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

God, collapsed.

Whether others' worlds have collapsed or not is unknown, but for An Suxue at this moment, it is.

When she woke up, she was still a little groggy and instinctively reached for the notebook on the bedside table.

I brought the notebook to my eyes, rubbed them, and with the light filtering through the curtains, I flipped to the page where I had left my last message. I didn't know anything about what happened after that.

Then, she was completely stunned.

The handwriting was still the same; you could tell who wrote it at a glance, but what was written on it was somewhat glaring.

Xia Qing's bold and hasty message:

Ye Shu is now my exclusive little boyfriend, I'm the first one!

Zhi Qiu herself is as delicate as ever:

[My little brother, Xiao Shu, earnestly told Mom and Dad today that he likes us. Mom and Dad approved of him. Although the occasion was a bit formal, he looked so cute and sincere. His older sister agreed.]

Then there's Xiaonuan's lab report, which looks like it's in printed form:

[The emotional verification with Ye Shu has been completed. He affirmed my "like," and the hug experiment was successful.]

An Suxue's fingers unconsciously tightened, squeezing the hard cover of the notebook until it made a "crunching" sound.

Although she could perceive fragments of other people's memories or emotional fluctuations to some extent, like looking through frosted glass, she knew roughly what had happened, but the details were still a blind spot for her.

But she knew nothing about the progress of their relationship with Ye Shu, which was written in black and white on this paper.

An Suxue buried her burning face in the pillow, the soft pillow absorbing the sobs she couldn't control.

It wasn't because she was sad, but rather because a complex mix of emotions overwhelmed her, leaving her unsure of what to do.

Shyness, surprise, disbelief, and intense anticipation... all these emotions mingled together, eventually turning into a burning heat on my face.

Just because Sister Zhi Qiu wrote ["Little Shu said he likes us in front of Mom and Dad"]...

Like us...

These four words kept replaying in her mind, lingering there for a long time.

Every time I think about it, my heart skips a beat, and every time I think about it, my face gets hotter.

Ye Shu... likes "us"...

Did you say that in front of your parents?

He... he also confirmed it with Xia Qing, Zhi Qiu, Xiao Nuan, and the others?

So… inside “us”…

Does that include...myself?

An Suxue jumped off the bed, ran barefoot to the wardrobe, opened her own wardrobe door, and pulled out her pink bunny pajamas.

Wrapping herself up completely in her pajamas from head to toe, with the zipper pulled all the way up to her chin, revealing only her rosy cheeks and slightly messy hair, a familiar sense of security returned.

She picked up the carrot pillow that only she needed from the side, threw herself back onto the bed, and curled up like a rabbit.

Holding a carrot in her arms, she tossed and turned on the mattress, unable to calm her mind.

My heart felt sweet, like someone had fed me a spoonful of honey, but the honey was also mixed with lemon juice, making it sour.

Why...

Why was I the last to find out?!

Xia Qing was the first, Zhi Qiu was there to witness it, and Xiao Nuan... Xiao Nuan even confessed her feelings!

But what about myself? I felt like a fool who missed the whole banquet and only found a few candy wrappers afterward, completely bewildered by those few words.

She hugged the carrot pillow, buried her face in it, and let out a muffled groan, it was hard to tell whether she was feeling wronged or angry at her own timid nature.

Just as she was tossing and turning on the bed, there was a gentle knock on the bedroom door.

"Get up, breakfast is ready."

It was Ye Shu's voice; he was calling me to eat breakfast.

An Su-xue's action of switching from side A to side B was only halfway done when she froze. The sour feeling in her heart from "finding out last" was instantly washed away.

Just hearing him call her name seemed to put her grievances and panic at ease.

She hugged her pillow and slowly sat up in bed, her long rabbit ears drooping beside her cheeks. She was about to respond, or at least make some noise to let everyone know she was awake…

Then Ye Shu continued speaking outside the door, but this time it seemed he wasn't speaking to him:

"Xiao Tao, get up quickly! The weather is nice today. I'll take you out for some fun."

Then, a somewhat lazy girl's voice complained a little:

"Ah!! Going out to play isn't urgent... I'll sleep a little longer..."

girl?!

An Suxue's body, which had just relaxed, froze again. Hugging a pillow, she sat motionless on the bed, her ears perked up like antennas, listening to any suspicious sounds.

Why is there a girl's voice in the house? And the direction of the voice... seems to be coming from across the street?

That's Ye Shu's room across the street!

An Suxue's eyes slowly widened, and the carrot pillow in her arms gradually became twisted.

A strong sense of unease washed over her again. She had always been like this, insecure about everything. And the little bit of security she had finally found with Ye Shu now seemed to be fading away.

Why... do they speak so naturally?

Who is that girl? What is she doing in Ye Shu's room? And Ye Shu is going to take her out to play?

Did something happen last night that she doesn't know about?

The brief warmth and sweetness were quickly shattered by this intense unease and a touch of bitterness.

Ignoring the barely suppressed jealousy welling up inside her, she quickly grabbed the notebook from the bed and frantically flipped through the pages.

She was so focused on those three explosive comments that she forgot what happened yesterday, who was recording them, and what the girl's relationship with Ye Shu was.

Finally, she found the answer in Xiao Nuan's incredibly detailed daily reports.

[Ye Shu's cousin (her aunt's daughter, a university student) Tang Xiaotao is visiting from out of town. Her original hotel was unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, and other nearby hotels also experienced various issues. Therefore, she was arranged to stay in Ye Shu's room temporarily. Ye Shu offered to sleep on the living room sofa. She has been informed of the precautions. Tang Xiaotao is lively and enjoys some physical contact during conversations, so there's no need to worry too much.]

Tang Xiaotao.

cousin.

Temporary stay.

An Suxue stared at those few lines of text, reading them over and over again. Especially when she saw the sofa where Ye Shu had slept last night, her fingers, which had been tightly gripping the cushion, gradually relaxed.

It turns out she's my cousin...

It's my younger sister...

Then...it's alright.

She comforted herself in this way, but her gaze involuntarily drifted back to the closed door, while her ears remained perked up, listening for any subtle sound outside.

I hope... everything is alright...