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

120,000... This is just an estimate. When it comes to actually moving it, we'll have to see how many people actually come.

Ye Shu mentally went through all his friends, counting their heads.

But as I counted, I laughed at myself, because there were only so many of them.

On my side are those three guys: Han Yang, Zhang Xiaoqiang, and Wang Yu.

Xiaoxue only has Qin Lili on her side.

Then, the only people they both knew were Sister Chen Xing and her brother-in-law, plus Chen San San.

There were more than enough for two hands, but even after counting the potato chips, we still didn't have ten.

To put it another way, if he wrote all these names into the novel, it wouldn't even count as padding the word count, which is a bit pathetic.

So, in the past twenty years, his social circle is probably not as large as the one he had when he was homeless.

I was watching videos of other people's weddings, and I saw rows and rows of bridesmaids and groomsmen standing there, with friends holding up bottles of wine and shouting "Happy Wedding!" It looked so lively.

Looking at myself again, even including these people, I could barely put together a groomsmen and bridesmaids group.

However, Ye Shu wasn't actually that sad; she just felt like laughing a little.

He wasn't the type to enjoy joining in the fun or making friends. Even those three guys didn't bother with each other unless it was absolutely necessary. Everyone had their own troubles and didn't have time to gossip all the time.

If he were forced to go out and awkwardly chat with people all day, Ye Shu probably wouldn't be able to stand it anymore.

It's not that he doesn't want to talk, but he really doesn't know what to talk about.

How's work going lately? How much do you love them?

Who asked you? Nobody cares.

Ultimately, he's a cold-hearted person at heart. He doesn't care about others, so he assumes that others don't care about him either, which allows him to enjoy peace and quiet.

If you were to expand his circle of friends to a hundred people and make him maintain that social circle every day, he probably wouldn't be able to keep it up for more than a few days before getting annoyed and giving up entirely, ignoring everyone altogether, which would be counterproductive.

As for Xiaoxue, it goes without saying that she didn't even dare to answer the food delivery call before she met me. Although Xia Qing and Zhi Qiu have better personalities, for some reason, perhaps influenced by Xiaoxue or something else, they are not the type who like to make friends.

In the end, Qin Lili was the only one who could be considered a friend.

Ye Shu couldn't help but smile whenever she thought of Qin Lili.

Recalling the scene of our first meeting, the woman was dressed like Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, wearing a sports vest and cargo pants, and driving an SUV.

But as soon as she sees me, she frowns, as if I owe her millions. Even when we get home, she treats me like dirt, always finding fault with me.

Ye Shu was indeed quite angry at the time. He wasn't exactly a good-tempered person to begin with, or rather, he had given all the good temper he had accumulated over the years to them.

But because he still loved them too much, and thinking about how difficult it was for them to make friends, and seeing Xia Qing's somewhat troubled expression at the time, he chose to endure it for the time being and keep the peace. He didn't want to really fall out and ruin the relationship.

One is her childhood friend, and the other is her boyfriend. If their relationship falls apart, they will be the ones who suffer the most.

Fortunately, after spending more time with her, I realized that Qin Lili had a fiery temper, was very outspoken and straightforward.

If you really become friends, she'll open her heart to you. Just look at how she helps herself find a job and how she buys things like she's stocking up on goods.

Moreover, Qin Lili even talked to him about the unpleasantness of their first meeting afterward, on the very night that Xiaoxue was hospitalized after fainting at the Corner Tea House.

In the middle of the night, Xiaoxue had already fallen asleep. Qin Lili got up from the cot and called Ye Shu downstairs.

Although it was late at night, there were still quite a few people in the hospital lobby. Some were lying or sitting on the benches, some were fast asleep, some were just sitting there in a daze, and there was a little girl huddled up in a ball holding her phone. The light from the screen made her face look pale, and it was hard to tell whether she was crying or watching a show.

The two went outside, and the wind was still a bit chilly in the small square of the hospital, and there weren't many people around.

They just randomly found a small flower bed and sat down on it, not caring whether it was clean or dirty.

Qin Lili crossed her legs, took out a pack of slim cigarettes from her pocket, and handed the pack to Ye Shu.

"Won't."

Ye Shu shook his head. He wasn't really surprised that Qin Lili smoked, because when he first met this older sister, her clothes and demeanor were quite striking.

Call it a stereotype or intuition, Ye Shu just felt that this older woman should smoke.

Qin Lili didn't try to dissuade her. She lit a cigarette herself, took a deep drag, and looked up at the small square patch of sky above, surrounded by hospital buildings. It was pitch black, not a single star could be seen, only the smoke she exhaled slowly drifting upwards and disappearing.

Ye Shu also looked up, and looking at this patch of sky, he suddenly felt like a frog at the bottom of a well.

But he didn't say anything. After all, she dragged him out in the middle of the night; she couldn't possibly expect him to smoke with her.

But he didn't expect that Qin Lili's first words would be:

"I'm sorry about my attitude towards you when we first met. Just consider it me being mean, don't take it to heart."

Ye Shu was genuinely surprised; he hadn't expected Qin Lili to apologize so directly.

However, he didn't say anything, just nodded. He felt that he should apologize to himself. How could he give her attitude on the first meeting? He hadn't done anything to offend her.

Aren't you curious why I deliberately made things difficult for you?

Qin Lili took another drag of her cigarette, held it between her fingers, and turned to look at him.

Ye Shu curled her lip and said jokingly:

"At the time, I thought you were the kind of person who was unreasonable, troublesome, argumentative, arrogant, domineering, and prone to making a scene..."

"Are you ever going to stop?"

Qin Lili couldn't hold back in the end and poked Ye Shu's arm with a hard punch, making Ye Shu wince in pain.

Seeing Ye Shu like this, Qin Lili couldn't help but laugh, and then asked:

"Then why weren't you angry back then?"

"Who said I'm not angry? I'm furious!"

Ye Shu rubbed her arm, but spoke very steadily:

"But I can't let Xia Qing and the others be caught in the middle because of this. Someone has to back down, and that can only be me. After all, you were really unreasonable, looking for trouble, making a fuss, and being arrogant and domineering back then..."

"hiss!"

When Qin Lili saw Ye Shu come again, she pretended to burn him with the cigarette in her hand, but Ye Shu dodged it.

Qin Lili smiled and stubbed out her cigarette on the edge of the flower bed, then casually tossed it into the nearby trash can.

She looked up at the sky, and the smile on her face slowly turned serious:

"I still want to apologize. When I heard that Xiaoxue had found a boyfriend, and knowing about your family background... there really is a big gap between you and Xiaoxue. My first reaction was that you were after her money. Do you understand?"

Ye Shu nodded. She had already thought about this matter herself without being told.

One is a penniless young man, and the other is a pampered heiress. Anyone would think that way.

It's like if you see a millionaire with a penniless person, your first reaction isn't because of love, but because you're after something else.

Seeing Ye Shu nod, Qin Lili continued:

"Besides, Uncle An and Aunt Shen love their daughter dearly, and you are someone they approved of, so their judgment is bound to be... somewhat biased."

Qin Lili kicked a pebble at her feet, and the pebble rolled into the green belt next to her.

"As an outsider, I have to keep an eye on Xiaoxue, because... Xiaoxue and the others really can't afford to get hurt again."