You're my wife, don't doubt it!

A cough interrupted her meditation; it came from the men in the first three rows.

The man had a broad back. He was kneeling on a kneeling stool, his fingers interlaced, his head buried in the clasp, and he was praying, looking very devout.

The girl felt that the figure looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place where she had seen it before.

Beside the man sat a long-haired woman, perhaps his wife or girlfriend.

The woman simply sat beside the man, quietly keeping him company.

The girl suddenly felt that this was actually quite good.

And so, I sit here, quietly waiting for "him" to get off work.

The girl suddenly realized that she, too, had actually longed for a similar scenario.

A large hand pressed on the back of the bench where the girl was sitting. She turned around in surprise and saw Yu Bo's handsome yet aloof face.

"You're here," the man said.

“You’ve arrived,” the girl nodded and stood up. “Father, I’m here today for marriage counseling.”

"what?"

Yu Bo's voice was so loud that the men praying in the front row subconsciously turned around to look.

The girl recognized him, her heart tightened, and she subconsciously gasped.

--split line--

The girl followed Yu Bo into his office and closed the door behind her.

"Click."

"No, no, no." Yu Bo looked up and saw that the girl had closed the door. He quickly walked over, opened the door again, and closed it halfway.

"?" The girl looked puzzled.

“Church rules state that priests cannot close the door completely when they are alone with women,” Yu Bo explained.

The girl was slightly taken aback, then realized: "Very... aristocratic manners."

“Christians should be as elegant as kings,” Yu Bo casually remarked.

The girl hadn't seen him in his usual carefree and irresponsible manner before, so she held him in high esteem.

"Tea or...?" Yu Bo rummaged around under his messy desk.

"No need for that, I'm not thirsty."

Yu Bo took two disposable cups, filled one cup with hot water from the water dispenser, and handed it to the girl.

"Thank you." The girl took the paper cup with both hands, elegantly shook her head, and blew on it.

"You look very smart today." Yu Bo sat down behind his desk.

"Did I dress badly last time?" A smile appeared on the girl's lips.

“Hmm…” Yu Bo pondered for a moment, “Not bad, it has the vigor and energy of a young person.”

“Father,” the girl crossed her right leg over her left, the thickest part of her stockings peeking out from under her trousers, “was that person… surnamed Yao?”

“It is indeed Mr. Yao.” Yu Bo nodded and said, “Of course you have met him before.”

"It's like we've met before, yet it's also like we've just met," the girl pointed out.

Whenever the girl sees Teacher Yao's face, she can't help but recall that scene.

Wearing a small crown and a bright purple velvet cloak, she was only wearing underwear underneath...

Uh, never mind, I can't think about it anymore. In short, his face is practically screaming "pervert".

"How did he end up here?" the girl asked.

“Since encountering such misfortune, Mr. Yao’s condition has not been very optimistic,” Yu Bo said carefully, “He wanted to seek my help, or more precisely, His help.”

"Him? Who is he?" the girl asked.

Yu Bo gestured towards the crucifix hanging on the wall. Above the man's head, which was hanging on the wood, were four capital letters: INRI.

"People like this come to church..." the girl muttered.

"He did not come to save the righteous, but to save sinners. Healthy people do not need doctors, only the sick do."

Therefore, Yu Bo is trying to heal... the soul trauma caused to Teacher Yao by the White Knight's sword? the girl thought.

"Is the woman with him his wife?" the girl asked curiously.

"Yes."

“I heard his confession in his temple… his innermost thoughts,” the girl recalled. “He seemed to think that the reason he was so perverted was all his wife’s fault.”

"Hmm." Yu Bo remained noncommittal.

"And now that he's completely disgraced, isn't it his wife who's by his side?" the girl said, somewhat angrily.

Yu Bo laughed heartily: "When God questioned Adam about why he ate the forbidden fruit, guess what his first reaction was?"

"What is it?"

“It’s shifting the blame to women, to the devil.” Yu Bo raised a finger and said, “Shifting the blame to others is a sinful human instinct. Men, women, and children are all the same.”

"That seems to be right." The girl thought to herself, then switched her left and right legs.

“I don’t know what you heard in the hall,” Yu Bo stood up from behind his desk, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and said, “I can only say that, from my personal point of view, Ms. Kang does indeed bear some responsibility.”

"Is that so..." the girl said, somewhat unconvinced.

“However, she made up for it with her actions and companionship, didn’t she?” Yu Bo turned around.

"Compensation...?" the girl blurted out. "If it were me, I'd probably get a divorce!"

"What God has joined together, let no one break apart." Yu Bo smiled and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to do marriage counseling? Tell me, at such a young age, what kind of marriage counseling do you want?"

"What exactly is marriage?" The girl put her legs down, rested her elbows on her knees, slightly raised her right heel, lifted her chin, and leaned forward.

She was asking Yu Bo, but her gaze seemed to pass through him, directed at the emptiness behind the man.

Yu Bo raised his eyebrows. "You're asking such a big question right off the bat?"

“Marriage,” the man stroked his thick black hair, “is a sacrament, one of the seven sacraments instituted by God himself. It is a vow made by a man and a woman to become lifelong partners; its purpose is the happiness of the couple, and the procreation and raising of children…”

The girl thought to herself, "I want to hear you recite your lessons, why don't you just Google it yourself?"

Thinking this in his heart, he asked aloud, "An oath?"

“Yes, it is also called a covenant,” Yu Bo explained. “Compared to a contract, a covenant is a higher-level, sacred agreement. For example, the Old Testament and the New Testament are covenants made between God and man.”

"I see..." The girl's eyes were somewhat unfocused.

Is it sacred? Is it really so?

"Then, must there be love in marriage?" the girl asked. "Or is it enough to just abide by the contract, no, the order established by God?"

Yu Bo thought for a moment: "Traditionally, the primary purpose of marriage is to have children, with marital love being secondary. However, after the Second Vatican Council, the Church believes that love is the most important thing..."

“Therefore,” the girl clicked her tongue and asked, “it is my sacred duty to love my future husband, isn’t it?”

Yu Bo frowned: "I was thinking, maybe you should tell me about the specific problems you're encountering first?"

The girl hesitated for a long time.

Upon learning that her daughter from 30 years in the future was connected to their lives through a mirror in Xiao Yao's house, the girl instinctively decided that this matter must not be known to outsiders, not even a fourth person.

She never discussed this matter with Xiao Yao or Shen Tianyun; the three of them tacitly kept the secret.

Leaving aside how many people would believe it if they told them—more importantly, if someone did believe it, the consequences would be something they couldn't predict.

But now, the girl wants to tell the older man in front of her something.

Her reason, will, and emotions were all urging her to do this.

Firstly, reason told her that it would be difficult to find another person in a short period of time who would believe her, be trustworthy, and potentially be able to help.

Emotionally, she craves sharing and guidance: the secrets of the temporal connection and her future husband are like a hidden fantasy that has haunted her since childhood. If kept bottled up inside, it will eventually fester, mold, and grow fungi. Moreover, she is currently running away from home, like a rootless duckweed adrift on undulating waves; in this situation, this psychological need is even more pronounced.

The reason the girl chose to trust Yu Bo was not because of his professional identity. First, the girl was not a believer; second, even if she were, unless she was naive, there was no reason for her to trust every clergy member she didn't know very well without reservation.

When the girl was an exchange student in Spain, she met many priests. There, the locals who disliked the church contemptuously called them "crows" because they always wore black clothes. Among them, some seemed kind and benevolent, while others gave off a less than flattering first impression. But Yu Bo was different from each of them—not only because he helped and guided everyone without reservation, nor only because he generously gave away his precious relics of Queen Mary, but more importantly, because of a girl's intuition.

In her short seventeen years of life, this strong intuition has never disappointed her.

At this moment, the girl was unaware that Yu Bo had kept Xiao Yao and Yu Luying's symbiotic relationship a secret for so long, not even telling her own sister. If she knew this, she would surely be even more certain of her judgment.

Since Yu Bo is everyone's "partner," then "partners" must be treated with sincerity.

No, no, the girl realized that none of the above could be called an excuse, nor was it the root cause.

The most fundamental reason, the one that truly made the girl make this decision, was the "hall".

The girl knew perfectly well that Teacher Yao was clearly not the mastermind behind this incident. Since the secrets of the temple had not yet been fully unraveled, it was hard to say that there wouldn't be another adventure. A person might not encounter a supernatural event even once in their lifetime. For two supernatural events to occur in a single month—the "future daughter coming to the door" and the "world of shadows in the mirror"—both related to mirrors, was an extremely low probability, practically negligible. Therefore, it was undoubtedly the same supernatural event.

Similarly, while both involve traveling to other dimensions through mirrors, some mirrors reveal the hidden world of the human heart, while others lead to the future. Why? Apart from Yu Bo, they currently have no other person to turn to for help. Since Yu Bo possesses this kind of mysterious knowledge and is willing to provide support to the "Adventure Team," and they are counting on him to help them unravel the mysteries behind this series of events, hiding such a secret from Yu Bo would undoubtedly increase the team's communication and puzzle-solving costs. If something irreversible happens in the future, they will only regret it more.

This is clearly an unacceptable risk.

"You'll keep it a secret, right?" the girl made one last ritualistic confirmation.

"Of course."