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

The new battle here attracted the attention of most people. Even the two aunties who started arguing at the front of the car temporarily stopped fighting and craned their necks to look in this direction.

"Xiao Yao!" Shen Jie finally snapped out of her daze and stamped her foot. "Stop talking."

She grabbed Xiao Yao's arm, glanced at the man with glasses, then at Xiao Yao: "I'm sorry! Let's just forget about it, okay?"

The bespectacled man, who had intended to continue with his business, suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon upon seeing Shen Jie's stunning face, waving his hand and saying, "Never mind, never mind."

You stepped on someone's foot, and you're already being unreasonable!

"I'm going to hit you!" Shen Jie raised her hand, pretending to hit Xiao Yao.

The bespectacled man was somewhat confused, unable to tell for a moment which beautiful girl was the boy's girlfriend, and his mood suddenly soured again.

The bus pulled over to the side of the road, and Shen Jie was the first to jump off, holding Xiao Yao's hand. Yu Luying followed closely behind and also got off the bus.

"Luying, is your foot alright?" Shen Jie helped Yu Luying sit down on the iron bench under the bus stop sign, trying to check Yu Luying's injury.

"No need, I'm really fine," Yu Luying declined, but she couldn't persuade Shen Jie otherwise.

Xiao Yao felt a chill on his right foot as Yu Luying's white sneakers were removed. It was clear there was no bleeding, just a tiny bit of redness. Additionally, there was a small, dark shoe print on the heel of her right sock, along with a small hole and a 2-3cm tear.

“I told you it’s nothing, the skin isn’t even broken, Xiao Yao is making a big fuss over nothing.” Yu Luying reached out and wiped the shoe print on her sock, while Shen Jie handed her two tissues.

Since Shen Jie didn't want to take the bus anymore, Yu Luying put her sneakers back on, and the three of them set off again.

Yu Luying walks with a slight limp, while Xiao Yao deliberately—even somewhat intentionally—walks with long strides, occasionally skipping a few steps like a primary school student.

Shen Jie didn't speak, and her expression was somewhat unhappy.

In fact, she was very unhappy.

This made the atmosphere a bit awkward again.

Qingpu is indeed a suburb, but despite the large road, there are not many vehicles passing by.

The three of them walked and tried to flag down a car, but they couldn't get one even after walking for more than ten minutes.

Occasionally, a few empty cars would appear, but they seemed to be blind, ignoring the three people's waving and speeding past.

The sun had begun to set. Shen Jie took out her phone and glanced at the time. It was already 4:10 PM, past the agreed time.

She was somewhat anxious.

"Hello, is this Ms. Li? This is Shen Jie. I'm sorry, we're almost there, but we might have to wait a little longer..."

"..."

"I know you're about to get off work, I'm so sorry."

"..."

While Shen Jie was on the phone, a three-wheeled, gasoline-powered vehicle with an illegal canvas canopy installed on the back seat stopped behind them.

"Want me to deliver it?" the dark-skinned man asked in the local dialect of Qingpu District.

……

The three people huddled together in the back canopy of the wheelchair. Xiao Yao was on the left, Yu Luying was on the right, and Shen Jie was sandwiched in the middle, wishing she could hang up and cling to their thighs.

"Don't be angry anymore." Xiao Yao leaned close to Shen Jie's ear, wanting to whisper these five words, but the latter simply turned her head away, not letting him get closer.

"I'm not angry," Shen Jie said coldly, her voice not exactly low amidst the noisy engine.

Yu Luying stumbled upon the couple arguing. Looking at them, she wanted to say something, but then felt that whatever she said wouldn't be appropriate.

The bumpy ride of this rickety tricycle was even worse than that of a bus. The roads in the suburbs were also bad, and every now and then when it went over a small pothole, the vehicle would shake violently, and the three people would be jolted up and down with it.

Shen Jie felt like she was about to be thrown off.

Originally, she didn't want to say these things in front of Yu Luying, but in the end she couldn't hold back: "I told you to go in the morning, to go in the morning, but you insisted that you couldn't get up in the morning and told me to make an appointment with someone in the afternoon."

The girl's voice was loud, because otherwise it would be drowned out by the wind and the roar of the engine.

"How about this afternoon then? You were dawdling like crazy at noon, and then you insisted on taking the bus—"

Shen Jie suddenly realized that bringing up the bus would sound like she was talking about Yu Luying, so she changed her tone: "I've told you before that I don't want my boyfriend to be like a hooligan. What you did just now made me feel very embarrassed in public."

She was telling the truth, but there was something else that upset her that she couldn't say right now: Xiao Yao, who was usually quite easygoing, got so worked up over Yu Luying being stepped on—what level of "concern leading to confusion" was that?

"Am I making a big deal out of this?" Shen Jie wondered.

"Tsk," Xiao Yao said.

He didn't talk back, firstly because he really didn't know what to say, and secondly because he didn't want to argue with Shen Jie in front of others, especially in front of Yu Luying.

"Sister—Shen Jie, please don't be angry with Xiao Yao," Yu Luying felt she had to say something: "Xiao Yao just thought I was injured—"

Yu Luying was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly guessed the real reason why Shen Jie was angry. Worried that she was adding fuel to the fire, she shut her mouth again.

"It's okay, Luying, this has nothing to do with you." Shen Jie shook her head, took Yu Luying's arm, and leaned into her arms.

"Alright," Yu Luying said softly, "Did Miss Li promise to wait for us?"

“Hmm,” Shen Jie nodded, “But I feel so embarrassed.”

"Oh, as long as it doesn't delay us—or you, it won't delay your business," Yu Luying reassured him, her left arm around Shen Jie's back, giving Xiao Yao an OK sign to signal him to calm down.

Xiao Yao rested his head on the canvas on the other side and said nothing more.

The feeling of Yu Luying holding Shen Jie made him feel as if he were holding Shen Jie as well.

This trip has been quite long, and all three of them thought so.

Shen Jie wanted to rub her aching buttocks, but she couldn't at the moment.

Taking the bus and riding in these three-wheeled disabled vehicles, I had too many unpleasant "first-time" experiences this afternoon.

Well, good or bad, they're all part of life's experiences.

……

The two girls were chatting casually when Yu Luying suddenly pulled three candies from her pocket and handed two to Shen Jie: "Want some?"

"Hmm." Shen Jie tore open the packaging of one of the pills, placed it in her left hand, held it between her thumb and forefinger, and brought it to Xiao Yao's lips as a silent signal of reconciliation.

Xiao Yao glanced at the hand still wrapped with prayer beads, then slightly stretched his head out and put the candy in his mouth, trying his best not to touch Shen Jie's fingers.

Then, his face contorted in pain, as if he wanted to vomit but dared not: "This...this tastes like durian."

"Huh?" Shen Jie was putting the second candy into her own mouth when she heard this and immediately fed it to Yu Luying.

"Damn it!!! Is this what double the happiness is?" Xiao Yao roared inwardly.

Yu Luying chuckled and glanced at Xiao Yao, then ate with relish.

Crunch, crunch.

The golden sunset bathed the earth, and the three-wheeled disabled vehicle, belching black exhaust fumes, trembled and sped along the bumpy road.

--split line--

Li Na will have to work a little overtime today.

Because one of her clients was late.

Navara Wedding Dress has been operating in Shanghai for over twenty years and enjoys an excellent reputation for its strong capabilities and distinctive bespoke services.

Being able to open in such a remote location, "Navara Wedding Dress" naturally adheres to the attitude that good wine needs no bush. However, as an employee, especially as a probationary employee, Li Na still cannot ignore performance.

Navarre is quite expensive, so customers with the means to spend usually drive there themselves, but today's guests... came in unlicensed three-wheeled vehicles.

All three of them looked travel-worn.

Huh? Three people?

Li Na silently put the parking ticket she had prepared into her trouser pocket, and gave a slight bow with a smile: "Handsome guy, beautiful lady, beautiful lady, welcome to Navara Wedding Dress."

A young woman wearing a long skirt and nude stockings approached: "Are you Miss Li? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

As she spoke, the girl bowed to herself, which made Li Na, a service worker, feel somewhat flattered.

"Are you Miss Shen?" Li Na asked, gesturing for the three of them as she looked them over. "How did you get here?"

"I came by bus," the groom replied.

Li Na secretly wondered to herself, "Are these three just here to have some fun?"

However, appearances can be deceiving. Miss Shen and the groom were both dressed in designer clothes, and although the other tall girl was dressed simply, she exuded an air of nobility from a wealthy family, so there probably wouldn't be any major problems.

Li Na led the three young people into the store and invited them to sit down at a small round table in the waiting area. She pushed the gummy candies on the table towards them and said, "I'll go get you the case study album and other materials. Please have a seat for a moment."

As Li Na got up to leave, she heard voices behind her.

"Xiao Yao, don't eat it, this is also durian flavored." The light and bright female voice belonged to Ms. Shen Jie, who had made the reservation by phone.

"Huh?" said the groom, who was called Xiao Yao.

"Luying, you eat, you eat."

"No," came a cool female voice: "Eating too much sugar is bad for you."

To be honest, these three people do look... way too young, almost like middle school students, especially Miss Shen Jie. If you told me she was a junior high school student, Li Na would believe it.

However, they could also be college students. Some freshmen are still quite immature and look like middle school students, which is normal.

However, even for college students... well, I can only say that in the two months I've been with the company, I've never served a client of that age.

Li Na returned with the photo album and materials, and then asked her colleagues to bring over three paper cups filled with tea. She put down the photo album, picked up the paper cups, and turned to get hot water from the water dispenser: "Handsome guys and beautiful ladies, this is a collection of our Navara wedding dress case studies. You can take a look first."