...

Isn't this just bragging? According to that logic, the people who attract mosquitoes the most should be the elderly with high blood sugar.

Ye Shu was frowning at this moment, her mind wandering.

Xia Qing was lying in his arms, her head on his arm, fast asleep, her breath warm against his chest, and one hand resting on his waist.

It was indeed a beautiful scene, except for the slight numbness in my arm and the buzzing sound in my ears.

Ye Shu raised her hand and waved in that direction, remained silent for a few seconds, and then returned, reminding her of a famous line from the TV series "Hail the Judge":

[Hey, I jumped out, I came back in! Hit me, you idiot!]

And I don’t know if it’s Ye Shu’s own problem, but he doesn’t usually feel anything, but once he knows there’s a mosquito buzzing around him, the parts of his body that he wouldn’t normally feel start to itch.

It itches all over, like the elbows, ribs, shin, lower back... it feels like being bitten by a mosquito.

Ye Shu couldn't help but raise his arm and scratch his lower back. Xia Qing hummed in her sleep, snuggled into his arms, and buried her face in his chest.

Ye Shu didn't dare to move. He could only close his eyes, listen to the buzzing in his ears, and go through the mosquito's family tree to give it a thorough greeting.

But the buzzing in his ears kept him awake, and Ye Shu's temper flared up. Anger rose in his heart, and evil thoughts took hold.

As he carefully pulled the almost numb arm from under Xia Qing's head, he thought to himself:

"You mosquito, trying to outdo me in the middle of the night? Just you wait, once I get out of bed, I'll fight you to the death."

Ye Shu pulled his arm out, shook it to get the blood flowing, and then casually pulled Little Su No. 2 from behind him and stuffed it into Xia Qing's arms.

Xia Qing initially felt a sudden emptiness in her arms, but after being hugged for so long, she immediately clung to him.

Don't let Ye Shu's easygoing nature fool you; when pushed to the limit, he can be quite stubborn.

Years ago in that rented room, he sat on the bed for more than an hour in the middle of the night to kill a mosquito that had bitten him three times. He did nothing but strain his ears to listen for sounds and pinpoint their location.

Finally, I swatted the mosquito dead with a double swatter, but just as I was happily turning off the light and lying down to sleep, the second round of the battle began.

Ye Shu quietly got out of bed and turned on the room light.

Xia Qing, lying on the bed, frowned as she was shaken, groaned, and buried her face in the pillow, but did not wake up.

Ye Shu stood there on the ground, his eyes wide open like copper bells, his ears perked up like antennas, and his head turning back and forth like a radar car's signal receiver.

From the ceiling to the corners, from the curtains to the pillows, I scanned every visible area.

I searched for ages, but I couldn't find a single mosquito, not even a black dot, and there wasn't a sound from it at all.

The more this happened, the more the nameless anger in Ye Shu's heart surged.

Damn it, come out here if you dare! Are you trying to be a coward?!

Xia Qing was eventually woken up by the light. Before she even opened her eyes, she felt something was wrong with the thing she was holding. She squinted and opened her eyes a crack, only to find that it was a pillow.

She slowly turned around and then saw what looked like someone standing by the bed.

The zombie game the two played in the afternoon was full of jumpy faces. Xia Qing was too embarrassed to say she was scared and didn't want to play anymore, but she managed to complete a chapter in Ye Shuhuai's game.

She was startled when she saw the figure by the bed. She yelled and grabbed Little Crispy No. 2, throwing it at him.

After recognizing Ye Shu, he angrily asked:

"Are you crazy?! Standing guard here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?!"

Ye Shu was hit by the cushion, but didn't move, still staring at it.

"You go to sleep first. There's a mosquito there; I can't sleep until I kill it."

Xia Qing frowned, sighed, rolled over on the bed, leaned over the edge, reached out and pulled open the bottom drawer of the bedside table, rummaged around inside, and then pulled out an electric mosquito repellent and handed it to Ye Shu:

"Here you go, now come back to sleep."

Ye Shu held the electric mosquito repellent, intending to say, "This thing doesn't work," but when he looked up, he saw Xia Qing frowning and glaring at him. Remembering the flock of birds from that morning, Ye Shu obediently plugged in the electric mosquito repellent, turned off the light, and climbed back into bed.

Xia Qing ignored the little Su No. 2 on the ground, rolled over and snuggled back into Ye Shu's arms. In less than half a minute, she fell asleep again.

Ye Shu listened to the sounds with a bit of trepidation, but after two minutes, the buzzing sound still hadn't appeared.

Is this electric mosquito repellent really that effective?

He let out a long breath, his whole body relaxed, and he was just drifting off to sleep.

The buzzing sound announcing victory reached my ears again...