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All I can think about right now is one phrase: I don't recognize this mother, I don't recognize this mother...
Chen Siyuan, for some reason influenced by my mom, has rolled up her sleeves to help out. She's practically a ghost now, yet she can still help my dad lift the refrigerator!
Rice is also busy helping to tidy up the pots and pans, while Su Anrong stands behind me with a smile, looking carefree.
“Wheat, can we borrow your friend's mental hospital van for our move?” My mom seems completely oblivious to my displeasure, or perhaps she notices but doesn't care at all.
“No way!” I refuse to go crazy with them. After finally managing to get a week off—time I earned with my reputation—I can't believe I'm already being asked to move while I'm still settling in at home!
And to make matters worse, we're moving to Su Anrong's place! Given how my parents are completely smitten with Su Anrong and have lost all sense of reason, if I go over there, I'll definitely be the one who gets bullied the most!
“Mom, let me talk to Wheat,” Su Anrong volunteers.
Hmph, what a joke. Even though you're good-looking, don't be too confident. I'm not going today! I'd rather die than go!
The moment my mom sees Su Anrong, it's as if she’s looking at her own son—so affectionate. “Rongrong, that would be great! Wheat is just stubborn; a little effort will straighten him out.”
Rongrong? How ridiculous that she can call him that.
I plopped down on the ground outside the door; the place is a mess inside, and I don’t even want to step in.
Su Anrong gently pointed at a small stool near the entrance. Without anyone noticing, the stool zipped right in front of him.
Hmph! Such a stingy guy; he has that ability yet just watches me sit on the ground!
“Let me sit!” I quickly stood up.
“It was meant for you,” he said with a slight smile. His gentle and spoiled expression made me feel uncomfortable, so I quickly turned my face away.
Su Anrong sat cross-legged beside me. “Actually, the fourth floor you just went to isn’t what you usually see as the fourth floor; it’s an attic between the third and fourth floors.”
“What do you mean?”
"Between every two floors, there are mezzanines, which are also numbered just like the actual floors. However, ordinary people can't see or access these mezzanines because they are specifically meant for ghosts. But since you accidentally wandered into their territory today, you might feel like the elevator is moving slowly. And you thought it was the Ghost Wall, right? In reality, it’s just that you moved from the fourth floor of the Underworld to the fourth floor of the human world."
"I find that hard to believe."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Chen Siyuan to take a look around. Chen Siyuan is still a new ghost; she can only reach the human world’s floors by being with us. Otherwise, if she goes down alone, she will naturally be guided to the mezzanine where the ghosts reside."
Although I somewhat believed him in my heart, I was reluctant to admit it out loud and deliberately picked at him. "Then tell me, what is she being guided by?"
"By herself. In a way, she will go to her own world as if by fate. Just like most people cannot intrude into the ghost world, ghosts cannot enter the human realm either; this is simply a natural sense of belonging for each species."
I couldn't shake off the feeling that Su Anrong's expression seemed a bit lonely while he spoke these words. Did he not have a sense of belonging? Was that why he was wandering around in the human world and got entangled with me?
It wasn't until much later that I realized his loneliness at that moment was actually because of me.
I was lost in thought when Su Anrong suddenly pinched my cheek. "But you're different, my dear. You could accidentally stumble into the ghost world anytime, where there are ghosts wanting to eat you everywhere. And you dislike me so much that you refuse to let me stay by your side to protect you all the time, so moving away is the only solution!"
"It sounds like moving away would eliminate the mezzanines altogether."
"Exactly! I bought a standalone house; there’s only one floor."
Forgive me for being reckless yet still afraid of ghosts; Su Anrong easily won me over with just a few words. A minute later, I found myself tying up my skirt like an old lady and helping my mom with furniture.
I never expected that the house Su Anrong bought would be so large! He wasn't exaggerating at all; indeed, each of us could have our own room. As he put it, even if my parents argued, they could sleep in separate rooms.
He handed out keys one by one to everyone and after finishing, he clapped his hands. "Alright, it's getting late; everyone hurry up and wash up before bed!"
Once the crowd dispersed, I looked at him empty-handed and calculated the rooms. If I counted my parents as two rooms… then there was one room short!
He didn’t leave a room for himself!?
A strong sense of foreboding washed over me. He couldn’t possibly be thinking… about sleeping with me?
I shivered in fear and immediately said, "Garlic, here’s the key. I’ll ask my mom for a spare!" My parents were getting along well right now, so there was no way they needed both rooms.
"Honey, aren't you afraid of encountering ghosts at night?"
"This house is already filled with plenty of non-humans; why would I be scared of just one ghost?" I stubbornly tossed the key to him and called two Lizard Spirits to guard my door.
No, they were guarding the windows! The two of them sat on either side of my window, and I didn’t believe any ghost would dare come near.
"Wheat, how can you let guests stay outside?" My mom started nagging again when she saw this.
At my signal, the two Lizard Spirits chimed in, "Auntie, it’s cool outside!"
"Cool or not, they shouldn’t be out there! Come inside; there’s air conditioning in here!"
"Mom, don’t worry. I know my friends; they like sleeping by the window. Right?"
"Right, right!" The Lizard Spirits nodded vigorously.
"Bang!" My mom gave me a hard knock on the head. "What’s wrong with you? After eighteen years of teaching you manners, you still don’t know basic rules. — You two come inside! If you don’t come in, Auntie will get angry! Rongrong, do we have an extra room? They can squeeze into one for now!"
Su Anrong's face lit up with joy. "Mom, there’s only your room left, but Wheat wants to sleep here..." He looked troubled.
Sure enough, my mom snatched the key from my hand. "This is my room; I make the rules. Let the guests sleep here; you go sleep in your own!"
"Mom, are you trying to force me into a situation? I don’t even have a room left; do you really want me to share one with Garlic?"
"Force? Why do you have to say it like that? When you were having fun with someone else, did you feel embarrassed then? Now you're shy about it? If a couple doesn’t sleep in the same room, are they even a couple?" My mom launched into a lecture.
"I’m only eighteen!" I had just come of age!
"You weren’t even eighteen when you were having fun!"
I was cornered by my mom to the point where I didn't dare to breathe. There's a saying: "You reap what you sow!" I shouldn't have agreed to cooperate with Su Anrong from the start! Now my mom has firmly convinced herself that I am married to him and that we have a child, Rice. The raw rice has truly been cooked into a meal, and now I want to revert back to being pure, unprocessed grains—it's completely impossible!
Just then, Chen Siyuan finished washing up and came out of the bathroom. I quickly grabbed her, "Siyuan! I'm sleeping with you tonight!"
"I don't want to!" Chen Siyuan rejected me without a second thought. "You grind your teeth at night like it's a heart-wrenching symphony. I finally get a break from your teeth grinding, and I don't want to jump back into that fire pit!"
I reluctantly withdrew my hand. "Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Mommy! I want to sleep with you!!" Rice's voice sounded like heavenly music at that moment.
"Great!" I almost ran over in excitement.
As I passed by Su Anrong, I shot him a fierce glare. Learn from your son, will you? Look how he dotes on me!
"But Mommy, today is the 15th, the night of the full moon. My sleeping posture might be a bit terrifying!"
"That's okay; no matter how terrifying, you're still my son." I hugged him tightly and kissed his pale little cheeks twice. The fear vanished completely; instead, he felt as delightful as milk-flavored jelly.
But did I just hear Su Anrong chuckle softly? What’s he laughing about?
To prevent Su Anrong from causing any trouble again, I hurriedly finished washing up and rushed straight to Rice's room—
But when I saw the scene inside, I was completely frozen in shock.
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