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

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Xiao Yao caught a faint sob, and two streams of tears welled up in his eyes, but he reached out and touched nothing. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a single tear slide down, illuminating a few faint pimple marks on Yu Luying's cheek, before falling into the corner of her mouth. Then two, three, and more tears followed, forming a trickle.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Xiao Yao panicked.

"It's okay, don't talk while watching the movie." Yu Luying wiped her face.

Xiao Yao couldn't understand what was so touching about the movie; he just found it increasingly boring. His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, wondering if it was because he hadn't slept well the night before.

Lean back, close your eyes, and let your consciousness sink.

……

"There's no more of that Easter egg!" Xiao Yao heard a woman's voice shout. He opened his eyes and saw that the screening room was already brightly lit.

The person who shouted was the cleaning lady, but her own head was resting on Yu Luying's left shoulder.

He sprang up like a spring, and Yu Luying stood up slowly, her face flushed.

"I'm sorry, I'm not..."

"Let's go," Yu Luying said softly.

As the sparse crowd moved out, the girl walked ahead as if nothing had happened.

"Is this movie alright?" Xiao Yao asked, trying to make conversation without thinking.

"You slept well, didn't you?" Yu Luying smiled, pursing her lips.

"Hmm, not bad," Xiao Yao said with an awkward laugh.

“I think this movie has a very skewed set of values,” Yu Luying said. “Ma Yuanzheng went out to gamble and threatened to beat his wife. His family members all said that his wife was bad, even his sister who came back from the United States said so.”

“I think this whole family is just a target of ridicule. What a beautiful city…” Xiao Yao emphasized the word “beautiful”: “By the way, why were you crying just now? Was there anything touching about it?”

As they spoke, the two arrived at the entrance of "War Film City".

When I came in, the sky was clear, but now it was raining. Unlike the dreaded summer downpours, the fine rain weaved a soft, dense curtain in the night, falling quietly to the ground without leaving a trace, giving the illusion that there was no need to use an umbrella. But if you were to venture in rashly, you would soon know its power.

“I can understand that mother’s feelings,” Yu Luying reached out to touch the rain curtain, and Xiao Yao felt a cool, damp sensation on his fingertips. “She said that her daughter was her only hope in life. I can’t even imagine how she will face the rest of her life after finding that thing in her daughter’s pocket…”

“Yeah…” Xiao Yao thought of the PLAYBOY that A Fei threw at him when he was looking for Shen Jie at “Shui Mu Nian Hua” that day (he realized what it was afterward).

Why would Shen Jie's circle of friends intersect with people who carry "that kind of thing" with them?

“So, I understand my mother’s anxiety about me.” Yu Luying smiled sadly, “But my mother should have more faith in me. She shouldn’t be so distrustful of me.”

"..." Xiao Yao didn't know how to respond, so he just listened quietly.

“Xiao Yao, you’re right.” After about a minute of silence, the girl suddenly said, “You are a wise person.”

"Huh?" Xiao Yao was a little flattered: "You flatter me too much."

"I was talking about Teacher Yao. Actually, he must have been quite troubled too, right? He was originally a person with ideals and aspirations... In fact, my experience at that school in the mirror... Teacher Yao's philosophy has changed my thinking to some extent. That is, about the freedom of expression." Yu Luying looked up at Xiao Yao: "You must be very surprised that I took the initiative to ask you out, especially in front of everyone?"

Xiao Yao didn't speak, but simply nodded emphatically.

"Because I also want to break free from my mother's constraints, push my own boundaries, not care about other people's opinions, and freely do what I want to do," Yu Luying said, as if she had made up her mind.

“This is…” Xiao Yao had a bad feeling—actually, it should be said that it was a good feeling—which made his heart pound.

“Actually, I was really happy when I was at the parenting education center,” Yu Luying said, lowering her head. “When you and Shen Jie called, I was really unwilling at first, very unwilling to wake up…”

"I'm sorry..." Xiao Yao said apologetically.

If it weren't for Miss Shen, who never does housework, breaking the plate...

“I’m the one who should apologize… You probably already know why I’ve been avoiding you.” Yu Luying forced herself to look up at Xiao Yao’s face: “Dad is gone after all. Rather than denying it, we should face it.”

"I should stay by my mother's side, but I don't want to follow her lead anymore."

"Because if I did that, I would lose other important people."

“I…” Xiao Yao swallowed hard.

"When I found out you were with Shen Jie, I was heartbroken." Yu Luying forced a smile: "I know I have no right to be sad. I know I was the one who pushed you away, and now that you've really left me, I feel uncomfortable. This is so... sob."

Xiao Yao reached up and pinched his upper and lower lips together: "I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that." Then he let go: "Okay, you can continue."

"Later, when I found out that you and Shen Jie had broken up, I knew you must have been quite sad, but I... I was actually a little happy. I really hate this side of myself..." Yu Luying couldn't hold back anymore and lowered her head to look at the tips of her shoes.

"Separate? Who told you that?" Xiao Yao was surprised.

"I won't tell you." She closed her eyes, her body tense.

It must be Ouyang Qianqian or Xiaoxiong, who else could it be? It couldn't be Shen Jie herself, could it?

"I don't want to ask who you talked to on the phone until your ears were burning last night, nor do I want to ask who you hugged after the call," Yu Luying said in one breath. "I... I feel that I've done more than enough by asking you out and saying these things to you in person. The rest is up to you!"

Xiao Yao knew that Yu Luying had used up all her courage to say those words, and she really couldn't ask for anything more.

He certainly understood the weight of her words.

The girl he had been pursuing for almost a year stood before him and confessed her feelings.

All he had to do was reach out and hug her, and that's how the story began.

Xiao Yao instinctively reached out his hand.

"See you next time, honey." The words Shen Jie said to him when she got into the taxi that night suddenly flashed before my eyes.

Xiao Yao withdrew his hand.

"YES, I DO." These were the words he said to Shen Jie when he was sitting cross-legged on the bed.

"Shen Jie, I like you."

"Xiao Yao, let's take it slow... okay?"

"Thank you for bringing my mom here."

A barrage of conflicting opinions flooded in, completely confusing him.

Yu Luying suddenly opened her eyes and stared at him again.

Xiao Yao felt as if his heart had been hit by a heavy hammer.

“Yu Luying, I—” he began with difficulty.

Before he could even utter the words, "Shen Jie and I officially became a couple the night before last," a sharp motorcycle horn blared outside the movie theater.

"Yu Luying!"

Yu Lihua, wearing a raincoat, sat on her light motorcycle with her feet on the ground, looking this way.

Xiao Yao gasped.

He couldn't see the expression on Yu Lihua's face, but he could see the rain curtain illuminated by the car's high beams, which looked particularly bright.

Chapter 76 Them

2023-07-31

The rain lasted a long time that night. Although the rain subsided in the latter half of the night, it continued to drizzle without any sign of stopping.

Xiao Yao couldn't sleep; he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

This reminded him of the night Shen Tianyun came, when the situation was similar.

Yu Lihua didn't say anything to him, treating him as if he didn't exist, and took her daughter away.

How did she even find her way here? Ah, it must be because she discovered she was short of movie vouchers for "War Cinema"...

Xiao Yao ran home alone in the rain, his underwear completely soaked.

Getting caught in the rain during your period is an indescribable experience.

"You live at the head of the Yangtze River, I live at the tail of the Yangtze River. You were born before I was born, I was born after you had grown old. I regret that we were not born at the same time..."

These random verses, regardless of whether they're appropriate for the occasion, just keep popping into my head.

He thought he no longer liked Yu Luying.

I thought.

However... I still can't remain calm in the face of such a turn of events.

After all, that was the person she had been dreaming about for over a year.

Besides love, this is also a long-cherished wish, or rather, a resentment.

Letting go easily? Easier said than done.

What about Shen Jie?

Xiao Yao was pretty sure that he liked her.

There's no need to use any excuse of responsibility or for the sake of my daughter; I love her too.

Which one do you prefer, the one that's deeper?

If Yu Luying is a bottle of aged Shanxi vinegar, then Shen Jie is a freshly opened bottle of strong liquor…