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

"Alright, next question. I remember you said Yu Luying brought pepper spray?"

"Yes, when Yu Luying, Xiao Xiong, and I first entered Teacher Yao's hall, Yu Luying brought a bottle of pepper spray for self-defense."

"Tsk, you should reflect on what kind of image you have in people's minds."

"What the heck?! That's not for defending against me, it's a weapon I'm preparing for an adventure!"

"Yeah, I know, I just wanted to roast you."

"...Later, when she encountered the first Seekel, she sprayed it all out. As a result, Seekel was fine, but she herself was covered in it and couldn't even open her eyes."

"Wait, in your description, both you and the bear are visible."

"Oh right, he can see. He was wearing goggles to look cool, I forgot."

"how about you?"

"I was standing quite far away, and I immediately covered it with my collar—Holy crap!"

"Did you react?"

"She was blinded... but I can see... I was only sprayed by her later..."

"You said you booked a private room, went into the bathroom through the mirror, went out through the KTV door, tried to chop the door but it didn't work, and then threw an axe... Without your symbiotic ability, could you even chop the door?"

"Who are you looking down on? Yu Luying got the better end of the physical fitness part, you know. But it wasn't easy either; she drank a lot of my water."

"You drink toilet water?"

"No, I brought it myself."

"When have I ever seen you bring water? Who brought it for you?"

“Yu Luying brought it, but it was unopened when I drank it.”

"I didn't ask you that. Did you finish it? Didn't you go to the bathroom?"

"I only drank about half a bottle, why are you always thinking about the toilet..."

"When you got pepper spray in your eyes later, didn't you rinse them with water?"

"No...no, I wanted to rinse it with water, but Yu Luying said there was no water, so she drank it."

“In such a short time, you drank half a bottle and she drank half a bottle. This does not conform to your logic of symbiotic resource sharing.”

"Alright, by then the symbiosis would definitely have been weakened."

"Wait a minute." Shen Jie picked up a pen and started writing and drawing in her notebook.

A moment later, she showed Xiao Yao two sets of time points.

The first set of time points only has two points: Xiao Yao sprained his ankle yesterday morning and couldn't answer his summer homework last night.

The second set of time points is one-to-many: being splashed on the back of the hand by water while playing in a fountain, feeling the pain from the cello strings on the fingers, and being kicked/chopped down a door and forced to drink water/sprayed with pepper spray/trapped in a love hotel on the third day.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yao asked, puzzled.

"What I mean is that we have no way of knowing how the symbiotic relationship that weakened last time became stronger again. We can only try to find out the reason why it weakened last time."

"Oh!"

"We have now basically determined the start and end time points of the two instances of weakening symbiosis, which are the two sets I wrote down."

"That's right." Xiao Yao nodded seriously, pretending that he understood.

"If we can find out what happened in both of these periods, then that event is very likely the cause of the weakening of the symbiosis."

"..." Xiao Yao touched his chin.

"By the way, why did you go on a date with Ouyang alone? You're quite the storyteller, aren't you?"

"What date? She's my god-sister. We just had a meal together. How is that a date?"

"Fine……"

"Actually, I was in a bad mood that day because you dumped me, so I went to her to comfort myself."

"I dumped you?"

"To be precise, it was about giving you the 'friend zone' card. That day, Thursday, I called you from the little park near the school..."

"Alright, alright, stop it." Shen Jie stopped him.

"Oh."

Xiao Yao secretly wondered if it was because I hugged Yu Luying?

If we skip the point in time when I was kicked in the subway and count from the moment I cut the door to get water, to when I was looking for a suitable mirror in KTV, then I can be said to have hugged Yu Luying?

Then, after talking with Song Haijian and Director Lin, we walked home together from school...

This is the only thing that must never be said aloud.

"I really can't think of anything during those two periods, but Yu Luying's mother talked to me both times before. Do you think it's possible that it's because of this?"

"Is it possible that the effect will be delayed? It's not impossible, but we can't verify that, and it won't help us solve our current problems. Let's think about it some more."

Xiao Yao shut up and stopped talking, while Shen Jie fell into deep thought.

She already had the answer, but she just didn't want to face it.

She recalled that day when she was forced to hold her phone and walk around the building, constantly feeding on mosquitoes.

Was it after I rejected him that day? Last time it weakened after I rejected him, and this time it weakened after we broke up. It can't just be a coincidence, right? No way, no way.

Of course it's a coincidence, what's the point of talking about me and him, or him and her? What logical connection is there between us?

How could I have such an absurd idea? Shen Jie laughed at herself.

"My dear wife, what are you laughing at?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Why don't you go study for a while and clear your head?"

"Okay, okay, perfect, I'll ask you if there's anything I don't understand."

While Xiao Yao was studying, Shen Jie continued to ponder.

Is the disappearance of symbiosis related to the Mirror World Palace? It seems not, but it's hard to say.

Is there a positive correlation between this and sexual intercourse? It doesn't seem to matter—he was perfectly fine that morning, and then blood suddenly started gushing from his knee.

As Sherlock Holmes once said, "First eliminate all illogical conclusions; then the rest, however bizarre or unbelievable, must be irrefutable facts. Perhaps there are several explanations left; if so, then they must be verified one by one until, in the end, only one explanation remains that is well-founded."

So let's start by verifying the easiest one.

It's said to be the easiest... but I'm still not thick-skinned enough. I need to work on my mental fortitude.

Let me think about it, hmm.

"Honey, look, how do you solve this problem? It's about a triangle..."

"No." Shen Jie replied without even looking.

Aren't you a sophomore in high school?

"Xiao Yao, I love you." Shen Jie's eyes were fixed on the ceiling.

"?"

"Whether you are my future husband or not, I will love you."

"?!!"

"No matter whose daughter Shen Tianyun is, Xiao Yao, I love you, until death do us part."

Xiao Yao placed his hand on the girl's forehead, but she slapped it away: "I plan to confront my father tomorrow. I want to marry you, immediately."

The boy, unsure of the other's true intentions, chuckled awkwardly and replied, "Well,... alright then."

“If my dad doesn’t agree, I’ll kill myself to prove him wrong. He has to agree. Then we’ll get visas, fly to the US overnight, go to Las Vegas, and just say hello to the priest there. That’ll be our marriage. From then on, we’ll be husband and wife in the right place. My future daughter and future husband in Ima, I’m going to be your wife right now!”

"Mom! You don't want me anymore?!" Shen Tianyun suddenly appeared at the bedroom door.

"You brat, you came in without knocking! Children shouldn't disturb adults. Xiao Yao, stop daydreaming! What are you looking at? Odd changes to even, signs don't change! Answer me!"

"What do you mean by 'odd' or 'even'? You just said you'd marry me, is that true?!"

Ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh

Shen Jie sighed inwardly. It seemed that talking about it wouldn't get anything done.

"The sign indicates the quadrant!" Shen Tianyun said. "Isn't that middle school knowledge?"

“Tianyun,” Shen Jie turned to her with a smile, “your dad has the flu, a bad cold, with a fever of 39 degrees Celsius.”

"39 degrees Celsius, he should be rescued," Xiao Yao thought.

"Huh? Why are you still sitting here reading? Get her to the hospital right away!" Shen Tianyun exclaimed in surprise.

"No need, no need, he'll be fine after a nap. I have to stay and take care of him tonight, so you can go sleep in your dad's room."

"? Then why don't you two—okay, okay, I'll go sleep in my dad's room."

As Shen Tianyun walked past Shen Jie, she whispered in her ear, "Don't cause any trouble."

"I know what I'm doing," Shen Jie replied expressionlessly.

"What exactly do you want to do?" After Shen Tianyun left, Xiao Yao finally showed a "fearful" expression.