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

Chen San San slept like a log.

She arrived in the morning and slept until noon.

It was lunchtime, and Ye Shu had prepared lunch—four dishes and a soup, quite a feast—as a way of thanking Chen San San for working tirelessly for them to edit the photos for so many days.

He asked Xiaoxue to wake Chen San San up for breakfast, since it was a girl sleeping and he, a grown man, might see something he shouldn't.

Xiaoxue nodded, walked to the bedroom door, and gently knocked:

"San San...time to eat."

There was no movement.

She knocked again, this time a little louder:

"Three three?"

Still nothing.

Xiaoxue pushed open the door and poked her head in:

"San San...time to eat..."

Then she saw Chen San San lying on the bed with her back to the door, motionless, in the exact same position as when she fell onto the bed that morning.

Xiaoxue walked to the bedside and gently nudged Chen San San's shoulder:

"San San... wake up, it's time to eat..."

Chen San San remained motionless and unresponsive.

Xiaoxue pushed a little harder:

"San San, wake up..."

Chen San San remained lying there, showing no reaction whatsoever.

Xiaoxue realized something was wrong. She slowly reached out and placed her hand in front of Chen San San's nose.

Then she pulled her hand back in a flash, and when she looked at Chen San San, her face turned pale.

It seems... she's not breathing?

Xiaoxue turned and ran outside, losing one of her pink bunny slippers in the process. Her legs moved like wheels of fire, and she had no idea she could run so fast.

In the living room, Ye Shu was setting the dishes she had prepared on the dining table when she heard a series of footsteps, and then she saw Xiao Xue running towards her.

She ran so fast that the bunny ear hood of her pajamas fell off, and she even lost a slipper. Tears were still in her eyes. She ran over and hugged Ye Shu's arm tightly, refusing to let go.

"What's wrong? Why did waking her up scare you like this?"

Ye Shu looked down at Xiaoxue, whose face had turned pale with fright.

Xiaoxue clung tightly to Ye Shu's arm with one hand, pointed to the bedroom door with the other, and stammered as she spoke:

"Lying... in the bedroom... San San... she..."

"What's wrong with San San?"

"She...is not breathing..."

Ye Shu almost dropped the bowl in her hand.

What's wrong? Not breathing? Did this child oversleep?

He put down the bowl and followed Xiaoxue toward the bedroom door.

Xiaoxue hid behind Ye Shu, only peeking in with her head out, her voice soft:

"You...you go see..."

Ye Shu mustered her courage and went into the bedroom. She walked to the bedside and reached out to try touching Chen San San's nose...

Holy crap, it seems like he really isn't breathing!

Ye Shu was getting a little anxious. He didn't care about the rules of propriety between men and women anymore. What did it matter if the person was already dead?

He immediately started hitting my face and pinching my philtrum:

"San San? San San! Wake up! Xiao Xue, call 120!"

While pinching Chen San San's philtrum, Ye Shu turned to Xiao Xue at the door and called out.

He was starting to panic a bit; Ye Shu still had some psychological trauma regarding matters of life and safety.

Xiaoxue was almost in tears at the door, her hands trembling with fear as she pulled her phone out of the pocket on the belly of her pink plush rabbit pajamas.

Yes, this pajama really does have a pocket on the stomach, like Doraemon's. Xiaoxue usually puts snacks, her phone, tissues, and other things in it.

She shakily opened her phone, then looked up at Ye Shu and asked:

"120... what was that again?"

She was completely terrified; her mind went blank.

Ye Shu wasn't much better; without even thinking, he said to Xiao Xue:

"Why don't you call Mom and ask her?"

Just as Xiaoxue was looking for her mother in her contacts, Chen San San finally woke up, seemingly choking on her own saliva.

"Cough cough...cough..."

She coughed a few times, then sat up abruptly in bed, rubbed her face which seemed to hurt a little, and asked groggily:

"What's wrong? Why does my face hurt so much..."

Eh? ? ?

Ye Shu and Xiao Xue were both stunned and speechless for a moment.

Chen San San frowned, squinted, and struggled to open her eyes. She looked at Ye Shu sitting by the bed and Xiao Xue standing at the door, both of them looking at her with a ridiculous expression.

Chen San opened his mouth and found that his philtrum also seemed to hurt a little and felt a bit numb.

"What's wrong with you guys?"

She rubbed her reddened face, looking a little bewildered.

Ye Shu looked at Chen San San's philtrum, which he had pinched until it was red, and thought it looked like a Japanese soldier. He felt a mix of laughter and urge to hit him.

"What else is wrong? You didn't breathe just now, did you know that? Xiaoxue thought you... had died."

Ye Shu's voice trembled slightly as she spoke, whether from anger or fear, it was hard to tell.

"what?"

Chen San San blinked, as if she had just woken up, and said:

"I breathe very lightly when I sleep...and I sleep very soundly, even my brother can't wake me up at home, hahaha..."

She was smiling quite brightly...

Ye Shu was speechless, but didn't know what to say, so she could only say one thing to Chen San San:

"Let's go out to eat."

He got up, walked to the door, and took Xiaoxue's hand, leading her towards the dining table.

Xiaoxue hadn't recovered yet. She glanced at Chen San San to make sure she was indeed sitting on the bed panting before obediently following Ye Shu to the restaurant.

"Wow, this is such a feast! Did you make all of this yourself, manager?"

Chen San San had been forced to turn on her phone earlier, and now she was truly awake. She washed her face in the bathroom, but her hair was still a mess.

"I made something simple, please don't be shy, have some."

Ye Shu served her a bowl of rice, then served Xiaoxue a bowl, and then sat down with her own bowl in hand.

Chen San San had just sat down when she heard a bark.

Potato Chips woke up, climbed out of the doghouse, stretched on the ground, and then trotted over to sniff Chen San San's slippers.

Chen San San also likes small animals. She was too sleepy when she came in the morning and didn't even notice that there was a puppy in the house.

"Wow, a puppy! How cute!"

She bent down and reached for the potato chips.

Potato Chips wasn't shy at all; it wagged its tail and stuck out its tongue to lick Chen San San's hand.

"Good girl."

Chen San San chuckled and pinched the potato chip's ear.

"You need to eat. If you let it lick you, go wash your hands."

Ye Shu spoke up from the side, and Chen San San finally realized what was happening, standing up with a grin:

"Okay, I'll go right away."

She got up and went to the bathroom to wash her hands again before returning. Holding chopsticks and a bowl, she asked Ye Shu:

"Manager, Sister Xiaoxue, have you finished looking at the photos? Are you satisfied?"