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

However, this one smells different from the other one...

Xiao Yao stole a glance at the girl's profile, a profile so pure it seemed it shouldn't exist in this mundane world.

This profile view had once haunted his dreams, but now, his heart remained as still as water.

In the second semester of fifth grade, a cute girl named Li Tingting transferred to Xiao Yao's class and was assigned to be his deskmate.

He liked his new deskmate and insisted on "escorting" Li Tingting home every day after school.

Of course, Li Tingting refused to name herself as her boyfriend.

After a semester, Xiao Yao finally lost his strength.

Later, he became busy preparing for the entrance exam to junior high school, which distracted him.

After entering junior high school, Xiao Yao got a new female deskmate, and Li Tingting became Xiao Yao's good friend again.

At that time, Xiao Yao thought that elementary school students were indeed ignorant and their liking for playing house was just playing pretend.

Although he didn't win her over, and although he no longer had strong feelings for her, Xiao Yao was still very happy to have gained this special friendship.

It was a very gratifying and comforting feeling.

Xiao Yao realized with some annoyance that he and Yu Luying seemed to have entered this state as well, at least from his perspective.

They're in high school now; things shouldn't be like this.

"I still like her," Xiao Yao told himself. "I'm not heartless or ungrateful; I'm not the kind of person who can just stop loving someone without a second thought."

The boy stole a glance at the girl's profile and couldn't help but recall his past feelings for her.

To be honest, it's a bit embarrassing to admit that when Xiao Yao first met Shen Jie, he pursued both of them at the same time, as if he wanted to win over whichever one he wanted.

Later, the two of them came to him at the same time, and when Xiao Yao was forced to refuse Yu Luying, he found it extremely difficult to let go.

When Xiao Yao had only been dating Shen Jie for a few days, he would still feel a pang of pain in his heart when he thought of Yu Luying.

Can a person really let go so quickly?

Xiao Yao cherished her friendship and appreciated her talent, but all his love and passion had been devoted to that girl surnamed Shen.

The boy suddenly had a very strange idea.

For example, if the mirror in the house suddenly points back to six months ago, then when Xiao Yao, in the first semester of his first year of high school, sees himself sitting next to Yu Luying, but no longer feeling much excitement for her, and having to deliberately maintain a gentlemanly distance, he would probably want to punch himself twice.

In this sense, are the Xiao Yao of 2003 and the Xiao Yao of 2004 the same person? At least they have some conflicting ideas.

So, if we expand this time frame, what will the relationship between Xiao Yao and Shen Jie be like 30 years from now?

Shen Tianyun brought me together with Shen Jie from this year, all under the guise of Shen Jie from 2034.

Considering that Shen Tianyun's words were a mix of truth and falsehood, he was somewhat skeptical about whether that was truly what "the future Shen Jie" meant.

Shen Jie claims she spoke on the phone several times with her future "Shen Jie," but how does she know that it really is "Shen Jie"?

Furthermore, it's been almost two months, and the future Xiao Yao and Shen Jie haven't appeared by Shen Tianyun's side even once. What have they been doing? They've been too lazy to even glance at her through the time tunnel, claiming they're busy with business? Is that reasonable?

Let's take a step back and assume that this really is what "the future Shen Jie" meant.

Therefore, we can deduce that Shen Jie, who was at least 34 years old, loved Xiao Yao, who was also 34 years old.

But does Xiao Yao, who is 34 years old, still love Shen Jie, who is 34 years old?

At this moment, Xiao Yao believed that he would love Shen Jie for the rest of his life and never change his heart.

However, considering his past record, Xiao Yao's confidence was further diminished.

He admires love that lasts a lifetime, so he hates this side of himself.

……

Xiao Yao's divergent thinking went from east to west and then from west to east, until his eyes went completely blank.

Until Yu Luying tugged at her sleeve: "What are you daydreaming about? Do your homework."

"Oh, oh, I was thinking about that." Xiao Yao suddenly woke up.

"What are you thinking about?" the girl complained softly. "You've been staring at a multiple-choice question for ten minutes, and besides, your eyes are looking at... never mind."

The girl bent her long, outstretched legs at the knees, pulled her small feet, clad in white stockings, back in, and hid under the Kentucky Fried Chicken table.

“I wasn’t looking at your feet,” Xiao Yao told Yu Luying.

As soon as he said it, Xiao Yao regretted his "protesting too much" statement, even though he was telling the truth.

Sure enough, Yu Luying gave him a small glare: "If you want to see it, do it after you finish the test."

Although Yu Luying's voice was very soft, Xiao Yao still... had three big question marks pop up above his head.

Listen to what they're saying...

Yu Luying realized she had spoken out of turn, a blush crossed her face, and she buried her head.

What's wrong with you?

This afternoon I just told my sister firmly:

“I am not your maid, and Xiao Yao is not your pet.”

But when I actually sit quietly with him, I can't help but feel happy and want to lean on his broad shoulders and sit there all night.

Even though her older sister hadn't come home yet, she was already...so close to him.

Even after obtaining the "license of privateering," Yu Luying still felt ashamed of herself.

“Um…” Xiao Yao nudged her and moved his test paper closer to Yu Luying: “Look at this question. Given the functions $f(x)=sqrt{4-x^2}$ and $g(x)=sqrt{4-x}$, which of the following propositions is correct?

A. $f(x)leq g(x)$

B.$g(x)leq f(x)$

C.$f(x)geq g(x)$

D.$g(x)geq f(x)$”

“Well,” the girl said, extending her hand to Xiao Yao and taking his pen from his hand, “you can first consider the domain and range, as well as the graphical characteristics of the function.”

Xiao Yao was a little confused. You clearly had a pen in your hand, so why did you hit me? And when you came to take the pen, your hands even touched, and you paused for two or three seconds before slowly moving away. Was it really not intentional?

The boy subconsciously savored the lingering warmth of his palm: "Um, domain and range?"

“Look,” the girl patiently scribbled something on her notebook, “First, we can consider the domain and range of $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ respectively: For $f(x) = sqrt{4-x^2}$, since $4-x^2$ in the square root must be non-negative, therefore…”

"Slow down, slow down," Xiao Yao tried hard to keep up with Yu Luying's train of thought, taking notes with his hands and muttering to himself.

For some reason, the surrounding environment gradually became noisy, with both human voices and music from the store.

Xiao Yao looked up—ah, that's right, these people gathered in the store are homeless people. When Shen Jie ran away from home and came to seek refuge with him on the first day, she was angered by Yu... and ran away. He searched for her all night, and this was the first KFC he came to.

Why is the music suddenly so loud? It feels like a dull knife is cutting my ear.

"What did you say?" Xiao Yao asked loudly, tilting his ear slightly toward Yu Luying.

Yu Luying's voice was already not loud (compared to Shen Jie's), and in such a noisy environment, it was even more difficult to hear her clearly.

The girl raised her voice, and seeing that Xiao Yao was still frowning and looked very tired, she moved closer to him.

Then, they were touched again.

"?" Xiao Yao felt Yu Luying suddenly press against him.

Because it was summer, Xiao Yao wasn't wearing much, and Yu Luying's body heat seeped through his clothes onto his skin, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

The blend of floral and soapy scents became even stronger.

His heart began to race, and he felt his face slightly flush. The warm, fragrant breath from those cherry-like lips brushed against his ear... Damn it, what did she say?

What...what...several...meaning is this?

Was it unintentional or deliberate?

Just kidding, someone as conservative as Yu Luying couldn't possibly have done it unintentionally! ...

and many more.

Could this Yu Luying be Zhao Xiaomei in disguise? She looks like she's tainted by some kind of evil magic.

"So the answer to this question is B, do you understand?" Yu Luying finished explaining the question to him before subtly moving away a little, finally restoring social (physical) distance.

I understand now, woman, you're playing with fire.

Ultimately, the two abandoned their base in Kentucky and prepared to find another place.

Walking down the street at night, a cool breeze is blowing. After a sweltering summer day, this is a rare moment of comfort.

Xiao Yao carried both of their schoolbags in one hand, and with the other hand...

He lowered his head, looked at the hands he was holding with Yu Luying, and felt... utterly speechless.

Why did things turn out this way?

As soon as they stepped out of the KFC, Yu Luying took his hand as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

He seemed to have done it a thousand times with practiced ease.

Ah, yes, they held hands once, but it was only on the bus to the boat resort, a brief handshake in the heat of the moment—yes, a handshake, not holding hands.

But now, the other person is taking the initiative to lead me... walking?