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

Hmm... This is bad.

Ye Shu noticed while brushing her teeth in the bathroom that morning that she seemed to have hickeys on her collarbone, and not just one, but one that stretched from her collarbone all the way down to her neck.

Looking at these marks, Ye Shu's face gradually resembled those marks, and he couldn't help but recall the scene from yesterday.

The sweetness of the peach wine, the warmth of Zhi Qiu's breath, and the softness beneath her...

It was indescribable. It felt like being soaked in honey warmed with hot water, so sweet that even your bones felt light and airy. It was intoxicating.

But now that he's awake, he's starting to feel scared.

Oh no, I was really impulsive yesterday. I've been holding back for so long, and I almost gave in.

He also imagined what would have happened if he hadn't been able to control the gun yesterday and it had accidentally gone off.

Although he got married to all four of them, and although his relationship with Zhi Qiu was mutual.

But what makes them special is that they are all one body, the four of them. Ye Shu always felt that if the other three were unaware, they would lose the most important thing about the young girl. What's the difference between that and being... well, you know?

Ultimately, Ye Shu's moral bottom line is too high. Although he usually seems to care about nothing, he really doesn't want to betray any of them, which is why he has been able to refrain from having sex with them for so long.

After Ye Shu finished washing up, he came out of the bathroom and found Xiao Nuan standing in front of the mirror, tugging at her collar and staring at herself without moving.

Upon seeing Ye Shu emerge, she turned to him and asked:

"Ye Shu, what's with these red marks on my body? From what I've observed, they don't look like they were from a bump or a fall, nor do they look like they were from mosquito bites."

Ye Shu looked at the red mark on her neck, which was surrounded by a light pink tinge, as if someone had lightly touched it with a vermilion pen.

Wait a minute, this isn't the time for romance! Ye Shu hesitated for a moment, wondering how to explain it to Xiao Nuan.

A: I have an allergic reaction! It's all the fault of that restaurant yesterday; they must have used stale ingredients!

B: This is a new makeup look that Sister Zhi Qiu learned, called "Tipsy Cherry Blossom Makeup".

C: Actually, both of them were parasitized by aliens yesterday. It's an alien egg hatching inside them, and little aliens will crawl out in a couple of days.

Ye Shu went through the options in his mind, but looking into Xiao Nuan's trusting eyes, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to lie to her.

My conscience hurt terribly if I lied to her.

Moreover, if I lied to her about this, what difference would that make from breaking the bottom line that I had painstakingly upheld in the past?

Ye Shu was a little nervous. He was afraid that Xiao Nuan would be angry and disgusted by this kind of thing. Although he couldn't explain why Xiao Nuan would be disgusted, he was just afraid.

"Just yesterday... I had a few drinks with Sister Zhi Qiu, and we both got a little drunk, and... I couldn't control myself..."

Xiao Nuan blinked after hearing this, not particularly surprised. Instead, she leaned forward, gently touched the red mark on Ye Shu's neck, and then asked softly:

"Where have you gotten to?"

What kind of question is this? But asking it doesn't seem like a problem... but it still feels a bit awkward to ask him to talk about it.

Since Ye Shu was going to talk about it, he couldn't help but reminisce. And in that reminiscence, the image of Zhi Qiu with her shy face appeared in his mind again.

His face started burning again, but he still confessed everything in detail:

"Well... it didn't go all the way. We kissed, and her hands... she touched me all over... and we... we took off our clothes... but then Sister Zhi Qiu wouldn't let us continue, saying that this body wasn't hers, and we had to wait until everyone else had thought it through..."

He spoke the second half of the sentence quickly, just like when he was pleading for leniency, but he couldn't finish it.

Xiao Nuan looked at Ye Shu's flushed face but didn't react much, only reaching out to straighten his collar:

"Okay, I understand."

"You...don't you mind?"

Ye Shu was still a little unsure and looked at Xiao Nuan to ask.

Why should I be averse to it?

Xiao Nuan blinked at him and calmly said:

"This is a normal process of human reproduction, and you and we are a legally married couple, so why should I be against it?"

It's so great that Xiaonuan is online today.

Ye Shu is feeling very fortunate right now. Thank goodness it was Xiao Nuan. If it had been Xia Qing or Xiao Xue, Ye Shu would probably have regretted it to death.

Ye Shu had just breathed a sigh of relief when Xiao Nuan continued:

"There's just one strange thing."

"What? What's strange?"

When Ye Shu heard Xiao Nuan say something was strange, he knew something must be wrong, so he quickly went through it in his mind.

When emotions run high, alcohol takes effect, the atmosphere becomes ambiguous, and things naturally progress... is there no problem?

When Xiao Nuan saw Ye Shu ask, she looked up into his eyes and said:

"As far as I know, Zhi Qiu's alcohol tolerance is higher than Xia Qing's. According to what you said, the two of you drank a bottle of peach wine, so you shouldn't be that drunk."

Huh? That can't be, right?

Ye Shu recalled Zhi Qiu's appearance yesterday—she couldn't even stand up and kept leaning against him; she leaned on his shoulder in the taxi; and she blushed in bed...

So, all that wobbling and leaning on his shoulder was just an act?!

I knew Sister Zhi Qiu was a good actress, but I didn't expect her to be this good. What was Bai Zhantang saying again?

"The speed of their transformation and the level of their acting skills are unmatched by anyone I've ever seen, except for Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung. And that's only if she underperforms, while Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung deliver exceptional performances!"

Much later, Ye Shu remembered to ask Zhi Qiu about this.

Zhi Qiu smiled slightly upon hearing this, popped the half-peeled orange into his mouth, and gently rubbed his lips with her fingertip, saying softly:

"Yes, if I didn't pretend to be drunk, why would little Shu keep hugging me? But..."

Zhi Qiu smiled radiantly and whispered:

"My blushing is real, and so is my love for you."

Ye Shu was still praising Zhi Qiu's acting skills; she wouldn't watch the next Oscars without her.

Seeing him in a daze, Xiao Nuan waved her hand in front of his eyes:

"My mom just messaged me, asking us to come over to finalize the guest list for Xiaoxue's wedding, including the best man, maid of honor, and some other details of the ceremony."

Upon hearing the list of members, Ye Shu felt utterly helpless; no matter how many names he listed, there were only a handful.

This lineup is honestly a bit meager; it seems like they couldn't even fill the table provided by the hotel.

However... he did have a pretty good idea of ​​who the best man and maid of honor would be.

Instead of worrying about the number of people, let's think about how to cover up the hickeys on their necks when we get there.

You can't exactly say that you almost let them hold their grandson yesterday, can you?