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

The phrase "normalize" means that Xiao Yao has gradually stopped obsessing over the fact that "he no longer has feelings for Shen Jie."

Of course, he wouldn't let Shen Jie know about this.

During this period, the three little ones and Zhang Zhengkai, among others, participated in one or two pursuit operations against Shi Hui under Yu Bo's leadership. The specific details will not be repeated here, but in terms of the results, they were just a little bit short each time, and he managed to escape.

Xiao Yao was frustrated, but he still held onto hope, believing that one day he could catch Shi Hui, force him to produce the antidote, and restore his love for Shen Jie.

Even now, despite being cursed by the old bald monk, Xiao Yao is still confident that he can fulfill the role of a good husband, the duty of loving his wife, and the responsibility of supporting the family.

Xiao Yao once read in "Reader", "Youth Digest" or "Yilin" magazine that the shelf life of love is only 14 months, or rather, the shelf life of hormones is only 14 months.

In other words, even without the old bald monk Fahai "stealing" his love, his love for Shen Jie would most likely have transformed into familial affection between husband and wife after 14 months of knowing each other.

Since that's the case, this matter is only less than a year ahead of schedule, so it's not a big deal, and it's a good opportunity for me to practice.

Xiao Yao used such rhetoric to force himself to masturbate.

His high-profile display of arrogance and attention at the campus's top ten singers competition triggered a series of follow-ups and chain reactions.

First of all, Xiao Yao became a public figure on campus for the first time.

This statement is not precise enough, so it should be solemnly corrected here to "becoming a positive public figure on campus for the first time".

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yao received his first love letter from a girl, which made him proud for a whole day and night.

"How come it's your first time?" At the dinner table, Shen Jie teased, not without a hint of jealousy, "Wasn't it me who was the first?"

"Yes, yes, this is my first time, my dear wife." Xiao Yao said cheerfully, "What are you doing with that pen and paper?"

"I'll write a reply for you to reject her," Shen Jie said matter-of-factly.

"I'm full." Xiao Yao pushed the bowl away.

Next, this guy went from being a campus public figure to a minor internet celebrity.

The video taken during the competition was posted online and became a minor internet sensation.

Shen Jie was secretly relieved that the viral video mainly featured the dolphin-like high notes, and she herself did not appear in it; otherwise, she feared it would have attracted her father's attention again.

A guy claiming to be a talent scout from Huayi Brothers approached Xiao Yao, saying he wanted to train him to be an idol trainee or something. He even promised to teach him everything, make him famous, train him for two and a half years, and then he would debut and make a lot of money. He said it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and once it was gone, it would be gone forever.

Xiao Yao, Shen Jie, Yu Luying, Shen Tianyun, and their grandmother discussed it for a long time. The grandmother didn't understand at all. Shen Jie hoped that Xiao Yao could take this opportunity to start a career. Yu Luying was worried that he would not be able to go to school. The most vehement opponent was Shen Tianyun, but she couldn't explain why. She just insisted that "the entertainment industry is too complicated, and you young people can't handle it."

Everyone had different opinions and could not reach a consensus.

Ultimately, it was Xiao Yao himself who made the decision, rejecting the talent scout's offer and giving up the proposal to debut.

“Symbiosis is a fickle thing, it depends on its mood,” Xiao Yao explained. “If it disappears one day, will I still be able to sing in the dolphin voice? What will I do then?”

“That’s true,” Yu Luying said. “In the current situation, I have to keep following you around, which makes it inconvenient for me to do anything.”

"Can we form a group?" Xiao Yao said.

“No,” Yu Luying rolled her eyes at him, “I don’t have that plan.”

“The entertainment industry is a mixed bag,” Shen Jie reached out and hugged Yu Luying, “I can’t bear to let my silly little sister go out into the mud.”

The possibility of becoming a big star was thus turned over without any significant impact.

Life continued with going to and from school and club activities, but the organizational aspects were becoming increasingly numerous, taking up a significant amount of the three children's time.

In addition to the aforementioned operation to capture Shi Hui, the three little special forces also participated in two defensive operations to prevent the Earl of Nottingham and his gang from violating the minds of others.

Driven by a somewhat reasonable selfish motive, Xiao Yao had always wanted to grab Earl Nottington by the collar, or sit down and have a good talk with him, to find out why he had intruded into the dream created by Zhang Zhengkai's shadow to help him, and to ask if he was in cahoots with Shi Hui, and if he knew how to break the annoying "reverse love lock spell".

Of course, he also wanted to know what the Earl of Nottington and his gang were trying to achieve by constantly causing trouble, but no matter what he wanted to know, the Earl of Nottington and his group of friends gave them no more chances to talk.

In the final clash, Ribbonfish personally killed one of the girls in Nottingham's group. Perhaps due to the loss of his men, Nottingham's group quieted down for a while.

Interestingly—or rather, coincidentally, no, it's hard to say whether it's a coincidence or not—a few days later, Xiao Yao received the devastating news from Shen Jie that Yan Xiao had inexplicably become a vegetable.

After learning about this, Daiyu cried and laughed for a long time. After consulting with his wife, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying drank quite a lot with Daiyu.

Yu Bo and his team seized upon this suspicious point and launched an investigation into those who had close ties with Yan Xiao, hoping to uncover the true identities of Earl Nottington and his group in reality. However, so far, they have not made any effective progress.

“I suspect these people,” Yu Bo commented, “that they have never met in real life and do not know each other’s identities.”

"This..." Xiao Yao thought for a long time before saying, "Is this what you call professional?"

This guy, Daiyu, bullies a dead person—well, a vegetable, who can't speak. He visits Yan Xiao in the hospital all the time. Yan Xiao's parents don't know if they've broken up, and they don't care, so they just let him be.

After visiting him many times, I felt that the young man, Daiyu, was kind and loyal, and we gradually became acquainted.

Yu Bo disapproved of Daiyu's self-righteous behavior, but Daiyu argued that he was gathering intelligence for the organization, so Yu Bo let him be.

During this month, another important event also occurred.

Internet celebrity Xiao Yao's reputation suddenly collapsed one day when someone accused him of lip-syncing during his performance in the campus's top ten singers competition.

Despite having no basis, the rumors still spread with great detail and conviction.

In a fit of anger, Xiao Yao dragged Yu Luying onto the stage during the flag-raising ceremony on Monday. Without using a microphone, they performed a cappella singing of dolphin-like high notes for the entire school, finally silencing those people.

But then these people started spreading rumors that Xu Qingwei was actually the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and that Xiao Yao was able to have two school beauties on his left and right because he used some unspeakable dirty tricks.

Some have even pointed out that Xiao Yao and Kang Qianshui, the wife of his former homeroom teacher Yao Qi, also had an affair.

This statement left Xiao Yao dumbfounded and incredulous; he never dreamed such a plot could exist.

He couldn't understand why these classmates, who had been cheering for him at the Beihong Football Stadium just weeks before, calling him "Li Xiaoyao," and praising him for bringing honor to the whole school after he won the championship trophy, were now acting as if they wanted to kill him.

“That’s normal,” Shen Jie told Xiao Yao. “When Iesu entered Jerusalem, the crowds spread their coats on the road and lined the streets to welcome him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Hosanna!’ (Author’s note: Hebrew for shouting ’Horsona!’) And what happened a week later? They shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’”

“You seem quite familiar with the Bible now,” Xiao Yao asked suspiciously. “These two you’re talking about aren’t the same group of people, are they?”

“It’s the same group of people,” Yu Bo said.

"What does this mean? That I'm just as great as Iesu?" Xiao Yao joked, then, as expected, received several eye rolls.

“No, it just means the common people are all idiots,” Yu Bo replied seriously. “Whoever incites them, they will believe.”

"If the common people are all idiots, then what about the emperor?" Xiao Yao asked.

"That depends on which emperor it is. Some are wise, but others are complete idiots."

"Oh."

Yu Bo suggested that rumors stop with the wise, and that not responding is the best response. It's also best not to take it too seriously. Once these people have had enough of gossiping, this mess will be over.

After careful consideration, Xiao Yao decided to follow Father's advice and asked Shen Jie and Yu Luying not to respond.

Strangely enough, Shen Jie, who usually calls herself "the daughter of thunder," managed to control herself and only said that she was a little scared and was glad that she hadn't signed with that talent scout.

She had read the contract; if it were to be damaged, she feared she would have to pay an exorbitant penalty for breach of contract.

If they don't want Xiao Yao to go to the sewing machine, then either he should obediently go home, or Yu Luying should go and cry to her grandfather—both of them would be undeserved disasters.

After listening, Xiao Yao thought about it and felt that Tian Yun's unfounded opposition also had a sense of being driven by causality.

On the contrary, Yu Luying, who was usually quiet and reserved, ignored Xiao Yao's obstruction after enduring for half a week. She posted on the school's online forum as Xiao Yao's girlfriend, testifying that she had voluntarily dated Xiao Yao, defending him, and rebuking those online trolls who echoed others' opinions, asking them to be more considerate.

“I remember there’s a hell in Divine Comedy that’s specifically for these kinds of people,” Yu Luying said privately.

Xiao Yao was moved both verbally and inwardly by Yu Luying's "loyal" and "brotherly" behavior, but he was also anxious, wondering if Yu Luying was prepared to face the consequences.

Sure enough, once this post was published, the gossips began to target Yu Luying herself.

If a person's left sock smells bad, then there's no reason why their right sock shouldn't smell bad either—since you refuse to distance yourself from him, we'll have to criticize you along with him.

Some old arguments were brought up again, such as helping Xiao Yao cheat on the exam by copying answers, and the three of them having sex off-campus—in fact, the three of them are still living together illegally off-campus.

Some have revealed that Yu Luying is actually an illegitimate child. Yu Luying's mother was disobedient and became pregnant out of wedlock, and was kicked out of the family. This means that like mother, like daughter. If the family is corrupt, the children will follow suit.

As for why Yu Luying always wears long skirts and trousers and never shows her legs, it's because she has a huge and ugly birthmark on her thigh and a horrifying scar on her stomach, indicating either an abortion or a cesarean section—the latter being more likely, as it's rumored online that Xiao Yao and Yu Luying actually already have a lively and adorable daughter.

These rumors, some true, some false, some half-true, some baseless, and some fabricated, put a lot of psychological pressure on Yu Luying. In Shen Tianyun's words, she "broke down."

Merry Christmas.

2023-12-25

It looks like the original plan to finish before Christmas won't be going to happen. I'll just have to wear MacArthur's hat.

I'm posting this to clarify that I will continue updating until the story is complete; I won't abandon it. (It shouldn't be too long.)

Some plot points may be omitted or sped up, but the goal is still to present a complete story from a macro perspective. I love to tell the truth.

That's all. Meeting adjourned!

Chapter 405 It's clearly a movie for three people.

2024-01-17

These rumors, some true, some false, some half-true, some baseless, and some fabricated, put a lot of psychological pressure on Yu Luying. In Shen Tianyun's words, she "broke down" and began to blame Xiao Yao, feeling that Xiao Yao was the one who had dragged her down like this.

“I can tolerate people talking about me—but I can’t stand it when they talk about my mother!”

Xiao Yao was speechless about this—he told you not to post online and become a target, but you ignored him. Now that you've been attacked by public opinion, you've turned around and started cursing him. It's really hard to explain.

Yu Luying wasn't the only one "implicated" by Xiao Yao; Shen Jie naturally couldn't escape this storm either. Some busybodies pointed out that the eldest daughter of the Shen family had been a well-known "backup boyfriend" enthusiast since the first year of junior high school. Countless innocent young men from wealthy and respectable families had been manipulated by this little slut, suffering unbearable pain. Even the son of District Chief Zhang was not spared and almost committed suicide because of her.

Because of her bad reputation, Mr. Shen sent her to an all-girls high school to prevent her from causing trouble again, but it only made her father look bad.

Unlike Yu Luying, Shen Jie did not argue with Xiao Yao, but instead said to him, "I can explain."