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

Qin Lili's car was parked in the underground garage of Yunduanyuan. Qin Lili and Ye Shu got out of the car first, and then Xiao Xue came out slowly, carrying a lot of plastic bags.

She was carrying a huge pile of bags, almost too heavy to carry, all of which were the food-temptation tactics Qin Lili had used to coax Xiaoxue.

As the saying goes, there's nothing a hot pot meal can't solve; if there is, then two meals will do.

The same applies to this food strategy: if you still can't forgive yourself after buying Xiaoxue (a type of snow dessert), then you haven't bought enough.

The main reason was that Qin Lili really had no other choice. Along the way, Xiaoxue seemed to have grown attached to Ye Shu, sticking to him in the back seat of the car. She ignored Qin Lili's several attempts to communicate with her.

Qin Lili, having been rebuffed, had no choice but to shut up and concentrate on driving.

She only stopped the car on the side of the road when she passed the snack street near Yunduanyuan, asked the two to wait for her for a while, and then rushed towards the two rows of stalls without hesitation.

She was like a wholesaler, buying up everything at each stall, not caring whether Xiaoxue could eat it all, she just kept buying and buying.

When he came back, he was carrying a bunch of bags, and he shoved them into Xiaoxue's hands, pleading:

"Xiaoxue, don't be angry, okay? I was wrong, really wrong."

Xiaoxue glanced at the fragrant bag in her hand, then at Qin Lili, before turning back to rest her face against Ye Shu's shoulder and saying:

"This time I won't forgive you so easily like before."

So this isn't the first time you've done this?

Ye Shu, who was listening nearby, twitched at the corner of her mouth, thinking to herself, "Qin Lili, you really are... speechless."

He could already picture how Qin Lili used to scare Xiaoxue: make Xiaoxue cry, buy her snacks as an apology, make up, and then scare her again... It's just that this time she scared her too hard, and they got stuck at the reconciliation stage.

Seeing Xiaoxue like this, Qin Lili could only sigh and dejectedly returned to the driver's seat.

However, Ye Shu looked down at Xiao Xue, who was secretly glancing into the driver's seat. Based on his understanding of Xiao Xue, he knew that when she said those slightly temperamental things to Qin Lili, she had already calmed down.

Sure enough, as the three of them walked from the underground parking garage toward the building entrance, Xiaoxue hooked one arm around Ye Shu's arm and took out a box of still-warm takoyaki from the bag in her hand.

Seeing that the remaining bag was heavy, Ye Shu took it from him.

Qin Lili followed behind, her usual flamboyant and confident demeanor completely gone, making her look rather pitiful.

Watching Xiaoxue hold the box in one hand and a skewer in the other, feeding the takoyaki one by one into her mouth, Ye Shu couldn't help but say:

"Didn't you not feel like eating tonight? Now you're eating so much. Aren't you worried about getting indigestion and feeling nauseous all night?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoxue held a small meatball she had just tied up to Ye Shu's lips, her eyes crinkling into a smile:

"No, these are just snacks, not meals."

So, snacks and main meals really do have two separate stomachs?

Ye Shu found it amusing, opened her mouth and ate the small meatball, then glanced back at Qin Lili, who was still listless, walking with her head down and looking at her toes. She gently nudged Xiaoxue's arm with her elbow and whispered:

"Are you still angry with Lili?"

Xiaoxue also turned around and glanced at Qin Niannian behind her, then whispered to Ye Shu:

"I'm not angry anymore... but I did it on purpose, because she always scares me."

"I think that's about enough. Look at Lili, go and make up with her. Otherwise, she probably won't be able to sleep tonight. It's so pitiful."

Xiaoxue looked back again and saw that she was indeed not as energetic as usual. In the end, she softened and let go of Ye Shu's arm. She walked to Qin Lili's side and put her arm around her.

Qin Lili's eyes lit up when she saw Xiaoxue walk over and take her arm.

Xiaoxue and Qin Lili are about the same height, but if you had to say, Qin Lili is about a head taller than Xiaoxue.

Xiaoxue tiptoed over and nuzzled her face against Qin Lili's:

"Okay... you're not allowed to scare me like that anymore, it's really scary, you know?"

"Yes, of course I'm not scared!"

Qin Lili is the kind of person who'll brighten up at the slightest bit of kindness. Seeing that Xiaoxue had forgiven her, her spirits returned. She immediately pulled Xiaoxue into a tight embrace and strode forward, her voice full of energy.

"I promise I won't scare you anymore, I'll scare Ye Shu instead! Come on, are you thirsty just eating this? I'll get you some milk tea when we get home!"

Do you listen to what people say?

Ye Shu followed behind, carrying a plastic bag. Looking at the two girls in front of him who had made up and stuck together again, he couldn't help but smile.

His laughter was mainly because of Xiaoxue. Thinking back, from whispering to her earlier to taking the initiative to make up with Qin Lili, her expression and demeanor could almost be described as quirky and mischievous.

She's definitely much more lively than usual.

But he didn't say much, he just followed behind, silently keeping Xiaoxue's changes in his heart.

Being lively is definitely a good thing.

Although he knew that Xiaoxue's liveliness was intermittent, and that she might revert to her timid state once she came to her senses or was stimulated by something.

But this is indeed a qualitative leap, progress from nothing to something.

Every day, Xiaoxuexue is getting better little by little.

As soon as we got home and opened the door, Potato Chips rushed over and barked at us.

"Oh, you even have a dog?"

Qin Lili bent down to touch the potato chip's head. Perhaps because her hands were covered in the aroma of the snack, the potato chip kept sniffing her hands and even licking them with its tongue, showing no fear of strangers.

"Yes, Xia Qing picked them up. They're called potato chips."

Xiaoxue placed the half-eaten box of takoyaki on the shoe cabinet by the door, changed her shoes, and then hugged the potato chips to her chest, rubbing her chin against the potato chips' forehead.

Potato Chips was so happy it kept humming, its little tail wagging so hard you could almost hear it cutting through the air, and it kept licking Xiaoxue's hand with its tongue.

Ye Shu, carrying the pile of snacks, changed her shoes and then casually grabbed a half-eaten box of takoyaki from the shoe cabinet, asking:

"Are you going to eat it or not? If you're not going to eat it, I'll put it in the fridge, otherwise it'll spoil overnight."

"No! I'll eat it!"

Hearing Xiaoxue say that, Ye Shu had no choice but to put the bag on the coffee table. Let her eat it; she hadn't eaten much anyway, and it would save her the trouble of cooking dinner.

He had just plopped down on the sofa when he heard Qin Lili chuckle beside him, then look at the two of them with a slightly lewd expression and say:

"Exactly, we're finally home, and there's a long night ahead, so it's a good time to replenish our energy along the way."

"What kind of energy should we replenish?"

Ye Shuzheng bent down to pick up the potato chip toy and put it back in its little nest; he hadn't even thought about it that way.

Xiaoxue was also confused, holding the potato chips and asking:

"Are we going out again later? I've been walking all morning, and I'm a little tired..."

Seeing the two people's reactions, Qin Lili took a deep breath in disbelief. In her eyes, these two were like two rocks, completely oblivious to her.

She rolled her eyes, crossed her arms, and leaned against the wall next to her.

"Hey you two, you've only been married a short time, haven't you? How come you're acting like an old married couple who've been together for decades? Where's your youthful passion?! You're just standing here like two logs, not even exchanging a single unnecessary word?"

At this point, Qin Lili suddenly remembered something and asked the two of them:

"Wait a minute, you two still haven't...?"

Looking at Xiaoxue's "cute, cute" expression, and Ye Shu's "Xiaoxue is cute" expression beside her, she was a little speechless. She reached out and grabbed Ye Shu by the back of his collar, lifting him off the sofa, and pointed to his bedroom door, saying:

"You, go back to your room and play by yourself for a while. Don't come out for half an hour. I'm going to give Xiaoxue a lesson."