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

……

Xiao Yao recalled that when he was a child, he would visit relatives during the Spring Festival. When the relatives wanted to give him lucky money, he would politely decline as his parents asked: "Oh dear, this is not allowed, this is not allowed!"

Unexpectedly, after only one refusal, the relative praised the child for being sensible and took the red envelope back.

He was a little depressed and had a headache.

So what's next? Following the movie's logic, a kiss at this point is acceptable, right?

But Shen Jie did not close her eyes; she continued to stare intently into them.

Rather than a romantic scene, it's more like two wild beasts glaring at each other, trying to scare each other away.

Defeated, Xiao Yao lowered his eyelids and casually glanced at Shen Jie's smooth calves.

A row of delicate toes twitched a few times inside the cute openwork socks.

Xiao Yao heard the sound of the wardrobe door slowly opening, and he thought it might be the wind.

Neither of them dared to turn around and look, for fear that it was just a mirage.

"Dad?" That long-unheard voice came from the closet: "Mom? You're here too?"

Shen Tianyun peeked out with her round head and looked at the two teenagers sitting cross-legged on the bed, staring at each other. She said, "What are you two doing... Uh, did I disturb you? I'll come back later."

Then, the two men jumped off the bed with lightning speed and pounced on him at the same time!

"Ugh... Ah! Gently, gently!" Shen Tianyun felt like she couldn't breathe—if you were being tightly hugged by both a man and a woman at the same time, you would feel the same way: "I'm suffocating..."

"Where have you been!" After a warm family hug, the question was asked in unison.

"Huh?" Shen Tianyun scratched the back of her head: "Our team went to Chongming Island for training. We left on Thursday night and will be back on Sunday night."

Xiao Yao was so angry his nose almost twisted out of shape: "Then why didn't you tell me?!"

"It was a last-minute decision!" Shen Tianyun's eyes lit up. "I left you a note!"

"A note! I've never seen any note!"

"It was on my desk in my room! I waited for you for two hours on Thursday night and you didn't come back, so I..."

Thursday night? Xiao Yao and Shen Jie exchanged a glance, both remembering that it was the day Shen Jie suggested they "calm down."

"Where? Where? Tell me where!" Xiao Yao pulled Shen Tianyun by the ear and led her into the room opposite the mirror.

"How should I know!" Shen Tianyun exclaimed, "Was it blown away by the wind? Or did you take it and hide it to frame me?"

"Xiao Yao, Shen Tianyun, you two come out for a moment," Shen Jie said with a smile, peeking her head out from the mirror.

Back in Xiao Yao's room, Shen Jie was now holding a... long stick.

"No, no," Xiao Yao quickly stepped forward to stop Shen Jie, "This mop is still wet, it'll make a mess, don't use it."

Seeing that things were not going well, Shen Tianyun jumped up and turned to run away, but Xiao Yao reacted even faster and grabbed her: "Honey, there's a feather duster in the sofa cushions."

……

"what!--"

The girl's shrill scream pierced the night sky.

Grandma walked past downstairs carrying a bottle of soy sauce.

She had just spent ages bragging to the shopkeeper that her grandson had recently found love and was now planning to visit Grandma Jin's house.

The child's cries, along with the alternating shouts of men and women, suggested a mixed doubles attack.

"What a tragedy," Grandma muttered casually. "Kids these days have it so tough."

Judging from the direction the sound came from, it seemed to be from next door or upstairs or downstairs.

Who cares? You can hear similar sounds every now and then in the alley.

Grandma shook her head and slowly walked towards the Jin family's old lady's house, carrying the soy sauce.

--split line--

Around 10 o'clock, Xiao Yao and Shen Jie walked side by side out of the alley.

A night breeze blew by, and Xiao Yao shivered.

"It gets quite chilly at night," Xiao Yao said, glancing at Shen Jie.

"Hmm." The girl next to him also looked cold. Xiao Yao wanted to take off a piece of clothing and put it on her, but he was only wearing a vest.

"No matter what, it's good that my daughter is back," Xiao Yao said.

"Hmm." Shen Jie seemed a little relaxed.

"Honestly, it turns out to be a misunderstanding," Xiao Yao sighed. "It made me nervous for so many days, it's really outrageous."

However, considering that you've turned this into a blessing in disguise and confirmed your relationship with your mother, let's leave it at that.

Xiao Yao recalled the moment when Shen Jie lifted the hem of her clothes on the bed.

What would have happened if I hadn't stopped her?

Hmm... Shen Tianyun will probably interrupt me too.

Xiao Yao realized that there was still a slight awkwardness between the two of them at this moment.

He was trying to figure out how to liven things up when Shen Jie stopped in her tracks.

“I think,” the girl said, hugging her chest, “it’s not that simple.”

"what?"

"Oh, so you knew it." Shen Jie sighed. "What a coincidence! I just rejected you, and she disappeared. I just got engaged to you, and she came back?"

“That’s right…” Xiao Yao chimed in. Actually, it wasn’t a bad thing for her to think that way.

"Besides, if it's just her going out for training by herself, isn't that the same as her going to school during the day? Why is the passageway closed this time, and why can't she get into the room?"

“That’s right…” Xiao Yao’s repeater got glared at by Shen Jie.

“Uh, okay,” Xiao Yao realized he had to offer some opinions: “What you said, I actually thought of that too. The self-correction of world lines, right?”

"But how can this be proven, or disproved?" The girl placed the back of her hand on her chin.

"Shall we break it again and see?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

Shen Jie chuckled: "Let's go, it stinks here."

"I was just about to say, why did you stop next to the spittoon?"

"Alas--"

After leaving the alley, the two walked side by side on the main road, looking around at both ends of the street, searching for a passing taxi.

Xiao Yao and she got very close, and their shoulders would bump into each other from time to time.

"Stop pushing me," Shen Jie complained.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Xiao Yao said.

“I’ll teach you. When you go out with a girl in the future, if there’s no sidewalk, you should let her walk on the outside of the road,” Shen Jie said, gathering her long hair with both hands. “It makes you look like a gentleman.”

"Please." Xiao Yao silently walked to the outside: "Are you very cold? I should have given you a coat when we came out."

“Not bad, even though it’s hindsight, it’s better than not thinking about it at all.” Shen Jie smiled.

Sigh, no matter what, I'm finally a man with a family now, and my wife and kids are both very beautiful.

Xiao Yao sighed happily.

……

"Go ahead and hold hands if you want." Shen Jie noticed again the restless little probing of Xiao Yao's hand.

"Huh?" Xiao Yao was startled.

"It's nothing." Shen Jie stood on tiptoe and waved her arm vigorously at a taxi that was turning the corner.

"See you next time." Shen Jie waved to Xiao Yao and opened the car door.

"See you next time." Xiao Yao said, somewhat lost in thought.

He wanted to give her a farewell hug, but Shen Jie had already crawled inside.

"Let me teach you something else," Shen Jie said with a smile, "From now on, you should take the initiative to help girls flag down cars and open car doors."

"understood."

“When a girl gets into the car, you can put your palm on the inside of the roof, like this,” Shen Jie demonstrated, “to prevent her from bumping her head.”

"Understood, chivalry." Xiao Yao nodded.

"Go to sleep early, honey." The girl winked playfully.

"Let me know when you get home, honeymooner." Xiao Yao closed the car door for her.

The taxi driver raised his eyelids and glanced at the two teenagers.

Xiao Yao watched the taxi speed away.

He skipped along as he walked home.

Shen Tianyun returned safely, which made him very happy. Reflecting on everything that had just happened tonight, he felt a faint, indescribable sweetness on his lips.