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

"Get up!" Shen Jie grabbed him again, "The floor is so dirty, don't you want to wash my clothes?"

“What are you saying?” Xiao Yao was pulled to sit up. “Yu Luying probably thinks you do my laundry every day at home.”

"No, I have to go and get you an extra bed. You can't sleep on the floor." Shen Jie said as she turned and left.

Xiao Yao sat on the floor, looking up at Yu Luying who was sitting on the edge of the bed, while Yu Luying looked down at him.

As he watched Yu Luying change into her last shoe, he desperately tried to think of what to say in this situation of being alone together.

“Um…” Xiao Yao began.

"I, I'll go take a look too!" Yu Luying, wearing slippers, fled like a startled fawn, leaving only the "pat-pat" sound of her footsteps.

"Hey." Xiao Yao stood up again, patted his butt, picked up Shen Jie's canvas shoes and Yu Luying's sneakers, and neatly stacked them on the shoe rack.

Then, he sat back down on the pristine white bed.

If Xiao Yao were to go back and have his hotel room filled with two girls, and Daiyu and his friends found out, they could write a whole new version of The Deer and the Cauldron. But given Xiao Yao's current situation, there's absolutely nothing to look forward to.

If it were just the two of them, Shen Jie, even if they couldn't create some atmosphere or act a little roguish, they could at least sleep soundly in each other's arms on the clean, soft bed.

If it were just him and Yu Luying alone—while it would be impossible to sleep in the same bed, the situation would be much more delicate than it is now.

As for now, the blessing of having two women on this clean and soft bed is definitely out of the question. If Shen Jie can get a folding bed, that would be fine. If not, she'll have to make do on the floor for the night. She can't really let Yu Luying sleep on the floor.

On another note... in my situation with Yu Luying, it doesn't really matter who sleeps on the bed and who sleeps on the floor in the end, does it?

In short, aside from hoping for a good night's sleep, there was nothing to look forward to that night.

Xiao Yao got out of bed, walked to the bedside, and admired the dark river under the moonlight.

Are there still boats this late?

"Xiao Yao, I've got it all sorted out for you," Shen Jie said before she even arrived. "They said they'll come over in a bit to add a bed for you."

“Great!” Xiao Yao said happily.

Shen Jie, holding onto the TV cabinet, took off her two stockings one by one and put them into Xiao Yao's pocket as usual: "You take a shower first, Lu Ying and I are going to Hualian Supermarket."

"Why go to the supermarket so late?" Xiao Yao asked, puzzled.

“Silly boy,” Shen Jie said, “Girls need to change their clothes when they stay out overnight. Neither of us brought any spare clothes. Even if we don’t change our outer clothes, we still need to change our underwear. So, we have to buy some now.”

"Just wash it with water, rub it with some soap, and hang it up, isn't that enough?" Xiao Yao said dismissively—how pretentious!

"So, are you going to sleep naked tonight?" Shen Jie nudged him. "I'm telling you, Yingying is here to protect me today, so don't get any funny ideas."

"It's like I did something to you when Yu Luying wasn't around," Xiao Yao thought to himself, but said aloud, "There are bath towels—never mind."

Given her current relationship with Shen Jie, it doesn't seem so outrageous for Shen Jie to wear a bath towel, but Yu Luying...

"Alright, alright, you two go ahead, I'll wash, I'll wash," Xiao Yao quickly said before Shen Jie could get angry.

As the two were talking, Yu Luying entered the room, sat on the edge of the bed, and once again delicately took off her ice silk stockings, folded them neatly, and placed them in—

"Huh? Where are my shoes?" Yu Luying looked around.

Shen Jie turned to look at Xiao Yao, her face seemingly saying, "Tell the truth, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse."

"Shoes, I've already put both of your shoes by the door." Xiao Yao pointed innocently to the shoe rack by the door.

"Do you need to fawn over me?" Shen Jie raised her hand and punched her. Yu Luying grimaced behind her, but thankfully didn't make a sound.

After Shen Jie and Yu Luying left hand in hand, the room finally fell silent again.

Xiao Yao went into the bathroom, locked the door, put down the toilet seat, pulled down his pants, and sat on it.

...It almost spilled outside because I couldn't hold it in.

Actually, some has already spilled out.

What's wrong with me?

Hey bro, you've been running around all day and you're exhausted, how come you still have so much energy?

Xiao Yao felt very hot—was the air conditioning in the bathroom not very good? It couldn't be that bad.

I drank beer today. Is that roadside beer that's so strong? The dish included kidneys, but I barely ate any… Oh, right, Yu Luying doesn't drink, but she ate a lot of kidneys. Damn! Ordering this stuff was really out of her mind.

Xiao Yao finished what he was doing on the toilet, stood up irritably, and suddenly felt dizzy.

He used the tissues on the wall to wipe his bottom.

The situation is not looking good.

As a vigorous young man, ever since he learned more than a month ago that he and Yu Luying were living together, he had been gritting his teeth and eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers, breaking several of the wooden fish he imagined.

However, the accumulated mountain torrents cannot flow into the sea, nor will they disappear on the spot. Instead, they accumulate strength in the undercurrents, waiting for the day when they breach the dam and burst forth.

If I were to order more dishes, I would ask for stir-fried celery and lily bulbs, green beans, cold broccoli salad, minced garlic and chrysanthemum greens, and a spinach soup.

You've even extinguished the fire in Laozi's alchemy furnace.

Or maybe I should learn to recite that... Rosary?

Xiao Yao stripped naked, stood under the showerhead, turned the water to cold, and leaned against the wall, letting the water wash over him from head to toe, hoping to cool him down. But it didn't work, so he didn't wash his hair, put his clothes back on, and left the bathroom.

The bathroom door faces the shoe rack, and as soon as you step out, you can see Yu Luying's pair of white sneakers, with two glass silk socks stuffed inside, like Pandora's box, or like the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden.

Xiao Yao put his hands in his pockets to prevent them from sticking out—but then he bumped into Shen Jie's socks again.

"Are you crazy, woman?" Xiao Yao pinched his nose, took out the socks, and casually threw them into the bathroom sink.

Then I washed my hands.

I am a monk, I have no worldly desires. Amitabha, Alleluia, boom boom boom boom.

Xiao Yao tried hard to recall the knowledge he had heard in the physiology and hygiene class last semester.

Exercise can expend energy and distract you!

Xiao Yao put on his shoes and socks, walked out of the 7 Days Inn, randomly chose a direction, and began his first healthy night run since coming to Shanghai.

Good heavens... what on earth is going on?!

Hearing the whistling wind and the incessant barking of dogs, Xiao Yao couldn't help but feel a little scared.

What if I get bitten by a dog? Even though we're all in the same boat...

Rabies has a 100% fatality rate.

And this road ahead is so dark...

What kind of idiot would shower before going for a night run?!

The phone rang; it was Shen Jie.

Where the hell have you been?

"I'm just taking a walk around here."

"Go away, my foot! You took the room key, how are we supposed to get in?"

"Oh, oh, just a moment, I'll be right back."

When Xiao Yao returned to his room at the 7 Days Inn, Shen Jie and Yu Luying were not waiting for him at the door—the door was ajar.

No wonder I felt like Yu Luying had already started showering, Xiao Yao thought.

Moreover, the water temperature was insanely hot! Has this girl gone mad? I'm practically cooked!

Xiao Yao had heard that girls usually use slightly warmer water when taking a bath than boys—but she had never been this extreme before.

Fortunately, it has stopped.

Xiao Yao shuddered for a moment for no apparent reason.

"I'm back—" The boy pushed open the door: "How did you get in?"

"Just ask the front desk for another room key," Shen Jie said.

The entrance is a narrow corridor with the bathroom on one side, so the bed is not visible.

When Shen Jie came out, she had a towel wrapped around her head, a large bath towel wrapped around her body, and was barefoot in slippers, revealing half of her pink and tender thighs, as well as her completely bare shoulders.

Damn it, my whole body is burning hot again. I'm so annoyed. It feels like all my running around was for nothing.

I really want to pounce on her.

Then go for it!

"Wife, give me a hug." Xiao Yao pounced on the chick like an eagle.

"Okay, okay, hug, hug," Shen Jie patted Xiao Yao's back. "Alright, that's enough, there are people here."

Xiao Yao still wouldn't let go, but Shen Jie sensed something was wrong and pushed him away forcefully, feeling both ashamed and angry: "What's wrong with you? You've gone too far!"

"I really didn't mean it—he just wouldn't listen to me." Xiao Yao said awkwardly, hunching over with a pained expression.

"Was it intentional or not?" Shen Jie scolded, "Don't let anyone see! Even when you're acting crazy, you have to consider the occasion!"

"I know, I know." Xiao Yao pulled down the hem of his shirt and opened the collar a little to let the heat trapped under his clothes escape. "How come they gave you two unregistered residents room cards?"

"They even set up the extra bed for you."

Xiao Yao went over to take a look, and there was a spring folding bed placed next to the bay window, right next to the big bed.

“I was like this when I was a kid,” Xiao Yao walked to the folding bed and plopped down, bouncing a couple of times as he sat there. “I shared a room with my parents. They slept in the big bed, and I slept on the spring mattress next to them.”