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

Ye Shu really loves squeezing their hands now. After breakfast, the two sat on the sofa. Xiao Xue leaned against Ye Shu, thinking about the wedding, while Ye Shu casually grabbed Xiao Xue's left hand and squeezed it.

But his mind wasn't on his hands at all; he was staring at the calendar on the coffee table, frowning.

Because Xiaoxue and the others are in a different situation than others, things are always more complicated for them, and Ye Shu needs to consider and prepare more things.

For example, the most worrying thing right now is deciding on the wedding date.

If everything is booked, the hotel is booked, the guests have arrived, and everything is prepared, what if Xiaoxue doesn't show up on the day? You can't just tell all the guests that the bride didn't show up today and you'll have to wait a couple of days to pick her up, can you?

Isn't that ridiculous?

Putting aside the cost, how many people have the time to wait for you? Ye Shu knows how difficult it is to ask for leave from work these days. Asking for leave is like taking a gall bladder from the boss. It's clearly your own legal right, but you end up feeling guilty.

I'm really worried.

Xiaoxue didn't seem worried at all. She leaned against Ye Shu's chest, her head resting on his shoulder. In her right hand, she held an apple that her mother had just peeled for her, took a bite, and found it crisp and sweet.

Ye Shu held her left hand and kneaded it, giving it a massage, while she thought about and dreamed about the details of the wedding.

Shen Jingwan was peeling an apple for Ye Shu with a knife. Watching the two children being so affectionate, she loved watching them more and more.

The more affectionate the two children are, the better their relationship is, and the happier her daughter is—which is exactly what she, as a mother, wants most.

Ding dong.

A very standard doorbell rang. Shen Jingwan placed the apple and fruit knife on the coffee table, took a tissue to wipe her hands, and muttered a complaint:

"That old An, he never takes his keys with him when he goes out."

Even now, the front door of our house still uses the kind of electronic lock without fingerprint recognition. You either have to insert a key from the outside to get in, or someone inside the house has to open the door for you.

The main reason is that An Jianxing felt that fingerprint locks were unsafe, especially after seeing that a piece of plastic could steal your fingerprint when you were using your phone, which made him even more uneasy about those fingerprint locks.

An Jianxing's phone still uses the scratch-to-unlock feature; it doesn't have a fingerprint sensor.

Shen Jingwan got up and went to open the door, while Ye Shu and Xiao Xue were both preoccupied with their own wedding preparations and paid no attention to what was happening at the door.

Shen Jingwan unlocked the front door and looked through the window to find that it wasn't An Jianxing and Ye Guoqiang who had gone to the flower and bird market, but Qin Lili who had come in.

Shen Jingwan opened the door and greeted Qin Lili, who was walking towards her from the courtyard:

"Lili is here."

Upon hearing this, the two people on the sofa both turned around and looked in this direction at the same time.

Ye Shu was quite surprised. How come they came back so quickly? She only called yesterday morning, and they're already here today?

He was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Qin Lili walk in carrying a large backpack. She was wearing a white sun-protective clothing and large sunglasses. The sun-protective clothing was semi-transparent, so you could see what she was wearing underneath. Underneath, she was wearing a black tight-fitting sports vest and denim shorts. They were indeed shorts, because her sun-protective clothing was a bit big, and the hem completely covered the shorts, leaving only her two long legs exposed. She was wearing a pair of sneakers, which looked a bit dirty.

Hello, Auntie.

Qin Lili put her backpack down by the door with a loud thud; it sounded quite heavy.

Ye Shu noticed that Qin Lili's skin tone seemed to have tanned two shades darker than the last time they met. Last time, she had a healthy wheat color, but this time the wheat looked a bit tanned.

Qin Lili took off the hood and sunglasses from her sun-protective clothing, raised her chin at the two people on the sofa who were looking back, and gave them a very healthy smile.

Ye Shu noticed that she seemed to have dyed her hair. Her hair was still short, but the ends had blue highlights, which looked quite nice.

He couldn't help but turn to look at Xiaoxue, imagining what it would look like if Xiaoxue dyed her hair...

Yes, they're beautiful. They're beautiful no matter what.

"Pah! Love-struck!"

Who?! Who's speaking?!

Ye Shu opened her eyes wide and looked around. Oh, it was her past self.

While Ye Shu was acting silly, Xiao Xue got up from Ye Shu's arms, ran and jumped into Qin Lili's arms, giving her a sweet kiss:

"Sister Lili!"

"Hey, this person is about to become a bride, why are they still acting like a child?"

Although Qin Lili said that, she still hugged Xiaoxue and rubbed her hat with one hand.

Ye Shu also came over. She wanted to ask, "Why are you back so early?" but she swallowed the words back because it would sound a bit like she was trying to control someone.

Let them come whenever they want, why should I care? That's a bit presumptuous of me.

He thought for a moment, and in the end simply said:

"Here you are."

That was a rather unpleasant thing to say, but after all, he and Qin Lili only crossed paths once, and the two hadn't even exchanged WeChat messages since.

The two are acquainted, but not to the point where they can speak without thinking.

As for the heart-to-heart talk at the hospital last time? Ye Shu was somewhat deliberately retaliating that time; he said it on purpose.

The group reached the sofa, and Shen Jingwan went into the kitchen. As soon as they sat down on the sofa, Xiaoxue snuggled into Ye Shu's arms again. Ye Shu took the opportunity to grab Xiaoxue's left hand and started playing with it. The two of them seemed to be stuck together.

Qin Lili looked at the two of them being so clingy and gave them a look of disgust:

"Well, I was just thinking of coming back to see if there was anything I could help with. I happened to have a flight last night, so I came back... I mean, you two are like Siamese twins, how come you're getting more and more inseparable?"

Ye Shu smiled, and Xiao Xue blushed, but they didn't separate. Instead, she snuggled closer to Ye Shu.

Qin Lili decided to stop talking about this and asked:

"Hey, has Xiaoxue ordered her wedding dress yet?"

"All booked!"

Xiaoxue raised her head, rested her chin on Ye Shu's shoulder, and said to Qin Lili:

"It's so pretty, so fluffy."

"Where's the groom's clothes?"

Qin Lili raised her chin towards Ye Shu.

"Just wear the one you sent back last time, there are several suits in there."

Ye Shu replied, holding Xiao Xue's hand. Since there were four of them, Ye Shu decided to save money where he could and spend money where he could. He was willing to accept whatever the situation was, and he wanted to spend the money wisely so that they wouldn't suffer.

Xiaoxue chimed in, saying to Qin Lili:

"Yeah, Ye Shu looks really handsome in it!"

"Handsome my foot!"

Qin Lili was so angry she laughed. She looked at the two people opposite her, who resembled two-headed ogres, and said:

"Is that suit for your wedding? You think your wedding attire will suffice? You'll have to wear..."

Perhaps feeling that further discussion was pointless, she stood up and said:

"Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you. Come on, I'll take you to choose one."

"Huh? Is that alright?"

Ye Shu still wanted to struggle, but Qin Lili's personality was impulsive and she didn't want to waste time arguing with him.

"Why not use it? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up. How can you, as the groom, wear a suit delivered by courier?"

Ye Shu really didn't want to spend the money. After thinking about it, he decided that it was Xiaoxue!

Ye Shu wanted Xiaoxue to persuade Qin Lili to just let it go.

When Xiaoxue went over, she saw Qin Lili whisper something in her ear. Xiaoxue's expression changed from hesitation to a bright look in her eyes, and then to a determined expression.

Xiaoxue turned her head, took Ye Shu's hand in her own and shook it, looking at him pitifully, her soft, delicate hands almost stretching into strands:

"I...I also think it's better to buy a separate set, just...just consider it for my sake, okay?"

Well, they've betrayed us.

Looking at her pitiful appearance, Ye Shu sighed and said nothing more.

"Then... go ahead..."

When Xiaoxue heard Ye Shu agree, her eyes narrowed with laughter, and Qin Lili also looked like she had succeeded in her scheme.

At this moment, Shen Jingwan came out of the kitchen carrying a fruit platter. She had also heard their conversation and walked over to Ye Shu, saying:

"It's time to buy a new one."

After saying that, she took out her phone and transferred 20,000 yuan to Ye Shu, saying:

"Mom will buy Xiaoshu's clothes. Go ahead, and let me know if you need anything else."