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

After hanging up the phone, Shen Jie immediately called Yu Bo again to explain the current situation.

“I’m visiting a patient,” Yu Bo said. “I’ll be right back.”

After hanging up the phone, a taxi stopped in front of the Sands Hotel, and at the same time, Xiao Yao slowly woke up.

Shen Jie rushed out of the Jinsha Hotel and helped the limp Yu Luying out of the car.

The first thing Yu Luying said after entering the Sands Hotel was, "What did you two just do?"

Shen Jie was stunned by the question: "What? What did we just do? We didn't do anything. Does eating grilled fish count?"

Damn it, could it be that the symbiote will also be able to capture things in 2034?

Yu Luying noticed Shen Jie's guilty conscience, gave her a cold glance, and sat down at the table.

“I can feel it,” Yu Luying explained softly, “The symbiosis has suddenly become much stronger. Something must have happened between the two of you.”

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie looked at each other, their minds completely blank.

As night fell, Yu Bo finally made it back to the Sacred Heart Church.

Shen Jie was supporting Xiao Yao, Yu Bo was supporting Yu Luying, and Xiao Yao and Yu Luying were holding a long, yellow measuring tape.

"Go, go, go!" Yu Bo commanded. "Keep the ruler straight! Don't turn, don't swing down!"

"Uncle," Yu Luying said, holding her forehead, "I don't feel well."

“Me too,” Xiao Yao reported.

“5 meters…5.3 meters.” Yu Bo squinted at the markings on the measuring tape: “One more time.”

"Don't come," Shen Jie suggested. "Look how uncomfortable they are. They've been measuring for ages, and it's just a little over five meters anyway."

Yu Bo waved his hand weakly, and Xiao Yao and Yu Luying quickly approached each other, their measuring tapes swinging crookedly on the ground.

"Put the ruler away." Yu Bo covered his forehead and walked into his office.

Shen Jie quickly put the measuring tape away and then followed Yu Bo into his office.

"What...what do we do?" Yu Bo held his forehead and sat behind his desk. "20 kilometers is one thing, but 5 meters? How are you two going to live from now on?"

"Yes, it's like being conjoined twins, so inconvenient." Shen Jie felt bitter inside, knowing the reason for this, but still asked Yu Bo, "Father Yu, how did it become like this?"

“How would I know?” Yu Bo said, “It’s beyond the scope of the curriculum. I’ll report it to the organization later.”

"Our organization knows about this?" Yu Luying asked.

Yu Bo didn't answer Yu Luying's question directly, but instead looked up at Shen Jie: "Xiao Shen, what did you and Xiao Yao do today?"

"I didn't do anything!" Shen Jie blushed deeply, stamped her foot, and vehemently denied it, "You two are truly niece and uncle, how come you even have the same way of thinking? What could we possibly do?"

Xiao Yao kept his head down and remained silent.

Yu Bo looked at Xiao Yao, then at Shen Jie, then at Yu Luying, hesitating to speak.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the priest's office.

Yu Bo stood up and strode over to open the door.

“Sister,” he peeked through the crack in the door, then pulled it open wider—and squeezed out himself: “You can’t come in.”

Yu Bo slammed the door shut, leaving the three little ones staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Brother-in-law." The three children heard another man's voice coming from outside the door.

Yu Luying's body trembled violently and she froze.

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie each helped Yu Luying up.

“Here, please call me Father Yu,” the three children heard Yu Bo say from outside the door.

“Yes, yes, Father Yu,” the man said.

“You’ve finished yelling, now you can get out,” Yu Bo said coldly.

"Bobo!" the three little ones called out upon hearing Yu Lihua's voice.

“Father Yu, that’s not right of you,” the man said. “The church doors should be open to everyone. I haven’t been excommunicated.”

“But the priest’s office is not a public place where he can choose who to let in.” Yu Bo refused to budge an inch.

“Behind the door behind you is my only daughter,” the man said. “Nothing can stop me from going to her.”

“I’m not letting you in today, what can you do about it?” Yu Bo shouted. “If you keep pestering me, I’ll put you on the list of ‘unwelcome’ and ban you from coming to our church again—the parish priest has that authority.”

The three children listened to the three adults arguing for a long time. Finally, the man's voice faded away, the office door opened, and Yu Lihua followed Yu Bo and ran in.

"Nannan, what's wrong with you?" Yu Lihua ran in and hugged Yu Luying's head.

Xiao Yao felt a sense of suffocation, in a physical sense.

He also smelled a... somewhat subtle... milky scent? What was that smell?

Then, Yu Lihua looked at Yu Bo: "Bo Bo, why... does that get stronger?"

“Xiao Shen knows about symbiosis, so there’s no need to hide it from her,” Yu Bo replied.

"?" Yu Lihua glanced at Shen Jie, and Shen Jie looked back at her without backing down.

Whether it was an illusion caused by the lighting or not, the woman who had always seemed dull and pale in Shen Jie's memory now looked much rosier.

Could it be that... women really need... nourishment? Shen Jie felt embarrassed by this thought.

She cupped her cheeks in her hands.

After discussion, it was decided that Xiao Yao would stay overnight at Sacred Heart Church, while Shen Jie would go to Xiao Yao's grandmother's house alone.

As the night fell, the girl walked slowly, enduring a faint burning sensation from somewhere on her body, her heart filled with grievances, dissatisfaction, and resentment.

Tomorrow, school starts again.

Chapter 346 Why don't you break up with your sister first?

2023-10-06

On the night of August 31, Shen Jie lay on Xiao Yao's bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

To save words, she wrote, "She had insomnia."

She regrets it.

Only a small portion of the reason for regret is the psychological gap caused by losing a certain identity.

After all, Shen Jie is not Yu Luying.

Her biggest regret was naturally that it had caused serious consequences.

If she had known it would cause such a drastic impact on symbiosis, she would never have complied.

Moreover, upon closer reflection, Xiao Yao had actually given up halfway through, but he stubbornly insisted on facing the challenge head-on out of spite.

If we investigate this closely, whose responsibility is it really?

I don't care, I don't care.

It must be Xiao Yao's fault anyway.

Unable to sleep, Shen Jie harbored resentment towards Xiao Yao.

Although reason told her that it was not Xiao Yao's responsibility to stay at the church with Yu Luying tonight.

In fact, he didn't have many choices.

But after all, I was spending this first night alone.

I'll hate him for the rest of my life!

The phrase "sleepless nights" has absolutely nothing to do with Shen Jie most of the time.

But today, today is different...

At least, at least, he should...

Shen Jie didn't know what he should do either.

An irreconcilable conflict arose between reason and emotion.

"I'm still just a young girl," Shen Jie thought to herself, secretly mocking herself.

Crying on his shoulder, sharing a delicious grilled fish, and sleeping in each other's arms that night—these are all part of the ritual.

Regardless, Shen Jie knew in her heart that she should not resent Xiao Yao, but rather... fate, or something else.

My body still hurts so much... Ugh, this is so annoying.

Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, school starts tomorrow.

Co-educational school, huh? I haven't felt this way in years.

Okay, actually it's only been two years.

Shen Jie recalled that when she returned home that evening, her grandmother had already prepared a sumptuous meal for her.

According to Xiao Yao, his grandmother used to cook perfunctorily at home, but since he came, she has been cooking as if she were having guests, and she never reheats leftovers.

"This is really causing the elderly so much trouble," Shen Jie thought.