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

"Wow, do you usually carry this kind of thing with you when you go out?" The little bear took the can, sprayed a little, and coughed from the choking.

"My mom asked me to bring this. It'll come in handy here today." Yu Luying took the jar back and stuffed it into her backpack.

"No, you keep talking about this kind of place or that kind of place, what kind of place are you referring to?"

"KTV is a place where filth and corruption are rampant, so what?" Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao with a puzzled expression.

“No, what are you thinking? This is a chain KTV, a legitimate one,” Xiao Yao found Yu Luying’s argument unbelievable: “They have licenses and pay taxes, they’re operating legally, there’s a police station just around the corner, how can it be a den of iniquity?”

"Don't legitimate KTVs have hostesses? If Zhou Qi is really hiding here, whether he was forced or... has some unspeakable reason, something's definitely going on in this KTV..."

Xiao Yao slapped his forehead: "What do you mean by 'accompaniment singer'? Who instilled this kind of thinking in you? Have you never been to a KTV before? Or had a get-together with your girlfriends?"

Wait, speaking of singing along, that day...

"No! And don't take pictures of me, it hurts!"

"I brought it! I brought something for self-defense!" Little Bear quickly intervened to smooth things over when he saw the two were about to start arguing. He pulled a flashlight out of his pocket, held it up, and introduced it: "Multi-LED head with two adjustable high and low beams, high-strength unibody design for durability and waterproofing, built-in 3000mAh rechargeable battery to save you the trouble of buying batteries. Phelps high-power waterproof flashlight, your wise choice for going up mountains and down to the sea."

Xiao Yao & Yu Luying: "..."

"I actually came out today to buy a flashlight. My flashlight at home is broken. Why don't you take this, Xiao Yao? It's quite heavy, and it's better for hitting someone on the head than a bottle." Xiao Xiong handed the flashlight to Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao didn't take it and silently pushed it back.

Yu Luying didn't say anything, adjusted her backpack strap, and headed straight for the entrance of the KTV.

Seeing this, the two boys quickly followed.

"Sir, Madam, do you have a reservation?" a waiter wearing a bow tie asked enthusiastically. "Do you have a membership card?"

“No, let’s open one…” Xiao Yao replied.

"Is anyone in room 2049V?" Yu Luying asked directly—this was the private room Xiao Yao and Shen Jie had come to that day.

The woman in the red bow tie smiled and said, "No, we just opened for business and don't have any customers yet. None of our private rooms are booked during the day."

“Give us room 2049V,” Yu Luying said decisively.

"How many guests are there in total? If it's five or six people, the mini private room on the third floor is more affordable and has newer facilities," Red Tie suggested after looking at the three people.

"It will be 2049."

"Okay." The red-collar worker nodded and said quickly, "V-room before 4 pm every hour... minimum order of 3 hours... fruit platter included... what time do you want to order from?"

"Ugh, is an hour okay?" Xiao Yao and Xiao Xiong cried out in unison.

Yu Luying bit her lower lip, decisively pulled out a few hundred-yuan bills from her wallet, placed them on the counter, and walked quickly inside with her head down.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Xiong exchanged a glance and had no choice but to follow.

The three teenagers followed the waiter's directions to 2049V. "Red Bowtie" then brought out a fruit platter and tea before closing the door and leaving.

"Wow, this luxury private room is really something else! Even the fruit platter they provide is so lavish," Little Bear exclaimed.

Yu Luying smiled and said, "This is nothing. There are fewer customers during the day, so they're just trying to attract business. The price is different at night, but it's still packed with guests. Whether it's a lot or not, those who can afford it aren't stupid, are they?" After saying that, she looked at Xiao Yao with a mocking expression.

After entering the room, Xiao Yao kept wondering if he had remembered the wrong room number, because the room looked completely unfamiliar. He couldn't ask Shen Jie to confirm, so he said, "What are you thinking? It's the same tonight, just singing, drinking water, and eating some fruit..."

As Xiao Yao spoke, he gently nudged the teddy bear that was fiddling with the jukebox: "Turn right after exiting the restroom, then turn left, and walk straight to the end..."

"Oh..." Little Bear didn't understand and continued to request songs.

Xiao Yao lifted his foot and gently kicked the little bear's butt: "Didn't you tell me on the way here that you couldn't hold it in?"

"When did I say—" The little bear finally realized: "Oh, right, right, it's almost spilled."

"Just do some scouting while you're at it," Xiao Yao called after Little Bear as he pulled the door open to leave, "Scout it carefully a few times!"

The little bear raises its right hand and extends its middle finger backward to signify "OK".

After smashing the light bulb, Xiao Yao happily sat down in front of the jukebox.

"What are you doing?" Yu Luying complained unhappily.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao's voice held a hint of anger, emphasizing the word "you": "You know there are supernatural things going on, yet you still dragged him into this. What were you thinking?"

Yu Luying pouted and sat down on the sofa, crossed her arms, crossed her legs, turned her head to the side, and stopped talking.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up her phone from the coffee table and texted her mother, making up a reason for not going home that afternoon and telling her not to come pick her up.

Then, pray that her mother wouldn't have any doubts and insist on taking her away.

Chapter 46 Wall Dong

2022-12-22

"That day, at dusk, snow began to fall, white snow, sorrow, blooming all over the hills, waiting for youth to end... The midnight movie, filled with ancient love stories, sings for the young in the darkness..."

"Why did you actually start singing?" Yu Luying reached out to grab the microphone. "You two are just here to have fun, right? Can't you have something on your mind?"

“Come on, girl, let’s go see the red sunrise,” Xiao Yao raised her hand to prevent Yu Luying from grabbing the microphone: “Take my love song with you, sing it in the wind, the dew hangs on it—don’t be silly, sing two songs, sing two songs, the one that cost money—transparent melancholy, is the first confusion of my life.”

Yu Luying sat down on the sofa again, frowned, took out a bottle of mineral water from her schoolbag, unscrewed the bottle, and took a sip.

After a classical guitar solo, the song enters its climax: "When the years and beauty have become sighs in the dust, in your sorrowful eyes, there are old tears. The songs I couldn't sing to you when I believed in love are ones I will often reminisce about throughout my life."

As Xiao Yao sang, he knelt down on one knee in front of Yu Luying: "The songs I couldn't sing to you when I was young and believed in love are ones I will often reminisce about throughout my life."

"Get up!" Yu Luying grabbed Xiao Yao's arm and lifted him up.

"The songs I couldn't sing to you when I was young and believed in love are ones I'll often reminisce about throughout my life." Xiao Yao looked into Yu Luying's eyes and repeated these words.

"Xiao Yao, we didn't come here to play!" Yu Luying stamped her foot. "You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Little Bear went to scout, so we need to provide cover. Okay, okay, let's get to work." Xiao Yao raised one hand and placed the microphone in the other.

He wandered around the private room for a long time but couldn't find a mirror.

“Didn’t you say you saw Zhou Qi in the hallway? And it has to be a mirror? Will a TV work?” Yu Luying suggested.

"I'm afraid that won't work," Xiao Yao reached out and touched the television screen, his fingertips only feeling its cold hardness. "Logically speaking, as long as it reflects enough visibility, it should be fine. Try turning the television off?"

"..." Yu Luying and Xiao Yao fumbled around for a while: "It seems like it can't be turned off?"

"Never mind, let's go to the corridor," Xiao Yao said.

Xiao Yao pushed open the door and peeked around; there was no one in the corridor.

He led Yu Luying out of the private room and into an empty corridor.

The boy took a deep breath and reached out his hand towards the narrow mirror in the aisle.

One of his hands simply disappeared into the mirror.

Even though Yu Luying had personally witnessed him walking out of his own dressing mirror, she still couldn't help but gasp in shock.

The girl also reached out her hand, but her fingertips only touched cold, hard surfaces.

The two exchanged a glance, and then Xiao Yao withdrew his hand and made an inviting gesture to Yu Luying.

Yu Luying hesitated for a second before taking her hand.

They've known each other for almost a year, and although they were once very close, this was the first time Xiao Yao had ever touched her hand.

Unlike Shen Jie's gentleness, Yu Luying's hands were cold and had little warmth.

She took Xiao Yao's hand and touched the reflective wall.

I've put it on!

Suddenly, Yu Luying slapped the mirror above Xiao Yao's shoulder and pressed herself against him, creating a strange wall slam.

Xiao Yao's brain short-circuited for a moment, like a snowflake.

For him, this posture was almost a half-embrace.

The fresh scent emanating from Yu Luying, like laundry detergent, this time carried a strong warmth as it entered Xiao Yao's nostrils and mind.

Contrary to what was described in the novel and what he had imagined countless times, she was tense, and Xiao Yao could feel her body trembling.

But, after all, there is still a soft spot, and that is...

The girl's face was so close to his that their breathing became intense.

Xiao Yao's face was itchy.

At this distance and angle, if I were to lean in and give him a kiss on the cheek, it would be a sure thing.

Unfortunately, Xiao Yao's central command was a coward; he didn't dare.

However, since ancient times, generals in the field have been subject to the emperor's orders, and local soldiers often have a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making.

The girl instinctively lowered her face, and then her delicate face turned redder than a peach. She gritted her teeth and forced out two words: "Want to die?!"

"No, I, you...?"

Xiao Yao hadn't fully reacted yet; all he knew was that Yu Luying was holding his other hand in the mirror, forcefully pulling his hand out of the mirror.

The girl glanced at the other end of the corridor and whispered, "Camera."

Sure enough, there was an infrared camera on the ceiling of the corridor. Yu Luying covered Xiao Yao as he pulled his hand back from the mirror, and then hurriedly pulled him back to the private room.

"What's so scary about cameras? The hallway is much livelier than ours at night." Xiao Yao was still savoring everything that had just happened.

"What are you saying? If a camera catches you crawling inside a mirror, you'll be taken away for dissection and research." The girl thought for a moment, then added, "And I'll have to come with you."

"Who has the time to check the surveillance footage every day? I get dizzy just checking the school's surveillance footage for two hours straight." Xiao Yao didn't take it seriously, but he was secretly pleased that Yu Luying was concerned about his safety.