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

The girl did not move.

"I'm on my period, and I didn't sleep much last night. I'm very tired now," Shen Jie said wearily, touching her cheek. "I didn't shower yesterday, and I really can't sleep if I don't shower."

"Why don't you just register with your own ID card? You're not over 16 yet—"

"If I could use my own ID card and not get caught by my dad, I wouldn't be here looking for you."

Xiao Yao felt that this conversation was somewhat awkward.

Although Shen Jie was reluctant, she had no other choice.

Xiao Yao led her to a small shop called "Rongfu Hotel".

The old man with reading glasses on his nose looked at Xiao Yao's ID card and wrote down the number.

"And yours?" the old man asked, looking at Shen Jie.

"She hasn't."

The old man shook his head, said nothing more, and handed over a key: "Go up to the second floor, to the end."

"My God..." Shen Jie started complaining again when she went upstairs.

"What's wrong again?"

"I've been dragged into this dilapidated, crumbling house again. What's wrong with me?"

...How did it become so shaky? Xiao Yao wondered.

As soon as the door opened, Shen Jie instinctively covered her nose: "What's that smell?"

Xiao Yao sniffed, then sniffed again: "I don't smell anything."

Shen Jie's incessant complaining and endless anger made Xiao Yao feel a little impatient.

"Young lady is really being pretentious," Xiao Yao thought.

"Hey... this light—why won't the light turn on?" Xiao Yao pressed the switch on the wall repeatedly.

Shen Jie rolled her eyes, took the room card from Xiao Yao's hand, turned around and inserted it into a slot on the wall. Instantly, the lights shone brightly and the air conditioner hummed.

This hotel appears to have been converted from an old guesthouse. Although it's advertised as a double room, the room is noticeably narrow and deep, making the bed seem quite short.

Shen Jie went in, threw her LV bag onto the bed, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Oh, right." She suddenly remembered something, stood up, walked quickly to the door, and turned off all the lights.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao was startled. In the pitch-black darkness, he could only hear the girl's even breathing.

"Check if there's anything... secretly filmed." Shen Jie used her phone to illuminate the path in front of her, carefully searching the four corners of the room.

"Are you out of your mind, suffering from paranoia?"

"One should always be wary of strangers, especially these shady little hotels..."

Although we live under the same blue sky, it feels like we're on different servers.

"Then... you should go wash up quickly?" Xiao Yao yawned.

“Okay,” Shen Jie walked to his side and turned on the light. “You can take a shower first.”

Xiao Yao was taken aback. What kind of inappropriate words were those?

"You haven't showered yet either, have you? Shower before you go back."

"..." Do I have to go back?

Xiao Yao stood in the cramped shower room, the steaming hot water splashing all over his body.

The water is hot, it feels very comfortable.

If Xiao Yao had a shower like this at home, he would be happy to take three showers a day.

Through the frosted glass, he could vaguely see Shen Jie walking back and forth in the outer room, seemingly busy with something.

I still feel... a little uneasy.

Xiao Yao suddenly remembered the scene in the "love hotel" room in Teacher Yao's hall that day.

There, he encountered another version of himself.

Xiao Yao applied shower gel to his body.

Or, we could talk to someone else and see if there's any way we can stay put and not leave.

Xiao Yao turned off the water, picked up his phone in front of the sink, and found the number of the person he had saved a couple of days ago.

--split line--

Meanwhile, outside, Shen Jie was taking her change of clothes out of her bag.

A series of unpleasant sounds came from the next room, which made Shen Jie feel very embarrassed.

Could this soundproofing be from hollow walls? She reached out and tapped on the wall behind the bed.

Heavy footsteps came from the corridor outside the door. Two men were talking at the door, but it was impossible to hear what they were saying except for the profanities mixed in.

What haven't I seen? This is something I've truly never seen before.

The frosted glass door to the bathroom was suddenly pulled open, and Xiao Yao, wrapped in a white bath towel and drying his hair, quickly walked out.

Then he took a solid fall.

Shen Jie was stunned for three seconds before she remembered to help him up, but Xiao Yao had already gotten up on his own.

"Why aren't you wearing any clothes?!"

"I didn't bring a change of clothes."

"Are you doing this on purpose?" Shen Jie said angrily.

In fact, Shen Jie was also considering whether or not to let Xiao Yao stay, after all, she was really scared to let her live alone in such a place.

However, there are tigers outside the door and wolves inside. Judging from Xiao Yao's ill-intentioned appearance, keeping him around would be even more frightening.

Although I wouldn't lose if we actually fought, but...

Why don't you take a shower and then go back to Tianyun's place to stay? That's a good idea.

As if in response to her, the girl saw something flash before her eyes, and a few seconds later, a thunderclap exploded by the window.

Shen Jie shuddered in fright.

"Here we go again?" Xiao Yao complained. "This awful weather!"

"I...I'm going to take a shower!" Shen Jie grabbed her change of clothes and went into the bathroom.

--split line--

Xiao Yao understood that he should be grateful for the bad weather outside, which had blocked their escape route.

When Shen Jie was taking a shower, she deliberately hung two large bath towels on the frosted glass.

"So petty," Xiao Yao muttered to himself, "but I'm your husband."

……

……

"Why aren't you asleep yet? What are you doing all this time?" Xiao Yao leaned against the headboard, covered with a blanket, staring at the TV, trying to appear calm.

When the girl came out of the bathroom, she was fully dressed in a hoodie, jeans, shoes, and socks, except for a towel wrapped around her hair.

"I'm looking for a hairdryer. How can I sleep if my hair isn't dry?"

"What's wrong with sleeping like this?" Xiao Yao said dismissively. "I always go to sleep right after washing my hair."

“You have thin hair, it’ll give girls a headache.” Shen Jie suddenly turned around, one knee on the bed and the other foot still on the ground: “Hey, Xiao Yao, go get me a hairdryer from the front desk.”

"Okay." Xiao Yao lifted the blanket.

Why aren't you wearing a shirt?!

"I go shirtless at home in the summer, and I always wash my clothes."

"Xiao Yao, I always thought you were a decent person."

"You're right, we're a well-known and respectable family in the surrounding villages."

These are all ideas I got from asking Brother Daiyu on my phone in the bathroom just now. Did he trick me?

Xiao Yao wrapped himself in a bath towel, put on slippers, and went downstairs to ask the old man for a hairdryer.

"Shall I blow it for you?"

"Can you play the flute?" Shen Jie unwrapped the towel from her head, and her long, flowing black hair cascaded down. "I think I'll pass."

The hairdryer was incredibly noisy, making it impossible to chat with Shen Jie, sleep, or even hear the TV. Bored, Xiao Yao started playing with his phone.

Although there's not much fun to be had on a mobile phone anyway.

“She said no, so you think you can just say no? Are you stupid? Just go and get it.” This was Daiyu’s text message reply.

Xiao Yao put down his phone, walked over, and tried to pull the hair dryer from Shen Jie's hand, but it wouldn't budge.

"I told you I didn't want it!" Shen Jie's voice drowned out the hairdryer, hurting Xiao Yao's ears.

Twenty minutes later, Shen Jie finally finished drying her hair, lifted the blanket on the left, took off her shoes, and got into bed.