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

"Isn't that normal?" Xiao Yao said casually.

“The reason I hate her is that she always hits you and it hurts me a lot,” Yu Luying explained.

“I don’t hate my sister anymore, because I’ve realized that I can’t blame her,” Xiao Yao interjected.

"It's good that you know," Yu Luying said with a smile.

Two tigers lay listlessly on the artificial hill, while several children howled and pounded on the glass railing, trying to attract the tigers' attention.

Xiao Yao noticed that these two tigers were now truly "old" tigers. Their fur was no longer shiny, but rather faded and disheveled. The male tiger was slightly larger than the female tiger, but now it had clearly lost weight and looked somewhat thin; the female tiger's body also appeared frail, and her limbs no longer strongly supported her weight.

The tigers' eyes look different now than when they were young.

Their eyes revealed a weariness and despondency, having lost their former sharpness and wildness. They lay lazily in the shade of the trees, occasionally raising their heads to glance at the passing tourists.

Xiao Yao remembers clearly that when he came here as a child, the two of them walked back and forth in their cages, displaying their strength and majesty, as if they were about to break out of the cage at any moment, which terrified young Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao couldn't help but sigh, "Time waits for no one." These tigers may have once been the kings of the tiger mountain, but now they could no longer resist the passage of time and could only silently wait for their final moments.

The same is true of the decline of this war park—although it is far from deserted, its visitor numbers are not what they were ten years ago.

So the park's finances can't support them updating the animal versions? Is that right?

“Sir, madam, would you like to feed the tiger?” A middle-aged woman wearing a red armband walked over.

Xiao Yao's quills stood on end: "You're the one who should be fed to the tiger!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Yu Luying's arm and pulled her back several meters from the edge of Tiger Mountain, as if afraid that the old woman would push them in.

“No, that’s not it,” the woman said, both amused and annoyed, showing Xiao Yao a bowl of beef shank she was carrying: “20 yuan a piece.”

“Oh, I’m spending money to buy your meat to feed your tiger?” Xiao Yao said, “I don’t think I’m the Governor of Hong Kong.”

"Thank you, but no need," Yu Luying said politely, then tugged at Xiao Yao: "If you don't want it, then don't. Why say all that?"

The older woman rolled her eyes and went to sell to others. A little child forced his mother to buy one, then threw it forcefully, and it landed at the foot of the artificial hill.

Xiao Yao craned his neck to look.

The male tiger no longer seemed tired. With a whoosh, it darted down the artificial hill, grabbed the meat, and hid behind it to eat.

Xiao Yao pondered to himself that this piece of meat was quite substantial, and he might not be able to buy it for 30 yuan outside. What would happen if he bought a piece and cooked it at home?

"Don't embarrass yourself." Yu Luying glared at him.

Xiao Yao chuckled and whispered in Yu Luying's ear, "If I were a tiger, I would bring you the meat to eat."

"You're the tigress!" Yu Luying retorted.

……

“Look, a bunny,” Yu Luying pointed to it for Xiao Yao.

"Are rabbits considered rare? They're even being kept as wild animals," Xiao Yao complained. "This war park is really going to go out of business."

"The bunny is cute." Yu Luying was quite interested in the bunny and lingered there for a while.

"And it tastes good too," Xiao Yao added.

Similarly, there were many children feeding the rabbits carrots and cabbages.

But outside the rabbit herd, Xiao Yao noticed a male rabbit with mixed colors that was very agitated.

It kept circling around the rump of another female rabbit that was a size larger than itself, repeatedly trying to mount it.

This female rabbit looks very lazy; she basically doesn't move except when she jumps away from being ridden.

He could only jump no more than two meters away before lying down and not moving again.

So the male rabbit persevered, and the two rabbits continued their cycle of riding and hopping around the rabbit hutch.

Xiao Yao couldn't understand what they were doing, so he squeezed Yu Luying's little hand and asked, "Look at those two rabbits, they're not eating properly, what are they doing?"

"Which two?" Yu Luying followed his finger, suddenly glared at him, and pinched him hard at the same time: "Don't show me these again!"

"???" Xiao Yao was completely baffled.

When he asked that question, he genuinely had no idea what the rabbit was doing.

But Yu Luying's reaction made him realize what the rabbit was doing.

This cannot be blamed on Xiao Yao's dullness; after all, he lacks experience, and animals are different from humans.

Suddenly, he thought of Shen Jie again.

I took out my phone to check, and Shen Jie was still listed as missing.

Xiao Yao was a little restless and had lost all interest in strolling through the park.

I wanted to call her, but I was worried that what was originally a peaceful situation might turn into a disaster.

What on earth are they doing?

He went on an adventure in a skyscraper all by himself?

Or are they deliberately ignoring me?

Could it be...

Xiao Yao picked up his phone, took a picture of the rabbit, sent it to Shen Jie via MMS, and told her that he was taking the silly girl to the park, trying to provoke her.

The two rabbits that were chasing each other were distracted by the carrots that were thrown at them.

After the male rabbit ate a few bites of carrot, it suddenly noticed that another female rabbit, which was smaller in size, was also lying still, so it changed its target.

The second female rabbit remained motionless, showing no intention of resistance. However, the male rabbit had only been on top of her for a few seconds when, inexplicably, it reached out its front paws to press down on the back of her head and then roughly bit her ears.

When the female rabbit's head was first pinned down, she seemed to be enjoying it, but when her ear was bitten, she immediately refused and struggled to escape without hesitation.

The male rabbit, having failed to get what it wanted, stopped trying and hopped away.

"That male rabbit!" a child exclaimed to his parents. "He likes the big female rabbit and wants to be with her, but she doesn't want him, so he can only be with this little female rabbit!"

"He's a womanizer!" a little girl next to her shouted even louder, while throwing a carrot into the container.

Yu Luying chuckled and gave Xiao Yao a mischievous look.

"I hate kids," Xiao Yao thought to himself.

The variegated male rabbit started trying to ride the larger female rabbit it had been chasing before.

The female rabbit still refused and continued to ride and hop around.

However, this time the female rabbit escaped a much farther distance, and after several attempts, the big female rabbit simply pressed her rear end against the wall of the rabbit hutch and lay down.

Upon seeing this, the male rabbit, as if it had lost its dream, lay down on the ground.

"Heartbreaker! Heartbreaker!" The children ran wildly around the rabbit enclosure.

Yu Luying was laughing so hard she collapsed into Xiao Yao's arms.

The boy hugged the girl tightly in his arms.

Her waist is so thin.

However, at this moment, he had no heart to enjoy it; his mind was filled with restlessness.

The elusive flower girl and her inexplicable remarks lingered in Xiao Yao's mind.

He remembered that the flower-selling girl was the faceless flower-selling girl he had encountered when he first entered the "Hall of the People".

The day I went to the dark cinema to catch Shen Jie, I was inspired by this flower girl. Moreover, I even saw this flower girl on the roadside that day and bought roses for Shen Jie.

The withered roses were still in the vase on her dining table; Shen Jie hadn't taken them with her.

Xiao Yao thought of the phone call before bed last night, of "that matter," and of Shen Jie's current disappearance, and he was so agitated he was about to explode.

Fuck the rabbits, fuck the kids: "Let's go, didn't we say we were going boating?"

"Okay, okay, let's go!" Yu Luying said, skipping along. "Big rabbit."

Xiao Yao rolled his eyes, raised his left and right hands, making a "two" shape with each hand above his head, and followed Yu Luying, hopping along.

Chapter 191 Fallen Girl

2023-05-14

After leaving the unpleasant animal island, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying arrived at the Swan Lake Wharf, located in the southwest of the War Park.

The lake covers an area of ​​4565 square meters, with a 91.3-square-meter Swan Island in the middle, where cartoon-style houses for swans have been built. Palm trees are planted on the island, and reeds are planted along the shore. The lake surface shimmers and is quite impressive.

In recent years, in addition to swans, the park has also released several nests of wild ducks and water birds into the lake, making the lake even more vibrant.

Turn past a weeping willow tree, and you'll find the boat ticket office. Just then, a group of people were about to rent boats, and a large number of boats began to dock.

Watching the other family of three jump ashore happily, Xiao Yao didn't feel anything, but Yu Luying squeezed his hand tightly and even gave it a squeeze.

Xiao Yao didn't want to play while keeping track of time, so he went to the ticket window and bought an unlimited time pass.

Damn it, I forgot my student ID again.

The travel pass was naturally more expensive. Xiao Yao used the China Construction Bank zodiac card, which contained the inheritance left by Shen Jie.

Thinking about this made Xiao Yao a little uneasy. He thought to himself, "Taking Shen Jie's money to entertain Yu Luying is simply outrageous."

To alleviate his unease, he sent a QQ message to Shen Jie to report the matter, requesting her permission and stating that he would consider it a loan.