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

Ye Shu, carrying two large bags of spoils, shuffled open the apartment door. Before she could even catch her breath, she was so shocked by the sight before her that she almost threw the plastic bags away.

The living room felt like it had been hit by a typhoon.

The cushions lay crookedly on the floor, the coffee table was pushed away from its original position, and even the solid wood TV cabinet was moved half a meter away.

Ye Shu's heart skipped a beat, and her first reaction was:

"Damn it, a thief has broken in! Is the security at this luxury mansion made of paper?!"

He instinctively clenched the bag in his hand, ready to give anyone he saw a good whack. But as soon as he entered the room, he saw someone standing in front of the TV wall.

It's An Suxue... or rather, it should be An Suxue.

She stood with her back to him, motionless, as if being punished by facing the wall. The television screen was black, and her gaze was fixed on the corner of the wall that had been hidden by the TV cabinet.

Ye Shu breathed a sigh of relief, only then noticing her attire.

She wore a pure white shirt with not a single blemish, buttoned up to the top, paired with crisp black trousers, and her hair was neatly tied in a ponytail, revealing a patch of snow-white neck.

This doesn't match any of the previous ones, so it must be the last one that Sister Zhi Qiu mentioned.

What was her name again? I think it was... Xiao Nuan.

Ye Shu swallowed hard, tiptoed carefully around the obstacle on the ground, and tentatively began to speak:

"Little...Little Warmth?"

The girl turned around in response.

Her face was expressionless, unlike An Suxue who was timid, or Zhi Qiu who was smiling, or Xia Qing who was emotionally expressive.

It was an extreme calm and...focus? Her gaze fell on Ye Shu's face, staring straight at him, causing Ye Shu to subconsciously move back a little.

After looking for a while, she finally pointed to the corner of the TV cabinet that had been moved, her tone cold and unreadable:

"I'm out of nuts."

Ye Shu immediately remembered the bag of nuts that Xia Qing had dug out while watching the game last night.

"Oh, that... Xia Qing took it with her drinks last night when she was watching the game."

After hearing this, Xiao Nuan frowned slightly, and her breathing seemed to quicken a little. Although the change was extremely subtle, Ye Shu could sense it... she seemed a little angry?

A man carrying two plastic bags and a woman with a blank expression stood staring at each other in the living room, which looked like it had just been the site of a brawl.

This scene is very eerie.

Ye Shu couldn't take it anymore. He quickly rummaged through the plastic bag in his hand, pulled out the only luxury item he had gritted his teeth to buy, and handed it over, trying his best to make his smile look sincere and harmless:

"Here... take this. We'll be roommates from now on, so please take care of me."

Xiao Nuan's gaze fell on the bag of nuts, her furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and her breathing returned to its previous steady state. She reached out and took it quickly.

"Thanks."

Her thanks, like the person herself, were simple and devoid of any extra warmth.

Then, instead of immediately opening the snacks, Xiao Nuan took out a palm-sized black leather notebook and a pen from her pants pocket.

She flicked off the pen cap with one hand and quickly ticked it off in her notebook. At the same time, she muttered something under her breath:

"Character, passes the test."

"What? You passed?"

Ye Shu looked at the girl in front of him with a "keep away" expression, then glanced at the bag of nuts in her arms, and thought to himself:

"You're not as incorruptible as you seem. You were bribed with just a bag of nuts. Which cadre wouldn't withstand such a test?"

Before he could recover from this inexplicable character assessment, Xiao Nuan had already closed her laptop and turned her attention back to the devastated living room.

She first looked at the TV cabinet that had been moved, then at the two large shopping bags in Ye Shu's hands, and finally, her gaze settled on Ye Shu's face.

"Ye Shu".

"Huh? Yes!"

According to Article 7 of Chapter 3 of the Co-living Code, items in common areas must be restored to their original condition after use.

She pointed to the TV cabinet:

"Now, I need to put it back in its place. Judging from your physique, you are capable of doing this. Please assist me."

Ye Shu looked at the solid wood TV cabinet, then at Xiao Nuan's expressionless face, and finally understood.

It seems this little warmth won't be warmed up anytime soon.

Ye Shu looked at the solid wood TV cabinet that had been put back in its original position, shook his slightly sore arm, and muttered to himself:

This thing is so heavy, how did she manage to tinker with it all by herself?

He let out a long breath and slumped onto the sofa, catching his breath.

Turning my head, I saw that Xiao Nuan was already sitting upright at the other end of the sofa, her back straight, like a primary school student in class.

She was holding the bag of nuts in her arms, and with one hand, she was repeatedly taking a nut out of the bag, putting it in her mouth, chewing it, swallowing it, and then repeating the process.

Throughout the entire process, her eyes remained blankly fixed on the black screen of the television in front of her.

The scene was too eerie, and Ye Shu couldn't resist her curiosity, breaking the silence:

"Xiao Nuan? What... are you looking at?"

Xiao Nuan's movements came to an abrupt halt, as if a pause button had been pressed. She seemed to be a single-core processor, only able to do one thing at a time.

She slowly turned her head to look at Ye Shu, her eyes filled with pure focus:

"I didn't look at anything, I was eating to replenish my energy."

This answer was too honest; Ye Shu opened his mouth for a long time, but couldn't find a way to respond.

Seeing that he was silent, Xiao Nuan slowly turned her head back and continued to repeat her mechanical movements.

Ye Shu's lips twitched. He decided to give up on communication, got up, carried two large bags of survival supplies, and went into the kitchen. It was more practical to solve the problem of food and clothing first.

He took out rice, flour, oil, salt, and those distinctive discounted dishes one by one, and began to search for a home for them in the stove and the bare cupboards of his home.

"What are you going to do?"

The sound was flat and completely unexpected, startling Ye Shu so much that he almost dropped a wilted little cabbage.

He turned around and saw Xiao Nuan standing at the kitchen door like a ghost, holding the bag of nuts, staring at him without any expression on her face.

Ye Shu patted his chest, took a breath, and looked at the girl who walked silently and had no expression. What was that word again... the Happy Valley effect was acting up, I think that's what it was.

"You scared me... I didn't mean to do anything. I just noticed we didn't have much food at home, so I bought some groceries so I can cook for myself from now on and not eat instant noodles all the time."

"Nobody cooks here."

"I can tell..."

Ye Shu silently added in his mind, "This kitchen is so clean it reflects light, like a showroom. Jerry would starve if he came over, so why is there no one to cook?"

"Can you cook?"

Xiao Nuan's gaze swept over the rather meager ingredients on the stove before returning to Ye Shu's face.

"I know a little bit."

Ye Shu didn't turn her head, still picking vegetable leaves in her hand:

"Back when I was living alone, I made this by myself to save some money. As for the taste... it was edible."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Nuan pulled out the small black notebook from her pocket again, marked something on it, and muttered to herself:

"I can cook."

Then, she raised her head, looked directly at Ye Shu, and her attitude was so matter-of-fact that there was no intention of discussing it at all:

"I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

"what?"

Ye Shu was taken aback by the sudden order. He turned to look at the bag of nuts in Xiao Nuan's hand, which was already half empty. A thought flashed through his mind, and he tentatively asked:

"Xiao Nuan, are you... hungry?"

Xiao Nuan nodded very readily:

"Yes. Because I did a lot of exercise just now."

Ye Shu felt her understanding had been shaken and asked incredulously:

"So... if I hadn't asked, and I wasn't planning on cooking right now, you wouldn't have said anything? You would have just kept eating nuts?"

"Um."

Xiao Nuan nodded again.

He looked at the girl in front of him, who looked like a human, and for a moment, he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

This silly girl...