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

"Xiao Shu, how did you two get those neck injuries?"

An Jianxing held his teacup, his eyes fixed on the red mark on Ye Shu's neck, then glanced at Xiao Nuan, who was eating grapes one by one beside him.

Her own daughter's neckline also showed a faint pink mark, about the same spot as Ye Shu's.

Because it was too hot, Ye Shu really couldn't wear high-necked clothes; the neckline of this T-shirt was too low and didn't cover her at all.

Ye Shu immediately became nervous. Although she had prepared herself mentally on the way, she was still nervous when asked the question.

He reached out and scratched the red mark, making it even more obvious, but he still forced himself to make it up:

"Oh, well, we think we got bitten by bugs yesterday when we went out. It's itchy, so we scratched it..."

After he finished speaking, he kept glancing sideways at Xiao Nuan beside him, silently chanting in his mind:

Of course! Of course! Don't let me forget!

On the way here, he told Xiaonuan eight hundred times that she absolutely must not tell her parents about this.

It wasn't that he was afraid of being scolded, but he was afraid that Shen Jingwan would feel sorry for her other daughters, that An Jianxing would think that he, as a son-in-law, was not stable enough, and that he was afraid of his own father's Platinum Star.

Clearly, Ye Shu's worries were completely unnecessary.

Xiao Nuan was still holding the glass bowl and feeding herself grapes one by one, her big, grape-like eyes filled with calm.

He didn't understand why he had to keep it a secret; what was wrong with saying it?

But Ye Shu said she couldn't say, so she wouldn't say.

She already had little expression, and now she showed absolutely no flaws.

On the contrary, Ye Shu herself had a forced smile on her face, as if she had a muscle spasm.

An Jianxing is such a shrewd person. Although she doesn't know the intricacies of young people growing strawberries these days, she can tell from Ye Shu's guilty expression that these two kids are hiding something from her, or at least Ye Shu is hiding something from her.

He noticed it, and Shen Jingwan naturally noticed it too.

Shen Jingwan smiled and said:

"Oh, I see. It's hot now, and the mosquitoes are really fierce. But after you mentioned it last time, Mom bought you some mosquito repellent and put them in your bedroom, so you won't get bitten tonight."

The topic was thus veiled, and the unspoken understanding remained intact.

Ye Shu quickly nodded and said, "Thank you, Mom."

His "thank you, Mom" ​​had two meanings: first, he thanked his mother for buying him the floral water; second, he thanked his mother for helping to change the subject so that he wouldn't have to suffer so much.

Enough with the small talk, let's get down to business.

An Jianxing took out a few papers from under the coffee table and handed them to Ye Shu. This was a list of wedding invitees that they had compiled at home over the past few days.

Ye Shu looked at it and saw that it had written about three pages.

An Jianxing's list consists entirely of business associates, mostly bosses and managers, who seem to have little to do with him.

On the other hand, his father's side of the list consisted entirely of his own relatives. As for friends, they weren't included because the distance was too far, and even if they were, they wouldn't come.

Shen Jingwan wrote about Xiaoxue's relatives, but because An Jianxing had fallen out with many people, there weren't actually many.

Shen Jingwan said to Ye Shu:

"You and Xiaoxue can decide on your own friends, and you can also choose your own best man and maid of honor. We won't interfere."

After saying that, she patted Ye Shu's hand again, reminding him:

"However, it's best if the best man and maid of honor are single."

Hearing this, Ye Shu was secretly pleased.

Single? That's easy. He only knows a handful of friends; they're short of players even for a mahjong game. Finding someone to play with is the real problem. He nodded.

"Okay, Mom."

He reached out and tugged at Xiao Nuan's clothes:

"Let's go upstairs and discuss this."

Xiao Nuan was eating grapes from a bowl. The grapes were chilled, and her face was flushed from eating them.

She put down the bowl, glanced at the grapes again, and turned to go upstairs.

This child... is too honest and simple-minded.

Ye Shu smiled, picked up the bowl of grapes, and followed them upstairs.

Once inside the bedroom, the two sat cross-legged on the bed, facing each other. Xiao Nuan held the bowl of grapes and continued to eat them one by one.

"Xiao Nuan, do you know who Xiao Xue... or rather, who your friends are? Who else would be suitable to be a bridesmaid?"

Xiao Nuan stopped eating grapes, holding one in her hand, blinked at Ye Shu, and said softly:

"Qin Lili and Chen Sansan are gone."

really……

Although Ye Shu already knew, it still hurt to hear Xiao Nuan say it herself; she had even fewer friends than he did.

When Chen San San learned that he was going to have a wedding with Xiao Xue, she had already said that she wanted to occupy the best spot in the audience to watch the sweet moments, and she directly declined the arduous task of being a bridesmaid.

The reason given was that the viewing angle from the stage was poor, and one would miss the sweet moments.

That leaves Qin Lili as the only suitable candidate.

Ye Shu thought for a moment, then took out his phone, found Qin Lili, and made a call.

The phone rang for ages before it was answered, and the background noise was still incredibly loud. The sound of wind mixed with the buzzing of some kind of machine, like a tractor was running.

Qin Lili's voice trembled slightly, as she was shouting at the top of her lungs, and it even cracked a little.

"Feeding?! Ye Shu? What is it now?!"

Ye Shu kept the phone on speakerphone, placed it on the bed, and asked while looking down:

"Lili, what are you doing? Why are you making so much noise?"

"Crack! Boom!"

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the other end of the phone, as if some metal had been broken. Then the buzzing and wind noise on the phone gradually subsided, and there was no more sound.

Ye Shu was also frightened and dared not speak into the phone. She listened carefully to the sound on the other end, and it seemed that someone was shaking the phone and talking.

After a long while, Qin Lili let out a long sigh:

"Phew...it's nothing, just driving around outside. Someone lost their brakes and crashed into a tree. What did you just say?"

"You're living a really exciting life."

Ye Shu said, and then got to the point:

"I just wanted to ask if you would be willing to be Xiaoxue's bridesmaid? You know, Xiaoxue and the others... um."

"Of course I'd love to! Of course I'd love to!"

Qin Lili answered readily; her voice sounded as if she were dusting herself off.

"When are you guys getting ready? I'll check and book a flight back."

"It'll be around this time soon, I'll send you an invitation in advance."

Just as Ye Shu finished speaking, it sounded like someone on the other end of the phone shouted, "Get away! The car is smoking!" Then Qin Lili said:

"I have to go now, that car's on fire, it's broken!"

Before Ye Shu could reply, the phone was suddenly hung up.

Ye Shu looked at the phone, feeling both amused and exasperated. He hadn't even had a chance to ask Qin Lili if she was crying wolf or just having a wave, when the call was hung up again.

Ye Shu looked up at Xiao Nuan across from her. She was still eating grapes, as if she hadn't heard the phone call about the car accident scene.

Ye Shu opened her mouth:

Give me one.

Xiao Nuan immediately picked up a grape and put it in his mouth; it was icy cold and sweet.

Ye Shu moved to sit next to Xiao Nuan, leaned to the side and rested his head on top of Xiao Nuan's head, rubbing his face against Xiao Nuan's hair.

My little Nuan is the best! How can she be so wonderful?!